Crimson King
May 14th, '03, 08:04 AM
A new player in my new campaign wants to build a gadgeteer. So far, he has a Variable Power Pool for his gadgets, that he can change only in a lab. Nothing difficult there.
But the player wants to have a group of robotic minions that he can create from nearby electronic/mechanical items. For instance, if he's on the battlefield fighting some foe, and there's a nearby ATM machine, he can concentrate and the ATM machine will draw upon nearby materials and reform itself into some type of lumbering robotic creature that attacks the foe. He understands that in this case it wouldn't have a chain gun or other weapons (perhaps armor, as ATM's are built pretty solidly?) etc. It's abilities would be somewhat derived from its base parts.
I was thinking originally of Summon. But that assumes that all the summoned creatures are pretty much the same. So any ideas out there on how to build this? *Another* VPP? Perhaps one that is tied to the Summon, and can only effect summoned creatures?
But the player wants to have a group of robotic minions that he can create from nearby electronic/mechanical items. For instance, if he's on the battlefield fighting some foe, and there's a nearby ATM machine, he can concentrate and the ATM machine will draw upon nearby materials and reform itself into some type of lumbering robotic creature that attacks the foe. He understands that in this case it wouldn't have a chain gun or other weapons (perhaps armor, as ATM's are built pretty solidly?) etc. It's abilities would be somewhat derived from its base parts.
I was thinking originally of Summon. But that assumes that all the summoned creatures are pretty much the same. So any ideas out there on how to build this? *Another* VPP? Perhaps one that is tied to the Summon, and can only effect summoned creatures?