Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

STR/ DEX/ INT/ PER/
STA RS LOG LDR PS IM
Human 45/45 45/45 45/45 45/45 3 5
Dralasite 50/50 40/40 45/45 45/45 3 4
Vrusk 40/40 50/50 45/45 45/45 2 5
Yazirian 35/35 50/50 50/50 45/45 2 5
Sathar 40/40 40/40 45/45 45/65 2 4
What skills does the NPC have?
In many situations this question can be ignored
because the NPC will not have a chance to use a
skill. In combat or other situations where an NPC
has a chance to use a skill, skills and levels should
be assigned.
The typical colonist or clerk will have little or no skill
with weapons. Police, government agents and other
people who commonly carry weapons will have level
2 skill with them. Leaders will have higher skill
levels or skill with several types of weapons. Only
about 1 in 10 characters will have any skill with
melee weapons or in martial arts. Other skills can be
assigned based on the needs of the encounter. In
general, though NPCs with high-level skills should be
rare.
How is the NPC equipped?
Sometimes the referee will need to decide what
equipment an NPC has. This decision should be
based on the NPC's job and his purpose in the
adventure. For example, police need weapons and
characters with special skills need toolkits. Some
NPCs may have things that would be useful to the
player characters. If an NPC has a piece of
equipment that uses energy, the referee should
decide how much energy the item contains. This
also applies to weapon ammunition and medkit
drugs.
Does the NPC have anything the player
characters need?
Depending on the NPC's purpose in the adventure,
he might have or know something that will give the
players a clue, a missing bit of information or an
important piece of equipment. The referee also must
decide how the player characters can get what they
need from the NPC.
Creating NPCs (Summary)
1. What is already known about the NPC?
2. Why does the NPC act the way he does?
3. How will the NPC react to the player characters?
4. What are the NPC's ability scores?
5. What skills does the NPC have?
6. How is the NPC equipped?
7. Does the NPC have anything the player characters
need?
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NPC Reactions
During an adventure the referee must decide how
NPCs react to the player characters. NPC reaction
should be based on the NPC's purpose in the
adventure and his motives. NPC reactions can be
modified by the actions of the player characters, the
NPC's past experiences with the player characters
and the NPC's and PC's races. The referee should
keep in mind that each NPC is different and might
react differently.
If the referee does not determine the NPC's reaction
ahead of time, his reaction can be determined
randomly. The player character that is encountering
the NPC must make a Personality check. If this
check is successful, the NPC will react in a favorable
or friendly manner. If the check fails, the NPC will
be hostile, unfavorable or non-committal. The
referee can give the character a positive modifier if
he thinks the player character is being especially
friendly or if the NPC is an easy-going person. The
referee also can give the character a negative
modifier if the player character is being rude or has
mistreated this NPC before, or if the NPC is surly or
unfriendly or simply too busy to be bothered. An
NPC always will be unfriendly on a roll of 96-00.
Reaction rolls can be modified by the player
characters' and the NPCs races. The Racial Reaction
table lists these racial reaction modifiers. Find the
race of the NPC, and then find the race of the player
character that he is reacting to; then adjust the
player character's Personality score by the value
listed.
This table adds some complexity to the reaction
system, so its use is optional. Referees must decide
whether they want to use it in their campaigns.
Race Human Dralasite Vrusk Yazirian Sathar
Human 0 0 -10 -5 -20
Dralasite 0 +10 +5 0 -20
Vrusk -5 0 0 0 -10
Yazirian -5 -10 0 0 -30
Sathar -20 -30 -10 -20 0
NPC Friends and Foes
As the players guide their characters through
adventures, they should keep track of the friends
they meet along the way. One of the benchmarks of
a worldly character is the number of people he can
contact who know him – and my be able to help him
accomplish his missions.
By the same token, referees should be prepared to
keep track of the people, corporations, and political
groups that the player characters cross. That way,
when they encounter the same people again (or