alt.war - mechanics

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alt.WarGame Mechanics

by Frank Trollman

as of 5/8/2011


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Table of ContentsTable of Figures 4

Introduction 5

Damage and Injury 6

Optional Rule: Instant Death ................................ 7

Armor and Hardened Armor 8

Autofire and Recoil 9

Recoil And Strength .............................................. 9

Exceeding Character Strength With Weapon

Strength ................................................................ 9

The New Weapons 11

Holdout Pistols ................................................... 11

Light Pistols ......................................................... 11

Machine Pistols .................................................. 12

Heavy Pistols....................................................... 13

Submachine Guns ............................................... 14

Assault Rifles....................................................... 15

Battle Rifles ......................................................... 16

Sport Rifles ......................................................... 16

Sniper Rifles ........................................................ 16

Shotguns ............................................................. 17

Light Machine Guns ............................................ 18

Medium Machine Guns ...................................... 18

Heavy Machine Guns .......................................... 19

Assault Cannons ................................................. 19

Laser Weapons ................................................... 20

Flame Weapons .................................................. 20

Special Weapons ................................................ 20

Grenade Launchers & Mortars ........................... 21

Vehicular Weaponry ........................................... 22

Vehicular Weaponry (continued) ....................... 23

Special Weapons ................................................. 24

Blades .................................................................. 25

Clubs & Chains ..................................................... 26

Body Weaponry ................................................... 27

Grenades ............................................................. 27

Missiles & Rockets ............................................... 28

Mortars ................................................................ 28

Ammunition......................................................... 29

Regular ............................................................ 29

Armor Piercing ................................................ 30

Explosive Ammunition ..................................... 30

Flechette Rounds ............................................. 31

Less Lethal ....................................................... 31

Stick-n-Shock ................................................... 32

Tracers ............................................................ 32

Capsule Rounds ............................................... 33

Subsonic Rounds ............................................. 33

Low Tech Ammunition .................................... 33

Special Weapon Systems and Damage Rules

Lasers ................................................................... 34

Flame Weapons ................................................... 34

Electrical Weapons .............................................. 34

Explosives ............................................................ 35

Shaped Charges ................................................... 36

Damage Over Time (Fire, Acid, Etc.) .................... 36

The New Armors

Armors of the 2070s ............................................ 39

Armor Mods ........................................................ 40

Auto-Injector ................................................... 40

Bio Monitor ..................................................... 40


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Camouflage Coloration .................................. 40

Chemical Protection ....................................... 41

Chemical Seal ................................................. 41

Chest Plate ..................................................... 41

Fire Resistance ............................................... 41

Flotation System ............................................ 41

Gel Packs ........................................................ 41

Insulation ....................................................... 42

Nonconductivity ............................................. 42

Faraday Cage ................................................. 42

Radiation Shielding ........................................ 42

Ruthenium Coating ........................................ 42

Shock Frills ...................................................... 42

Thermal Damping .......................................... 42

Thermal Equalizer .......................................... 42

Vehicle Stats 43

Speed.............................................................. 43

Acceleration ................................................... 43

Handling ......................................................... 43

Body ............................................................... 44

Mass ............................................................... 44

Armor ............................................................. 44

Seating ........................................................... 44

Pilot ................................................................. 44

Sensor ............................................................. 45

Cost ................................................................. 46

The Vehicle List

2-Wheeled ........................................................... 47

Magic

Spells ................................................................... 48

Magic Healing ...................................................... 49

Spirits ................................................................... 50

Air Spirits ......................................................... 51

Beast Spirits .................................................... 51

Earth Spirits ..................................................... 51

Fire Spirits ....................................................... 51

Guardian Spirits .............................................. 51

Guidance Spirits .............................................. 51

Spirits of Man .................................................. 52

Plant Spirits ..................................................... 52

Task Spirits ...................................................... 52

Water Spirits ................................................... 52

Watcher Spirits ............................................... 52

Drain ............................................................... 53


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Table of FiguresTable 1: LMSI Condition Monitors ..............................................................................................................................6

Table 2: Net Success to Damage Conversion .............................................................................................................7

Table 3: Damage by Distance Modifiers .................................................................................................................. 35

Table 4: Delay Numbers for DOT ............................................................................................................................. 37

Table 5: Pilot Capabilities by Rating ........................................................................................................................ 45

Table 6: Sensor Capabilities by Rating ..................................................................................................................... 46

Table 7: Base Drain for Heal by Wound Level ......................................................................................................... 49


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IntroductionShadowrun 4, like any published system, has its share of objectively bad rules. Spirit Essence Drain leads to

Bloodzilla, the Matrix Perception Action leads to the Infinity Mirror, and so on. But this section is not about

them. This is about transforming the rules into something that can handle something they were never meant to

deal with: open warfare and heavy weaponry.

The 4th Edition Shadowrun rules are deliberately and completely written from the perspective of normal

humans shooting pistols at each other. And for that they work pretty well. You shoot a bullet into someone and

they are hurt but able to fire back. You double tap them in the chest and they pretty much fall down. That is an

acceptable result. But it doesn't scale well when you get out of the humans and pistols range. When you shoot

an armored truck with a powerful weapon, it is pretty much impossible to damage it you can only bounce off

its armor or blow it to pieces in one shot. And that's unsatisfying. So what we will do is to present a set of rules

that put damage onto the same log scale as other skill tasks are in SR4. So that we will be able to get roughly

similar results firing big weapons at big monsters as we get by firing small weapons at small monsters.


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Damage and InjuryThe bigger they are, the bigger a gun it takes to make them fall.

Shadowrun 4th edition experimented with a non-proportional damage system. That is, a box of injury was

supposed to represent a similar amount of damage on a troll as it was on an elf like a hit point in Dungeons &

Dragons. And yes, this worked sort of OK for elves and trolls, but it completely falls apart when we deal with

dogs and war machines. Things outside the human scale simply do not fit in such a system, and they never will. A

small dog should drop from a single pistol shot, a light tank should be able to take two LAV rockets with serious

damage. But what can be done about that? The answer is fortunately found in the mechanics of previous

editions of Shadowrun: Proportional Damage. That is, when the game generates Moderate or Serious Injury,

that Injury is relative to the target. A moderate injury to a small dog might have been inflicted by a sharp kick,

while a moderate injury to a troll might have been inflicted with a rifle, and a moderate injury to an

anthromorph combat vehicle might have been inflicted by an assault cannon. But the game generates Moderate

Injury after comparing damage to soak, and we fill in the same number of boxes in every case. And that is out of

the same total number of boxes in every case as well.

The way this works is that we have in all cases 10 injury boxes. Your hacker has 10 injury boxes, your troll street

samurai has 10 injury boxes, your Vietnamese Amphibious Troop Transport has 10 injury boxes. If it becomes

important how tough a crow or a rat is they also have 10 injury boxes. And when injuries occur, we fill them

out in distinct amounts based on what kind of Injury they are. Injuries can be Light (one box), Moderate (3

boxes), Serious (6 boxes), Incapacitating (10 boxes), or Deadly (10 boxes + dying). Here's how that looks:

Table 1: LMSI Condition Monitors

Uninjured: L M S I

Light Wound: L M S I

X

Moderate Wound: L M S I

X X X

Serious Wound: L M S I

X X X X X X

Incapacitation: L M S I

X X X X X X X X X X

But how do we determine whether an Injury should be Light or Serious? We compare it to a chart. Or, if you

don't want to look up the chart, every point of unsoaked damage makes the injury one level bigger. Or if you're

super into math, each greater injury is the next triangular number of filled in boxes. Or if you're autistically into


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math, you fill in the number of unsoaked damage times one more than the number of unsoaked damage divided

by 2 in boxes out of your 10 total. Anyway, we make our soak roll as normal, and subtract the hits from the

incoming damage. And the more incoming damage is left, the bigger an injury we actually suffer:

Table 2: Net Success to Damage Conversion

Unsoaked Damage: Injury Type: Boxes Filled:

0 (or less) None 0

1 Light 1

2 Moderate 3

3 Serious 6

4 Incapacitating 10

5+ Deadly 10*

*: Also, you are dying

That's a start. But unfortunately, in order to get things onto that scale, we're going to have to rewrite the input

numbers for armor, weapons, vehicles, and critters. After all, with the proportional system, increasing damage

by 5 is the entire difference between one shotting an opponent and bouncing off their armor (or manly chest, as

appropriate). This allows us to get rid of all the silly stuff like missiles that do 120 damage, but it also means that

we have to rewrite those inputs to make things work. So let's get started on that.

Optional Rule: Instant Death You may want to institute a system for killing creatures outright with massive damage. To do this, you set a

death threshold. That is, a number of unsoaked damage from an attack where you do not bother to keep track

of a character dying and simply declare them dead. Maybe their head gets pulped like Scanners, or they get

multipart shredded. But in any case, it's pretty clear that even medicine in the 2070s cannot save them. Rather

unsurprisingly, the lower you set this threshold, the more often it will happen and the deadlier combat will be. If

you have characters instantly die with 6 damage, in-combat instant death will happen fairly often, while if you

have characters die with 9 unsoaked damage it will be almost unheard of. How deadly you want your own game

is an open question.


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Armor and Hardened Armor People will be shooting at you, you may wantsome of this.

At high values, the SR4 armor system completely falls apart. This was never detected in playtest because high

values were never part of the street level game that was being written. The fact that the game was unable to

model a missile hitting an APC really never came up. And yet, for purposes of Alt.War, where shooting anti-

material rifles at hardened targets actually is important, the rules will have to be changed into something that

can handle that.

Here's the core problem: when you increase hardened armor by 3, you need to inflict 3 more damage to hurt

the target at all. But if the target can be hurt at all, those 3 armor dice only generate 1 hit on average for the

Soak test. So when you scale vehicles up, the smallest weapon that can hurt them at all will inflict more

unsoaked damage on them than the smallest weapon that could hurt a vehicle that was less armored. At the

upper end of the scale, it is literally impossible to damage tanks and great dragons without one-shot killing

them. And that's before we go to a proportional damage system where only 5 unsoaked damage is enough to

drop a target.

The first step is to change what Hardened Armor does. Now, Hardened Armor provides a die that always rolls a

5. There is no longer a minimum damage to play (save that of course, if you have enough automatic hits, you

don't need to roll soak to take no damage). The second part is that if you have hardened armor and regular

armor at the same time, that hardened armor is lost firstwhen enemies use weapons with armor penetration

numbers. The third part is that if your armor is halved by any sort of special effect like a Fire Ball spell, then

hardened armor and regular armor are halved separately.

That is just the beginning though, since by these rules, the amounts of armor things are listed with are insane. So

there will be a new writeup of armors, vehicles, and critters in this section. However, if you're using Shadowrun

materials that are printed after this is that are not on this scale, it's best to simply divide the suggested amounts

of hardened armor by 2 or 3.


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Autofire and Recoil Something you can't understand: How I could just kill a man.

Burst fire and fully automatic fire have rules that make some people (especially gun enthusiasts) very upset, but

on the whole they are functional in the basic game. Some of the things they produce are extremely weird, like

how the recoil on assault cannons is completely negligible because recoil only applies to next shot so Single Shot

weapons never care. Or like how the recoil on a machine pistol is much worse than the recoil on a sawed off

shotgun because it's based entirely on how many bullets are fired and not on how big those bullets are. But

that's not the reason that alternative Autofire and Recoil rules are being introduced in this document. That is

being done because in a proportional damage system where 5 points is the difference between no wound and

and an Incapacitating injury, then having a long narrow burst hand out five extra damage points is totally

unacceptable, right? And as long as we have to redo the autofire and recoil systemanyway, we might as well

replace it with something that people like better.

Recoil And Strength I can't hold on! I'm shooting too fast!

The first thing that is going to be done is to remove the bullet count recoil mechanics. This has to be done,

because we need to remove the bullet count from the damage, meaning that we aren't going to be using the

bullet count at all. So instead what will happen is that weapons will have a Strength listed on them, which is the

Strength required to use them normally. Using a weapon with a higher required Strength than your character's

Strength causes them to suffer penalties. Using a weapon in a faster firing mode or firing them one-handedcauses the Strength of the weapon to rise, which means that your character has to be stronger in order to use

weapons in those ways without penalties.

Exceeding Character Strength With Weapon Strength

They weren't kidding about this being a heavypistol.

If the effective Strength of a weapon that you are using (after appropriate modifiers such as gas vents and firing

modes) exceeds your character's strength by 1, you suffer a -1 dicepool penalty on your attack and a -2 dicepool

penalty on any other action you take (including Defense rolls, but not including Soak rolls) until the beginning of

your next initiative pass. These penalties are cumulative, so if you fired twice with a weapon that exceeds your

character's Strength by 1, the second attack would be at -3 and a Defense roll made after both would be at -4. If

the weapon exceeds your character's Strength by more than one, simply multiply those penalties by the amount

of Strength you are short. So if you're 3 Strength down, you're at -3 for the attack and anything else you attempt

is at -6 for the rest of the initiative pass.


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A good rule of thumb is that if a weapon's list Strength is 4 more than the character's actual strength (before

modifiers for firing modes or weapon mods), then the weapon is too heavy for the character to use effectively.

Small children just can't even use machine guns, the fact that recoil would knock them over is completely

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The New WeaponsOk, here we go

Holdout Pistols

Weapon Name Damage AP Mode Ammo Skill Strength Availability Cost

Cavalier Scout 3 - SA 7 (c) Pistol (Holdout) 4

Fichetti Tiffani Needler 5 (f) x2 SA 4 (c) Pistol (Holdout) 3 5R 500

Raecor Sting 5(f) x2 SS 5 (c) Pistol (Holdout) 3 6R 350

Streetline Special 3 - SS 6 (c) Pistol (Holdout) 4 4R 100

Morrissey Elan 3 - SA 5 (c) Pistol (Holdout) 3 7R 450

Walther Palm Pistol 3 - SS/BF 2(b) Pistol (Holdout) 4 4R 175

Light Pistols


Ares Light Fire 70 3 - SA 16 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 3R 350

Beretta 101T 3 - SA 12 (C) Pistol (Automatic) 2 4R 200

Beretta 200ST 3 - SA/BF 20 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 7R 550

Ceska vz/ 120 3 - SA 18 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 4R 350

Colt America L36 3 - SA 11 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 4R 150

Colt Asp 3 - SA 6 (cy) Pistol (Revolver) 2 3R 175

Fichetti Executive

Action

3 - SA/BF 18 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 12R 700

Fichetti Security 600 3 - SA 30 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 6R 450

Hammerli 620S 3 - SA 6 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 1 8R 650

SA Puzzler 3 - SA 12 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 15F 900

Seco LD-120 3 - SA 12 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 3R 250

Taurus Multi-6 3/4/5 - SA 6 (cy) Pistol (Revolver) 2/3/4 7R 200

Walther PB-120 3 - SA 10 (c)/15

(c)

Pistol (Automatic) 2 9R 400

Sakura Fubuki 3 - SA/BF/FA 10 (ml) x4 Pistol (Automatic) 2 10R 2000


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Machine Pistols


Ares Crusader 3 - SA/BF/FA 40 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 7R 700

Ceska Black Scorpion 3 - SA/BF/FA 35 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 8R 550

FN 5-7C 3 - SA/BF/FA 20 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 8R 600

PPSK-4 Collapsible

Machine Pistol

3 - SA/BF/FA 30 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 20F 2800

Steyr TMP 3 - SA/BF/FA 30 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 8R 600

Ares Predator

Full Auto Mod

4 - FA 15 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 4 4F 700

Fichtti Securty

Full Auto Mod

3 - FA 30 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 6F 900


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Heavy Pistols


Ares Predator IV 4 -1 SA 15 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 4R 350

Ares Viper Slivergun 6(f) x2 SA/BF 30 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 2 5R 500

Browning Ultra-Power 4 -1 SA 10 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 4R 300

Cavalry Deputy 4 -1 SA 7 (cy) Pistol (Revolver) 3 4R 225

Colt Government 2066 4 -1 SA 14 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 6R 500

Colt Manhunter 4 -1 SA 16 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 4R 300

Eichiro Hatamoto II 6 -1 SS 1 (m) Pistol (Holdout) 5 10R 800

HK Urban Fighter 4 -1 SA 10 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 14F 1400

Morrissey Alta 4 -1 SA 12 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 7R 850

Morrissey Elite 4 -1 SA 5 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 4 6R 450

Nitama NeMax 4 -1 SA 10 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 16R 1700

PSK Collapsible Pistol 4 -1 SA 8 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 18F 2300

Remington Roomsweeper 4 -1 SA 8 (m) Pistol (Revolver) 3 6R 250

Ruger Super Warhawk 5 -2 SS 6 (cy) Pistol (Revolver) 4 4R 250

Ruger Thunderbolt 4 -1 BF 12 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 12R 750

Savalette Guardian 4 -1 SA/BF 15 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 7R 800

Walther Secura 4 -1 SA 12 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 3 5R 300

Walther Secura Kompakt 4 -1 SA 9 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 4 7R 400

WW Infiltrator 4 -1 SA 15 (c) Pistol (Automatic) 4 16F 1100


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Submachine Guns


AK-97 Carbine 4 -1 SA/BF/FA 30 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

3 4R 400

Ares Executive

Protector

3 -1 SA/BF/FA 30 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

3/2 9F 1000

Beretta Model 70 3 -2 BF/FA 35 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 5R 650

Colt Cobra TZ-110 3 -2 SA/BF/FA 32 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 5R 550


(Submachine Guns)

2 5R 475


(Submachine Guns)

2 5R 650

Colt M24A3 Water

Carbine

4 - SA/BF 30 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 10F 1200

FN P93 Praetor 3 -2 SA/BF/FA 50 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

1 11F 650

HK-227X 3 -2 SA/BF/FA 28 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 8R 800

HK MP-5 TX 3 -2 SA/BF/FA 20 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

1 4R 550

HK Urban Combat 3 -2 SA/BF/FA 36 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

1 16F 2400

Ingram Smartgun X 3 -2 BF/FA 32 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 6R 650

