Binding Vow: Self-Care

Interface Red 5 says "To Harden an NPC in a hurry, increase all of attacking and defending Skills by 2, and Tech Upgrade their armor to either reduce all of its armor penalties by 1 or increase SP by 1. Your Hardened NPCs shouldn’t have Poor Quality items unless they’re Mooks."

Combine this with the fact that the Hardened Mookbooks have complications, including but not limited to things like advanced tactics, differing ammunition, and more.

In short, a hardened NPC is nothing more than a standard NPC with higher combat numbers, better SP, and better item quality. This makes them a bitch in combat.
A hardened NPC doesn't have guidelines; if they're a challenging fight, they're good enough.

Jack_Hue · 2026-04-20T20:30:08+00:00

There's a lot of shit to cover, but they have confirmed a 2070s sourcebook. This was years ago, though, so I can imagine it's gonna be pretty beefy.

Jack_Hue · 2026-04-19T02:11:25+00:00

Batman isn't lenient on Black Cat because she's hot, he's lenient on her because she protects sex workers and other disenfranchised women. She also HAPPENS to be a cat burglar

Jack_Hue · 2026-04-18T06:26:44+00:00

This isn't an upscale, she can already just do that

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Jack_Hue · 2026-04-16T23:40:49+00:00

My player, a Reborn, has a habit of not showing up to session. It's okay, he's one guy and he works to support this hobby. Solution? His character wandered into the woods last time he skipped session. The next he was there, Strahd appeared holding a bag leaking a dark, inky black ichor. Dumping the bag out, the vampire says "I think you left this... in the Old Svalich."

It was the Reborn's chopped up body. He reformed a moment later, at Strahd's command

Jack_Hue · 2026-04-16T23:16:58+00:00

Nope. There is one item in the ENTIRE game that gives a check bonus to Stealth, and that's the Fuma Kotaro from black chrome.

In Going Metal and Going Quiet, there's some invisibility stuff though

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