A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
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A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
This is something I've been rolling in my head for a little while, but pretty much a race of very small creatures, (octopi, rodent, worm, humanoid, ect.) That have to depend on a robotic suit, as their physical bodies are incredibly fragile.
ORGAN SUGGESTIONS:
Brain - The creature itself: being in open air may be hazardous and may kill the creature, or damage it over time to the point of death. Can't be inserted in an MMI or anything other than another robot suit (not mechs or cyborg bodies)
Heart - Miniature Nuclear Battery/High-Energy Power Cell: the nuclear battery could be pilfered and rigged as an explosive, or used as a really effective battery in other electronics, otherwise the suit is left in a state of crit until a new power source is inserted.
Lungs - Life Support Nodes: they could either just be a lungs equivalent or a "natural" internals system allowing the creature to survive in areas without oxygen
Liver - Internal Purifier: liver equivalent or an on-board surgical computer that heals brain (creature) damage
Stomach - Sustenance Chamber: Stores food in the form of a thick liquid which is dispensed to the creature in the head
DIET:
Without jaws on the suit, the creature has to have all food turned into a drinkable liquid to consume it. that said, they can only eat produce (fruits and vegetables)
eating meat or junk food causes toxin damage
THE SUIT:
Holds up better to Brute and Burn damage, but sucks against Toxin or Suffocation
if a certain Brute threshold is met, the suit could be breached, causing slow, agonizing brain damage until it's fixed
can be injected
can be hollowed out entirely, stolen, and worn as armor or a disguise by other races
can have clothes worn over it, like jumpsuits and labcoats.
Main Benefits:
-get healed on the spot with welders and wires like other robot bodies
-internal lights and welding shields (potentially oxygen too)
-(potential low-pressure environment resistance)
-never vomit
Drawbacks
-everyone will want you dead for your cool suit
-straight radiation or diseases will probably kill you
-you'll have to annoy the chef to juice your food
-you can't self repair
ORGAN SUGGESTIONS:
Brain - The creature itself: being in open air may be hazardous and may kill the creature, or damage it over time to the point of death. Can't be inserted in an MMI or anything other than another robot suit (not mechs or cyborg bodies)
Heart - Miniature Nuclear Battery/High-Energy Power Cell: the nuclear battery could be pilfered and rigged as an explosive, or used as a really effective battery in other electronics, otherwise the suit is left in a state of crit until a new power source is inserted.
Lungs - Life Support Nodes: they could either just be a lungs equivalent or a "natural" internals system allowing the creature to survive in areas without oxygen
Liver - Internal Purifier: liver equivalent or an on-board surgical computer that heals brain (creature) damage
Stomach - Sustenance Chamber: Stores food in the form of a thick liquid which is dispensed to the creature in the head
DIET:
Without jaws on the suit, the creature has to have all food turned into a drinkable liquid to consume it. that said, they can only eat produce (fruits and vegetables)
eating meat or junk food causes toxin damage
THE SUIT:
Holds up better to Brute and Burn damage, but sucks against Toxin or Suffocation
if a certain Brute threshold is met, the suit could be breached, causing slow, agonizing brain damage until it's fixed
can be injected
can be hollowed out entirely, stolen, and worn as armor or a disguise by other races
can have clothes worn over it, like jumpsuits and labcoats.
Main Benefits:
-get healed on the spot with welders and wires like other robot bodies
-internal lights and welding shields (potentially oxygen too)
-(potential low-pressure environment resistance)
-never vomit
Drawbacks
-everyone will want you dead for your cool suit
-straight radiation or diseases will probably kill you
-you'll have to annoy the chef to juice your food
-you can't self repair
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
crag had literally this idea a few years ago but the small creature was a monkey and i looked at coding it and it was too complicated
i play Lauser McMauligan. clown name is Cold-Ass Honkey
i have three other top secret characters as well.
tell the best admin how good he is
i have three other top secret characters as well.
tell the best admin how good he is
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
i honestly dont remember having this idea, was i drunkPKPenguin321 wrote:crag had literally this idea a few years ago but the small creature was a monkey and i looked at coding it and it was too complicated
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
i love cragSuper Aggro Crag wrote:i honestly dont remember having this idea, was i drunkPKPenguin321 wrote:crag had literally this idea a few years ago but the small creature was a monkey and i looked at coding it and it was too complicated
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
bobbahbrown wrote:i love cragSuper Aggro Crag wrote:i honestly dont remember having this idea, was i drunkPKPenguin321 wrote:crag had literally this idea a few years ago but the small creature was a monkey and i looked at coding it and it was too complicated
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
if you guys could walk me through race coding, I could try my hand at it, I copy and pasted a plasmaman as a base, and got this far
I didn't get very far as if it's not obviously stated like "Name = Plasmaman", I don't know what a line does or mean
Otherwise I did some stuff that I'm actually good at, some art: https://i.imgur.com/Ec9LuhZ.png the naked suit, feel free to steal it and restyle it for your own purposes
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Otherwise I did some stuff that I'm actually good at, some art: https://i.imgur.com/Ec9LuhZ.png the naked suit, feel free to steal it and restyle it for your own purposes
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
You need a maintainer's approval for race changes
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
I've managed to get a subtype of a monkey that is a brain when it inserts itself into a specific species (through a targetted spell) and otherwise acts like a monkey. I don't know how much more i'm going to mess around with this idea, but it is really cool to think of the idea of the pupiloid roboticists building augmented shells all around the station for their tiny species to jump into whenever
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
This is honestly the kind of race additions that should be accepted, it is both mechanically different from humans as well as unique flavor-wise compared to the existing races. Much better than "insert-animal-here" person that usually is suggested.
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
Well, I've just been messing around. I don't think I could put any serious effort into this unless a maintainer greenlit it
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Re: A playable race thats a small creature inside a human-sized robot suit
I haven't checked back here in a while and I'm honestly excited someone more competent at coding has shown interest in my idea. I understand it needs to get consideration from higher ups but I can make more graphics if you need them. Otherwise here's some concept art I made a while ago, going for the Octopi look:
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