Mathew Robert Ignash

Also the Battle Droid...

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/B1.pdf

I have a couple combat droids converted to Hero 4th edition rules.

Like the Magnaguard...

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/IG100.pdf

Oddly the Palladium RPG gave her a pretty low P.B. stat. I just translated it to Hero stats.

Thanks for the advice.

I'd tend to use them as equipment, since more than one person can operate them, and I'd treat them as independent in the game. The RDF is supplying a Veritech to RIck Hunter, he isn't made with one.

I would think that if I was running a Robotech Hero game, personally I would have my players play 75+75 point normal with NO EQUIPMENT, then as the GM I would supply them mecha, armor and weapons that were independent of their characters. Anyways, I will look at both options.

One problem with vehicles for Mecha is that SPD of the pilot influences the Running, Swimming and Flight speed of a vehicle. Let's say I ended up giving a Veritech a SPD  of 10, and then used some math to calculate that to make the go at full speed I need to give him 40 inches of Flying. Well, then I give that low level Veritech to a player with a 5 SPD.... does that mean his Veritech only flies at half speed when the slow pilot is driving it?

I am tempted to give the Veritech extra Flight with the limitation "just to keep the jet flying at full speed when drivers with a low SPD pilot it" (-1/2).

On the other hand if I made the character sheets specifically with the mecha as a focus I could easily tailor the running, swimming and flight to the SPD attribute of the character. A low SPD character would get more running than a high SPD character just so their jets all fly at the same airspeed!

Then again maybe ace pilots with a high SPD should be able to safely pilot their ships to go faster?

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The Bioroid pilots are humanoids, but they received no personality in the TV series outside the character of Zor. Bioroids might as well just be robots with organic brains. The pilots just sat balled up in a fetal position inside the Bioroid armor.

I might just end up writing them all up both ways. So we will have a separate Dana and Hover Tank and a Dana with the Hovertank as a focus.

I was working on updating some of my Champions conversions on my web site one that I've been working on for a while is an adaption of Robotech to Hero 4th edition rules.
 
One of the biggest points of contention I have in converting characters is so I simply convert the characters for (very) low cost characters, and allow them to pilot massive expensive mecha as vehicles, or do I write them up with the character, equipment and mecha on the same character sheet as foci.
 
For instance, here is Dana Stealing:
 
http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/DANASTER.pdf
 
Here is the Hover Tank she pilots:
 
http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/VHTANK.pdf
 
I converted them as a 144 point character with a 412 point vehicle!
 
Now another approach would be to simply convert the whole character and vehicle on one page, with the mecha they pilot done as a focus for some powers.
 
For instance here is a Robotech Masters Blue Bioroid done one on character sheet for 197 points. His mecha and hover sled are simply equipment. No vehicle used.
 
http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BIOROIDB.pdf
 
So which way do you think I should go on a Robotech Hero write up? Should I maybe provide BOTH versions on my page?

Feel free to send the PDFs.

Thanks, but I did not write that Ranma conversion, never seen the show, I just posted it for the author, Scott K. Jamison. You can email corrections in a link on that page.

Some more updates to my page today:

Updates:
Spider-Woman II, 250 point Marvel Comics heroine introduced during the Secret Wars - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/SWOMAN2.pdf

New characters:
Arc, 288 point electrical villain - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/ARC.pdf
Auger Maxwell, 500 point agent of VIPER - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/AUGERMAX.pdf
Battle Pod - Officer, 343 point alien walker war machine - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BATPODOF.pdf
Big John, 314 point mutant member of the Raiders - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BIG_JOHN.pdf
Holocaust, 904 point mutant menace based on old RPG cover art - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/HOLOCAUS.pdf
Invid Shock Trooper, the troop builder of the Invid Invasion - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/ISHOCKTR.pdf
Lord Dire - 412 point Canadian Doctor Doom - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/LORDDIRE.pdf
Persistence, 150 point teenage heroine and Kickstarter action figure - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/PERSISTE.pdf
Star Sapphire - 265 mutant Canadian blaster heroine - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/STARSAPP.pdf

Added a bunch of new write-ups today. Many are from other RPGs adapted to Champions 4th edition (including some Champions 1st-3rd edition upgraded and from Champions 5th edition converted down to 4th edition, since I prefer 4th edition!)

