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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 4646860" data-attributes="member: 32536">That really isn't the route I intend to take, but I suppose it is fairly valid. Saying that powers are abilities of the mech would work really well for a classic &quot;Super Robot&quot; style game (where &quot;Rocket Punch&quot;, &quot;Shine Spark&quot;, or &quot;Hell and Heaven&quot; are powers), particularly since mechs and characters are inseperable in that sub-genre, but for a &quot;Real Robot&quot; style of game where the pilot's ability is distinguished from the mech, I don't think it works as well. I intend to build a system in which powers and stats entirely refer to the pilot's ability, and mech construction basically works like normal 4E equipment, so that you can equip a mech with a sword, but you can only use it if the pilot is proficient with swords and has sword powers. Of course, it does seem to be useful to have a few weapons that practically work as Encounter Powers in of themselves.This sounds identical to the basic premise behind the Star Ocean series of videogames. I like that premise. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I also agree that it may work better with 4E than with any previous version of the rules.I may have to put that idea on the shelf alongside the other campaign ideas I really want to run...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 4646860, member: 32536"] That really isn't the route I intend to take, but I suppose it is fairly valid. Saying that powers are abilities of the mech would work really well for a classic "Super Robot" style game (where "Rocket Punch", "Shine Spark", or "Hell and Heaven" are powers), particularly since mechs and characters are inseperable in that sub-genre, but for a "Real Robot" style of game where the pilot's ability is distinguished from the mech, I don't think it works as well. I intend to build a system in which powers and stats entirely refer to the pilot's ability, and mech construction basically works like normal 4E equipment, so that you can equip a mech with a sword, but you can only use it if the pilot is proficient with swords and has sword powers. Of course, it does seem to be useful to have a few weapons that practically work as Encounter Powers in of themselves. This sounds identical to the basic premise behind the [i]Star Ocean[/i] series of videogames. I like that premise. :) I also agree that it may work better with 4E than with any previous version of the rules. I may have to put that idea on the shelf alongside the other campaign ideas I really want to run... [/QUOTE]

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