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telescopic sights, and a character wearing magnigoggles can not aim a weapon. Machete. A machete is a short sword used for chopping through soft jungle growth or grass. Parawing. A parawing is a disposable glider used as an emergency parachute A character can jump with a parawing from any altitude. The wing is opened automatically by small solid-fuel jets, and the frame glues itself open. The character then floats to the ground. The wing can not be refolded to be used again. Poly-vox. A poly-vox is a specialized computer that can be worn around the throat. It translates a message that it hears in one language into another language, and then repeats it. It can learn an unknown language if it can be programmed with key phrases, and then exposed to the language for 1- 100 hours (see Language). A character does not need computer skill to use a poly-vox. Radiophone. A radiophone is a short-wave communicator with a 1,000 km range. Rope. This is a 25-meter coil of braided plastic rope that will support up to 500 kg. Solvaway. Solvaway is the only solvent that will immediately dissolve tangler grenade threads. It must be applied by someone other than the person who is tangled in the threads. One vial of solvaway contains enough liquid to dissolve the threads from one tangler grenade. It will not dissolve anything but tangler grenade threads. Subspace Radio. A subspace radio is used for sending messages between distant planets and star systems. Subspace communicators send coded tachyon beams that must be broadcast from very carefully aimed dish antennas to hit their target planet or system. A subspace message crosses one light-year in one hour. The radio uses a type 1 parabattery. Sending a message uses 100 SEU. Sungoggles. Sungoggles are high-quality sunglasses. Survival Rations. A box of survival rations contains four airtight foil-wrapped packets. Each packet holds a food concentrate that looks like crumbly dust. When water is added, the dust quickly becomes a delicious meal of protein and vitamin-packed mush. One packet will feed one character for one day. Tornadium D-19. Tornadium D-19 ("kaboomite") is the standard plastic explosive. It can be bought legally only by someone with Demolitions skill. A 50- 70 gram charge of TD-19 will cause 5d10 points of damage to anyone and anything within 1 meter of the explosion. Each additional 50 grams causes an additional 25 points of damage. Anyone farther from the explosion than 1 meter, but within the blast radius, takes one-half damage. The blast radius is 1 meter for every 100 grams of TD-19 used. A thrown charge does full damage to living creatures, but only one-half damage to structures. Toxyrad Gauge. A Toxy-rad gauge is a special device that is worn on the wrist like a watch. It will alert the wearer to several types of danger. There are three colored lights on the device. If the red light flashes, it indicates that the oxygen content of the surrounding air is dropping to a dangerously low level. If the blue light flashes, it indicates that there is dangerous radioactivity nearby. If the yellow light flashes, it means that the sensor has encountered some substance that is poisonous to Humans, Dralasites, Yazirians or Vrusk. A small dial on the face of the gauge indicates the degree of danger to a character. Variable Timer/Detonator. Variable timers are used to detonate Tornadium D-19. A timer can be set for 1 to 60 seconds, 1 to 60 minutes or 1 to 60 hours. Vitasalt Pills. Vitasalt pills are special pills containing vitamins and minerals, including salt. They help reduce a character's need for water in dry areas. Water Pack. A water pack contains eight one-liter plastic bags of water. Each bag has a closable seal. The water bags come packed in a lightweight plastic frame. The frame can be converted into a simple backpack in 5 minutes. ROBOTS When a robot is built, the designer must give it a body type, a way to move, a way to manipulate objects and programming. Special items can be added at additional cost. Standard Body. Standard robot bodies come in all shapes. They are about the size of an average character, weigh 100 kg (without a parabattery) and have 100 Stamina points. A standard body is powered by a type 1 parabattery. Heavy Duty. Heavy duty robot bodies also are available in any shape, but they are about the size of a ground car and weigh about 500 kg (without a parabattery). A heavy duty robot has 500 Stamina points, and is powered by a type 2 parabattery.
