Macro Origins!

[Aragathor]

I'd disagree, Mister A. I see talents as inborn (personality or race), while Specialities are training (Doctor, Hunter).

Not per Crafty Pat. A while back, when discussing organizations as origins, he suggested that an organization like 24's CTU would be a talent, permitting you to create different, er, specialties in the organization... like CTU suit, CTU investigator, etc.

OMG I just realized that I can use the Officer Training with the Military origins. I only need to tinker with them a little bit.
Thanks Psion.

[Aragathor]

If anyone waited for this update - sorry. If not, then why the hell I'm posting this?

Air Superiority:
Branches: Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy (Officer Only)

(+2 Dexterity)
[1.5]Bonus Feat: Wind Rider
[1.5]You gain the Vehicle Weapons and Guided proficiencies
[4.0]You gain a +1 bonus as the Predator during Dramatic Conflicts/Chase. This increases at Career levels 6, 12 and 18.

Armor:
Branches: Army, Marine Corps

(+2 Strength)
[1.5]Bonus Feat: Crew Dog
[1.0]You gain the Vehicle Weapons proficiency
[1.0]You gain the Heavy Ground Vehicles focus for the Drive skill
[1.0]You gain a +2 bonus to request checks for vehicle gear picks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18
[2.0] You gain a +1 insight bonus for Drive checks. This increases at levels 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20.

Close Air Support:
Branches: Air Force and Navy (commissioned officers only), Army and Marine Corps (warrant and commissioned officers only)

(+2 Dexterity)
[1.5]Bonus Feat: Close Support
[1.5]You gain the Vehicle Weapons and Guided proficiencies
[2.0]Your base defense bonus increases by 2
[2.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus for Drive checks. This increases at levels 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20.

New Ranged Combat feat:
Close Support – You are trained to use vehicle weapons to assist the troops in close engagements.
Prerequisites: BaB +5 or better, Weapon Proficiency (Vehicle)
Benefit: You may ignore the -4 penalty for firing at opponents engaged in melee, additionally the error range of such attacks decreases by 1.

Combat Engineering:
Branches: Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy

(+2 Intelligence)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Explosive Basics
[0.5]Your mission gear includes 1 additional Demolitions Kit I pick
[1.0]You gain the Science (Engineering) skill focus
[4.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Science and Profession checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

Infantry:
Branches: Army, Marine Corps

(+2 Strength)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Any Ranged Combat feat
[1.0] You gain the camouflaged NPC quality for 1 terrain type. You may re-choose this terrain type each time you gain a Career Level (though you still only gain this benefit in 1 terrain type)
[1.5] Once per scene, you may roll 2 dice when making a Fortitude save, keeping the result you prefer. You may use this ability an additional time per scene at Levels 7 and 14
[1.5]You gain the Handgun and Rifle weapon proficiencies
[2.0]Your base defense bonus increases by 2


Intelligence:
Branches: All

(+2 Wisdom)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Cryptographer
[1.0]Analysis is always a class skill for you & the result cap increases by 5
[1.0]Once per session you may request a hint from the GC for which the GC gains no action dice. If the GC refuses, you gain 1 bonus action die
[4.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Analysis and Notice checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

Ok, 6 done, 11 to go.

[Aragathor]

Next batch:

Artillery:
Branches: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard

(+2 Wisdom)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Bombard
[1.0]You gain the Indirect proficiency
[1.0]You gain a +2 bonus to request checks for a weapon gear picks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18.
[3.5]Each time you successfully inflict lethal damage on a special character with an attack, you may inflict 1 additional point of lethal damage. This bonus damage increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 5, 10, 15, and 20


Diving:
Branches: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard

(+2 Constitution)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Aquatic Training
[0.5]Your mission gear includes 1 additional SCUBA tank pick
[1.0]Athletics is always a class skill for you & the result cap increases by 5
[1.0]Once per session, you may request a hint from the GC for which the GC gains no action dice. If the GC refuses, you gain 1 bonus action die.
[1.5]Once per scene, you may roll 2 dice when making a Fortitude save, keeping the result you prefer. You may use this ability an additional time per scene at Levels 7 and 14
[2.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Athletics checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 a Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20


Ok, those two were giving me a headache. Artillery - ordnance type weapons aren't really covered by the rules and no coverage means no little things to upgrade. Diving - the hint is something I included after realizing that sometimes those guys need to act according to their gut feeling, like when they are looking for a "lost" warhead in the sea.

Law Enforcement:
Branches: Any. Army/Marines – Military Police. Air Force – Security Force. Navy – several names. Coast Guard – this background for USCG personnel means extra training above the standard law enforcement training most coast guardsmen receive, like drug interdiction specialists.

(+2 Wisdom)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Always get your man
[0.5]You are considered to have 1 additional feat for the purposes of any ability or feat that is based on the number of Terrain feats you possess.
[1.0]Once per mission, you may request 1 Caliber I Dossier tradecraft pick without spending the action die or making a request check.
[1.0]Your base Defense bonus increases by +1
[1.0]Your mission gear includes 1 additional Duty Vest pick
[2.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Investigation checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 a Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

Medicine:
Branches: Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard

(+2 Wisdom)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Bandage
[1.0]Medicine is always a class skill for you. Additionally, add +5 to your result cap (max 60).
[0.5]Your mission gear includes 1 additional First Aid Kit I pick
[4.0]Your Wisdom is considered to be 1 higher when determining stress damage thresholds. This bonus increases by an additional 1 at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18.

