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So I got the following AS from my rolls:
STR: 11
DEX: 13
CON: 15
INT: 18
WIS: 16
CHA: 8
Applying +2 INT, +1 STR and +1 CHA we get:
STR: 12
DEX: 13
CON: 15
INT: 20
WIS: 16
CHA: 9
Question: Do we get to start with Armour Components, or just 3 installations of Extra Armour?
And how do I get access to editing the character details?

Toa gets you 4 installations of extra armour, so you would go with that. I think you should be able to edit your character sheet now, but if you can’t, let me know and I will try to fix it.

No but like you can also get other armour components at CC which are really really good. Do we get that or just 4 Extra Armour?

I’m going to go with just getting the 4 extra armour.

Alright, sheet is mostly done mechanics-wise. I'll think of the flavouring in the background. Is it OK to make my weapons as if they were made out of my crystals?
Can we use any of the RSG Kanohi? And can we install armour components into those?

You can use any kanohi that doesn’t have a Henderson Scale warning on it. As they aren’t considered part of your armour frame, I’ll say that you can’t add armour to the kanohi yet, but later on, if you meet a mask maker or invest in the relevant crafting skill, you could.

You can totally have your weapons flavoured as if they were made out of crystal.

Gotcha on the Kanohi, but for the point about Weapons: Crystal gets certain bonuses when wielding Crystal items, check my character sheet to see what I get and whether that's OK with you.

Also, what's the maximum handle size for our weapons? Two-Handed? Heavy Grade 1?

I think it’ll be ok with your abilities and your weapons, and I don’t think I will implement a maximum handle size - just that they would be limited to what the character could wield and the amount of slots the weapon has.

Gotcha, I'll probably make a bow and a sword.

How do I insert images?

You can put images in messages or your character description using the code:
(The url has to be from an image hosting website though, so you will need to upload the picture to Imgur or something first)

To add new character portraits, you have to be the GM and in the updated version of the site. If you want me to do that, send me the image and I will add it in.

Does this work?
https://drive.google.com/file/...iA4/view?usp=sharing
These are the weapons that I've made

No, the quality is too high. Toa allows you to start with two weapons with a quality tier of one higher than the one related to your starting level. In this case, you would need to have the weapons be quality level 1. Aside from that, I think the rest is ok, but you will need to change the amount of components on the weapons.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:15, Wed 29 Nov 2023.

I've been putting up portraits of Kanohi on the new site - you should be able to use them if/when you switch over. I put up an Akaku for Omaukuh, but if you want me to switch it to a different one, I'll put it up.

But these are weapons that were made using E-Smith bonuses. As you can see in the sheet, it allows me to make them at 1 QT higher, so adding that to the bonus from them being Toa tools, that makes QT2.
As for Kanohi - I will try to make a MOC using a non-scoped Akaku, not a fan of scopes TBH.
No new players yet?

Oh, ok. I missed that on my first read through of your character.

There may be some new players soon, but we are currently talking to see how that will go.

Ok, we have a couple of new players - please feel free to discuss your various character builds and backstories. The restrictions for character creation are in the character creation thread, and the rules documents are linked in the expectations thread.

Splendid! Who are the other folks and what are they thinking about doing for the elements?

The plan was a Toa with the psionics element

In reply to Nuestra (msg # 21):

Oh that's splendid! Love Psionics, but I have another character for that element and I wanna try different ones out.
Do you need help making the character?

Which archetypes do the other players want to get? I have E-Smith because Crystal is all about making items.
What about attack forms? I went with E-Armour, E-Strike and AoE because those seem the most straightforward for this low-level game.
And for the Kanohi I picked an Akaku to have an easier time finding stuff. Plus I had given this character an Akaku previously when thinking up concepts so it worked out quite nicely!
How about you guys?

Hello, I'm one of the new players in the game. I'm a long-time fan of Bionicle and I have followed it since the beginning. I applied with Pokawa, a Toa of Stone. Build-wise, I'm thinking some kind of beefy frontliner/support-type; I'm still learning the mechanics.

Edit: I did have a question. I saw you said we could use any Kanohi mask that didn't have the Henderson scale warning on it. I saw that the mask examples in this game thread stopped after the Inika. Did you want us to just use the masks from the ones you shared in the Kanohi thread?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:32, Tue 19 Dec 2023.

