Pros / Cons of Going Prone or Kneeling

[CRMcNeill]

[Naaman]

Agreed. The dodge penalty for prone/crouching could be factored in, so that there is a trade-off. And then deciding whether to crawl or walk requires an actual calculated decision based on the circumstances.

[CRMcNeill]

Giving this a bump on account of how it ties in with my Scale System and Partial Cover house rules, mainly on account of how a character who is crouched or prone presents a reduced target silhouette and is thus both smaller in effective scale and can make better use of available Cover.

The Combat Options chapter in the D6 Space Rulebook has a lot of interesting ideas, but as it pertains to this subject, I found the following on pg. 82:

Prone and Crouching

Attacking a target that is Crouched adds 1D to the Difficulty. If the target is Crouched while Moving, the Difficulty increases by 2D, but the defending (Crouched) character's Move is halved.

For Prone Targets, add 2D to Difficulty, but subtract 2D if at Point Blank or Short Range.

Characters who willingly get low to the ground may get into or out of the position as a Free Action. However, a character who is forced into that position (such as the result of being thrown) needs to make an effort to stand, which counts as an action.

This is somewhat paraphrased for clarity and conciseness, but there are some good points here that address things we struggled with codifying earlier on in this post. I don't agree with everything here, but thought it was worth posting anyway.
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[CRMcNeill]

Anyway, here is an updated version of the Prone / Crouching Rules, modified for better integration with the Partial Cover and Velocity Modifier House Rules.

Kneeling / Crouched Movement
Increases Cover / Protection by 1/4. If combined with Partial Cover and the resulting Cover / Protection value is 1 or greater, the character is now Fully Covered.
+1D to Sneak
+1D to Blaster or Firearms if not moving
Cannot Move at All-Out Speed

Prone / Crawling
Increases Cover effectiveness by 1/2. If combined with Partial Cover and the resulting Cover / Protection value is 1 or greater, the character is now Fully Covered.
+2D to Sneak
+2D to Blaster or Firearms if not moving
Move reduced by 50% (rounded up)
-1D to Velocity Modifier (or -2D to Dodge if not using Velocity Modifier House Rule

For MAP calculation, transitioning from Standing to Crouch (or vice versa) is a Free Action, but transitioning from Standing or Crouching to Prone (or vice versa) is a Non Roll Action.

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[garhkal]

Can they dodge, or is those bonuses to be 'shot at' taking the place OF the dodge?
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[CRMcNeill]

[garhkal]

Fare enough.. Though what is the velocity modifier? Based on how fast someone's moving?
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[CRMcNeill]

[garhkal]

Have you made a chart for it? Is that chart split between foot based move, animmal/vehicle nbased move? Jump pack move?
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[CRMcNeill]

[CRMcNeill]

So, this concept addresses characters crouching or going prone to decrease their silhouette and thus make themselves smaller targets. It just occurred to me that a character could also turn themselves sideways and thus present a narrower silhouette. This would probably be the least advantageous of the three options (I’m thinking 1/4 Cover, with a +2 Modifier to Difficulty), but would be useful in situations where the character is trying to take Cover behind something tall and narrow like a lamp post or telephone pole.
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The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[garhkal]

I replied on my phone (at the library using their Wifi), so for some reason trying to pop the link open, didn't work.. Maybe they've got their wifi set up to disallow that, for security reasons...
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[CRMcNeill]

[garhkal]

YEa, now i am at home, i checked it out... Need to re-read it a few more times.. As for the library i asked and one of the guys there, said you can directly go to a site, just not link to it via their wifi set up... or something like that.
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