Enforcer Squadron NPC

[u/Dagdammit]

Playtest rules for another Squadron! These are riot cops, anti-melee melee controller units.

Traits on the main page are pretty uniform for all Squadrons, boil down to "one unit in group is the Lead who actually takes turns, with the rest of the group following them like drones". In practice, I'm hoping it'll be straightforward for GM and give the players an interesting enemy to dismantle.

[u/QuesterrSA]

That is way too many base systems IMO

[u/Dagdammit → u/QuesterrSA]

First page is almost all just how the Squadron works, it should be pretty straightforward to play (in theory, have to test)

[u/Astrefernal]

Dude, I'm not going to lie, I slurp everything you put for lancer now. This is the good stuff !

[u/Mortos7]

The Vulcan Shield should not have its second function of saving the NPC’s life against melee damage IMO. This is already a disseminated enemy that’s difficult for melee characters to deal with because they’ll probably waste a bunch of damage overkilling a single one; giving each one a second life vs melee on top of that seems excessive.

[u/Dagdammit → u/Mortos7]

A good point, and something playtesting could definitely end up validating. In the event Vulcan Shield is too much, the first couple tweaks I have on standby are:

1: making its resistance not work while Engaged

And/or

2: making critical hits ignore the system entirely.

If someone's playing a full feast-or-famine melee specialist, this enemy was kind of purpose-built to bully them- and even then, they likely have Executioner so it's not a total wash.

[u/Mortos7 → u/Dagdammit]

Fair enough, that all sounds reasonable!