Tactics
This broad skill provides a character with basic training in and an
understanding of tactics and tactical situations. While tactics may
come into play in many types of situations,\
\ it’’s most commonly used during infantry combat, space combat, and
vehicle combat.
A successful use of the skill provides a penalty to the opponent’’s
next skill check, indicating that you\
\ developed a tactical plan and successfully employed it against him.
Tactics Check Results
- Critical Failure: The opponent sees through your intentions and receives a -1 bonus\
\ on their next skill check.
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Failure: No modifier to the opponent’’s next skill check.
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Ordinary: +1 penalty to the opponent’’s next skill check.
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Good: +2 penalty to\
\ the opponent’’s next skill check.
- Amazing: +3 penalty to the opponent’’s next skill check.
Infantry tactics
The specialty skill covers battlefield strategies when the main
component of the battle is individual troops.
⊗ Increased Effect: As a character achieves higher ranks in a Tactics specialty skill, he receives a situation die bonus for dealing with opposing forces (infantry, space vessels, or vehicles). The bonus is -1 step at rank 4, -2 steps at rank 8, and -3 steps at rank 12.
Space tactics
Battlefield strategies involving combat between spaceships.
⊗ Increased Effect: As a character achieves higher ranks in a Tactics specialty skill, he receives a situation die bonus for dealing with opposing forces. The bonus is -1 step at rank 4, -2 steps at rank 8, and -3 steps at rank 12.
Vehicle tactics
Battlefield strategies involving combat where vehicles other than
starships (air, land, or water) are the main component.
⊗ Increased Effect: As a character achieves higher ranks in a Tactics specialty skill, he receives a situation die bonus for dealing with opposing forces. The bonus is -1 step at rank 4, -2 steps at rank 8, and -3 steps at rank 12.