Copyright 1990 Tony Figueroa                             
                             
                             The Pentad Nexus

    This delven kingdom that overlays this giant center of power is known
to them as LarMoire.  Its capital city lies slightly off center to the
west.  Grimalden, the capital, is a sprawling city 60 miles wide.  The
majority of the towering buildings are made from the black volcanic
material that used to cover that area which was so frequently flooded by
the lava from Mt. Mawlanta, a long extinct volcano.  The federal government
of LarMoire isn't the only power in the area although the president does
reside in the city.  He is a quinclops of great reknown and answers to the
titles President Lazzar or Mr. Lazzar.
    Unfortunately, the great city of Grimalden is perhaps the most
degenerate place in all of LarMoire.  Over half the city is the corporate
sector.  The megacorporations have a powerful hand in the affairs of
LarMoire and nearly have the power of its federal government.  They wage
war on each other or any other who stands in their way and have the
almighty dollar as their goal.  The police force is greatly outnumbered and
performs its duty by taking random suspicious people in for questioning. 
There is only a 5% chance per day that any particular armed band will be
stopped for questioning.  If the police encounter gunfire, they bring in
reinforcements which often amount to a small army (usually a company which
is 90 members).  There is a reinforcement company always on the ready, and
they are contacted for their availability before any potential danger is
engaged.  The entire police force of the city is equal to about four
regiments (810 members each) spread over the half the city that isn't
corporate ruled.  There is a separate building for each regiment.
    The most powerful corporation in LarMoire is the Mithic Megacorp.  They
like all the megacorps dabble in all the business they can get their hands
on which is why the megacorps rule so much.  Any small business operating
on its own that is found by a megacorp either joins that megacorp or is
destroyed.  Such is policy and why the megacorps control the business.  The
federal government has so far done well not to get involved with its own
products and survives off taxes.
    Mithic sells many products and many are in the war department.  Their
products are varied and even have some that nearly stand up to the USD's
Sorcerian Incorporated.  Of course, megacorps have no qualms about stealing
designs.  Industrial espionage is an everyday occurence, and the city's
mercenaries live off it.  Open warfare between the megacorps has been rare,
but it has happened.  So far, only one megacorp has ceased to exist, and
that was due to the fact that it engaged in open warfare against Mithic and
got hit hard.  The federal government was able to find proof that it was
responsible for the "riot" (if any other megacorp is found responsible for
open warfare it too may suffer the same fate) and shut it down by force.

Other Top Megacorps (followed by products PCs value):
 The Shivatron/Kalitech merger (massive destruction at affordable prices)
 Njortek (the fastest aircraft and hottest incendiary weapons of tommorow)
 Thyr Corp. (the most popular armor and armor-piercers)
 HeiDDal INC. (security goods and laser pistols precise enough for surgery)
 Distron (Their products advertise one theme: death.)
 Mars Corp. (military hardware, gunships, bombers, artillery)
 Vurkan INC. (guns,guns,guns)
 Siegefree (convenient, concealable, deadly)
 Minerva (no weapons sold here, a megacorp with morals, t-shirts to stereos)

                         Hyperville - Polaris City

    This city state is united with no others.  It began in the style of Las
Vegas, and the USD would have no part with what would eventually degenerate
into the cesspool of decadence that Hyperville has become.  It is a mere 60
miles north of the USD border and about the same distance left of Relo.
Take note that Relo, as a city state, sits on the border.  Hyperville has
nearly grown into a USD size city state.  Its current width is counted at
23 miles of sprawling complexes and towering spires.  The city is nearly as
old as the average city state, having been around for 169 years as of
Y2400.
    Since it is given no protection by the nation it sits next to, Polaris
City has devised three systems of protection.  The first is internal.  It's
name is Vulture Company and passes for what is usually called a police
force.  They more often pick up (or pick off) the leftovers of battles
between the inhabitants than enforce the law (what law?).  The second
defense is Satan's Soldiers.  The regiment carrying the name of the
Christian devil king is comprised of hardened killers.  They are a military
force plain and simple.  They destroy, not take prisoners.  Many carry
enchantmens, but all pack the most powerful hardware attainable which isn't
far from the best that their is.  In fact, sometimes it is the best.  In
general, the troops love combat.  Their crest is a flaming pitchfork.
    The final defense is a weapon, a single weapon.  This warhead named
Polaris has spawned Hyperville's nickname.  The most common belief is that
two were made.  One was fired as a test against one of the violent
"subhuman" communities that was too close to Hyperville for comfort.  The
blast the missile caused cleared an area of land nearly 70 miles in
diameter.  In case the city is overrun by an enemy force, the leaders
intend the remaining Polaris to be used on Hyperville itself.  Note that
the belief that only two were ever made is the most common belief but is
nonetheless incorrect.  Three were made.  God help any force foolish enough
to be discovered closing in on Polaris City while still far enough away to
have the Polaris fired on them.
    Now, Polaris is a warhead using highly unstable materials.  The blast
it creates is quite deadlier than any nuclear warhead devised even though
it might not affect as great an area.  The blast area it does affect is in
fact dependant on where it lands and how Polaris reacts to the molecules in
the area.  In the milisecond that the blast consumes a 15+1d10x5 mile blast
radius, everthing touched by the explosion suffers 3d6x1000 DD.  The
rotten-egg-smell-of-death fallout that follows is far more potent than any
necromancer spell, and the environment it creates is equally inhospitable.
3d4 melees after the detonation occurs, the temperature of the blast zone
will drop to 0 kelvin. This effect lasted for 194 days in the zone affected
by the test Polaris. The fallout is believed to have been neutralized by
the temperature.  The remaining warheads are kept in an underground
catacomb reinforced much like the walls of the USD city states.
    Hyperville is definitely the most hyperactive city that can be
described.  Gambling is the major source of income.  The city even has an
arena designed for mechacombat that can accomodate enough of the mechanized
behemoths for even the most bloodthirsty fan.  The Mecharena takes up an
area slightly larger than 1 mile in diameter.  It is also the training
ground for Vulture Company and Satan's Soldiers.
    There are no real laws to Hyperville that anyone heeds although the
taxes must be paid, and the Council's will must be obeyed.
                                The Talian,
                          Talian Nexus, and more

    "Talian" is the zarethian (troglodyte) word for "underworld." It is
where they live with a large of number of elven-kin, dwarvenkind, saigaths,
and kobolds.  The underground network lays underneath all of Arcanar and is
completely interconnected.  The majority of the Talian is under the
continents, however, interconnecting tunnels go under the oceans and seas
at depths deep even for the Talian.
    The Talian is a subject of much myth and legend to people in the
overworld.  Thus, many know of the caverns below the mountains, but the
"Talian" has attached to it connotations of a mythical realm with unknown
and wonders and terrors.  Most of the population in the overworld are
ignorant of the truth about the land underneath them.
    The caves and caverns become known as the Talian to the zareth just a
few miles under sealevel below the Arck Mts.  Much of the Talian is lit by
the green glow of arcanite veins, but the illumination is dim closer to sea
level.  As one goes deeper, the glow becomes almost equal to daylight. 
Plants grow there too.  Some find nourishment off the rocks and minerals,
doing without water.  Other vegetation sometimes feeds off the arcanite's
magic energy itself!  In this green-lit environment, the sparkle of mithril
can often be seen.
    The underground only truly becomes what the zareth call "the talian" at
an average of a hundred miles below the surface.  The talian beneath the
seas is usually several hundred miles beneath the seafloor.

Altered Magic and Psionics:
    The rock and metal Talian is rich in minerals, but the USD has an
agreement with the zareth to limit USD mining of the magical arcanite and
mithril ore.  With all of this magical power below the surface, side
effects could not have been avoided.  Several psychic and magic functions
operate poorly due to the magic saturated (drowned) environment.
    The following powers and powers like them or using them do not work or
misfunction in the Talian (see following note for those marked with *):
Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Mark/Locate*, Telepathy*, Teleportation*, and
anything using remote control* or mental communication*.  Those with an
asterix can be used by practicing "riding the ore waves" which means
working with the powerful flows of magic rather than against it.  This
takes up a skill slot.  If the roll is failed, the mage/esper may cancel
the attempt, but it will still use ESP/MSP.  Those who know about it, but
haven't used a skill slot may try at the unskilled level of 20%+5% per
level.

Magic and Psionic Bonuses/Penalties:
    Of course with all the magic power saturating the area, power is
increased in the Talian for the same reason magic is amplified around the
Arck Mountains.  Most of the Talian is a super nexus point in terms of
power.  There are some areas deep in the planet unreachable by the magic
flow.
    Then there are other areas were all magic is negated!  Such null-magic
zones are more often than not a result of tarlanite, arcanite that has had
its polarity reversed.  Such metal radiates anti-magic.  The zareth find
such a thing nearly an unholy act.  Who would do such a thing?  Kobold
tribes who wanted to keep to magic-null their territory against the zareth
mages would train mages to do that and nothing else.  Tarlanite could also
be used in weapons.  Of course once it is done, it's irreversible for to
convert the tarlanite back would require magic and of course the tarlanite
would negate it!  The zarethian Aruk clan would use tarlanite as well.
    Tarlanite's negation powers are such that no spell in the effective
radius about it will do anything.  No magical effect will occur.  Magic
weapons become normal weapons.  A wooden sword strengthened by magic to be
unbreakable will shatter under a tarlanite blade.
    Spell: Arcanite to Tarlanite: Range-Touch, Affects 125 lbs per level
per 50 MSP, The arcanite gets a saving throw vs magic at +4, Base Cost 50
The radius of the null-magic zone created by tarlanite is measured in feet
equal to the number of pounds in a single piece of tarlanite.  Multiple
pieces of tarlanite of the same mass in the same area don't have an
accumulative radius or null-power.

Life:
    There are many small communities in caverns or systems of caverns of
the Talian, but great cities beneath the surface are rare.  However, they
do exist, and Talian Nexus is perhaps the greatest.  It is the capital city
of the zareth.  Talian Nexus consists of five great caverns for the five
zareth clans, including the driven out Aruk clan whose cavern is
effectively a ghost town.
    Nomadic tribes also wander the Talian's caverns along with predatory
creatures.  Small reptiles, bats, worms, talian wyrms, harmless creatures,
and beasts of such power they could wipe out entire villages of warriors
without tiring.