Ingram SuperMach

100

3 -2 SA/FA/HV 40 or 60

(c)

Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 9F 975

Ingram Warrior-10 3 -2 SA/BF 30 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 4R 400

Sandler TMP 3 -2 BF/FA 20 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 4R 350

SCK Model 100 3 -2 SA/BF 30 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 6R 750

Uzi IV 3 -2 BF 24 (c) Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 4R 500


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Assault Rifles


AK-97 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 38 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 4R 500

AK-98 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 38 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 8F 1000

Grenade

Launcher

Grenade Grenade SS 6 (M) Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launchers)

AK-297 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 60 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 1 10R 3500

Ares Alpha 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 42 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 3 12F 1700

Grenade

Launcher


Launchers)

Ares HVAR 4 -2 SA/BF/HV 50 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 11F 2400

Colt M22 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 40 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 6R 1100

Colt M22A3 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 40 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 9F 1600

Grenade

Launcher


Launchers)

Colt M23 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 40 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 5R 750

HK G12A3Z 4 -2 SA/BF/FA 32 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 9F 1750

Nitama

Optimum II

4 -2 SA/BF/FA 30 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 2 10F 2200

Shotgun 6 - SA 5 (M) Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launchers)

Longarms (Shotguns)

4

Sernopal

vz/88V

4 -2 SA/BF/FA 35 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles) 1 8F 1650


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Battle Rifles


Combine XBR55 5 -2 SA/BF/FA 36 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles)

Longarms (Rifles)

4 12F 4500

FN SFCBR 5 -2 SA/BF/FA 20 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles)

Longarms (Rifles)

4 8F 2400

HK G13B 5 -2 SA/BF/FA 20 (c)

50 (cy)

Automatics (Assault Rifles)

Longarms (Rifles)

4 16F 2200

Ares MR-62 5 -3 SA/BF/FA 15 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles)

Longarms (Rifles)

4 10R 1800

AZT Poctli 5 -2 SA/BF/FA 30 (c) Automatics (Assault Rifles)

Longarms (Rifles)

4 14F 3600

Sport Rifles


Mannlicher

Wildhunter

6 -3 SS 6 (c) Longarms (Rifles) 5 7R 1200

Winchester Model 64 3 -2 SS 20

(m)

Longarms (Rifles) 1 2R 400

Remington 750 5 -3 SS 5 (m) Longarms (Rifles) 3 4R 500

Remington 950 6 -3 SS 5 (m) Longarms (Rifles) 4 4R 675

AZT 577 T-Rex 7 -2 SS 4 (m) Longarms (Rifles)

Heavy Weapons (Assault

Cannon)

6 12R 2400

Sniper Rifles


Ares Desert Strike 5 -3 SA 14 (c) Longarms (Rifles) 5 10F 3350

Barrett Model 121 6 -4 SA 14 (c) Longarms (Rifles) 6 18F 9000

CZW Ostelova 6 -3 SA 12 (c) Longarms (Rifles) 6 16F 6500

HK PSG Enforcer 4 -3 SA 2 x 12 (c) Longarms (Rifles) 4 12F 4800

Ranger Arms SM4 5 -4 SA 15 (c) Longarms (Rifles) 4 16F 6200

Walther MA-2100 4 -3 SA 10 (m) Longarms (Rifles) 5 10F 5000


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Shotguns


Auto-Assault 16 5 -1 SA/BF/FA 32 (d) Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 18R 8000

Boyd & Richards

Desperado

5 -1 SS 5 (m) Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 10R 1700

Defiance T-250 5 -1 SA 5 (m) Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 3R 475

Enfield AS-7 5 -1 SA/BF 10 (c)

24 (d)

Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 12R 1100

Franchi SPAS-22 5 -1 SA/BF 10

(m)

Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 10R 1250

Mossberg AM-CMDT 5 -1 SA/BF/FA 10 (c) Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 12R 1000

PJSS Model 55 Shotgun 5 -1 SS 2 (b) Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 7R 1200

Remington 990 5 -1 SA 8 (m) Longarms

(Shotguns)

4 4R 550

Street Sweeper 4 -1 SS 1 (b) Longarms

(Shotguns)

3 5R 175


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Light Machine Guns


Ares MP-LMG 4 -3 BF/FA 50 (c)

Belt

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

4 12F 1500

Ingram White

Knight

4 -3 BF/FA/HV 50 (c)

Belt

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

4 12F 2000

Ingram Valiant 4 -3 BF/FA 40 (c)

Belt

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

4 10F 1200

EMERK-V 4 -3 FA Belt Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

4 14F 900

GE Vindicator

Minigun

4 -3 FA/HV Belt Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

3 16F 5500

SA Nemesis 4 -3 BF/FA 60 (c) Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

4 17F 3500

Medium Machine Guns


FN MAG-5 5 -3 FA/HV 50 (box)

Belt

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

5 14F 5500

Stoner Ares

M202

5 -3 FA 50 (c)

Belt

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

5 12F 4500

Ultimax MMG 5 -3 FA 40 (c)

Belt

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

5 13F 4500


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Heavy Machine Guns


Ruhrmetal SF20 6 -3 FA 40 (c)

Belt

Heavy Weapons (Machine Guns) 6 15F 6500

RPK HMG 6 -3 FA 40 (c)

Belt


Stoner Ares M107 6 -3 FA 40 (c)

Belt


Ultimax HMG-2 6 -3 FA 50 (c)

Belt


Assault Cannons


Ares

Thunderstruck

Gauss Rifle

8 -8 SA 10 (c)

+10

(battery)

Heavy

Weapons

(Assault

Cannon)

4 24F 13000

Ares Vigorous

Assault Cannon

8 -7 SS 12 (c) Heavy

Weapons

(Assault

Cannon)

9 18F 4000

AZT Tlatlatzin

Gauss Rifle

8 -8 SA 20 (c)

+external

power source

Heavy

Weapons

(Assault

Cannon)

5 24F 12000

Norsutykki L-47 7 -7 SS 10 (c) Heavy

Weapons

(Assault

Cannon)

Longarms

(Rifles)

7 15F 4800

Panther XXL 8 -7 SS 15 (c) Heavy

Weapons

(Assault

Cannon)

8 20F 5500


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Laser Weapons


Ares Redline 3 -

half

HV 200 (battery)

External Power

Source

Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

2 14F 7500

Ares 3rd Dawn 4 -

half

HV 200 (battery)

External Power

Source

Automatics (Assault

Rifles)

3 18F 12000

Ares Apollo 6 -

half

HV 200 (battery)

External Power

Source

Automatics (Assault

Rifles)

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

6 24F 30000

Winter Systems

Falling Star

3 -

half

HV 100 (battery)

External Power

Source

Automatics

(Submachine Guns)

1 16F 8000

Winter Systems

Evil Eye

5 -

half

HV 150 (battery)

External Power

Source

Automatics (Assault

Rifles)

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

5 24F 24000

Renraku Taiyou 5 -

half

HV External Power

Source

Automatics (Assault

Rifles)

5 20F 24000

Fichetti Pain

Inducer

Special -

half

FA/HV 100 (battery) Automatics (Assault

Rifle)

1 8R 2000

Flame Weapons


AZT F3a 4 -

half

FA 100

(tank)

Automatics (Assault Rifle) 3 14F 1800

Shiawase

Blazer

3 -

half

FA 80 (tank) Automatics (Submachine

Guns)

2 16F 1200

Special Weapons


Ares S-III Super Squirt Chemical - SA 20 (c) Pistols (Revolver) 1 4 500


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Grenade Launchers & Mortars


Ares Antioch-2 Grenade Grenade SS 8 (m) Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launcher)

3 8F 600

ArmTech MGL-6 Grenade Grenade SA 6 (c) Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launcher)

5 10F 1500

ArmTech MGL-12 Grenade Grenade SA 6 (c) Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launcher)

4 10F 2000

Enfield GL-67 Grenade Grenade SS 20 (d) Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launcher)

3 14F 4000

M-12 Portable

Mortar

Mortar Mortar SS 1 Heavy Weapons (Grenade

Launcher)

- 16F 2250

IRA Remote

Mortar

Mortar Mortar SA/BF 10

(m)

Gunnery (Artillery) - 20F 5000


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Vehicular Weaponry


Ares Firelance

(laser)

8 -half HV 500

(battery)

External

power

source

Heavy Weapons

(Machine Guns)

Gunnery (Energy

Weapons)

- 25F 400000

Ares Fogger Glop

Cannon

special - SA 50 (belt) Heavy Weapons

(Assault Cannon)

Gunnery

(Artillery)

- 15R 10000

AZT Itzcoatl Gauss

Cannon

12 -8 SS 50 (belt)

+external

power

source

Heavy Weapons

(Assault Cannon)

Gunnery

(Ballistic)

- 30F 600000

Fleche Barrage

Rocket Launcher

Rocket Rocket Special 20 Heavy Weapons

(Rocket)

Gunnery (Rocket)

- 25F 20000

GE Vigilant Light

Autocannon

7 -3 FA/HV 200 (belt) Heavy Weapons

(Machine Gun)

Gunnery

(Ballistic)

