Howto: roleplay a suit of armor filled with bees

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There’s a character in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s excellent Dogs of War that’s a sentient swarm of cyborg bees called Bees.

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Shouldn’t this be something like ”How to Encounter a Monsters that’s A Suit of …” ? This isn’t presented as a player character option.

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How do the hit points compare to “person compromised of squirrels?”

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Oglaf (usually NSFW)

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Just imagine the noise that thing makes, the poor bees must be almost deaf.

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Will be using this in my campaign, yes, thank you VERY much.

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So, it’s basically a Big Dog that stands on two legs?

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GMs roleplay, too.

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Companion animal?

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that’s a pretty vanilla Gamma World character

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I uh… wrote a follow up. An actual playable species that I am not allowed to say is compatable with robots Forged for War.

Swarmforged

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That is some amazing stuff. Glad to see you here, feel free to stick around!

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You sure that isn’t Nicolas Cage in that suit of armor, but with bees?

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His suit was wicker, not steel.

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