1.7.0

This update includes a “beta” for a lucky thirteenth NPC Class, the Kensei! It’s fresh from the homebrew mines and subject to change as I iron out the design. Kensei’s Veteran and Ultra features are yet to come.

Besides this new class, I reworked some of the Napalm’s optionals to work better with its Barrage-centric action economy.

NPC Classes

Anchor

Lodestone

• Revise so that the Anchor cannot be teleported into or out of the area, either.

Capacitor

Reciprocity

• LCP typo fix, remove redundant sentence from effect.

Ghost

Maxwell’s Daemon (Veteran)

• Renamed to “Maxwell’s Demon (Veteran)” (no ID change, not breaking).

Kensei

• New NPC class! Flexible Striker/Defender that quickly rushes an objective before preparing a threatening strike with its sword.

Napalm

Salamander Thermobaric Catapult

• Reduce Heat (Self) from 4 to 3.

Firefly Drone

• Change from Limited 2 to Recharge 5+.
• Change so that the drone is always destroyed when targed by an effect that deals Burn.
• Change damage dealt in the explosion to 2/3/4 Heat and 5/7/9 Burn.

Incendiary Grenade

Revise Incendiary Grenade to be the “lingering fire” optional; repurpose Long-Burn Catalyst.

• Change from Limited 2, Quick Action to Limited 1, Full Action.
• Increase areas created from 1 to 2.
• Increase Range from 5 to 10.
• Change damage on failed save to 2 Heat and 2/3/4 Burn.

Long-Burn Catalyst

• Change from a System to a Trait.
• Change effect to inflict difficulty on Engineering checks and prevent clearing heat for a turn on hit.

Skyburner (Ultra)

• Allow the Salamander Thermobaric Catapult to target characters up to 10 spaces above the Lines it draws.

Torrent

Primordial Sea (Veteran)

• Renamed to “Primordial (Veteran)” (no ID change, not breaking).

Zealot

Fervent Retribution (Veteran)

• BREAKING: Replaced with Fire and Brimstone.
  • Paired with Martyrdom, Fervent Retribution creates an odd Catch-22 that I don’t find satsifying

Fire and Brimstone

• New feature! Intensify burn on targets that fail their burn checks to encourage them to either clear burn or leave Zeal.

Templates

Anomaly

Revisionist History

• Fix typo.

Soul Split

• Reword to clarify the Grunt keeps its templates. Reduce any turns it gets per round to 1, as well.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/msprijatelj/prototype-pattern-groups-data/compare/1.6.1…1.7.0