 August 21, 2012 - 9:29am | Issue 18 saw the publication of the "magic of the frontier" article There is actually quite a bit of new items in it and its been awhile since I wrote it so immediately upon rereading it I started to think of new items. This thread is about developing new items: For example the khad'dan honor blade was not on my horizon at the time of writing this article but it seems to me that ancient sword masters on Yazira would have excelled at their art and made rare blades like samuri swords that were so keen that they completely chopped 3, 4 or 5 prisoners in half. That said there is room for a khad'dan that would be a cultural artifact that is so sharp it does more damage on average then a regular sword- reroll all 1s when rolling damage or reroll all 1s & 2s In the article I posted a few "potions" and "scrolls" but I'm certain more are possible especially performance enhancing drugs and other illegal computer or robot programs. i expect weapons will turn up more, perhaps some proto-type vehicles, and general equipment. What are your ideas? I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 August 21, 2012 - 10:01am | Hey Tom, I don't have anything specific - still digesting the SF goodness. :-) |
August 21, 2012 - 10:48am | This one goes under "scroll" a computer data cube with dirt on someone important. It could of course be sold which is dangerous, it could be saved as a get out of jail free card with that person. It could be anonymously given to a news source etc. Its a now standard resouce and has all sorts of uses and you never can tell what the pcs might do with it. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 August 21, 2012 - 12:11pm | How about a ring/cloak or protection? Perhaps a prototype shield technology that offers general protection against a variety of attacks? Or a combat armor that incorporates said technology and still can be used with a traditional screen. Elven Cloak and Boots? Holo/sonic screen variant that quiets and also provides chameleon properties? Holy hand grenade of antioch? - uhh...nevermind that one... |
 August 21, 2012 - 9:16pm | Make a special one time use armor. Especially for vehicles. Some prototype that for one adventure repulse most attacks or something like that. |
August 22, 2012 - 10:26am | Make a special one time use armor. Especially for vehicles. Some prototype that for one adventure repulse most attacks or something like that. sounds like modern reactive armor for tanks I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
August 24, 2012 - 8:05pm | Jedion, exactly. I can see that as something special for one adventure. Especially if you have a adventure that will be going into a large combat situation. It might give the PC's that little bit in the big battle. Another thought too is something along the organic lines of tech. There was an old sci-fi movie IIRC "Laser Blast", not really sure, but this kid somehow got an alien laser weapon on his arm. It screwed him up and what not. But you could have some alien bio-weapon that fuses to a player and gives them special abilities or a weapon and have it do some long term harm as the character progresses. Maybe every use lowers STA by 1 permanantly, but if it removed they lose the arm and do not regain the STA. |
