Honestly, the only RPG things that arenn't named in descriptively obvious ways are the Esper Lens, which magnifies psychic powers to mecha scale (considered 1/1 in Mekton) (well, it scales the powers to the mecha it;s mounted in, which can range from 1/100th if you go by common fan rules to 100/1 for starships, or Excessive for death stars) from Human scale (1/10th) and TL9 Reeneration, which means 10% recovery of the mecha's build cost in damaged parts or expended ordnance per hour. Hybrid mode is just what it sounds like, hybrid betwen Fighter and Humanoid forms, with the archetypical example being the Macross style GERWALK form. Psi is an optional stat that is assumed to be zero if unlisted, and stat values generally range from 1-10.
I'm kind of flattered that you think this sounds cool - I'll grant that I'm quite happy with how my fluff text scene went, but the design process was literally a matter of, "Okay, what if I take Macross then add martial arts bits to plaster over the serial numbers?" Of course, if it sounds like it would actually be a fun game to play, I suppose I have to count it in the win column... If I had more GM experience than a single D&D3.5 session, or even just a solid idea for a module plot I'd give it a shot as a PBEM or something, but none of those ifs are ises right now...
Still, if I did knock something togehter, anyone interested? I should probably track down the MZML now that I'm back online and run it up the flagpole there, as well.
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
I'm kind of flattered that you think this sounds cool - I'll grant that I'm quite happy with how my fluff text scene went, but the design process was literally a matter of, "Okay, what if I take Macross then add martial arts bits to plaster over the serial numbers?" Of course, if it sounds like it would actually be a fun game to play, I suppose I have to count it in the win column... If I had more GM experience than a single D&D3.5 session, or even just a solid idea for a module plot I'd give it a shot as a PBEM or something, but none of those ifs are ises right now...
Still, if I did knock something togehter, anyone interested? I should probably track down the MZML now that I'm back online and run it up the flagpole there, as well.
- CD
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows