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==Format==

===Headings===

All caps.

===Table Titles===

Sentence case.

===Power Format===

* Range if normal. Brief description. Attack value. Defense value. Range if unusual.
* Longer description.
* How to break out of it.
* What happens if the target hasn't broken out of it.

===Power Range===

* Normal attacks default to medium range (50 m)
* Area powers default to short range (10 m)
* Mental powers default to short range (10 m)
* Unusual powers default to short range (10 m)
* Powers which ignore normal defenses default to close range (1 m)
* Follow through powers default to the next highest range band

==Changes==

* Copy Mental Combat (Power Level) and alteration attack (Power Level) changes to other games.
* Copy Telekinesis changes to other games, again.
* Copy Command/Control changes to other games
* Copy action types changes to other games
* Copy Hold/Mind Hold changes to other games
* Copy Plot Point changes to other games (plot points are earned by, and spent by, players)
* Copy Blinded, Dazzle, Invisibility, unable to perceive, etc. changes to other games
* Update character sheet helpers (BB3, BSF, RM, ZS)
* Update links to character sheet helpers (BB3, BSF, RM, ZS)
* Add skills to rolls in Rough Magic: Magic
* Make the magic in Rough Magic follow the same rules as BB3.
* Add opposed rolls for all spells in Bog Standard Fantasy.
* Add "Avoiding Traps" to Bog Standard Fantasy.
* Add follow through spells for spells in Bog Standard Fantasy.
* Port BB3 changes to Jazz, where appropriate.
* Add [https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-im-doing-gem-25868174?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LWFjY2Vzczo4YjRlZmUzOS0yNzRkLTRhMjQtYTVmMy1kZjhkNWJkYTVmMzgifQ.iE_BM_RKGm1aB23NV3uy6Jar7Q9apdd_Woi5sHpQD1M gem-powered magic] items to Bog-Standard Fantasy ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing Classical Chinese elements])