Aggro - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/AGGRO.pdf

Alabaster - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/ALABASTE.pdf

American Beauty - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/ABEAUTY.pdf

Ankylosaur - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/ANKYLOSA.pdf

Aureole - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/AUREOLE.pdf

Black Diamond - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BLACK_DI.pdf

Black Enchantress - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BLACKENC.pdf

Blade - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BLADE.pdf

Braincild - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BRAINCHI.pdf

Brynhild - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/BRYNHILD.pdf

Cateran - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/CATERAN.pdf

Ebonfire - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/EBONFIRE.pdf

Emerald - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/EMERALD.pdf

Gravitar - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/GRAVITAR.pdf

Hummingbird - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/HUMMINGB.pdf

Hypnos - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/HYPNOS.pdf

Indigo - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/INDIGO.pdf

Kor Hunter - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/KOR_THE_.pdf

Lady Dracula - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/LADYDRAC.pdf

Lancer - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/LANCER.pdf

Lodestone - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/LODESTON.pdf

Magnetica - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/MAGNETIC.pdf

Menton - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/MENTON.pdf

Marksman - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/MARKSMAN.pdf

Monopole - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/MONOPOLE.pdf

Moonsilver - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/MOONSILV.pdf

Overdrive - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/OVERDRIV.pdf

Sala - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/SALA.pdf

Stormfront - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/STORMFRO.pdf

Zephyr - http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/ZEPHYR.pdf

Another update today.

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/champions.html

I updated the pages for Marvel Comics heroes Cyclops, Firestar, Mister Fantastic and Triathlon. Also updated the page for Leonardo of the TMNT.

Added a new page for a conversion of the Heroes Unlimited character called Constitution, and also added some Robotech Destroids - The MAC II, Spartan and Raider X.

Enjoy!

Crowdsource

Another one from Villains Unlimited, the female speedster, Cheetah!

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/CHEETAH.pdf



Okay, today's update.

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/champions.html

Updated Rollbar from The Transformers. He's a rough and tumble Autobot tracker who turns into a Jeep.

Updated Tara the Jungle Girl from AC Comics/Femforce.

Added Airachnid (an evil spider-themed female who turns into a helicopter), Bumblebee (the young Autobot warrior who turns into a sports car) and Fallback (a heroic Tech Specialist who turns into a truck) from Transformers: Prime.  Also added Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Predaking and Shockwave from Transformers: Prime.

Added Captain Henry J. Gloval (stoic Russian ships captain) and Dana Sterling (blonde bimbo, half-alien tank pilot)  from Robotech. Both are 150 point normal with some skills, based on conversions from the Robotech RPG. 

Added Shattered Glass Galvatron This is the heroic Decepticon from the mirror universe where Autobots are evil and Decepticons are good, seen in Transformers Collector's Club stories.

Added Hacker X3, who is tiny Autobot Transformer who turns into handheld video game player. He appeared on the 2007 toy line. Might make a good sidekick for a hero.

Added Stardust from AC Comics/Femforce.

I am going to TRY to update my Champions page more regularly, so this is a thread to make notice up the updates and changes.

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/champions.html

Today I updated the existing character sheets for Chromedome (from The Transformers), Namorita and Nova (from Marvel Comics). I also added the characters of Casey Jones (TMNT), Invid Stage 2 and Lisa Hayes (from Robotech), Trailcutter (from Transformers: Prime), Voltaic (a Villains Unlimited character).

If these are characters you like... enjoy!

 

Savage Dragon as well. His series appeared in the 90s under the Image imprint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Dragon

 

My take on Officer Dragon:

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/csdragon.html

I didn't even bother with Multiform for Transformers, I just considered it Shapeshifting. Here is my character sheet for Transformers Jetfire.

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/JETFIRE.pdf

Meanwhile here is my conversion of the Veritech from Robotech/Macross as a vehicle.

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/VF1A.pdf

How about Vehicles as Followers.  Instead of using the actually vehicles rules which are rather costly and unbalance the game for those who don't have them, why night do a right up of a vehicles as if were a character.  Matt's Champion's Page used to have KITT from Knight Rider built on 250 Points.

For that one I actually wrote up KITT as the character, and his driver was a DNPC normal with useful skills who he always had to save. Because honestly, KITT was the super hero on the show.

http://mattcave.fcpages.com/cskitt.html

I didn't go by active points, but when I did them maximus number of SDC a power did in damage and converted it to BODY damage. For stats I tried to convert evenly, for strength I went by how much the character could lift and translated that.

I tried to translate to real world numbers where possible. Like Constitution's growing powers, I just went by how big he could grow in the game, and calculated how many levels of growth that needed. For a character who could fly, I figures out how may MPH he could fly, and worked back from there.

I had to use some math for calculating speed, since the Palladium round is 15 second, and in Champions a turn is 12 seconds. palladium number divided by 15 times 12 gives you the speed.

The characters don't end up very balanced if you translate them, sadly, for instance Onslaught is considered a brick in his game, but only has a STR of 35 here! I got that number by figuring out how many pounds he can lift. In Palladium their lifting capacity is severely under rated (Most large characters cannot lift their own body weight!)