                               Talian Nexus

    Talian Nexus is the capital of the zarethian clans.  It is also the
greatest and safest trading city of the Talian.  Almost all creatures are
tolerated, provided they behave themselves.  Drackors are not tolerated.
The most common non-zareth present are elven-kin and dwarves.  They can be
both visitors or citizens.
    Two less common races present are also the other two most common
citizens of Talian Nexus.  They are the saigath and kobolds.  The saigath
have no society of their own for they live hiding behind the power of the
zareth if not out on their own.  Saigaths are physically weak but make
powerful mages and espers.  Being typically withdrawn, few, and mistrusted,
assimilating themselves into zarethian society was probably a good
defensive move.  Kobolds on the other hand have a society, but it is a
brutal violent one.  Those who frequent Talian Nexus either belong to
renegade kobold communities or live amongst the zareth.
    The Talian Nexus consists of five great caverns, one for each zarethian
clan.  The cavern closest to the surface (the Garuk clan's) is about 100
miles below sea level.  The longest distance any of the adjacent five
caverns are separated by is 7 miles.  Below the Garukan cavern are the
Karian and Untan caverns on nearly equal levels.  Below those are the
Tarnuan and Arukan caverns.  Geographically, Talian Nexus is 100 miles
north of Lake Dark.
    The building and structures in Talian Nexus were created by labor and
magic.  Great stone and metal buidlings tower towards the ceilings and
sometimes even connect with it.  Horizontal bridges extend from the towers
and walls, interconnecting the great zarethian structures.  Some places
such as Fortress Order and Disorder more closely resemble the great human
cathedrals of Earth, only on an even grander scale.
    The zareth rulers are the Circle.  The Circle is composed of three High
Lords from each clan.  In the old days, this would mean fifteen High Lords,
but now the number is only twelve.
Talian Nexus Caverns and Clans:
Note:The sizes listed for the caverns are the maximum sizes for that
     caverns.  The smallest section of the cavern are not normally less
     than 75% of the size listed and never below 50%.
 1. Garuka: 4.5 miles wide, 2.5 miles high
    Clan Garuk's strong point is magic.  It is what is emphasized in their
upbringing, and those who do not become mages are the minority.  The
majority worship Kardum, the deity (vazatari) of magic.
    The Fortress of Disorder stands in Garuka.  These necromancers are of
the belief that using the bodies of the dead and the undead as servants is
an acceptable practice.  In their Garukan Fortress, they work for their
goal of obtaining a better control of life and death.  They do not consider
themselves Garukan, but the Garukans think that they should.
 2. Karia: 6 miles wide, 2.3 miles high
    Clan Kari are followers of Highdawn, the deity of vanquishing evil. 
They send clan members away into the world more so than any other clan for
the purpose of seeking out and destroying evil wherever it may be found.
 3. Tarnua: 4.1 miles wide, 2 miles high
    Clan Tarnu are a clan that actually prefer physical strength over magic
and mind powers.  They recognize that they cannot survive without using
magic and psionics, but Tarnuans consider it honorable to use as little
magic and psionics as possible.
 4. Untaa: 5.4 miles wide, 0.8 miles high
    Clan Unta's strong point is psionic power.  They feel that the power of
the mind is preferable to an external power like magic.
    Untaa is the home of Fortress Order, the opposing necromancer faction
to Fortress Disorder in Garukan.  They believe that undeath is a state that
should not be allowed.  They are also against ressurection and look upon
using dead bodies as automatons because it is only a short step from there
to using the undead.  Such things are against "The Cycle."
 5. Aruka: 6.1 miles wide, 0.8 miles high
    The Aruk clan was the black sheep of the zarethian clans.  It is
officially dead and no longer considered an ally of the zareth.  The Aruk
clan were worshippers of Darkanvil, the deity of evil.  They plotted to
bring all the clans under their sway but were driven from their place in
Talian Nexus when the other clans could no longer tolerate their presence.
    Arukans slaughtered those who wished them no harm.  They made pacts
with demons, created tarlanite, murdered communities of non-threatening
non-zarethians, and plotted against the other clans of the zareth.
Thirteen-hundred years ago, the other clans could no longer tolerate the
Arukans, and declared war on them.  The battle that waged was terrible.
Arukans within the other clans committed horrible acts of carnage as did
war groups that attacked the homes of the other clans, however, the Arukan
cavern was wiped clean, sending the Arukans fleeing for their lives.  They
now hide deep in the Talian, only reappearing in the guise of some other
clan.
    The only zareth not to participate in the campaign agaisnt the Arukans
were those of Fortress Order and Disorder.  Fortress Disorder did, however,
help by healing and ressurecting zareth.  Fortress Order helped only by
healing for bringing life back to the dead goes against "The Cycle" they
believe in.
    Now, Aruka is what humans would call "a ghost town." The broken towers
and spires remain uninhabited and unvisited by zareth.  Rubble lays
everywhere.  It is an unsafe place with tarlanite, weak structures ready to
collapse, and the things thad DO inhabit it now.  Creatures lurk in the
shadows caused by the greenish glow of the arcantie that remains pure in
the cavern walls.  Every now and then, a kobold tribe may set up residence
there, but they never stay.  They learn that to remain would be the death
of them.  Things now lurk in Aruka, things that do not welcome visitors.
    In Y2400, Clan Aruk still persists.  They grow ever stronger in the
Talian of Legas and Zinx.  There, Aruk plots revenge, praying to Darkanvil
and some even to Legion who no zareth would have even thought to contact
before the routing of the Arukan Clan.  Now, they would welcome him and
join his dark forces in the afflicting of carnage upon Arcanar.  Revenge
doesn't motivate all of the Arukans.  Some still cling to their original
goal of world domination.  A world ruled by Arukans, guided by the smashing
hand of Darkanvil.















                                   CULTS

                             Wave of Salvation

Location: Arck and Zinx

    Translated from Dwarven into English, this is the name of a cult of
dragonslayers.  They believe that dragons are the cause of all evil as are
all of their evil kin.  Since ancient times, this group has existed.  The
dragams retaliated by forming a cult known as the Wave of Pain if
translated into English.  Its purpose is to slaughter Wave of Salvation
members and dwarves.  It has great animosity towards other humanoid races.
The dragoncults, dragon worshippers, also fought back and are still
fighting back.
    The Wave of Salvation is no longer a strictly dwarven cult.  Any race
save evil reptillians may join.  This means all reptillians because
anything resembling a dragon must be evil.  Their destruction is believed
to be capable of driving back the drackors who they believe the dragons
brought to this world.  The Wave of Salvation seeks the Disc of Dragons. 
They are perhaps the only ones who know of its exististance, or they were
because they don't keep the knowledge of it as a secret.
    The Wave of Salvation possesses some of the most powerful dragonslaying
weapons ever created.  They have dragacider, a poison developed
specifically against dragons in Arcanar year (AY) 1399 (It is now, going by
AY, the year 5055.)  Dragacider is super rare as it can only be made with
very rare plants found in the worst part of Zinx, the Deathlands.  This
poison inflicts 1d6x90 DD against dragons if they fail their save and
1d6x10+30 DD if the save is made.  The arcanite arrows its delivered on
normally inflict no more than 4d6 DD.  The highest of their officers
possess blades doing x10 DD to dragons.
    The dragons and dragoncultists who oppose them have their own
conventional means of slaying Wave of Salvation cultists.

                                The Seekers

Location: western USD

    These cannibals seek higher power.  They seek control of the forces of
the universe and to life itself.  They delve not in necromancy or other
arcane magics for they feel pursuit of that might take away from their
highest goal.  They have many beliefs, but the value of life isn't one of
them.  
    Their armor is ceremonial, black, and monstrous.  The ceremonial robes
are black with the stars as seen from Arcanar drawn into them.  Priests
have red armor the color of blood, the life giver of the material world.
The highest ranking priests have white armor, the color of the soul and
ultimate power.  Most of the high priests have developed a power not unlike
the necromantic spirit shuriken.  The Gatherer, their leader, has developed
an ability equal to the necromantic soul star spell, however, the producing
of it drains him of all power and nearly conscioussness.  The Gatherer can
also restore life in the same fashion.  He pushes his followers to develop
as he has, so there will be a greater chance that one of them will take the
next step.
    Their rituals involve such acts such as delving into the craniums of
still living sentient beings and eating their brain.  Light machineguns and
electrical weapons which stun but don't kill are the most popular amongst
them.
    The Empire supplies them in return for uptdated knowledge of all
progress they make in their quest.  The Emperor himself receives the
reports.  The Dagger Order under Emperialist Master Dagger is the Seeker's
Empire connection.

                               Dagger Order

Location: east of Lake Dark (Lake of Stars)

    The necromancer Emperialist Master Dagger's order is the closest thing
to a cult that the Empire has.  He uses the Tacters (Tactical Division) and
Rippers, but he is proudest when he uses the specially trained ZD (Zombie
Division), a division of his own creation.
    The ZDs are adeptars who, having participated in a horrifying
necromantic ritual, have become DDP beings (HP+DAP=DDP).  They are his
cult.  He is their priest, perhaps their god.  Their faith and undying
loyalty is proven again and again.  When Master Dagger orders them to die,
he expects them to put the barrel to their head, and they do.  When the
follower is ressurected, they kneel in awe at his mercy.  They are too
valuable to him to be wasted permanently.
    The ritual alone and Master Dagger's magic alone isn't responsible for
their state.  Their state isn't quite undead.  Super-alive may be closer to
the mark.  Their life is a force that inhabits all of their body,
supporting its life even under the most dire circumstances.  A decapitated
body can still be maintained.  Only when immobilized or completely
destroyed (negative EN in DDP HP) does the ZD truly die. The ritual
involved the consumption of both living and undead flesh.  It also involved
the Life Stone, Master Dagger's prize possession.  With it, he has created
true zombies with 10x the DDP, punches doing 1d8+8 DD, and maximum zombie
IQ.  Master Dagger himself has reserved the majority of the Life Stone's
power for himself.  His body is a DD structure with DDP x10 his HP and DAP.
If he could change his title, it would be Lord, but that title is reserved
exclusively for the Emperor.  Master Dagger is among the Emperor's most
powerful Servant Masters who are second only to the Emperor and the Council
of the Board.
Note: The Board is perhaps the most powerful torture device ever devised. 
Only the Emperor and the Council of the Board know about it in detail. None
of its subjects have left it in a state to give information about it or
anything at all.












                          The Wasteland and Cults

                             Particle Children

Location: The Wasteland

    These are what most people would call madmen.  They believe in the
Power of God which lurks in, on, and over the desert landscape.  This god
of theirs is radiation.  They believe that through prayer and faith that
they will be improved and rewarded.  Being risen up to the heavens is what
they believe to be the final step.  It's radiation poisoning.  Amazingly,
this cult has prospered.  It's reunited the removed peoples of the
wasteland.  They fight against their foes together and more often than not
they win.
    Here's a brief (as brief as I could make it) history of the desert
people: Approximately five centuries ago, a delven kingdom invaded the
parched landscape.  In the new land, they encountered the last remnants of
the race of that ruled and destroyed Legas and themselves.  It is believed
that all of the Legaians were killed.  The delven kingdom built itself in
the high-tech shells of the Legas Empire's cities and soon fell victim to
the continents poisons.  What had been a victorious invasion and a
wonderful experience of technological discovery quickly became slow and
painful death.
    Then there were the cultists.  They found a strange glittering over the
landscape at night.  They saw it as a sign from one of their gods for which
there was a occurence in one of his tales and began to worship it.  Strange
changes began in them, and the ones who stayed normal were envious.  The
changed ones became their priests.  They even started a now nearly extinct
mutation of the arcane arts, nuclear magic, and most of the psychic gifted
delves evolved into nukers.  The powers of the mutagenic radiation were
wondrous to them but frigthening to their peers.
    Angered by their survival, the delven kingdom declared war on the
cultists and were destroyed by their superior mutations.  During the course
of this development, a race similar to humans originating from Zinx arrived
and began exploring, setting small towns here and there and being amazed by
the lack of magical monsters.  Some of the Zinxmen even joined the Particle
Children.  However, they soon all came to know the cybernauts.  Then came
the Narchank (a few pronounce it Narch-nak).  They were the worst.  The
cybernauts were normally loners except in the cities, but the Narchank
drackors came in hordes of warped and mutagenically deformed demonic
slaughterers.
    Now, the Particle Children and other communities still fight battles
against the cybernauts and Narchank in a neverending battle for survival.

