Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

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Reaction Speed check. If the check is unsuccessful, the character takes 4d10 damage from the sand storm during that time period. If successful, the character takes only 2d10 damage from the storm. Sand storms will normally last only one 12 hour period, but there is a small chance they will last longer. Roll 1d10; on a roll of 1-8, the storm lasts only one period. On a roll of 9, the storm lasts an extra period, and on a roll of 10, it lasts two extra periods. If a storm lasts for more than one period, characters will take only 2d10 damage during the second and third periods. 3) Funnel Worm (MV Slow: IM 3; RS 25; STA 200; ATT 70; DM 4d10; SA See below; SD See below) The party walks over a funnel worm. Choose one character at random. That character and any other character within 10 meters must make Reaction Speed checks or fall into the funnel worm's trap. SA: Automatic hit from ambush position. SD: Remains undetected until it attacks. 4) Sand Shark (MV Medium fast; IM 5; RS 50; STA 80; ATT 50; DM 2d10; SD See below) The characters are attacked by two hungry sand sharks. SD: Immune to needler weapons; cannot be attacked until it surfaces. 5) Lopers (MV Fast; IM 5; RS 41; STA 300; ATT 40; DM 2d10; SD See below) The characters encounter a dead female loper that has just given birth to two babies. The lopers will believe the first character they see is their mother. The young animals will then follow this character, hoping to receive food and water. (They need 1/2 as much food and water as characters.) SD: Immune to needler weapons. DELTA SUBSECTION 4: PLANNED ENCOUNTERS Because of the vast territory the characters may journey through, the number of planned encounters is limited. There are only three planned encounters in this section; all are designed to accomplish specific goals. The first encounter, the poison well, warns the characters that many things on Volturnus are not as they seem. The second encounter, with the jet-copter, foreshadows later encounters with Volturnian space pirates. The third encounter, with the Ul-Mor, is designed to provide clues to the 130 secret of Volturnus, but only after the characters pass the test of tribal membership. 1) Poison Well Read the following description to your characters as they start to leave the crash site: From your vantage point high in the rocks, you see what appears to be a covered well 8 kilometers east of you. The well is a deep hole lined with rocks. A small rock dome covers the well. This dome has only one entrance, on the northeast. This entrance is 1 meter high. The bottom of the well contains 12 liters of water. The dome was built by the Ul-Mor to protect the well, which is poisonous to Humans, Dralasites, Vrusk, and Yazirians because of its high arsenic content. The water is not poisonous to Ul-Mor, however, for they have a special organ that filters out arsenic. This is not the only poisonous well in the desert. There is a 50% chance that any other well in the desert will be poisonous. If any character uses a toxyrad gauge on a poisonous well, he will detect the arsenic. Arsenic is a cumulative poison, continuing to collect inside the body until death occurs. The first time a character drinks from an arsenic well, there are no undesirable side effects. The second time, the character feels ill, but takes no damage. The third time, the character takes 10 points of damage, and the fourth time the character takes 10 points of damage per melee turn until the poison is countered by an antitox shot or the character dies. If the characters boil the water and collect the condensed steam (by trapping the vapor under a plastic tarp or similar item and collecting the liquid as it cools), the water will be safe to drink. They may collect up to 8 liters a day in this manner. But simply boiling the water is not enough, since the arsenic will still be in the water. 2) Pirate Search Craft Eleven periods after the characters leave the lifeboat wreckage, a pirate search-copter will fly over them. You hear the distant throbbing of a small jet-copter on the desert air. Looking back toward the lifeboat's wreckage, you see a small jet-copter flying toward you. It is flying very high, but you can see it is an open search-type copter.