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 24):

Well hello there! I can always answer any questions you might have, I am quite fluent in this game's syntax and can give lots of ideas.
You say you want someone beefy - do you intend to have a shield, or just rely on your body?
Do you want to use elements a lot or mostly rely on weapons?

In reply to Omaukuh (msg # 25):

With my character, I'm thinking at first he relies on his own strength and his weapon. He doesn't necessarily believe in himself or his place in the universe, etc. I don't imagine him really using his elemental powers all too often, but that'll change over time.

Right now, I think I'll have him be a big body, but a shield does sound really appealing, though...

Otherwise, I went ahead and chose the Kanohi Elda.

I put up a Kanohi Elda on the game portraits. If you go over to the new site, you should be able to access it for your character.

Thank you so much! It looks great.

In reply to Omaukuh (msg # 17):

I should have mentioned earlier, but I have put up a non-scoped akaku on the game portraits as well.

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 26):

In that case go for the Titan Archetype: you get to be one size category larger whenever you want to be, and it increases the size of your damage dice! Plus for getting 3 levels in defence you get DR to any damage type and resistance to one physical damage type.

In reply to GM (msg # 29):

Thanks!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

In reply to GM (msg # 32):

Yup, Merry Christmas!
And how do I attach images to show Omaukuh's moc?

Use the code <img sr c="image urlgoeshere"> (without the spaces)

The image has to be hosted on imgur or another site like that, then you copy the image address into the code.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:41, Mon 25 Dec 2023.

Does this work?

This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 15:51, Tue 26 Dec 2023.

No, the image does not show up.

In reply to GM (msg # 36):

And if you try to open the image in a new tab?

MOC I 'built' for Pokawa.

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 38):

That's a cool silver Elda!
And how's the character build going?

In reply to Omaukuh (msg # 39):

The build is going okay, I got a big hung up on the custom gear creation, but in a good way. It's such a really cool part of the system, probably my favorite aspect so far, and as I go about I keep getting new ideas for tools and gear to use. I should have the sheet up very soon.

Great! Looking forward to it!

Does this work?

I don't get it, I use my google drive link and it's just completely incapable of loading up
Here it is anyway
https://drive.google.com/file/.../view?usp=drive_link

I think the image needs to be hosted on a dedicated website. Try it with imgur or something like that.

When doing the image code, make sure there's no space between "sr" and "c=".

<img sr c="image urlgoeshere">

In reply to GM (msg # 44):

But I don't have accounts on those! Sounds silly to have to make an account on a special website just for that
Why can't this just allow images to be attached...

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 45):

yeah I did do that and it's just nothing

Also is it possible to ask you to make a portrait from that MOC image that I've made, with the purple scopeless Akaku?

And can I start with Crystalline Protodermis and Knowledge Crystals already unlocked?

I should be able to get the image in, but the google file is privated. Once that is open I will add the image in.

As for the materials, as long as you have the ET or EET to spend on them, you are good to go.

In reply to GM (msg # 50):

Now it's unlocked. Maybe that was the issue.
And as for materials:
> During character creation, players should work with their Game Masters to determine the substances their characters have already interacted with and studied, allowing for the unlocking of a given Material at a point after character creation.
It does not say that one has to spend ET to unlock materials. Do you want to make that a house rule?

This message was deleted by the player at 15:46, Thu 28 Dec 2023.

Sorry, I thought you had to unlock materials with EET/ET. If that's the case, then crystalline protodermis is ok, and knowledge crystal is good too if Omaukuh has spent enough time in Ko-Metru to interact with them.

Omaukuh, I added the image you linked to the portraits - you should be good to go for setting it as your avatar.

Thaaanks so much for everything!
Oh and do we get the equipment packs as normal per the rules of the equipment index, allowing us to have a Diminutive Canteen full of Water, 10 Fine Lightstones, 50ft of Protoiron Cable, a Tinderbox, 6 Stone Tablets, Chisel, and a Bedroll, as well as any items that are specific to a given pack?

Yes, go ahead.

Lovely.
But also I realised that since I have lightstones in my backpack, I could just as well consider those studied, meaning I could make my weapons out of lightstones. That would make it so that anyone within 20 ft of me would have to use Shades (2 installations in the Kanohi) or a Flashlight (0 slots to make it standard light)
Would this be acceptable?

Just wanted to say, that Kanohi looks awesome!

Rough draft, did I do this correctly?

