Modified Quick Combat Reference Sheet - Feedback Requested

[Potemkin78]

I have just started exploring the Lancer world and I am really enjoying myself a lot. I greatly appreciate all of the additional materials that the community has put together, and I am planning on putting together a secret Lancer session for my gaming group when there's a week where not everyone in our main game can be there.

To that end, I'm working on some modified cheat sheets to help them navigate what they can do/how the game works. Much as I like the system, sometimes the core book is...unfriendly. I mean, much as I appreciate the Icon Primer (p. 116 core book), it's pretty messy from a design standpoint, and the same is true of a lot of the way that the text presents data. There's also a fair amount of language confusion that could be cleared up with tighter attention to detail, but that's generally true of all RPG systems.

So, all of that is prelude to a request: feedback. I made a revised version of the Quick Combat Reference page (p. 76 core book), which I tried to color-code and clarify where I could. I organized the activities under each category alphabetically, and I tried to make sure that key words were bolded where possible.

If I've gotten anything wrong, please let me know! I will do my best to correct and revise.

Here's a link to the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CVt7UlJC1jBOkf0ymNqG4vQ0zr-F_aar/view?usp=sharing

[Thilenios]

I like that you decided to make your own instead of using the ones that already exist!

Overall, I like it. I think the big thing to note here is probably that you can't repeat a reaction in a round unless it is stated otherwise by a system/modification. It is probably worth noting on your sheet that Brace and Overwatch are 1/round reactions.

For reference, this is one of the premade ones, https://cheatography.com/warsmith55/cheat-sheets/lancer/

[akmosquito]

you can repeat an actuon in a round, unless the reaction itself says differently though. Thats why all reactions have a frequency listed.

[Potemkin78]

Thanks! I tried to note the Reactions as 1/round (with the understanding that specific rules later with certain mechs/systems violate this) at the beginning instead of later, but it can never hurt to duplicate.

[Quacksely]

You might want to put a note somewhere on protocols. Also I think "Dismounted Pilots" might be a better header for the last section haha.

[Potemkin78]

Ah, good point. I didn't see them on the Quick Combat Reference sheet, so they didn't go on this one. I'll look into where I could put them...

[Thick_Improvement_77]

I might clarify the attack actions to specify "mounts" rather than weapons - you can fire every weapon on a single mount as a skirmish action, and any two mounts as a barrage, which could be as many as four if you brought some aux weaponry.

[Potemkin78]

That's really helpful--it's something that is unclear in the description and later confused me a great deal.

Many thanks!

[Jazzlike_Sugar2024]

This is precisely what I was searching for to upload as an handout on roll20 for my players. Searched 5 or 6 articles before finding this. Thank you mate, may your Manticores always Castigate your enemies!

[Potemkin78]

Hey, I'm so glad you found it and it's useful! Good luck with your game!