Azure Trance
First Post
For those of you who own Dream Pod 9's D20 Mecha Compendium, what do you think of the golemsuits in Chapter 2? I think overall they are superb except for two things - their hitpoints, and their cost. The first is too low, and the second is too high.
If I were a king, or in the army's budget committee, what reason would I have to waste money on a Gladiator if an Iron Golem would give so much more bang for the buck? The 7 DR is nice to keep those regular swords and axes from hurting you (especially at AC 15) but not when compared to the Iron Golems AC 30.
How do you think the Gladiator could be improved? Keep the cost and up the hp appopriately, or decrease the cost and upping the hp to a lesser degree. I also don't see why a high level character in a golemsuit would want to wear it either since the AC 15 'defaults' over the AC the character previously had. Off the top of my head, I would slash the price down to 20,000 as is.
Critique!
- For comparison: the Iron Golem. In 3.5: 18HD (129 hp), AC 30, 2 attacks at +12/+28 at 2d10+11 damage. Also, breath weapons of poisonous gassy doom and construct traits. Total creation cost is 80,000gp and 5,600 XP. Not bad, really.
- Now, the Gladiator. AC 15. 7 DR. +4 STR bonus. Can cast Shatter (5/day) and Shout (1/day). 25 hp. Cost: over 70,000gp and 3,000 XP.
If I were a king, or in the army's budget committee, what reason would I have to waste money on a Gladiator if an Iron Golem would give so much more bang for the buck? The 7 DR is nice to keep those regular swords and axes from hurting you (especially at AC 15) but not when compared to the Iron Golems AC 30.
How do you think the Gladiator could be improved? Keep the cost and up the hp appopriately, or decrease the cost and upping the hp to a lesser degree. I also don't see why a high level character in a golemsuit would want to wear it either since the AC 15 'defaults' over the AC the character previously had. Off the top of my head, I would slash the price down to 20,000 as is.
Critique!
