Re: [RE: [BNW] Greetings, and a question]

[<GSZalonef@netscape.net>]

Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org> wrote:

>I always wondered if you could have someone like an Ace as the pilot of a
>gadgeteer's power suit (kinda like Blade/Whistler). Basically the Ace (or
>whatever PP) would have to get "Friends in High Places" (or "Allies" or
>whatever it's called) of 5, and Belongings 5. That would give him a power
>suit and someone too fix it (who likes working on the suit, but not
>getting in on the action). Would make him awfully powerful though...

I had a similar notion for my Genius, but I went with a slightly different
solution - the sidekick.

I ended up with the hero pair Socket and Wrench, 2 members of Information, Inc
a freelance subsidiary of Triumph.  Socket is a Genius with a cybernetic arm
(a gadget) with the following abilities:

  Touch interface with computers (+5 computing rolls) 
  +2 strength (the arm ONLY ... primarily used for melee)
  3 "shot" built in Taser, touch range only

Wrench is the sidekick (a gadgeteer).  

I took this pair with me to Origins to run in the BNW adventure there (the
description said bring your own characters), but they decided to use pregens
only.  It's a good thing they disallowed the character, he would have made
short work of the story.  Matt liked the idea though ...

Zalonef  

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