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 Blast to the past, Renraku Shutdown Drones |
 Nov 6 2004, 05:51 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734  |
Hey, I have the RA:S book with the various drones in it. I also have read Kage's "short" story with extra drone stats at the end.
My question is are there any other sources of drone stats for the Shutdown? Like has anyone ever done up the Labyrinth Beast? Or other beginning to mid-level drones that I can throw at poor unsuspecting saps...uhhh I mean runners? |
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Nov 6 2004, 06:01 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Any drone in any previous book can be present with any loadout. If you have Rigger 3, it adds a lot more than just the Deus only and SR3 listed drones.
As for the beast, that's almost better kept as screams in the distance augmented with the shifting terrain. |
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Nov 6 2004, 06:15 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
That was the other question I had about the Labyrinth - how does one emulate the deadly spinning blade trap, etc? It's truly a throwback to D&D, but I don't think it's really covered anywhere in the BBB.
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Nov 6 2004, 07:28 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Suprise test, if they make it, they can dodge or just stand there (who would just stand there?), if they fail, they resist some nice amount of damage with only impact armor and body.
I'd suggest either 6 dice (and the TN 2) as the reaction for the trap's surprise, or higher if your group is really twitchy, but not many successes on the test so the blade can be dodge with relative ease if you spot it. Up difficulties as you see fit. |
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Nov 6 2004, 09:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 24-October 04 Member No.: 6,787 |
The brainscan adventure set has some other drones
Including, FYI, the humanoforms on the cover of M&M |
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Nov 7 2004, 01:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 21-October 03 From: Yorkshire Toxic Zone Member No.: 5,752 |
Yeah, but they suck. Medusa's are far scarier, and much more fun...
I had the labyrinth beastie as a hardwired drone covering the entire Maze in which it resides like one of Deus' SK drones running a CCSS system. It had access to the camera systems and traps so on, and but couldn't control the other drones that were in there (and I created some extra drones for the maze, like a six legged cat sized drone kitted out much like a medusa that patrolled the air vents and smaller tunnels). If you encountered a construct directly controlled by the guardian, it manifested (for want of a better word) as tentacles using the same construction as the medusa's tails, only larger and encountered in clusters of up to a dozen tentacles. Some had surface tasers built in, others were used for grappling and literally tearing victims limb from limb, etc. And then I saw the underwater security tentacle measures in Wastelands (I think) which were based on arcology technology and felt completely justified.... |
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Nov 7 2004, 03:44 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'll have to get back to statting up some of the things I mentioned…
~J |
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