I read the homonculus rules, and the plasteel one is awesomer, even though it has more Object Resistance. I was wondering if an orichalcum one would be even more awesome, and how much orichalcum it would take.

A lot.

i personally don't think it would be terribly good. we don't really have any information on the physical "attributes" of orichalchum, but i rather doubt the various metals add up to something as strong as plasteel is.

certainly, it would be so obscenely expensive as to not be worth it, no matter how rich you are (if you had that much orichalchum, you'd be better off using it for any number of other things).

Back in the old SR2 days we had a physical adept get his bones laced with the stuff. By all accounts its not much stronger than gold or pure copper (Both are very soft metals) but when you are your own weapon foci who cares?

The ultimate use of orichalcum is jewelry.

Nonmagical, non-foci, non-whatever jewelry. The fact that you can waste money on an obscenely rare and expensive substance on a mere necklace or circlet or decorative automatically makes you win the game.

Except for fun.

Kinda like buying a Lambourghini Countache and painting it Neon Lime Green.
2 Not so subtle messages being sent,
1: I can afford a car like this.
B: I have so much money, I don't have to take a car like this seriously.

Nikoli is exactly where I'm coming from. And so is Adarael. THAT is the kind of awesome I like.

If I could get one and if I could get good mileage on one, I'd buy a hearse, paint it purple, and give it a green felt interior. Possibly hydraulics.

Also, my dream Post-Apocalypse vehicle is an El Camino with a .50 cal machinegun mounted in the back. And I like how the Scion xB looks.

I have no freaking taste whatsoever.

Bugatti Veyron, with Orihalcum fleck paint, enchanted, possessed by a spirit using the movement power.

Yes, the base price is one million Euros.

What about a diamond homonculus? That shit can be made artificially, and it's really hard. I'd imagine it would be much stronger than the plasteel one.

It may be hard, but brittle, too.

So what's better than plasteel?

Unobtainium.

Unobtainium.

But it makes for slow typing fingers after handling

Titanium, maybe, but good luck shaping that in your local machine shop. And it should probably only give you maybe an extra couple of points of body and armor, maybe one of strength, and nothing for fist damage. Not worth the hassle.

I'm wondering why the plasteel Agility and Reaction are F-1 while for stone golems its F-3 and F, respectively. The agility makes sense on both, but a hinged stone statue reacts faster than a steel skeleton? I doubt it.

I'm wondering why the plasteel Agility and Reaction are F-1 while for stone golems its F-3 and F, respectively. The agility makes sense on both, but a hinged stone statue reacts faster than a steel skeleton? I doubt it.

That may be due to their respective weights. I could be wrong, but iirc steel is denser and heavier than stone.

The bad part of a plasteel homonculus is if an opponent gets their hands on some of that plasteel dissolving spray. Spray that thing with a bottle of that and then just watch it ooze around hehe

How about a homonculus made out of gelatin? Just make it cube shaped and hope no-one throws a fireball at it

I would personally take one of these babies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lorean_DMC-12 and soup it up with a Porsche engine, nice 20-inch tires, an eardrum bursting sound system (cranking out all those great 80's songs), remote-controlled doors and probably some other crazy-ass improvements that would make me the envy of all nerds around HAHA!

Thought that spray was for Plascrete or something? Plas-something 7?

I only fear the rust beast from the new critters supplement.

Okay, let me see if I have this right: They're bringing the rust monster to SR?

I think you're making shit up.

I hear it's an Awakened rottweiler that lurks at junk yards.

Well, all it needs is two tentacles that spring from its back and a fondness for meatshields with swords.

Yeah, the spray catalyst only worked on one particular formulation of plasteel, and would turn it gummy for several hours. But that knowledge was passed around, and the company issued a recall. So, of course, no one in their right mind still uses it. But because so much of it was put on the market, there's a chance an older, lower-security, or just plain poorer facility might still be using it. And, though it's not likely that a corportate or institutional magic-user would have a homonculus made of Plasteel-7... that powerful, but low-rent caster might have gotten less of a bargain on all that surplus plasteel than they thought they did.

I thought that Plasteel-7 was a conspiracy. Sell a product that you know has obvious shadow uses, flood the larket with it, then hit the road and start selling the catalyst on the black market for BIG BUCKS. Sounds like a 'runner founded corp to me.

The calatlyst is for plascrete not plassteel.

THat's what I said! I wasn't sure though. Wasn;t that in SOTA '64?

Catching up on what I missed while I was away. I'm just going to start laughing and y'all are gonna have to trust me that I deserve it.

Oh yes. Yes you should be worried. Hee hee hee.

Tell us!!! Tell us! We need to knooooooW!

Sorry, Exodus, you're wrong. They can make artificial diamonds, in industrial and gem qualities.