Silverblade The Ench
First Post
No worries mate! 
oh I see it as being very agile, just like the Neogi, check its dexterity!
but...because it's metal and heavy, it's power going primarily into the cannon and flaws in the design it doesb't move from palce to place at high speed
it's more like a hyper kinetic but top heavy athelete who can dodge like crazy with his upper body, but running is a strain on him as the load on his knees is too much
oh, it can spin on a dime, jump up and grab into the roof above it's head, but...paradoxically, it doens't have the ability to move at high speed across country and so on
just cause it can dodge like Ali, doesn't mean it has to be able to run fast
the neogis had the choice between making it accurate (which required high dexterity to move it's head/limbs fast to right angle, and fire precisely) and devastating (most of it's energy goes ot the weapon, not propulsion)
OR
strong and fleet of foot.
so the power moslty goe sinto it's upper body and "reflexes", not sustained perambulation
also a design choice by me, the neogi can't use these as "bodyguards" as they are too slow, and can't fire up close (for safety's sake and to stop them being bodyguards)
they are used as weapon paltforms, this keeps umberhulks as neogis' main guards
Also, the neogis lost their world and tech, maybe the original ones were fast, but they no longer have the skill to make them....
guarding their camps form up high, as ship weapons, they are awesome
just dont' want 'em as being able to scurry away form the PCs too much, or to replace umberhulks as "Lord servants".
oh I see it as being very agile, just like the Neogi, check its dexterity!
but...because it's metal and heavy, it's power going primarily into the cannon and flaws in the design it doesb't move from palce to place at high speed
it's more like a hyper kinetic but top heavy athelete who can dodge like crazy with his upper body, but running is a strain on him as the load on his knees is too much
oh, it can spin on a dime, jump up and grab into the roof above it's head, but...paradoxically, it doens't have the ability to move at high speed across country and so on
just cause it can dodge like Ali, doesn't mean it has to be able to run fast
the neogis had the choice between making it accurate (which required high dexterity to move it's head/limbs fast to right angle, and fire precisely) and devastating (most of it's energy goes ot the weapon, not propulsion)
OR
strong and fleet of foot.
so the power moslty goe sinto it's upper body and "reflexes", not sustained perambulation
also a design choice by me, the neogi can't use these as "bodyguards" as they are too slow, and can't fire up close (for safety's sake and to stop them being bodyguards)
they are used as weapon paltforms, this keeps umberhulks as neogis' main guards
Also, the neogis lost their world and tech, maybe the original ones were fast, but they no longer have the skill to make them....
guarding their camps form up high, as ship weapons, they are awesome
just dont' want 'em as being able to scurry away form the PCs too much, or to replace umberhulks as "Lord servants".
