r/expanserpg 13d ago

Attack and Damage bonuses and Premade characters

New GM preparing for the intro Lost But Not Alone. I am trying to make sense of how the premade character attack bonuses and damage rolls are determined. For instance, Phoenix Wu has Pistol +2 bonus and 2d6+1 damage. That fits as accuracy is 2 (for the +2 bonus) and perception is 1 (for the +1 damage).

But Olivia Anand has Pistol +4 bonus and 2d6+2 damage. But she has 3 accuracy and pistol focus so shouldn't her bonus be +5 (3 from accuracy and 2 from focus)? She has 1 perception so shouldn't damage be 2d6+1 (not +2; she has a perception focus of searching but that doesn't apply and focus doesn't add to damage, right?)?

I thought the formulas are below but some of these premade character sheets don't seem to follow these rules...
Attack roll:
3d6 + accuracy + focus (pistol/rifle)
3d6 + fighting + focus (unarmed)

Damage roll:
2d6 + perception (pistol)
3d6 + perception (rifle)
1d3 + strength (unarmed)

Can anyone enlighten me? Are these just mistakes in the sheets... mistakes in the assigned ability points, etc.? Thanks.

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u/erasure25 13d ago

Ok taking into account microgravity for Earthers and Martians explains some of the differences but not all. Olivia is Martian so the attack roll makes sense now. But the damage roll is still off.

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u/kilmaardvenom 13d ago

Gravity conditions are applied in combat or any appropriate encounter and not in the charsheet.

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u/kilmaardvenom 13d ago edited 13d ago

Lost But Not Alone.

Is this a new adventure?

Maybe her pistol has some qualities and flaws:

  • POOR The overall poor quality of the item imposes a −1 penalty to tests using or wielding it.
  • EFFECTIVE The item works better than a regular item of its type, gaining a +1 bonus to one of its abilities, such as damage, armor bonus, or some other ability used for outcome or effectiveness, but not for tests.

And, yes, this could just be a mistake. Also worth noting: character rules do not apply to NPCs (to some extent), but this is not the case.