Speccing (no ontology)

From Mazeworld

Speccing is the term referring to the generation of item and encounter specifications, hence the term "speccing". It is an important aspect of the GM's work (the real-life GM, and not the MazeWorld Game Masters).

Encounter speccing

Generally speaking, encounters speccing refers to the generation of a Physio code, and if needed, that encounter's full name, precision on the physio code's generated information (for example, a specific height within the range given by the 'height' physio code number), and more details that cannot be generated but have to be interpreted, such as personality, behavior, etc.

The encounters concerned are humans, and the majority of sapient youkai.

Item speccing

More specifically it refers to speccing weapons, as these are the items with the most variables attached to them. Since the game's inception, until the latest iteration of changes to the weapon speccing mechanics with version 2.6, the way weapons are generated and managed has deeply changed, being more and more detailed as time passes.

When rolling and speccing fully a weapon from scratch (i.e., manually), the GM must perform the steps of the following procedure:

Weapon determination

• Either the weapon is known in advance, or it must be rolled at random, using one of MazeBot's commands, such as @wpn, @wpnc1, etc.
  • Example: I decide to roll for a random Class 1 weapon. I type @wpnc1. The bot returns the following:

Accessories

(This step is skipped if the weapon rolled is known for sure that it cannot receive any accessories, such as Class 4 and Class 5 weapons, as well as Handgear.)

Once the weapon is known, unless there are specific directives to not roll random accessories, they must also be generated at random. There are five different accessory categories that exist: Muzzle, Optics, Front mount, Light mounts, and Feeding system - more details about these can be found here, and what is compatible with what can be looked up on the ACL.

• Before generating, the weapon's standard accessories must be looked up; here we notice the RPK-74 comes with a bipod, a Front mount accessory. This must be kept in mind, in case another Front accessory is rolled later. Standard accessories are noted (S).
  • Certain accessories are integrated, noted (I). An integrated accessory can never be removed or replaced; and only one exception to this rule exists.

Full list of possible equipment types that can be rolled, by category (incompatibilities not withstanding):

• Muzzle: Muzzle brake (M.Brake), Silencer/Shotgun choke (Choke)
  • Silencers and shotgun chokes are treated as a single entity, because only shotguns can be equipped with chokes, and they can never be equipped with silencers. What will be looked up depends on whether the weapon is a shotgun or not.
• Optics: Low power scope (1x-3x), Medium power scope (4-5x), High power scope (6-8x), Extreme power scope (9x and above), Reflex sight (R.Sight).
  • Amount of optics per type; Low power: 3. Medium power: 4. High power: 3. Extreme power: 3. Reflex sights: 4. (Total: 17)
• Front mount: Foregrip (Grip), Bipod, Underbarrel Grenade Launcher (UGL), Underbarrel Shotgun (USG)
• Feeding: The various types of magazine that can be attached to the weapon (up to 4 different types for a single weapon).

Laid out in a table, the various possibilities are these: