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INTRODUCTION

F UTURE : D ATASTREAM

As of the time of publication, Ronin Arts’ Future:

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Future: Mecha 3 – The Praetorian Guard is

the latest release in Ronin Arts’ series of mecha PDFs

for use with the official future SRD. As with Ronin

Arts’ Future: Starship series, each release in this

series presents a single design that’s ready to be

dropped into almost any campaign. Common fea-

tures that are planned for all of the releases in this

series include:

New mecha devices that help to give the new

mecha a distinctive style. With your GM’s per-

mission these new devices may also be used

when creating completely new mecha

designs.

For even more mecha devices don’t miss

Ronin Arts’ Future: 13 Mecha Devices and

Future: 13 More Mecha Devices .

Information on the mecha including game

statistics and one or more variants.

O PEN G AME C ONTENT

All of the text of this PDF is presented as open

game content. While this means absolutely nothing

to your campaign it does give other publishers per-

mission to use this material as long as they follow

the open game license (see the end of this PDF).

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.com/php and www.roni-

narts.com.

A notable NPC known for piloting the mecha

design detailed inside.

A recognition page designed to be printed

out and handed to the players when they first

encounter a new mecha on the battlefield.

W HAT ’ S R EQUIRED TO U SE THIS

PDF?

In order to use Future: Mecha 2 – The

Praetorian Guard you will need the D20 Modern

roleplaying game, published by Wizards of the Coast,

Inc., and the official future supplement, also pub-

lished by Wizards of the Coast, Inc.. You can find both

at your favorite local game store or online at any

number of roleplaying game vendors. No other

Ronin Arts products are required to use this book.

A BOUT THE A RTIST

Bradley K. McDevitt is a sixteen year veteran of

the gaming industry, and has worked for more com-

panies than he can remember, though he vaguely

recalls working for TSR, FASA, PEG, AEG, and did a

stint as a staff artist for GDW. His resume includes far

too many acronyms. He lives in Bowling Green, Ohio

with his wife, Jessie, and may be reached at

Artmann100@Yahoo.com. His website is at

www.bradleykmcdevitt.com.

NEW MECHA DEVICES

The Praetorian Guard incorporates a number of new

mecha devices, each one of which is completely detailed

below.

ber of radiating spike-like components that appear, at first

glance, as merely decorative elements of the mecha’s design.

When activated, though, the Razorwing Defensive Array proj-

ects an intense gravity field that envelops the mecha in a pro-

tective field that provides a +3 deflection bonus to the

mecha’s Defense.

Unfortunately, the device greatly drains the mecha’s

power; as long as the Razorwing Defensive Array is activated

the mecha suffers a –5 ft. penalty on speed and all sensor sys-

tems – including targeting systems – shutdown and are

unavailable. Activating or deactivating the system requires a

move action.

Equipment Slots: 1, must be back.

Activation: Move action or none (see text).

Range: Personal.

Target: You.

Duration: Persistent, see text.

Purchase DC: 28.

Restriction: Military (+3).

N EW S ENSOR E QUIPMENT

AGILE DAGGER COMPUTER SYSTEM (PL 6)

This Fusion Age computer system hardwires advanced

skill knowledge and abilities into a mecha’s frame, granting

the mecha’s pilot with access to skills and abilities the pilot

may not already possess. Each Agile Dagger system grants

the pilot the following capabilities:

+2 equipment bonus to Drive and Pilot checks.

+4 equipment bonus to Balance, Climb, Jump, and

Tumble checks.

Access to the Mecha Crush, Mecha Fling, and Mecha

Trample feats.

Equipment Slots: 2.

Activation: None.

Range: Personal.

Target: You.

Duration: Persistent.

Purchase DC: 35.

Restriction: Military (+3).

N EW M ISCELLANEOUS E QUIPMENT

WEAPON STORAGE COMPARTMENT (PL 6)

This internal storage area – which must be mounted on

the same arm/hand that carries the mecha’s handheld

weapon – includes dozens of robotic arms that snatch the

mecha’s handheld weapon whenever it is dropped. The arms

then retract, pulling the weapon into a sealed storage com-

partment. Retrieving the weapon from the storage compart-

ment is a move action.

If the mecha drops the handheld weapon involuntarily

(disarmed in combat, for example), there is a 50% chance

that the robotic arms will grab the weapon before it hits the

ground. If the arms fail to catch the weapon it must be

retrieved normally.

Equipment Slots:

OVERLORD BATTLE COMPUTER (PL 7)

This device melds the Agile Dagger Computer System and

the Oracle Targeting System (see the future SRD) into a single

component. The system grants a +5 enhancement bonus to

attack rolls and all of the benefits of the Agile Dagger (see

above).

Equipment Slots: 1.

Activation: None.

Range: Personal.

Target: You.

Duration: Persistent.

Purchase DC: 42.

Restriction: Military (+3).

As many as the handheld weapon

would normally require

Activation: Move action or none (see text).

Range: Personal.

Target: You.

Duration: Persistent, see text.

Purchase DC: 22.

Restriction: Licensed (+1).

N EW D EFENSE S YSTEM

RAZORWING DEFENSIVE ARRAY (PL 7)

This back-mounted defensive system consists of a num-

INFORMATION

PG4 PRAETORIAN GUARD

Primarily used by police and security forces, the

Praetorian Guard mecha is based on a fairly stan-

dard, humanoid body configuration. As one of the

first mecha designs to incorporate the Razorwing

Defensive Array, the Praetorian Guard’s distinctive

visual appearance is forever linked with the

Razorwing – a

DC 25 Knowledge (technology) check is required to

correctly identify a non-Praetorian Guard mecha

equipped with the Razorwing Defensive Array.

