Suggestions for new tech shields?

I've noticed a huge disparity between the number of magical and technical shields available in Arcanum and would like to address this in my new mod. There are many magical shields, but just a couple of technical shields, if you don't count the standard shields and I don't because those aren't really technical, they are just ordinary, unenhanced shields. A wood or metal shield is just a wood or metal shield and is nothing special. It can be used by anyone regardless of their magic/tech alignment. What I am talking about is technologically enhanced shields that are equivalent to the magically enhanced shields in some way and very few of those exist. I'm looking for things that can only be used by people with high tech alignment and will be useful to them in new and creative ways.

With that said, let me lay some ground rules.

• 1. Only suggestions for technical shields. (I might ask for other things later.)
  2. Suggestions need to be workable.
  3. Include enough detail to make them work.
  4. If you have graphics or ideas for graphics for the suggestion, they are welcome. Please PM me about sending graphics or sketches to me.
  5. EVERYTHING I get from someone else will be acknowledged in a readme file attached to my mod because I believe in giving credit where credit is due.

 

I don't know if this is workable or not, but what about combineing a shield with a gun or some other weapon so that you have a shield you can attack with?

 

How about a shield shaped like horse that isnt actually a shield but a robotic horse and its only shaped like a shield to fool your enemies.

The horse is too small to ride but it can turn into a larger robot that goes by the name of Butan MugaloNymphoid and can carry 4 flamethrowers at once and doesnt need to use ammunition because he draws all his energy from the sun. In his other six arms he carries a variety of huge blades.

The character model would have to be bigger than kherghan's and would look a lot like a steam powered 40 foot tall android kikaider.

I think that would make a great shield.

 

maybe you can have some kinda tech shield that will produce a force field barrier, kinda like kerghan's shell

 

Thanks, Dark Elf. Those were exactly the kinds of things I was looking for with lots of good details. Any suggestions on value?

Some good ideas from the rest of you, but not a lot of details for me to work with. Still, I may be able to do something with one or more of them. Thanks for the input.

 

Since "the rest of you" was only Darkllama, Redwulf and I, I'll just say your welcome in advance, because its so damn obvious that you're already dreaming up ways to take credit for my awesome idea. Dont worry, all I need in return is a character based on me in your mod, I could sell the awesome robot horse/apocolyptic android/tech shields, and manage my own brothel at the same time! I'll also require executive producer's credit, and 10% of the gross profits from the movie this mod will surely inspire.

 

I sincerely hope people like my mod that well, Sleek_Jeek. I'm not sure I'm up to the task of implementing your awesome idea and doing it full justice, but if I do use it rest assured that you will get credit for it. I do hope that others will contribute ideas, too.

 

what about MY idea? is tha tpossible?

 

At the moment, darkllama, I'm not sure exactly how to implement it, but if you have some ideas, I'd sure like to hear them. Like I said at the beginning, the more details, the better the chances of me being able to use the idea. I do like the basic idea.

 

when kerghan goes into his shell, is that part of the scripting triggers, or is that something else?

 

I honestly don't know. I haven't dealt with Kerghan enough or looked at that part of the scripts. You can use DJUnique's script editor to load an official script and look at it very easily if you have it build a list of official scripts. That's how I've figured out a lot of the stuff I know about Arcanum - looking at the scripts and the associated dialogs, plus the mes files, of course.

 

cool. i might try somethin like that in my mod...