Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

Prioritizing Variable Skill Levels
If using the Prioritizing Ability Scores rule, above,
you may opt to favor your roll on the beginning skill
levels table instead of favoring an ability pair. Or,
you may decide to slight your roll on this table to
meet some concept of a less-skilled/naive character.
If you favor your skill roll, simply roll twice and take
the best roll. If you slight your skill roll, roll twice
and take the lowest roll.
4 Variable
Wealth
The standard game rules make a player roll
d100+250 for starting money. This works fine for a
certain level of beginning play, but some referees
may wish to adjust this by rolling on the following
table for starting wealth. Note that this is for the
express purpose of selecting starting equipment,
and players cannot use this to start off with several
hundred extra Credits. He must spend as many as
possible, and may not begin play with more than
100Cr remaining.
156
Wealth
Roll Result
01-20 Poorly Equipped
d100+100Cr.
21-70 Typical
d100+250Cr.
71-85 Well-Equipped
d100+500Cr.
86-95 Very Well-Equipped
d100+750Cr.
96-00 Extremely Well-Equipped
d100+1000Cr.
Prioritizing Variable Wealth
If using the Prioritizing Ability Scores rule, above,
you may opt to favor your roll on the beginning
wealth levels table instead of favoring an ability
pair. Or, you may decide to slight your roll on this
table to meet some concept of a poorly equipped
character. If you favor your wealth roll, simply roll
twice and take the best roll. If you slight your
wealth roll, roll twice and take the lowest roll.
5
Edges &
Flaws
This rule helps flesh-out a character, making him
more than a collection of numbers and choices.
Using this rule, your character has one Edge and
one Flaw.
Edge. An Edge is something that provides a bonus
or perk to your character. It may be something that
ties him to the Frontier (having a wealthy patron,
for example), or may be something that helps him
accomplish his missions effectively (well-connected
in the underworld). It may be something that
simply boosts his chances of success under certain
circumstances (such as being a talented
Swordsman, or extraordinarily observant). An Edge
could even be a source of aid, financial or otherwise
(such as being independently wealthy, or having an
informant among Pan Galactic Corporation who
provides information).
There is no finite list of Edges. Creative players can
be as broad or as focused as they would like with
the selection of their one Edge, but referees will be
overseeing the selection.
During game play, the player can call on his Edge
only once per sitting. When he relies on his Edge,
he can invoke one of the following abilities, relevant
to the situation.
• Swap the tens die and the ones die to flip-flop a
percentile roll relevant to your Edge, whether
you’re the one who rolled it or not.
• Get a one-time situational bonus of +25 to any
one roll that is relevant to your Edge.
• Provide an in-game opportunity for aid or
assistance relevant to your Edge (“Hey – I think I
know someone who lives near here. She should
be able to give us shelter”).
• Ignore damage just taken in the same combat
turn as long as the situation is relevant to your
Edge.
• Provide a means by which to acquire d10x100 Cr,
as long as a rationale can be stated that is
relevant to your Edge.
For example: a bounty hunter character’s player
decides to give him an Edge called “Hard Target” –
stating that his character’s professional talent and
skill makes him hard to sneak up on and hard to hit
in combat. In game, once per session, his player
may invoke his Edge and use it to affect a previously
rolled action (flip-flop the dice), ignore damage just
rolled against him, or even to find a way to make his
hard-to-hit nature profitable (“Hey barkeep – I’ll bet
you 50Cr you can’t hit me with that stunner...”).
Flaw. A Flaw is the opposite of an Edge. It provides
a situational penalty, or somehow causes difficulties
or troubles for your character. It can be something
as simple and seemingly-harmless as having a
girlfriend, or can be something potentially deadly
like owing a loan-shark a large sum of money.
Flaws provide story hooks for the referee to draw
on, and can cause the story to become complex.