From: Gregory Littmann Subject: Quick and Dirty Mecha This system is 1. Incomplete 2. Will not produce results as good as those produced with GURPS Vehicles 3. Is INCOMPATIBLE with GURPS Vehicles Mecha 4. Is very unrealistic However, it lets you build Mecha very quickly Allocate a number of POINTS for the building of your mecha. Now, decide on a basic scale for mecha in your universe. Now, build your mecha as if it were a P.C.. Costs for ST, HT and IQ are halved. A mecha's effective DX will be the average of its DX and the DX of its pilot. IQ is only used to represent mecha computers and only functions to give a bonus to mental skills. There is no point break for having a low IQ. The mecha can buy pretty much any advantages that tech level does not prohibit - from Damage Resistence to Combat Reflexes to Super Jumping. Skills can be learned and represent computer programs. A mecha's effective skill will be determined by adding the skill points it has to the skill points possessed by its pilot. Disadvantages can also give points - the disadvantages representing corners cut in the mecha's design. A mecha can use points to buy equipment. Equipment is usually considered to be a part of its body, with the exception of weapons for mecha with hands (mecha without hands can have weapons attatched and may use them as normal but DO get full points for No Fine Manipulators or One Hand). To determine what should be charged for equipment, first determine whether the equipment could be bought as a natural advantage. If so, charge points as if it WERE a natural advantage. If not (as should be the case with ranged weapons), find the price for that weapon for a normal human and charge 1 point per $50 of cost. This is expensive, but considering that mecha weapons are hard to get hold of and that battlemechs don't have to be able to do much other than fight, I don't think that its unbalancing. Thoughts?