CAMELOT Trigger - First Playtest Report

I ran a session of the game over the weekend. It was received well with the characters driving MerGN-A back through the Wyrmgate above Earth. Things I discovered:

• Change two Skill names. Stoutness is now Vigor and Vigor is now Zeal.
• Zeal controls movement in armour and out. Armour is your defensive skill when you get hit.
• One of the players went right to the jugular and wanted to play Arthur's bastard. 
• People love playing Zodiac Templars.
• The Phase Trio got a complicated web of rivalries and alliances set up. but I needed to be more clear in helping people pick Aspects that defined their characters rather than whatever character.
• Cancelling a compel is a rare thing indeed, especially with my players.
• Mech construction was good. I need to support people who want to pick a mech and go, people who want to adjust a  pre-existing mech, and ones who want to bake from scratch.
• The big mech battle at the end went well, though I played MerGN-A poorly. She got her butt kicked. People grasps the concepts of zones alright, though in a game like this it's more important.
• Should lady knights also be called Sir?

If you want to see the PCs we used, check them out after the jump. Otherwise, comment away or check me at @robowieland on Twitter, or the FATE Core Community on G+.

Name: Drystan

Background: A squire who took up his master's armour when his master fell died trying to get into it for a duel.

Aspects

Barrister the Bold, Champion of Europa!

(Not Actually Barrister The Bold)

Well, Guess It's Mine Now

Herald of Another Family's Crest

Secret Wingman

Skills

Great: Smithy

Good: Armour, Melee

Fair: Blast, Daunt, Vigor

Average: Household, Chivalry, Cunning, Mark

Stunts

Direct Kinetic Restoration

Name: Vanessa "LIBRA" Du Guerrier

Background: A Venetian noble who became a Zodiac Templar to prove her mother wrong.

Aspects

Templar Libra

"Vanessa Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

Leaving Las Venus

Battle Friends Forever

Mother's Pawn

Skills

Great: Zeal

Good: Armour, Blast

Fair: Intrigue, Mark, Chivalry

Average: Melee, Skulking, Devotion, Daunt

Stunts

Hardcore Parkour

Name: Ayden

Background: A rough and tumble kid given one last chance at the Temple of the Infinite Heavens

Aspects

Explosive Archer
An Easy Target With A Short Fuse

Too Hot To Handle

First Loser At The Temple

Fierce Prote\ctor

Skills

Great: Blast

Good: Armour, Smithy

Fair: Mark, Devotion, Zeal

Average: Lore, Chivalry, Cunning, Intrigue

Stunts

A Polite Society

Name: Quinn

Background: An angsty teen grizzled beyond his years as a Templar

Aspects

Armored Crab of Cancer

Thousand Yard Stare

Forever Bullied

Spark of Friendship

Booze Em Buddies

Skills

Great: Vigor

Good: Armor, Devotion

Fair: Melee, Household, Smithy

Average: Skulking, Inquisition, Chivalry, Zeal

Stunts

The Bleeding Doesn't Hurt Anymore

Guilt

Pain Is My Blade

Name: Alanna

Background: The hidden daughter of Arthur trying to prove herself.

Aspects

Humble Badass

Bastard

A Mother's Secrets

Comrade in Lies

Surrogate Sister

Skills

Great: Melee

Good: Armour, Chivalry

Fair: Lore, Household, Devotion

Average: Zeal, Mark, Inquisition, Larceny

Stunts

Killing Stroke