==Changes (Done)==

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* Prowess removed. Absorbed into Brawn
* Accuracy removed. Absorbed into Agility
* Willpower changed to Will
* Remove/replace "melee" with "close combat"
* Add "close" where "hand-to-hand" is mentioned
* Replace "advantage" with "gift"
* Eliminate extreme success
* Remove/replace/update "Routine"
* Remove/replace "Demanding"
* Update "nigh-impossible" difficulty
* Change "(See margin" to "(see margin"
* Find and replace task difficulty examples; search for "target number" and "difficulty"
* Find "staggered" and figure out what to do with it
* Find and replace "protection value"
* "modifier" is okay as a column heading
* "Rank" applies only to attributes; deprecated, remove where feasible; equipment has "rating"
* Find/fix "damage rating"; change to "action value"
* When in doubt, round fractions down.
* "Lifts" column to "Lift" column
* "Throws" column to "Throw" column
* "Breaks" column to "Break" column
* Remove/correct references to Benchmarks table
* Remove references to human level Brawn doing stunning damage
* Change "exploding" and "explosive" completely; make radius work like range bands
* Penetrating -- If an attack is penetrating, any of the attacker's dice that show a "1" are re-rolled until the die rolls higher than 1.
* Change "ramming" to "charging"
* Combine "Time And Movement" and "Order Of Play"
* Rewrite section "Bonuses And Penalties"
* Revise Endurance. Make equal to Brawn or Will, whichever is greater.
* Search for "level", "recover", "recovers", "once", "point of", "recently"
* Change "1 Endurance" to "one Endurance"
* Change "below 0" to "below zero" ("equals 0", "to 0")
* Reduce recovery time. Look at Regeneration and Meditation
* Change recovery to "Barring some gruesome disfigurement, a character's endurance will be completely replenished after a solid night's rest."
* A character who has lost more than half of their Endurance incurs a penalty die on all rolls
* Capitalize Endurance
* Combine "Combining" and "Coordinating" attacks
* Check the "Failure" section for correctness
* Change "Gifts#Blindfighting" to "Actions#Sensory"
* Revise grappling
* Check "Blindfighting", "Sensory Deprivation", "Darkness" for accuracy
* Synchronize Grappling from [[Rough_Magic_3e_EN:Actions#Grappling]
* Synchronize Distracting from [[Rough_Magic_3e_EN:Actions#Distracting]
* Replace bonus with "bonus die"
* Replace penalty with "penalty die"
* Make bonuses and penalties cumulative, but you can always roll at least one die
* Change "greater than"/"more than"/"higher than" to "equal to or greater"/"meet or exceed"/"the target number or higher"; Look for match/matches/equal/equals/exceeds/more/greater/succeeds
* Change "base rank" to "base value"
* Change "asphyxia" to "suffocation"
* Synchronize "Healing"
* Change healing to just Power, rather than Brawn + Power
* Change "Immunity To Disease" to "Immunity To Poison"
* Eliminate pathogen(s) and disease(s); fold into poisons
* Check the "Poison" section in ZeroSpace for correctness
* Copy Poisons and Radiation from ZeroSpace
* Find and fix references to Immunity and Harmony
* Make Mass and integrity work the same way as Brawn and Endurance in ZeroSpace
* Make sure "Movement Action" has the correct bonuses and penalties
* Check the "Fire" section for correctness
* Eliminate "general" from skills
* Simplify expertise, making old-expertise examples, and new-expertise apply to a (formerly general) skill
* Add new-expertise to Bog-Standard Fantasy
* Clarify skill rolls as [Skill] ([Attribute]), meaning [Skill] roll based on [Attribute]
* Mind Shield = Will x2
* Remove taunting
* Synchronize Life Drain, search for "ignores"
* Replace references to close combat and ranged combat with [Close/Ranged] Combat ([Attribute]) roll
* search and replace: Charging, Distracting, Grappling, Slamming, Sweep Attack, Taunting; Star Fighter Combat, Starship Gunnery; [Specific Weapon Type], [Specific Esoteric Power], [Specific Power], [Specific Weapon Type]
* Copy "Initiating Conflict" from Jazz
* Change "henchmen" to "minions"
* Change task roll to [Skill] ([Attribute]) roll
* Change "coordinate" and "coordinating" to "combine" and "combining"
* Synchronize plot point description in Introduction, glossary, Creation, and Actions
* Synchronize skill purchase description in Creation and Introduction
* Change "repeating weapons" to "burst fire weapons"
* Under "burst fire weapons", change "Weapons which fire multiple rounds" to "Weapons which fire multiple times per round"
