Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Index Of BAT Packages

I love Action 4: Specialists. And one thing I've done to make me love it more is sort the packages into categories so I can look at all my options at once and make good decisions. I've been using this list pretty much since Action 4 came out. Now I'm sharing it with you.

Most of these packages come from Action 4: Specialists, but some of them come from Pyramid 3/112, or from my posts about Melee Weapons for the BAT, using Action 4 with Infinite worlds, and Adapting Template Toolkit 3: Starship Crew. I have marked these with Py for Pyramid, m for melee, iw for infinite worlds, and sc for starship crew. 

The categories were selected mostly because they are the ones I found useful, and I sorted them basicly ad hoc. Packages can and do fall into multiple categories

  • Terrain Skills are about handling biomes, environments, and vehicles, as well as packages focused on moving
  • Combat Skills are about hurting other people. Heavy weapons are included, but not military vehicles
  • Gear Skills are about repairing or subverting gear, or about using specialty equipment, like electronics and explosives
  • Social Skills are about Impressing, Influencing, and Manipulating People
  • Public Service Packages cover packages built to help people, especially those who have been hurt or who are in danger of dying from something other than bullets.
  • Thief Skills are not only about taking things that aren't yours, but doing it without others noticing, and various assorted forms of deception.
  • Planning Skills are cerebral skills used to figure out what you, or someone else, might do next. This includes lore and scientific skills that can be key to thriving in your chosen genre
  • Investigation Skills are used to find things out about other people, a classic of RPGs. 
  • Supernatural Skills feature supernatural abilities or skills to deal with other people's supernatural abilities. These are mostly from Pyramid 3/112
  • Generic Packages are just useful for most adventurers to have, without really making them better at any of the above

Terrain Skills   

  • Airborne School
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Bushwhacker
  • Climber
  • Construction
  • Commander (starship)
  • Cowboy
  • Cowboy (skills) iw
  • Caravan Life iw
  • Cyber/Biomod Enhancements Py
  • Desert Training
  • Escape and Evasion
  • Flight School (Civilian)
  • Flight School (Military)
  • Flight School (Civilian Space) Py
  • Flight School (Military Space) Py
  • Forest or Jungle Training
  • Helmsman (starship) sc
  • Loadmaster (starship) sc
  • Mountain Training
  • Parkour
  • Civilian Sailor
  • Military Sailor
  • Recon
  • Survival
  • Survivor
  • Spacer Py
  • Spacer (Civilian) Py
  • Spacer (Military) Py
  • Space Operations Py
  • Special Agent
  • Tactical Driving
  • Military Driving
  • Traceur
  • Transporter
  • Underwater Operations
  • Urban Assualt
  • Winter Operations

Combat Skills   

  • Battlesuit Operations Py
  • Close Quarters Battle*
  • Combat Experience iw
  • Cyber/Biomod Enhancements Py
  • Gunslinger
  • Demolitions
  • Heavy Weapons
  • Weapons Crew
  • Hostile Extraction
  • Infantry Training
  • Knife Fighter Py
  • Law Enforcement
  • Master(Armed)
  • Master(Ninja)
  • Master(Unarmed)
  • Obsolete Weapons
  • Pistolero
  • Security Officer sc
  • Silent Kills
  • Sniper School
  • Survivor
  • Tactical Officer(starship) sc
  • Unarmed Combat*
  • Urban Assualt
  • Sword and Shield m
  • Spear and Shield m
  • Two Handed Sword m
  • Spear (two handed) m
  • Fencing m
  • Polearm m
  • Knightly Combat m
  • Mounted Combat m

Gear Skills   

  • Animal Handler Py
  • Armory
  • Battlesuit Operations Py
  • Booby Traps
  • Bugging
  • Car Thief
  • Communications
  • Computer Intrusion
  • Computer Intrusion (realistic) iw
  • Construction
  • Countersurveillance
  • Creative Py
  • Cyber/Biomod Enhancements Py
  • Demolitions
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Electronics
  • Engineer (spaceship) sc
  • Fixer
  • Gadgeteer(H4xx0r)
  • Gadgeteer (Soldering-Gun Slinger)
  • Gadgeteer (Ultimate Repairman)
  • Operations Officer (starship) sc
  • Parachronics iw
  • Repairman
  • Robotics
  • Safe Cracking
  • Security Systems
  • Sabotage
  • Special Agent
  • Toxicology

Social Skills   

  • Bon Vivant
  • Businessperson
  • Command
  • Commander (starship) sc
  • Conspiracies
  • Creative Py
  • Criminal Past
  • Detective Work
  • Famous for Famous Py
  • Femme Fatale*
  • Heir** Py
  • Impersonation
  • Interrogation
  • Journalism
  • Model* Py
  • Movie Star Py
  • Negotiator*
  • Politician Py
  • Psy-Ops
  • Resistance
  • Religiously Ordained (mundane) Py
  • Rock Star Py
  • Social Engineering
  • Spin Doctor
  • Steward sc
  • Teacher* Py
  • Undercover

Public Service   

  • Area Security
  • Chemical Safety
  • Construction
  • Demolitions
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Disease Control
  • Fireman
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Law Enforcement
  • Medicine*
  • Medical Officer (starship) sc
  • Nuclear Disposal
  • Personal Security
  • Survival
  • Security Systems

Thief Skills   

  • Car Thief
  • Cleaning
  • Computer Intrusion
  • Computer Intrusion (realistic) iw
  • Countersurveillance
  • Criminal Past
  • Escape and Evasion
  • Fixer
  • Illicit Entry
  • Impersonation
  • Records Falsification
  • Safe Cracking
  • Theft
  • Tradecraft

Planning Skills   

  • Intelligence
  • Linguist
  • Local Expert iw
  • Mastermind
  • Monster Hunter Py
  • Occultist Py
  • Religiously Ordained (non-supernatural) Py
  • Religiously Ordained (Supernatural) Py
  • Scientist (Action)
  • Scientist (Expanded) iw
  • Science Officer (starship) sc
  • Security Officer (starship) sc
  • Tactical Officer (starship) sc
  • Teacher Py
  • Researcher
  • Forensics

Investigation Skills   

  • Bugging
  • Bushwhacker
  • Computer Intrusion
  • Computer Intrusion (realistic) iw
  • Conspiracies
  • Detective Work
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Forensics
  • Illicit Entry
  • Intelligence
  • Occultist Py
  • Researcher
  • Security Officer (starship) sc
  • Surveillance
  • Tradecraft
  • Undercover

Supernatural Skills   

  • Magic Tracker* Py
  • RPM Caster* Py
  • Wizard (standard magic) Py
  • Sorcerer Py
  • Exorcist Py
  • Monster Hunter Py
  • Occulist Py
  • Religiously Ordained (supernatural) Py
  • Paranormal Researcher iw
  • Psi Expert Py
  • Psychic Py

Generic   

  • Professional Athlete Py
  • Extra Life
  • Just that Good
  • Super Luck




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