Anthropomorphic. Anthropomorphic robot bodies look like one of the four major races. They weigh roughly 100 kg (without battery) and have 100 Stamina points. They are powered by a type 2 parabattery. Robot Movement All three body types can be equipped with wheels, tracks or mechanical legs, whichever the designer wants. Limbs. All three body types come with two manipulative limbs. These can be mechanical arms, tentacles, or specialized limbs for digging through rock or mounting tools. Under normal conditions, most robots move 10 meters/turn. They can travel much faster, however. Top speeds for various types of robots are shown on the table below. ROBOT MOVMENT TABLE Robot Type Movement Rate cybot, heavy duty, service, brain 30 meters/turn maintenance 60 meters/turn security 90 meters/turn combat, warbot 120 meters/turn Altered Movement. Robots with hover movement move the same as hover cars. Robots with rotor movement move the same as jetcopters and robots with rocket movement move the same as aircars. Robot Levels Robot levels are described in the Skills section under Robotics. Customizing A robot can be given additional arms and legs, a different means of movement, special equipment or special programs. Every two additions picked from the Special Program, Altered Movement or Extra Limbs tables increase the size and cost of the robot's body by 10%. EXAMPLE: Sheeta <strong>Star</strong>fox is customizing a combat robot. Her standard combat robot has a standard body (2,000 Cr), the attack/defense special program (1,000 Cr) and is level 4 (2,000 Cr). It originally cost 5,000 Cr. Sheeta wants to add the Computer Link and Search and Destroy programs, rotor type movement and two additional pairs of standard limbs. The size and cost of the robot's body must be increased 30% (2,600 Cr). The Search and Destroy program costs 3,000 Cr and the Computer Link program costs 4,000 Cr. Rotor movement cost another 5,000 Cr and the additional arms cost 1,600 Cr. The customized robot will cost Sheeta 19,200 Cr (14,200 Cr more than the standard robot). The robot weighs 130 kg (without its battery), but still has only 100 Stamina points. Robot Programs Restrain. The robot can both defend itself and attack, but can not use any lethal weapon. Self Defense. The robot can fight back if attacked in melee. Attack/Defense. The robot can fight using the same type of weapons as a character, and can be equipped with an albedo suit and a screen (with its own power supply). The robot can use lethal weapons. Search and Destroy. The robot can perform combat missions that include tracking down its target. A robot must have the Attack/Defense program to use this program. Computer Link. This program enables a robot to communicate directly with a computer using a tightbeam long-range communicator. This gives it access to all the information in the computer. Robot Attacks A robot gets one melee attack for every pair of limbs it has. If the robot uses a weapon, it causes whatever damage is normal for that weapon. If the robot attacks without a weapon, standard and anthropomorphic limbs cause 2d10 points of damage and heavy duty limbs cause 6d10 points of damage. A robot using a ranged weapon is treated exactly the same as a character, and is subject to all the ranged combat rules. 71
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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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Page 34 and 35: Character Generation Your character
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Page 38 and 39: Physical Structure Dralasites are s
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Page 46 and 47: Skills There are 13 different skill
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Page 88 and 89: How to Be a Referee A referee is ma
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ALPHA SECTION: INTRODUCTION Welcome
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on the map your characters will not
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area from which they can clearly se
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Pirate G (RW 30, M 30, PS 3, IM 3,
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DELTA SECTION: DESERT CRASH The cha
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Reaction Speed check. If the check
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(MV FAST; IM 5; RS 41; STA 300; ATT
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EPSILON 3.2: RANDOM ENCOUNTER DESCR
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You have reached another large unde
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percentile dice. On a roll of 10% o
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persuade him to leave the island; i
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ZETA SUBSECTION 2: PLAYERS' DESCRIP
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Each flitter has a 50% chance of ca
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146 Quickdeath Type Large Carnivore
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148 PLAYER CHARACTER BACKGROUND REP
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150 ALIEN CULTURE BACKGROUND REPORT
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Prioritizing Variable Skill Levels
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Yazirian, or a tall, thin Human. Th
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8 Cinematic Martial Arts In a Front
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Cinematic Maneuvers • Blind fight
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9 Mentalist PSA Mentalist Many form
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LEVITATION Success Rate: 50% + skil
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10 Starting Gear All the players ar
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14 170 Skill Level Damage Bonus Lev
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Beam Weapons The entry-level Beam W
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damage. These are divided evenly am
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Security Skeinsuit Whereas the mili
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Tactical Vest Sometimes it’s not
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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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