- 15F 10000

GE Vanquisher

Heavy Autocanon

8 -4 FA/HV 200 (belt) Heavy Weapons

(Machine Gun)

Gunnery

(Ballistic)

- 20F 20000

GM Light Cannon 9 -6 SS 50 (belt) Heavy Weapons

(Assault Cannon)

Gunnery

(Ballistic)

- 18F 50000

GM Heavy Cannon 11 -7 SS 50 (belt) Heavy Weapons

(Assault Cannon)

Gunnery

(Ballistic)

- 22F 100000


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Vehicular Weaponry (continued)


Lone Star FlashFlood

Water Cannon

3N -half FA 200 (tank)

external

water

source

Heavy

Weapons

(Machine

Gun)

Gunnery

(Artillery)

- 10R 5000

Shiawase Microwave

Cannon

Special -half HV 200

(battery)

external

power

source

Heavy

Weapons

(Machine

Gun)

Gunnery

(Energy

Weapons)

- 20R 25000

SK Taurus Gauss

Cannon

10 -8 SS 50 (belt)

+external

power

source

Heavy

Weapons

(Assault

Cannon)

Gunnery

(Ballistic)

- 25F 200000

Winter Systems

Mercury Laser

10 -half HV external

power

source

Heavy

Weapons

(Machine

Guns)

Gunnery

(Energy

Weapons)

- 30F 1000000

KC-Arms 155 Howitzer Mortar Mortar SS 10 (m) Heavy

Weapons

(Grenade

Launchers)

Gunnery

(Artillery)

- 20F 120000


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Special Weapons


Aquadyne

Harpoon Gun

5 - SS 6 (cy) Archery (Crossbow)

Longarms (Shotgun)

3 6R 600

Ares S-III Super

Squirt

Chemical - SA 20 (c) Pistols (Revolver) 1 4 500

Ares Screech

Sonic Rifle

4N special SS 10 (battery)

external

power source

Longarms (Shotgun) 3 16 8000

Bow ( Str) - SS 1 (ml) Archery (Bow) X 2 100/R

Cavalier

SafeGuard

2N (e) -half SA 6 (m) Pistols (Taser) 1 - 275

Crossbow, Light 2 - SS 1 (ml) Archery (Crossbow)

Longarms (Shotgun)

1 2 300

Crossbow,

Medium

4 - SS 1 (ml) Archery (Crossbow)

Longarms (Shotgun)

3 4R 500

Crossbow, Heavy 6 - SA 6 (cy) Archery (Crossbow)

Longarms (Shotgun)

7 8R 750

Crossbow, Pistol 2 - SS 1 (ml) Archery (Crossbow)

Pistols (Revolver)

3 4R 250

Defiance EX

Shocker

4N (e) -half SS 4 (m) Pistols (Taser) 2 - 150

Defiance Protector 3N (e) -half SA 3 (m) Pistols (Taser) 1 4 150

FN-AAL Gyrojet

Pistol

5 - SA 10 (c) Pistols (Revolver) 1 12F 1000

Jupiter Taser Club 3N (e) -half SS 1 (m) Pistols (Taser)

Clubs (Batons)

2 8 1200

Slinghot (Str/2)N - SS 1 (ml) Archery (Slingshot)

Throwing (Lobbed)

special - 5/R

Yamaha Pulsar 3N (e) -half SA 4 (m) Pistols (Taser) 1 - 150


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Blades

Name Reach Damage AP Skill Strength Availability Cost

Ceramic Knife - (Str/2) -2 Blades (Knives) - 4 75

Claymore 2 (Str/2)+2 -1 Blades (Sword) 4 8R 900

Combat Ax 2 (Str/2)+2 -2 Blades (Ax) 5 8R 600

Centurion Laser Axe 2 (Str/2)+2 -4 Blades (Ax) 4 12F 3000

Cougar Fineblade Knife - (Str/2)+1 -2 Blades (Knives) - 5R 550

Cougar Fineblade Sword 1 (Str/2)+1 -2 Blades (Sword) 2 7R 900

Halberd 3 (Str/2)+3 - Blades (Ax) 5 8R 1200

Katana 1 (Str/2)+1 -1 Blades (Sword) 3 4R 1000

Katar - (Str/2) -2 Blades (Knives) 2 9R 750

Knife - (Str/2) - Blades (Knives) - - 20

Kris - (Str/2)+1 - Blades (Knives)

Blades (Sword)

1 10R 1000

Macahuitl 1 (Str/2)+1 - Blades (Sword)

Clubs (Batons)

3 14R 3000

Monofilament Sword 1 (Str/2)+2 -2 Blades (Sword) 3 7R 750

Nodachi 2 (Str/2)+2 -1 Blades (Sword) 4 12R 2500

Rapier 1 (Str/2)+1 - Blades (Sword) 2 4R 550

Sai - (Str/2)

(Str/2)N

- Blades (Knives) - 4 75

Spear 3 (Str/2) -1 Blades (Ax)

Clubs (Staff)

3 4R 150

Survival Knife - (Str/2)+1 - Blades (Knives) 1 - 50

Sword 1 (Str/2)+1 - Blades (Sword) 2 4R 350

Tomahawk 1 (Str/2)+1 - Blades (Ax) 3 4 150

Vibro Knife - (Str/2)+1 -3 Blades (Knives) 1 6R 1000

Vibro Sword 1 (Str/2)+2 -4 Blades (Sword) 2 8F 2000

Victorinox Memory Blade 1 (Str/2)+1 -1 Blades (Sword) 2 14F 1250


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Clubs & Chains Name Reach Damage AP Skill Strength Availability Cost

AZ-150 Stun Baton 1 4N (e) -half Clubs (Baton) 2 4R 800

Claw Hammer - (Str/2)+1 -1 Clubs (Hammer) 1 - 15

Club 1 (Str/2) - Clubs (Baton) 1 - 30

Extendable Baton 1 (Str/2) - Clubs (Baton) 1 - 50

Heavy Chain 1 (Str/2)+1 - Clubs (Sap) 4 - 20

Jack Hammer 2 6 -4 Clubs (Hammer) 7 6 7500

Jupiter Taser Club 1 3N (e) -half Clubs (Baton)

Pistols (Taser)

2 8R 1200

Kusari Gama 2 (Str/2)+1 - Clubs (Sap)

Blades (Ax)

3 8F 150

Mace 1 (Str/2)+1 -2 Clubs (Baton)

Clubs (Hammer)

3 4 120

Monofilament Whip 2 6 x2 Clubs (Sap)

Blades (Ax)

- 12F 3000

Nunchaku - (Str/2)+1 - Clubs (Sap) 1 6R 75

Sap - (Str/2)+1N - Clubs (Sap) 1 - 30

Sledge Hammer 1 (Str/2)+2 - Clubs (Hammer) 4 3 50

Staff 2 (Str/2)+1 - Clubs (Staff) 3 - 50

Stun Baton 1 3N (e) -half Clubs (Baton) 2 4R 400

Stun Staff 2 3N (e) -half Clubs (Staff) 3 6R 650

Telescopic Staff 2 (Str/2)+1 - Clubs (Staff) 3 - 100

Tonfa 1 (Str/2) - Clubs (Baton) 1 4 50

Warhammer 1 (Str/2)+2 -2 Clubs (Hammer)

Blades (Ax)

4 10R 1500


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Body Weaponry Name Reach Damage AP Skill Strength Availability Cost

Bone Density/Lacing - (Str/2)+1 - Unarmed Combat - - -

Fangs/Horns - (Str/2) - Unarmed Combat - - -

Hardliner Gloves - (Str/2) - Unarmed Combat - 4 100

Hand Blade - (Str/2)+1 - Unarmed Combat

Blades (Cyber Implant)

- - -

Hand Razors - (Str/2) -1 Unarmed Combat


- - -

Spurs 1 (Str/2)+1 -2 Unarmed Combat


- - -

Oral Slasher - 4 - Unarmed Combat - - -

Shock Hand - 3N (e) -half Unarmed Combat - - -

Grenades

Name Damage AP Unit Availability Cost

Flash - - Grenade 6R 30

Flash-Bang 4N - Grenade 6R 30

Flash-Pak - - Grenade 4 200

Fragmentation 5 - Grenade 10F 35

Gas Chemical - Grenade 4+Chemical 20+Chemical

High Explosive 4 -4 Grenade 7F 45

Incendiary Special -1 Grenade 8R 50

Ink - - Grenade 6 35

Smoke - - Grenade 4R 30

Splash Chemical - Grenade 4+Chemical 20+Chemical

Thermal Smoke - - Grenade 6R 35

White Phosphorous 4 -half Grenade 20F 360


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Missiles & Rockets Name Damage AP Unit Availability Cost

LAW Rocket 9/4 -6/-2 Small Rocket 16F 1000

Frag Rocket 6 -1 Small Rocket 16F 500

High Explosive Rocket 5 -4 Small Rocket 20F 650

Inferno Rocket 6 -half Small Rocket 24F 1500

Jabberwocky Jammer Rocket 2 -4 Small Rocket 12F 1600

Designator Seeker As Rocket As Rocket As Rocket +2R +500

SAM As Rocket As Rocket Small Rocket +8F +1500

Zapper Rocket 2/ 6N (e) -4/-half Small Rocket 12F 1600

MortarsName Damage AP Unit Availability Cost

Anti-Bunker 8/4 -6/-2 Shell 18F 210

Fragmentation 6 -1 Shell 15F 105

Gas/Slash Chemical - Shell 6F+Chemical 60+Chemical

High Explosive 5 -4 Shell 12F 135

Incendiary Special - Shell 12F 150

Seeker Mortar Mortar Shell +2F +500

Smoke - - Shell 8R 90

Solar - - Shell 8R 120

Thermal Smoke - - Shell 10R 105

White Phosphorous 5 half Shell 20F 360


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Ammunition Guns don't kill people, bullets do.