                              Mutant OCCs   

Note: All who are altered by Legas radiation gain the bonuses listed for
Wasteland Mutations (+2 to save vs magic, etc).
    
Particle Child: These people are quite zealous in their beliefs and pray
often everyday.  It has been discovered that once infected by the Legas
radiation, it never leaves.  So, they take advantage of it, making mutant
adventurers sent forth by their people to discover and report back.
 OCC Powers: 2 Wasteland Mutations per level (the roll can be adjusted by
one either way to obtain a more desired effect)
 OCC Skills: The Particle Children train in many things for daily survival.
WP Sword, WP Axe, WP Energy, WP Pistol, WP Rifle, Cook, Track, Land
Navigation, Dowsing, Detect/Make Concealment/Ambush, Identify Plant 
 Lethal Radiation Posioning: At L10, there's a 10% chance of death.  This
chance increases by 10% each level after.  They believe it's the best way
to die.  To be taken by God is an honor and better than being taken by the
enemy.  There's a chance the starting level for radiation poisoning could
be 1d4 levels lower because of a low EN.

Mutant: This is someone who spends most of their time relying on their
mutant powers gained in the radioactive landscape of Legas.  They gain 2
Wasteland Mutations per level.  OCC Powers: 2 Mutations per Level, OCC
Skills: Any 10

Mega-Mage: These few are those learned in nuclear magic.  They rely upon
MSP (Mega-Strength Points) to cast their spells which are a combination of
atomic magic and psionics.  Requires: IQ 12 / MS 14 / EN 15
 OCC Powers: They may develop 4 powers per level, taken from Nuclear Magic.
These spells highly resemble the powers of the Nuker.  The saving throw
against this magic is 16 or higher.  Mega-Mages have +3 to save vs
magic/psionics at level 1 and +1 more every following 2 levels.  The
channeling of their magic reduces their mutations, so they only mutate once
per level.  MSP: MS+EN+ESP Bonus (+6d6 PLA), MSP: 6d10, ESP: 6d10; They
aren't proficient in the use of their MSP or ESP, but they can use T-
W/Psionic items using the MSP equivalent of x2 MSP or ESP.
 OCC Skills: Same as the Particle Child
 Lethal Rad Poisoning: Their magic use protects them somewhat, so they
usually never die of this until around Level 10.

Note: Those others who are infected and take actions against the radiation
poisoning (which most do unless they're suicidal) only mutate once per 2
levels.  This is also the mutation rate for other character classes who
become followers of the Particle Child philosophy.

                               Nuclear Magic

1. Alter Size: R-touch, This will either shrink one subject (and equip)
down to 6 in. or enlarge them up to double size.  Duration: 2 MPL, MSP: 6
2. Black Death: R-290', This inflicts 100 HP (10 to DDP) straight to the
target's center. MSP: 10
3. Crystal Eye: R-Sight, This will magnify images x100, and provide the
powers to see the invisible, see aura, and see in total darkness. 
Duration: 4 MPL, MSP: 6
4. Crystalize: R-90', This alters 125 lbs/Level to crystal.  It won't
affect something it can't completely convert.  It won't kill living beings
but trap their soul within.  The crystal's DDP is half its weight in lbs. 
Multiple parts on the same target aren't fused togehter.  Duration:
Permanent (until dispelled), MSP: 30
5. Double Wounds: Duration: 2 MPL, All blows struck by the caster in hand
to hand combat inflict double damage.  MSP: 6  
6. Double Death: R-900', If the 100 DD that this spell inflicts slays the
target, the target is restored, and the damage is repeated again but much
more slowly.  Once the process has begun, the victim may not die until
successfully saving versus magic.  An attempt may be made at the end of
each melee.  Inanimate objects are only destroyed once.  MSP: 50
7. Expel Dead: 90' Radius PL, All spirits of the dead, animated corpses,
and undead must save vs magic or be blown back to their own world, the
world of the dead. MSP: 18
9. Fireball: R-90' PL, Damage: 1d6 DD PL, Blast Radius: 25' PL, MSP: 6
10. Forcewall: R-25' PL, Area: 25' High and tall PL, 20' wide, DDP: 100 PL
per 25' wide block, Duration: 20 MPL, MSP: 50  
11. Iceblast: R-200' PL, Multiple ice shards are fired at 100 MPH PL at
their target.  The save is a dodge.  Caster is +5 strike, not including
other bonuses and WP Thr (may be added).  Damage: 8d8 DD x Level, MSP: 30
12. Magneto-Twist: 50' Radius PL, This allows the caster manipulation of
magnetism of a wide area.  100 metal lbs PL can be moved about at will.
1d10 DD PL may be twisted into metal per action, or metal may be hurled for
that damage.  Duration: 2 MPL, MSP: 20
13. Mindbolt: R-18' PL, This is a mental bolt of force. MSP: 1d6x10 DAP PL
= 1 MSP, 1d6 DD PL = 3 MSP
14. Mindslay: R-8 PL, The victim must save vs psionics.  Failure means  a
quick death for the mind and slow agony for the body (1d4 melees). MSP: 50
15. Mithril Muscle: R-Self, The caster's muscles are molecularly altered,
and the ST is x5. Duration: 3 MPL, MSP: 6
16. Nega-Claws: R-Self, A glowing black set of blades appears on a hand. 
Caster's armor is unaffected.  The claws do 5d6 (+2 PLA) DD each.  Whenever
something is killed by these claws, they must save vs magic, and a failure
means there's a 25% chance of a dimensional portal opening.  A 10% chance
exists that this is a vortex with a 20+3d10' suction radius.  MSP: 15 (+15
for each additional set per hand)
17. Negate Poison: R-10' PL, Poison is automatically eradicated (no save)
from the poisoned victim, and 1d6x10 poison damage is healed.  MSP: 6
18. Neural Shock Wave: 18' Radius PL, All those caught in the psychic wave
must save vs psionics or be shocked unconsciouss for 1d6 rounds PL. MSP: 15
19. Neurual Steel: The caster's mind is strengthened, giving him amazing
faculties.  IQ x5 (good skill bonus), Duration: 4 MPL, MSP: 12
20. Hypno-Aura: Everything the caster says must be saved against, or it
becomes a subliminal message. (Save vs Psi), Dur: 3 MPL, MSP: 3 
21. Spectrum Warp: 5' Radius PL, This causes the spectrum to warp around
the caster or an area.  The warped caster is -10 to be struck, parried, or
dodged.  Everyone in a warped area is -10 excpet the caster.  Dur: 4 MPL,
MSP: 5
22. Silver Spear: R-75' PL, This silvery spear alters itself to damage
whatever the target may be.  Damage: 3d6 DD (+1d6 PLA), MSP: 9
23. Spirit Speak: This calls upon a spirit and establishes possible
communication.  A skill roll must be made for a particular spirit.  It
appears in 3d6 minutes.  Dur: spirit decides, MSP: 12
24. Sunball: Light Radius: 50' PL, The small globe goes where the caster
commands it.  It will not harm vampires (etc) but will make them run. 
Duration: 10 MPL, MSP: 4
25. P-Beam: R-150' PL, Damage: 1d10xLevel +30 DD, MSP: 20  
26. Possess: This is guarded against by a save vs death.  R-Touch, The
caster's mind transfers to the possessed body.  Duration: 2 MPL, MSP: 15
27. Presence Sense: 120' +10' PL Radius, Duration: 5 MPL, MSP: 5 
28. Raise Shadowclaw: This summons a shadow claw from a shadow.  Control
Duration: 2 MPL, A AP check must be made to send it back.  A sunball will
allow another check at +10.  MSP: 30
29. Regeneration: R-12', 1d6x10 Damage PL is regenerated by the magicked
flesh.  Casting at double cost will recreate lost limbs.  MSP: 12
30. Ressurection: R-Touch, CT: 4d4 melees, MSP: 120
31. Sandplates: R-20' PL, This will form, with at least pound of sand, an
array of plates that form into armor upon the chosen.  DDP 120, MSP: 12
32. Solar Plate: This creates a disc that glows with bright intensity
(illuminating 20' radius) that may be used as an indestructable shield by
the bearer.  It is a +10 to parry.  Dur: 4 MPL, MSP: 12
33. System Shock: R-24' PL, This uses an electric shock to knock out an
opponent for 3d6 melees.  MSP: 2
34. Telekinesis: 15' Radius PL, 100 lbs PL, Damage bonus from hurling:
Caster's STx5, Duration: 4 MPL, MSP: 5 
35. Telepathy: R-1 mile PL, Two-Way communication, Dur: 3 MPL, MSP: 2
36. Twin Fists: All blows struck by the caster's fists inflict double
damage.  Duration: 5 MPL, MSP: 3
37. Distablize: R-90' PL, Nuclear Explosion!, Damage: 3d6x10 DD to 90'
radius, middle 10' diameter suffers double damage, If the detonation target
was a living being, a successful save vs death will negate.  For everything
else, the save is a dodge.  MSP: 90  
38. Warpspace: This transports the caster to another dimension.  He can
leave it at any point.  A skill roll is made to determine successful
destination (be it another dimension or down the street.) 500 lb allowance
per passenger.  MSP: 50 +1 per passenger
39. Warspell: 500' Radius, This blasts 6d6 opponents for 1d6x10 DD, and
regenerates and ressurects 6d6 allies.  The caster immediately lapses into
a coma at -HP equal to EN minus 1 (1 hour to live). MSP: 120
40. Windrun: R-50' PL, The recipient can run at SPD x5.  Dur: 5 minutes PL,
MSP: 6

                         The Wastelander and Nomad

    These two OCCs are those who left the Particle Children to go off on
their own.  They are sort of like sub-cult cultures of adeptars.  Certain
individuals realized that their strength were being greatly amplified by
the environment.  Soon, more wanted to know how this was accomplished. 
They, the Wastelanders, were accused by the Particle Children of bending
God's power to their own will and cast out.  The nomads, on the other hand,
have their roots in individuals who sought to be indestructible.  The
powers of Legas focused their desires into reality according to their level
of will power and belief.
    The Wastelanders are so self-named because they believe it accurately
gives credit to their roots.  Those who practice this art of Chi (another
measured form energy which all things possess) channeling have since
learned that it only takes the proper training and discipline to strengthen
the body's muscles and learn to lift and smash the Chi of objects rather
than their mass.
    The nomads were besides being nomadic also powerfully adamant about
being "not mad" when the Particle Children said they were just that.  Their
powers are those of strengthening their body's Chi to become harder to
break.












                               Cyber Systems

    Robotic Cybernetics: These systems look like metal.
DDP: Head 100, Body 300, Arm 100, Hand 50, Leg+Foot 150
Sockets: There is no bleeding if a cybernetic piece is severed from a
living part.  There's a cybernetic socket there.
Cost: $1 x DDP
Attributes: 
Arm: Base ST 24, $10,000 per point of increase up to ST 60 (30 [or natural
ST if higher] if the arms, body, and legs aren't all cybernetic), +20 bare
fist DAP damage from the robotic hand
Leg: Base Spd 24, $500 per point of increase up to Spd 132 (50 if not
completely a cyborg), +40 DAP to kick damage
Total Cyborg DX: 20 (Head, Body, Arms, Hands, Legs, and Feet.
Note: This sort of bionic conversion destroys all MSP and ability to
channel magic.  One of these parts reduces the MSP by half, and another
eradicates it completely.

    Weapon System Note: The weapons are assumed to be powered by the engine
in the cybernetic body of the character.  If the character doesn't have a
cybernetic body, an E-clip must be used.  Weapons doing 36 DD will have 30
shots, doing 60 have 18 shots, and doing 80 have 14 shots.  LE-clips have
1.333 more shots (round up), and CE-clips have 1.66 shots than e-clips
(round up).

                            Cyborg Enhancements

    Head:
Brainchip: This replaces the brain, the only only original body part that
remains in the total cyborg.  It requires air and sustanence.  This chip
needs no oxygen.  All ESP is lost.  This technology can also be used on
totally healthy people to replace the brain in cases of brain cancer.  The
DX is raised to 24 now if the user is a total cyborg. $200,000
Back-Up Brainchip: This is a functioning and always up to date copy that is
placed in the body.  It can be accessed directly and used instead of the
head brainchip, but it's mainly only a storage unit.  If the one being used
is destroyed, the other lapses into a coma-like state for 24 minus MS
hours. $50,000
Communication Net: 10 mile radio, 20 mile CW with mind's eye CV $2000
Razor Teeth: 1d4 DD, $4000
Extra Eye Sockets: Maximum: Head 8 (total), Body 8, Hand 1 each, Leg/Foot 1
each; $600 per socket (eye not included)
 (Note: The head comes with a pair of normal cybernetic eyes with no
special features.  One or all of the following can be added to each.)
Laser: 1d6 DD per eye, WP Sys, WP H, WP Energy, $6000 per eye
Optic Eye: Infrared, Ultraviolet, Thermo-Imaging, Passive Nightsight, Color
20/20, Magnification (close), Telespopic(far), $3500
Targeting Grid: +1 strike with long range weapons, $10,000
Video Recording System: Recorded on a 30 hour half-inch disc stored in
head, $3500 +$3500 more if wish to view it in mind's eye




    Arms and Hands:
Retractable Forearm Blades: Four per arm max, 1d6 DD each, $6000 each
Mini-Missile Launcher: payload three, arm snaps open to fire, $18,000
Laser: 5d6+6 DD, long barrel in hidden compartment, WP Sys, WP Energy +
Rifle, +3 strike, $50,000
Razor Fingernails: 1d6x10 DAP, $600
Flashlight: Range 240', $750
Plasma Discer: 1d6x10 DD, WP Sys + E + H, $60,000
Switchblade: 1d6 DD, $6000
Retracting Knuckle Spikes (4): +2d6 DAP to punch, (add +1 DD each if used
in DD punch), Fire Them 1d4x10 DAP each (WP Pistol), cost 90$ each to
replace, System and Four Spikes: $800
Knuckle Bomber: knuckles release directional explosion upon contact doing
1d6x5 DD, MK 3+4 available as hand replacements, $30,000
Blade Claw: replaces hand, 3d6 DD, $ 20,000 (+2 S/P version, $60,000)
Large Blade Claw: replaces hand, 5d6 DD, $30,000 (+5 S/P version, $130,000)

    Body:
 Standard: Oxygen Storage Cell with 5 hours to supply the brain.  It
replenishes by sucking in air when ever the analyzer determines the air is
safe.  If a brainchip is used, this can be used to expel gasses like a
weapon.  The body has four storage compartments for which the below can be
implanted in rather than on the body's exterior.
Proton Cannon: 1d8x10 DD, concealable if in a storage compartment space, WP
Sys + H + E, only enough power to fire two at once, R-2500', $80,000
Missile Rack: behind secret panels, 8 mini-missiles, uses space of two
storage compartments, $48,000
Spotlight: Range 1200', $1500
Jet Power: Jet has 75 DDP, Fly 120 MPH, $12,000 
Shoulder Beam Cannon: 1d6x10 DD (two max), R-4000', $60,000 each
Extra Limb Sockets: Up to four more on the upper torso, three more on the
lower torso, $12,000 each
Tentacle: (stats are nearly identical to arm)
Power Source: Fusion Reactors, Shielded Arcanite, Protoculture, and Argor
are the standard choices of energy source.  If removed from the Miranda X
dimension, the argor reactor stores enough power for 210 hours, an Arcanar
week.  It then shuts down.  In this situation, the organic brain will still
have air due to a back-up system, but it will starve and die. 

    Legs:
 Each leg has two storage compartments.
Rocket Rack:  This uses both storage compartments.  It has a payload of
eight mini-missiles. $48,000
Jump Coil: spring up and/or across distance equal to Spd x1', This is
installed in both legs and doesn't take up storage compartment space,
$12,000
Energy Blaster: concealed in leg compartment/s, one 6d6 DD, two firing as
one 1d6x10 DD, WP Sys + H + E, $40,000 each

    Anywhere:
Blade Launcher: A one-shot weapon that fires a spinning taelon blade
slightly over 1 foot in diameter.  Damage 1d8x10 DD, Range 2500'
Cost: Launcher $800, Each Blade $800, Takes 5 seconds to reload it (1/3 of
actions per melee).
    Total Cyborg:
 Automatic: +5 save vs Magic/Psionics, Average Weight: 1000 lbs
Enhanced Thrust Strength: Robotic ST (see RCB), $250,000
Wired Reflexes: +4 initiative, +4 Roll With, DX +2d4
Extra DDP: The DDP of each part can be increased up to double the normal
DDP, but the cost is $10,000 per DDP point.  It still costs the standard
amount to repair.

    Bio-Metal:
    Bio-borgs are often made by replacing the skin and bone with bio-metal
but leaving all else intact.  This has a way of slowly turning the body's
original internal systems into a bio-metal structure.  Once the
transformation is complete (1d6 months).  Bio-metal parts will instantly
stop blood flowing from wounds.  Nerve and toxic gas won't affect bio-metal
anymore more than normal metal, but the internal systems are vulnerable to
inhaled and ingested poisons.
    Another use of bio-metal is simply to use it rather than normal metal
in the construction of a cyborg.  This is a completely mechanical method
and uses the same rules that are used in making cyborgs.  The DDP of the
parts, however, are the bio-metal DDP.  This DDP can still be increased up
to double its standard.  The bonus is that the bio-metal can be crafted to
look and feel like an organic substance! (like human skin)

    Rips:
Rips bionics are completely compatible with the previous options.
Cyberplug hardware is compatible with headjack systems.

    Underflesh:
    The standard metal cybernetics can be placed under a *flesh* coating to
hide their appearence.  These parts are smaller and have less mass, so they
can be concealed.  These parts have half the standard DDP.  They can buy
extra DDP to have double their starting DDP.  The *flesh* is either
cyberskin, a rubbery coating, or actual flesh from original parts that the
cybernetics can sustain.  The *flesh* has DAP equal to the original DDP of
the part.

    Modifications for Organics:
    Limited Availability:
    Neural Wired Reflexes: With a little metallic wiring in your head,
everything will move in slow motion to you.  +1 APM, +2 Initiative, +1d6
DX, Special Autododge (1d20 + only DX bonus), Cost: $240,000
    Limited Availability:
    Wardrug Gland Implants:  Talk about an adrenaline rush!  When you
engage in combat, this will kick you into high gear!  The implant is good
for at least a year under heavy use.  +2 APM, +4 Initiative, Special
Autododge (1d20+ only DX bonus), Cost: $120,000
Note: Similar gland implants may be used that inject a different kind of
drug. Those substitutes are common (but not as safe).
    Warning:  There is a 25% chance of death even if surgery is a success
for the two above body modifications.  If the surgeon fails either doctor
roll (DD or Cyberdoc) the bonuses from the surgery become penalties (can
try again to correct it and another attempt may then be made at the
implantation.)  If the doctor fails both rolls, the patient dies.
Time: 1 hour times average of doctor's two % rolls (cyberdoc + DD)
    Muscle-Enhancement: Muscles can be grown, increased, and supplemented
with new vat grown muscles.  This cannot raise a ST if it's already at the
normal racial limit.  For example, a human couldn't have his ST raised this
way if it was already 24 or above (3d6 +1d6 if 3d6 16-18 = 24 max).
Cost: $10,000 per 1 ST,  Takes an hour per operation on average.  Usually,
two hours recovery time.



Cyborg OCC:
    Most characters will likely have a phobia against cybernetics and
bionics, and the DM is recommended to distribute this phobia bountifully. 
There have been, in many past years, incidents regarding artificial
augmentation that could scare the bravest character away form implants. 
The Cyborg character is one such character whose only claim to fame is the
possesson of implants.  
    Skills: Any 10
Amount of Cybernetics:
    $2 million with minor affiliation (it was in the past with the expected
possibility of being required to do favors for that group)
    $2.5 million with major affiliation (still in their emply for at least
several years)
    $1 million with no affiliation (money from inherited from Uncle Bill's
will,etc)













                                   EMPIRE

    This is the feared name of organized crime on Arcanar.  Although there
are many human members, it existed before they arrived.  If something is
illegal then they've probably done it.  They deal in all kinds of drugs.
Humans have introduced to them drugs that existed on Earth during the drug
wars of the 20th-21st century. The most lethal and expensive designer drug
is called Flow. Flow is 100% addictive. It enslaves the person and takes
over their mind. When it wears off, an equal dosage must be taken within
days or even hours if the user doesn't want to die from withdrawal. Flow
has been known to turn people into wraiths instantly. Also, it is a perfect
channeler for D-36's dark energy and is a sure fire way to condemn the user
to a one way trip to hell.
Emperialist Division: These are the rulers of the Empire. They oversee what
goes on. They give orders to the other divisions who carry out their plans.
They are the dealers and the masters. They make up the ruling council that
rules the Empire. (E.C.S. = Emperialist Crime Syndicate)
Ripper Division: These are the killers of the Empire. They are the
assassins and murderers of the Empire. They enjoy their work. Many are
especially fond of blade weapons and like to see their targets ripped to
shreds and splattered.
Tactical Division: These are the warriors. Love of heavy combat is required
to be one of these soldiers. Their purpose is total destruction of the
intended target.
Probe Division: This is where the spies and masters of clandestine
operations find their place. Often sent in before the tactical division in
order to find weaknessses of the enemy. They also specialize in sabotage.

The OCC of these crooks is the same of their division name. Any H to H 
form is available. No skills are restricted if they have to do with their
division's purpose. Most of them use a special enhancer drug, called flash,
to pump up their power. It adds +3 ST/SPD/DX, +1 APM, and +100 DAP.
    They are suspected to have a large base in southern jungles of Ark,
quite far from the locale of the USD citystates in the forests north of the
mountains.

    In truth, the Empire is a nation in itself based on personal freedom
and near anarchy.  It's capital city is hidden deep in the Southern Jungles
by ancient magics that the so-called gods themselves cannot unravel.















                    THE EMPIRE 2 / Martial Arts Skills

Here are some special martial art skills that the Empire has unearthed,
those with listed base damage can do it direct to HP if no damage bonus is
added (from ST).  Note that there is an ancient combat skill that costs 1
skill that allows 4 fours skills worth of these to be picked.

