Annatar Giftbringer
Emperor Mongoose
Greetings,
So I understand the Zhodani frequently use teleportation to place strike teams where they need to be. I just need to check that I understand the mechanics of this correctly. Standard gear for guard commandos is battledress and PGMP. On top of this they sometimes carry small warbots or other mission essential gear with them. BD and PGMP weighs 23 kg together.
Looking at the teleport power from the rulebook the weight limits are 0 kg, 10 kg and 500 kg. This would mean that a guard always has to use the highest limit, resulting in a very expensive (4 + range) and difficult (-4 DM) power, right? So they'd either need task chaining (having someone else psionically scout the location) taking extra time to lower difficulty and psi drugs OR work in pairs with one psion teleprojecting gear and the other one teleporting him/herself.
Have I understood this correctly?
This could also lead to interresting story development where a guard can't muster the psi points or won't take chances regarding difficulty and thus chooses to leave armour and gear behind and only flee himself. this leaves an empty BD suit behind enemy lines and a naked soldier somewhere in the woods...
Bonus question: How large is the medium Zhodani warbot? I imagine it more or less human-sized based on.... well nothing at all really (except possibly the arm strength, if it's noticably larger than a human those arms should be stronger?) but it's quite heavy att 900 kg.
So I understand the Zhodani frequently use teleportation to place strike teams where they need to be. I just need to check that I understand the mechanics of this correctly. Standard gear for guard commandos is battledress and PGMP. On top of this they sometimes carry small warbots or other mission essential gear with them. BD and PGMP weighs 23 kg together.
Looking at the teleport power from the rulebook the weight limits are 0 kg, 10 kg and 500 kg. This would mean that a guard always has to use the highest limit, resulting in a very expensive (4 + range) and difficult (-4 DM) power, right? So they'd either need task chaining (having someone else psionically scout the location) taking extra time to lower difficulty and psi drugs OR work in pairs with one psion teleprojecting gear and the other one teleporting him/herself.
Have I understood this correctly?
This could also lead to interresting story development where a guard can't muster the psi points or won't take chances regarding difficulty and thus chooses to leave armour and gear behind and only flee himself. this leaves an empty BD suit behind enemy lines and a naked soldier somewhere in the woods...
Bonus question: How large is the medium Zhodani warbot? I imagine it more or less human-sized based on.... well nothing at all really (except possibly the arm strength, if it's noticably larger than a human those arms should be stronger?) but it's quite heavy att 900 kg.