From:	DisnyShamn <DisnyShamn@***.COM>
Subject:	Power Armor
Date:	Tue, 26 May 1998 08:48:50 EDT

> Please do search out that article, mister Machine-Gun. Power-armour
> might be interesting, if only for curiosity's sake; it'd certainly
> explain how people can actually function in Military-grade armour that
> weighs what, 20+ kilos by itself? Between that and the other gear
> they'd have to pack, power-armour would be about the only way they cou=
ld
> *move*!

Though I've no actual rules for creation – it's all GM-arbitrary so far=
– the Brody Mk IV power armor for my "ShadowZone" campaign masses 10=
0 kg; the main effect of the "powerdness" is to reduce this to a mere 1=
0 kg of encumbrance. It takes damage something like a vehicle; instead =
of damage reducing speed, however, it simply increases the percentage o=
f encumbrance (Light wound = 20kg, Moderate = 50 kg, Severe = 75 =
kg, Deadly = 100 kg/Forget moving). One could get it boosted, to comp=
letely eliminate the weight and/or provide increased Strength, but of c=
ourse this is going to increase overall mass (and cost, of course. :)

Disney Shaman