Hamster Weapons

Crystal Weapons

Grown from cultured crystals, these weapons are the hamster equivalent of steel. Strong, flexible and sharp, they require very little maintenance.

• Battle Lance: OF + 2 wounds (short range missile weapon/melee weapon)
• Broadsword: OF + 3 wounds
• Dagger: OF + 1 wound
• Long Sword: OF + 3 wounds
• Polearm: OF + 4 wounds
• Sabre Fang: +1 to teeth attack (+2 total)--OF + 2 wounds--attach to teeth
• Scimitar: OF + 3 wounds
• Scimitar (short): OF + 2 wounds
• Short Sword: OF + 2 wounds (Gladius, etc.)
• Two-Handed Sword: OF + 4 wounds

Shields

• Beetle Carapace
• Crystal Shield
• Hide Frame
• Leaf Frame: Light
• Recycled Metal

Ranged Weapons

Thrown

• Crystal Vials: various fungi
• Knife: OF + 1 wound
• Quill: This is a special weapon of the hamaestar that requires the psi skill Quill Link.
  • Quill Link
    • In addition to providing a combat bonus when throwing the quill, this skill allows the hamaestar to remotely activate a variety of quill features (see Damage below)
    • Difficulty: MIND/Willpower of target (+1 per extra quill)
    • Effect: RD
    • Range: Sight
    • +RD acts as a bonus to the hamster's attack skill with the quill.

  A highly modified stinging insect, it is an explosive self-propelled thrown weapon with a limited intellect.

  • Damage: Stabbing--OF + 2
    • Retractable Barbs: Activating barbs requires the victim to roll STR versus Great to remove and results in a Hurt wound level
    • Explode: The quill can be telepathically detonated: Damage +5 OF (ignoring armor), -1 damage per foot
    • Probe: The quill feeds back sensory data equivalent to hamster senses, only slightly grainy.

  The quill reproduces continuously during its lifetime, producing eggs approximately once a month. The eggs remain dormant until soaked in a nutrient bath. The quill is full grown and functional in three days.

• Rock: OF + 0 wounds

Projectile Weapons

• Fungus Cannon:
  An offshoot of fungus gun research, the fungus cannon is a large autoloading payload delivery system. While technically capable of dealing heavy damage with a standard load, its main strength comes from the variety of area effect ammunition available to it. The payload is accelerated using a centrifugal system. This makes the cannon propellantless, producing no smoke or flash. The weapon hisses slightly before a loud sonic boom announces the release of the payload.
  • Scale: Tactical (e.g., ships and buildings) level
  • Description: A wicked black biotech style big gun
  • Range: Extreme
  • Fungus Ammo:
    • Standard: a hardened sliver of fungus (armor-piercing)
      • +5 OF
    • Devourer: acid effect for 4 rounds
      • +5 OF/+3 OF per round
    • Poison Spore Cloud: discharges a cloud of poison spores on impact
    • Lightning Cloud: a cloud of spores crisscrossed by electrical discharges
      • +4 OF
    • Fire Storm: self-igniting spore cloud
      • +3 OF per round (3 combat rounds). In addition, it will ignite all flammables within the cloud.
• Fungus Gun:
  The fungus gun accelerates a hardened fungus barb to bullet speeds. Removing ammo from a victim without great care requires an additional scratch wound be added. Actions are at -1 per barb left in the victim. This additional effect doesn't affect creatures above Scale: 0.
  • Damage: rifle = +4 OF, pistol = +3 OF
  • Range: rifle = long, pistol = medium
• Parasite Gun (pistol): Burrows into victim. 1 wound/round till removed via first aid
• Spider Cannon (shoulder launcher): Launcher for jumping spiders. Spiders bind prey in webbing
  • Wound: none
  • Ammo: 8 spiders (reusable)
  • Range: sight (spiders are trained to wrap up first thing they see)
  • User skill: vs. Dexterity/Dodge to hit. Great Strength to break (+2 per additional spider)
• Spine Launcher (pistol):
  • Special venom
  • Wound: 1
  • Range: medium
  • Ammo: 3 (reusable)
• Thorn Gun (rifle): Beetle engineered to spit a plant spike, usually venomous
  • Wound: 1
  • Ammo: 6 spikes (reusable)
  • Range: long

Special Hand-to-Hand Weapons

• Ant Mandible Gauntlet: OF + 2 wounds
• Claw Glove: OF + 1 wound (claws made of crystal)
• Mosquito Glove: OF + 1 wound/Special: +1 wound per round for blood loss