Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

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the players cooperate and reach their goal, everyone wins. A skillful player who uses the same character in several adventures will see that character rewarded, becoming richer, more powerful and able to handle more difficult missions. HOW TO USE THE DICE Two dice are included in STAR FRONTIERS games. They are numbered from 0 to 9. They are called ten- sided dice (abbreviated d10). If the rules tell you to roll one ten-sided die (abbreviated 1d10), roll one die to get a number from 1 to 10. A zero is read as a 10. If the rules tell you to roll two ten-sided dice (abbreviated 2d10) roll both dice and add the results to get a number from 2 to 20. A zero is read as a 10. For example, if the rolls were 0 and 4, the result would be (10 + 4 =) 14. More dice can be rolled to give results of 3-30 (3d10), 4-40 (4d10), etc. If the rules tell you to roll a 5-sided die (abbreviated 1d5), simply roll a normal 10-sided die and divide your result by 2, rounded up. A roll of 1 or 2 is treated as a result of 1, etc. If the rules tell you to roll percentile dice (abbreviated d100), roll both dice. Instead of adding the results, read the dark-colored die as the first (tens) digit and the light-colored die as the second (ones) digit. A zero is read as a zero. The following table shows several examples of rolls. DICE EXAMPLE TABLE Dark Die Light Die Result 5 3 53 6 0 60 0 6 6 0 0 100 The Referee One player plays the role of the referee, a special kind of player responsible for storytelling, playing side characters (non-player characters, or NPCs), and judging situations in which the player’s characters find themselves. Refer to the referee’s section for further details on this important job. Abilities All characters have eight abilities, arranged in four pairs. These are Strength/Stamina, Dexterity/ Reaction Speed, Intuition/Logic and Personality/ Leadership. These eight abilities tell players how strong, fast, smart and masterful their characters are. They are explained below. 4 Each of these abilities will have a score from 1 to 100. An ability score of 1 means the character is very poor in that ability, while a score of 100 means the character has very high ability in that area. Players find their ability scores by rolling dice. This is explained in the Characters section. Explanation of Abilities Strength is a measure of how strong the character is. A character with a low Strength score is scrawny and weak. A character with a high Strength score is very strong. A character with a Strength score of 100 may be one of the strongest characters on that planet. Strength is a physical ability score and is often abbreviated STR within these rules. Stamina measures a character's physical fitness and general health. A character with low stamina will get tired easily and will be prone to injury and disease. A character with high Stamina could work hard all day without getting tired, and might never be sick a day in his life. Stamina also measures how badly a character can be wounded before he passes out or dies. Stamina is a physical ability score and is often abbreviated STA within these rules. Dexterity measures a character's coordination. Character's with low Dexterity scores are clumsy, while characters with high Dexterity scores are very agile. Dexterity is very important in combat. Dexterity is a physical ability score and is often abbreviated DEX within these rules. Reaction Speed measures the quickness of a character's reflexes. If a character with a low Reaction Speed is attacked suddenly, he probably will fumble with his weapon and react slowly. A character with a high Reaction Speed could draw and fire a weapon quickly, jump out of the way of falling boulders, etc. Reaction Speed is a physical ability score and is often abbreviated RS within these rules. Intuition measures a character's alertness and ability to draw conclusions from what seem to be unrelated facts. Characters with high Intuition scores are more likely to solve problems by having hunches or making guesses than by carefully considering all the evidence. Intuition is a mental ability score and is often abbreviated INT within these rules. Logic is a character's ability to solve problems in an orderly, step-by-step way. It is the opposite of Intuition. Characters with high Logic scores make good scientists and computer experts. Logic is a mental ability score and is often abbreviated LOG within these rules.
Personality measures how well a character gets along with other intelligent beings. Characters with high Personality scores are friendly, pleasant and persuasive, while those with low scores may be grouchy and hard to get along with. Personality is a mental ability score and is often abbreviated PER within these rules. Leadership measures a character's ability to give orders that other people will understand and obey. It also measures how willing other people will be to work for the character, take his advice or follow him into a dangerous situation. Leadership is a mental ability score and is often abbreviated LDR within these rules. Ability Checks Whenever the referee decides there is a chance for your character’s action to fail, he calls for an ability check. The appropriate ability to be checked is determined by the referee, but is obvious once you have an understanding of the role each ability plays in defining the capabilities of your character. To make an ability check, simply roll d100. If you roll less than or equal to the ability in question, your check is successful. If you roll higher than your ability score, your action fails. Example: Garrison is running from security bots, trying to stay away from their identity imaging cameras. He steps out a window on the second story, and sees a wall upon which he could walk to get to safety. The referee informs him that this requires a Dexterity check to make it safely to the other side, warning that failure might result in falling off the 5 meter high wall! Fortunately, Garrison has a DEX score of 65, so you confidently toss the dice and roll a 4 and a 7, a success! The security robots won’t try to follow, as their simple programming doesn’t define the top of a wall as floor space upon which to tread. Ability Check Modifiers Your referee may assess the situation and determine there are bonuses or penalties associated with any given ability check. Difficult terrain, favorable winds, good tactical position, and any number of other factors may help him determine this. When he determines this is the case, he will tell you when he informs you that an ability check is necessary. Example: Rhainah is a hacker and is trying to break into a computer network protected by fairly simple security software. The referee informs Rhainah’s player that she must succeed in a LOG check with a bonus of +10, to represent the simplicity of the security software. Rhainah’s player must roll less than or equal to ten higher than her character’s LOG score. Ability Contests Sometimes you must pit your abilities against another player’s character or non-player character. The rules work normally, but both parties must make a roll and compare success. Whoever succeeds by more (rolls the greatest amount under his score) wins the contest. 5
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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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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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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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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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2 Cave Raith 3 1 Type Medium Herbiv
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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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(MV FAST; IM 5; RS 41; STA 300; ATT
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EPSILON 3.2: RANDOM ENCOUNTER DESCR
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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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150 ALIEN CULTURE BACKGROUND REPORT
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Prioritizing Variable Skill Levels
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8 Cinematic Martial Arts In a Front
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Cinematic Maneuvers • Blind fight
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LEVITATION Success Rate: 50% + skil
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10 Starting Gear All the players ar
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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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