In reply to Omaukuh (msg # 57):

Probably, but which document are you pulling from? The crafting guide doesn't mention anything about shades or flashlights.

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 58):

Thanks!
Not like I'm the designer, but yeah, it is a good Akaku. Much more symmetrical than Kopaka's original one.
I mean it had a vibe to it, but it's really only Kopaka's vibe and nobody else's.

In reply to GM (msg # 60):

The Equipment Index. Why were you looking in the crafting index? That's not where any of the components are, it only tells you how to make the components, but the effects of all the components are in the Equipment Index.

The lightstone material was listed in it, so I looked there. Mostly I just want to know why it requires the use of shades - nowhere I’ve read says anything about that.

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 59):

You should tally up used slots and available slots in the column below the components. Use my templates by copying it to another file where you can edit it freely:
https://docs.google.com/spread.../edit?usp=drive_link

In reply to GM (msg # 63):

Well, you don't have to use shades but if you do you will not get blinded and hindered by it. Have you checked what Light Levels do in the Environment index?

In reply to Pokawa (msg # 59):

Also about your mace: you can't have multiple installations of extra die, only one.
Same with slow.
By default a component can only be installed once unless otherwise specified.

In reply to Omaukuh (msg # 65):

I’ve read the light levels rules and reread the lightstone rules. You won’t need to worry about installing shades - lightstones give off bright light, which just makes stealth rolls at DADV1 and perception checks based on sight roll with +5. In other words, go ahead on the lightstone weapons. My main worry was that the other party members would have been blinded by the weapons, but since that isn’t an issue, you are good to go.

But Ru-Toa have a talent that lets them raise the light level by 2, check it out. I want to make use of it to do 3d4 Heat Damage with my crystal weapons.
So I think we do need shades.

I see now, my bad. Thanks for pointing this out to me, I hadn't picked up on it.

In reply to GM (msg # 69):

So shall we allow everyone to have shades?
Or do you want me to for a different playstyle? I thought this talent would make sense for illuminating dark places, since we're on a rescue mission and all, but if I could get combat utility out of it as well that would be swell, right?
But if need be I'll opt for something else.

The playstyle is fine, you can keep it. I'm a bit hesitant to give out extra modifications to things at the start, just to avoid potential issues with combat balancing, but the shades seem to me to be fine in that regard. If it works best for the group, you all can have a set of shades to start with.

In reply to GM (msg # 71):

Well, it's not gonna be a pair, it'll be a Kanohi modification:
Shades (1 Slot) - As a 1AP Action, you perceive the world as 1 Light Level lower than it actually is, until you turn this Component off. Can be installed multiple times.

If we install it 2 times into our Kanohi we could protect ourselves from my blinding light

So does anyone need any more help with character creation? We have our Toa of Stone, what are some other elements?

The RSG have given us a peek of the Elemental System overhaul, do we wanna try implementing it to try it out? It should be simpler than the current one.

I’ll take a look later today, see how it works.

Having read it, I am on board, but I’d like to see what the others think before making a concrete decision. In the meantime, I’ll put it in the rules clarification thread.

Here's a few images of a moc I made of Takorra.

https://drive.google.com/file/...xqx/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/...trk/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/...7ss/view?usp=sharing

That turned out awesome!

Oh dang. Is that a Ta-Toa?
And how about making sheets for your Toa? Is everything clear on that or not?

It is indeed. So far everything to do with character creation seems clear, although I'm not 100% sure on exactly how the features from elemental warrior (the archetype I'm leaning towards the most) and passion unto flames from the fire element would work together since if I'm understanding things right, both let me essentially "upcast" an elemental attack. So basically just curious if they stack or not.

Yes they do stack. But the ones from E-Warrior are free of charge (no extra EE) but the Passion unto flame one is not free.

Thanks, also now that I look into equipment a bit more I'm a little confused by nothing seeming to have any cost to it. I'm also wondering if we can attach whatever components we want to our weapon/armor as long as we don't exceed the equipment's slots or if we have to wait until the game starts to get items with components.

At character creation, your equipment is determined by your Species and your starting Supertype, so you don't need to worry about its cost (also, there isn't a system for that yet). You choose components for your equipment at character creation, up to the limit for each item.

In reply to Takorra (msg # 82):

Well, yes. The economy is not established and the GM has to come up with it if they want it to have an effect. I just have a list of components and prices for my campaigns, but I still let people come up with their first weapon however they want.