Rules Changes

This page consolidates any changes to the Rules between events.

• The Extra Will Point skill no longer increases its cost with increasing ranks.

• Clarified for species with Global Body Hits (Coronites, N-Dax, Yelk, Reskan), that when they gain additional Body Hits via something like Toughness Skill ranks, this grants them Body Hits. Armour and Field Hits are unaffected and do not swap types.
• Clarified that the Kordai Gravitic Focus deflection abilities also protect you from Calls associated with shots you deflect - although in the case of the more powerful deflection ability it does not redirect the Call.
• A section on Fighting at LRP has been added to the Combat page, clarifying some questions we've been asked. Most notably, you should avoid parrying with blasters or other non-safe props. If your blaster or other item is struck, that counts as the hit striking one of the holding arms (except for the effects of the SUNDER call).
• Medicaments Rework - All available Medicaments have been altered, changing to the new Ampoule form factor, adding Usage Modes to most, and changing the effects of many.
  • Knock-on changes to the Exotic Reagents that are applied to Medicaments. The most prominent change to these are that Spectrum Inhibitor now rounds up instead of down when it halves non-duration numbers.
  • Knock-on changes to the Felani Aura Dynamics Rank 4 power Alchemical Aura.

• Added a proper system for Stealing In-Game Items, with associated updates to the Searching Another Character rules.
• Added a Consent section to the Code of Conduct, which provides guidelines and rules for giving consent to be contacted, and a framework around entering people's tents.
• Clarified that transferring Charges between items requires 30 seconds of Roleplayed Action, and added some more description there.
• Updates to Spaceflight Skills to reflect changes made to the newest OSLRP_EE version.
  • The main change is that Science now increases the Science Radar Range, and Relay now increases the Tactical Radar Range. Probes from Relay Secondary bonus reduced.
  • Updates and changes to the Advanced Captain Skills, reflecting back-end reworks and clarifications to the Conditions handed out when you use them. Also all Captain skills grant one use of Ready Room, which allows you to pause the sim for at least 30 seconds to plan.
  • Although not on the Wiki, the way Conditions are granted as the ship gets damaged has changed - now once the ship's Hull reaches certain damage thresholds, the sim will randomly assign a few Conditions to individual consoles, with some additional ones if the ship gets destroyed - this basically makes the Conditions assigned to crew ramp up as the ship gets damaged rather than being a big dump of nasty injuries if the ship gets destroyed.
• We made a wiki page giving some background and info on the Game Team and what they are responsible for at events.

• Several changes related to going into places with no breathable atmosphere and other Hazards.
  • Coronites officially require no breathable atmosphere (which was already in the lore on their page).
  • Xak'Noth get 10 minutes grace when they find themselves with no breathable atmosphere, or in HOT and COLD Hazards.
  • Added the Shelter power for the Notumi Corpori Nanodeck - if activated in a safe place, it gives 30 mins protection from Hazardous Environments.
  • The N-DAX Mutate Rapid Recovery Rank 1 skill now makes a character not require a breathable atmosphere.
• Improved the Psychosomatics Elysian Psionic Path to make it actually useful given the alternative methods of healing available to other characters. Wound Transfer now does not require any Psi Points to use, only a short roleplay action. Forced Regrowth now heals all lost hits on the target location, and the Rank 5 Power requires only 5 seconds to invoke, allowing it to be used as a last-ditch life-saver.
• Clarified whether you can use the First Aid or Physician skills on yourself - you can use First Aid on yourself to reset or pause your Death Count, and use the Physician skill to facilitate your own healing and administer Medicaments to yourself, but you cannot end your own Death Count or perform Surgery on yourself using the Physician skill.
• The Deflection Generator Armour Mod has been clarified to allow you to use abilities that affect your own person or worn and carried equipment - so you can recharge devices, use Injectors, etc. while under the protective effect.
• The Reinforcement Pattern Armour Mod example had a typo that made it make no sense. Multiple applications of this Mod allow multiple hits to be restored with a single Charge.
• Reduced the time and restrictions around which Raegar can regain their Black Frost-related Will Points.
• Made the FREEZE, KNOCKOUT and ROOT calls take effect even when parried with a Shield. Equipment using these calls is likely to see a cost increase or time decrease in later changes. This was always the intent (as shown by the E-AB shield and Energy Absorption Matrix Mod), but it wasn't added to the relevant Call entries.
• Clarified that the STRIKE call does not break The One-Second Rule.
• Improved immunity to TOXIC Conditions for non-organic species in line with the increasing integration of Keywords, specifically the Coronite and Lithos species - these species now are immune to Toxic conditions that don't share their Gaseous, Energy Being or Mineral keywords or the Universal keyword (allowing us to create mineral or gas-specific toxins). Similarly improved the Toxin immunity of the Wrathian species, making them have near-total immunity to toxins, even Universal ones.
• Clarified some effects on Glowfish Toxin that had been updated on the substance stickers but not on the wiki. Glowfish Toxin now only has its ability to act on 0 hits on Limbs, not the Torso or Head. Also clarified that it has no benefit to characters with Global Body Hits.
• MAN DOWN call replaced with SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY.