Wind Kick: full melee, can't move except to face a new direction, get 15
kicks (can use 3 per APM max), get an AR 21 (AR 19, -2 to hit) works on all
DAP attacks and DD attacks that could be parried without a shield
Anti-Tackle Punch: 4d6 DAP, successful hit means avoid leapattack /
jumpkick
Serpent Strike: punch, kick, or bite, does 3d6+3 DAP and save vs poison or
take 1d8 for 1d6 melees from bad Chi vibrations
Energy-Fist: Range 120', 2d10 DAP
Missile Fist: R-20', 3d8
Wind Palm: see Wind Kick but use punches not kicks
Shockwave Kick: use any damaging kick, R-60', width is 5' for every 10'
away from kicker, everyone hit must roll 1d8+ST against the attacker's roll
of 1d8+ST if those hit don't beat the kicker's roll they lose 1 APM, may
dodge this, takes 2 APM to use
Rocket Foot: R-40', 4d10 DAP, 3x a melee max
Soma Weapon: Charge a currently held metal hand to hand weapon with energy
from the soul and from D-36. Its damage is now DD or if already double it.
Takes one action to power up. The charge disperses when the concentrating
stops. [4 skills]
Lightning Fist/Kick: at L7 it can be gotten by picking or trading in
phoenix palm or dragon kick for it, 30 punches/kicks, use 5 per APM max,
provides a general MR 26 for protection, can't move from your spot but can
change facing
Shi Shi Houkouden: R-10'+1' PLA, This power enables the character's strong
emotions (anger) to be forced into a chi-blast form that is launched from
both palms (uses both).  Damage: 1d6 DD per 2 levels (1,3,5,etc),  This
power is mentally draining and emotionally taxing.  It saps 1 MSP which may
be recovered normally.  The SSH does equivalent x10 DAP damage to DAP
structures (x5 to ADP/RDP).
    MS can be used to increase the power of this attack.  For every 2 MS
expended, the SSH's damage is increased by an amount equal to its normal
damage.  When this is done, a save vs pain must be made.  There is a
penalty equal to -1 for every 2 MS expended.  Failure means unconsciousness
for 1d6 minutes.  MS returns at 1 per minute.  Skills: counts as 4

Empire Mechadrone S-4:
    This is a new four-legged walker drone.  Weight 1.5 tons, Ht 10', Width
7'; body 3.5' tall and 6.5' diameter; spd 100 mph, feet can grip with a ST
60 to climb walls and grab things; accelerate 50 MPH per melee;
DDP by Locale: Body 300, Legs (4) 120, Gatler 80
Combat: APM 5, strike +6, parry +6, auto-multi dodge +12
Weapons: 1. Gatler: 1d8x10 DD, range 1600'
         2. Kick 4d6 DD, Ram 1d6 DD per 20 MPH -2 APM
Kill 'Em All Laboratories:
    This is where much chemical research goes on.  They've recently
introduced new poisons into the black market.  These new lethal poisons
inflict equal damage to DAP and DDP life forms.
                                 EMPIRE 3 

    The ECS (Emperialist Crime Syndicate) (as called by the USD) has some
special equipment that needs to be listed here.  Their mages employ D-36
Black Magic (never Rain Blood or Soul Claw though).

ECS CyberTAS System:
    This ECS system is an oldie I've reinstated to this Darkworld 3rd
Edition (Yes, there were two previous ones). Implants are in the head,
elbows, and knees.  The taelon head augmentation is usually of a
mirror-like luster.  This cybernetic system condenses and binds flesh into
DDP toughness.  A low frequency proto field also enhances it, providing a
Mega-Rating 16.  HP + DAP are kept separate but are converted to DDP on a
point per point basis.  The elbow and knee blades/spikes inflict 1d12 RDP
each.  ST is x3 and vision into the ultraviolet and infrared spectrums is
provided along with thermo-imaging.  An explosive device used to be
installed to detonate traitors, but the USD kept detonating it for themm,
ending that practice.  It also has C.H.U.-style DD power attacks (see Some
Rules of Thumb section).

Razor Ribbon SMG: fires coiling bands, 1d4x10 DAP if hit on a single-shot
make a DX roll off against the attacker, if failed- the razor ribbon wraps
around you, trapping your arms against your sides, you can try to break
free by making a ST roll off with the band (ST 40), you take 1d4x10 DAP per
attempt, Ammo - 12, bands and gun have 30  DDP, fires bursts, Cost: $1200

M.I.R. Pods (Magneto Intrusion Renders): palm size magnetic pods that
attach to armor and rend it, WP Thrown, activates upon impact, inflicts 2d8
DD initially and 2d8 DD at beginning of each melee thereafter, DDP 5, can
be removed by destruction or with Computer Systems Skill or Electrical
Engineer Skill (-10% if using without locksmith skill) counts as a simple
electronic lock so takes 2d4 minutes per attempt, if smashed the excess
damage goes to what it's attached to, Cost: $120 (mass produced)

ECS EBA: 90 DDP, all standard USD features, -5% to prowl, angular, dark
color but the hue varies with enviroment or ECS standing, colors by rank
are green (L1-2), blue(3-4), red(5-6), and black(7-8), white is obviously
used for arctic enviroments / Tavare Plate style (180DDP) is the best
available, mechanoid (150DDP) is the most common, all bear recognizable ECS
markings

ECS Ripper Picks: 2d6 DD, 1-handed, 6 DDP, WP Axe+Thrown, Cost:$1200ea

Spell: Demonic Summoning: one D-36 demon per level, 6 lesser demons/devils
of Hades or Hell or 1 of their greater demons/devils, Casting Time: 1
Minute, MSP: 42

Bore Pistol: 4d8 DAP, 8 rounds, continues to do damage if imbedded in a
creature for the bladed bullets bore in per melee, Cost: $500





                             The Chitin Clans 

    These marauders consist of mutant insects, genetically altered humans,
and other arthropods.  All have endo and/or exoskeletons of reinforced
chitin.  Some are cold and calculating while others are sadistic
megalomaniac warmongers.  Some love battle enough to die for it. They
commonly assault highways and other well traveled areas with transportation
of their own.  Hovercycles and land vehicles are the most common means of
attack.  They sometimes utilize power armor or natural locomotion
abilities, but that is the exception rather than the rule.  Mutant insects
can be created through the cross-dimensional RCC, making them up, or with
the Flagedium Mutants in Orbit book.  The Rips Xiticix can also be used. 
Their goal is to live out a life as an insect predator in modern society. 
Eating opponents, looting, and indiscriminate extermination of opposing
lifeforms are all acceptable while abduction, torture, and rape are frowned
upon for they don't serve their goal.  They don't consider storing other
lifeforms for food being abduction.  The Chitin Clans associate with the
Empire.

A Chitin Clanner Mantis
Appearence: normal mantis abdomen (4 legs), but have two pairs of mantis
claws, plus a set of arms with hands (all in all 6 arms + 4 legs)
Attributes: 3d6 except ST 50 and DX 45 (+10 S/P/D, +5 initiative)
DDP 2d8x10+30, Ht 8', Wt 350 lbs, Fly 40 MPH, APM 6, punch/kick 3d6 DD,
bite 5d6 DD, 1-handed hold - once obtained can crush with a mantis arm for
1d4x10 DD per action, know at least paired or quadrupled weapon skill
                                     



























                            Empire and Emperor

    The Empire always has been on good terms with the realm of D-36.  They
didn't always call it that though.  Once the USD was established, many of
their operatives began referring to it as D-36.  However, some still refer
to it as Lanta.  That was the closest they could ever come to pronouncing
the Rocor's word.  Supposedly, that Rocor word refers to a holy realm.
    However, it only appears that the Empire and D-36 are on good terms.
Through all these centuries, the Rocor still cannot control, manipulate, or
even influence the Emperor.  He's far too powerful for them. A fear exists
that he would return to their Lanta and conquer them.  That is far from his
thoughts.  Nothing exists for him there anymore.  And although he can
easily withstand the Rocor, his power is far from what they fear it to be.
    His plans are to continue work on this world of Arcanar (not the only
planet he has operations in progress on) until the Empire is all that
remains!  When he has absorbed all the life energy he can grab from this
world, his army shall move forth onto the next world, Earth!  If
successful, not perhaps even Atlantis would be able to withstand his
blitzkrieg!  After that, there are more targets.  After all, his goal is
multiversal domination, true godhood!

                       Flow: The Empire's Lifeblood

    The drug flow is one of their main sources of profit.  Once taken, the
person is completely addicted, and those of an evil alignment enjoy it
while those of good alignment are horrified by what they become.  Users
experience evil thoughts encouraging them to do hideous acts.  They feel
superior to others and (willingly or not) enjoy the pain of others.  This
is all due to the linkage of the user's mind to the dark energies of D-36.
A successful mind block will prevent this, but the addiction is physical.
    Upon taking a dosage of flow, the user feels a surge of power and
strength and then within 1d6 minutes falls into a coma for 1d6x10 minutes.
During this time, visions are seen of death and destruction, sometimes with
the user in control, savoring it all.  Othertimes, recent events concerning
D-36 are experienced.  When the user regains conscioussness, they feel
charged (+1 S/P/D) and also feel a craving for more flow with varying
strength depending on how soon the next dosage will be needed.  Another
dosage must be taken within 6d12 hours to prevent becoming a living wraith
(see next paragraph.)  Taking a dosage more than half the time sooner will
count as an overdose as will taking twice as much at the required time.  An
overdose has a 75% chance of killing the user in 1d6 minutes.  These dead
are 50% likely to become a wraith in 5d6 minutes.  Of these, 75% are normal
wraiths.  Survivors, on the other hand, lapse into a 2d6x10 minute coma in
1d6 minutes.  Upon recovering, some of their life is likely to have
withered away.  Survivors are 25% likely to have had their minds blown out
of existance, but all have their flow addiction cured.  
    A living wraith is one whose touch causes a MSP drain of 3d6 if a save
vs poison isn't made.  They also gain the ability to sense MSP in a 100'
radius.  The person will die in 1d6 hours if an infusion of MSP isn't
gained.  If an infusion is gained, the person dies twice as fast and rises
as a wraith in 5d6 minutes.  Taking flow at this point is equal to an
overdose.
    When a flow user becomes a wraith in the same dimension as the Emperor,
he is able to absorb their dying life energy.  Because of this, he has
decreed that flow will only be used in this dimension by the ECS. 
Coretaine also has a life-trapping cyrstal that stores the energy when he
has other-dimensional business to attend to.

                               Spider Order

    Master Spider is a delf or more precisely, he was a delf.  He serves
him because he's more powerful, and he hates him for the same reason.
Master Spider has already obtained his goal.  He's made himself immortal.
The reason for his hatred of the Emperor is that the Emperor has grander
goals.  Master Spider is what would be called in China as an ultimate
taoist.  Taoists believe in being in harmony with nature and that proper
adherence to this can lengthen the life.  To the delves, he is one who has
successfully merged with nature.
    He developed the Way of the Spider to help realize his goal and having
followed it to the end or at least Level Nineteen, he's succeded.  In fact,
he's succeded to the point where he can not only envision himself as the
spider, but he can become the spider.  A spider with control over the
natural forces, natural forces that no longer affect his life.  Now, he
spreads the Way to all who will join him.  The best way to understand the
Way is to see it:

               Spider-Style: An Elite Martial Art (8 Skills)

L0: Basic Chi Mastery (It takes 2000 XP of practice to reach L1.)
L1: APM 2, Strike +2, Parry +2, DX+2, Serpent Strike, Delven Taoism,
    Language: Delven, Climb, Boxing is unavailable, Body and Neck Hold (+1
    to maintain hold per level), knife-hand 1d6, snap kick 1d6, crescent
    kick 1d10, Body Hardening Techniques (stone ox, kangeiko and shochu
    geiko, iron hand, dam sung sing, wrist hardening, chagi); Spider-Style
    uses the Rips Conversion Book body hardening conversions, so the
    Spider-Style practitioner has DDP 47+3d6!  Power Punch (2APM) 1d6+3 DD,
    Power Kick (2APM) 2d6 DD
L2: +2 APM, +2 Dodge, Prowl (+20), 
L3: +2 APM, S/P +2
L4: +2 APM, Dodge +2, Leap Attack (Back Flip too)
L5: +4 Damage, Multiparry, S/P/D +2
L6: Can now phase each arm into two humansized spider limbs (no hands), +2
    Skills to or for paired wps (increases to quad), Double Chi/MSP, +30
    DAP damage to attacks from spider limbs (+3 DD if a DD power attack)
L7: Can now phase each leg into two spider limbs, Double Speed, Leaping
    Distance: Spd x 1', Dodge +1, Chi x2
L8: Sight in all eight directions, Dodge +1
L9: Strike/Parry +2, Presence Sense, See Invisible, Imp to Poison
L10: +100 DDP, Chi x2, can scale most surfaces by touch
L11: +100 DDP, Chi x2, normal skin darkens and becomes glossy
L12: +100 DDP, Chi x2, +2 Save vs Magic and Psionics (The mind strengthens
     for the coming changes.)
L13: +100 DDP, Chi x2, +2 Save vs Magic and Psionics
L14: +100 DDP, Chi x2, eyes change to have four pupils each, can secrete a
     sticky substance with a stickiness equal to ST 40
L15: +100 DDP, Chi x2, the power to transform into a giant spider twice the
     size of the human body, poison bite: equal to punch plus 1d6x10+30 DD
     of poison, other physical attacks do quadruple power kick damage in
     this form, +500 years to life; Merged with nature in spider form,
     spells can be cast mentally.  The type depends on the alignment: good
     (holy), selfish (mage), and evil (necromancy).  All spells of that
     type are usable.  The spell level power is at level one.  The XP
     gained after L15 equals the spell level, so you have to sort of keep
     track of two OCCs simultaneuosly.  This only determines spell power
     and the bonus to save vs magic.  MSP is equal to Chi as is normal with
     a spy or martial artist character.
L16+: For each level past L15, +100 DDP is gained.  At level 18, the
      creature becomes immortal by age.

    Note: Look under the Flagedium Death Weaver spider for any stats not
found here, like web spinning.

    The Empire's new force of Nids are specialists under the Spider Order.
Their armor has arms and legs that split in two, each half gripping
protecting one of the new split limbs.  A called shot is needed to strike
the half-protected limbs.  Two to four vibro-claws doing 2d10 DD each
(requires the fourwinds skill to use) is issued to each soldier.  These
claws and the the natural spider limbs may be used as WP Knife.  Most
soldiers are proficient with that weapon and have taken extra training in
knives (fencing.)

































                          Empire City: Lantarton

    The Empire's City is hidden deep within the harsh jungles south of the
Arck Mountains.  Emperor Coretaine's fortress is a tall and wide dark spire
that rises from the city's center.  It is clear to any keen observer that
Empire City (or Lantarton) is built around the Lantarton Fortress, since
the city surrounds the fortress in a stable 1.2 mile radius.  No being
outside this radius or 120' above ground will see anything other than
jungle.  Only those who have been withint the fortress can see the city
from the outside.  That is the power of the enchantment. The enchantment
itself could possibly be destroyed by destroying the fortress or something
within it that powers the magic, but it may be an enchantment that simply
hangs over the area.  In any case, the entire city area is filled with the
power of a nexus point emanating from the fortress. Within the
fortification, the power of a super nexus point is generated.  This power
is cloaked an cannot be detected due to the enchantment.  The protective
magic prevents anything other than jungle from being sensed within by
magic, psionic, or any other means.
    Lantarton is well defended.  Cannons adorn the fortress which are used
to shoot down any craft which may perhaps fly into it.  The ECS Air Force
also guards their home along with a great amount of their best high-tech
military hardware.

                         ECS Air Force: Cyclotrons

    These elite individuals are those dedicated to the Empire.  Their
higher ranks make up the Home Guard and the Lantaine Lancers, but they
begin in the AF.  These soldiers are drug free (no pumper) but have a few
implants although not enough to make them a cyborg.
    Cyclotron Armor: EBA, DDP 140, 15 lbs, half damage from lasers, The
helmet is the one part of the silvery reflective armor that never comes
off.  The single red sensor eye is linked directly to the cyclotrons' optic
nerves and the helmet is bolted to their taelon-fortified skull.  Their
natural eyes have been removed so that the optic pylons can go through the
eye sockets beyond their skull.  They have full 20/20 vision as well as
thermal-coloration sight, UV, and IR.  The IR only picks up heat while the
thermal colors in with heat what would normally be a visible spectrum color
picture.  Bonuses: +2 strike with LR weaponry due to ultrasonic targeting
Prowl -50%
    Cyclotron Weaponry:
Laser Rifle: +2 Hit with LT and Target Grid, 3d6 DD, 60 Shots, MG Bursts
Bayonet: 1d6+2 DD;  Sword: 1-handed, 3d6 DD
    Cyclotron Training: Hand to Hand Expert, Navigation, Read Sensory
Equip, WP Systems +2, Pilot Jet Fighter, Tilt Dodge, Evasive Manuevers
    Average XP Level: 1d4+2, The Cyclotron normally serve as foot soldiers
until reaching L3, and then the become Dervish pilots.  XP is often gained
in training and during rigorous arena combat.  Beyond L7, They are drafted
into the elite Home Guard around L8 where they are trained to become part
of the Lantaine Lancers.





    Cyclotron Dervish:
 This craft is a dark grey assault jet/hover fighter.  Although meant
primarily for defense of the city, it was designed for assault and
destruction.  Engine: Argor, Length and Width: 30', Height: 12', Wt: 4 tons
Top Speed: Mach 6, Flight Ceiling: 60 miles, VTOL + Hover capable,
 DDP By Locale:
Body 280, Beam Cannons (2) 100, RPC 250, Internal Engine 200, Bomber 150
 Weaponry:
1. Particle Cannons: 1d8x10 DD each, 2d8x10 when fired linked, R-6000'
2. LRM Launcher: The undercarriage can carry up to four LRMs.
3. Bomber: This fires a spread of four bombs that do 1d8x10 DD to 75'
   radius.  They can be dropped below on a specific target (called shot of
   22, 80% chance land 1d6x10' away anyway, if miss 1d6x25' away) or spun
   in a random direction (1d8) roll for each (1d6x100+100' away).
   Payload: 64
4. Piloting Bonus: Double APM, +3 Strike, +6 Dodge

Shadowmech:
    Height - 19 ft, Wt - 9 tons, Top Running Speed - 189 MPH
    Engine: Argor or Shielded Arcanite, Crew- 1, Cargo- 1 passenger
    This mecha is pure black taelon.  Its streamlined design is entirely
swept back and is designed for speed and manueverability.  The impressively
lightweight and durable taelon armor design is newly developed by ECS
engineers.  They are used for infiltration, delivery, and defense.
    They are sometimes equipped with a shadowcloaking device.  This hides
them from radar and most other sensors.  The top of the line models are
installed with the ability to shadowmeld the same as the magic spell. 
There is no limit as to its usage.
DDP:
Head 90, Main Body 350, RPC 200, Arms (2) 150, Hands (2) 75,
Legs (2) 200, Ion Blaster 100, ML 120
Weapons:
 1. Ion Cannon: This weapon, mounted on the right forearm, is the
    primary weapon.  Damage: 2d6x10 DD, Range 4000'
 2. Missile Launcher: (Left Shoulder) Payload: 24 mini-missiles
    max volley - 8, or 4 SRMs, 3 MRMs, or 2 Long Range Missiles
 3. Punch 3d6+4 DD, Kick 3d6+10 DD, ST 80

Home Guard Infantry: Implants: CyberTAS, HG Optic Helm
 HG Armor: This tall thin suit is worn standard with the HG Cloak.  The
helmet has the same optic system as the Cyclotron Armor but combined with
the CyberTAS.  Stats: Height 8'
Weight 120 lbs, DDP 250, Prowl -25% 
 HG Cloak: AR 19, Weight 120 lbs, DDP 250
 Weaponry:
Sword: 2-handed, 4d6+2 DD (fourwinds only works on it for those 8'+ tall)
       In other words, the HG infantry can use this one-handed.
Cyclotron LR + Bayonet: See Cyclotron description







Lantaine Lancers: Implants: CyberTAS, Optic Interface, Cyberlung, Oxygen
Storage Cell, Anti-Ill Implants (+10 save vs poison/disease/virus)
 Lancer Battlesuit: This powered suit is quite similar to the HG armor in
that it's tall and thin.  It has an almost point dome head with two "eyes"
which are actually sensors as close to eyes as the Lancer has.  The helmet
stats are identical to the CyberTAS with the +2 Strike bonus from
ultrasonic "sonar" targeting.  That bonus combines with laser targeting for
a total +3 Stike bonus.  Height 8', Weight 1.5 tons, DDP 400, ST 80
Punch 4d6+2 DD, Kick 5d6 DD
 Lancer Cloak: AR 19, Wt 120 lbs, DDP 250
 Lantaine Lance: Length 9', Wt 500 lbs, DDP 90, In hand to hand combat,
this weapon inflicts 1d4x10+20 DD.  The lance's tip can grip the target
magnetically  with a ST 40 after striking.  As a particle disruptor cannon,
it does 1d6x15 DD.  The cannon can also fire a 2 APM burst, doing 3d6x10
DD.  A favorite tactic is to magnetically lock the lance to a target then
fire with the cannon.
 Training: It is presumed that a Lancer is of at least L9.  At least half
were retrained in hand to hand combat at L8 to get martial arts or
ultraviolent combat or had those forms to begin with.  The other half still
has hand to hand expert.  (When retraining, it is important to note that
attribute bonuses of the form's previous levels are not gained.)  A select
few (10%) were trained to be Lancers from the beginning and may be as low
as L7 but with martial arts training.


                           More Legacy Weaponry

Psi-Bolter: This handweapon channels psionic power into kinetic bolts.  2
ESP is used for each 4d6 DD shot.  There is no saving throw against these
guns, only dodge or a rare parry.  Cost: $48,000
Psi-Blaster: This SMG-style weapon operates along the same lines as the
psi-bolter but is far more powerful.  2 ESP is used for each stress blast.
This can only be dodged, but there's a saving throw against the intense
artificial mental stress.  If the save is failed, the victim is -1 APM and
is -2 to S/P/D.  3 ESP is used for each 6d6 DD burst.  4 ESP is expended to
fire a psychic discharge, that can only be dodged but may be saved against.
The results of being hit by an uncontrolled psychic discharge are losing
half your APM and being -1 S/P/D for each level of the psychic.  6 ESP is
used for each 1d6x10 DD blast.  This device runs on argor.  Cost: $120,000
Psi-Bander: A hand-held device which fires psionic coils, completely
incapacitating the victim.  The target must make a saving throw vs psionics
or be snared.  At the end of the next melee, and at the end of every
following melee, another save may be made to break free.  Each blast of
bands drains 5 ESP from the user.  Cost: $6,000
Iczer-Lash: This small palm-sized device forms psionic energy into a
terrifying whip of pure energy that incinerates itself through most
materials in comes in contact with.  (WP Chain) The possession of WP Iczer
adds +3 to strike with the Iczer-Lash.  Damage: 1d4x10+5 DD, ESP: 15 per
melee, Cost: $180,000
Psi-Detonator: This rod fires a thin beam of psionic energy that causes a
powerful explosion upon contact.  The blast inflicts 5d10 DD to a 15' Blast
Radius.  Each blast requires 5 ESP.  A roll to strike must be made.  This
may be used with (choose one) WP Pistol, Rilfle, or Thrown (tossing the
beam at the target).  Remember, autododges don't move one out of a blast
radius.  Cost: $200,000
Iczer-Band: This wrist-band activates a force bubble around the wearer when
activated by fear (fail save vs Horror Factor) or by deliberate activation.
This field prevents entry and exit.  The only methods of attack through it
are psionic attacks from the inside out (much like the psi-beast's force
field).  This field has 50 DDP per 5 ESP or 3 MSP (if non-psionic/can only
be activated by fear in this case) and lasts until destroyed or lowered
deliberately.  In case of fear, it will add shielding whenever near being
destroyed.  The Iczer-Band will also fire bursts of psionic energy blasts.
The beams can be activated by fear or intention as well.  They do 1d6x10 DD
and drain 10 ESP or 6 MSP.  It's +5 to strike (may add WP Energy + Iczer).
If it misses, a second strike roll is made to see if it does half damage
(3d10 DD.) Cost: $750,000
Iczer-Card: This looks like a "normal" deck of playing cards with
nightmarish techno-terror characters on it.  When charged with 3 ESP, one
of these cards may be thrown with the accuracy (weight and balance) of a
throwing knife.  They explode upon contact, inflicting 5d6 DD to a 5' BR. 
WP Thrown (WP Iczer adds +4 str).  Cost: $50 per card/$2500 for a deck (52)
The Incinerator: This titanic wide-barrelled short-bodied molecular cannon
fires near invisible beams that cause molecular breakdown which in turn
causes heat and often flame.  Being impervious to fire isn't a defense
against this (need to be imp to breakdown.) Damage: 1d4x10+5 DD, Payload:
Argor, But it can be charged with psychic or magic energy to inflict 3d4x10
DD for 3 blasts.  The cost is 5 MSP (by magic) or 10 ESP. Cost: $150,000
(The blasts aren't considered magic or psychic.)
                         Weapons of the Wasteland
                                ...and etc

    The Wasteland, officially Legas, is a place avoided by most intelligent
enough to.  [See Cults section for a breakdown on the history of the
Wasteland]  Weapon design, beliefs, and magic are all different on this
continent of desolate blasted landscape thousands of miles from the homes
of most beings.
    The Wasteland is where the strange weapons of RDP originate from. These
are Reflex weapons.  The weapons react to substances they interact with. An
RDP sword striking DDP will armor will take on the properties of that
armor, becoming strong enough to cut it.  These reactive materials are rare
and found only in the Wasteland, like bio-metal.  Classes like the Nomad
use Chi and will to themselves become RDP.
    All of the stats given in DAPx10 will inflict damage to DDP.  The
damage is determined by dividing it by ten.  Wasteland DAP armor can suffer
DD.  The damage is suffers from DD is the same number x10 DAP.
    Thrown [Thr] weapons inflict one-tenth damage when used hand-held
unless otherwise said.  Shurikens inflict damage to user and target in hand
to hand combat.

Knives: Bio-Metal 1d8 DAP, Electro-Blade 1d4x10 DAP
Kniford (round shaft on hilt with long blade at end) 2d4x10 DAP
Chainsaw Knife 2d8x10 DAP, Shovestick (2-H) 2d6x10+20 DAP (1-H) 3d10 DAP
Boot-Blade (kick) 1d12x10, Fist-Razors 3d4x10 DAP
AP [Thr] Knife 1d8x10 DAP, Magna-Shuriken 1d8x10+10 DAP

Swords: Magna-Metal Short Sword 2d8, Ultra-Steel Longsword 3d6 DAP
Fist-Blades 2d6x10+20 DAP, Shredsword 2d6x10+30 DAP, Chainblade 3d6x10 DAP
Warblade (2-H) 4d6x10+60

Axes: Battle-Axe 3d6, Combat Axe (2-H) 5d6 DAP, Meat Cleaver 1d10x10 DAP
Adder Axe 2d4x10 (+1d4x10 Poison), Ion Axe (2-H) 2d8x10
Assault Axe (2-H) 2d8x10+40 DAP, Deth Axe (2-H) 4d6x10 DAP
[Thr] Axe 2d12x10 DAP, Citadel Chopper (2-H) 5d6x10 DAP

Blunt: Morning Star or Warhammer 3d6 DAP, Bladefan 1d8x10 DAP,
Mega-Mace (2-H) 2d8x10 DAP, Malice Mace (2-H) 3d8x10+10 DAP
Mars Mace (2-H) 3d8x10+60 DAP

Chain: Ripflail 4d6, Razorchain 1d8x10+10 DAP, Hookblade Chain 2d8x10+10
Knifedisc Flail 3d6x10+20 DAP, Laser Flail 4d6x10 DAP
Plasma Whip 1d30x10 DAP

Saw: Chainsaw 1d6x10, Vipersaw (2-H) 2d6x10+20 DAP (+2d8x10 Poison)
Impaler-Saw (2-H) 3d10x10 DAP

Polearm: Spear 2d6, Spearstaff 2d8 (Spears: 3 rds, 6d6)
Rocketspear 1d6x10 (3d6x10 Thr), Pokestick 3d6, Steel Staff 4d6
Bladestaff 6d6, Shockstaff 4d6 (SVPain or lose 1 action)
Zapstaff 1d4x10 (SVPain or lose 2 actions)
Bomberpole 1d8x10 DAP (light contact explosions)
Bio-Metal Halberd 2d6x10, Saberd 3d6x10, Proton-Pole 3d10x10 DAP
Hammerbomb Staff (1 use/1 contact explosion) 1d6x100 DAP  

Armor (Non-Environmental):
Chainplate 500 DAP, Speedmail 750 DAP, Stormplate 900 DAP
Mega-Mail 1100 DAP, Legaian Plate MR 12 DAP 1200
Repulsar Mail AR 24 - Repels Damage (DD too), hits wearer if AR beaten

Power Armor: [See Wasteland Merchandising Inc. + convert to DAP x10]

Shields (Hand-held, MR protects shield, not user):
Small MR 15 DAP 120, Medium MR 19 DAP 480, Large MR 21 DAP 960
Serec Shield MR 23 DAP 1500, Sonic Shield MR 24 DAP 2000
Stinger Shield MR 24 DAP 2500, Taelon Shield MR 24 DAP 3000
Tozon Shield MR 24 DAP 4000, Taelozn Buckler MR 25 DAP 5000

Bows and Arrows: 1-H Longbow (can fire arrows 2-H) 12 Mini-Arrows/Clip 6d6
HE Arrows 1d8x10 DAP, 1-H Laser Bow (WP E) 2d6x10 DAP
Beam Bow (2-H, WP E) 1d10x40 DAP

Crossbows: AP Crossbow 8 Rds/Clip 2d8x10, MG Crossbow 4d6 Rds 40 (Burst)
Ion Crossbow 1d6x10 DAP (2-H, Fires Bursts)

Handguns: Blaster (WPE) 1d6x10 DAP, Beta Pistol (WPE) 4d6x10 DAP
Shard Pistol Rds:4 1d6x10 Hits:2d12 targets, Laser HG 1d8x10 
Missile Pistol Rds:4 4d6x10 B.R.9', Riot Pistol Rds:14 2d8x10
Blade Pistol 3d6x10+30 Rds:26 (Flips into Knife: 2d8x10 DAP)
Acid Pistol 2d10x10 DAP +1d8x10 for 1d4 melees after Shots:25
Sabot Pistol Rds:60 1d6x10 DAP (Burst)
Pulse Pistol (WPE) 1d6x100 [4x/melee]
Particle Pistol 1d10x50, Plasma Pistol 1d8x10 (Bursts)

SMGs (If it can't fire bursts of listed singleshots, then the listed damage
is the burst damage for a 1 action burst.) :
Armorbolter 6d6 Rds:60 (Burst), Proton SMG 3d4x10, Laser SMG 2d8x10
Tri-Crystal 3d6x10, Sapphire SMG 3d8x10, Electrical Launcher 3d10x10
Spikar Rds:5 1d8x10 Hits:1d12 One/Multiple targets, Plasmar 1d6x100
Legaian Ionizer 2d6x100
[See WMI wps for Burngun and Acidgun + DD variants of some of the above]

Rifles (2-H): Shotgun 6d6 Rds:12, Laser Carbine 1d6x10, Rad Rifle 1d8x10
AP Shotgun 2d10x10 Rds:20, HUN Beam Sniper (+3 Strike) 3d8x10 Rds:50
R-19 Autorifle 1d8x10 Rds:50 (Burst), Ruby Rifle 3d10x10
H.E. Shotgun 1d4x100 Rds:10, Plasma Rifle 1d10x50, Particle Rifle 1d8x100
Harpooner R-600' (1 melee to reel in) Rds:1 1d6x10 DAP

Heavy Weapons (2-H): Grenade Launcher 6d6x10 DAP to 10' B.R. Rds:12
Rifle-Mounted Grenade Launcher Rds:2 Stats identical to stand-slone model
Flamethrower Rds:60 R-60' 4d6x10 + 4d6x10 PrM for 1d6 Melees afterwards
Rocket Launcher Rds:6 2d8x100  to 12' BR,  Meson Cannon 2d12x50 DAP
Legaian Gatler Rds:180 (MG Burst) 6d6x10 DAP

Misc Equipment: Shield Clip - attaches a 1-H weapon to a shield
Bayonet Mounter - attaches a 1-handed sword to a rifle (WP Polearm)
Flesh Restorer - 1 syringe - regenerates 1d6x10+40 damage
Grenade - 3d6x10 DAP to a 10'BR


Wasteland Rarities:
    Mithrite Cyrstal: These can be drained of all power.  This causes them
to reduce to a fine powder and restore all the ESP and MSP of the drainer.
    Spell Crystal: These gems have one dark spot on their beautiful
surface.  This dark spot is a weak part, and the gem can be destroyed by
crushing/applying pressure to this vulnerable part, releasing the magic
energies within it.  A magic lore skill at -50% can deduce what spell is
within the crystal.  In any case, destroying the gem releases the spell
which may be controlled by the person destroying it if a magic lore skill
check is made.  Otherwise, the spell effect is uncontrolled (controlled by
DM or random roll).  For purposes of a pertinent nature, the crusher of the
gem is considered the caster unless the spell is uncontrolled.
 Origin of them: Spell crystals are formed by wild magic energies and the
death of mages.  Some of the crystals that form on Legas are perfect for
being magic matrixes, and thus, magic energies that strike them are
captured.  The death of a magic-user also stands a 75% chance of forming
1d6 spell crystals or mithrite crystals as the magic in the mage is
explosively released, and the mage's fragments crystalize.
   




































                            Kutoshi Industries
                (joint venture between DWA + Sorcerian Inc)