As damage and armor have been changed, it is necessary to redo ammunition somewhat to conform to the new

rules. In the meantime, this is also a good opportunity to adjust the ammunition types to be more balanced,because people complain about that constantly.

Ammunition DV AP Special

Regular - - -

Armor Piercing - - (max -5) -

Explosive +1 - Explodes when Heated

Flechette +2 x2 Reduced Maximum Range

Less Lethal +1 + Damage is N

Stick-n-Shock -1 - (max -5) Damage is N

Target Electrocuted

Tracers - - Bonus Accuracy with additional shots

Capsule Rounds -2 - Damage is N

Target dosed with chemical

Subsonic - - Reduced Noise

Allows Silencer

Low Tech - +2 -

RegularThe ever popular: factory standard.

Regular bullets in the 2070s are made from a variety of materials. Many of them are single pieces of plasteel or

high-hardness alloys. Some of them are even steel or cupronickel coated lead. The standard composition of

regular ammunition vary depending upon the weapon. When firing regular ammunition, the weapon's normal

profile is used. Some special Regular ammunition on the market is:

Steel CoatMany weapons have steel coated bullets standard, and in any case 3rd party ammunitionmanufacturers produce steel coated bullets in almost every caliber you could imagine, so its price is no

different from any other. Steel coated bullets are the go-to weapon against Wendigos, Fairies, and other

creatures with an iron allergy.

Silver Bullets Silver is a perfectly decent material to make a bullet out of, but it is on the expensiveside. Silver bullets are used for fighting many magical creatures, most notably shapeshifters. Silver

bullets are considered regular ammo, but cost 25 a piece. Some armorers still make their own for cost

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Armor Piercing

It is my experience that anything worth armoring it worth destroying.

Armor piercing ammunition works on many different principles, from super-dense uranium (DU) to mercury

cores (Jackals) to discarding sabot (APDS) to shaped charges (HEAP). These bullets are expensive, but punch

through armor fairly well. Choices of ammunition are usually based on what is available for a particular weapon

caliber, but for common weapons or weapons frequently used in an anti-armor capacity, choices may depend on

the kinds of evidence different ammunition leaves behind.

Depleted Uranium (DU): DU rounds are not highly radioactive, as they are composed almost entirelyout of relatively stable U238. However, they are almost as dense as pure gold and cannot pass through

an x-ray or radar sensor undetected. The radiation levels are low, but unshielded they can be detected

with a Geiger counter.

Mercury Core (Jackals) Denser than lead and capable of flowing through ballistic weaves withoutappreciable slowing, mercury is a potent (if highly toxic) weapon. Mercury filled bullets are actually

quite fragile, and deform when heated or handled roughly. Only a few weapons producers in CentralAsia even make Jackals, and the source can be easily determined from the precise chemical makeup of

the liquid metal they leave behind.

Armor Piercing, Discarding Sabot (APDS) Having a dense core that discards the rest of the bulletduring flight, an APDS round achieves super high velocity and great penetration at the target. The

system necessarily involves the discarded casing being left somewhere along the flight path, making the

scene of shooting hard to clean.

High Explosive, Armor Piercing (HEAP) A HEAP round is made of a shaped plastique charge, oftenwith a metal tip. On contact the explosive detonates, making a tremendous amount of force at a small

point. HEAP rounds can be easily detected by chem sniffers and may suffer cook offs in the same

manner as Explosive rounds can.

Explosive Ammunition

Yo dawg! We put some bang bang in your bang bang, so you can shoot people while you're shooting

people!

Explosive ammunition has an explosive element inside that detonates when the bullet hits a target. This causes

the bullet to transmit more energy to the target and be less likely to penetrate to the other side. This makes

them a go-to ammunition type for people who want to kill their targets and people who don't want to kill

people behind their target alike. Explosive rounds add one to the Damage Value of the weapon, and when they

are fired at a barrier or a vehicle they are always resolved as an attack on that target and never as an attack on

targets behind or inside. An attack with explosive rounds is resolved as a melee attack against vehicles and

barriers. If explosive rounds get very hot, they can cook off. If someone with explosive rounds in a magazine or

on their person is set on fire (either by a flame thrower or a fire ball, or whatever), then 10 rounds cook off per

combat round, causing as much damage as if the character had been hit with whatever weapon the bullets had

been chambered for. Bullets held together in a belt, magazine, or backpack will continue cooking off even if the

original source of fire is removed.


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Ex-ExEvery explosive round will tell you that their version explodes the best. There are lots of systems,with some using thermolytic reactions and others using plastic explosives and either being metal

jacketed or not. Game mechanically they are the same.

Second ImpactA second impact round is an explosive round that is designed to detonate onthe second thing it hits. They are resolved as a low tech round against the first thing they hit, and an

explosive round against the second. This allows them to shoot through glass or thin walls that they

would otherwise be unable to penetrate. But they are rarely used because most people shoot at what

they want to hit. Persistent rumors make the rounds of the underworld that you can get these to

detonate inside people, but this is basically not true.

C-12 Rounds The C-12 round is a heat-safe explosive, and it does not cook off when the user is on fire.It can be detonated by electrical current however, and C-12 rounds cook off while the user is being

electrocuted.

Incendiaries Most explosive ammunition flings penetrating metal shrapnel that cools very rapidly.Incendiary rounds send off fragments of polymer that maintain a high temperature for a longer time.

This means that the fragments start fires in a few minutes if they are used anywhere that flammable

substances like wood or upholstery are available.

Flechette Rounds

Alright men, let's kill some people!

The word flechette is French for arrow and refers in weaponry to a flight stabilized metal dart. In the early

20th century, some flechette rounds were actually rather similar to 2070s APDS rounds. Quite literally the high

density core of an APDS bullet is a flechette. However, by the 2040s, that terminology was pretty much gone,

because flechette mortar rounds have a lot of little metal darts and are used in an anti-infantry role. So in the

2070s, the word refers to the fact that the cartridge has a lot of pieces and is used against soft targets. Many

flechette rounds don't actually have any metal darts in them. Flechette rounds are devastating against

unarmored targets (+2 DV), but ineffective against armored targets (the armor value of the target is doubled).

They are much prized in urban warfare precisely because they have virtually no capability to damage things

behind walls. Because they are composed of low mass pieces, they do not fly well for long distances. A standard

flechette cartridge can't have a range profile better than a heavy pistol no matter what it is fired out of.

Frangible Rounds A frangible round holds together as a unit bullet until the point of impact,and then shatters into a lot of pieces. The DV bonus is only +1 instead of +2, but the bullet is able to use

the standard range profile of the weapon.

Salt Rounds Composed of compact salts that are common in a living metahuman, a salt roundcompletely disintegrates in a human body. Its low mass means that it uses the ranges of a holdout pistolregardless of what weapon it is actually fired out of. Any bullet that hits and does damage to a living

creature leaves virtually no trace for forensics.

Less Lethal

Sometimes you really want to be able to say in court that you made every effort to not kill your

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There really isn't any kind of bullet you can shoot people with that can't kill them. A lot of force is going through

those things, and they could easily stop a heart or concuss a brain or something. A lethal wound is still

potentially lethal, even if it was delivered with normal damage. Less lethal ammunition is basically set up to

deform on contact with the target, spreading the force out rather than penetrating it. Since they don't blast

through, they actually deliver more of their force to the target than a regular bullet does but since it is spread

over a larger area it is less lethal and easier to stop with armor. The weapon's DV is increased by 1, but all

damage is converted to normal damage and the target's armor is increased by 50% (round down). The most

common form of Less Lethal ammunition is the gel round, but the same basic concept is employed by the

bean bag and the molly bolt.

Limited Engagement (LE) LE shells fire very low mass bags of deforming pellets. They don't go very farand cause little in the way of property damage. LE rounds are often used as a crowd control measure

because they do not threaten people distant from the confrontation who might pay taxes. LE rounds

only have the range of a holdout pistol.

Stickies Sticky rounds are similar to gel rounds, save that they have an adhesive on the front and anRFID inside. Stickies can be cleaned off with alcohol or paint thinner. They are used to track and identifysuspects by some law enforcement contractors.

Stick-n-Shock

You would have crashed your stupid flying car anyway.

Stick-n-Shock ammo is relatively new to the market, and was virtually unknown in the early sixties. It is an

adhesive bullet that discharges a capacitor on impact. An injured target must make a Body + Willpower (3) test

or be stunned for 1 round for each hit they were short by. Unshielded electronics hit by Stick-n-Shock short out.

