Wednesday test game went very, very well. We added perks, some new weapons and worked out social systems, after that the game is pretty much censored for 18 and under lol.
But really, we worked hard on trying to break the core of the game, and so far it doesn't look like it can be broken with ease, it would take a gross overbalance of stat stacking that would make a character only useful in a very few, limited situations.
Some of the additions...
Skill
Social- Streetwise- Knowledge of the streets, the lower class, and how to move in that world along with small criminal acts.
This skill was added to fill the Larceny position we didnt have.
Actions
Insight- Free action Intelligence + Wisdom (Understand something you can observe or know)
This was added to give the Game Master the ability to weave symbolism into the game space, or provide a hint to the character that might not be communicated well enough to the players for them to understand it without plain speech.
More tools, stat altering consumable items, more guns, Ancient Tech weapons such as the Heavy Karkovian Pistol (a one shot monster of a gun that adds 8L to a shot. 1/2 action to shoot, 1/2 action to reload) and Ancient Submachine gun. (4L Single shot, +5L full auto expends all 15 rounds in gun 1/2 action)
The social interactions also took the form of a progressive story with branching situations and plot twists that might have involved a Baroness of the Fjordlands, a Drug Lord called "The Whale", and the Baronesses powerful Merchant Guild Banker husband Han Tzu.
Players had to use the full gamut of social skills in order to maximize their profits, survive the intrigue of powerful members of society and make a name for themselves in an increasingly dark world that cares little if they survive to become legends, or forgotten as corpses in the gutter.
Favorite scene of the night
Players are sitting down to dinner with Han Tzu at a poche, expensive restaurant, they are served small avian meals covered in a light, orange sauce and garnished. The make insight roles that I ask for, each of them, on the symbolism of the meal they are eating, not a single character passes the check. After receiving troubling news that Han Tzu's wife means to assassinate him, he asks to retire to the lavatory so that he may compose himself, feeling rather sick to the stomach from the sudden news.
This entire night, evidence leads to Han Tzu as being a shrewd businessmen but not a violent or aggressive person, even going to lengths to provide his wife with considerable estates and wealth for a divorce he is planning. (his wife is a Baronies Baroness, this is important).
Suddenly men arrive, in full military grade body armor and weaponry and shoot up the restaurant. Han Tzu had planned the entire thing it seems. The party survives the encounter, and kills Han Tzu. They might have been forewarned to his treachery had they noticed they had been served ravens for dinner.
