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Llllllllllll~Ll1lllllllll~~781894 814928 Sample File CHAPTER ONE: BASICS I- I -J Sample file -4k 9 ~~llllllllllll~ll1lllllllll~~781894 814928 Sample file CHAPTER ONE: BASICS ...................... 4 M12 General Longstreet ................67 Infantry Walker Mk VI1 Cavalier ...... 68 Fantasy ............................................. 5 Infantry Walker Mk XI1 Roundhead . 69 Steampunk ....................................... 5 PzK IV Loki ..................................... 70 Alternate History ............................... 5 PzK V Valkurie ................................ 71 Modern Day/Near Future .................. 5 PzK VI Donner ................................ 72 Far Future ......................................... 5 PzK VI1 Uller ................................... 73 Marc A . Vezina. Senior Editor Space Opera .................................... 6 Gear Krieg Modern ............................. 74 Alistair Gillies. Contributor Espionage ........................................ 6 M1AI Abrams Mechatank .............. 77 Horror ............................................... 6 M3A1 Bradley IFW ......................... 78 Christian Schaller. Contributor Sentai ............................................... 6 M1025 HMMWV ............................. 79 Campaign Themes ............................... 6 The texts in Chapter 1. 5 and 6 are RT-72 Mechatank ........................... 80 Action ............................................... 6 R-57 SCUD Mobile Launcher .........81 based on the mecha rules texts cre- Adventure ............................. Phoenix Rising .................................... 82 ated by David Pulver for d20 MechaTM Intrigue ................................. Myrmidon Light Slave Armor .......... 86 (Guardians of Order) and released Tech Levels ........................................... 6 Warden Heavy Slave Armor ........... 87 LOW ................................................... 6 Loki Light Slave Armor ...................88 . under the Open Gaming License .................................. 7 Morte Terror Armor ......................... 89 .................................. 7 Great Machine Decander ................... 90 Book Content ........................................ 7 Great Machine Decander ...............92 Using the Mecha in this Manual ....... 7 Great Wing Pelonar ........................ 93 Mecha Types ........................................ 8 Samson II Utility Mecha .................. 94 Pierre Ouellette Battlesuits ......................................... 8 Cruel Venom ................................... 95 Giant Robots .................................... 8 Trabajadores Mbviles Armados ..........96 Vehicles/Hybrids .............................. 8 MTI Model 13 Deepwoods ........... 100 Mecha Statistics .................................... 9 MTI Model 15 Deeprock ............... 101 Mecha Abilities ............................... 10 Kitsuyama AK-392 Steeplejack .... 102 Jean-Franqois Fortier Exotic Abilities ................................ 12 Kitsuyama AK-383/Z Guardman .. 103 Mecha Defects ............................... 13 Mason Aerospace One-Eyed Jack104 Weapons .......... .................... 14 Lobopiedra Preserver de la Paz .. 105 Qualities .............................. 15 CHAPTER FOUR: FUTURE WORLDS 106 Restrictions ..................................... 17 Using Mecha in Future Worlds .......... 107 Ghislain Barbe CHAPTER TWO: FANTASY WORLDS . 18 Using Mecha in Fantasy Worlds ......... 19 Power Level ............ Heavy Gear ....................................... 108 Skills and Training .......................... 19 General Purpose Gears ............... 116 Ghislain Barbe Guardians of Divinity ........................... 20 Gurdiel, Divine Guardian of Fire ..... 26 Bobbi Burquel Firelance Guardian Armor .............. 27 John Wu Blastfurnace Guardian Armor ........ 28 Faltrius, Divine Guardian of War ..... 29 Long Fang Naga Strider ............... 121 Longblade Guardian Armor ........... 30 Kodiak .......................................... 122 Stoutheart Guardian Armor ............ 31 King Cobra ................................... 123 Golernsuit Warriors .............................. 32 Type 6-16 Battle Frame ................ 124 Marc Ouellette. Jean-FranCois Fortier SampleGladiator .......... file............... 34 Moab Combat Mount ................... 125 Charger ........... Jovian Chronicles ............................. 126 Pureheart ......................... Pathfinder ..................................... 140 Grappler ......................................... 37 Retaliator . ...................... 141 Vindicator ........................ 142 Alain Gadbois. Phillippe Leclerc Syreen .......................................... 143 Beast Lords .......................... Wyvern ......................................... 144 Lion ................................................. 42 Cerberus ...................................... 145 Wolf ................................................ 43 Brimstone ..................................... 146 Cheetah .......................................... 44 ................................... 147 Eagle .............................................. 45 ....................... 148 Robert Dubois Bear ................................................ 46 Beast Lord ...... .................... 47 ASF-102 Vampire ......................... 154 Teamster Coalsuit ........................... 52 ASF-I04 Nightstalker ................... 156 Watchman Coalsuit ........................ 53 Shagiirid ....................................... 158 To Mark C . MacKinnon and Jeff Hookshark Airskiff .......................... 54 Purkhishi ....................................... 159 Mackintosh (Guardians of Order). for Brute Coalsuit ................................. 55 Outworld Changelings ...................... 160 their willingness to share the rules and Despoiler Coalsuit .......................... 56 M-46 Support Tank ....................... 164 Bombardier Submarine ... 57 M-344 Neural Rider ...................... 165 their assistance with rule questions; CHAPTER THREE: MODERN 58 M-366 Neural Rider ...................... 166 Using Mecha in Modern Worlds ......... 59 Neural Rider Variants ................... 167 To Moses Milazzo. Rachel Mastrapa. Power Level .................................... 59 Manticore ............................ and Celinda Kelsey; Rarity ................................. 59 Hermit Crab .................................. 169 Skills and Training .......................... 59 Project Graybuster ............................ 170 Gear Krieg .......................................... 60 Cu Chulainn Graybuster ............... 176 To Phil. for the GK-Modern designs . M1 1 General Early .......................... 66 Claidheamh Soluis Graybuster .... 177 .. 178 One Hand/No Hand ..................... 205 .. 179 Open ............................................ 205 I uIayDuII ............................. 180 Poor Visibility .. ................ 205 Gray Saucer ................................. 181 Reduced Endu ................ 206 Restricted Path 206 CHAPTER FIVE: MECHA DESIGN .... 182 ............................. Montreal, Quebec, Road Vehicle ................................ 206 Mecha Points .................................... 183 DREZu 9 Canada, H2H 2S6 Step 1: ChooseType ........................ 183 Service Crew ................................ 206 Step 2: Choose Size ......................... 184 Stall Speed ............. .........207 All art and design 02003 Dream Pod 9. Inc. Start-up Time ............................... 207 Step 3: Choose Hit Points ................. 184 The Dream Pod 9 logo, MechaCompendium,and Step 4: Chme Occupants and Cargo 185 Volatile .......................................... 207 all other names, logos and specific setting terms Cargo ........................................... 185 Weak Point ................................... 207 are 0 Dream Pod 9, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Step 5: Choose Armor Hardness ...... 185 Windows ....................................... 207 Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Gear Krieg. Gear Step 6 : Choose Defense Bonus ....... 186 Wind-Powered .............................. 207 Krieg Modern, Guardians of Divinity, Golemsuit Step 7: Choose Strength ................... 186 Step 13: Design Weapons ................208 Warriors, Beast Lords, Cities & Empire, Phoenix Damage Rising. Great Machine Decander, Trabajadores Step 8: Choose Speed ...................... 187 ............................ Mbviles Armados. Space Ranger Ouroboros, Land Speed .................................. 187 Special Attacks ................ Outworld Changelings, Project Graybuster and all Burrowing Speed ......................... 188 Rate of Fire ................................... 210 other proper names are trademarks of Dream Pod Water/Underwater Speed .............188 Range Increment .......................... 210 9, Inc. Air Speed ..................................... 188 Magazine ...................................... 210 'd20 System' and the 'd20 System' logo are trade- Space Speed ............................... 189 marks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and are used according to the FTL Speed .................................... 190 terms of the d20 System License version 1.O. A Step 9: Handling .. Step 14: Mecha Point Equivalence ... 220 copy of this License can be found at Maneuver ........ ............... 191 Character Level ............................ 220 www.wizards.com/d20 Dollars .......................................... 221 Wizards of
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