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Sunday, 04 October 2009 16:55 |
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In an earlier post (science of a space marine) I featured some of my "cyber warrior" designs, including a futuristic power suit and robotic armor on wheels. Today I scanned some related sketches, and some photos of an attempt to build one with LEGO. These were created with a RPG scenario in mind that would fit the popular "space marine/cyborg commando" genre, where leading technology is still meshed with 20th century military hardware. In such a game, PC engineers might want a robotic sidekick with a little more firepower than C3PO. So, I started thinking about a battery fueled "mule" that could carry all the heavy stuff. In the first sketch below, you see a garden tractor sized robot with three major components: long-range rockets, a grenade launcher, and a communication dish. This is the sort of machine one could easily see patrolling a street in 2015, gunning down HL2 crab-heads, CHUD, xenomorphs, whatever. In the second image, I tried to make my "clam shell" version using bricks, just to see how the turret would function. Maybe I should dig around at the RPG PDF websites for a game this would fit in. |
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Friday, 25 September 2009 20:30 |
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When you talk about medieval hardware, sometimes you have to go to the guys that still forge the real deal. While investigating all the reference material at myarmoury.com, a great collectors site, I learned some things that could enhance a D&D player's trip to the blacksmith's shop. As DM, one could generate different weapon offerings by rolling for the type of blade, and style of hilt. The player decides on the size, whether he wants a d4 dagger, d6 short sword, d8 long sword, or d10 two-handed. Next, the manufacturing combos made are rolled: |
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 20:57 |
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After completing a layout for my own modified B/X game, I finished a (more or less) standard PDF to share with everybody. One feature I had to add was a place to note the names of party members; I tend to call my cohorts by their real names... First, have a look at the design - the dragon illustration is my own so there is no property violation going on. |
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