The capacitors are sometimes used for other things.

Jammers The capacitors in jammer rounds release several seconds of high density radio noise. A 1meter radius around the point of impact is impeded with a rating 6 jammer for 3 rounds.

Designators The capacitors in designator rounds super charge an RFID, giving it a signal that can beread 40 kilometers away for 3 rounds after the point of impact. The RFID is programmable, and can be

used to guide in missiles or send distress calls.

Tracers

I like to see where I'm going and also where I am shooting.

Tracers glow, leaving little light contrails in their path. This makes walking automatic fire into targets easier. If

the target is more than 4 meters away, the user of tracer rounds gets +1 to their attack dicepool when firing in

Burst Fire mode, and +2 to their dicepool when firing in Full Auto. Of course, tracers pretty much definitionally

give away the attacker's position, since the little white lines can be followed both ways.

Radio Tracer (RT) RT rounds do not emit visible light, but instead contain a coded RFID thatcommunicates with a smartlink system. RT rounds do not give away the user's position except to

hackers who can decode the system, but they only benefit attackers who are using smartlink systems.


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Capsule Rounds

It's full of gross.

Capsule rounds are small shatter vials that are filed with some liquid substance and release that substance on

whatever they impact. They do very little damage, and are often filled with paint for full armor training sessions.

However, they are sometimes also filled with DMSO and nerve agents. Larger guns can be outfitted with capsule

rounds that carry gas weapons.

Subsonic Rounds

bang.

Subsonic ammunition is a heavier, slower bullet. Because it travels well below the speed of sound, the bullet's

flight is not particularly loud. This allows the weapon to be used with a silencer without the bullet itself

rendering the entire contraption pointless. Many guns, especially heavier caliber pistols and shotguns, use

subsonic bullets standardly.

Low Tech Ammunition

For sooth! I have ye in my sights!

Lead bullets, hand-made ammunition, old NATO cartridges, and many other relics of battlefields past may find

themselves on the battlefields of the 2070s. In general, they are all lumped into low tech and are generally

considered poor. They can still be used, they just provide the target a +2 bonus to their Armor.

Wooden Bullets Originally used as a terror weapon, because the organic material would pulp in thewound and practically guaranty a hideous infection, in the modern era of micro-surgery and anti-biotics,

regular wooden bullets are almost never used. However, since there are critters (such as Vampires) that

have a wood allergy, they are still in demand by some hunters.


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Special Weapon Systems and Damage Rules

LasersWhile photopressure exists, from a practical standpoint a laser weapon is recoilless. The Strength requirement

of a laser weapon does not increase when it is fired on automatic firing modes. These are beam weapons, so

there aren't literally dozens of little pellets of light. The firing modes of FA and HV actually refer to your ability to

move the beam into and across targets. Laser weapons are not considered normal weapons and creatures

with Immunity to Normal Weapons have no special resistance. Laser beams travel from the weapon to the

target at the speed of light, and their time of flight is essentially zero at any distance combat takes place in

that is not in space. Lasers use sniper rifle range, but extreme range is line of sight. Laser weapons are at a

disadvantage in areas of fog, smoke, or other light-obscuring medium. In light fog/rain/mist/smoke, reduce the

damage of the laser by 1 for each range increment beyond short. In heavy fog/rain/mist/smoke, reduce the

damage of the laser by 2 for each range increment beyond short. If the base damage is reduced to zero in this

way, the laser is ineffective.

Flame Weapons

Flame throwers project and ignite fuel (usually in liquid or powdered form). This generally comes out of an

adjustable nozzle, and can come out as a cone or a stream. This is treated as Full Auto, but the adjustment of the

nozzle determines which Full Auto option is used. So a user must use a change firing mode action to use a wide

burst if their last attack was a walking fire action. Flame thrower streams expand to fill available space, and

essentially ignore cover entirely. Literally seeing the target is not especially necessary, and the penalties for

obscured visibility are halved when using a flame weapon. Flamethrower fuel used in the 2070s is pretty sticky,

and anyone hit by it will catch on fire. The scenery around the flame thrower operator and target can be

expected to catch fire too.

Electrical Weapons

Tasers and other shock weaponry have the ability to temporarily scramble things which require organized

electrical impulses to function properly. That includes most machines and living creatures with a functional

nervous system. Which means it includes metahumans and their drones, but not spirits or trees. Electrical

weapons do Normal damage (which is not very effective against non-living targets), but a susceptible target

must resist damage a second time, with the second soak causing no actual damage but paralyzing the target fora number of rounds equal to the amount of wound boxes that would have been filled in. The second soak test

has a base damage 2 more than the base damage of the electrical weapon, but is not increased by net hits from

the attack roll. The target also gets to add their Willpower to the soak test's dicepool. Note that drones don't

have any Willpower and are often reset for several rounds by heavy shocks.


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Explosives

Explosions from things like grenades and plastique are different from bullets in ways that make them difficult to

model as instantaneous attacks of fixed strength. An explosion is not dependent upon an attack roll by any

specific person. A highly agile demolitionist does not inflict any more damage than a clumsy one once the

explosion goes off. Explosions also do not miss characters in their blast radius, and there are no defense rolls

permitted. Each explosion rolls 4 dice as an attack roll against everything within their blast radius, with each

hit raising the damage before soak. However, 0 hits is not a miss, it is simply adding 0 to the base damage.

Explosions attenuate with distance, with every doubling of the distance from the target to the explosion

reducing the base damage by 1.5 (round reduction down), with the initial damage being good out to 2 meters. If

the base damage is reduced to 0 or less, the explosion does nothing at all and does not stage itself up. Explosives

can also be stacked virtually limitlessly. If you use three times as many explosives (such as using a burst of

grenades or mortar shells), the base damage is increased by 1 (and the blast radius expanded appropriately).

Table 3: Damage by Distance Modifiers

Distance Damage

0-2m Base

2-4m -1

4-8m -3

8-16m -4

16-32m -6

32-64m -7

64-128m -9

... ...

Cover is very effective against explosives. The cover modifier is subtracted from the dice the explosion rolls to

stage itself up, and an equal number of dice is added to the target's soak roll. If characters are aware of the

danger and in heavy cover, they may make a Defense Roll, with the hits being added directly to their soak roll

(the explosion still does not miss). Modern armor is also very effective at dealing with blasts, and the Coverage

of the armor is added to armor rating of the armor (up to a maximum of doubling the armor's protective value).

If the armor is Hardened, the increase from the armor's Coverage is also Hardened.

Example: Simba is caught with his figurative (but not literal) pants down as a frag grenade lands 10

meters away from his position. The fragmentation grenade has a base damage of 5, but at 10meters out the base damage is reduced to 1. The grenade rolls 4 dice and scores 2 hits, so Simba

must soak 3 damage. Fortunately Simba is wearing armor clothing. That has an armor of 3 and

a coverage of 2 so it provides a total of 5 soak dice. Combined with his own 5 soak dice from his

own strength, he rolls 10 dice, and gets 3 hits. The unsoaked damage is 0 and Simba is not

wounded. The guard dog closer to the center was less luckybeing within 2 meters of the blast,

the dog was confronted with 7 damage, and with no pants to save it, the dog is chunky salsa.


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Explosives against vehicles and fixed positions are more effective unless those vehicles or fixed positions are

coated in reactive armor. Explosions ignore Mass values of 2 or less, and can make called shots that ignore the

Mass of a vehicle or object while targeting parts of the vehicle that are the size of a large motorcycle (or, for

example, most doors). Armor values of vehicles and buildings and such are not increased for coverage against

explosions.

Shaped Charges

Some explosives have a special shaping that channels the blast in a certain direction. This causes a tremendous

amount of force to be focused in a small area next to the explosion. What this means in game terms is that these

explosives do a lot more damage if they hit than if they miss. Shaped Charges are written with two damage

numbers (and sometimes two AP numbers). The number before the slash is used for anything the charge was

set against (generally whatever was actually hit with a missile, but for demolition charges it's whatever it was

taped to), and the number after the slash used to determine the explosive radius and damage to everything

around that immediate target. The explosive attack roll of shaped charges does not apply to the direct target

damage, but shaped charges do get to increase their damage with the net hits from the attack roll (orDemolitions skill test) used to place them.

Damage Over Time (Fire, Acid, Etc.)

When a character is soaked in acid, freezing to death, on fire, or otherwise subjected to a damaging situation

that is ongoing, we call this DOT or Damage Over Time. While it could be modeled as a series of tiny attacks that

had a remote chance of doing damage each second, that is far fiddlier than the people actually playing the game

need to deal with. DOT damage is added one wound box at a time. A DOT effect has a delay number, and that

number determines how much time passes between filling in one wound box and the next. When a character is

afflicted with a DOT, they are allowed to resist it, which is usually the same kind of resistance roll they mightmake against immediate damage (so a damage soak roll against being on fire or a poison resistance roll

against having swallowed poison), save that the character's hits are added to the DOT's delay number rather

than subtracted from the damage done. Being on fire is still aproblem if you are wearing turnout gear, it's just a

problem that you can respond to in the near future. DOT's will continue filling in a wound box on schedule until

they end. For external sources of damage, that generally means removing the noxious stimulus, while something

like an injected poison usually has an amount of time it will persist based on how much was injected (this time

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Table 4: Delay Numbers for DOT

Delay Number Time Between Damage Boxes

0 1 second (IPs 2, 3, and 4)

1 1 Round

2 2 Rounds

3 5 Rounds

4 1 Minute

5 2 Minutes

6 5 Minutes

7 15 Minutes

8 30 Minutes

9 1 Hour

10 2 Hours11+ Double Time Each Additional Delay Number

(4 Hours, 8 hours, 16 Hours, etc...)


