Tactics Skill

[dic1]

As written i find tactics is ambiguous, dependant on the game masters’ knowledge of units and how they work in the Star Wars universe.

As an alternative I suggest the following, the tactics skill is used to generate tactics tokens either by,

1. Straight rolls: each side rolls and receives a tactics token for every 5 points on the dice.

2. Roll opposed tactics before combat starts for every 5 points it wins by the higher roll gets a tactics token.

Possible modifiers: if only one side has tactics they automatically get a token
If only one side has an appropriate specialization e.g. ground or infantry tactics they get a bonus token.

Depending on your style of play you can place the tokens in a pool for all characters on the winning side to use, or assign them to individual characters.

Uses:
To use a token you may require the character with tactics to spend an action to “give orders”

Seize the initiative:
spend a token to automatically win initiative for the round, if both sides spend a token roll initiative as normal

Add +5 to an appropriate roll: e.g. for
Ground tactics- dodge, blaster, running, search or perception, etc.
Space / Fleet tactics- ship manoeuvre rolls, shields, gunnery
Only one token may be spent on a roll i.e. two characters may spend a token each to add +5 to their blaster roll, one player may not spend 2 tokens to add +10.

In most cases only a small number of tokens will be generated and should not have a major impact on game play.

Please provide suggestions and feedback.
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[jmanski]

For simplicity, use Tactics instead of Perception for Initiative.

But I agree with your line of thought: I also think bonuses should be granted for a better Tactics roll.
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[Wajeb Deb Kaadeb]

There's no Tactics skill in 1E, so I don't use it. But, in other games that do use it, I do like some mechanical benefit to it.

One use that I like is to where a skill check is made, and if successful, the skill level is used as a floating modifier that other PCs (that are in communication with and directed by the character with the skill) can use during the combat situation.

That's hard to do with D6 as the rules don't use skill levels, but I mention it in case it brings other ideas.

[garhkal]

We have had 2 other threads discussing what actual benefits Tactics could give..

Check out these two threads..

http://www.rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6413&highlight=tactics

http://www.rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2471&highlight=tactics
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[Bren]

[Whill]

[Bren]

I'm curious what the description of the Tactics skill was in Tatooine Manhunt 1E and how it was intended for the GM to use it.

[Whill]

[Bren]

[Dredwulf60]

[garhkal]

I completely forgot about that one for battle drills.
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