RE: Reusing old figures

Nice Bug!

I would suggest treating them as Hvy PA.

Perhaps the weapons fire large rounds, but not very quickly. Use FP1
IPd12
for the main gun. Count the missile pods as MRL. Treat the big bun on
the
back as a limited shot HKP/1 (Yes, I know that there is not an HKP/1,
but
this is ALIEN technology), useless against disperced targets, but
somewhat
effective vs point targets. In anycase, it may only 1 weapon per
activation.

Since it is big, perhaps, range die should be shifted down 1 (minimum of
d4)

It looks farily well armored (armor over chitin), so I would give it d12
armor.

Many bugs run very quickly in compairson to humans when sizes are
scaled.
However, the bug is limited to 4 of it's 6 feet (unless it slings its
weapon). I would suggest 6"/d6 for normal movement. Perhaps give it a
sprint
movement of 12"/d12. If using sprint movement, it must use BOTH of its
actions for movement (for a total of 24" or 2xd12).

Anyway, just some additional ideas.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org/sg2/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Crimmins [SMTP:johncrim@voicenet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:24 PM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: Reusing old figures
> 
> At 11:41 AM 4/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >I was thinking of statting them out as PAs as they are gigantic and
as I
> had written them they were highly adaptable, very resilient and harder
> than
> *&$@? to kill.
> >
> >Any thoughts on alternatives to statting them or armament for aliens
big
> enough to carry full sized RFAC/1s in their hands?
> 
> I've got a similar problem with these guys....
> http://www.geocities.com/johnxcrim/Graphics/BUG.jpg
> 
> That's a 25mm figure next to the big bug, so you can see how large it
is.
> I've got thirty of these things ("Aracnids", despite the six legs,
from
> the
> "Battlords of the 23rd Century" line) that I picked up on clearance,
and
> I'm dying to use them in a game.
> 
> Of course, I have to paint them first....
> 
> I have a feeling that Stargrunt really isn't going to be able to
handle
> these figures at all.  You can't see it in the scan, but the Bug is
> carrying a rifle that's a little bigger than the guy standing next to
him,
> plus he's got a pair of big missile pods and that gunlike thing
sticking
> out of his back...he's closer to being a light vehicle than a heavy
> trooper.
> 
> 
> John X Crimmins
> johncrim@voicenet.com
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