Ten foot laser pole...

I always got a kick out of the first page of the webcomic Darth & Droids, because of the comment about sticking techy words in front of a D&D equipment list. The idea is intriguing, especially given how Mutant Future essentially has only a standard D&D equipment list. So I thought I'd give it a try, and stick "techy" words in the standard list to see what I could come up with to replace MF's somewhat depressing offering.

But first of course, I have to come up with a techy, hopefully post apocalyptic flavored, monetary system. Since a lot of classic PA fiction focuses on nuclear destruction, I thought I'd use various radioactive elements for the money system, while replicating the D&D monetary system. Cobalt Piece (cp), Strontium Piece (sp), Thorium Piece (tp), Uranium Piece (up), Plutonium Piece (pp). (I suppose I could have replaced Thorium with Europium and Uranium with Gadolinium to accurately reflect the coinage abbreviations, but I thought Uranium and Thorium would fit the genre better.)

Coins	CP	SP	TP	UP	PP
Cobalt Piece (cp)	1	1/10	1/50	1/100	1/1,000
Strontium Piece (sp)	10	1	1/5	1/10	1/100
Thorium Piece (tp)	50	5	1	1/2	1/20
Uranium Piece (up)	100	10	1/2	1	1/10
Platinum Piece (pp)	1,000	100	5	10	1

WEAPONS

Weapon	Cost	Damage	Weight
Axe, plasma	6 up	1d8	6 lb.
Axe, vibro-	1 up	1d6	3 lb.
Stun Club	3 up	1d4	3 lb.
Crossbow, composite	25 up		8 lb.
Heavy quarrels (10) and case	3 up	1d8	1 lb.
Crossbow, hand-mounted	16 up		4 lb.
Light quarrels (10) and case	3 tp	1d6	1 lb.
Dagger, laser	3 up	1d4	1 lb.
Dagger, plasma	20 up	1d4	1 lb.
Kinetic Dart	5 sp	1d4	½ lb.
Stun Flail	3 up	1d6	5 lb.
Flail, Neural	8 up	1d8	10 lb.
Hammer, Dura	1 up	1d4	2 lb.
Hammer, Grav	7 up	1d6	5 lb.
Smart Javelin	1 up	1d6	2 lb.
Force Lance	7 up	1d6	10 lb.
Longbow, energy	40 up		3 lb.
Quiver and arrows (20)	25 sp	1d8	3 lb.
Stun Mace	5 up	1d6	3 lb.
Neural Morningstar	5 up	1d6	6 lb.
Pick, plasma	­8 up	1d8	6 lb.
Pick, vibro-	5 up	1d6	3 lb.
Power Pole Arm	7 up	1d10	15 lb.
Magna Quarterstaff	2 up	1d6	4 lb.
Beam Scimitar	15 up	1d8	4 lb.
Shortbow, energy	25 up		2 lb.
Quiver and arrows (20)	5 up	1d6	3 lb.
Slungshot	2 up		0 lb.
Dark Matter Bullets, sling (10)	nil	1d4	5 lb.
Power Spear	3 up	1d6	6 lb.
Sword, laser	10 up	1d8	4 lb.
Sword, plasma	20 up	2d4	6 lb.
Sword, chain	7 up	1d6	2 lb.
Sword, blast	15 up	1d10	15 lb.
Flame Trident	4 up	1d6	4 lb.

ARMOR

Armor	Cost	Armor Class	Weight
Composite Banded mail	250 up	4	35 lb.
Armorweave Chain mail	150 up	5	30 lb.
Robo-Horse barding	150 up	5	60 lb.
Synth-Leather	20 up	7	15 lb.
Riot Padded	5 up	8	10 lb.
Duraplate mail	600 up	3	50 lb.
Dragon Scale mail	65 up	6	40 lb.
Force Shield	10 up	1 less*	10 lb.
Kinetic Splint mail	200 up	4	45 lb.
Spidersilk leather	30 up	6	20 lb.
Unarmored	0 up	9	nil

*Using a shield reduced armor class by 1.

ADVENTURING GEAR

Gear	Cost	Weight
Multi-pack (empty)	2 up	2 lb.
Survival Bedroll	1 sp	5 lb.
Blanket, thermal	5 sp	3 lb.
Antigrav Block and tackle	5 up	5 lb.
Bottle, wine, transparent aluminum	2 up	-
Fire Rods (10)	10 cp	-
Case, Duralloy	1 up	½ lb.
Dura-Chain (10 ft.)	30 up	2 lb.
Power Crowbar	2 up	5 lb.
Duralloy Flask (empty)	3 cp	1-1/2 lb.
Ferrocerrium and steel	2 up	-
Condensed Garlic (3 cloves)	5 up	-
Magneto-Grappling hook gun	1 up	4 lb.
Turbo-Hammer	5 sp	2 lb.
Holy symbol, deflector	1 up	-
Holy symbol, proximity	25 up	1 lb.
Holy water (duralloy flask)	25 up	1 lb.
Optical Ink (1 oz. Vial)	8 up	-
Space pen	1 sp	-
Ladder, 10-foot telescoping	5 cp	20 lb.
Electro-Lantern	9 up	3 lb.
Mag-Lock	20 up	1 lb.
Force Manacles	15 up	2 lb.
Mirror, small duralloy	10 up	½ lb.
Synthetic Oil (1-pint flask)	1 sp	1 lb.
Vid Paper (sheet)	4 sp	-
Electro Parchment (sheet)	2 sp	-
Pick, miner's vibro	3 up	10 lb.
Pole, 10-foot laser	2 sp	8 lb.
Rations, bar (per day)	2 sp	1 lb.
Rations, pack (per day)	5 sp	1 lb.
Rope, rip-stop (50 ft.)	1 up	10 lb.
Rope, carbon nanofilament (50 ft.)	10 up	5 lb.
Synthweave Sack, large (empty)	2 sp	½ lb.
Synthweave Sack, small (empty)	1 sp	½ lb.
Robo-Saddle	25 up	25 lb.
Synthweave Saddle bag	1 sp	½ lb.
Vibro-Spade or power shovel	2 up	8 lb.
Data Cube (blank)	15 up	3 lb.
Spikes, Duralloy (12)	1 up	8 lb.
Data Spyglass	1,000 up	1 lb.
Stakes, plastic (3)	5 cp	1 lb.
Thieves' Electronic Picks	30 up	1 lb.
Glow Rods (8)	3 sp	8 lb.
Transparent Aluminum Vial, for ink, potion, or holy water	1 up	1/10 lb.
Hydration pack/Still Bag	1 up	4 lb.
Synthohol Wine (2 pints)	1 up	½ lb.
Wolfsbane Pak (fist full)	10 up	-

Post Apocalyptic World

Roger G-S over at Roles, Rules, and Rolls has been creating nice little dynamic encounter tables for a variety of genres, so I thought I try my hand at one of my own. I'm still not entirely satisfied with it, but it should work fairly well.