90th Special Mech-anic

FAQ

Q. Can the improv station be used to customize mech suits?

A. Yes! Aesthetic customization will be approved whenever possible.

Weapons and other items with functional effects will be approved on a case-by-case basis with the expectation that the tribute has gathered materials that could be reasonably used to create the item. Simple conversions like turning the standard Dagger mech upgrade into a different style of knife should be easily approved. Creating new weapon types that are otherwise only available in a Wealth or as a participation incentive are likely to have stricter standards for approval.

Items that are intentionally unavailable in the arena (like armor) will not be approved.

Crafting materials not currently on the In-Arena Items list may be requested! We are happy to add items that enable creativity whenever the request is reasonable.



Q. For IC purposes, what are communications like with the mechs?

A. The tributes could still talk to each other directly when they are next to each other, the mech is human-sized, more broken than not, and not nearly armored enough currently to obstruct sound.

Otherwise there's a 'proximity' chat that people can turn on and speak freely to each other from a distance of a hundred feet. Note that this is everyone in a hundred foot radius who can hear you.



Q. From an IC perspective, when a tribute in a mech hits 40 damage what happens? Does it explode?

A. This is open for creative interpretation! Tributes may individually decide the impact of damage on their mech suit, so long as the impact of the effects are limited to their own tribute. (For instance, a mech suit exploding upon a tribute's death would not damage other tributes. The effect would be IC only.)



Q. What happens if my mech is stolen?

A. Mech functions as a weapon and weapons cannot be stolen, as per standard Games rules.

Mech is also generally non-transferable, since it is customized to each tribute, so even upon death mech cannot be taken.



Q. Why is mech non-transferable?

A. We are hoping to prevent powerful items from being stacked onto a single tribute (like when people work together as an alliance to attempt to shield one specific person, which can unbalance things for other tributes). This also discourages hunting tributes for their items.

Some items also require extra risk to acquire, like Wealth items or items located in areas with poisonous mutts. This rule aims to ensure that all tributes must take equal risks in order to obtain a reward, eliminating some potential loopholes for getting around this.