| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Rigger design rules --> anthroform |
| Date: | Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:03:19 EST |
m0ng005e@*********.com writes:
> Anthroforms have a body of 2, correct? And they move using 2
> (vehicle) legs, and have 2 (vehicle) arms? Wouldn't that give them a
> strength of 4 (or higher, if paid for) for purposes of carring gear?
> Being ANTHROformed, they could wear (normal) body armor, which would
> reduce the base power of incoming attacks, and they could use normal
> weapons, and even opprate vehicles. They can also get "cyberlimb" gadgets
> built in, almost without limit- maybe including cyberlimb armor. I'd say
> that makes them pretty useful already.
> Robocop was always a pretty sucky concept for a combat robot, IMO, but
> his other advantages made him perfect for his job. Anthroforms are
> similar- the urban environment is DESIGNED for humans, so an anthform
> drone has some advantages there, too.
Oh yeah, i have to agree with Mongoose on this one. The whole reason that
"Kenny" has been so useful in our games is the ability to "hand-carry"
a bunch
of things into a situation. Okay, he's actually a wheeled drone-anthroform
(upper torso is humanoid), so he's got a better overall load, but the concept
of him "wielding" weapons and acting as "remote hands" for the
controller
(usually Padre', but there have been exceptions) is also really neat and
extremely versatile.
And besides, with wheeled drone power plant, the concept of vehicular-level
armor (he's got 12 points IIRC, we argued not more than a Lynx) is still
functional. Hell, we just recently found out one of his more interesting
attack modes.
When all else fails, run the bastards over....
-K
