Nation of Machines (Planning)

[Philote]

Marv, have you ever heard of the Hero tabletop system?

Instead of defining every possibly power/weapon/ability for superheroes they simply gave frameworks for the type of functions the heroes could take.

For example they have an attribute that a character can buy called Energy Blast which is a ranged attack. All the mechanics for it simply refer to the range and damage of the attack. The player however can choose the special effects of the attack (A fire blast or a shot from a gun). In both cases they are mechanically identical, the only difference is how they are played out in the RP.

This could be adapted for your mechs. So you could create a component for flying, but the actual method for flying could be determined by the player. This way you do not have to create different components for Wings versus Rockets.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Yes

@Phi, the Hero system sounds good, but using it would require me to scrap all the work I've done so far.

[Philote]

Yeah that's true, was just throwing out the option for you to consider.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

BTW, I mentioned this Dryad earlier, but I wanted to tell you as well. I'm honored that you still use my drawing as your icon. Makes me feel useful.

[Philote]

I really like it, you should definitely do drawings of more SPL characters, from any RP.

[Zaleramancer]

It's similar to the GURPS system.

The system doesn't care how you accomplish something, only the results.

Are you invisible because you bend light, or because you're vibrating outside of visual range, or because you're part ghost..

Doesn't matter.

Invisibility costs the same.

Of course, this can be tweaked a bit. If your power is explicitly magical, then you can get a.. discount to the cost because that means magic and circumvent your power.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

I wish I'd been told about this before I wrote out a ton of parts.

[Zaleramancer]

I'm sorry.

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[Marvelous Miscreant]

Not your fault. Like I said, I lack extensive foresight.

[Philote]

You do not have to use it. Trying to rewrite the Hero system might be as much work as you simply choosing some default price ranges to apply to every group.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

How much is my gun going to cost?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Bartleby Chun

An older pilot and hunter of scrap, Bartleby searches the wastes for spare parts that he can either re-purpose or sell. unscrupulous, he isn't beyond getting into fights to acquire product. Bartleby despise mid range encounters, preferring to either blow away his enemies from beyond their range, or face them a close range to unload everything he has.

As an older pilot Bartleby puts much stock in mech superstition, and is the first to tell someone off when they're doing something that will bring the group bad luck. He's also the first you would go to for urban legends, and has an appropriate Phantom Mech story for every faction.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Let's say an even 10k for now.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Cool. so, I have 90k to send on stuff. Hold on.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

All My Frickin Gun - 10k
Achilles Booster Mod – 20k
Tension Planter Mod – 12k <--- For my artillery.
Systems Manager -10k <---     artillery
Sonar – 15k
Propelled Grappling Hook (Concealed or Unconcealed)- 16k per <---- in the mouth, to pull them into the choppers and the guns.
Auto Targeting System * - 15k


I have 2k starting cash.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Excellent! By the way, what is your avatar? The longer I look at it the more it looks like something else.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

The Chaser, from Parasite Eve II. It's my favorite enemy design ever.






That one is from the first cutscene you see it in, when it turns to show you it's face.

Fun Fact: it used to be a people, and willingly chose to become that.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

That is the single creepiest looking thing I've ever seen. I would flip my shit and freak the hell out if I saw one at night.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

That was my exact reaction. 2/3 of the Parasite Eve games have amazing enemy designs, and they're all creepy bio-horror monstrosities.