Armortech

Armortech is a Power Skill that describes the use of engineering skill to create powerful armor.

Core Abilities

Gain an attribute called Power, whose value is your SP spent in Armortech + Int.
- This attribute is used to do cool shit with your power suit.
- It recharges in about half an hour with access to an external power source.
Gain +1 Armor Proficiency per level.
Gain +1 DR per 2 skill ranks while wearing power suit.
Each rank, gain +1 weapon slots (each is one-handed).

Self-Contained: Immune to toxins transmitted by air, touch, bodily fluid, etc. Works both ways. Provides breathing apparatus with 24 hour air supply.
Expanded Spectrum: Gain the ability to toggle between normal vision, nightvision (no color, extra light-sensitive), infravision (see in IR), ultravision (UV and higher).

To take a power, you must meet the prerequisites and spend one Power Point.

Power	Prerequisites	Description
Enhanced Speed	Armortech rank 1+	Gain +1 Dex while in power suit. Stackable, max once/rank.
Rocket Assist	Armortech rank 1	Spend 1 power to augment movement by +100% for one move action. Adds +50% damage to a charge. Stackable on one move action once/rank.
Stealth Mode	Armortech rank 1	At-will, swift; when power > 0, gain +5 per rank to Stealth. Lost if you fire a weapon.
Speed Boost	Armortech rank 1	When power > 0, gain +1/rank to movement speed.
Rocket Dodge	Armortech rank 1	Recharge 33%, power 2, immediate; move up to half movement speed immediately to avoid an attack.
Hover Jets	Armortech rank 2	Spend 2 power/rd to gain levitate movement (max height change +6 or -12 per round). Also slow fall as immediate action.

Ideas:

Power	Prerequisites	Description
Enhanced Power	Armortech rank 1+	Gain +1 Str while in power suit. Stackable, max once/rank.
Power Boost	Armortech rank 1	Spend 1 power to augment an energy weapon attack by +100%. Stackable. Alternate use: spend 1 power point to add +5 to a Strength check.
Energy Weapon	Armortech rank 1	Gain one energy weapon of your choice (see #Energy Weapon below). An energy weapon is bonded to your armor, and takes up one of its bonus weapon slots. You may select more Energy Weapons than you have bonus slots, though you need to swap them out to use both (2-3 swift actions).
Slam	Armortech rank 1	Each of your arms may be used as a slam attack, inflicting medium kinetic damage. Can be power boosted.
Supercharge	Armortech rank 1	Your energy weapon has an overcharge mode. At-will, free; energy weapon enters overcharge mode, becoming unavailable for 1 round. Thereafter, the next time it fires, it gains additional effectiveness. Each round you hold the charge (including the first one) costs 1 Power. See #Energy Weapon specifics for details.

;Rank 1:

Flamethrower: Shoots flames! Medium thermal damage in cone 5 or heavy damage in line 10x1. Power Boost can add +100% range (or width).
Freeze Ray: Line 10x1 or 5x2, medium cold plus rooted (Fort ends).
- Supercharged: Double damage plus frozen (fort ends, targets gain absorb 50% all, limit 50% max hp, when limit breaks, they are free; while frozen, they gain Vulnerable 200% (explosive)).
Mazer: Direct damage, medium EM plus wracked 1rd (Fort partial: nauseated) on bio, double dmg with 50% ArP vs droids, etc.
- Direct damage, chain 3, 1 jump/rank; double damage plus wracked (Fort ends) to bio or stunned (Fort ends) to droids (who remain 100% vulnerable in the first place).

;Rank 2:

;Rank 3:

Damage chart for weapons:

Heavy Weapon: You build a heavy weapon into your suit. Your suit acts as a generator while Power > 0. One standard heavy weapon is included with this feat (enhancements extra). Not compatible with Zero Suit.

Gain Con and DR while wearing power suit (see chart).

Power	Prereqs	Description
Enhanced Resilience	Armortech rank 1+	Gain +1 Con while in power suit. Stackable, max once/rank.
Shield	Armortech rank 1	When Power > 0, gain Absorb 50% (all), limit 100% max hp. Recharges at 20% per round at a cost of 1 Power per round.
..Optimize Shield	Armortech rank 2, Shield	At-will, free; you optimize your shield against a chosen damage type; gain DR 50% against that type, but the shield absorbs half as much from other types. Alternatively, do the same thing for one side of your body or the other, for all types.
..Absorbing Shield	Armortech rank 2, Shield	Tally all damage your shield absorbs. Each time that number reaches your max hp, subtract your max hp and recharge 1 Power.
Ablative Armor	Armortech rank 1	At-will, free, toggle; when active, you gain Damage Limit 10% max hp. Each charge causes your power suit to lose 5 DR and 1 max Power (can be repaired).
Endure Critical	Armortech rank 1	When you suffer a critical hit, you can roll opposed Armortech+Int; if you win, the attack does not deal critical damage.

Retribution: Requires Energy Weapon. When someone strikes you in melee or touches you (toggleable), you immediately retribute targeted damage equal to your normal energy weapon attack. Each energy weapon can retribute once/rd. You can break this limit by spending 1 Power per retributive attack.

Bonus Resist: Gain +100% DR effectiveness for one energy type (kinetic, thermal, EM, slashing, bio).
Zero Suit: You maintain a second, lighter suit, which gains all the benefits of Powertech as if you were one rank lower in all paths (except for setting DCs). The suit's max power is half that of your main suit.