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14 170 Skill Level Damage Bonus Level 1 no bonus Level 2 +1d10 Level 3 +1d10 Level 4 +2d10 Level 5 +2d10 Level 6 +3d10 Experience Points The main rules book explains the guidelines for distribution of experience points (X.P.), but it’s quite vague. This article attempts to organize it into a simple process. The Old Way Each session you earn 1-3 experience points depending on whether or not a goal was reached and how well it was overcome. To the average, a character should receive between 3 and 7 experience points. No more than 10 experience points per gaming session. But what constitutes a “goal” and how many should there be? The New Way At the end of a game session, the referee goes through the following checklist with each player. One experience point is awarded for each of these that apply. This will result in receiving 3-7 experience points per session, with no more than 10 being awarded, just as in the original way. 1. Survival – All characters will earn this one. Your character will receive one X.P. just for surviving the session. Even if he learned nothing, and did nothing. Just being around greatness can rub off. 2. Ability – if you made an ability check during the session, you will be awarded one X.P. This is to represent physical and mental development. Of course, you don’t have to spend that X.P. on that ability. 3. Skill – You get an additional X.P. if you made a skill check at some point during the session. It doesn’t matter if that skill check resulted in success or failure. Testing your knowledge and training will result in excellence. 4. Discovery – Characters earn one X.P. if the player can say one previously unknown thing that his character learned about the frontier or its people. Players can be creative here, but the purpose of this award is twofold: first, it allows a character to grow based on knowledge as well as practice. Second, it helps a player summarize in his mind something about the game setting, helping him to gain a better picture of it in his mind. 5. Role-playing – You get one X.P. if you role-played your character well. This is determined by the referee. The more solid your character concept and background story, the more likely you’ll get this award. This award shouldn’t be given out lightly; rather, it should be given if a character loses out on something or takes on additional complexities just to stay in character, when violating a character concept would have been easier and more beneficial. 6. Innovation – If you faced non-combat obstacles (such as security devices, pits, puzzles, etc.) that required you to take a direct role in overcoming, you’ll get an additional X.P. This shouldn’t be given freely just because some obstacle existed; it should be given to reward characters for coming up with an innovative solution to an obstacle. 7. Notoriety – legends are made by people telling tales, not by the deeds themselves. People tend to try to live up to the tales told about them, and it is sometimes the carrot that leads a donkey to greatness. If your character saved innocent people, overcame obstacles in a manner that onlookers will remember, or allowed enemies to live on to spread the tales of his toughness, your character will be awarded one X.P. It doesn’t matter if the notoriety you gain is in the form of fame or infamy (all press is good press?) 8. Personal – if your character had a personal stake in the adventure (it centered around family members, friends, contacts, etc.) then he or she will gain an extra X.P. This shouldn’t be given out freely; this award is to represent those rare adventure sessions where players find themselves extremely wrapped up in the story because of how it directly affects the development of his or her character’s concept. 9. Victory – Any character who engaged in combat of any type against enemy creatures, robots, or people and lived to tell the tale are awarded 1 X.P. The Frontier is a dangerous place, so this is one category the player can almost count on! 10. Success – If this session had a main mission or story goal (determined by the referee) and you were successful, you receive one X.P. Success of a mission isn’t any more heavily weighted as using your skills or abilities or surviving the session.
Optional Cost Wgt Defense Defenses Defensive Armor: (Cr) (kg) Energy Against Partial Polyplate Protection: ½ -5 DEX/RS 1,250 8 100 points laser/ballistic Full Polyplate Protection: ¾ -10 DEX/RS Helmets: 3,000 15 250 points laser/ballistic Universal Combat Helmet 50 1 -- -- Badlands Explorer’s Helmet 1,500 1 -- -- <strong>Star</strong>law Targeting 1,200 Helmet 1 -- -- Sentry Helm 800 1 -- -- Yazirian Revolutionary Helmet 600 2 -- -- Security Skeinsuit 150 1 25 points Ballistic/Melee Stealthskin 80 - special - Tactical Vest 750 2 25 points Ballistic/Melee Optional Cost Wgt Miscellaneous Equipment (Cr) (kg) Duraraft 90 3 Envirotent 40 3 Explorer’s Vest 50 -- Grapple Lilnk Gun (5/10/30/--/--/--) 300 4 Link-bolts (rack of 3, 30m, 300kg test wgt) 50 1 Jumpboots 70 -- Rebreather Mask (by species) 100 1 Survival Kit 150 6 Tag Tracker (5km radius range) 750 1 Trace-Tags (3) 100 -- MedTrace-Tag (1) 100 -- Thruster Pack 500 5+fuel Replacement Gel Tank 100 5 Visocom 50 -- Wide-Field Recorder 100 -- Optional Cost Wgt Energy/ Ammo Type Scattergun Ammo: (Cr) (kg) Rounds Box of 10 loose shots 10 -- 10 loose shells Scattergun Shotclip 10Cr -- 10 shots Optional Cost Wgt Toolkit or Refill (Cr) (kg) Basic Portable Computer 500 1 Optional Melee Cost Wgt Range Weapons Beam Weapons: (Mod) (Cr) (kg) Damage Ammo SEU Rate Defense (PB/S/M/L/E) Blastpistol 200 1.5 4d10 SEU 2 1 Gauss/A-S 5/15/-/-/- Light Stunner Pistol 150 0.5 Stun SEU 4 1 Gauss/A-S 5/10/-/-/- Gyrojet Weapons: Gyrojet Wrist Rockets 125 1.5 2d10 per bullet 3 rounds each -- 3 Inertia -/5/25/50/100 Melee Weapons: Mono Tanto (+5) 50 -- 2d10 -- -- -- Inertia -- Mono Wakizashi (+10) 100 1 3d10 -- -- -- Inertia -- Mono Katana (+10) 200 1 4d10 -- -- -- Inertia -- Projectile Weapons: Semiautomatic Pistol 150 1.5 1d10 per bullet 20 rounds -- 3 Inertia 5/15/30/60/150 Semiauto Sniper Rifle 1,200 5 1d10* 20 bullets -- 3/1* Inertia 20/100/250/500/1km Assault Scattergun 600 5 2d10/5d10 10 shots -- 2 Inertia 5/15/40/75/150 Autoloading Scattergun 400 4 2d10 10 shots -- 3 Inertia 5/15/40/75/150 Pump Action Scattergun 200 3 2d10 5 shots -- 3(1) Inertia 5/15/40/75/150 * the Semiautomatic Sniper Rifle in the hands of a Military PSA character with at least 1 level of Projectile Weapons can be aimed for 2 turns, halving range penalties, receiving the “Aiming” bonus, and the damage rolled by one single shot will be multiplied by the Projectile Weapons level of the wielder. 171
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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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The Frontier Worlds System/Planet C
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82 Human Gun-Fu Expert STR/STA 45/6
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How to Be a Referee A referee is ma
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actions. You may decide ahead of ti
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work week is five days of work with
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small, medium, large and giant. •
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Sample Creatures What follows are t
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DESCRIPTION: Cybodragons are huge l
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96 Mordax Type Small Omnivore Numbe
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98 Slither Type Giant Carnivore Num
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100 Yernoids Type Medium Omnivore N
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STR/ DEX/ INT/ PER/ STA RS LOG LDR
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104 Human Soldier STR/STA 50/50 DEX
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Physical Structure Sathar are long,
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How to Referee Adventures Adventure
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4 NPCs and Creatures After you have
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114 Remember the effects of gravity
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2 Cave Raith 3 1 Type Medium Herbiv
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118 Human Hacker STR/STA 45/45 DEX/
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