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Old 07-21-2018, 08:48 AM   #52
zot
 
Join Date: May 2018
Default Mngineering

I've done a bunch of play testing and improvements with Mngineering. Here's some info about Mngineering devices...

Mngineer ceremonies almost always involve creating a techno-magical device. There are different types of devices, some exist only during the ceremony, some simple devices are usable for a long time. Some devices are mobile and act like summoned creatures. Mngineers have a growing catalog of devices: currently there are 35. To access this large group of devices, Mngineers can use their consecration ceremony to pick different available ceremonies and / or talisman powers.

A theurge must “activate” most devices in order to use them, as with most ceremonial benefits. Devices remain active for about 5 minutes. Mobile devices are special in that they can move around and the mngineer can see through their eyes even while they are inactive (i.e. before and after activation), provided they are within the creator’s mega-megahex. While inactive, they cannot perform any action that would require a roll. A mngineer can activate a mobile device at any time, though, and it doesn’t require an action, only a DX roll (non-mobile devices do require an action to activate). So if someone attacks an inactive mobile device that is in the theurge’s mega-megahex, the theurge can immediately activate it with a successful DX roll so that it can try to defend itself.

A Mngineer can also set a trigger rule for a mobile device that is within their mega-megahex (see Expunge spell for trigger rules). This severs the link between the mngineer and the device and reestablishes it when the device is activated.

Here is an example mobile device:

Spider Grapnel
Device Type: mobile
Appointed Times: standard but the number of mobile devices cannot exceed your Theurgy level
Activation: creation

A strong, eight-legged grapnel (ST varies DX 15 IQ 6 MA 2 armor 5) that can crawl on walls and ceilings like a spider and can haul up a whole group at once at 2m / turn, using a separate attached winch for each person. Its adhesion is only strong enough to haul up around 200kg at a time, anything more than that requires anchoring to a strong outcropping. It will only lift a safe number of people for its anchor location. The Mngineer can optionally launch the grapnel from a light or heavy crossbow. An attached tow loop can be used to haul up individual ropes that the grapnel will attach to its winches when they arrive.
Theurgy 1: ST 20
Theurgy 2: ST 22
Theurgy 3: ST 25
Theurgy 4: ST 27
Theurgy 5: ST 30
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