Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

frontier, despite the more deadly weapons like
blasters. Some societies even consider it a badge of
honor to be highly skilled in such a traditional form
of combat.
Basic Chance to Hit
Players can use either one-half of their Strength or
one-half of their Dexterity, whichever is higher, as
their basic chance to hit in melee. A player need not
use the same ability all the time.
MELEE HIT PROCEDURE TABLE
Melee Hit Procedure %
1 Basic Chance to hit equals one half of the
character’s Dexterity or Strength
(whichever is greater), rounded up. This
should already be figured on your
character sheet as your MW score.
½ DEX
or
½ STR
2 Skill. Add 10% for each level of skill the
character has with his attack.
Per level of skill +10
3 Weapon Modifier. If using a melee
weapon, add the weapon modifier from the
weapons table.
Weapon Modifier varies
4 Helpless. If the defender isn’t able to
defend himself because he’s unaware of
the attacker or because he’s stunned, the
attacker gets a bonus of +20 to hit.
Attacking from behind +20
Attacking a Stunned foe +20
5 Battle Rage. If attacker is a Yazirian and
he is in his battle raging state, add +20.
Attacker Battle Raged +20
6 Defender Encumbered. If the target is
currently carrying more than half his
carrying capacity, add 10.
Target Encumbered +10
7 Encumbered. If the attacker is currently
carrying more than half his carrying
capacity, subtract 10.
Attacker Encumbered -10
8 Wounds. If the attacker’s current Stamina
is reduced to half or less, subtract 10 due
to injuries.
Attacker Wounded -10
9 Defending. Subtract 15 if the target is
actively defending himself instead of
attacking during this turn.
Target Defending -15
Number Of Attacks
A character gets one bare-hand attack for each armleg
pair he has. Humans, Vrusk, Yazirians and
Sathars always get to make two attacks. A Dralasite
can attack twice if it has four or five limbs, three
times if it has six or seven, etc. A character using a
weapon in melee gets only one attack per turn.
Damage
The amount of damage a character inflicts with his
bare hands (or claws or pseudopods) depends on
the character's Strength score. The Punching Table
shows the damage caused by characters with
different Strengths. This damage is constant.
Knockouts. As in ranged combat, any roll to hit of
01-02 knocks a character unconscious. In addition,
an opponent is knocked out if he was hit with a
blunt weapon (including bare hands) and the
number that was rolled ended with a 0. For
example, a character is attacking with a club. He
can hit his opponent with a roll of 35 or less. A roll
of 01-2, 10, 20 or 30 will knock the opponent
unconscious. A character that is knocked out will
stay unconscious for d100 turns.
Stunning. Characters can be stunned with sonic
stunners and electrostunners. A stunned character
can not attack, move or defend himself for as long
as he is stunned. Anyone who attacks him gets a
+20 modifier to hit.
Melee Weapons
Many different weapons can be used in melee. The
most common ones are described on the Melee
Weapons Table in the Characters equipment section.
The referee can use these as guides if characters
use other items as weapons.
The "Damage" column shows how many points of
damage the weapon causes. The attacker's normal
punching damage is added to the amount rolled.
However, characters using shock gloves, sonic
knives, sonic swords or stunsticks just roll damage,
and do not add their punching score. The numbers
under "Modifier" are added to or subtracted from the
attacker's chance to hit.
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