Organic Mecha
We've all heard of Techno-Organic mecha and the system in Mekton Zeta. I had this idea of a 100% pure organic mecha. I'm not sure how an "organic" cost multiplier system would work, but I've got some basics down for it:
Organic cost multiplier: x0.35
Organic mecha fall under the following rules:
- Healing: Organic mecha are self-repairing, which can be accelerated by the assistance of certain medical drugs or treatments (GM's discretion). Since they are semi-aware and natural lifeforms. The mecha's servos (limbs) can regain 2 Kills per round per 1 limb. However, they can only heal if they have not been destroyed (read: blown off)
- Armor: Armor plating is the only kind of armor available to an Organic mecha since it is a living lifeform. Armor is regained at a rate of 1 Kill per day. If the armor is blown away, it will regenerate at a rate of .5 Kills per day.
- Sensors: An Organic mecha must rely on it's own sensors (sensory organs) and natural movement systems, since it is a living organism.
- Pain Penalty: Due to the mecha being a living lifeform, it can and does feel pain. An organic mecha suffers a -2 penalty for each system (including armor) that is damaged/wounded. This penalty is culmulative.
Added Note: Anything that doesn't qualify as an extremity (sensors, hands, whips) add thier kills to the servo that contains them, rather than having kills of thier own: they're part of the servo, they get crippled/destroyed as the servos does.
- Weaponry: Organic mecha may use weapons that remain under biological terms. Natural melee weapons or projectile weapons are under good standing, while energy weapons, weapons with advanced ammo (heat-seeking, nuclear, etc) is under GM's discretion but is not recommend due to the inorganic nature of the weaponry.
Added Note: In anime, organic ranged weapons are as likely, if not more, to be Beam Weapons as they are to be Projectiles (the best example being the Zoanoids from Guyver). These often take the form of lenses or actual eyes, specialized to project rather than receive energy. The main examples of Projectile weapons are Launched Spines and Fire-Breath.
- Bonuses: Organic mecha gain +2 MV bonus. This cannot be used to bring the mecha's over MV above 0.
Based on Dustin Hawk's Proposal
with comments by Rob Knotts
edited here by Sir Luckio.
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