Savage Tron
Its time to become a digitized gladiator!!
A Tron RPG setting is something I always wanted to play in. And seeing Savage Worlds is the go to setting for making anything by anyone. I figured I take a stab at it and see how it turns out.
Over the next little while, I will be posting portions of the rules, and when I am done I will compile everything into one format. Much like what I have done with my Savage Battlestar.
Capturing the Feeling of TRON
The first thing I wanted to do was first capture the iconic feeling of Tron, and that in my mind would be its light cycles, and
Light Ribbon Vehicle combat (
LRV). So below is the basics of how I would manage it.
LRV Combat:
Using the standard chase rules found in the Savage Worlds Deluxe Rule Book with the following additions. Please note, in everything I ever watched, light ribbon combat is deadly.. and this is meant to be just that.
LRV Combat uses the 5 round chase rules.
LRV Attack: A person can make an LRV attack against anyone who he has the advantage over. He would then make his piloting/driving roll opposed to his targets piloting/driving skill. The attacker then counts his successes including his raises, and tallies them up and calls them
Turns. If at the end of the 5 rounds the target has at least 1
Turn against it, the target crashes at top speed into the ribbon taking regular damage for that speed.
LRV Defense: A person can try and reduce the number of success a person has against them. Regardless of if the target has the advantage over the defender or not, they must make opposed LRV Combat roll. The defender may remove 1
Turn against them for each success and raise they have.
Example
NPC 1 targets NPC 2 and makes a LRV Attack ends up have 1 success and a raise and gains 2 turns on NPC2
NPC 2 decides to reduce the turns, so make a LRV Defense against NPC 1 and removes only 1 turn against it.
This sequence goes back and forth several times until 5 rounds of the chase is completed. At the end, if a NPC 2 has at least 1 turn left against it. He crashes into the light ribbon!
Any one who fails to make their piloting/driving roll while using a LRV, will not draw any action card same as in the regular chase rules, but is also forced to deal with a minor complication. A failure, the vehicle is assumed to have struck a Light Ribbon and takes damage at half the top speed.
TRON LRV Edges
Light Ribbon Vehicles (LRV): Novice: When making a piloting roll for an attack using a light ribbon producing vehicle add +2 to your skill, This skill is also used as a defensive maneuver. Add this bonus to any attack or defense roll using a light ribbon vehicle).
Light Ribbon Vehicles Expert: Seasoned. Agility D8. LRV. With this talent, during a LRV Attack, a success will give you a bonus of 1 extra
Turn against your target, or if in a LRV Defense, remove 1 extra
Turn against you.
Notes:
A person who wins the initiative a lot in LRV combat will have a distinct advantage in combat. Piloting skills are very important!
I have only play tested these rules a few times so far, but they do the job and are pretty deadly. The way I like it.
Next I will be focusing at rules for Trons Deadly Disc's!!
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