#cool robots

*"The Steam Rises" by SPG plays in the background*

the breathtaking HA Benjamin ! 💣💣💣

// illustration by @nympah

The Harrison Armory Benjamin is a size 2 controller frame, specialising in melee area denial, locking down enemies, making them regret overextending and securing choke points.

It has integrated explosives on its single-cast armor plates that can explode when being hit (this won’t backfire trust me!) which can also be released to set up a mine field around it. It is a heavy and slow frame, securely standing it’s ground in the most crowded areas, having high defensive capabilities to really be able to recklessly risk pushing through the most dangerous fields. In it’s license you find plenty of tools for knocking enemies back, prone, immobilising them and being an all around pain in the ass. Also a massive bomb that you carry around in your ribcage like a baby! (I’ve never been pregnant before don’t ask me how it works)

- LICENSE -

//the frame

4 structure

4 stress

2 Armor

10 HP

6 Evasion

6 E-Defense

6 Heat Capacity

5 sensors

-2 Tech Attack

3 Repair capacity

11 save target

3 speed

5 system points

Flex mount - heavy mount

Heavy frame:

The Benjamin can’t be pushed, pulled, knocked Prone, or knocked back by smaller characters or any kind of smaller object.

Pressure plating:

The Benjamin is resistant to explosive damage.

Sentinel:

Prone characters within sensor range of the Benjamin receive +1 difficulty on all attacks they make.

Slow:

The Benjamin receives +1 difficulty on Agility checks and saves.

Core system - integrated explosives:

Passive:

Whenever an enemy within range 3 and line of sight hits you with an attack, ram or grapple, you can decide to release an explosion dealing 1D6 explosive damage to the target and yourself (No bonus damage or other effect can apply to this damage).

Active: Release explosives:

Once per scene, you release your integrated explosives as a quick action, losing the effect of the passive but letting you place up to 12 mines within sensor range of the Benjamin. You cannot place mines in locations currently occupied by other characters. Whenever a character moves into a space occupied by one of these mines they must stop moving and make a hull save, on a failure they suffer 1D6+2 explosive damage and get knocked prone, on a success they only suffer half the damage. The mine in that place is destroyed afterwards. These mines count as size 1/2, have 10HP and 5 evasion.

- quick Action

You also gain access to the 'Detonate mines' full action:

Destroys all mines on the field in a chain reaction, enemies within blast 2 of any mine must make an agility save, on a failure they suffer 2D6+6 explosive damage and get knocked prone, or half as much damage on a success. Damage from multiple mines does not stack.

- Full Action

//LL1

Wallop charges:

(2 system points)

range 5, Blast 2

Throws a grenade within range 5. All characters inside the blast 2 area must make a hull save or they will be knocked back up to 3 spaces or until they hit a wall or an object, and will be knocked prone. They can also choose to fail this save.

Places a mine within range 5 activating as soon as an enemy enters the space the mine is located. After activation, the mine explodes in a blast 2 radius and all characters are knocked back up to 3 spaces from the Center of the blast. You can also activate the mine as a reaction when an enemy enters the blast radius.

- limited 4

- Grenade

- Mine

- Quick action

- Reaction

Explosive Morning star:

Main melee

Threat 3, 1D3+2 explosive damage

on critical hit - the enemy must succeed on a hull save or will be immobilised.

//LL2

Benjamin frame

Pressure plate guardian:

Heavy melee

Threat 3, 1D6+2 explosive damage

On hit effect: you gain hardcover from the enemy you attacked until the start of your next turn.

- knockback 1

- Heat 2 (self)

Steel-tear & anti-air rocket:

(2 system points)

Choose a character within range 5, the target must succeed on an agility save or will be immobilised until the end of their next turn. Flying enemies have difficulty on this save.

- limited 2

//LL3

Quickfire silence flare:

(2 system points)

Attacks all targets within sensor range that are currently prone hitting them automatically, dealing 3 explosive damage and hinders them from using reactions as long as they are prone.

- quick action

- Heat 1 (self)

- Unique

Nuclear excavation load:

(3 system points)

Deploys a size 2 bomb in a free space within 5 spaces of you, it has 20 HP and 5 evasion, exploding in a burst 3 zone at the beginning of your next turn, or when it is destroyed before. Characters within the area must make an agility save, if they fail they take 3D6+6 explosive damage and will be knocked prone and if they succeed they take half the damage instead. The area becomes difficult terrain for the rest of the scene.

If the frame carrying this bomb is destroyed without expending it first the explosion is triggered in a burst 3 area on its destruction.

- limited 1 (fixed)

- Ordnance

- Full action

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Now on to making this an LCP… some things might change I’d love to hear feedback, be patient - there’s more to come :3c

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