I was reading a copy of the Steam Warriors splat for DragonMech, a 3e setting by White Wolf about a fantasy world where giant steam-powered mecha battle space dragons, and I was reading the Mecha Symbiote PrC when the thought struck me that it's pretty samey with the Assimilated PrC from the setting corebook. Given the Symbiote is all about the pilot and the mech literally fusing into a single being, to the point the mecha grows integrated flesh throughout its infrastructure, shouldn't there be some mechanical effects on the mecha for its now partly-biological nature? For example, would it make sense if the symbio-mech can naturally heal, since it's as much meat as metal?

Pic unrelated, sadly; DragonMech art is hard to find.

>>95906115 (OP)
Does it eat toasters or chicken? Does it shit or produce alloys?

>>95906115 (OP)
>shouldn't there be some mechanical effects on the mecha for its now partly-biological nature?
It depends™
Does the newly-grown flesh carry out any functions?
Like, say, (re)growing the armor plating, or fabricating ammunition components through biological processes?
There could be redundant control systems, if the organic bits coexist alongside the electronics, allowing it to maintain combat effectiveness in face of things like EM pulse weapons and the like.
Unless it goes fully biomechanical, there may not be any noticeable changes to it's function.
Mind you, that's just my take.