Vehicle Creation

Rides are divided into two primary categories: Mounts and Vehicles. All mounts are animal companions that can piloted or used for combat. Vehicles are Rides that are made using technology. While mounts follow the normal creature creation rules and have normal statistics and Creature Ratings, vehicles have their own unique statistics and Ability Scores that are used to determine their Creature Ratings. Vehicles can battle against normal creatures and mounts but they are typically far more powerful than them and most standard weapons and attacks will do little against them.

Vehicles are further divided into three Vehicle Types. Land Vehicles are Rides that only move on solid ground or land such as cars. Aquatic Vehicles are Rides that only move in or on water such as boats and submarines. Aerial Vehicles are Rides that primarily move by flying and also includes space crafts and includes airplanes and spaceships. Hybrid Vehicles are capable of moving through more than one type of terrain such as land and water or space and land but these but are rare compared to more traditional Rides.

Ability Score Tier	Reference	Scores
Tier	Reference	Scores
-5	Minimum CR 1	10
-4	CR >1	11-12
-3	CR 5	13-14
-2	CR >5	15-16
-1	CR <10	17-19
0	CR >10	20-25
1	CR >15	26-31
2	CR >20	32-36
3	CR >30	37-42
4	CR >35	43-48
5	Maximum CR >40	49-54

Vehicle Ability Scores

All Vehicle Rides have their own unique Ability Scores that are used for their CR calculation and for their statistics. Vehicles do not have skills but instead do have special abilities, combat maneuvers, and actions that only they can perform. They also have Saves just like normal creatures which are used in unique ways. Just as creatures, the Ability Scores have a tier system from -5 to 5. However, the Ability Scores are higher by a base of 10 that the regular CR Ability Scores.

Power Score represents the source of energy and power output that a vehicle has and is meant to reflect their horsepower or overall energy level. Therefore, how powerful the vehicle’s attacks are is also affected but this score. The higher the score the more powerful their sources of energy, fuel, and propulsion is.

Mobility Score represents the vehicle’s agility and overall mobility through its environment which is based off of its mode of transportation, its aerodynamics, and its overall size and turn radius. This also represents how accurately the vehicle can fire its ranged weapons and dodge enemy attacks. The higher the score is the more agile and maneuverable the vehicle is. The vehicle’s Dexterity Save is based off of this score.

Hardiness Score represents how physically hefty, hard, and durable the vehicle is and therefore how well it can survive the environments and overall wear and tear over time. The higher the score is the longer lasting and more durable the vehicle is. The vehicle’s Constitution Save is based off of this score.

Complexity Score represents how complex the design, configuration, and technology used to create and assemble the vehicle is. Vehicles that are too complex may be outside of a character’s ability to Pilot. In order to determine if a character can pilot a ride or not, they must make an Intellect Check against the vehicle’s Complexity Score. If they pass, they are able to figure out how to Pilot the vehicle and may make a Pilot Check (see Accessibility Score). If they fail, it is too complex for them. Likewise, if a character wishes to reverse engineer a vehicle, they must make a Knowledge Engineer Check against the vehicle’s Complexity Score. If they pass, they can reverse engineer aspects of the vehicle. The higher the score is the more complex the vehicle is.

Programming Score represents how advanced the programming on the vehicle is and therefore how well protected it is from virtual and cyber attacks it is. Vehicles that do not have computers or any type of programming do not have a Programming Score and are immune from being hacked. A score of 0 means that the vehicle’s defenses are down or compromised and therefore automatically fail in protecting itself from being hacked. No score on the other hand makes the vehicle immune to hacking. The higher the score is the more advanced the vehicle’s programming is. The vehicle’s Sanity Save is based off of this score.

Accessibility Score represents how easy, intuitive, and accessible the vehicle’s controls are to use. The more complicated the vehicle’s controls or the more complicated the vehicle is in general as far as design, services, and features the higher the accessibility score becomes. Lower scores makes the vehicle more accessible to characters. Whenever a character attempts to pilot a vehicle they are able to, they must make a Pilot Check against the vehicle’s Accessibility Score. If they pass, they have no problems piloting and controlling the vehicle. If they fail, the vehicle is too hard either because it is too sensitive to what they are used to, too complicated in design, or too cumbersome for them.

Vehicle Saves

Vehicles have unique Saves that are used for different situations and unique scenarios and unlike creatures, not all Ability Scores have an associated Save with them.

Power Save is based off of the vehicle’s Power Score and represents how well the vehicle’s power sources can maintain power especially when being stressed or put under extreme conditions. If a Power Save is required then typically the power source is being pushed to their limits and failure may mean complete temporary failure to their Power.

Hardiness Save is based off the vehicle’s Hardiness Score and represents how well the vehicle is fortified in its vital sections. Whenever a vehicle is attacked in its vitals or if its propulsion systems are being attacked or if a Turret, Mounted Weapon, or Ion Canon is being targeted; the vehicle must make a Hardiness Save. If it passes, they take no damage. If they fail, they either take critical damage, have a Weapon destroyed, or take damage to their Mobility. See Vital Targeting for more information.

Mobility Save is based off of the vehicle’s Mobility Score and represents how well the vehicle can perform evasive maneuvers to dodge enemy attacks. Certain Ride Combat Maneuvers can be performed using the Mobility Save.

Programming Save is based off of the vehicle’s Programming Score and represents how well the vehicle can virtually protect itself from being hacked. If the vehicle doesn’t have a Programming Score then they also have no Programming Save. Whenever the vehicle is being hacked, it must make a Programming Save against the hack. If they pass, they are prevented from being hacked. If they fail, they become hacked and may have one of their systems shut down.

Vehicle Statistics

The statistics of a vehicle are based off of their Vehicle Ability Scores and vary. Vehicles also have their own unique Physical Traits, Defensive Traits, Offensive Traits, Systems, and Propulsion that may affect certain statistics. They also have Crews and a Ride Carrying Capacities which represents how many characters it takes to pilot the vehicle properly and how much cargo and passengers the vehicle can hold, respectively. The Ride Carrying Capacity is calculated by the Power Score times 100 or 1,000 in units of pounds or tons, whichever the Verse Master believes is most sensible for the Ride.

The Vehicle Physical Resistance is calculated as

Vehicle Physical Resistance = Defensive Traits + Bonuses

and the Vehicle Spell Resistance is calculated as

Vehicle Spell Resistance = Defensive Traits + Bonuses

while the Vehicle Physical Resistance is calculated as

Vehicle Physical Dodge = Mobility Score + Size Modifier + Bonuses

as well as the Vehicle Spell Dodge is calculated as

Vehicle Spell Dodge = Mobility Score + Size Modifier + Bonuses

The Vehicle Health Points (Vehicle HP) is calculated as

Vehicle HP =[(HD + Hardiness Score + Bonuses) x Size Adjuster] x CR

Whenever a vehicle makes an Attack it is calculated as

Vehicle Attack = 1d20 + Weapon Bonus + CR + CR Bonus + Bonuses

The Vehicle’s Melee Damage is calculated as

Vehicle Melee Damage = 1 Damage Die (DD) per CR Bonus + Power Score

While the Vehicle’s Range Damage is calculated as

Vehicle Range Damage = 1 Damage Die (DD) per CR Bonus + Mobility Score

And the Vehicle’s Natural Damage is calculated as

Vehicle Natural Damage = 1 Unarmed Die (UD) per CR Bonus + Power Score

The Vehicle Combat Maneuver Bonus (Vehicle CMB) is calculated as

Vehicle CMB = Power Score – Size Bonus + Bonuses

While the Vehicle Combat Maneuver Defense (Vehicle CMD) is calculated as

Vehicle CMD = Power Score + Mobility Score + Size Bonus + Bonuses

The Vehicle Initiative Score is calculated as

Vehicle Initiative Score = Mobility + Bonuses

Every Vehicle has a Vehicle Movement Speed which is also based off of their Ability Scores. Most vehicles only have one type of movement depending on whether they are Land, Aquatic, or Aerial vehicles. Land vehicles will primarily have a Run Speed, Aquatic will primarily have a Swim Speed, and Aerial will primarily have a Fly Speed. Some unique vehicles such as mechas may have more than one or other movements such as Burrow and Climb.
Whenever calculating a vehicle’s Movement Speed, it is almost always calculated the same. If the vehicle has only one Movement Speed then it is calculated by Power Score + Mobility Score + Hardiness Score rounded down to the nearest 5. If the Vehicle has a Climb Speed, it is calculated using only the Power Score to the nearest 5 unless otherwise stated. If they have a Burrow Speed, it is calculated using the Power Score divided in half to the nearest 5 unless otherwise stated. If the Vehicle has more than one Movement Speed, then one score may be calculated as normal and another using only Power and Mobility depending on the propulsion systems.

Hacking Vehicles

Characters can attempt to Hack into an applicable vehicle that has a Programming Score. This must be down by either gaining access to an onboard computer by infiltrating the vehicle, by docking a vehicle with another vehicle and manually jacking into the vehicle, or by wirelessly (either over the internet, Ethernet, or via magic) hacking into their systems from afar. This is then done by making a Knowledge Engineering check as a Swift Action against the vehicle in which the vehicle must then make a Sanity Save. If the vehicle succeeds, the hacking fails. If the vehicle fails it’s Sanity Save, then the character gains access to the vehicle’s systems and may shut down any of the System abilities and functions as a Standard Action however, they must attempt to hack the vehicle per system or ability they are shutting down.

Characters can also install any viruses they have into a vehicle that has been successfully hacked which takes a Full Round Action to perform. Once installed, the vehicle must make a Sanity Save against the Virus DC or otherwise be permanently infected. The Pilot must manually remove the virus but making an additional Knowledge Engineering Check against the Virus DC to uninstall it from their systems.

Vehicle Traits

Vehicle CR Calculation

The CR of a Ride is also determined by finding the Ride Ability Score Average which is calculated as

Ride ASA = [Power + Mobility + Hardiness + Complexity + Programming + Accessibility] ÷ 6

and using the CR Chart to determine its actual Creature Rating. The Size Adjuster and Size Modifier is also shown on the Size Chart.

The Ride Vehicle Profile is very similar to the Creature Profile except that it has different Ability Scores as well as new categories listed under the Traits section.