Unfortunately, the Praetorian Guard is of ques-

tionable use as a battlefield mecha – far more

resources were spent on the mecha’s defensive capa-

bilities than on offense. In the Energy Age the

Praetorian Master (see below) becomes an effective

battlefield combatant but even then there are far

superior battlefield mecha for the same cost.

P RAETORIAN G UARD (PL 7)

A Praetorian Guard installed with the standard

equipment package (see below) has a base purchase

DC of 49.

Size: Huge.

Bonus Hit Points: 300.

Superstructure: Neutronite.

Hardness: 25.

Armor: Neovulcanium.

Bonus to Defense: +10.

Armor Penalty: -10.

Reach: 10 ft.

Strength Bonus: +16.

Dexterity Penalty: –.

Speed: 35 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor).

Base Purchase DC: 48.

Standard Equipment Package: Pilot’s cockpit

(torso and helmet), thruster boots (boots), Overlord

Battle Computer (visor), Class V sensor system (belt),

Razorwing Defensive Array (back), Light Fortification

(1 slot equivalent), Typhoon 240 Laser Cannon

(handheld, no slots), Weapon Storage Compartment

(left arm and left hand), Structural Enhancement (2

slot equivalents), comm. system (no slots).

P RAETORIAN G UARD V ARIANTS

Since the basic Praetorian Guard mecha design is

a fairly standard mecha frame without any unusual

features or modifications it should come as no sur-

prise that several variants are in widespread use. Two

INFORMATION

of the most common variants are the Samurai and

the (Energy Age) PG8c Praetorian Master.

hands for LT-5s), Structural Enhancement (1 slot

equivalent), comm. system.

SAMURAI (PL 7)

A Samurai installed with the standard equipment

package (see below) has a base purchase DC of 49.

Size: Huge.

Bonus Hit Points: 250.

Superstructure: Neutronite.

Hardness: 25.

Armor: Crystal Carbon.

Bonus to Defense: +10.

Armor Penalty: -8.

Reach: 10 ft.

Strength Bonus: +16.

Dexterity Penalty: –.

Speed: 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (poor).

Base Purchase DC: 48.

W EASEL ,S AMURAI P ILOT

Almost seven feet tall, thin, and shaggy, Weasel is

a dirty, disgusting man that prefers to spend most of

his time in the seat of his Samurai or in dark, shady

bars and taverns. Kicked out of his parents’ house

before he was 12, Weasel – if he has any other name

he hasn’t told anyone – has spent the last 15 years

living in the gray areas of society. As a thief, thug,

enforcer, and gladiator Weasel has seen pretty much

every side of the criminal underworld of the Gravity

Age.

These days Weasel makes his living as a mecha

gladiator on Circuuss Major, an outer system world

best known as a place for illegal transactions, violent

death sports, and as a place that the law prefers to

avoid. Weasel’s Samurai was stolen three years ago

when Weasel found himself alone with a novice

mecha pilot in a dark alley. Painted black and gold,

Weasel’s Samurai has seen better days; the paint

barely conceals the dents and scratches that cover

the mecha. The damage the mecha has sustained

has reduced its hardness to 8 and hit points to 178 –

the best the machine can ever be repaired to.

Weasel prefers to take on inexperienced mecha

jockeys and runs at the first sign of a real fight with

experienced warriors.

Standard Equipment Package: Pilot’s cockpit

(torso and helmet), thruster boots (boots), Oracle

Targeting System (visor), Barricade Tactical Shield

(left arm), Light Fortification (1 slot equivalent),

Razorwing Defensive Array (back), PS-25 Tiger Claws

(right hand), Corona Microwave Beam (right arm),

Structural Enhancement (1 slot equivalent), comm.

system (no slots).

PG8C PRAETORIAN MASTER (PL 8)

A Samurai installed with the standard equipment

package (see below) has a base purchase DC of 45.

Size: Huge.

Bonus Hit Points: 200.

Superstructure: Megatanium.

Hardness: 30.

Armor: Megatanium.

Bonus to Defense: +12.

Armor Penalty: -10.

Reach: 10 ft.

Strength Bonus: +16.

Dexterity Penalty: –.

Speed: 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor).

Base Purchase DC: 44.

Weasel ( Tough Hero 3/Fast Hero 2): CR 5;

Medium-size human; HD 3d10+3 plus 2d8+2 plus 6;

HP 37; Mas 12; Init +1; Spd 20 ft; Defense 19, touch

17, flatfooted 18 (+0 size, +1 Dex, +6 class, +2

equipment); BAB +3; Grap +3; Atk +3 melee (2d8,

Concussion Rod), or +4 ranged (2d10, Plasma Pistol);

FS 5 ft by 5 ft; Reach 5 ft; SQ ; AL None; SV Fort +3, Ref

+4, Will +3; AP 2; Rep +1; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 12, Int

11, Wis 14, Cha 13.

Occupation: Outcast (Hide)

Skills:

Balance +1,

Drive +11,

Hide +7,

Intimidate +3,

Knowledge (Streetwise) +2,

Pilot

+3, Survival +7

Feats:

Action Boost,

Combat Reflexes,

Mecha

Operation,

Point Blank Shot,

Toughness,

Vehicle

Expert

Talents ( Tough Hero): Robust, Second Wind

Talents (Fast Hero): Evasion

Possessions: Medium Combat Suit, Concussion

Rod, Plasma Pistol; Wealth +6.

Standard Equipment Package: Pilot’s cockpit

(torso and helmet), ramjet thruster boots (boots),

Overlord Battle Computer (visor), Cloaking Screen

(belt), Razorwing Defensive Array (back), two LT-5

Longshot Mass Drivers (both handheld, no slots), two

Weapon Storage Compartment (both arms and

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