Miscellaneous Material

Standard Issue Police Gear Many of the characters presented in these pages have the attribute "Standard Issue Police Gear." This attribute covers a range of minor items that police characters are issued. The exact pieces of equipment that are included are detailed here.

Appropriate Attributes, Skills, and Defects The following lists includes the character attributes, character defects, and character skills that those creating original characters should limit themselves to if they want to capture the tone of "You're Under Arrest!". The list is based on the material found in the BESM rulebooks and what is found at this site.   Character Attributes Animal Friendship Appearance Art of Distraction Aura of Command Damn Healthy! Divine Relationship Extra Attack Energy Bonus Flunkies Focused Damage Gun Bunny Heightened Awareness Heightened Senses Highly Skilled Massive Damage Mechanical Genius Organizational Ties Personal Gear Servant Sixth Sense Unique Character Attribute Mecha-Only Attributes Accessories Armor Electronic Countermeasures Environmental Control Extra Capacity Extra Endurance Flight Ground Speed Life Support Maneuver Bonus Mecha Weapon Sensors Stealth Special Equipment Toughness Water Speed Skills Acrobatics Animal Training Architecture Artisan Biological Sciences Boating Burglary Business Management Computers Controlled Breathing Cooking Cultural Arts Demolitions Disguise Driving Electronics Firebuilding Forgery Gaming Interrogation Intimidation Law Linguistics Mechanics Medical Military Sciences Navigation Performing Arts Physical Sciences Piloting Police Sciences Seduction Sleight of Hand Social Sciences Sports Stealth Swimming  Urban Tracking  Visual Arts  Wilderness Survival  Wilderness Tracking Writing Combat Skills Archery Gun Combat Heavy Weapons Melee Attack Melee Defense Ranged Defense Thrown Weapons Unarmed Attack Unarmed Defense Character Defects Ageism Attack Restriction Awkward Easily Distracted Grouch Heavy Sleeper Inept Combat Nemesis Not So Fast Not So Strong Not So Tough Physically Unappealing Phobia Poor Red Tape Sensory Impairment Shy Significant Other Skeleton in the Closet Special Requirement Unique Character Defect Unskilled Wanted Mecha-Only Defects Awkward Size Crew Requirement Exposed Occupants Hanger Queen Less Armor Limited Endurance No Arms Noisy Not So Tough Partial Armor Poor Maneuverability Restricted Flight Restricted Ground Movement Restricted Path Unique Mecha Defect Volatile Weak Point

Always keep this in mind: Stat checks and Skill Checks need to be LOWER than the attribute being rolled against to be successful. In BESM, the lower the number rolled, the better the result. Skill levels are SUBTRACTED from the die rolls, while situational modiers are ADDED.

For example...

Natsumi has 3 levels in Driving (Motorcycle) and she is on a Ducati, weaving in and out of traffic in pursuit of a bad guy who is on his own motorcycle. The GM rules that this is an Average Difficulty task.

Natsumi's player needs to roll a skill check against her Body Stat, which is 6. The roll is on 2d6 is a 9. The player then subtracts -4 from the roll (Natsumi is on a motorbike and that's what her Driving specialization is oriented toward), which becomes a 5. This is less than or equal to Natsumi's body stat, so the skill roll is a successful one (because the result is below her Body stat) and she avoids crashing.

The fleeing bad guy turns into a pedestrian mall, still driving at top speed. Natsumi pursues into a far more tricky environment. The GM decides that another skill check is required, but with the shocked or panicked pedestrians have turned it into a Difficult situation; Natsumi now faces a +2 penalty.

The player rolls another 10. The -4 is subtracted, but the +2 Difficulty adjustment is added, leaving a total result of 8. This is above Natsumi's Body stat, so she has failed the skill check. The GM says that a child emerges from behind a balloon vendors cart and when Natsumi serves to avoid the tyke, she loses control of her bike and crashes.

The failure was not a catastrophic one, however, so Natsumi is uninjured. She is flung over the handlebars of the Ducati and lands on a convenient pile of futon matresses outside one of the shops after being thrown off the bike. But the Ducati is going to need a new set of handlebars and maybe even new front suspension.

Abandoning the bike, she continues the pursuit on foot! Maybe Miyuki has gotten clear of the traffic jam a block away and will be able to head the villain off...