Psychological Operations:
Branch: Any. Instead of normal PsyOps the Coast Guard uses public affairs personnel.

(+2 Charisma)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Silver Tongue
[1.0]You gain 1 acquaintance-grade contact. This contact improves by 1 grade at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, and 18
[1.0]Your wardrobe and appearance modifier are determined as if your Lifestyle were +2 higher
[4.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Impress and Manipulate checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

That's it for today, six still to go. Afterwards I may be tempted to do american special units compatible with this system.

[Aragathor]

Small update

Support Services
Branch: Any

(+2 Charisma)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Extra Gear
[2.0]One of the following skills is always a class skill for you. Choose one – Bureaucracy, Electronics, Mechanics.  Additionally, add +5 to your result cap (max 60).
[4.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Bureaucracy and Profession (Military) checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20


Surface Warfare
Branches: Navy, Coast Guard

(+2 Intelligence)
[1.5]Bonus Feat: Crew Dog
[1.0]Tactics is always a class skill for you. Additionally, add +5 to your result cap (max 60).
[1.5]You gain the Guided and Vehicle Weapons weapon proficiencies
[2.0] You gain a +1 bonus to Knowledge checks. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career levels 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20


Transport
Branches: Any

(+2 Constitution)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Baby It
[1.0] You gain a +2 bonus to request checks for the Vehicle category of mission gear pick. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18.
[1.0]You gain a Drive skill focus
[1.5]You gain an additional Caliber III vehicle to your possessions
[2.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Drive checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 a Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20


PS: Combat Weathermen, what's next? Commando trained comedians?

[MilitiaJim]

I have to confess that I was not waiting.     But this is some good stuff.  It's nice that we grunts got some love.     Now what about the duck hunters?  (ADA - Air Defense Artilery)   

[Sletchman]

Next batch:

Artillery:
Branches: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard

(+2 Wisdom)
[1.0]Bonus Feat: Bombard
[1.0]You gain the Indirect proficiency
[1.0]You gain a +2 bonus to request checks for a weapon gear picks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18.
[3.5]Each time you successfully inflict lethal damage on a special character with an attack, you may inflict 1 additional point of lethal damage. This bonus damage increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 5, 10, 15, and 20

From experiance, [and possibly US Militaries book] - Listening penalties, big ones.  I believe in first ed you could never have listen as a class skill.  Now that we have notice that won't work, but perhaps anything with the hearing tag has a lowered result cap?

[MilitiaJim]

But Air Defense Artillery was Coastal Artillery, way back when we used 16" cannon.  Who remembers the M-16 Half-track?  The one with the quad .50 cal turret.  These days ADA uses Stinger and Patriot missiles.

I would venture a bonus to spot checks and proficiency with tactical weapons.  Instead of a bonus to requests, a bonus to scrounging up "unwanted" gear.  (We got no love, ever.)

[Sletchman]

But Air Defense Artillery was Coastal Artillery, way back when we used 16" cannon.  Who remembers the M-16 Half-track?  The one with the quad .50 cal turret.  These days ADA uses Stinger and Patriot missiles.

I would venture a bonus to spot checks and proficiency with tactical weapons.  Instead of a bonus to requests, a bonus to scrounging up "unwanted" gear.  (We got no love, ever.)

Sorry, I wasn't replying to your post - just mentioning that field artillery guys all have varying degree's of industrial deafness.  ADA is a beast of another colour.  Thou I do agree with your alterations to the standard artilery talent to make them into ADA.

Oh and I love the M16 half track, I even scratch built one for my imperial guard army back in the day.  Had to do the old "counts as an X" to use it thou.

[MugMug]

ADA, huh? I suspect that means you made your way through Fort Bliss at some point?

Walter

[MilitiaJim]

In the dim ages of 1998, October- February 1999.

[MugMug]

Bliss is converting from TRADOC (USAADASCH) to FORSCOM (1AD), gaining close to 30,000 soldiers (including 4 HBCTs and 2 IBCTs), and has opened all of McGregor to heavy off-road vehicle maneuver. I suspect the staff (and even more so the city) are in for a rude shock when the school leaves and the new 2-star rolls in with all those combat arms hooligans (tongue firmly in cheek on the "hooligan" business).

Walter

[Krensky]

Could the duckhunters please leave the elder god summoning alphabet soup out of this? There are computers under the age of thirteen accessing these boards.

[MilitiaJim]

Bwahahahahaha!  Your computers are doomed to...something, maybe.

But speaking as one of those combat hooligans, I think El Paso will adjust fairly quickly and like the expanded base.  There will be some dicey times as the Joes learn to stay out of Juarez, and probably a few deaths and some big brawls.

[Krensky]

Bwahahahahaha!  Your computers are doomed to...something, maybe.

But speaking as one of those combat hooligans, I think El Paso will adjust fairly quickly and like the expanded base.  There will be some dicey times as the Joes learn to stay out of Juarez, and probably a few deaths and some big brawls.

That could probably be termed natural selection, like the skin heads who jumped a Mexican-American USMC Sergeant outside a Navy/Marine bar in San Diego.

[Aragathor]

Not to break the mood here, but OT discussions have their own sub-forum.

From experiance, [and possibly US Militaries book] - Listening penalties, big ones.

The currrent rules for Origins do not give penalties.  I try to convert everything to conform to the new rules instead of slavishly following the old ones.

About air defense -> when I finish converting what's in the book + SOCOM units, then I'll think about it. And I hope to do it soon.