Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[tourq]

We're getting ready to start Rippers for the first time, but many of us are concerned that Rippertech isn't worth it. The whole point is to use Rippertech to give us a fighting chance against demons, and yet the penalty for using Rippertech seems to offset any advantage. Specifically, gaining Rippertech gives you a Reason penalty, which affects your Spirit die rolls, which greatly increases your chance of failing to recover from being Shaken.

Now, I don't have a lot of experience with Savage Worlds, but we've hit "Shaken-Lock" too many times already. I cringe at a penalty to recover from Shaken, and I certainly can't justify even a -1 penalty to recover from it.

Am I off-base?

Thanks for your time.

[ValhallaGH]

Also a penalty on Fear checks.

Yeah, that's all intentional.
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[ogbendog]

Not that I've played much rippers, but Combat Reflexes should be able to offset that loss

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[Thunderforge]

Don't forget that you can spend a benny at any time to get out of Shaken; no roll required. That should alleviate many of the "shaken-lock" problems.
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