* Synchronize glossaries
* Write "Margin Of Success (Optional)" section
* Reactive defenses -- If a protective power or piece of equipment is reactive, any of the defender's dice that show a "1" are re-rolled until the die rolls higher than 1
* Replace "Being Prone" with "Prone Characters", including links
* Add section for "Helpless Or Unconscious Characters"
* Add "Restrained Characters"
* Change "Grappling" links to "Restrained Characters"
* Change "ranger" to "range" (typo)
* Add skill rolls to Grapple
* Change "close range" to "close combat range"
* Synchronize Telekinesis, based on Grappling
* Look for "inches", "feet", "miles", "pounds", "tons" and replace with metric
* Update the GM Resources tables, heroic
* Update the attributes tables, heroic
* Do something about falling damage
* Change "Challenging (3)" to "moderate (DV 3)" or "moderately difficult (DV 3) SKILLNAME (ATTRIBUTE) roll"
* Change "Frustrating (6)" to "remarkable (DV 6)" or "remarkably difficult (DV 6) SKILLNAME (ATTRIBUTE) roll"
* Change "Nigh-impossible (9)" to "extreme (DV 9)" or "extremely difficult (DV 9) SKILLNAME (ATTRIBUTE) roll"
* Add "inconceivable (DV 12)" or "inconceivably difficult (DV 12) SKILLNAME (ATTRIBUTE) roll" to difficulties
* If the combined bonus dice and penalty dice reduce the number of dice rolled to zero, the task is simply impossible.
* Remove diplomacy as an example
* Change Social skill to Diplomacy skill
* Move conversation to Diplomacy skill
* Add Perception (Reason) as skill
* Remove Perception as attribute
* Change Will to Presence (search for "motivations")
* Base sensory powers on Reason -- Sensory Deprivation, Illusion
* Base Telekinesis on Agility
* Chance Diplomacy (Will to Diplomacy (Presence
* Chance Manipulation (Will to Manipulation (Presence
* Change Entertainment to Performance
* Change Manipulation rolls to Performance rolls
* Change seven attributes to six attributes
* Change Legerdemain to Finesse
* Exploding damage: how is damage determined?
* Falling damage: how is damage determined?
* Revise Esoteric Power entries to specifically mention their range
* Remove references to routine. Update references to challenging (3), demanding (6), frustrating (9), and nigh-impossible (12)
* Find and remove run/sprint penalties
* Replace staggered with [[ZeroSpace_3e_EN:Actions#Endurance_And_Recovery|exhausted]]
* Remove attack penalty while running or sprinting
* Remove "under no pressure" limitation from take the average and take the max
* Update references to block and dodge
* Remove references to coordinating attacks; redirect to combining attacks
* Update references to combining attacks
* Remove/update references to protection rolls
* Move Underwater Combat from a skill to an advantage, and update links
* Move Zero-G Combat from a skill to an advantage, and update links
* Replace Prowess with Brawn
* Replace Accuracy with Agility
* Brawn vs. Brawn for hand-to-hand
* Agility vs. Agility for ranged
* Lightning Strike for Agility vs. hand-to-hand
* Elusive for hand-to-hand vs. Agility
* Resilient for ranged vs. Brawn
* Look up references to Elusive, and possibly add a reference to Resilient
* All protection powers and equipment should work with either Brawn or Agility ("relevant defense attribute")
* Check phrasing for explosion damage and fire damage
* Check fire damage
* Make explosions bigger?
* Consolidate attack attribute/damage rating into "attack rating, action value/attack value (AV)"
* Consolidate defense attribute/protection rating into "defense rating, difficulty value/defense value (DV)"
* Damage rating and protection rating and rank are all numeric: endurance levels are textual (one, two, etc.).
* Note the difference between astrogation and orbital mechanics.
* Drop "task" from "task roll".
* Move Setting to chapter after Introduction chapter
* Standardize capitalization of headings
* Standardize capitalization of table titles
* For heroic games, make rank 8 the peak of human potential. For superheroic, it's 4.
* Change "clean and jerk" to "deadlift".
* Change jumping, swimming, and walking to exponential curves.
* Update the GM Resources tables, Bulletproof Blues
* Update the GM Resources tables, Bog-standard Fantasy
* Update the GM Resources tables, Rough Magic
* Update the GM Resources tables, ZeroSpace
* Update the attributes tables, Bulletproof Blues
* Update the attributes  tables, Bog-standard Fantasy
* Update the attributes  tables, Rough Magic
* Update the attributes  tables, ZeroSpace
* Replace +1 and + 1 with + Power.

