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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 5346725" data-attributes="member: 4936">Some clarifications about Mech-monkey's niche and Great Metal Beast, specifically in comparison to the Spartan.1) Mechmonkey is from a fairly primitive, agrarian little village. Her knowledge of mechanics and such is largely unschooled and intuitive (and is possibly a mutation, though it isn't regarded as such by the character). I liken her a bit to Kaylee from Firefly...unsophisticated, but very good at what she does. This is in comparison to the Spartan, who is from a technologically savvy society.2) Despite these humble origins, Mechmonkey's skills go far beyond maintaining technology. She will, in fact, probably have some amount of 'gadgeteer' power in addition to her mecha, so that she has some stuff she can do when outside her armor. This is because:4) Her Great Metal Beast is bigger and more unwieldy than just power armor. In Manga&Mecha terms, she has a Mobile Suit, not Power Armor. It's a good nine to ten feet tall, and quite heavy. Thus, it will not always be appropriate that she is piloting it. In circumstances of stealth, or when in civilized cities that will very likely place controls on what you can bring where, she will probably have to leave it behind.I do need to know if mecha is considered a Device, or is bought with Equipment points. Also, what's the 'base tech level' of this setting? It seems kind of 2ish, but the existence of things like Spartans might nudge it up.Binder - It's a pretty cool two-fisted (bladed!) design! However, your toughness save is too high for a PL 6 game, unless your Defense has been traded off...which it hasn't, since it's 16.</blockquote>

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