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The New Armors

Before selecting your weapon, you may wish to select pants.

The first thing to note is that in Alt.War, we are not keeping track of Ballistic and Impact armor. The numbers

just aren't different enough to worry about it. From now on you just have an armor rating, and if you're really

luck a hardened armor rating as well. Armor capacity is also handled differently in that the mods one can get

for armor have a minimum capacity rating to be applied to an armor, but don't actually use any capacity up.

Mods also have a coverage requirement, how much of the body has to be covered by the armor for the mod to

do any good. Armor coverage also determines the difficulty of taking called shots to avoid the armor. Armor that

covers more is harder to bypass with precise aiming, whether it is made of thick plates of plastisteel or a largely

ceremonial ballistic weave.

Like weapons, Armor takes Strength to use effectively. If the Strength requirement exceeds the character's

actual Strength, then physical actions are taken with a -2 dicepool penalty for each point the armor's required

Strength exceeds the character's actual Strength. Physical actions include Defense checks but do not include

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Armors of the 2070s Clothes make the man.

Armor Name Armor Value Capacity Coverage Strength Availability Cost

Clothing 0 1 2 - - 20-100,000

Leather Jacket 2 2 1 1 - 200

Meta-Leather Jacket 4 2 1 1 - 2,500

Actioneer Business Suit 4 2 2 2 8 1,500

Armor Clothing 3 1 2 2 2 500

Armor Jacket 6 2 1 4 2 900

Full Body Suit 6 2 3 4 10 1,100

Stealth Suit 6 2 3 3 10R 8000

Lined Coat 6 4 2 3 4 1,000

Urban Explorer Jumpsuit 6 1 3 3 8 500

Form Fitting Armor 1/R 0 1/R 2 6 500/R

Obvious Armors

Chainmail 2[H] 1 2 4 8 900

Bunker Gear 6 4 4 4 6 3200

Containment Gear 4 4 4 4 12 5500

Hi/Lo Temperature Suit 2 3 3 4 8 7000

Riot Control Armor 8 3 3 4 10R 4000

SWAT Armor 4[H] 4 3 5 16R 9000

Battle Armor 5[H] 4 4 6 14R 15000

Assault Armor 6[H] 4 4 7 16R 24000

Power Armor 6[H] 4 4 2 18R 30000


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Armor Mods Clothes make the man, but fire retardant treatment makes the clothes not catch on fire.

For the armor mods, the capacity and coverage values represent the minimum levels of both that must be

present in a suit of armor for the mod to be installed.

Mod Capacity Coverage Availability Cost

Auto-Injector 2 - 4 1500

Bio Monitor 1 2 2 350

Camouflage Coloration - 3 5 200

Chemical Protection 1 3 4 250/R

Chemical Seal 3 4 6 1000

Chest Plate 2/R 1 6 1000/R

Fire Resistance 1/R 1/R 2 100/R

Flotation System 1 4-Capacity 8 2000

Gel Packs 1/R 2 8R 1500/R

Insulation 1/R 1/R 4 150/R

Nonconductivity 2 1/R 6 200/R

Faraday Cage 3 4 6 1200

Radiation Shielding 1/R 1/R 8 100/R

Ruthenium Coating 2 3 12R 7500

Shock Frills 1 1 6R 200

Thermal Damping 1/R 1/R 10F 500/R

Thermal Equalizer 4 4 12F 3000

Auto-InjectorAn auto-injector can be included in clothing or armor. It can be triggered with a button, a wireless code, or a

linked device. The linked Auto-Injector is a discrete component. A character is welcome to simply wear an Auto-

Injector separately if it does not fit into their armor but that would be more visible.

Bio Monitor

A character can include a Bio Monitor in their armor. The linked Bio Monitor is a discrete component. Acharacter is welcome to simply wear a Bio Monitor separately if it does not fit into their armor but that would

be more visible.

Camouflage ColorationCamouflage has come a long way from the days of sticking twigs to people with mud. In the 2070s, camouflage

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body shadows. Camo is available in a variety of styles (urban, vegetation, desert, etc.) and increases the

threshold to see the wearer by 1 while they are in an appropriate surrounding.

Chemical ProtectionArmor that is treated with liquid resistant materials provides Hardened Armor equal to its rating against Acid or

Contact Poison attacks. This Hardened Armor ignores the Armor Penetration qualities of Acid or Contact Poisonattacks, and is not halved under any circumstances. It is available in Ratings 1 to 3. Chemical Protection is of no

help against inhaled, ingested, or injected poisons.

Chemical SealExtensive personal protective equipment can be made to environmentally isolate the wearer. The chemical seal

uses a vacuum layer to fully prevent gases from reaching the user. While the chemical seal is active, the user

must use an air supply. The chemical seal can be activated or deactivatd as a complex action. Armor with a

direct neural interface can be activated or deactivated with a free action.

Chest PlateThe chest plate is a rigid piece of ceramic placed over the vitals in the heart region. Even in the 2070s, chest

plates are heavy and uncomfortable, and are noticeably unusual therefore. A Chest Plate provides 1 point of

Hardened Armor per rating, but only has a coverage of 1. A Chest Plate is available in ratings 1 or 2, and increase

the Strength minimum of the character's armor by their rating. Chest Plates can be worn without armor that can

accommodate them as essentially armor in and of themselves, but this is extremely obvious.

Fire ResistanceArmor that is treated with fire retardant materials provides Hardened Armor equal to its rating against Fire

attacks. This Hardened Armor ignores the Armor Penetration qualities of Fire based attacks, and is not halved

under any circumstances. It is available in Ratings 1 to 3.

Flotation SystemThe flotation system inflates even under water due to compressed air or a chemical reaction, allowing the

character's armor to become super buoyant and act as a life preserver when triggered in just 3 seconds.

Gel PacksGel Packs are capsules filled with rapidly hardening shock gel that are attached to the insides of armor to

provide additional protection over the vital regions. They provide an extra point of armor per rating, but only

have a coverage of 2. Gel Pack systems are available in ratings 1 and 2. The protection they provide is ablative in

nature. Once the packs are broken and the gel hardens and leaks they aren't really good for much. Afterabsorbing a few shots, the rating degrades and gel has to be replaced. How many shots they can take before

refills are needed will vary and it has more to do with how many individual pieces of flack are striking than how

powerful the attacks are. Figure that a burst from an automatic shotgun will pretty much fuse the whole

shebang, but that it will last through a whole clip of standard pistol rounds. Refilling gel packs costs half as much

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InsulationArmor that is treated with temperature maintaining materials provides Hardened Armor equal to its rating

against Cold attacks. This Hardened Armor ignores the Armor Penetration qualities of Cold based attacks, and is

not halved under any circumstances. It is available in Ratings 1 to 3.

NonconductivityThe name is something of a misnomer, as Nonconductivity treatments actually employ highly conductive fibers,

but arranged in such a manner as to not conduct electricity to the wearer. It provides Hardened Armor equal to

its rating against Electrical attacks. This Hardened Armor ignores the Armor Penetration qualities of Electrical

attacks, and is not halved under any circumstances. It is available in Ratings 1 to 3.

Faraday CageFully body covering armor can provide a complete Faraday Cage.

Radiation Shielding

Made of a combination of high density materials and high Hydrogen content plastics, Radiation Shielding

is heavy, but keeps out alpha, beta, and gamma particles. It provides Hardened Armor equal to its rating against

Radiation attacks. This Hardened Armor ignores the Armor Penetration qualities of Radiation attacks, and is not

halved under any circumstances. It is available in Ratings 1 to 3. Add the Rating to the Strength required to use

the armor optimally.

Ruthenium CoatingRuthenium coating is an electrically induced color-changing system that mimics and exceeds conventional

camouflage in any terrain. It increases the threshold to spot the user by 2.

Shock FrillsOnly available on armor that has Nonconductivity treatment or a Faraday Cage on it already, Shock Frills are

capacitors that release a powerful electric shock to things that are in contact with it. Regular Shock Frills

discharge the first time something touches them, while Shock Frills that have a DNI can be discharged at will.

Thermal DampingAvailable in ratings 1 to 3, the Thermal Damping system increases the threshold to spot the user with infrared

observation by its rating.

Thermal Equalizer

The Thermal Equalizer regulates the user's infrared signature based on the surroundings, and makes the useressentially invisible in the IR spectrum. They can still be seen in visible light, but an exclusively IR sensor has no

chance of locating them.


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Vehicle Stats

This is a tree. It will take you from 60 to 0 in zero seconds.

