ACTA:SF for dummies?!?!

[MarkDawg]

So I just got the rule book and as I read it I am having trouble assimilating the information. So any of that feel the same please post your dumb questions in this thread hopefully some non dummies can help us out. So I will kick it off with Dumb question #1

1. I am overwhelmed buy all of the modifiers in the weapon profiles lets use this one.

Weapon: Phaser-1 Range 18" AD 2 Special Accurate +2 Kill Zone 8 Precise

So lets say I am 8" away from the target in my arch what happens here?

 

[billclo]

So I just got the rule book and as I read it I am having trouble assimilating the information. So any of that feel the same please post your dumb questions in this thread hopefully some non dummies can help us out. So I will kick it off with Dumb question #1

1. I am overwhelmed buy all of the modifiers in the weapon profiles lets use this one.

Weapon: Phaser-1 Range 18" AD 2 Special Accurate +2 Kill Zone 8 Precise

So lets say I am 8" away from the target in my arch what happens here?

From what I glean from the book, this:
You have 2 Phaser-1s, each rolls one D6 to hit. Normally you roll a 4-6 is a hit. The Accurate +2 means you need a 2-6 to hit. If you cause damage to the hull, you add one to the damage table (the Precise trait), thereby increasing your chances of a critical hit from 1 in 6 to 2 in 6.

Killzone 8 means that within 8 inches, each phaser rolls 2 dice instead of one.

 

[Iain McGhee]

It could do with more examples of play for folk new to the ACTA system. Apologies if I over-explain some of it, just being thorough.

Dumb Answer 1) You roll 2D6 (2 AD) with +2 to hit (Accurate +2). Each successful roll causes 2 hits (Kill Zone 8 gives Multihit 2 under 8") and any hits getting past the target's shields adds 1 to each die roll on the Attack Table (Precise).

 

[Totenkopf]

So I just got the rule book and as I read it I am having trouble assimilating the information. So any of that feel the same please post your dumb questions in this thread hopefully some non dummies can help us out. So I will kick it off with Dumb question #1

1. I am overwhelmed buy all of the modifiers in the weapon profiles lets use this one.

Weapon: Phaser-1 Range 18" AD 2 Special Accurate +2 Kill Zone 8 Precise

So lets say I am 8" away from the target in my arch what happens here?

Kill Zone X is explained in page 15 of the rulebook.

 

[Totenkopf]

So I just got the rule book and as I read it I am having trouble assimilating the information. So any of that feel the same please post your dumb questions in this thread hopefully some non dummies can help us out. So I will kick it off with Dumb question #1

1. I am overwhelmed buy all of the modifiers in the weapon profiles lets use this one.

Weapon: Phaser-1 Range 18" AD 2 Special Accurate +2 Kill Zone 8 Precise

So lets say I am 8" away from the target in my arch what happens here?

From what I glean from the book, this:
You have 2 Phaser-1s, each rolls one D6 to hit. Normally you roll a 4-6 is a hit. The Accurate +2 means you need a 2-6 to hit. If you cause damage to the hull, you add one to the damage table (the Precise trait), thereby increasing your chances of a critical hit from 1 in 6 to 2 in 6.

Killzone 8 means that within 8 inches, each phaser rolls 2 dice instead of one.

sorry, but you don't roll additional dice, each hit just inflicts an additional point of damage.

 

[MarkDawg]

@Totenkopf I realize that it's in the book and what page it's on but I am having trouble how all of these things work together.

So from what I read here I would roll my 2 attack die and on a roll of 4+ but since I have the accurate rule I need a 2+ and with Killzone I would get double damage on all successful hits?

 

[Totenkopf]

@Totenkopf I realize that it's in the book and what page it's on but I am having trouble how all of these things work together.

So from what I read here I would roll my 2 attack die and on a roll of 4+ but since I have the accurate rule I need a 2+ and with Killzone I would get double damage on all successful hits?

correct

 

[billclo]

sorry, but you don't roll additional dice, each hit just inflicts an additional point of damage.

My bad, thanks for correcting me.

 

[Totenkopf]

sorry, but you don't roll additional dice, each hit just inflicts an additional point of damage.

My bad, thanks for correcting me.

don't worry, I'm still getting some of the finer points of this myself...for example how cloaking works when a cloaked ship is being shot at.

