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 Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:46 pm Post subject: Vulture Droid stats in walker mode |
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I’ve been looking around and can’t find the stats the Vulture Droid’s walker mode. Definitely have stats for it as a starfighter, but no dice on the walker mode. Anyone point me in the right direction or have some home brew they want to share?
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Inquisitor1138
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| Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Vulture Droid stats in walker mode |
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| Marsbot wrote: | I’ve been looking around and can’t find the stats the Vulture Droid’s walker mode. Definitely have stats for it as a starfighter, but no dice on the walker mode. Anyone point me in the right direction or have some home brew they want to share?
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Try The Rancor Pit Library, https://rancorpit.com/forums/downloads/index.html, D6 Conversion to the Clone Wars Campaign Guide *should* have it i think!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Vulture Droid stats in walker mode |
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| Marsbot wrote: | I’ve been looking around and can’t find the stats the Vulture Droid’s walker mode. Definitely have stats for it as a starfighter, but no dice on the walker mode. Anyone point me in the right direction or have some home brew they want to share?
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I've never been able to find any, just stats for starfighter-mode. The deeper problem is why a starfighter would need the added complexity and vulnerability of being able to transform into a walker in the first place; there doesn't seem to be an obvious need for it.
My theory is that, much like the droid army itself, the Separatists used a clever ruse of utilizing droids that could plausibly be passed off as being for civilian use, such as using a general purpose droid frame to make battle droids. In the case of the Vulture Droids, they would be armed scout droids, deployed from orbit to make scans of a planet's surface. If they detect something worthy of closer inspection, they can transform into Walker mode, land and take a look.
I have some house rule ideas for how to represent this, but the question there is, how far down the house rule rabbit hole are you interested in going?
For a basic, RAW-compliant approach, I would suggest simply changing the Scale between the two modes: when flying, it's a Starfighter; when walking, it's a Walker. The technobabble reasoning behind this would be that, when in flying mode, the fighter generates a structural integrity field that helps stabilize it against the g-forces involved in space flight and combat maneuvering, as well as protecting the joints. When in walking mode, the field deactivates, allowing the joints to function (and increasing maneuverability), but also reducing the ship's ability to resist damage.
From there, the only thing you'd need would be a much lower Speed for use in Walking mode. I'd go for 30; 90kmh, but that's just me.
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Marsbot
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| Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Vulture Droid stats in walker mode |
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I’ve got that pdf, I actually can’t find the Vulture droid in it at all. I’ve got it in the “starship guide” but it doesn’t cover the walker mode. |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:08 am Post subject: Re: Vulture Droid stats in walker mode |
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| Marsbot wrote: |
I’ve got that pdf, I actually can’t find the Vulture droid in it at all. I’ve got it in the “starship guide” but it doesn’t cover the walker mode. |
https://www.rancorpit.com/forums/downloads/Supplements%20for%20Films/GG13%20-%20The%20Phantom%20Menace.pdf
page 12
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Vulture Droid stats in walker mode |
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| Inquisitor1138 wrote: | https://www.rancorpit.com/forums/downloads/Supplements%20for%20Films/GG13%20-%20The%20Phantom%20Menace.pdf
page 12 |
Much obliged.
| CRMcNeill wrote: | | I’d go for 30; 90kmh, but that’s just me |
You may have been going from half forgotten memory, that’s what’s in the book. |
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