Hello guys,
Let's say I want to master an Eclipse Phase-like setting with Savage Worlds and a player wants to play a "Swarmanoid" a.k.a a swarm of microbot (about the size of an insect each) ?
So I check in the SPC2 and I thought about the super-power Intangibility with Permanent modifier and a big penalty in Strength but it's not enough, or is it ?
Here is a copy-paste of the description (EP is CC-BY-SA-NC by the way) :
And a swarm can be big as 10m × 10m × 10m (about a cube of 30 ft × 30 ft × 30 ft for the other side of Atlantic ocean)
A swarm can also pilot one individual microbot for exploration for example.
What do you think about ? I don't need to be as close as possible, just main capacities, and I don't need this Race to cost 2 points as per SWADE rules, just to evaluate the total cost, since almost all Races are far more powerful than any 21th human (but there are old standard human too). In ideal case, given the cost in Credit in this setting, the cost of this Race should be around 5 to 8 Power Points.
And what about powers like Shape Change ? Shrink ?
Any guidance or insight would be helpful, thanks in advance
Let's say I want to master an Eclipse Phase-like setting with Savage Worlds and a player wants to play a "Swarmanoid" a.k.a a swarm of microbot (about the size of an insect each) ?
So I check in the SPC2 and I thought about the super-power Intangibility with Permanent modifier and a big penalty in Strength but it's not enough, or is it ?
Here is a copy-paste of the description (EP is CC-BY-SA-NC by the way) :
The swarmanoid is not a single shell per se, but rather
a swarm of hundreds of insect-sized robotic micro-
drones. Each individual “bug” is capable of crawling,
rolling, hopping several meters, or using nanocopter
fan blades for airlift. The controlling computer,
cortical stack, and sensor systems are distributed
throughout the swarm. Though the swarm can “meld”
together into a roughly child-sized shape, the swarm
is incapable of tackling physical tasks like grabbing,
lifting, or holding as a unit. Individual bugs are quite
capable of interfacing with electronics.
a swarm of hundreds of insect-sized robotic micro-
drones. Each individual “bug” is capable of crawling,
rolling, hopping several meters, or using nanocopter
fan blades for airlift. The controlling computer,
cortical stack, and sensor systems are distributed
throughout the swarm. Though the swarm can “meld”
together into a roughly child-sized shape, the swarm
is incapable of tackling physical tasks like grabbing,
lifting, or holding as a unit. Individual bugs are quite
capable of interfacing with electronics.
A swarm can also pilot one individual microbot for exploration for example.
What do you think about ? I don't need to be as close as possible, just main capacities, and I don't need this Race to cost 2 points as per SWADE rules, just to evaluate the total cost, since almost all Races are far more powerful than any 21th human (but there are old standard human too). In ideal case, given the cost in Credit in this setting, the cost of this Race should be around 5 to 8 Power Points.
And what about powers like Shape Change ? Shrink ?
Any guidance or insight would be helpful, thanks in advance

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