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<blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 5906680" data-attributes="member: 1861">Interdependence (Ex): The Hollow Golem requires a controller.&nbsp; The controller must be a size category smaller than the Hollow Golem. The operator gains bonus HP equal (1+Size over Large)*100, and the operator gains the ability to use the Hollow Golem's current suite of powers.&nbsp; Item Slots (ex):&nbsp; The Hollow Golem has 7 slots for sizes up to Large, +4 per size category.&nbsp; Check with DM for available items.There you go... The entirety of D20 Future's mech construction requirements added as 2 short blips on an Iron Golem.&nbsp; There is no interdependency in the Mecha rules... You pretty much put on a suit of armor, an enormous amount of bonus HP, etc.... No Checks are really required.&nbsp; The items available will vary depending on equipment.And again, can I really 'simplify' something that doesn't exist?&nbsp; A D&amp;D game that has Hollow Golems vs. one that has Mecha has no actual differences between them.&nbsp; A medieval craftsman will not have access available to the hundreds of required chemicals and components to make a Mech... But any Wizard with a Golem Manual, the appropriate level, and some Craft skills in Armorsmithing could make this.&nbsp; Or you can just decide that someone has created plastics, vulcanization, circuitry, heavy elements, nuclear science, etc. to produce a Gundam.&nbsp; One fits within the rules, one doesn't fit within any kind of verisimilitude.Slainte,-Loonook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Loonook, post: 5906680, member: 1861"] Interdependence (Ex): The Hollow Golem requires a controller. The controller must be a size category smaller than the Hollow Golem. The operator gains bonus HP equal (1+Size over Large)*100, and the operator gains the ability to use the Hollow Golem's current suite of powers. Item Slots (ex): The Hollow Golem has 7 slots for sizes up to Large, +4 per size category. Check with DM for available items. There you go... The entirety of D20 Future's mech construction requirements added as 2 short blips on an Iron Golem. There is no interdependency in the Mecha rules... You pretty much put on a suit of armor, an enormous amount of bonus HP, etc.... No Checks are really required. The items available will vary depending on equipment. And again, can I really 'simplify' something that doesn't exist? A D&D game that has Hollow Golems vs. one that has Mecha has no actual differences between them. A medieval craftsman will not have access available to the hundreds of required chemicals and components to make a Mech... But any Wizard with a Golem Manual, the appropriate level, and some Craft skills in Armorsmithing could make this. Or you can just decide that someone has created plastics, vulcanization, circuitry, heavy elements, nuclear science, etc. to produce a Gundam. One fits within the rules, one doesn't fit within any kind of verisimilitude. Slainte, -Loonook. [/QUOTE]

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