MHAC-8 From the Producers of the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS™ Game 6668 OFFICIAL GAME ACCESSORY WEAPONS LOCKER By Jerry Epperson and Jeff Grubb TM All Marvel characters and the distinctive likenesses thereof The names of characters used herein are fictitious and do are trademarks of the Marvel Comics Group. MARVEL not refer to any person living or dead. Any descriptions SUPER HEROES and MARVEL SUPER VILLAINS are trade- including similarities to persons living or dead are merely marks of the Marvel Comics Group. Copyright ©1985 Marvel TSR, Inc. coincidental. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, PRODUCTS OF Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corpora- PRODUCTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION™ YOUR IMAGINATION, and the TSR logo are trademarks tion. All Rights Reserved. Printed in U.S.A. owned by TSR, Inc. Game Design ©1985 TSR, Inc. All Rights Reserved IRON MAN’S™ ARMOR DESIGN BY ANTHONY STARK BUILT BY STARK INTERNATIONAL UPPER SURFACE HIGH EFFICIENCY ACTIVATED CESIUM SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTORS MAJOR SUIT MOVEMENT AVERAGE ROUTINE COMPUTER MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY EFFECTOR BEAM PATTERN OXYGEN SUPPLY POWER PODS (STORE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY) PALM SATELLITE REPULSOR TRANSCEIVING ANTENNA MICRO-SCALE SUIT TILES FABRICATED BY GENETICALLY SATELLITE ENGINEERED METAL AFFINITY TRANSCEIVER BACTERIA WHICH ASSEMBLE COMPUTER THEMSELVES IN SPECIFIC READOUT NAVIGATION ORDERLY ARRAYS, THEN DISPLAY COMPUTER EXPIRE, LEAVING BEHIND VARIOUS METALLIC DEPOSITS WHICH FORM ALL THE METAL HATCH SHAPES AND MICRO- ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS REPULSOR PLASMA GENERATOR PLASMA TIMING COMPUTER AND POWER GENERATORS CIRCUITRY ASPHERIC TESSLATION MIRROR PATTERN SURFACE MINI-ION TURBINE FUEL CONDENSER (FROM AREA (COLLIMATES GENERATORS AIR INLET AND OF RIBS) BEAM) PUMP FILTRATION MAGNETIC FOCUS RING LIQUID LIQUID OXYGEN OXYGEN FUEL DISTILLATION PLASMA BEAM TANKS CONDENSER ORIFICES FIRE JET EXHAUST THREE AXIS SUPPRESSION DUCTING YIN-YANG SYSTEM STEERING AVERAGE SINGLE MAGNET ARRAY TILE LATERAL THRUST FINAL STABILIZATION BEAM STEERING NOZZLES EXIT COLLIMATER YIN-YANG ELECTRONIC INTERNAL MAGNET TREAD FOOT AVERAGE COOLING TILE CROSS ARRAY FOOT PAD SURROUNDING BRACING JET EXHAUST SECTION ENLARGEMENT TRIPLE INTEGRAL THERMAL OPTICAL WAVELENGTH REDUNDANCY CRIMPED MOTOR ELECTRONIC BACK UP MOTOR SPEED ABSORPTION INTERFERENCE AND STRESS LAYERS LAYERS LINEAR CONTROL ARMATURE RELIEF LAYER SHOCK ABSORBER LAYER GRADUATED (TYPICAL) DENSITY ANTI-CHAFING FOAM FUSED SILICA REFRACTORY OUTER LAYER BODY MOTION PRESSURE THERMOELECTRIC MICRO SWITCHES ENERGY CONVERTERS HEAT PIVOT (ABSORBERS) DISSIPATING (CONNECTS FUSED SILICA HORIZONTAL CRIMPED MOTOR MAGNETIC SEGMENT AND VERTICAL (VERTICAL AXIS: SECTION BEAM GENERATOR (AIR POCKET AND LINEAR MOTORS) SHOWN AT 45º BIAS) (TYPICAL) CONVECTION TUBING) ELECTRONIC OPTICAL SIGNAL INTEGRAL GRAVITON ELECTROMAGNETIC AND COMMAND MICROCIRCUITRY GENERATOR ROTOR OF MOTOR PROCESSING AND (POWER REGULATORS AND MAGNETIC (HORIZONTAL BODY MOTION SENSOR AND SUPPORT BEAM GUIDE AXIS: SECTION SHOWN INTERPRETATION ELECTRONICS) PATH END ON) CIRCUITRY WEAPONS LOCKER By Jerry Epperson and Jeff Grubb Welcome to the Weapons Locker, a copious subsections: Common weapons and Unique but became STANE INTERNATIONAL™ compendium of crafted creations sure to weapons. Common weapons are those recently. contribute to any campaign! potentially available to the bad guys and pop- STANE INTERNATIONAL was owned and ulation at large, while Unique weapons are operated by OBADIAH STANE™, having This book lists weapons and weapon sys- single modified items with unique power. driven Stark out of business Stane killed tems, including, but not limited to battle- Common weapons are broken down by himself following a battle with IRON suits, ray-guns, unique and personal Name; Price; Range (in areas) Normal Dam- MAN™. The present disposition of the cor- weapons, and all manner of destructive age (using standard ammunition); Rate of poration is in the courts. devices ranging from handguns to missiles Fire; and Number of Shots that may be fired CORD CONGLOMERATES™, better known payloads. before reloading is required. Design Notes as CORDCO™, engaged in high-tech sci- This book is divided into two primary sec- mention any special characteristic of the entific and government contract work. It tions BATTLESUITS and WEAPONS. The weapon. declared bankruptcy following scandals Battlesuits section lists armored combat There are usually two entries for Price. The involving the MAULER™ and RAIDER™ suits in complete detail The Weapons sec- first entry is for an open market, while the armors, and was purchased by Stark tion concerns itself with both common and second is a black market price (for bad guys) International. uncommon instruments of destruction, or government price (for good guys). The ROXXON OIL™ is the world’s largest multina- including a wide variety of “standard” weap- Black Market is the criminal underground tional industry, and is not above engaging ons for use by “normal” agents of