Allium's notes on distinctions between the Gun & Slinger and Mech x Pilot mechanics. Mech x Pilot is an expansion of Gun & Slinger.
Mech x Pilot: Mechanics
Combat
- neural link: shared harm. both mark a wound when either is wounded
- while the pilot is in their mech, attacks cannot be made until both agree to fight
Assimilation
- if all wounds are marked & surpassed, clear all wounds and mech & pilot both mark 1 assimilation
- if mech & pilot assimilation gauges fill simultaneously, they become a MAG
- prevent assimilation by completely filling mech’s memory gauge
- pilot body transforms
- when filled, pilot physically melts into mech’s core, wiping the mech’s memories and reverting them to a feral state
- mech becomes more bestial & system begins to corrupt, increasing their susceptibility to the arks’ power
- this will “resurrect” them as a feral mech
- also collapses personality further towards bestiality and conquest
- when filled, mech loses physical form and becomes a nanomachine virus wanting to possess the pilot