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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rkanodia" data-source="post: 1740222" data-attributes="member: 11681"><p>Personally, I would just treat them as suits of armor that grant bonuses to the character inside, and price them accordingly.  For instance, a war suit might be +1 plate mail that grants the character +2 strength, DR 2/- and does a slam attack for 3d6 points of damage.  A mining suit might grant a burrow speed of 3 feet.  Either suit completely encloses the character's body, preventing him from using his hands to manipulate items; the suits are sufficiently jointed to be able to throw a boulder or carry a sword (though not to grasp it as a weapon), but, say, a quill pen would be too small for it to pick up.  Because of the limited vision out of a suit's cockpit, the flanking bonus against a character inside a suit is increased to +4.  Requiring a feat might be a reasonable way to reduce the cost of creating them.</p></blockquote><p></p>