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EPISODE · Oct 19, 2024 · 27 MIN

Episode 9: Flight

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Miria, Olan, & Rayya make a desperate ploy not just to escape Yanghu’s showroom, but to escape in style… but the Gorum are still hunting, and the lizard-man starfighter pilot Sshosk is still between them and freedom. This episode features transcripts thanks to the openVINO tool kit for Audacity! The Weapons I’m Using I have created a set of simple science fiction weapons that the Trassi Syndicate use based on the material in the various Sci-Fi games I have used to inspire the game’s Sci-Fi rules. The prices represent the fact that the materials used to create this equipment cannot be bought on Obros. Weapon Type Range Damage RoF Weight Ammo Price Electro-Laser 60ft* d8! 1 1/2 lb charging 500gp Heavy Pulse Laser 120ft* 4d8 1 18 lbs 36 5,000gp Laser Assault Rifle 240ft* d8! 3 4 lbs 24 2,000gp Laser Pistol 120ft* d10! 2 1 lbs 8 800gp Shotgun 80ft* 2d6 2 4 lbs 2 350gp Sniper Laser 500ft* d12! 1 8 lbs 4 1,200gp * there is a -2 to attacks beyond this range; the weapon can fire no farther than twice this range. ! indicates an exploding die; on the highest value on the die, roll again and add the next die to the previous total. Electro-Lasers: draw ambient electricity from the environment. They can be fired once per round only. On a damage roll of 1 they require a round to recharge before the next attack. Heavy Pulse Lasers: are heavy, bulky weapons that emits rapid-fire streams of laser fire, and can either grant the wielder a +2 to hit or make an attack against all enemies in a 30ft. cone. The ammunition is a backpack battery. Laser Assault Rifle: An assault rifle can use up 12 rounds to deal 4d8 damage in a fully automatic burst and gain a +2 to hit this uses up all attacks in the round. Shotguns: are at +2 to attack a single target. It can be used to attack up to 3 targets at once as long as they are within 5ft of each other. Armor Armor Armor Class Weight Cost Nanoweave Fabric 7 [12] 1/2 lb. 1,200gp Light Composite Armor 6 [13] 4 lbs 400gp Medium Composite Armor 4 [15] 8 lbs 800gp Heavy Composite Armor 2 [17] 16 lbs 1,600gp Nanoweave: does not require a proficiency in armor to wear, and does not interfere with magic. Composite Armors: All count as light armor, any class proficient in leather armor can wear Light or medium composite armor, andy calss capable of wearing chainmail may wear heavy composite armor.

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