Mech Wars: Character Thread (Saikotsu, UnderCov3rL0ver, cmpuncle, DigitLninja)

[Saikotsu]

Welcome one and all.  I'll be starting a mech based besm game with the above players.  You're more than welcome to read the story as we go along, but at the moment, we aren't looking for any additional players. If that changes, I'll make sure to post something up announcing it. 

anyway, to the players:  welcome dudes and dudette.  For now, we just need a little basic info on your characters.

the ooc is up and running: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=101918.0
IC thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=102133.0

Name

Age(young teens to early twenties please, to fit in with the mech anime/game stereotype)

Gender

Callsign

Short Bio

Attributes
Attribute Name	Cost	Rank	Notes

Defects
Defect Name	Points returned	Rank	Notes

don't worry about skills for now. I'll go over those later.

for now, your character doesn't have their mech.  We'll get them after a short bit. Go ahead and come up with a concept for your mech at the moment, but don't build it yet.  We'll be using the D20 manual's mech building rules.  Also, your mech doesn't have to be space-capable, but flight capable is highly advised (though not truly necessary). You will have out-of-mech battles, but your character is rather low powered (30 CP plus any defects). Choose your attributes wisely (you may use attributes from either 3rd edition or D20, though I'd reccommend D20 for the cheaper attributes, and your mech/character will be built with D20 rules(class based). I intend to level up the group slowly, though depending on what you guys do, that may change.  (after all, I promised a freeform campaign). If you have any questions, let me know. 

[cmpuncle]

Name: Tanr Wyrddemon
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Callsign: Ragnarok
Short Bio:
This trusting catguy has slanted, orange eyes. He has short, straight, green hair worn in a practacal style. His fur is green with black coloration on his ears, tail, forearms, and forelegs. He has a boyish build. His ears are close-set, and his tail is bushy and carried with a curve. His fashion preferences are best described as "pin-up prettyboy." His questing eyes seem to pierce right through you.
He receives his mech, Sarge,  from an acquaintance in some military faction just.  The only stipulations his acquaintance gives him are that he keep in contact with him to relay performace specifications of the mech and to perform any and all modifications as directed by said acquaintance.  For the moment the mech is still highly unresponsive and not too effective.

Attributes
Attribute Name           Cost           Rank             Notes

Combat Technique       6                3                      Leap Attack, Lightning Reflexes, Steady Hand
Divine Relationship       2                1
Features                       3                3                     Appearance: Cute, Low Light Vision, Retractable claws
Heightened Senses       4                2                    Hearing
Skill: Stealth                   12                6     
Special Movement          4                2                    Cat Like, Wall Bouncing
Weapon "Claws"            2                1
Healing                           8                 2

Defects
Defect Name                 Points returned            Rank             Notes
Easily Distracted             1                                 1                    Things cats are distracted by

Skills
Name                 Rank                         Notes
Computer Use     3
Repair                  3
Search                 3
Research             3
Sense Motive       3

Mech

Name: Hybrid Mark III
Nickname: Sarge
Type: Giant Robot
Class: Ultimate Fighter
Size: Average
            Height: 25'
            Weight: 25 tons
HP: 500(capped at 75 due to Experimental Performance)
Armour: 30(capped at 10 due to Experimental Performance)
Strength: 40

Speed:
     Land:200-300 mph
     Air: 300-400 mph
     Space: 1000 mph

Special Abilities:
Communications, Booster, Head + Searchlights, Jumping, Navigation(basic GPS), sensors(everything), stabilization

Exotic Abilities:
A.I.(partial), Forcefield(limited duration), Regeneration(lg cells), Super-Equipment

Defects:
Experimental Performance-Mech starts off extrememly inefficient due to its experimental nature.

