Alien Attack Table
The combat rules in the Roll-Playing System employs an attack matrix called the attack table. The player refers to the attack table every time she makes an attack roll. An alien’s attack table is for their evolved natural attacks. The Strike Attack would be for her nasty bite attack, and the Fling Attack would be for her steaming sap blob spittles. The alien attack table is not for artifact weapons.
This section has cursory explanations and detailed calculations. For more info jump to Attack Tables.
Aliens and Weapons
The attack table generated here is for the alien’s naturally evolved attacks and not artifact weapons. For an alien to even consider using a weapon the species must be a tool user. Even a simple tool user can use an artifact weapon (gun, grenade, axe, etc). However flora or fauna aliens do not even comprehend tools of any kind. A non-tool using alien would step over the fusion rifle and attack the robot with her beak.
If an alien does not have a Vocation she must use the Raw Bonus of zero. If the alien species has education and she can follow a Vocation then a Vocation Attack Table is generated for artifact weapons attacks.
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Flora or Fauna - No weapon use or interest at all
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Tool Using - May use a weapon with Raw Bonus of zero
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Educated - May use Vocation Attack Table and it’s Skilled Bonus
The player can use a Vocation Attack Table for artifact weapons. The Alien Attack Table is used for evolved natural attacks. Managing the burden of having two attack tables is up to the referee and the table of players. Aliens can be powerful and being able to use their super charged attributes to shoot things may affect game balance.
The player can create a Vocation Attack Table for her educabucated tool usin' alien by jumping here.
Attack Table
This section has cursory explanations and detailed calculations. For more info jump to Attack Tables.
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Type |
Skilled |
Raw |
Max |
Force |
Strike |
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Fling |
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Shoot |
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Skilled Bonus
The Skilled Bonus (Skilled) is for the alien’s natural attacks. The player adds the Skilled to her attack roll when her persona is attacking. The Skilled has two main components: Attributes Bonus and Level bonus. The persona’s Skilled increases as the persona gains EXPS levels.
| The alien Skilled is limited to her natural attack types. | ||
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Strike Attacks |
Persona powered crushing and striking attacks |
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10 * Adjusted STR |
Mouths, claws, beaks, hooves, horns, antlers |
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Fling Attacks |
Persona Powered projectile attacks |
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10 * Adjusted DEX |
Quills, spittles, spines, cones, bone spurs |
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Shoot Attacks |
Powered Projectile Weapons |
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10 * Adjusted INT |
Lazer eyes, energy bolts, gas propelled chunks |
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Adjusted attribute is Level plus attribute. E.g., 3rd level alien with 7 INT = Adjusted INT of 10. |
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Raw Bonus
An alien always uses her Skilled Bonus for a natural attack. Alien’s Raw Bonus equals her Skilled Bonus. If the alien is a tool user wielding weapons, the player must generate an additional attack table that includes a Raw.
| Alien is skilled with her natural evolved attacks. | |
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Attack Type |
Raw Bonus |
Strike (contact) |
Adjusted STR |
Fling (ranged) |
Adjusted DEX |
Shoot (powered) |
Adjusted INT |
Attack Type |
Raw Bonus |
Flora or Fauna can only use their skilled natural attacks. |
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Non-vocation aliens must use Raw Bonus for artifact weapon attacks. |
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Max Roll
The Max Roll is the highest roll that a player can make on the kilo-die attack roll. There is always a chance to damage an attacker using Critical Checks.
| As good as it gets. | |
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Attack Type |
Max Roll |
Strike (contact) |
700 + Strike Skilled Bonus |
Fling (ranged) |
750 + Fling Skilled Bonus |
Shoot (powered) |
800 + Shoot Skilled Bonus |
Attack Type |
Max Roll |
Attack Roll = Max Roll if Attack > Max. |
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Force Bonus
Alien damage already includes both the alien’s size and Strength. There is no Force Bonus for alien attack roll wins.
| The player adds this number to her damage rolls. | |
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Attack Type |
Force Bonus |
Strike (contact) |
EXPS Level |
Fling (ranged) |
EXPS Level |
Shoot (powered) |
EXPS Level |
Attack Type |
Force Bonus |
Alien Force Bonus is level related not STR related. |
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Alien Attack Table Example
A second-level gigantic alien has a 22 STR, 15 DEX, and a 3 INT. Her attack is spitting sharp blobs of resin which is Attack Fling.
Skilled Bonus (Skilled) |
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Strike Attack |
10 * Adjusted STR |
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Calculation |
10 * (22 + 2) = 240 |
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Skilled for Strike |
(No Strike attack - demo only) |
240 |
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Fling Attack |
10 * adjusted DEX |
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Calculation |
10 * (15 + 2) = 170 |
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Skilled for Fling |
170 |
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Shoot Attack |
10 * Adjusted INT |
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Calculation |
10 * (3 + 2) = 50 |
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Skilled for Shoot |
(No Shoot attack - demo only) |
50 |
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Raw Bonus (Raw) |
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Strike Attack |
Ajusted STR |
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Raw for Strike |
(No Strike attack - demo only) |
24 |
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Fling Attack |
Adjusted DEX |
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Raw for Fling |
17 |
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Shoot Attack |
Adjusted INT |
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Raw for Shoot |
(No Shoot attack - demo only) |
5 |
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Max Roll (Max) |
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Strike Attack |
Strike Skilled + 700 |
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Max for Strike |
240 + 700 (example only) |
940 |
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Fling Attack |
Fling Skilled + 750 |
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Max for Fling |
170 + 750 |
920 |
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Shoot Attack |
Shoot Skilled + 800 |
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Max for Shoot |
50 + 800 (example only) |
850 |
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| Force Bonus | ||
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Strike Attack |
EXPS Level |
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Raw for Strike |
(demo only) |
2 |
Fling Attack |
EXPS Level |
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Raw for Fling |
2 |
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Shoot Attack |
EXPS Level |
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Raw for Shoot |
(demo only) |
2 |
| Alien attack table for spitting sharp resin chunks. | ||||
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Type |
Skilled |
Raw |
Max |
Force |
Strike |
240 |
24 |
940 |
2 |
Fling |
170 |
17 |
920 |
2 |
Shoot |
50 |
5 |
850 |
2 |