Mark 1 Fullplate

[Ferrum]

So I have this mad scientist/gnome wizard as an NPC in my campaign, and one of the PCs bought a set of fullplate armor from him that he'd been modifying to run as a clockwork automaton. I showed the group a picture of the Mark 1 suit from Iron man as a visual aid.

Well, a little while later, I decided that the wizard could make use of his previous modifications and add some more functionality to the suit. All of the suit's special abilities need to be recharged after their use, so they function alot like potions. However, the +1 upgrade allows for a certain amount to be replenished for free. This is what I came up with:

Gimirkin Mechanized Armor: Mark 1
Armor Upgrades

Acceleromatic Injectors
Effect: Haste
Activation: Swift
Duration: One round
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 50gp

Vertical Compression Coils
Effect: Jump
Activation: Swift
Duration: One Round
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 50gp

Vector Thrust Turbines
Effect: Fly
Activation: Move
Duration: 5 Rounds
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 100gp

Photonic Shielding
Effect: Invisibility
Activation: Move
Duration: 5 Rounds
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 100gp

Sudden Blast Shielding
Effect: +2 Reflex Save vs AOE spells
Activation: Immediate
Duration: Instantaneous
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 50gp

Improved Sudden Blast Shielding
Effect: +5 Reflex Save vs AOE spells
Activation: Immediate
Duration: Instantaneous
Upgrade Cost: 1000gp
Recharge Cost: 200gp

Immolation Dispensators
Effect: Burning Hands (CL 5)
Activation: Standard
Duration: Instantaneous
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 50gp

Gas Propelled Darts
Effect: 1d6+2 Ranged (10 shots)
Range Increment: 50 ft
Activation: Standard
Duration: Instantaneous
Upgrade Cost: 500gp
Recharge Cost: 50gp

Electric Discharge Capacitor
Effect: 4d6 Electric Damage (Touch)
Activation: Immediate
Duration: Instantaneous
Upgrade Cost: 1000gp
Recharge Cost: 100gp

Directed Ignition Beams
Effect: Scorching Ray (CL 7)
Activation: 1 Round
Duration: Instantaneous
Upgrade Cost: 1000gp
Recharge Cost: 200gp

Activation Reagent Replicator
Effect: 100gp worth of recharges / day
Activation: None
Upgrade Cost: +1 Bonus
This effect stacks with itself.

So... any thoughts? anything on here that seems incredibly broken? too weak? feedback, ideas?

 

[Ferrum]

No one has any interest in this? Would love a little feedback.

 

[hornedturtle]

What exactly do the upgrades do? Is that how much it costs to put into the suit initially?

 

[Ferrum]

Yes, the Upgrade cost is, in effect, the enchant cost.

 

[s-dub]

I find it to be great flavor-wise. I even like the mechanics. If you upgrade the suit once, you get 10 rounds of flying a day for 2000.

If you were to buy winged boots you'd have the same options for 150 rounds for 16,000.

This seems fair to me since the suit grants you slotless flying, and also there should be diminishing price returns for increasing duration.

Does the scorching ray equivalent ability take a 1 round casting time or a full round? I think it may be underpriced per a scroll that does the same thing (350 for CL 7 scroll of scorching ray)