If any character uses magnigoggles to look at the jet-copter, they will see it carries three very mean looking men, obviously pirates. They will also see a painting of a red devil surrounded by silver stars on the side of the copter. If the characters attempt to hide from the jetcopter, it will cross back and forth over their general vicinity several times, then leave. But if the characters attempt to attract the attention of the men in the copter, it will hover overhead. All three men will fire their laser pistols at the party members. Luckily for the player characters, the pirates will miss because of the range and difficulty of firing from a jet-copter. After firing at the characters several times, the men in the jet- copter will run out of ammunition and fly back toward the life-boat. As they leave, one of the men in the jet-copter will drop a note reading, "We know who you are. You'll never leave Volturnus alive." 3) The Ul-Mor The characters will encounter the Ul-Mor when they have reached the movement limit marked by the dotted line on the planetary map, or are dying of thirst. This encounter is designed to introduce the characters to their first intelligent race on Volturnus, to further the plot of the adventure, and to keep them from dying in the wilderness. You see a number of individuals riding toward you over a distant ridge. They vaguely resemble octopi, except their bodies are plum-purple and highly decorated with feathers, primitive jewelry, tattoos, and bright paint. They carry spears and war clubs in four of their tentacles, and keep their other four tentacles wrapped around their mounts, which resemble two- legged dinosaurs standing 4 meters tall. The tallest rider shouts a high pitched command and the riders spread out along the ridge to await another command. The riders are about 500 meters away. The characters have encountered the advance guard of an Ul-Mor tribe changing camps. The Ul-Mor will make no hostile gestures. Five Ul-Mor will ride toward the characters slowly and carefully, keeping their weapons handy, but not raised in a threatening manner. The Ul-Mor will stop if the characters make any threatening gestures. Once the Ul-Mor are within easy speaking distance, they will attempt to establish contact. At this point, if the characters have the baby lopers with them, the tallest Ul-Mor will ceremoniously drop his weapons and raise four of his tentacles. If the characters do not have the lopers, the Ul-Mor will simply wait for the characters to make the next move. Communication will prove difficult until the poly-vox has had sufficient time to study the Ul-Mor language. Meaningful communication will be restricted to gestures at first, but the poly- vox will soon enable the characters to communicate with the Ul- Mor. Even after the poly-vox is working at full potential, the characters will find the Ui-Mor language primitive and limited to basic ideas. The Ul-Mor will soon ask permission to use their primary means of communication, the direct mind link. Any character who under goes the direct mind link will be able to communicate with the Ul- Mor normally. The Ul-Mor will explain that food and water are scarce in the desert, and by law they can share food and water only with tribe members. It is obvious, however, that the characters will soon die if somebody doesn't help them, and so the Ul-Mor will give the characters food and water if they will join the tribe. If the characters are not willing to undergo the manhood ritual required to join the tribe, the Ul- Mor will regretfully leave the characters to die in the desert. If the characters agree to join the tribe, the Ul-Mor will lead them to the oasis just outside the Burning Lands. During this journey, the characters must travel a little behind the Ul-Mor and camp separately, since they are probationary members of the tribe. They will be immune to all predictable natural disasters such as sandstorms, flashfloods, starvation, and dying of thirst. Furthermore, the characters will only have to fight for five turns before the Ul-Mor will come to drive away the attacking creature. Once they arrive at the oasis, the Ul-Mor will insist the characters rest until all of their wounds are healed. TABLE 4.1: UL-MOR NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS There are 20 average Ul-Mor riders in the tribe your player characters meet. Use the set of average characteristics below for these 20 riders. In addition to the 20 riders, there are 5 leaders. These five leaders are shown below the average characteristics. The melee and ranged weapon scores take all skill levels into account. Average Ul-Mor (RW 45, M 45, PS 2, IM 5, RS 50, STA 40.) All Ul-Mor have four attacks per turn and have mind link ability; almost all have 2nd level skill in thrown and melee weapons. They all ride lopers 131
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STAR FRONTIERS, WIZARDS OF THE COAS
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General Data Name Age Walking m/t R
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The Sathar had learned that they co
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the players cooperate and reach the
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Example: Yinang, an assassin charac
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Highway -- An artificial or natural
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while waiting for a pressure door t
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as fog, rain, blowing dust or heat
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Range If the attacker and his targe
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Ammunition Players must keep track
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Special Actions Besides simply hitt
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Variable Power Settings Laser pisto
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GROUND VEHICLE MOVEMENT Speeds Vehi
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y adding the vehicle's speed in met
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Example: BliCluet the Dralasite is
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28 Human Brick House STR/STA 75/65
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Character Generation Your character
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Sample Character #1 Noah is going t
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Physical Structure Dralasites are s
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Physical Structure Typical adult Hu
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Physical Structure Vrusk look like
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Physical Structure Yazirians are ta
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Skills There are 13 different skill
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however, no matter what the charact
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chance for success is lower, it req
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REMOVING SECURITY LOCKS Success Rat
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DEACTIVATING ALARMS/DEFENSES Succes
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character's heartbeat and breathing
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EMPATHY Success rate: 10% + skill l
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Improving Characters Characters can
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Defense 58 Cost (Cr) Wgt (kg) Energ
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60 Laser Pistol Gyrojet Pistol Soni
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62 Shock Glove Brass Knuckles Vibro
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turns. An individual can resist the
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uses 1 SEU when it hits. Anyone wea
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are available: military and civilia
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telescopic sights, and a character
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A robot can not attack unless it ha
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sidewalks, elevators and escalators
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mining natural resources. The plane
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Page 86 and 87: 82 Human Gun-Fu Expert STR/STA 45/6
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Page 124 and 125: ALPHA SECTION: INTRODUCTION Welcome
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Page 160 and 161: Prioritizing Variable Skill Levels
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Sentry Helm Bodyguards can’t alwa
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Jumpboots These appear to be a norm
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feature alone makes this device val
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