10.6.2: Backgrounds and ship combat

General changes

• The first three key rules chapters have been reorganized as Characters, Adventuring, and Combat
• Many rules sections in those chapters have been reworded to be clearer and avoid repetition

Roll20 Sheet

• Power is now automatically added to damage with weapons
• Weight limits are now visible in the Ref tab

Monsters

• Leaders now have lower hit points
• Snipers now have lower hit points, but higher defenses

Characters

• Half-orcs now have either -1 Int or -1 Per, rather than always -1 Int
• Half-orcs now know an additional common language
• Orcs are now considered a common species, and have been redesigned
• Falling damage now scales with weight category
• Attribute point buy has been redesigned to avoid awkward extra points that are difficult to spend
  • Instead of having costs of 1/3/5/8 with 15 points to spend, attributes now cost 1/2/3/5 with 8 points to spend
  • This also generally makes starting attributes slightly lower, which is intentional
• Explicit backgrounds have been added
  • Backgrounds are a mixture of benefits and flaws, both of which can have a significant narrative impact
  • Backgrounds do not significantly affect a character's statistics or combat power

Adventuring

• The rules for helping allies make checks have been simplified
  • You can give an ally a non-stacking +2 bonus if you beat a DV 5 lower than the real DV

Classes

• Barbarian
  • Resilient Strike now grants a +4 defense bonus instead of making you impervious, and deals more damage at rank 4
  • Feral Strike can also be used with thrown weapons
• Druid: Plant Channeling now has standard range extension wording

Combat Styles

Mystic Spheres

• Aeromancy
  • Air Bubble has been renamed to Air Supply, and is now rank 3 instead of rank 4
  • A new Limited Air Supply ritual has been added
• Revelation: Field of Visions is now Sustain (attuneable, standard) instead of only an immediate effect

Feats

• Entropist: The 18th level ability now only requires one fatigue instead of two

Optional Rules

• New critical failure and exploding check variants have been added
• A new Ship Combat chapter has been added