Brent

This is part 4 in a series of posts about an RPG system that uses D&D 4E mechanics for a giant robot system. D&D 4E simplified the skill list dramatically. Let’s look at each one, and figure out which ones can be transferred to a giant robot combat universe directly, which will need to be tweaked, which must be dropped, and what we must add. Acrobatics – OK […]

In the first post in this series, I laid out some basic ideas for a role-playing system for playing in giant robot universes, using a straight port of the D&D 4E system. In the second post, I defined basic stats and attributes for PCs and their mecha. Today, I’m going to lay out the stats needed for a mecha, and the stats needed for a PC: Mecha Character Sheet Name Manufacturer — Corresponds to race Class Size Speed Initiative Defenses AC Fortitude […]

Last weekend, Saalon and I discussed a straight conversion of D&D 4th Edition for a universe of anime-style “real robot” giant robot combat. So, more like the serious war stories of Gundam than the goofy fistfights of Gigantor. Scales of War The first problem is one of scale. Giant robots operate weapons that can pulverize many individual soldiers in one hit. So, let’s identify a rule: Mecha operate on a scale 10x that […]