Magekiller SRM: This MSP-seeking missile targets the largest MSP value over
20 within a forward 178 degree arc with a scanning range of 1200'.  If it
doesn't find a target by its last 1200' of range, it will detonate.  Any
SRM can be fitted with a Magekiller sensor pack rather than the standard
target-lock system.  If the very enviroment itself has more MSP than any
target, the missile refuses to launch.  The system can be disabled,
allowing the missile to be launched as a straight-line weapon like any
mini-missile. Cost: $2400 extra per missile

                                    DWA

Quadlaunch IML: This reusable infantry missile launcher fires four SRMs in
any volley combination. $900 - missiles sold separately
Trilaunch IML: The trilaunch holds three MRMs. $900
LRM IML: This system can carry and launch a single LRM. $900
Hand CW: This item becomes available in early Y2401 as CW focusing
technology improves.  Range: 20,000 miles, Cost: $1200
                                           CW + CV: $12,000

Jet Fighter: The Slammer: This is the late Y2400 (Year2400) upgraded model
of the Y2397 Fanner Dogfighter/Strafer.  Engine: Argor Ion Drive, Length
30', Wingspan 40', Weight: 6 Tons, Speed: Mach 8, VTOL + Hover Capable,
Flight Ceiling: Gravosphere, DDP by Locale:
Body 300, RPC 300, Wings (2) 250, Tail Fins (3) 150, Turbolasers (2) 250
Weaponry:
 1. Turbolasers: 180 degree forward/backward undercarriage arc, 1d8x10 DD
each, +5 Strike (aimed); Burst: +2 Strike, each hits 2d8 targets in the
general area fired doing 1d4x10 DD to each
 2. Wing MM Launcher: Standardly, these carry only MMs, but they can hold
S, M, or L range MMs.  Each wing has a payload of three, and they can fire
in any combination.
 3. Piloting Bonuses: Double APM, +12 Dodge

Chargerifle: This rifle-like cannon takes 15 seconds to power-up for each
shot, but when it does, it's devastating.  Damage: 4d6x10 DD, Payload: Six
Shots, Ammo-Type: Canister E-Clip; Back-Up Weapon: Light Laser doing 4d6 DD
with argor power source, on a burst it'll hit 1d4+2 targets for 1d4 DD;
$40,000  * Available late Y2400 *

Swarmkiller HG: This argor-powered laser HandGun does 4d6 DD when the eight
rotating barrels aim straight.  As an option, the barrels can vibrate while
firing to spray an area with laser light, doing 1d4 DD to 4d4 targets or
1d6 DD to 2d4 targets if a 90 degree forward arc is chosen rather than a
120 degree firing arc.  $30,000  * Available Y2400 *

Sunray Sniper: This large 4' laser sniping rifle can extend to 5.4' and has
a range of approx 2.5 miles.  The VidMag scope gives it a +5 to strike on
its entire range.  Not meant as a close range weapon, it can fire two shots
doing 2d6x10 DD on a single E-clip or three shots on an LE-clip.
Weight: 21 lbs,  $340,000   * Available 2401 *


Powersword: This heavy blade has a rather oversized hilt from which a cord
extends into the powerpack which the user wears (normally on the back due
to the size).  The blade does 3d6 DAP normally but cuts for 1d4x10+20 DD
when turned on.  It must be used two-handed by those with a ST less than
18.  The powerpack holds enough power for 12 melees.  If more than one
sword is used, the powerpack's duration is divided among the number of
swords used.  Size of the pack: 1.5' long, 1' wide, 8" tall, 25 pounds
DDP: Sword 60, Powerpack 60; $120,000  * Available early Y2401 *

EMP Railgun: This weapon is the next generation in infantry railguns.  It's
lighter in weight (150 lbs) but still requires a ST 30 to fire with any
accuracy.  The shells it launches release a high-powered EMP pulse once
inside in their target.  This can be effective enough to render inoperative
drones that are shielded from disruptive EMP on the outside.  If the strike
roll is over 19, their is a 40% chance that an automated system is rendered
useless by the EMP shell.  A strike roll of 22+ has a 60% chance of
shutting down the automated target.
+3 Strike (laser/grid targeting), Shells 20, 2d6x10 DD, Range: approx 7000'
Cost: $240,000

                                 Magitech

    This line of products is the result of a joint venture between Socerian
and Demon Hunter Incorporated.  Their main uniqueness is in tapping the
astral plane for ectoplasm for use in their products, giving them a magical
edge.

Ectoplasma Rifle: This mid-Y2400 rifle uses an astral-phase unit to fire
ectoplasm in the form of super-heated ecto-plasma bolts or beams.  The
damage from a single bolt is 6d6 DD, but a beam of three bolts does
1d6x10+30 DD and uses 2 APM.  Payload: 21 bolts per clip, Cost: $90,000

Ectoplasma Cannon: This larger weapon is a devastating device.  Plans were
made for even larger weapons, but the astral power it drew in proved to be
enough to attract the attention of predators of the Astral Plane.  A single
bolt will do 1d6x10 DD while a 2 second beam will inflict 3d6x10 DD and use
3 bolts and 2 APM.  Payload: 63 bolts per cartridge (CE-Clip),
Cost: $180,000

Ectosaber: The blade of this weapon has been molded from ectoplasm into a
solid cutting edge.  A small amount of danger exists in producing them, but
they are also time-consuming and difficult to make properly.  The form the
danger takes is in that of astral predators that may be drawn by the
manufacturer's tapping of the Astral Plane.  A large ectosword has also
been designed which requires two hands.  Damage: 3d6+2 DD for the saber but
3d6+4 for the two-hander, They have one special feature by inputing a code
chosen by the wielder into the hilt, the ectoplasm can be violently
released into its non-solid state.  This inflicts x10 the sword's normal
max damage in a 3' radius and can be set to happen on a time delay.
Cost: $200,000 and $220,000 respectively




                                    DWA

The Stormbringer Missile: No MM versions.  This medium-range-sized anti-
armor missile is designed to either fry mecha or mechpilots alive with an
artificial lightning storm from the inside out.  The armor-piercing tip
itself does 1d6x10 DD, and the stormbringer system works on a roll of 4,5,
or 6 on that 1d6(x10).  The outer casing opens up and extends six rods to
rip in its victim.  The lightning generators then activate for 60 seconds
before running out of juice.  On the first melee, it causes all the
probable effects of an armorkill javelin.  The shocking to the pilot
continues each subsequent round.  On the second, third, and fourth round,
roll for one below effect and the target suffers 3d6x2 DD:
1- 1d6 random weapons system is knocked offline
2- All WP systems are knocked offline
3- Communications gone
4- Instrument Panel fried (radar,targeting,all sensors,etc are gone)
   (-5 S/P/D)
5- An unprotected crewmember is knocked unconsciouss
   (40% anyway if wearing conductive armor)
6- Systems locked (continues last action perhaps indefinitely)
7- Life Support offline
8- All systems knocked out
Note: There's a 50% chance a system will come back online in 1d6 minutes
Range: 4000',  Cost: $8,000 per missile

Javelin SRMs: No MM versions.  This is but a short-range missile outfitted
to act as an armorkill javelin.  Regardless of the pilot a 16-20 counts as
a critical hit.  Also, these missiles aren't guided fire-and-forget.  They
are fired as any other straight-line ranged weapon.  Cost: $4,000

                          Delven Megacorporations

                               HeiDDal INC.

Starlite Pulse Rifle: Each shot is a triple laser pulse.  Payload: E-Clip
10 shots, Dam: 1d6x10+6 DD, Cost: $120,000

MASP Gun: This pistol fires magnetically adhering stun pads.  If it strikes
metal armor, it discharges three stun blasts in one melee (once per five
seconds) and drops off.  A save vs pain must be made for each stun blast to
avoid being stunned for 4d6 melees.  Those wearing non-metal armor must
only save for the first blast and at +10 to save.  Those without armor must
make only the first save, but they don't get the just mentioned bonus. 
Payload: 8, Range: 600', Cost: $1200

                                Thyr Corp.

Bass Gun: This heavy duty sixshot handgun fires two kinds of shells.  One
discharges a beam of destructive soundwaves and the other is an APFSDS
(Armor Piercing Fish Stabilized Depleting Salmon) round.  Both inflict
1d6x10 DD and come in clips of six shots. Cost: $100,000

Revlim Armor: This is commonly sold in the form of heavy black cloaks. 
This synthetic rubber-like substance can withstand tremendous punishment
without tearing or being pierced.  It has no AR, but normally, the face is
exposed and called shots may be made against it.  There are three general
types of revlim protective wear.  A light cloak or suit of revlim has 60
DDP and weights 10 lbs.  A heavier thick cloak weights 20 lbs and has 120
DDP, and the heaviest duty cloak weighs 30 lbs and the protection varies
from 130-180 DDP (120+1d6x10).  Cost: $400, $1500, $4000

NEW Arrows:
    The Briaeros Weapons Corporation has recently announced its descision
to begin working with the DWA to produce mini-missile arrows.  There are no
plans for MM crossbow bolts.  A new bow is also in the works that will have
a VidMag scope along with a laser distancer.  Its range is estimated at
about 1200'.  A similar in design, repeating crossbow is also in the works.
It's payload will be around three arrows (not bolts) hand-loaded into a
slot in the top.  This one will be two-handed due to the size.  It's to be
self-stringing.  The Ranger Bow is priced at $900 and the Ranger Crossbow
is priced at $1900.  A repeating bolt-firing hand crossbow is already on
the market.  Its cost is $250.  DDP: Bow 3, Crossbow 25, Hand Crossbow 2

                                    3WA

Missilegun: Raninator: Payload: 8 MRMM, Max Volley: one missile at a time,
Painted on the side of the barrel is an icon of an evilly grinning
redheaded human-type female.  Clips of 8 MRMM are available for $96,000
each.  Cost: $120,000

The Holy Sh**! MK7: Payload: Enuf, This 1.5' wide 8' Particle Beam Bazooka
is a mamoth weapon to behold.  It is deadly as a ranged weapon and could no
doubt cause a sizable amount of brain damage used as a melee weapon. It is
itself made up of a super-tough, mega-expensive alloy.  Range: 4000m,
Damage: 5d6x20 DD, Weight: Heavy, Penalty: Dodge/parry bonus reduced by
half as are all DX bonus rolls while being carried.
Cost: $6,000,000

                               Missile Costs

Mini-Missiles: Typically $1,200-$2,400
SRMs: $3,000-$9,000, $6,000 being normal
MRMs: normally about $12,000
LRMs: $18,000-$32,000, $24,000 being the norm

    Highly compact SRMMs, MRMMs, and LRMMs generally cost TEN TIMES as much
as the larger versions.  The USD Negatron Pulsar LRMs cannot be shrunk to
MM size.
    Size: SRMM 1', MRMM 1.5', LRMM 2', Width 3", Weight: 1-2 lbs
    Size: SRM  L 1'-2' W 6";  MRM  L 2-4' W 8-10";  LRM  L 4-6' W 10-12"
          Weight: approx. 50 pounds per foot of length

                              Type B Missiles

Length and Width: 3-4x of an equivalent Type A Missile (non-MM)
Damage and Blast Radius: 10x that of an equivalent Type A Missile (non-MM)
     Note: If the width is quadrupled, the length might be shortened 4x.
DDP of Missile: 5x that of a normal missile