Mechwarrior 2nd ED Revised and Expanded

[victor_shaw]

So it's has been a long time and to start clean I am starting a new thread for this project.

While the project it still alive due to many (many!) medical and real life issues work has been agonizingly slow and in the last few months has been non-existent. But I have gotten back to a point that I will be working on the project more in the future.

As I stated before, due to the sporadic nature of the work I am able to do. I will not be providing a weekly (or monthly) update on the progress and will only be posting when there are major developments in the project or feedback is needed.

Feedback rule:
1. Suggestion for additions are welcome and will be examined but are not guaranties.
2. This is not 4th or 3rd.
3. Be respectful, Feedback is a discussion not a debate.

For those of you that are familiar with the precursor project, a lot has changed due to:
1. overpowered stats on some academes.   
2. some skills being redundant.
3. layout issues.
4. things I thought were good ideas at the time not being good ideas. 

[Daryk]

Glad to see you back at it, good sir! :)

[DOC_Agren]

Welcome back
May Life start treating you better...

[cmerwin]

This is awesome! Thanks for this! I am starting a new MechWarrior 2nd edition game after a looooong time not playing it and wondered if anyone has any other homebrew resources?

[Daryk]

If you ever decide to try AToW, my sig block is about 50% homebrew stuff for that (including a spreadsheet to help with character creation). :)

[cmerwin]

If you ever decide to try AToW, my sig block is about 50% homebrew stuff for that (including a spreadsheet to help with character creation). :)

Thanks! I think I've seen some of your stuff before and liked it! You have some impressive stuff. Your spreadsheet was the only way I made it through character creation.

I really really want to like AToW, but I can't. Character creation is just way over the top and combat is too crunchy. It feels like D&D 3.5 hit the gym and bulked up. I dream of something between Destiny and AToW: medium crunch, solid roleplaying, streamlined character creation, advancement, and combat. A good medium-heavy BattleTech roleplaying game with minis.
A guy can dream.

That said, I do find AToW and the Companion, from a design and GM perspective, a beautiful and impressive work for what it is.

[Daryk]

Thanks for the feedback!  If you ever need help with character creation, just give me a shout.  The units I've been posting down in the Non-Canon Units board lately are all populated by AToW characters.  For me, the process makes writing their backstories REALLY easy (they practically write themselves!).

[victor_shaw]

Sorry for the late reply.
I have not been working on the update for awhile so have not been back.
@cmerwin Just a heads up on the Book in my Signature, it was a first draft and it is way out of date.
But as some of it made it into the new book would love to hear any feedback from you if you read through or even more if you use it in play.
I don't come to the site much due to issues I will not go over here, but if you PM me it does hit my email that I check at least a few times a week.
Hi Daryk  , stop trying to corrupt everyone with AToW, or I'll sic MWD on you. 

[cmerwin]

Sorry for the late reply.
I have not been working on the update for awhile so have not been back.
@cmerwin Just a heads up on the Book in my Signature, it was a first draft and it is way out of date.
But as some of it made it into the new book would love to hear any feedback from you if you read through or even more if you use it in play.
I don't come to the site much due to issues I will not go over here, but if you PM me it does hit my email that I check at least a few times a week.
Hi Daryk  , stop trying to corrupt everyone with AToW, or I'll sic MWD on you. 

   - Thanks so much Victor! Sadly Daryk has corrupted my players into AToW, even if my heart still belongs to 2e! Thanks for responding and the awesome work you did!

[Daryk]

Glad to see you back V_S!  I don't talk about that other game... it almost got me banned here!

Cmerwin: I'd love to hear more about how your game is going! :)