Weapons:

1)
Name: Rail Cannon
Damage: 1 d20*3(capped at *1 due to Experimental Performance)
Type: Piercing
Long Range
Note: Roll d6 aside from initial roll, evens= hit, odds=miss

2)
Name: Dragon Claw
Damage: 1 d8
Close Range

3)
Name: Flare Spear
Damage: 2 d10 + 1 d12
Type: Massive Beam Spear
Close Range

Description:
The Hybrid Mark III hosts a very new, very unique blend of technologies. Most impressively it's creator was able to secure a Dark Gundam Cell and isolate it, purify it of it's maddening and infectious side effects, and adapt it into the entire system, so that the mech may now self-regenerate and instantly optimize any equipment installed into it. The body itself is comprised of a rail cannon off of a Mammoth MkII(from the Command and Conquer game series) mounted on the right shoulder. The right arm is a slightly upgraded version of the arm off of an Avatar(again from C&C), upgraded in the sense that it now looks much more fluid than the original, the left arm is that of the Dragon Gundam(from Mobile Fighter Gundam) hosting the Dragon Claws, The legs are that of the E.S. Reuben(Xenosaga, Episode 3), and the torso has been built to mimic its creators physique, very muscular in appearance, a completely original design all it's own. Another originality to this hybrid mech is it's power system, which actually comprises three different reactors, that can be switched between in the middle of combat, with a small shutdown time while the power systems switch, or in dire situationos can be linked together, with a much larger wait time due to the great caution that is needed when combining these three sources. The first reactor is a standard issue Nuclear Reactor, which has had it's efficiency drastically increased by constant tinkering combined with the effects of the now Light Gundam Cells integrated into the system. The second reactor runs on Tiberium energy(C&C).  The third reactor is still quite a mystery to it's creator, it is placed so that it comprises the "spine" of the mech and the energy it produces doesn't seem to come from any sort of reaction, The energy simply flows out of it and into the system when the connection is enabled. (In case that sounds familiar to you, it's a variation of the Vessels of Anima fom Xenosaga, however it is not linked to the Zohar).  Finally the boosters take the shape of the wing assembly from the E.S. Dinah(Xenosaga again), they also enable the mech to go into hyperspace safely without a ship.

[Undercov3rL0ver]

Name: Razzly Winters

Age: 19

Gender: female

Callsign: Ghost
Short Bio:
Razzly was in the cockpit of a mech since before she could even walk.  However, to this day, she has yet to actually pilot one.  She knows her way around the systems and could probably tell you how any part of it works, but she has absolutely no experience with piloting them.  Currently, she works as a freelance mechanic fixing various mechs from commercial models to military grade weaponry. A bit of an inventor at heart, she re purposed an old pipboy she found in the trash and made it into her custom diagnostic computer, dubbing it the pipgirl, she is rarely seen without it strapped to her right arm.

Attributes
Attribute Name	Cost	Rank	Notes
Divine Relationship	1/r	1(1)	Innate
Item of Power(pipgirl)	4/r (5 at first level)	4(17)	20 points to spend on item abilities
Mechanical Genius	2/r	2(4)	innate
Pocket Dimension	4/r	2(8)	innate
Computer Scanning	2/r	3(6)	pipgirl required
Force Field	4/r	0(0)	pipgirl required. Currently disabled due to insufficient battery power (a.k.a Character points)
Features	1/r	8(8)	pipgirl required, 1 feature per rank: Radar, Diagnostic routines, map feature, notes, built in video/audio/camera, machine interface
Projection	4/r	1(4)	pipgirl required

unused points: 2 +4 from defects. 

Defects
Defect Name	Points returned	Rank	Notes
Inept Attack	3	1	outside of her mech, she isn't well suited to combat, stemming from a personal distaste for violence.
Phobia(Snow)	1	1	due to getting lost in a frozen wasteland for several hours, she has a debilitating fear of snow.

Mech: Ice Princess
Role: Long range sniper/artillery support
Background:
The ice princess is actually a customized version of a typical scout mech employed by the UPF forces, employing more advanced technology and weapon systems including systems for dealing with arctic conditions. As such, it has a snow camouflage pattern on it making it look more distinct, since very few models were made for that purpose.  It currently has the ability to stealth both from sight and from mechanical means.  She also has remote cameras that she can deploy to scout ahead and relay targeting information to her artillery weapons.  The scouts themselves have few defenses, other than their small size and auto-camo abilities.  Given time and materials, the mech can produce more of them, though replenishing in battle is near impossible.

Abilities:
Size: Large
Hit Points: 10(base) + 40 = 50 (-80)
Occupants: 2 ( -14 )
Cargo: 3 tons (-3)
Armor: 5 (-25 )
Strength: 12 (-6)
Land Speed: 100 MPH (-50)
*Air Speed: n/a (speed / 10 )
*Ceiling: n/a
*Dramatic Space flight: n/a ( #g's * armor)
Maneuver or Initiative: Maneuver  (+2 over base (+1 bonus) -10)

Ability	Cost	notes
Accessories: terrain following radar, personal computer, datalink	-3
Communications: Tactical Radio(secure, scanner), Long Range Radio(secure, scanner), Laser Com,	8	see page 167/168
Countermeasures	12	Ladar and Electronic Emissions Sensor(which doubles as RWR)
ECM	-11	1 rank in Radar, Radio, and Defensive Jammer, and one rank in torpedo decoy.
EVS	Life Support(-8)	can operate practically anywhere.
*JumpingX3	-6	x3 jumping distance. only in mech mode
Laser Designator	-12	1500', and also featured on scoutbots (doubled cost). laser guided munitions.
Navigation aids(all)	5	provide + 3 nav. bonus normally, +4 if near friendly satellite network.  also aids indirect fire.(important for this mech)
Re-entry shield	3	It can fly in vehicle mode. Mech mode will need to worry about fall damage.
Sensors	82	I went a bit overboard with the sensors ;)  4 miles for infared, low-light optics, radar, sonar, ladar, and meta scanner
Stabilization Gear	10	no penalties to firing while moving
Stealth	16	protection against detection from sonar, radar, infared, and meta scanners
Targetting Bonus(Sniper)	10	+2 bonus when using sniper rifle.
invisibility	200	Cloaking now working again.

Weapons

Weapon Name	Cost	Range	Ammo (type and quantity) and damage	Traits/defects/notes
Mech Sniper Rifle	-18	Long	HEAT, 30, D8 (increased threat).	AP(+),Increased Threat(+),Long Range(+),Static(-),
Mortar shot (mech only)	-11	Long	2d10, mortar shot, 8 shells	blast (+), Hardpoint(+),indirect(+),fixed arc(front)(-), less ammo(-2), only on ground(-1),static(-1)
Laser Guided Missle Pod

(168 needed, 77 available)

Long

2d20, Laser Guided Missle, 30

AP(x2 +2), Blast(+1), (supersonic speed), Laser Guided (+) (+5 bonus to attack roll when the attack reaches the enemy), Volley(+), Static(-), Mech: Ice Princess Guardian Mode Role: Aerial Sniper Background: Essentially borrowed from Robotech, Guardian Mode enables the Ice Princess to fly and hover over an area providing increased mobility, while sacrificing her ability to use her artillery weapons.  While able to fly and hover about, the Ice Princess is unable to land and move about on the ground. Ideally, this mode will only be used to move over long distances or quickly get from point A to point B, where Razzly can re-engage mech mode in relative security.  Abilities: Size: Large Hit Points: 10(base) + 40 = 50 (-80) Occupants: 2 ( -14 ) Cargo: 3 tons (-3) Armor: 5 (-25 ) Strength: 12 (-6) Land Speed: N/A *Air Speed: 550mph (-55)(speed / 10 ) *Ceiling: n/a *Dramatic Space flight: 1g (-5)( #g's * armor) Maneuver or Initiative: Maneuver  (+2 over base (+1 bonus) -10) Ability Cost notes Accessories: terrain following radar, personal computer, datalink -3 Communications: Tactical Radio(secure, scanner), Long Range Radio(secure, scanner), Laser Com, 8 see page 167/168 Countermeasures 12 Ladar and Electronic Emissions Sensor(which doubles as RWR) ECM -11 1 rank in Radar, Radio, and Defensive Jammer, and one rank in torpedo decoy. EVS Life Support(-8) can operate practically anywhere. Laser Designator -12 1500', and also featured on scoutbots (doubled cost). laser guided munitions. Navigation aids(all) 5 provide + 3 nav. bonus normally, +4 if near friendly satellite network.  also aids indirect fire.(important for this mech) Re-entry shield 3 It can fly in vehicle mode. Mech mode will need to worry about fall damage. Sensors 82 I went a bit overboard with the sensors ;)  4 miles for infared, low-light optics, radar, sonar, ladar, and meta scanner Stabilization Gear 10 no penalties to firing while moving Stealth 16 protection against detection from sonar, radar, infared, and meta scanners Targetting Bonus(Sniper) 10 +2 bonus when using sniper rifle. invisibility 200 Cloaking now working again. Weapons Weapon Name Cost Range Ammo (type and quantity) and damage Traits/defects/notes Mech Sniper Rifle -18 Long HEAT, 30, D8 (increased threat). AP(+),Increased Threat(+),Long Range(+),Static(-), AA missles -5 (1/5 cost for alternate mech, 21 original cost) Long (100 feet) Missle (30), d20 Hardpoint(+),Fixed Arc(-),The laser guided missles change function in guardian mode, enabling engagement of aerial targets while in transit. 77 point remains. 168 needed for current weaponry. Still not flight capable, but it can survive any environment and has cloaking. anyone else notice the fact that my character is phobic of snow, yet she pilots a mech designed for arctic combat? Come on Saiko, you should have noted that right away, considering that whole ordeal that gave me that phobia.

[DigitLninja]

Name: Helios Garnet
Age: 23
Gender: male
Callsign: Black Knight
Short Bio:
Military solder trained for combat and Mech use, known for never showing his actual face to anyone and keeping his helmet on at all times. After years of loyal servitude for the military he was dropped into a program with no future and no means of getting out so he decided to leave without a word and with his vehicle of choice costing the government about thirty billion dollars and earning himself a bounty. The Black Knight quickly became a know bounty hunter until his mech was lost in a dog fight with the new advanced military suits.


Attributes
Attribute Name                      Cost           Rank             Notes

Armor                                       8                2                 4/rank  -8 damage
Computer Scanning                 6                 3                 2/rank  can scan up to 3km radius and high secured computers are not an issue thanks to military access codes.
Attack Combat Mastery            6                2                 3/rank  killer instinct
Defense Combat Mastery        4                 2                 2/rank  survival instinct
Mechanical Genius                   4                 2                 2/rank  build/repair speed x5
Highly Skilled                           2                 2                 1/rank  +8 skill points per level
Pocket Dimension                    3                 1                 3/rank  single mech bay dimension, opened with voice command into armor.

Defects
Defect Name                 Points returned            Rank             Notes

Wanted                                   3                           3                   High bounty and widely known

Skills
Skill Name                  Rank                 Mods                 Total

Move Silently                    3                                             3
Sense Motive                   3                                             3
Disable Device                  3                                             3
Pick Pocket                       3                                             3
Survival                            3                                             3


Mech: Demon's Cascade

Type: Giant Robot

Size: Large - 10 feet or 3 meters tall

HP: 50 (-100 McP)

Occupants: 4 (-28 McP, can be controlled by one operator or more)

Armor: 10 (-50 McP)
- Defense: Force Shield 6 (-36 McP)

Strength: 30 (-30 McP)

Speed:
- Land: 150 MPH (-15 McP)
- Air: 2,200 MPH (-12 McP)
- Space: 7 G (-42 McP Dynamic Space Flight)

Maneuver/Initiative: -1 (+5 McP)

Ability                                      Cost               notes
Tactical Radio                               54                 Interstellar, Scanner, Secure.
ESS                                              10                 Electronic Emission Sensor.
ECM                                             23                 Almost all jamming systems including FTL Jammer, without Radar Jammer.
Environmental Control                 14                 All available EC's.
Navigation Aids                             5                  All available NA's.
Re-entry Shield                             4                  Simple shielding.
Meta-Scanner                              24                 Senses various objects within 3 miles.
Stabilization Gear                        10                 Allows for firing while moving.
Stealth                                         20                 Invisible to all sensors when active.
Full A.I.                                          5                  Artificial Intelligence loyal to the Black Knight.
Regeneration                               10                 Recovers 10 HP per round.
Spell Like Ability                                                1 point per level after base of 20, every 2 points determines # of rounds, base of 3 at rank 20. Defense roll 1D10.
- Illusion                                      20                 20 points per mile of range for Illusion, causes a dreamlike illusion to cloud an enemy's mind.
Summoning (fast)                         45                 Can summon instantly into battle.
Invisibility                                    200                Active Camouflage

Defect Name                   Points returned         Rank           Notes
none

Weapon Name                            Cost                    Range             Ammo and damage                            Traits/defects/notes
Sword of the Black Flame                  21                    Melee           Fire/plasma 1-2D6 X2 (x4 in oxygen)           AP. Made entirely of black fire and fades when dropped or stolen. Muscle-Powered. Can manifest two.
Wrist Mounted Cannons                   Off                     Long                     Laser 2-4D8                                       Automatic - extended burst, Concealed, Unlimited Shots, two barrels per wrist.
EMP Burst Cannon                            126                    Long                   Electric 3D20 X2                                   Concealed, EMP, Stream, Fixed Arc of Fire, 1 shot per battle, Causes 1 turn system freeze -EC system
Nano-Mines                                       33                     Short                     Blast 13 + 1D10 per turn                   Burning - nanobot destruction 5 turns, Trap, Dropped
Hot Smoke

Remaining McP: 78

[Saikotsu]

since I've added the skills section, here's the blank template for you to add to your character posts.

Skills
Skill Name	Rank	Mods	Total

alright, time to flesh out my character:

Name: Ciel. (no last name as she is an animus)

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Callsign: Angel

Short Bio: Ciel looks out of place no matter where she goes.  Though she is 16, she looks quite a bit younger because her species matures more slowly than most other humanoids.  As a result, she is often mistaken for a young girl and treated as such. Furthermore, she is often found in a dazed, near catatonic state. This marks the onset of a special transformation her species undergoes, in which she will enter a 3 day long trance which will separate her soul from her body and give it form as a symbiotic partner.  Until then though, she spends most of her time studying at the local military academy to become a pilot. Little does she know that she will soon have to put theory into practice.

Character Class: Pet Monster Trainer

Attributes
Attribute Name	Cost	Rank	Notes
Animal Friendship	1/r(free)	1	given by class
Pet Monster	6/r(free)	1	doesn't have it yet
Sixth Sense(racial)	1/r(racial)	1
Unknown Super Human Power	n/a	37 points	Almost all of her abilities are unknown to her. I know what they are, but she does not. And neither do you :)

Unused points: 2

Defects
Defect Name	Points returned	Rank	Notes
Loss of Awareness	3	3	As a part of becoming an adult, Ciel often enters a sort of catatonic state every once in a while, and generally finds it hard to "snap out of"
Incomplete Training	3	3	still going to military academy, unlike the other characters who have graduated.
Nemesis	3	3	Regardless of what happens, there will be a character who is the personal nemesis of the group/Ciel.

Skills
Skill Name	Rank	Mods	Total
Computer Use	3	4	7
Demolitions	3	2	5
Disable Device	3	2	5
Drive	3	5	8
Medical	3	2	5
Pilot	3	5	8
Repair	3	4	7
Ride	3	5	8
Gun Combat	0	2	2

all other skills are between 1 and 3 because of stat mods.

Mech: Innis
Type: mid range melee unit
Size: Medium (slightly larger than an adult humanoid)
Hit Points: 50 (100 mechpoints = 100 MCP)
Occupants: 2 (nice and cozy, 14 MCP)
Armor: 5 (25 MCP)
Strength: 15 (15 MCP)
Land Speed: 50 MPH (25 MCP)
Air Speed: 750 (75 MCP. To make it cheaper, make it speed / 10 for the cost.)
Ceiling: don't worry about it.  If you want, you can take a ceiling, but it won't cost you any points. 
Dramatic Space flight: 4g (20 MCP. Once again, breaking the rules. It costs #g's * armor)
Maneuver or Initiative: Maneuver + 4 (20 MCP (5 * # over base)

Ability	Cost	notes
Communications: Tactical Radio	2	difficult to intercept, 1-10 miles/ 1-16 in atm, 1-100 in space
Searchlight	2	5000 feet
Re-entry shield	3	ignoring fall damage rules because it can fly.
Shield	15	+5 armor bonus when blocking with shield.
Stabilization Gear	10	no penalties to firing while moving
Force Field	30	(10 hp shield, regen 1)
Mind Interface System	10	+2 bonus to maneuver, initiative, melee attacks, and reflex saves, but pilot can be hurt by excessive damage to suit.
summonable(fast)	30
Transformation	61	Innis has a secondary form of a motorbike.
Unique defect: New Pilot	-30	The system was designed for a different pilot than Ciel. As such, she must first synchronize with it, and over time master it. Meanwhile, the machines full capabilities will not be usable until she does.  During that time, it may react sluggishly or not at all.

Weapons

Weapon Name	Cost	Range	Ammo (type and quantity) and damage	Traits/defects/notes
Wingblades	9	Melee	6 blades = 2d8	armor piercing(+1), melee(-2). those familiar with Blazblue, the mech attacks like Nu or Lambda.
Shoulder Cannon X 2	15	about 50 feet	Energy, unlimited ((d10 + d4))	short range(-1),fixed arc: front(-1), unlimited(+4), low penetration(-1), slow firing(-1)

Mech: Innis (Bike form)
Type: Fast Motorcycle (vehicle)
Size: Medium (slightly larger than an adult humanoid)
Hit Points: 50 (100 mechpoints = 100 MCP)
Occupants: 2 (nice and cozy, 14 MCP)
Armor: 5 (25 MCP)
Strength: n/a
Land Speed: 100 MPH (50 MCP)
Air Speed: n/a
Ceiling: n/a
Dramatic Space flight: n/a
Maneuver or Initiative: Maneuver + 4 (20 MCP (5 * # over base)

Ability	Cost	notes
Communications: Tactical Radio	2	difficult to intercept, 1-10 miles/ 1-16 in atm, 1-100 in space
Searchlight	2	5000 feet
Re-entry shield	3	ignoring fall damage rules because it can fly.
Stabilization Gear	10	no penalties to firing while moving
Force Field	30	(10 hp shield, regen 1)
Mind Interface System	10	+2 bonus to maneuver, initiative, melee attacks, and reflex saves, but pilot can be hurt by excessive damage to suit.
summonable(fast)	30
Unique defect: New Pilot	-30	The system was designed for a different pilot than Ciel. As such, she must first synchronize with it, and over time master it. Meanwhile, the machines full capabilities will not be usable until she does.  During that time, it may react sluggishly or not at all.

Weapons

Weapon Name	Cost	Range	Ammo (type and quantity) and damage	Traits/defects/notes
Wingblades	9	Melee	6 blades = 2d8	armor piercing(+1), melee(-2). The blades, in this form, act as side armor for the motorbike.  They can fan out a little to damage enemy vehicles in its path.
Laser Cannon X 2	15	about 50 feet	Energy, unlimited ((d10 + d4))	short range(-1),fixed arc: front(-1), unlimited(+4), low penetration(-1), slow firing(-1)

(61 points)
(339 points remain)