Vehicles need attributes too. They don't have Agility or Willpower, but there are things about them that make

them distinct.

SpeedPeople rarely push vehicles to their actual maximum speed. And traveling at maximum speed isn't good for

vehicles anyway. So the speed is simply the highest speed before things start to rattle. Skilled or insane drivers

can push vehicles to higher speed by flooring the accelerator or flipping on the afterburners, or whatever it is

that their vehicle does to go faster, but for simplicity's sake this absolute maximum is considered to be

proportional to the normal speed at which the vehicle can travel. Speeds are given in Kilometers per hour, as

vehicles moving at maximum speed are not usually usefully measured in meters per combat round. In 3 seconds,

a vehicle will move 5/6 as many meters as its KPH speed, for what that is worth.

AccelerationAcceleration is usually a purely academic concern. It takes you 1 second instead of 2 to have to slow down

because the guy in front of you has engaged hands-free GridGuide, so what? In a chase across the desert or the

ocean, it won't much matter who has the faster acceleration rate, because max speed is pretty much the whole

of the answer as to who catches or does not catch whom. But drag racing does exist, and more importantly

people chase each other in traffic and confined spaces all the time. In those instances it usually doesn't matter

how fast your vehicle could go, it only matters how quickly your vehicle can change speeds.

In heavy traffic or other tight terrain, whichever vehicle has the higher Acceleration is considered faster

during a Chase. Acceleration values are given in meters per second per second. This makes it easy to plug into

physics equations. In combat, assume that the vehicle can accelerate by its Acceleration value on Initiative Pass

2, 3, and 4. For constant acceleration problems, the distance it actually travels will be its previous speed plus half

its acceleration in meters per second.

HandlingDifferent vehicles handle better or worse than others. It's a complex measurement of turning radius,

responsiveness, breaking, and gear shifting for land vehicles and even more complex measurements of an

airborne vehicle's ability to stay aloft with sudden shifts in direction and speed. Practically however, it's a

number that modifies the driver/pilot's dicepools when they are making complex maneuvers or engaged in

Chase tests in tight terrain. Handling has no effect at all on how fast your vehicle goes in a straightaway, and

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BodyVehicles roll damage resistance tests too. A vehicle's Body attribute is the number of dice it rolls for that

purpose.

MassThings which are very big relative to humans are more difficult to destroy with human sized weapons. A vehicle's

Mass is subtracted from the damage inflicted upon it in a similar manner that damage is reduced by Hardened

Armor.

Mass also affects how much damage the other party receives in a crash.

ArmorVehicular Armor is hardened by default. If you want to give a vehicle more damage resistance dice, it is usually a

good idea to just give it a higher body.

SeatingSeating is simply a measure of how many people can sit in a vehicle and still get seatbelts. Obviously if the

passengers are very good friends they can sit on each other's laps. And in large vehicles there may be room

to stand if things get desperate. Also seats may become overcrowded if the people involved are 3 meters tall or

whatever.

PilotPilot is the measure of the vehicle's ability to operate itself. In the 2070s, most vehicles can drive themselves

from point A to point B. These systems aren't actually intelligent and are designed for a vehicle operating under

normal circumstances. When a vehicle is damaged, subtract its injury modifier from its Pilot rating. So for

example: a vehicle that had suffered Moderate Damage (3 boxes) would have its Pilot reduced by 2, while a

vehicle that had suffered Serious Damage (6 boxes) would have its Pilot reduced by 3. A vehicle whose Pilot has

been reduced to 0 may still tryto drive itself, but will likely as not drive into a wall instead of getting anywhere

useful.

It is important to note that the Pilot is not merely a program that tells the vehicle what to do, it is the actual

hardware that allows the electronic commands of the software to translate into the vehicle doing real things in

real space. The Pilot rating acts as an attribute if the vehicle performs autonomous tasks (using software such as

Clearsight and targeting programs as a skill), but the rating itself caps what the vehicle is capable of doing

autonomously or under the direction of a rigger.


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Table 5: Pilot Capabilities by Rating

Pilot Capabilities

0 Cruise Control

1 Point to point travel with explicit map path or GridGuide support

Trigger basic functions such as locks and windshield wipers

2 Sensor assisted navigation in uncontrolled environments

Perform strength-requiring functions such as opening doors or targeting weaponry

3 Adjust for the motion of the vehicle in order to utilize devices

For example: targeting a weapon while moving

4 Perform functions given symbolically such as going to a place where

someone is rather than to a specific coordinate.

5 Perform multiple body problems.

For example: firing different weapons at different targets while moving.

6 Classified.

SensorThe sensory feed at a vehicle's disposal is represented by its Sensor attribute. More than simply duct taping a

video camera to the top, the Sensor is a set of hardware that integrates a series of cameras, motion detectors,

and whatever other sensory feeds into a coherent picture of how the vehicle is operating and what is around it.

Of course, a vehicle can be outfitted with specific sensors that do specific things without adjusting its Sensor

Rating. And these additional sensors may or may not be integrated into the vehicle's sensor array and control

system. You still totally can duct tape a video recorder to the top of a car if that's what you want to do.

However, when a vehicle comes with a sensor rating,you can assume that certain sensory capabilities havealready been included based on its rating:


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Table 6: Sensor Capabilities by Rating

Sensor Usually Has...

0 Speedometer

Fuel Gauge

1 Camera

GPS

2 Microphone

Motion Detector

3 Sonar System

Thermosensor

4 Radar

Laser Range Finder

5 Magnetic Analyzer

Density Scanner

6 Classified.

CostVehicles below are listed with a cost, but not an availability. The cost is how much a vehicle costs to buy it new

from whoever the dealer is. Buying a used or stolen vehicle will obviously cost very much less. In its first year, a

vehicle loses 15-20% of its value, and continues to lose value forever, albeit at a slower rate, from that point on

(assuming that it is still running at all). If a vehicle continues to be serviceable and kept in very good condition

for 40 to 50 years, it becomes a classic and suddenly becomes valuable again, but that is not something that isworth thinking about over the course of a Shadowrun game. A vehicle's value to a chop shop is usually about 7%

of its purchase price (which is by the way, what a chop shop in 2011 in Prague will pay for a new stolen car).

Due to the nature of vehicles and how they go on roads and get checked regularly by GridGuide and all that,

there really isn't the kind of shadow market that there is for other equipment that Shadowrunners use. There is

no availability rating for vehicles. You either find a seller for whatever it is you're looking for or you don't.


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The Vehicle List

You! Out of the motor pool!

2-Wheeled

Vehicle Speed Acceleration Handling Body Mass Armor Seating Pilot Sensor Cost

Dodge

Scoot

(scooter)

80 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 4000

Yamaha

Rapier

(street

bike)

220 8 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 11000

Harley

Scorpion

(chopper)

190 6 3 4 1 2 2 0 1 12000

Mitsuzuki

Aurora

(racing

bike)

340 10 5 3 0 1 1 1 2 15000

BMW

Blitzen

(Kaneda's

bike)

380 11 5 5 1 4 1 3 2 26300


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Magic

There are things that can be done that cannot be made sense of.

With changes in combat mechanics, it seems inevitable that there would be rules changes that affect the way

magic works. And indeed there are. Most changes have to do with drain management, damaging spells, and

Immunity to Normal Weapons. Because those are the parts of the magic system that directly impinge

on damage, which has been scaled.

Spells You point the finger. The finger has pointed.

Direct Combat spells inflict damage to a complete creature or object and cause damage that looks to the

untrained eye as if the target had shattered all over rather than that it had been struck by something in

particular. When a Direct Combat Spell targets a living target, it is resisted and if the caster achieves more hits

than the resistance, the target suffers damage equal to the net hits plus half the Force of the spell (rounded

down). This means that yes, if you hit a person with a Force 8 Mana Bolt, that the only possibilities are that they

will take no damage at all (if they completely resist) or that they will suffer a Deadly wound (since there must be

at least 1 net hit for the spell to succeed, and 8/2+1 = 5, which is Deadly). When targeting people, spell forces

higher than 8 are generally pointless except for the purpose of overcoming Background Count (and capping total

hits, if it comes to that).

Direct Combat spells that target inanimate targets are applied against the Object Resistance of the target

instead of having a Resistance Test. The hits on the spellcasting test are simply reduced by the Object

Resistance, and if there are any net hits, unresisted damage is inflicted equal to half the Force (rounded down)

plus the net hits, and minus the Mass of the target. Direct Combat spells can be targeted against smaller parts of

the subjects in order to contend with less Mass. A spellcaster can choose to Powerbolt a door (Mass 0) instead

of the entire building (Mass 6), for example. Area spells ignore the Mass of the target if the target fits into the

radius of the spell, but if the target extends beyond the size of the spell, the spellcaster can choose to have the

spell ground through entire objects and contend with their entire mass, or to limit their spells to only affecting

those parts which are within the area in order to ignore Mass. The latter option is best exemplified by the

movie Akira, where everything within arbitrarily defined spheres shattered simultaneously, and things outside

the globe were unaffected.

Indirect Combat Spells are handled like ranged attacks, with the Ma

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