Zembahk and lemurian bio armor?

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Zembahk and lemurian bio armor?

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A question...

Could a Zembahk worm alien be able to bond with a lemurian suit of bio armor? Ie could it pilot and operate said armor?
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Re: Zembahk and lemurian bio armor?

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I don’t see why not. It talks about the armor adjusting to the shape of the wearer.
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The Atlantis write up says the average Zembahk never wears mega-damage body armor, which is less of a problem than how likely they would be to conflate biowizardry with biomancy. Assuming one is convinced it's cool and all, there's a problem of size. Bio-Armors can retract to only cover 25% of a person, but most of them weigh more than 20X than the Zembahk.

I'd say if you limit it to Wave Strider(which only weighs 2-3 times more than the Zembahk) it's no big deal. Kelp Armor or Bio-Barding(with a fairy-sized saddle) wouldn't be a major stretch. I'd consider lowering the mdc 25-50% to make up for the size difference. Bio-skins would be fine, and I think an Octo-Arm, Fin Pack, and Sea Eye could help to make up the bulk difference.
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Whats wrong with a core where the worm is and a big hulking body around it. A good symbiosis concept. The armor gives the worm a humanoid form and the worm augments the armor.

Just say the unit can't retract fully ?
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Oh, I totally wouldn't give them a humanoid form with the armor. There are enough references of the suit conforming to the body underneath that I'd say a zembahk in bio armor doesn't get limbs. That's why I think the Octo Arm and Kelp armor are about as fancy as it should get, since both offer manipulators.

I could see a Crustacean bio-armor variant where the armored zembahk looks like a small Mulvolva Metzla. Maybe that could be some sort of spin on a Lemurian stone ship, particularly if the Symbiote Conduit is decided to be a bit of a cousin to the zembahk.
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Re: Zembahk and lemurian bio armor?

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Curbludgeon wrote:<snip>
particularly if the Symbiote Conduit is decided to be a bit of a cousin to the zembahk.

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Or secretly kidnaped and genetically modified Zembahk...
It would fit well since the Lemurians as written are far more like the Splugorth than the Jungle Elves
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