Forum: System Questions

Due to everyone's busy schedule's we've been playing boardgames rather than rpgs. However everyone is still very much interested in Hellas after meeting some of the crew at Hellas. Heck, I was happy to have a conversation with Jerry and have my book signed. Anyway, on November 18th, I'm going...

From the write up of the Nymphas: The Nymphas never developed advanced technology of their own. Rather, both types of Nymphas practice a form of elemental “magic” that they attribute to the Gods, with some of the scientifically minded races calling it more of a “psychic attunement” to natural...

Not sure if this has been addressed in a previous thread that I couldn't find, but I wanted to get some thoughts on the second part of the "Tactician" talent text which reads: "If the Hero takes no action for the round, he may also coordinate attacks against a foe and all under his command...

I think I'm missing something but we've gone through the rule book at great length and can't figure out what. My player rolled a brand new character following all the standard rules. He picks up a full suit of ceramic armor with a PR 12 as part of the process and an Aether Spear DR 9. We...

Hi, two sets of noob questions 1) The Kyklopes artificer ability - can it be used on weapons? If so, does it give a bonus to attack or DR? Can it be used on personal armor to increase PR? How about ship systems such as drive ratings or DR ratings for ship weapons? 2) If you apply poison to...

For the Attack Mode page 139 in the book, there are two paragraphs ( two and three) under Attack that are contradictory. The first one says that Attack Mode ranged attacks cannot be dodged. The second one says that Attack Mode ranged attacks can be dodged, by rolling against the Dynamist's...

How do seers tell fortunes? Sensory Mode doesn't seem to tell anything about the future. The first ability from Athenia that seems useful is the 60+. Is there any way in character to discover a destiny or fate?