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[Oswald Rabbit]

I have a character in my Slipstream game who wants to play a small, squirrel-like alien who rides around inside a human-sized suit of powered armor. My initial thought was to treat him as a Weird Scientist and for the powers of his armor (Armor, Bolt, Boost Attribute, Fly, etc.) to be Weird Science powers, but that doesn't really capture the feel for what he's after. After all, the squirrel has a size of -2, giving him a really low Toughness, and even if he gets a raise on his Armor roll every time (unlikely) giving him +4 Armor, it still isn't that much. Plus the Armor should be going all the time, not just when he activates it.

Then I had a second thought. Why not use the Birthright Edge from Legends of Steel (at least I think that's where it's from) to let him take a suit of powered armor as a birthright? Then we can give his armor whatever features we like and he doesn't have to be a Weird Scientist at all, nor does he have to keep track of all those Power Points and keep making rolls to activate all its powers.

Any suggestions?

[ValhallaGH]

Use the Robot Man rules, but he's a squirrel that can come outside and his strength drops by 2 steps, his size is -2, and he's always vulnerable to called shots to the vitals (robot suit cockpit or the various squirrel bits).

That's my attempt to keep it fast and furious. But sometimes I gloss over things people really want to matter.
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[ogbendog]

For WS, you wouldn't always roll for armor (whjat happens if he fails or run out of PP?

you just give it static +2 armor. YOu lose the possibility of +4, but gain the fact that you dno't have to roll to activate it, it doesn't run out of power, etc.

I'd actually give it Growth, to model the size change. Taking it twice would give +2 steps of str and toughness. Then armor on top of that might work

[Rohan]

Super Powers Comp....have him have an armored suit (ala very primative Iron Man) and that way he can keep tinkering with it, needs to be repaired occasionally, and you don't have to have the character worry about it exploding.
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[Sadric]

I remember the SciFi Toolkit have basic mechs and power armor rules.
I would do the armor like a vehicle. So even if his vehicle is badly damaged he can crawl coughing out of the wreck.
I would say this is in genre for slipstream.

Its sized like a normal human, but since he is a squirrel he use it like a mecha.
By the As you need Method I would give the suit this stats:

Acc/Top Speed: 4/14; Toughness: 10 (4); Crew: 1(very small)
Weapons: Raygun-rifle in left arm, Rocketgun in right arm (could only fire one/round or move)

Arms have Strenght d10.
Since we talk about a pulp game I would give it a handling modifier of -2.
Its a bulky, heavy, slow armor in a pulpgame, after all.

Then you need a Edge that "give" him this thing. Since it is a big Edge I would connect a automatic hindrance with it. At least something like Charisma-4 if inside-you talk with a freaking Warmachine.
But maybe Wanted by Anatrhaxa or an other former owner would be possible.
Or Electrical Susceptibility, like a robot men.

And if he like to soak a hit he need Ace, too.

Call often for driving rolls for somewhat "normal" moves like climbing a ladder, squeezing trough small openings, jumping from roofs.

Remember he need a workshop for Repairs.

Remember he need steady hands when firing while moving.

explaing of the stats:
I have choosen the Acc very slow, so he is often slower then a normal human. When moving longer distances he is faster then a running human.
Thoughness 10(4) is comparable to a heavy armored human.
handling modifier of -2 is for game balance.
He need a edge to own this, and an additional Edge(Ace) to really use it fully. He cant move/drive and fire it at the same round, so he need onemancrew and maybe ambidexterity (for firing two weapons) and need steady hands.

[Snate56]

I wouldn't give him any built in weapons, it's not genre. And he doesn't need all kinds of armor or strength. Just give him a robotman body.



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[Vinzent]

I agree, go with robot man. Essentially the player's squirrel is just the brain of the robotman.
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