Hello Olive, and those following along! I may have encountered a unique combination of actions, talents, and a core bonus that isn't allowing the full function of this build to shine. Just in case I was crazy and missing things, like I sometimes do, I posed the following to our rules and mech build lawyers over on Pilot.Net and it was determined this should be plenty within the allowable rules.
That said, I know this is not an entirely faithful 1:1 recreation of the rules and you've stated both some alternate directions you want to take to make the coding easier or work in the first place, and that the coding can only certain things without getting crazy out of hand. To that end, I just wanted to pose the situation I'm running in to so it can considered or discussed. Could be a known issue for all I know!
So, here's what I have:
I have a Dusk Wing with an Aux/Aux mount and an Integrated mount from the Core Bonus.
The Integrated Mount Core Bonus reads:
"...Your mech gains a new integrated mount with capacity for one Auxiliary weapon. This weapon can be fired 1/round as a free action when you fire any other weapon on your mech. It can’t be modified..."
The Aux/Aux mounts have fold knives on them. One of these Fold Knives as the Shock Wreath on it. The Integrated Aux has a Shock Knife on it.
I have Hunter III , which reads:
"...1/round, when you hit a character with a melee attack, you may also throw an Auxiliary melee weapon as an attack against any character within Range as a free action. This attack can’t deal bonus damage..."
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish.
Presumably, because I'm generally allowed to order triggers in whatever order I want to, I should be able to do this:
A:
1. Use a Quick Action to Skirmish with my Aux/Aux mount featuring the Shock Wreath Fold Knife. Using the bare Fold Knife first.
2. Use a Quick Action to Skirmish with my Aux/Aux that doesn't feature the Shock Wreath Fold Knife. Using whatever of the two knives I want to.
B: Hit or miss, I should be able to fire my Integrated Shock Knife as a free action for firing any other weapon, per the core bonus activation requirements. Hopefully hitting and applying 2 Burn.
C:
1. Hit or miss, follow up with the other weapon on my Aux/Aux mount, the Shock Wreath Fold Knife and use my other quick action to activate the Wreath and apply 1d6 burn + blind it because it's already suffering from burn. Then follow up with Hunter 3 and throw one of my other many Fold Knives as another free action.
2. Hit or miss, follow up with the second knife and if I hit, utilize Hunter III to throw the Shock Wreath Fold Knife and use my other quick action to activate the Wreath and apply 1d6 burn + blind it because it's already suffering from burn.
Someone from Pilot.net tried to make this more succinct:
"Okay so in fewer words you're asking if you can
- fold knife
- integrated shock knife interrupts the skirmish
- other fold knife (w/ shock wreath)
- follow the skirmish with a shock wreath activating quick action
This should work exactly so per the rules."
What might be going on here, and can we make these free action queries able to be ordered by the player how they want to? Or maybe stack the Integrated Mount first (above Hunter or the second weapon in an Aux/Aux mount) in the order of things it wants to ask about?