Samson-class Medium Assault Mecha Armor

[Mikael Hasselstein]

Of course, everyone should enjoy Star Wars however they please - so I'm not passing (too much) judgement.

That said, doesn't this cross into non-Starwarsiness for you all?

[Raven Redstar]

Um, yes and no.

I see it as a slightly larger powersuit, or like a scaled down suit of Space Trooper Armor, for more independent military organizations. It's expensive and not really that tough when all is said and done. Most of the equipment built in is available on other suits of armor, I just see it as something else to equip my villains with.

Now, the suit doesn't really operate in a vacuum, so it's not really that much into the realm of super space mecha. It's a universe with an almost unlimited number of planets, aliens, and technology. I don't see how this is really so outlandish.
_________________
RR
________________________________________________________________

[tetsuoh]

Its from the RPG Rifts.

Honestly - if you all know of Rifts maybe you can understand my statement.

This isn't Star Wars to me. And most of the items from that game go against my idea of Star Wars.

That said, go for it if its your thing.

I'd stick with either Powersuit or Walker Operation.

There ARE speeder scale walkers.

But a Servolifter counts as Powersuit - and is Character scale.

So if this is intended to be speeder scale - I'd go walker ops myself.

Powersuit is more for if the character is strengthened by servos not guiding the servos with controls only.

[Raven Redstar]

If you take a look at the armor bonuses from most "established" powersuits that are available, creating an increased scale mechanized suit actually balances out their power level a little bit, especially if the stats are done in accordance with other items of the scale.

If you have Gry's Equipment Stats book, take a look at the combat powersuits that are on pages 23-28. Starting with the AV-1C and moving on. They have targetting computers which make up for Dexterity penalties, and Powersuit operation replaces any movement skills which might be penalized for the bulkiness of the armor.

The mechanized armor that is suggested here is in many ways less hardy than a great deal of the suits that are available in the game. To me, allowing one, but disallowing another which is actually less powerful overall seems like a poor position, but your own fun is what matters most.

I have to applaud SWR for taking something which someone else made, and trying to make it a little more reasonable in power level. I also would like to note, that he writes up stats even for items that he himself might not consider Star Wars, or have in his game. He does it in case someone out there was wanting a Mechanized Assault suit and is not really sure where to start.

I created a similar suit of similar size and made it walker scale, and it actually is less powerful overall than Space Trooper Armor, and the AV series power suits, and that's Walker scale.

Power suits take into account the wearer's strength score, which can be up to 4D at human maximum.
_________________
RR
________________________________________________________________

[shootingwomprats]

[shootingwomprats]

[garhkal]

As a q, since this is speeder scale, is it using character level movement, or vehicular movement?
Is the armor affected by ion cannons, and if so, is there some way for the pilot to get out if it gets shut down?

I also note the Zero G suit lists both oxygen and power limits, so what are the limits for these suits?
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!

[shootingwomprats]

[garhkal]

True, other than weapons (shots per pack) and ships (consumables rating), most everything else doesn't really list how long its supposed to be able to run for before needing recharge.
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk!