Thread: Great Mazinger (Mecha teaser of the week)

STR	SIZ	POW	DEX	APP	DB	MOV	Armour
96	93	48	-	-	+1d6	5* [3fly]	6 [3Energy]

* MOV is 3 underwater if the leg thrusters are active, spending 2 PP per round.

Configuration name	Short form	Time	Description
BRAIN CONDOR SWITCH ON!		1 round	Standard configuration.
JET WINGS	wing	5 DEX	Mazinger sprouts wings and can fly

Location	R Leg	L Leg	Torso	R Arm	L Arm	Head		R Wing	L Wing
Melee	01-04	05-08	09-12	13-15	16-18	19-20		15	18
Missile	01-03	04-06	07-15	16-17	18-19	20		17	19
Config								wing	wing
AP	6	6	6	6	6	6		6	6
HP	4	4	5	3	3	3		2	2
Sections	Thruster	Thruster	Engine [2],			Cockpit [2],
			Missile [3]			Th. Break [3]
			B. Burn [4]			G. Typhoon [4]

Device	Position	Cost	Notes	Config
Engine	Tor [2]	-	Generates 5 PP per turn
Brain Condor	Hea [2]	-	Cockpit, ejection mechanism
Thrusters	Tor [5]	2PP/turn	Twin thrusters on back	wing
Thrusters	Leg	1PP/rnd ea.	Foot thrusters, +10% handling

Weapon	Position	Type	Damage	Range	Cost/Ammo	Notes
Brawl	-	Brawl	1d6	close
ATOMIC PUNCH	Arm	knock	1d8	10 [M]	1 PP each	Twin
DRILL PRESSURE PUNCH	Arm	knock	1d8+1	10 [M]	1 PP each	Twin, 5 DEX to ready
NERBLE MISSILE	Tor [3]	explo	1d10	10 [M]	-
BREAST BURN	Tor [4]	heat	1d6	6 [S]	4 PP/round	Rad beam
GREAT TYPHOON	Hea [4]	knock	-	6 [S]		Enhanced knockback
GREAT BOOMERANG	Arm [1r]	thrown	1d10	10 [M]		Returns, 5 DEX to ready
THUNDER BREAK	Hea [3]	elect	1d6	8 [M]	4 PP/round	Rad beam, open air only
MAZINGER BLADE	Arm [1t]	Melee	1d8+db	close	Impale, 5 DEX ea. to ready
MAZINGER BLADE	Arm [1t]	Thrown	1d8	5 [M]	Impale, 5 DEX ea. to ready
KNEE IMPLULSE KICK	Leg	Melee	1d6+1	close	Impale

Sold!

Here are listed a couple more weapons/attacks: http://ilpazzomondodigonagai.forumfree.it/?t=44578039; the original name of the infamous "missile centrale" should apparently be "navel" (umbilical) missile.

Next time I want to know how much damage do Venus A's Breast Missiles deal!

I notice he doesn't have a DEX stat. Is that because he uses the Pilot's DEX instead?

Yes. It uses the pilot's DEX. The DEX stat is only important for mechanical beasts who do not have a pilot.

And "nerble" is possibly a Jap mis-spelling for navel. Breast missiles do 1d10 damage each.

Originally Posted by RosenMcStern

Breast missiles do 1d10 damage each.

Thanks!

How do you handle scaling? For example, a fight between a mecha and a dinosaur or a Great Old One?

Do you also have rules for tricky borderline cases like "nested" power armors (à la Gordian Warrior)* or transformable power armors (à la Hurricane Polymar)? Is the latter case, along with other things like Hiroshi Shiba's transformations, to be to dealt with the BGB's superhero rules?


* Maybe this is not a tricky case at all, and the three power armors are just to be treated like three different mechas?

Originally Posted by MatteoN

Do you also have rules for tricky borderline cases like "nested" power armors (à la Gordian Warrior)*

Different shapes of the same thing are handled via configurations. I was horribly afraid of this problem during the design phase, then I just decided to KISS (keep it simple stupid) and everything was solved. I had a moment of panic when a player chose to play Getter Robot during a playtest, but instead it was a lot of fun: "OPEN GETTER" - "CHANGE GETTER DRAGON" and there you go.

Mazinger has two configurations, one with wings and one without, but only the location pattern changes in this case. In the case of Gordian (as I suspected, only Italians can recall ALL robotic series from the 80s) the Mecha has three configurations with different stats, and even the SIZ class is different among the configuration: Class 1 for Protesser, Class 2 for Dellinger, Class 3 for Garbin.

Transformable power armors (à la Hurricane Polymar)? Is the latter case, along with other things like Hiroshi Shiba's transformations, to be to dealt with the BGB's superhero rules?

Both Polymar and Hiroshi's cyborg form are superheroes, not Mecha. They can be handled with the superpowers in the Big Golden Book. You can find Jeeg's stats in the original BRP Mecha thread. I have also stated out Hiroshi, I will post the sample stats sooner or later.

This is seriously cool!

You have my sincere appreciation for KISSing.

Originally Posted by RosenMcStern

as I suspected, only Italians can recall ALL robotic series from the 80s

Not only Japanese giant robots, by the way. While you're at it, don't miss the opportunity to make a brekthrough in the Korean RPG market by statting also South Korea's giant robot, Robot Taekwon V (로보트 태권 V).

The Iron Giant only got one feature-length film, but it was a good one. Only the movie was more about building relationships and self-control than unleashing mechanical wrath upon evildoers.

If you don't mind, I go on asking unashamedly geeky questions.

Is SIZ CLASS the criterion by which you distinguish between proper mechas and superpowered beings like Hurricane Polymar (and perhaps man-sized robots like Kyashan's transformable robot-dog, Friender), so that strictly speaking there aren't man-sized mechas?

Also (restating a previous question), do the rules support the interaction between a giant robot and huge "beings" like a T-Rex, Godzilla, Chtulhu, Ultraman or Megaloman?