The Jopp
Mar 4 2008, 04:04 PM
Has anyone seen stats and cost for the �Mimic� option for anthroform drones in Arsenal, or is it missing? I cant find it anywhere.
BlackHat
Mar 4 2008, 04:11 PM
It is missing.
There is question, in my mind, at least, as to whether or not this was intentional. It may have had its description included because there are one or two drones that possess it, and was not intended to be added as an afterthought to any old anthroform. If the rules allow you to retrofit a city-bus with a blimp, though, I expected there to be some rules for it, even if it wasn't intended to be a typical modification. I would have maybe expected to see a high slot cost, a huge cost, and really high availability. *shrugs* Perhaps it was only overlooked, and will be errataed in later, but you're not missing anything.
Synner
Mar 4 2008, 05:10 PM
I was actually okay with the decision to leave out Marcel Marceau, the book was overcrowded as it stood - sorry couldn't help myself.
The stats for the Mimic mod were an oversight. We had initially overlooked several mods left over from the original Augmentation draft. When we plugged them in at the last minute some stuff was overlooked - hence the missing anthroform bodies in the tables at the back of the book. We will be addressing all of these in upcoming errata.
I don't have them on hand but I will be posting the stats when I get home.
Feshy
Mar 4 2008, 06:35 PM
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Mar 4 2008, 11:11 AM)

If the rules allow you to retrofit a city-bus with a blimp, though, I expected there to be some rules for it, even if it wasn't intended to be a typical modification.
QUOTE (Synner @ Mar 4 2008, 12:10 PM)

I don't have them on hand but I will be posting the stats when I get home.
Sweet! Then I'll have everything I need to convert a city bus into an air whale!
BlackHat
Mar 4 2008, 06:45 PM
QUOTE (Feshy @ Mar 4 2008, 01:35 PM)

Sweet! Then I'll have everything I need to convert a city bus into an air whale!
Except the skill to pilot it.

Actually, that's doable, but the handling on such a behemoth would be terrible. (Something like -5, and its slow)
Cadmus
Mar 4 2008, 08:05 PM
DUDE! you canhave a flying winabago! Quick some one get a troll to dress as a large half human half dog!
Feshy
Mar 4 2008, 08:48 PM
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Mar 4 2008, 01:45 PM)

Except the skill to pilot it.

Actually, that's doable, but the handling on such a behemoth would be terrible. (Something like -5, and its slow)
Curse the designers for not having the foresight to include Pilot: Cetaceaform in the BBB!
BlackHat
Mar 4 2008, 08:52 PM
Pilot: Exotic Vehicle.

By "except the skill to handle it" I meant the rating of the skill, not the skill itself.
You would need 5 ranks of Pilot: Aircraft (maybe pilot: exotic vehicle) just to counter-act the penalties of trying to fly a lighter-than-air bus around.
Feshy
Mar 4 2008, 08:57 PM
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Mar 4 2008, 03:52 PM)

Pilot: Exotic Vehicle.

By "except the skill to handle it" I meant the rating of the skill, not the skill itself.
You would need 5 ranks of Pilot: Aircraft (maybe pilot: exotic vehicle) just to counter-act the penalties of trying to fly a lighter-than-air bus around.
Or just a very high reaction -- or maybe just favorable conditions. And don't try to take it low into tight handling terrain. Which I think you can count on, should you ever find a GM crazy enough to let you turn a city bus into a flying whale.
Kyoto Kid
Mar 4 2008, 09:05 PM
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Mar 4 2008, 12:52 PM)

Pilot: Exotic Vehicle.

