What about Mecha?

Mofarme · Post by **Mofarme** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:36 am

I hope we are not bothering you too much with our questions, but I suppose that we are curious about how OVA works. So, here is yet another question:

What about mecha? How does OVA handle vehicles, equipment, starships, giant robots, etc.? What level of detail can you achieve?

Thanks!

Post by **Clay** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:05 pm

Although mecha will be explored in more detail in the "mecha" genre book, OVA is definately capable of creating all your mecha needs. As it stands, the Vehicle (mecha) is an Ability that grants you a number of points seperate from your character to create a mecha machine. They are built with the same Abilities and Weaknesses as other characters, so there is a lot of flexibility to be had. There are also a variety of special rules regarding mecha and their gameplay usage.

As for equipment, they tend to be just Abilities with the "Focus" weakness.

ie. if you wanted a shield generator, you'd buy the Barrier ability and then Focus: Barrier requires Shield Generator.

Hope that helps!