subversive moving these weapons, and while untrace- in criminal activity to achieve its goals. Its agencies. able, there is a 1 in 10 chance that a black subsidiary, the BRAND CORPORA- Battlesuits have the following notation market item malfunctions. Government cost TION™, provided a whole host of super- Name; Availability and Price (if applicable); reflects the amount of additional paperwork powered agents before being closed Builder; Inventor; and Wearer; Ability Modi- involved, and the government keeps very down. fiers; Known Powers and Design Notes. close tabs on any weapon given to a hero. JUSTIN HAMMER™ is the brains behind a The Name of the armor is its make and Unique weapons are modified and special series of holding companies whose net type, usually the code name of the wearer, items used by particular heroes and villains. worth rivals that of Stark International but often, as the case with MANDROID™ and Their listing includes Name; Designer/ itself Hammer uses his money to refit and SECBOT™ armor, a separate entity in itself. Builder/User, Known Powers; and Design refurbish villains’ equipment in return for Availability and Price refers to how easy it Notes in a similar manner to Battlesuits. a percentage of their profits. Iron Man has is to obtain the various suits. Most suits are Often poison, knock-out gases, stun-rays, fought Hammer twice, and Hammer’s unique creations, but some may be available and blinding lights are listed as having a cer- present location is unknown. on the black market. tain rank of potency or intensity. This rank S.H.I.E.L.D™ stands for Supreme Head- Builder and Inventor indicates who affects the type of FEAT roll (usually Endur- quarters International Espionage and designed and built the suit. The Wearer indi- ance) needed to avoid the effects of the poi- Law-enforcement Division, a para-military cates who is wearing (or was wearing at last son or knock-out gas. If the ability is higher operation dedicated to the security of the report) the armor, as well as a summary of than the potency of gas or poison, the player free world. that character’s ability scores, so the judge must make a green FEAT roll to avoid its THE CORPORATION™ was a band of corrupt may use the character and the armor. effects. If the two are equal, a yellow FEAT Californian businessmen They have since Ability Modifiers show how the suit alters roll must be made If the ability is lower than been disbanded. the Fighting, Agility, Strength or Endurance the potency, a red FEAT roll must be made. THE COMMITTEE™ was a similar band of of a character. An ability may be raised by a For example, an Amazing potency gas criminals who worked with SENATOR number of ranks to a listed maximum rank. If causes a character with Good Endurance to EUGENE KLIGGER STIVAK™ toward a more powerful character puts on a suit that make a red FEAT roll, one with an Amazing world domination. They were a front for an allows a maximum of a lower rank, that char- Endurance to a yellow FEAT roll, and one alien invasion and have been disbanded acter’s abilities are at that lower rank. with Monstrous Endurance a green FEAT as well. Known Powers are all the capabilities of roll. AIM™ stands for Advanced Idea Mechan- the suit that are known to date, both exhib- A final note on the makers of the weapons ics, a branch of the subversive organiza- ited or listed in the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK of war: We use many names under the build- tion HYDRA that became independent OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE™. ing section, so here is a brief tour of the Their chief achievements have been the Design Notes is a brief history of the suit, Marvel Universe’s weaponsmiths: SUPER-ADAPTOID™ and COSMIC those who wore it, and its relative success in STARK INTERNATIONAL™ began as STARK CUBE™, but deal with a number of energy combat. The present fate of the suit is listed INDUSTRIES™, founded by TONY weapons as well Until recently, they have where known. STARK™’s father, Howard. It ceased been under the control of MODOK™. The Weapons section is divided into two weapon production several years back, With all that said, on to the weapons! Designers: Jerry Epperson and Jeff Grubb TSR Inc. Editor: Anna Gray McCready POB 756, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 TM Cover: Mark Bright (Color: Jeff Butler) ISBN 394-54874-4TSR0600 Illustrations: the Mighty Bullpen 0-88038-229-5 Graphic Design: Dennis Kauth TSR, Inc. 6868XXX1501 ™ Typeset by: Betty Elmore PRODUCTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION The names and characters used herein are fictitious and do not refer to any persons living or dead. Any descriptions, including similarities to persons living or dead are merely coincidental. All Marvel Characters, names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of the Marvel Comics Group. MARVEL SUPER HEROES is a trademark of the Marvel Comics Group, Copyright ©1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. PRODUCTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION and the TSR logo are trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. Game Design copyright ©1985 TSR Inc.