 

[arabuck]

The multihit trait has me a little confused, too. The way I'm playing it is:
First roll AD with any modifiers, then any success is a hit to the shields, but any 6 gets rerolled on the attack table. With the Multihit 2 trait, any successful hit does 2 points of damage to the shields and any 6 gets two dice rolled on the attack table.
Does this sound right?

 

[starbreaker]

The multihit trait has me a little confused, too. The way I'm playing it is:
First roll AD with any modifiers, then any success is a hit to the shields, but any 6 gets rerolled on the attack table. With the Multihit 2 trait, any successful hit does 2 points of damage to the shields and any 6 gets two dice rolled on the attack table.
Does this sound right?

Yes, that's correct. Note that only a natural 6 on the to-hit leaks through the shields, not a modified 6 after the +2 for Accurate. And of course, if the target shields are down, everything goes to the attack table, with a +1 for Precise.

 

[Totenkopf]

The multihit trait has me a little confused, too. The way I'm playing it is:
First roll AD with any modifiers, then any success is a hit to the shields, but any 6 gets rerolled on the attack table. With the Multihit 2 trait, any successful hit does 2 points of damage to the shields and any 6 gets two dice rolled on the attack table.
Does this sound right?

Yes, that's correct. Note that only a natural 6 on the to-hit leaks through the shields, not a modified 6 after the +2 for Accurate. And of course, if the target shields are down, everything goes to the attack table, with a +1 for Precise.

my reading means that weapons with the Precise trait will always damage an unarmored target when rolling on the attack table since it ignores the 1 result, is that correct?

 

[starbreaker]

The multihit trait has me a little confused, too. The way I'm playing it is:
First roll AD with any modifiers, then any success is a hit to the shields, but any 6 gets rerolled on the attack table. With the Multihit 2 trait, any successful hit does 2 points of damage to the shields and any 6 gets two dice rolled on the attack table.
Does this sound right?

Yes, that's correct. Note that only a natural 6 on the to-hit leaks through the shields, not a modified 6 after the +2 for Accurate. And of course, if the target shields are down, everything goes to the attack table, with a +1 for Precise.

my reading means that weapons with the Precise trait will always damage an unarmored target when rolling on the attack table since it ignores the 1 result, is that correct?

Also correct, yes. The 1 becomes a 2 and does damage.

 

[Sgt_G]

Note that only a natural 6 on the to-hit leaks through the shields, not a modified 6 after the +2 for Accurate.

Cool. that was soemthing I was going to ask about. I had assumed that it was a natural six only, but the rulebook did not spell that out for Dummies. ;-)

 

[Rambler]

my reading means that weapons with the Precise trait will always damage an unarmored target when rolling on the attack table since it ignores the 1 result, is that correct?

Like was stated Precise causes a phaser to always cause a damage point but it also means a 5 becomes a critical hit.

 

[scoutdad]

Not to add more confusion, but don't forget the Armoured trait.
The +1 from precise still doesn't cause a damaging hit on a roll of 1 (modified to a 2 due to +1 from precise)

 

[Garydee]

Not to add more confusion, but don't forget the Armoured trait.
The +1 from precise still doesn't cause a damaging hit on a roll of 1 (modified to a 2 due to +1 from precise)

Is that in the rulebook or is that going to be in the errata?

Edit: Nevermind. I misinterpreted you.

 

[Totenkopf]

Not to add more confusion, but don't forget the Armoured trait.
The +1 from precise still doesn't cause a damaging hit on a roll of 1 (modified to a 2 due to +1 from precise)

Is that in the rulebook or is that going to be in the errata?

the Armoured trait does make it so that instead of scoring a bulkhead hit on a result of 1, you score a bulkhead hit on a score of 1 and 2. Therefore a precise weapon will score a hit on a roll of 2 (bumped to a result of 3), and non-precise weapons will only score a hit on a roll of 3.

 

[MarkDawg]

When firing a phaser on a roll of a 6 do take points off the shields and hull?

 

[Iron Domokun]

When you fire any weapon, a natural roll of "6" ignores the shields and rolls on the damage table directly. If you roll, say, a "4" and the +2 accuracy makes that a "6", it just hits shields as normal.