Recent content by Galadrion

Perhaps YOU should look the word up, since you are (per the dictionary) using the wrong word according to the context you use. "Antidotal" is the adjective form of "antidote", so "antidotal" means "pertaining to a counteragent". "Anecdotal" (the word which context would indicate you intended)...

I came up with a reasonable alternative to this table which works pretty well: Take the absolute value of (2d6-2d6), and reject and reroll any result of either 0 or 10. The correspondence to Benford's Law is actually pretty good, and you don't run into reroll situations all that often. (You...

I would caution you to not underestimate how much "bite" an intimidator may have; coyotes and hyenas have killed plenty of people who underestimated them, especially when the critters perceived themselves as cornered. Intimidators can still fight, it's just that they're less inclined to in the...

I would say the the distinction between the two types is this: a Hijacker is fully prepared and equipped to back up the threats, whereas the Intimidator is rather more likely to be bluffing. When faced with opposition which doesn't capitulate, a Hijacker will tend to attack, while an Intimidator...

...For now. Hard to come up with anything quite as inconsistent as a "permanent" government policy.

That's why I specified "integral" for the stunner. (Perhaps taser... shockstick, maybe?) Have the weapon built in, and running off of the bot's power supply, so that if you remove the weapon, you have to jury-rig a replacement power supply. Sure, a MacGyver-type could do it, but most people...

Personally, in addition to the club, I'd also include an integral stunner (at the least) as a heavier response option. If it's integral to the bot, it's not going to be readily usable by the inmates (they'd have to at least disable a bot to get the stunner first, and if the stunner is powered...

For that matter, High Guard (as opposed to the High Guard 2022 Update) had an entire chapter on belt mining. It could probably stand to have a little updating/editing, but it's a good start for a house-rules version of prospecting.

Bear in mind that while a crewsuit provides no armor protection, it does provide (at least short-term) vacuum protection - which can double as breathing air and similar protection. (As an example of what this could be useful for in a marshy environment, consider this - it can substitute for a...

Technically, almost every place above global average sea level...

I tend to regard any GM statement beginning with "You were supposed to..." as a failure admission by that GM. That's a confession of attempted railroading, which is an over-riding of player agency - not a good thing at a game table. If you want to control all the characters, become a writer, not...

In games using a Wealth-type stat, I tend to think of it as a credit score, and still track money directly. Wealth stat (credit accounting) is more for things that a normal person in the real world would use a lending institution for - car loans/leases, housing mortgages, business loans, and...

I would think that, since you retain your previous vector on emerging from Jump space, jumping with a significant velocity would be an unacceptable risk to most people. Sure, you're not going to emerge within a hundred diameters of a significantly sized object... but if you're moving at about...

Well, there is the option of mining ice asteroids for fuel. Or, as you said, buying unrefined and refining your own J-fuel. (Plenty of Class C or lower starports on the mains!)

If I'm reading the material correctly, they'd probably best be represented as augmented clones. Start with a clone, add augmentations and a considerable amount of brainwashing indoctrination/training/conditioning...