[OOC] Character Development and Rules Questions

How long do we foresee this game going for? Should we be expecting to be leveling up and gaining XP and new Skills and Talents, or should we try to cram everything we want to see into our starting builds?

I'm planning on being VERY generous with XP as go through the mission. :)

I'll make note of all the things that have been brought up so far too and make the necessary adjustments.

I'm not sure about Hacking at the moment, but there is a couple of opportunities for Vehicle interactions. I've increased the number of characters each to 3, in case you all want to try different builds. We'll just have to be cognizant of which character is in what part of the story. :)

Cool. I will build with advancement in mind rather than trying to get to see as much out of the character from the start. :)
Gear and Armor say they use the Crafting Skill to repair, but there is no Crafting Skill. The Tech Skill says it is used for for this, so presumable this was renamed or incorporated into that Skill?

Page 30: Both columns are duplicates of each other.
So I shouldn't build a Hacker for this story, or you want to work on that aspect? Happy either way.
OK, reading the Vehicles section...

I find it a bit weird that Agility (Body) is the Skill and Attribute used for this. I actually find it a tad weird that Agility is based on Body, I can definitely see the reasoning, but Coordination makes as much sense. (It is also amusing that the description of Coordination is 'Body control...':).

It might make sense for page 75 to say "advanced maneuvers require an Agility or Dexterity roll as appropriate."?

Needing high Body for a Driver who might not care about the other Body Skills could make for a clunky build. Body (Agility) only seems to apply to motorcycles and such that you ride, not things you drive?
Happy to do that. I have done this often enough. Games like Apocalypse World (the progenitor of PbtA) give a second character as one of the level-up options. This can dilute the 'immersion' in the characters a bit, and dilutes how much playtime they get, bit it works well enough in many games. I find the main trick it is to avoid having them interacting with each other (too much or at all).

In 'city games' (where we are not 'out on an adventure in the unknown' it is easy enough to swap characters as needed for a scene: 'Bob is back home, tending to... so Alice will be joining us and bringing her unique expertise...'.
If we get in the habit of addressing the character and not the player, then that is seldom an issue.

I put together an outline for a Driver... I must admit it does not catch my interest. I can make and play it easily enough, but I feel it we can just as easily engage all the mechanics involved with existing characters non-specialised to that role.

For instance, if a Driver took Vehicle Specialist (Ground), Tactical Driving, and Improved Tactical Driving, on top of high Body and Agility they would be rolling 12d6 in a vehicle Chase, which, I worry, might mean we don't get to see those mechanics in action for very long before their overwhelming dice end the chase. :) The GM could, of course, pump up the 'enemies' dice to draw it out, but we could just as easily use the existing characters against regular enemies.