![]() ![]() ![]() The starship computer bonus has been removed and replaced with an auto-pilot, which acts like an extra crew member with a bonus based on your mainframe's level. ![]() Support Crew, a mainly NPC role, don't take actions, but provide passive bonuses to their commanding officers. Operators fly ships solo, using 2 actions each round instead of 1 and taking a penalty based on the max crew size of the ship. Don a controller suit to make Gunnery checks using Athletics/Acrobatics in place of Piloting, or hook up some Auxiliary Monitors to make Sensors checks using Perception instead of Computers!Īdded 2 new roles: Operator and Support Crew. Many actions have ways of increasing their DCs to provide stronger benefits.Ĭaptains can now use Bluff, Culture, Diplomacy, or Intimidate for their starship checks! Allows for more variety in captain personalities without sacrificing power.Īdded Seat Modifications (2 BP each), which allow certain roles to use alternative skills for their starship checks. This means you can play on smaller maps without combat always drifting to the edges.Īction DCs are either static or based on the target's AC/TL, allowing characters to get better at their roles as they level up. Movement speeds and weapon ranges have been reduced dramatically. Ship facing/orientation/arcs/etc have been removed. Each ship has a distinct turn, and highest initiative goes first. Starship combat now flows more like tactical combat. The PDF has all the details of the revised system, but I guess I should give some highlights. What I ended up with is Starships Revised, along with a companion Autofill Ship Sheet. While I was in-between campaigns for my main Starfinder crew, I realized it was finally time to sit down and take a good, long look at what's wrong with starship combat and attempt to fix it. I don't think I've ever had a party come out of a starship battle feeling like they actually had fun. I've been running this game for a variety of different groups ever since the preorder PDF first showed up in my inbox 3 years ago. It just isn't terribly fun for a lot of people. It's a bit of an open secret in the Starfinder community that starship combat, well. ![]()
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