d20 Ronin Arts Future 13 Vehicle Class Templates.pdf

13 Vehicle

Class Templates

a bout the a uthoR

Philip Reed has been working professionally

in the roleplaying game industry since 1995.

In that time he has worked for such companies

as West End Games, Privateer Press, and Steve

Jackson Games. Today Philip spends his days at

home running Ronin Arts, writing and designing

new games, and reading whatever books interest

him at the time. To learn more about Philip Reed

– and Ronin Arts – please visit www.philipjreed.

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A vehicle class template, much like a starship

class template (or, for that matter, almost any

template found in d20 numerous products),

grants players and GMs a tool by which to rapidly

modify the game statistics and basic description

of any already-existing vehicle design. A template

usually has an evocative name, giving rise to such

vehicles as the Arrestor -class hovercar or the Zeus -

class hovertank.

A vehicle class template is nothing more than

a list of design changes that allow players and

GMs to modify and add systems to an already-

existing vehicle.

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Future: 13 Vehicle Class Templates

Templates

A pocAlypse -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 4)

The Apocalypse -class template can be applied

to any PL 5 civilian car. The vehicle’s design specs

should be adjusted as follows.

Top Speed Modiier: -10% (round down).

Defense Modiier: +1.

Hardness Modiier: +1.

Hit Point Modiier: +20% (round up).

Purchase DC: +1.

Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains any

single PL 5 personal heavy weapon on a forward-

mount. This weapon may be ired by a dedicated

gunner (at no penalty) or the vehicle’s driver (at a

-4 penalty).

Description: In some timelines, the

advancement of technology halts toward the

end of the Information Age and, following

some apocalyptic event, actually begins to

step backward. The Apocalypse -class template

represents a post-apocalyptic world in which

the survivors retro-it existing cars to better suit

the lawless new world. Scraps of metal and wood

are afixed to existing vehicles, providing limited

armor, while whatever heavy weapon can be

found is mounted onto the vehicle’s hood. While

not pretty, an Apocalypse -class vehicle is combat

ready.

Maneuver Modiier: +1.

Defense Modiier: +2.

Hardness Modiier: +5.

Purchase DC: +4.

Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle’s main

weapon is replaced by a T-95 Cavalcade chain

gun (see the future SRD) and an M-21 Comet

autolaser (see the future SRD).

Description: During the irst few decades

of the Fusion Age, militaries invested resources

not only in the development and construction

of new combat operations vehicles but also

in upgrading existing vehicles for action on

the modern battleield. By increasing both the

vehicle’s irepower and defense, Information Age

tanks and APCs are better able to survive the

Fusion Age battleield. Additionally, advances in

computer control systems actually reduces the

number of crew members required to operate

the vehicle; Annihilator -class vehicles are easier to

control in combat than their older base vehicles.

B Anshee -C lass t emPlate

(Pl 6)

The Banshee -class template can be applied to

any PL 5 or PL 6 civilian motorcycle. The vehicle’s

design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Initiative Modiier: -1.

Maneuver Modiier: -1.

Top Speed Modiier: -20% (round down).

Defense Modiier: +1.

Hardness Modiier: +2.

Purchase DC: +4.

Description: On the roads of the Fusion Age,

motorcycles are either fast or they are heavy; the

Banshee -class is deinitely in the “heavy” category.

Armor plates, a reinforced frame, and advances

A nnihilAtor -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 6)

The Annihilator -class template can be applied

to any PL 5 military tracked vehicle. The vehicle’s

design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Crew Modiier: -1 (minimum of 1).

Initiative Modiier: -2.

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h ellfire -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 7)

The Hellire -class template can be applied to

any PL 5 or PL 6 military helicopter with a passenger

capacity of 10 or more. The vehicle’s design specs

should be adjusted as follows.

Passenger

construction techniques make the Banshee -class

one of the heaviest motorized tri-cycles on the

road: the design upgrade widens the vehicle’s

rear end in order to accommodate two massive,

solid tires. A heavier, more powerful engine is also

dropped into the Banshee -class design but even

with this advanced engine the vehicle is still slower

than most motorcycles due to the increased

weight of the frame and armor. Banshee -class

motorcycles are popular with Fusion Age cops

and outlaws that operate outside of the safety of

cities.

Modiier:

Reduce

number

allowed passengers to 0.

Maneuver Modiier: +2.

Top Speed Modiier: +25% (round up).

Defense Modiier: +1.

Hardness Modiier: +2.

Purchase DC: +4.

Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains 4 M-70

EMP rocket launchers (see the future SRD).

Description: A heavy, helicopter gunship, the

Hellire -classpacksonslightlymorearmor,fourrocket

launchers, and upgrades the helicopter’s engine in

order to create a faster and deadlier combat vehicle.

This increase in combat effectiveness does come

at some cost, though – the helicopter loses any

passenger-carrying capability it once possessed.

e lite -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 6)

The Elite -class template can be applied to any

PL 5 or PL 6 civilian car. The vehicle’s design specs

should be adjusted as follows.

Passenger

Modiier: -2

(minimum

passengers).

Initiative Modiier: +1.

Maneuver Modiier: +3.

Top Speed Modiier: +35% (round up).

Purchase DC: +8.

Description: Sleek and sexy, the Elite -class

civilian car is the ultimate in luxury sports vehicles

available on the market. With high performance

handling and speed, luxurious accommodations,

an awesome body design and paint job, and

state-of-the-art sound system, the Elite -class is

that car that every car enthusiast dreams about.

Unfortunately, the Elite -class, despite its top-of-

the-line presentation and price, isn’t exactly the

most reliable car on the road:

J onAh -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 6)

The Jonah -class template can be applied to any

PL 5 or PL 6 civilian truck. The vehicle’s design specs

should be adjusted as follows.

Cargo Modiier: +25% (round up).

Initiative Modiier: -1.

Maneuver Modiier: -4.

Top Speed Modiier: -25% (round down).

Purchase DC: +2.

Restriction: Restricted (+2).

Description: The Jonah -class truck is a larger

(increase the vehicle’s length in squares by one),

heavier all-purpose cargo vehicle capable of

carrying more than its lighter-class cousins. Jonah -

class trucks are frequently used by military forces

to transport everything from troops to fuel to

extra ammo while civilians ind the Jonah -class an

excellent match for long-distance cargo transport

and construction jobs.

Each time the driver of an Elite -class car is

forced to make a Drive check there is a 5% chance

that some mechanical aspect of the vehicle is

damaged in the action. Each time something

goes wrong the vehicle’s initiative and maneuver

modiiers are reduced by 1 and the vehicle’s top

speed is reduced by 10% (round down). Repairing

these mechanical malfunctions requires 2 hours,

a DC 20 Repair roll, and has a purchase DC of 15

(for parts) for each time there’s a problem.

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s tingrAy -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 6)

The Stingray -class template can be applied to

any PL 5 or PL 6 civilian water vehicle. The vehicle’s

design specs should be adjusted as follows.

Initiative Modiier: +2.

Maneuver Modiier: +2.

Top Speed Modiier: +25% (round up).

Defense Modiier: +1.

Hardness Modiier: +3.

Hit Point Modiier: +10% (round up).

Purchase DC: +6.

Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains an M-76

Cyclone rocket launcher.

Description: Stingray -class water vehicles

are, typically, upgraded civilian watercraft that are

pressed into military service, usually as patrol vessels

along contested waters and shores of nations

involved in a war. The Stingray-class is a faster, more

maneuverable, and more combat-worthy machine

that is well-suited to brief ireights and high speed

gun battles.

Note: The Arrestor -class, while available for

almost any hovervehicle on the market, is typically

seen only in hovercars and hoverbikes. Any other

sort of hovervehicle equipped with this template

will be a custom design – you can’t simply hit the

showroom and buy an Arrestor -class hoverbus.

D ominAtor -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 7)

The Dominator -class template can be applied

to any PL 5 or PL 6 military ground vehicle. The

vehicle’s design specs should be adjusted as

follows.

Maneuver Modiier: -5.

Top Speed Modiier: -50% (round down).

Defense Modiier: +5.

Hardness Modiier: +12.

Hit Point Modiier: +50% (round up).

Purchase DC: +6.

Weapon Upgrade: The vehicle gains two,

forward mounted Tsunami 480 plasma cannons

(see the future SRD).

Description: Slow, lumbering, and heavy.

All are words that appropriately describe the

Dominator -class vehicle. A signiicant increase

in the vehicle’s armor and weapons makes it

easily one of the most dangerous vehicles on

any Gravity Age battleield. Surprisingly, military

technicians have developed Dominator -class

upgrade packages for both Information Age and

Fusion Age military ground vehicles, enabling

military forces to keep functional vehicles

combat effective decades after their original

manufacture.

A rrestor -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 7)

The Arrestor -class template can be applied to

any PL 7 civilian hovervehicle. The vehicle’s design

specs should be adjusted as follows.

Initiative Modiier: +1.

Maneuver Modiier: +1.

Top Speed Modiier: +25% (round up).

Defense Modiier: -3.

Hardness Modiier: -2.

Purchase DC: +2.

Description: With increased handling and

maneuverability,alargerengine,andanoverallbetter

degree of performance than the basic hovervehicle,

the Arrestor -class is a “sports model” better suited to

racing and courier duty than any form of combat

operations; that increased performance comes at

the price of a reduction in the strength and stability

of the vehicle’s frame and shell.

s cArAB -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 7)

The Scarab -class template can be applied to

any PL 7 hovervehicle. The vehicle’s design specs

should be adjusted as follows.

Passenger

Modiier: -2

(minimum

passengers).

Maneuver Modiier: +1.

Defense Modiier: +1.

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Hardness Modiier: +1.

Hit Point Modiier: +10% (round up).

Purchase DC: +2.

Description: Designed as an extended

range vehicle, Scarab -class hovervehicles

feature a slightly sturdier construction and have

an operational range 50% greater (round up)

than their base model relatives. Scarab -class

hovervehicles are frequently used by couriers

and long-distance cargo haulers, though some

military

Initiative Modiier: +3.

Maneuver Modiier: +3.

Top Speed Modiier: +50% (round up).

Purchase DC: +3.

Weapon

Upgrade: The

vehicle

gains

Tsunami 400c plasma cannon.

Description: Though effectively extinct

during the Gravity Age, a limited number of

Information Age and Fusion Age are pressed into

service by cash-poor corporations and nations,

the ancient vehicle’s power plants and engines

swapped out for advanced systems. Additionally,

a Tsunami 400c plasma cannon, one of the earliest

– and lightest – plasma cannons seen during the

Gravity Age is turret-mounted to the underside of

the aging combat helicopter. These faster, more

agile helicopters are better capable of surviving

combat than their older cousins.

organizations

modify

hovertanks

follow the Scarab -class speciications.

V iper -C lass

t emPlate (Pl 7)

The Viper -class template can be applied to

any PL 5 or PL 6 military helicopter. The vehicle’s

design specs should be adjusted as follows.

n eW V ehiCle W eaPons

A few of the templates in this PDF feature new weapons that are not found in the future SRD.

Descriptions and game information for these new weapons can be found below.

Tsunami 400c Plasma Cannon (PL 7)

Predecessor to the Tsunami 480 (see the future SRD), the Tsunami 400c is a heavier, yet less

effective, plasma cannon that features only a wide-angle setting: The weapon automatically hits

everything within a 40-ft. cone for 6d8 points of ire damage, but those in the area can make a Relex

save (DC 19) to reduce the damage by half. Critical hits are not possible for the Tsunami 400c. The

Tsunami 400c functions exactly like the Tsunami 480 (see the future SRD) except for the limited

setting already mentioned and as detailed below.

Weight: 100 lbs.

Purchase DC: 24.

M-450 Goliath Mass Cannon (PL 8)

Like its Gravity Age cousin, the M-300 Rhino, the M-450 Goliath charges a small bit of matter with

gravitational energy and then hurls that matter at a target. Advances in gravitational energy during

the Energy Age led to the development of the M-450, a smaller, lighter, more powerful mass cannon.

The M-450 functions exactly like the M-300 (see the future SRD) except for as detailed below.

Damage: 12d10.

Range Increment: 120 ft.

Weight: 400 lbs.

Purchase DC: 31.

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