By "except the skill to handle it" I meant the rating of the skill, not the skill itself.
You would need 5 ranks of Pilot: Aircraft (maybe pilot: exotic vehicle) just to counter-act the penalties of trying to fly a lighter-than-air bus around.
...somewhere I sense a bad Grateful Dead joke in all this. Too dain bramaged at the moment to come up with one having just completed the monthly billing cycle at work.
Aaron
Mar 4 2008, 11:56 PM
QUOTE (The Jopp @ Mar 4 2008, 10:04 AM)

Has anyone seen stats and cost for the �Mimic� option for anthroform drones in Arsenal, or is it missing? I cant find it anywhere.
They were actually destroyed before they could be created by a woman, her kid, and an anthroform drone sent back in time.
The Jopp
Mar 5 2008, 07:29 AM
QUOTE (Aaron @ Mar 5 2008, 12:56 AM)

They were actually destroyed before they could be created by a woman, her kid, and an anthroform drone sent back in time.
Is it just me or has the seriousness of my thread been derailed...
Synner
Mar 5 2008, 08:50 AM
As promised:
Mimic Modification (Rating 1-3)
Slots: 2
Modification Threshold: 15
Tool: Facility
Cost: Rating x 3000Â¥
Availability: Rating x 3
Special Skill: Cybertechnology
BlackHat
Mar 5 2008, 01:07 PM
Flesh-covered car, here I come!
Aaron
Mar 5 2008, 01:13 PM
QUOTE (The Jopp @ Mar 5 2008, 01:29 AM)

Is it just me or has the seriousness of my thread been derailed...

True, but now it can be covered in soft, supple skin with synthetic blood in it.
Seriously, though, does the skin keep itself alive, or does one have to moisturize one's drones?
BlackHat
Mar 5 2008, 02:14 PM
You have to add a nutrient pack every couple of days. (Rating days, I think)
The Jopp
Mar 5 2008, 02:56 PM
QUOTE (Aaron @ Mar 5 2008, 02:13 PM)

True, but now it can be covered in soft, supple skin with synthetic blood in it.
And WHY do you think I wanted it. My characters can now have their own Mitsubishi Maid in full French maid uniform.
With Fuzzy logic (HOW to get those pesky stains away) and Mimic 3 it will be very human looking.
Yours for only 14100Y with Camera and Microphones
BlackHat
Mar 5 2008, 08:02 PM
QUOTE (Synner @ Mar 5 2008, 03:50 AM)

As promised:
Mimic Modification (Rating 1-3)
Slots: 2
Modification Threshold: 15
Tool: Facility
Cost: Rating x 3000Â¥
Availability: Rating x 3
Special Skill: Cybertechnology
Also, realized after looking at the drones that already have mimic, that they don't have ratings listed for them.
Eyeless Blond
Apr 16 2008, 01:26 AM
QUOTE (Synner @ Mar 5 2008, 01:50 AM)

As promised:
Mimic Modification (Rating 1-3)
Slots: 2
Modification Threshold: 15
Tool: Facility
Cost: Rating x 3000Â¥
Availability: Rating x 3
Special Skill: Cybertechnology
Is there a cost for the nutrient solution too? I think that's what the other copied-over entry in the table was supposed to be.
DocTaotsu
Apr 16 2008, 05:37 AM
QUOTE (Feshy @ Mar 4 2008, 04:48 PM)

Curse the designers for not having the foresight to include Pilot: Cetaceaform in the BBB!
Curse them and their black hearts!
Also, on the proposed Meat Car.
Imagine the upholstery.
masterofm
Apr 16 2008, 07:00 AM
Shouldn't the cost also be tied in with.... I don't know say body?
a r3 on a flyspy is 9k.... and a r3 on a drone plane is 9 k? Meh? I mean seriously meh?
ornot
Apr 16 2008, 11:41 AM
QUOTE (masterofm @ Apr 16 2008, 02:00 AM)

Shouldn't the cost also be tied in with.... I don't know say body?
a r3 on a flyspy is 9k.... and a r3 on a drone plane is 9 k? Meh? I mean seriously meh?
I'd guess dunking the vehicle/drone in a nutrient bath and letting the tissue grow over it, the cost is principally related to the tank required, and it's facility based so that could be a pretty big tank...
As for moisturising your flesh car, you already wax the paintwork, right? Just swap out your turtle wax for baby oil, and you're good to go! You don't even need to wait before you can buff it.
OK... coming outa the gutter now...
Magus
Apr 16 2008, 12:15 PM
So now I can make the Cherry 2000! Woo Hoo!
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