Concussion Damage (CON DMG) is caused by a multitude of things; jolts to the skull due to an explosion or fall, bruises caused by ballistic hits against armor. Even if a PC’s armor absorbs the damage from a ballistic hit or an explosion, the PC is going to suffer some superficial wounds from the concussion,…
Category: Star Frontiers
Weapons Recoil
Recoil in Star Frontiers has been sadly neglected in the past, even though it is a major factor in any kind of combat, effecting ones accuracy. The following add-on rules covers this deficiency. The initial task in calculating the effects of recoil is determining the Recoil Rating. This depends on the weapon being fired. Chemically…
Hit Location Charts & Critical Hit Values
The Hit Location System uses a d20 die roll system to determine where specific damage hit. The critical hit system isused in combination to simulate near-fatal or fatal shots in the right areas. Hit Location for tailless Biped Human, Urtoan, Yazirian*, Ifshnit, average Dralasite d20 Hit Location Critical Hit Value 01-02 Head 15% STA –…
Crtical Hit Damage
With the hit location system introduced into Star Frontiers, the rules to follow expand off of it to include a possibility of killing an individual in one Combat Turn if certain areas are hit, and certain damage is done. Most of the following rules apply to humanoid or near humanoid races. For special anatomy characters,…
Automatic Fire/ Multiple Hit Location Rules
(Optional Rule) Automatic weapons are those which fire a burst. A burst is loosely defined by the type of weapon used. Most burst are weapons are projectile weapons, although Pulse Energy (E.P.) weapons do fire what is considered a burst. When an individual is hit by a burst, depending on the Success Column and the…
Odessia/Zebrefron 4
System: Zebrefron (Terran Disgnation: Odessia) Planet: Zebrefron IV (Terran Disgnation: Odessia IV) Gravity: 0.87. 88% water. 21 hour day (10 daylight, 11 night). BASICS Zebrefron is a moderate Earth-twin with 0.87 G gravity and 88% of its surface covered in water. It has an average temperature of moderate to warm, and it has fairly cold…
System: Daladan Remis
Daladan Remis Discovered in 84 Fy by the joint mission between the J’Vaarian Dominion and Terran Expanse. Planets Polomegan Meaning: The Planet of One in the native tongue.Nickname: War World Discovered during the exploration of Daladan Remis system, it was first settled by the J’Vaarian Dominion, primarily by the Terran Expanse in 84 fy. While…
Beasts: G.E.M.M.
G.E.M.M = Genetic Experiment Mutant Mistake. A beasty that I threw together in a chalkboard that Steve Rutledge later drew for me. I never really stat’ed him out because he was random. He was a big ugly baddie they found in the sewers below the corporate complex.
Alien Species: The Shri’ikkii
I changed the Starmist background a little to create this race. The easiest way to explain it is that the background material was given from the UPF archive point of view, and it was wrong. I let Starmist remain in the history as an event, but let it be forgotten after the first landing there….
Tech: GS Weapons
Gyrodyne Systems (GS) Gyrodyne Systems 30 TriMount Gauntlet GS 30 “The Gauntlet” Main Weapon system on the Gyrodyne Warrior Class “Greyslayer One” Powered Assault Armor. Tri Mounted Variable Weapon Settings with full recoil Compensation/Absorption systems: 8mm Flechette Max Damage: 35/11 (for each hit location) Effective Max Range: 400 meters Ammo: 200 rounds ROF: 20 rnd…
