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I would argue that the appearance of the armor is not entirely narrative. Or rather, it's an example of why "narrative" and "mechanics" are interwoven. I can think of a couple ways that a set armor (or weapon) form can cause issues or provide benefits for characters. Big ones involve reputation ("the mysterious hero always has golden armor with massive shoulder plates") or law enforcement ("the embassy was robbed by a solarian with purple armor with spikes here, here, and here.").

That being said, if someone wants to change it, I would, as a GM, say that if they intend to change their armor style at their next level up, then it makes sense that before then they are making a conscious effort to make the change. So they can summon their armor, but if they want to change its appearance, the summoning is a standard or full round action, rather than a move action, to reflect the concentration (cognitive restructuring, in a sense).

BTW, charisma as a stat for their abilities makes sense, since they are all about forcing their will on the fabric of the universe. I've been saying since 3.0 released that charisma should be considered "offensive willpower," no more and no less (usually in arguments about appearance being in stats, but that's neither here nor there).

While this works for a home-game of course, for anything more broad than that there has been absolutely nothing to even imply that the "Gods need Worshipers" thing is even a thing in Path/Starfinder default setting.

If anything, they avert that pretty hard in a number of places. Which is good, because I was getting sick of that trope in fantasy.

Am I the only one who imagines larger dragons with space-ship scale power armor?

Claxon wrote:

Healing isn't a necessity in Starfinder. For one resolve point and 10 minutes of time each player can be back to full health.

It's no longer necessary to have a healer, which I think is great. Those parties with healers can chug along harder and faster than those without.

Ha, I just had the funny image of DocWagon from Shadowrun. Having a healbot on speed-dial when you absolutely need one!

I was thinking of the Defender class back in the old City of Heroes MMO. Don't call them healers if you didn't want a fight (and a sudden loss of all those wonderful buffs).

Here's a thought, do people actually trust the gods when they say that Golarion is safe? What if it was destroyed, maybe even by the gods for some reason or the other. Maybe to stop some truly evil thing from getting loose or something like that? Maybe the gods themselves caused the Gap, and erased that portion of history to keep it from being repeated, or to cause people to forget that it did happen? What proof is there that the planet still exists?

I imagine that's something that a few evil gods would try to say, or perhaps a cult, especially those following the Devourer. For most of the others, that seems contrary to their personalities, natures, and domains.

Techni Muyo

Tenchi - Solarian
Reyoko - Solarian
Ayeka - Mystic
Sasami - Mystic
Washu - Technomancer/Mechanic
Mihonsi - Operative
Kiyone - Operative
Ryo-Ohki - Space Ship

I'd argue Ayeka is more an Envoy with the Connection Inkling feat. and Washu is an avatar of Triune...

Switching gears, here's my take on the FF8 main cast, since that's the one that seems to fit best (not sure about 13, yet):
Squall, Seifer, Irvine: Soldier.
Zell: Mechanic (possibly soldier multiclass)
Quistis: Operative
Selphie: Envoy
Rinoa: Mystic

And Xenogears:
Fei: Solarian
Elly: Mystic
Citan: Operative
Bart: Soldier
Rico: Soldier
Billy: Envoy
Emeralda: Technomancer (or a really odd build of an android Solarian)

Slyme wrote:

I know exactly what happened...

** spoiler omitted **

How awesome would it be if that really was the answer?! Some idiot somewhere just hit a big red button somewhere and boom thousands of years of history is just gone. I bet the gods were embarrassed and that's why they don't talk about it. LOL!

To paraphrase Sir Terry Pratchett, if there were a button labeled "end of the world, do not push," the paint would not have time to dry.

Honestly, I felt like the aging effects at times were only there because there were some monsters and conditions in prior games (ghosts, the Haste Spell back in AD&D 2nd, etc) that caused a character to age. So with those removed, they didn't quite need the age categories.

Unless... Hmmm... Is there any time dilation when traveling by Drift?

I also recommend the Thundercats reboot from 2011, Evangelion (watch the films, the series is like looking at a great old one getting out of the shower), Space Dandy is goofy fun but definitely a good inspiration. If you can get past the fact the main character is dull as dishwater Tenchi Muyo is interesting. I've heard good things about the Netflix Voltron reboot, but have not seen it.

Thundercats from 2011 and the recent Voltron reboot definitely capture the feel.

Tenchi depends on the series. The first two OVA series and the first TV show (Tenchi Universe) are good and have that science fantasy feel. The second TV series (Tenchi in Tokyo) and the third OVA series are pretty dang horrible. Never saw GXP...

And now thinking about anime that might relate has my mind wandering to Robotech and it's component series, and how to stat up a Cyclone...

Perhaps they're an experiment in discovering what happened during the Gap, created by rogue scientists using preserved remains found on another Pact World that originated on Galorian. In a twist, they only think they're the heroes reborn, but eventually they are confronted by the souls of the original selves...

They honestly reminded me of a lot of prestige classes: interesting flavor, but not worth the effort and sacrifice. I know the Pathfinder/Starfinder devs don't like PrCs or multi-classing, and it shows... I'd honestly prefer more class options, mixed role classes, half-casters (not just the soldier style or the dabbler feats), and more odd and wondrous things like the Solarian...

Hey, look on the bright side. We're not playing WH40K, here...

OST to the Mass Effect games. "A Better Beginning" and "Trail of Hope" from Andromeda for the exploration, while the ending suite from 2 (Infiltration, Suicide Mission, End Run) makes a heck of a dungeon run.

Check out Metroid Cinimatica by Sam Dillard for a lot of exploration/ambience (example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WnHBvZCT4). Or any OST/Remix of Metroid music, for that matter.

Final Fantasy 8, especially Man With the Machine Gun and Ride On.

Xenogears/Xenoblade...yeah, everything.

I would assume that any transparent surfaces on the outer hull of a space-capable craft is sufficiently treated or made of materials designed to not let lasers through like that.

Not as a defense against laser weapons, of course. As a defense against your standard cosmic radiation that could cook the crew, or the particles that make flying through space at any interesting speed so...troublesome.

I got the impression from the core rules (haven't been active on the boards, and wasn't paying too much attention to the pre-release stuff in order to not be over hyped and hate the game as a result...it's happened before) that the Gap is thousands of years long. So probably any elf that has memory problems due to the gap was not living before it (Dragons, on the other hand...).