• Added Components & Installations as a system to do creative Engineering in the field at events.
• Made some changes to Mods, so that they can now technically be applied to any item, but may not have an effect. Adjusted the cost progression of Mods and Maintenance on the Devices page. Improved the wiki text around Engineers and Physicians.
• Added and clarified some additional mechanics that affect Card Draw Actions - Automatic Successes, Redraws and Complications.
• Tulaki Overhaul - Major additions to the Tulaki species page.
  • Physrep requirements (trappings) for Serpentines reduced. Some optional trappings added.
  • Megasaurians no longer have a CP penalty for Professional Skills.
  • Megasaurian Environmental Nano-treatment can now be applied by Dominion Life Scientists to remove or restore a Megasaurian's bulky costume in play at events.
  • Priestly Devotion now grants both a Minor and a Major Ceremony with each rank.
  • Ceremonies have been divided into Minor Ceremonies, which are less powerful but faster, and Major Ceremonies, which are more powerful but take more time and use more Ritual Herbs to perform.
  • Ceremony list has been expanded to 8 each of Minor and Major Ceremonies.
• Made some changes to Nanodeck programs. Cooldown time reduced to 1 minute, added range changes to the Survey, Sample & Sustain programs, and added the Lockdown Advanced Program.
• Armour - Heavy Armour Training reduced to 1CP. Added the Assault Armour class.
• Heavy Energy Weapons - now shoot for STRIKE by default, even when unlammied. Energy Weapon Mods - Force Bolt now available to other energy weapons, new Heavy Energy Weapon mods added.
• Deflection Generator - Added the restriction of not being able to attack or use abilities while it is active. This will also affect equipment (such as the AA Flight-Suit) which share that effect.
• Clarified the effect of the Advanced Helm Console Ground skill, Emergency Evacuation.
• Some Megacorp Reputation skills have been renamed, and Lazarus Esteem is now on the wiki for purchase.

• In downtime, devices must be in the inventory of the Engineer doing work on them. This was mostly previously the case, but it is now explictly described as such.
• Added a rules framework for Inventors to develop Psionic Pathless Powers.

• Raegar characters now gain 1 Will Point for each stage of the Black Frost affecting them, instead of every two stages.
• Clarified that if a held weapon is struck by an arrow, bolt or dart, then the holding limb is considered to have been hit (Combat Safety Rules). Also don't parry projectiles because it's super dangerous.
• Added the ROOT call.
• Changed some effects of Vikaas Aquerna Psionic Powers to fit into the Card Draw System better.
• Added the ability to quickly repair Broken devices with a Psi Crystal Mod to the Rank 2 Psionic Resonance power.
• Cost reduction on some Resonant Blade powers.

• Codified Conditions into a single framework that also makes use of Keywords.
• Codified Species into a single framework that also makes use of Keywords.
• Nerfed Quark Plasma Exotic Particles so that they last less long, and also Break the device they are used on.
• Added the Broken status to devices in some circumstances.
• Extended the Card Draw System to allow it to be used in Science and Engineering operations.
• Consolidated Detectors, Analysers and Extractors into a single device - Scanners, which can be used for all 3 purposes, integrating the Card Draw System.
  • Changes to Mods used on the new Scanners.
• The REND and THROUGH Calls have been made more effective, so that both calls ignore any Field Hits that the target has.
• Shields with hard formers or bodies can now be used when appropriately modified for safety.
• Minor changes and clarifications to the Elysian Psionic Powers Psionic Surgery and Rite of Recovery.

• The Reinforcement Pattern Armour Mod has been given a cooldown of 30 seconds. This was mostly to prevent characters with Charge Cost reduction having effectively infinite Armour Hits.
• The “Psionic Ritual” tag has been added to certain Elsyian, Kelki and Lithos psionic powers. These are typically powers that required a certain period of roleplayed action to perform, and usually required the presence of a Referee. For…..reasons.
• The Weave Solidifier Armour Mod has been altered to allow it to be added multiple times to a single suit of armour, increasing the activation duration by 15 seconds each time at no additional Charge Cost.
• Reputation Skills for Galactic Energy Supplies and Advanced Armaments have been added.
• The Thrown Weapons Training skill has been added for people who want to use thrown weapons.

• The Secondary Ability of the Helm Console skill has been reduced from +5 speed to +3 speed.
• The Surgery ability of the Physician skill has been overhauled and clarified. A full description of the new system can be found on the dedicated Surgery page.
• The Deflection Generator Armour Mod has been edited so that it requires a 30 second cooldown after use. This makes its interaction with Quark Plasma only half as ludicrous.