Ultrasoldier's P.A. rules

[Hoots Rowlet]

Personally I've found there to be a few too many restrictions in the P.A. rules so I made my own there mostly the same as the original so I'll just list the changes.

ARTIFICIAL ABILITIES

The same rules apply here as they do in the original, however insted of buying a flat rate str, agl, or spd, you can have it add to your character's by buying it at AN +3 levels. You still divide the total amount of white stones by half.

ACTIONS

I've added the following discounts to these additional actions.

Tractor Beam (Telekinesis): AN +1 (The original was AN +2 which made no sense to me as that would've been the same amount for a non-PA character.

Manipulate Body Density: AN+ 4 (If Phase Shift can have a discount, then I see no reason that Manipulate Density can't either.)

Swimming: AN -1

WEAPONS

Again the same rules apply for weapons expect for some changes I've made.

Energy Weapons: (Now here's where I thought things were too restictive. So I decided to make some changes

*Cost Level = AN -1
*Max Modifier # + No limit
*Stones come from energy reserve, or you can pay +3 to have them come from the general pool.

Options:
(You MAY APPLY any advantages or disadantages to any PA weapons system not listed in this section at the regular price.)
*2x damage: 2 white stones extra
*Area effect: Same as book
*2x damage or area effect +3 to cost level
*Range: Same as book
*Stun damage: Same as book
*Extra function: Same as book except extra functions DON'T lower your overall mod # (I feel you pay enough as it is.)

Rockets, Firearms, and Grenade Launchers, Flamethrowers, and Mega Weapons: These are bought the same as they are in the book. You can take advantages, and disadvantages that arn't listed as options for the normal price.

Also bear in mind that you can also buy them at a higher than maximum modifier, but if you do that, then you have to pay for them as if they were a normal close/ranged combat weapon. (And thus pay for all the built-in advantages yourself.)

Ammo: 1 red stone extra, or deducted per round/panel (of use) per load added or subtracted. 2 white stones extra for unlimited ammo.

This is all for now I'll put up more later.

[malice]

Not bad, I'm especially fond of the combining abilities option.

[Kaimontfendo]

Looks pretty good. I've been debating about making an Iron Man guide, and if I ever get past the thinking phase and actually get started, I'll try to contact you about including these modifications.

[psiphase]

An Iron Man guide would be an awesome addition to every MURPG fan's repertoire. Especially with the new movie coming out soon.

[Neros]

ARTIFICIAL ABILITIES: This sounds interesting... Instead of working alone, it could "increase" the users Strength...

ACTIONS: The only thing i dont agree with is swimming... Why swim when you can fly? Armors already have a discount for flying, so why not just do that? And flight (depending on what style you use) works underwater...

WEAPONS: Well, thats up to each GM... I agree that some options would fit great with energy weapons... I mean, the number of energy types in the universe is limitless, and only God/the Gods know how many different effects there is...

[Brainstem]

Just as a clarification on the Ability revamp. If you want a PA to have a Strength of 8 and the pilot has a Strength of 3, you're going to be paying 3w (CL7=6w/2=3w) or 10w (CL8=20w/2=10w)? I'm imagining that it would go to the first, but a clarification would be nice.

[Spider-Man]

I like all the rules except Artificial Abilities. All you have to do is take PA Combat specialties to combine your PA's stats with your own.

Unless, of course, you're talking about cybernetics, like a robot arm attached to a human being. In that case, though, it doesn't make sense because you have no arm to enhance the strength of, therefore the strength comes completely from the electronic components.

Maybe I'm just not understanding what you're saying. Could you please try to clarify a bit?

Edit: I don't agree with the rule for ammo either. You shouldn't have to pay creation stones for ammunition of a weapon modifier you've just payed a bunch of creation stones to get in the first place; instead, you should have to take money out of what Wealth you have available each issue to continue re-supplying your weapon with ammo; the heavier the weapon, the heavier the ammo cost. The cost would, of course, always be pending on the GM's decision and therefore should not have a set limit before hand. The 2 stones for Unlimited Ammo sounds good, though, as it negates the need for that Wealth cost.

[Kaimontfendo]

I've felt that there should be a few more tech discounts, like Unstoppable, Reflexive Dodge (although stacking it with Toughness would be cheap, I do feel like an electronic brain should get the benefit of faster reflexes.)

Revised rules for EMP would be nice, too. In particular, I hate that the book's EMP rules insist on an area effect. There's also no way mentioned in the books to have EMP shielding without being adble to project an EMP (unless you count it as a minor invunerability). The book says nothing about how an EMP is used (if it requires an action to use, if you need to spend stones into it, etc.).

If a few more people are serious about it, I think we could make an Iron Man book happen. There's room for new actions, modifiers, a few characters and a number of suits of armor. We could add some rules clarifications, (especially about Energy Absorption/Reflection) and if some people would be willing to take the time to make an adventure and write descriptive text, we'd have have a guide. I'm up for some work on it. Who else?

[Spider-Man]

I'll work on it as well. With the Iron Man book, we could do not only a re-write of Iron Man to reflect his stats in the Extremis armor he's in now, but a whole deal of PA/Robotics characters to go with him as well, such as War Machine, Iron Monger and Stingray. Plus, an adventure as Iron Man/War Machine would be great fun, and a simple one like we see in the core book wouldn't be hard to write up.

Ya, I'm serious about getting something like that started, although you'd have to find somebody else to work the code for the pdf file.

[Hoots Rowlet]

Okay... I edited the rules a bit... too reflect my views on higher than max mod Weapons.