* Add Rank 0 row for Brawn (needed to determine how much a character can lift and move normally while carrying).
* Update Being Unskilled sections in the Skills and Actions chapters to note that combat uses the "Unskilled Task" rules.
* Add "normally" to the Aliens: Mind Shield power ("an attack which normally bases the target's defense value (DV) on the target's Presence").
* Add "normally" to the Archetypes: Mind Shield power ("an attack which normally bases the target's defense value (DV) on the target's Presence").
* Add "normally" to the Esoteric Orders: Mind Shield power ("an attack which normally bases the target's defense value (DV) on the target's Presence").
* Add "normally" to the Gifts: Mind Shield power ("an attack which normally bases the target's defense value (DV) on the target's Presence").
* Add a note to Elusive indicating that it is usable without the Close Combat Skill.
* Add a note to Hard Target indicating that it is usable without the Ranged Combat Skill.
* Add a note to Tenacious indicating that it is usable without the relevant combat Skill.
* Change Aliens: Armor to Aliens: Natural Armor
* Change Natural Armor to grant a bonus die on defense rolls.
* Change Natural Weaponry to grant a bonus die on Close Combat attack rolls.
* Revise Telepathy to note that a character with Telepathy may resist unwelcome Telepathic contact with Presence + Power.
* Revised various long-term damaging effects to indicate that maximum Endurance is reduced, rather than having them inflict Endurance damage.
* Revised Regeneration and Meditation to indicate that hostile environments can't reduce the character's Endurance to zero.
* Add Endurance Points; change Endurance (not Endurance Points) to Tenacity
* In ZeroSpace, change Time Theft to Stasis.
* Correct Aerial trait table entry and description: "to fly at their ground speed"
* Note in Mind Link that the power is applicable to Groups
* Clarify description for Lightning Strike to say it is only for attacks
* In ZeroSpace, specify close range for starships as 1 km
* In ZeroSpace, clarify that Evasive maneuvers and Shields Maximum are activated at the start of the ship's turn
* Add (1 m) to references to "close range"
* Modify expertise to permit re-rolling dice which result in 1 or 2
* Change Power Invulnerability to Drain Resistance
* Change Tenacity to "maximum Endurance".
* Change Endurance Points to Endurance.
* Rename Power attribute to Power Level.
* Clean up Power Drain/Theft powers, clarify the effect on Ultra-Power (alternately, a different attribute and no powers).
* Change "task action" to "standard action".
* Change "remote" range to "extreme" range.
* "All rolls are skill rolls"
* Add Mental Combat (Presence)
* Replace "direct damage" with "physical or energy damage"
* Revise actions to identify the defensive skill
** Attacking with Life Drain requires a successful Close Combat (Power Level) roll against the Close Combat (Brawn) roll of the target.
** To communicate with and mentally control an android, the attacker must succeed at a Mental Combat (Presence + Power Level) roll against the Mental Combat (Presence) roll of the target.
** If someone is actively looking at the character, or has any reason to suspect that the character is not the genuine article, the person observing the shapeshifted character may attempt a Perception (Reason) roll against the shapeshifted character's Deception (Presence + Power Level) roll.
** To break free of the Telekinesis, the restrained character must attempt a Close Combat roll using their Agility or Brawn (whichever is greater) against the attacker's Close Combat (Agility + Power Level) roll.
* Ensure that power descriptions identify the defensive skill
* Re-order attributes: Agility, Brawn, Endurance, Presence, Reason, Power Level
* Make Endurance not derived. Move it up after Brawn. Endurance is a reservoir of points which is expended as the character is injured, and replenished as the character recovers
* Replace Exceptional Beauty with Fascinating
* Add ''actions'' to all powers
* Make reflection consistent across games
* Powers can have "Prerequisites" and "Follow through powers"
* Make telekinesis consistent across games
* Update Archetype powers in the Bulletproof Blues Creation chapter
* Check the action types for each Alien, Archetype, and Supernatural power
* Add persuasion as an example for Manipulation skill
* Check prerequisites and follow through powers
* Check ranges for consistency
* Update the rest of the BB3 tables
* Update javascript widgets
* Copy Equipment section to BB3 from Rough Magic and ZeroSpace
* Add examples to Brawn charts
* Make mental attacks be Presence + Power Level
* Make mental resistance work like damage resistance, adding Power Level
* Change "boost" to "surge"
* Clarify "do/does not stack" to say "with other abilities which add to the character's attack/defense roll."
* Note in Attributes and Actions that Power Level may only added to a roll once
* Change Bog-Standard Fantasy archetypes to all use Power Level
* Add "types of attacks". Normal, mental, and alteration attack.
* Change Power Resistance to Modification Resistance
* Change Barrier to [Element] Wall
* Change Life Drain to Endurance Drain
* Replace [Attribute] powers with Agility, Brawn, Presence, and Reason powers
* Removed Mental Resistance from Gifts
* Make Telekinesis and grapple consistent
* Make Telekinesis a mental power
* recalculate character costs and point levels for removing 1 attribute (removing Prowess and Accuracy, adding Power).
* Make all recovery rolls work the same way as breaking out of telekinesis or a hold.
* Add "Telekinetic Blast": as a follow-through power for Telekinesis.
* Drop immunity to blades and bullets
* Add "escape" to plot point options
* Add "disarming" maneuver
* Add Flight and Super-flight
* Change "sensory" to "blinding"; specify the effects of a blinding attack and how to recover from it
* Update Blindsense and Blindsight
* Fix Dazzle and other "break out of it" powers to be Power Level vs attribute
* Fix Telekinesis, Hold, and grapple again
* Fix modification attacks to be Power Level vs attribute
* Update bonus and penalty charts
* Update bonus and penalty charts on BBCSH
* Add pursuit example under extended tasks
* Copy the Telekinesis, Hold, and grapple changes to the other games
* Proofread BBCSH tooltips
* Add action type to power listings in BBSCH
* Change Animal Control, Machine Control, Object Animation, Plant Control to Command Animals, etc.
* Add villain-only power examples -- Blast, Continuous; Blast, Continuous Explosive
* Add Tunneling and Super-tunneling
* Add Psychokinesis to Telekinesis
* Change "movement action" to "move action"
* Change "free action" to "quick action"
* Add "free action", which can be performed at any time
* Change "all-out move (sprinting)" to: gains a bonus die on their defense rolls, but they automatically fail all other rolls.
* Base Haste on Power Level
* Change Power Level general effect progression
* Make all of the text referring to being blind, unable to perceive, etc. consistent.
* Change "modification" to "alteration"
* Update sample characters
* Update Characters chapter in BB3.
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==New Complications==


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==Notes==