All Mechwarriors will start at 4/5 with one regular skill chosen below.
As the campaign goes on a mechwarrior may improve (reduce) his skill, 5 kills for piloting, 10 kills for gunnery. Gunnery and Piloting may never be more than 2 steps apart. Meaning you can not be a 2/5 mechwarrior you would have to improve your piloting to a 4 before getting the 2 gunnery.
Also for every 5 kills you may select another skill from the list below. It adds a little bit of flavor to the campaign. Yes I know that there are some weapons here you will not see, this is a generic list that I use for all my campaigns.
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--REGULAR SKILLS--
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Regular Skill is awarded to MechWarriors who reach the 4/5 skill level. An additional skill is awarded after each 5 kills.
Name: LIGHT 'MECH
Type: chassis
Description: +1 to all piloting checks when Piloting a Light mech. -1 to all physical attacks when piloting a light mech.
Name: LASER
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with Small, Medium and Large Lasers.
Name: LIGHT AC
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit AC-2, AC-5, Ultra AC-2, and Ultra AC-5. +1 on the missile hit chart when using Ultra.
Name: MEDIUM AC
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit AC-10, or Ultra AC-10. +1 on the missile hit chart when using Ultra.
Name: SRM
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with all SRM and Streak SRM’s
Name: SMALL ARMS
Type: weapons
Description: -2 to hit with Flamers and MG’s
Name: TOUGHNESS
Type: general
Description: -2 to consciousness checks.
Name: BRAWLER
Type: Close combat
Description: -1 to hit with Punching attacks
Name: SENSOR BASIC
Type: general
Description: Can spot Active units out of LOS within 24”, Can use TAG to target for non-arty weapons (Remove movement modifier of the target).
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--VETERAN SKILLS--
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Available with the 3rd skill choice. (10 Kills)
Name: MEDIUM 'MECH
Type: chassis
Description: +1 to all piloting checks when Piloting a Medium mech, -1 to all physical attacks when piloting a medium mech.
Name: MRM
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with all MRM, +1 on the missile hit chart.
Name: PPC
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with PPC, and ER PPC. Ignore min range rule with PPC
Name: ER LASER
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with all ER Lasers
Name: LRM
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with all LRM’s, +1 on the missile hit chart.
Name: LB-AC
Type: Weapon
Description: -1 to hit with LB-2xAC, LB-5xAC, LB-10xAC. +1 on missile chart when using cluster.
Name: JUMP JET
Type: Close Combat
Description: -1 to hit Death from above attack. +1 on piloting skill rolls when required for landing with a Jumping move.
Name: SENSOR ADVANCED
Type: general
Description: Can spot Active units out of LOS within 36”, can tell if those units are Vehicle or Battlemech. Must have SENSOR Basic Skill. (-1 to lock on with TAG)
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--ELITE SKILLS--
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Available with the 4th skill (15 Kills)
Name: HEAVY 'MECH
Type: chassis
Description: +1 to Piloting skill rolls when piloting a Heavy Mech, -1 to all physical attacks when piloting a Heavy Mech.
Name: HEAVY AC
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with AC-20, Ultra AC-20, LB-20xACs. +1 on missile chart when using Ultra or cluster shot.
Name: GAUSS
Type: weapon
Description: -1 to Hit with all Gauss Rifles.
Name: HEAVY LASER
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with Small, Medium and Large Heavy Lasers.
Name: KICKBOXER
Type: Close combat
Description: -1 to all kicking attacks.
Name: MAN AT ARMS
Type: Close Combat
Description: -1 to hit with attacks made with Hatchet, Sword or Club.
Name: SENSOR VETERAN
Type: general
Description: Can spot Active units out of LOS within 48”, can tell if those units are Vehicle or Battlemech and can tell Weigh class. Must have SENSOR ADVANCED skill. (-2 to lock on with TAG)
Name: JUST BRING IT!
Type: general
Description: Tough to knock over. +2 to piloting skill checks for taking damage…convert the normal -1 check to +1 to remain standing when checking for taking 20 points of damage.
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--ACE SKILLS--
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Available with the 5th Skill (20 Kills)
Name: ASSAULT 'MECH
Type: chassis
Description: +1 to all piloting skill rolls when piloting an Assault Mech, -1 to all physical attacks when piloting a Assault Mech.
Name: ROTARY AC
Type: weapon
Description: -1 to hit with all Rotary AC’s, +1 to unjamming roll with Rotary AC’s. +1 to the roll for number of missile hit when shooting Rotary AC’s
Name: PULSE LASER
Type: weapons
Description: -1 to hit with Pulse Lasers, Large Pulse Lasers,
Clan Pulse Lasers and Clan Large Pulse Lasers. Yeah this will be a total of -3.
Name: LINEBACKER
Type: Close Combat
Description: -1 to hit Charging attacks.
Name: SENSOR Elite
Type: general
Description: Can spot Active units out of LOS within 60”, can tell what exact unit is. Must have SENSOR VETERAN skill. (-3 to lock on with TAG)
Name: SNIPER
Type: weapons
Description: Can take aimed shots like having a “targeting computer” at a +4 to hit specific location.
Name: THAT ALL YOU GOT?
Type: general
Description: add +2 to all standup attempts.
