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STONE-AGE STAR WARS By Jonathan Hicks Star Wars is a huge universe encompassing all kinds of weird and
wonderful technology; blasters, jetpacks, lightsabres, starships are
presented on screen and paper with a variety of capabilities. But there are places in the galaxy where technology has not proceeded
with the same kind of speed or influence. Look at the tribes of Ewoks on
Endor, at an almost stone-age level of existence. There are species and
worlds where blasters would be regarded as ‘boom-sticks’ and the Force would
be compared to wizards who wield a deep magic. To reflect this I have created list of items that would usually be
found in a medieval setting, mainly weapons and armour. Other more simple
items do not need to be covered by this list as they do not really have
independent stats that will judge the outcome of an encounter, similar to the
rest of the Star Wars galaxy. The stats are mainly character scale, but there are some larger weapons
that reflect the three main scales. These are character (small), speeder
(medium), walker (large) and starship (massive). There is no capital scale as
it is doubtful that such a low-tech world would have designed items that
could affect such huge constructions. These designs have been lifted from an ill-fated fantasy D6 system
created by myself a long time ago and have been designed taking into account
the statistics of existing old weapons in comparison to their modern
counterparts, and then compared to what would be considered ultra-tech.
Hopefully, they will give an accurate experience that will heighten the drama
and increase the tension during those encounters with low-tech worlds. At the
very least, when the characters swagger into a village with their technology
and laser weaponry and think themselves higher than the lesser blessed about
them, they may get a bit of a shock when they find that these ‘primitive’
items are a lot more effective than they took them for! WEAPONS HAND TO HAND WEAPONS WEAPON DAMAGE COST Hand Weapons - Club STR +
1 10 Hammer STR + 2 20 Knife STR + 2 25 Sword STR + 1D 100 Bastard Sword STR + 1D+1 150 Axe STR +
2 80 Polearms - Spear STR +
1D+1 90 Lance STR +
1D+2 250 (2D
when mounted) Halberd STR + 1D 100 Two-Handed Weapons – cannot be used in
conjunction with a shield Battle-Axe STR + 2D 300 Two-Handed Sword STR + 2D 300 Flail STR +
1D+2 250 Warhammer STR + 2D 290 MISSILE WEAPONS - WEAPON DAMAGE RANGE (S/M/L) COST Thrown item As item 3-7/8-20/21-40 - Sling STR +
1 3-14/15-30/31-60 15 Crossbow 4D 3-32/33-64/65-200 200 (3)* Normal Bow 4D 3-24/25-48/49-250 150 (2)* Long Bow 5D 3-32/33-64/65-300 300 (4)* *Numbers in
parentheses are the cost of a single replacement bolt/arrow HEAVY WEAPONS - WEAPON DAMAGE/SCALE RANGE COST Catapult 5D/Medium 3-40/41-80/81-400 2100 Siege Catapult 4D/Massive 3-40/41-70/71-500 2800 Ballistae 7D/Small 3-30/31-60/61-250 1800 Sling Catapult
(trebuchet) 5D/Large 3-60/61-110/111-600 3200 ARMOUR
ARMOUR TYPE PROTECTION PENALTIES COST Shield None Increases parry 1D 200 Pot Helmet +2 pips on head None 200 Full Helm +1D on head -2 pips PER 500 Leather Padding +1 pip body/arms None 300 Hard Leather
Padding +2 pips body/arms -1 pip DEX 450 Ringmail Leather +2 pips body -1 pip DEX 400 Chainmail +1D whole body -2 pips DEX 600 Plate +1D+2
whole body -1D DEX 1000 Plate + Chain +2D whole body -1D DEX, -1D PER 1600 |