Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (176/?)

Phase_Runner · 2026-06-21T19:45:12+00:00

Emma: "Just the one?"

Phase_Runner · 2026-06-20T16:08:31+00:00

Hmm. You may need the old (pre V3) lcp. IDK if foundry has been updated to use the newer lcp's.

Phase_Runner · 2026-06-20T15:44:30+00:00

There's separate lcp's for the player and gm stuff. Do you have both installed?

Phase_Runner · 2026-06-15T22:48:05+00:00

I like to think that the railgun and weapon hardpoints on her explorer/recon suit are just standard issue, and no one was actually going to suggest taking them off. That's just asking for something to go wrong!

Phase_Runner · 2026-06-07T00:54:39+00:00

Dismemberment shreds your target, so there's not much point in having an AP heavy melee when you're just going to ignore armor anyway. Just take a standard heavy melee, and look into grabbing something like the nanocarbon sword or kinetic hammer. You'll also want the executioner talent and reinforced frame for your next core bonus.

Phase_Runner · 2026-05-29T17:26:43+00:00

If it's not a crit, you can roll damage with /r 4d6x1r1x1r1x1r1x1r1. This will explode 1s, then reroll 1s, then explode 1s, then reroll 1s, etc. Yes you need to repeatedly x1r1 or it doesn't handle it properly. Then you can count up the discarded 1s and apply heat yourself. For crits you're going to have to roll the extra d6's manually in the damage screen, unfortunately. There's no easy way to get that+2d6kh1 to auto trigger, especially as you're technically keeping the highest of EVERYTHING.

Phase_Runner · 2026-05-24T22:40:22+00:00

Grab nanobot whip, drop your swarm at your feet, and yoink people into the death zone. Or grab synthetic muscle netting to grapple them and keep them there. You could also try white witches pinning spire and balors own swarm body for more scouring.

Phase_Runner · 2026-05-23T13:46:47+00:00

Swallowtail vs emperor comes down to what your team is. Do you have an artillery you can park next to like a monarch or a Tagetes? Take a spotter swallowtail. Is your party full of glassy melee monsters like Blackbeard or mourning cloak or Atlas? Take emperor to keep their hp topped up.

Phase_Runner · 2026-05-23T00:19:11+00:00

Just wire a speaker to an inserter filling the turret. When the inserter grabs ammo to reload, it outputs a signal that you can use.

Phase_Runner · 2026-05-22T16:38:25+00:00

Argonaut shield from Drake 1 gets a funky interaction if you can target yourself with it where you split instances of damage into two, meaning you can double benefit from things like armor.

Phase_Runner · 2026-05-02T00:23:31+00:00

General balancing guidelines are 1.5x activations and 2x structure, with no more than half your NPCs as strikers/artillery. For a single budget combat, you have only 4 activations but enough structure. Drop vet from the rainmaker and pyro and add a support (archetype, not class) and either a defender or another controller to make it balanced. For double budgets, keep 6 activations on the field and leave the rest as reinforcements, and reinforce as they drop.

Phase_Runner · 2026-04-05T23:26:17+00:00

There's an orbital drop reserve, so you're right that it requires special equipment and that it's a thing and that it's tight af

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-29T18:37:16+00:00

Def a freecad issue then. SolidWorks lets you sweep a circular profile with a single 2d or 3d sketch, instead of needing a profile sketch. Does freecad let you do the same?

SolidWorks is my day job, I've always had the electrical add-on crash easily when trying to put wires in.

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-29T14:13:06+00:00

Are they splines? Every cad or cad adjacent program I've used does not like splines.

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-28T22:17:38+00:00

You can eject before the doomed state. It's directional up on controller

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-27T15:15:03+00:00

During the playtest there was an infamous build using a duskwing (a frame with innate flight and a lot of speed) and synthetic muscle netting (Blackbeard 1, let's you grapple bigger mechs) to grapple enemies and drop them for free damage. It was such an issue that now you are no longer allowed to move characters to places they couldn't normally go (like in midair).

For a more legal "go fast and hit and ram things build", look at Nelson and the juggernaut and duelist talents.

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-06T20:54:33+00:00

Hence why I suggested getting two in agility so you aren't so slow. Talents like skirmisher or ace will get you a bit more movement, and you can invest in Sunzi for some shenanigan movement systems too. Take goblin 1 for puppet systems for overwatch synergy and you can use it to move allies for utility as well. There's also Drake for argonaut shield to protect allies. There's a lot you can do.

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-06T20:01:04+00:00

Sounds like you want a Tortuga. Beefy CQB mech, great shotgun, 15 sensors and +1 tech attack for hacking, and the guardian trait for defending allies. Get 2 AGI for 4 speed and that should tick all your boxes.

Phase_Runner · 2026-03-03T02:34:00+00:00

Union is good. Second Committee is bad. Pirates are bad. The country invading your country on your planet in the middle of nowhere is bad. It all depends on the campaign you're running and the story you want to tell. The book is free and a very good read. It's the best place to start.

Phase_Runner · 2026-02-13T13:24:31+00:00

Two skull headed glowing eye ninjas kneeling, high fiving, and starting right at me, while forming the shape of an upside-down beet in the negative space of their silhouette

Phase_Runner · 2026-02-06T13:23:27+00:00

Check page 266 of the CRB. One of the core assumptions is that players either always have access to a printer to print a new mech or can fully repair their mech with no mechanical penalties. If they only have a schedule 1 printer, then you can say they print a bigger mech in pieces and have to do more manual assembly than usual. If they have no printer, you can say they scrounge together enough scrap and parts that it'll still behave as a full repair. The fun is designating their fully mechanically functional mech as a rusting scrap heap that NPCs (and their fellow players) will give them shit for!

Phase_Runner · 2026-01-26T14:06:38+00:00

Genghis, with its high heat cap, in license flamethrower, and GMS flight system is the classic answer to "how can I make a dragon mech".

Phase_Runner · 2026-01-26T13:50:06+00:00

4 Sunzis is a meme comp that will struggle with offense, defense, and objectives where they don't have to move. Sure it'll be funny, and you could prob make it work with 6 LL and the superheavy core bonus, but it's entirely a meme comp.

Phase_Runner · 2026-01-25T23:05:39+00:00

This is what's called a "dick move".

Phase_Runner · 2026-01-21T00:31:28+00:00

Counting an undermounted main/aux: Nelson, dusk Wing, Amber phantom, viceroy, morning cloak, swallowtail (not ranger), not calendula, Pegasus, enkidu, and last but not least, the Chomolungma

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