Maybe I’m just blind but I noticed I cannot find anything to replicate a GiTS style thermoptic camouflage. I sort of get it since it is a fairly powerful piece of gear but I was wondering how it be handled. I figured it would give some major bonuses to stealth but have negative tags like say + fragile and/or + finicky
Maybe I’m just blind but I noticed I cannot find anything to replicate a GiTS style thermoptic camouflage.
Maybe I’m just blind but I noticed I cannot find anything to replicate a GiTS style thermoptic camouflage.
Well, there’s the Stealth Suit in the manual, which grants the wearer a +1 ongoing to avoid being detected while alone and hidden. I suppose you can describe that in any fictional way you want. If you feel the +1 isn’t enough I suppose you could bump it up to a +2 and make it a plot related piece of gear so it’s harder to come by. I do like the idea of adding a +fragile tag to it.
I wouldn’t worry too hard about mechanics. Thermoptic camouflage is simply some hard core narrative positioning. The situations where some sort of “stealth roll” type of move would be triggered just changed dramatically. That in itself can be a huge benefit without ever modifying any die rolls.
Matt Petruzzelli seconding what Matt said, for emphasis. PBTA isn’t DnD, where better, bigger gears adds up to more plusses- the rolls aren’t meant to simulate competency, really.
The fictional positioning is what it really gets you, like trying to stealth right in front of someone’s eyeballs. Normal stealth rolls don’t do that with a -3, because normally, you just can’t do that, no rolls needed.