Simple Critical Miss Table for Ray Guns

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:55:17 +0000

Even ray guns are not foolproof, and happenstance mistakes can wreak havoc with high technology. The eighth table in our escapade of errors is for use with ray guns, blasters, lasers, masers, phasers, and even Acme disintegrators:

Critical Miss Table for Ray Guns
1d6	Result
1	Drop weapon.
2	Drop weapon; discharges in random direction.
3	Weapon drained of power.
4	Weapon overheats and slips from grasp.
5	Weapon melts.
6	Weapon explodes.

Random directions for ray guns may be determined by the usual means (1d6 for hexes, 1d8 for squares, or a compass die) modified by a roll on the following table:

1dF	Result
+	Upward vertical
0	Horizontal
-	Downward vertical

A d6 may be substituted if Fudge dice are not in proximity.

Arm Yourself Against Interstellar Villainy

Gordon Cooper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:45 +0000

You will be issued ~~two (2)~~ one (1) futuristic weapon upon reporting to The Random Science Fiction Arms Generator. If you require additional armament, proceed to The Random Weapons Locker Generator at once.

These random generators were created with information I compiled for the Odd Reference pages at the Cuparium.

One Robot…One Computer…One Spaceship will be (freely) available soon.

[Edit: Originally the Arms Generator generated one ranged weapon and one hand-to-hand weapon, but now it only generates the former. There were not enough examples of the latter in science fiction settings to make it interesting.]

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Simple Critical Miss Table for Ray Guns

Arm Yourself Against Interstellar Villainy