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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | '''''Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide''''' is exactly what it says it is: a book with a lot of equipment for [[MechWarrior (RPG)|RPG]] characters to use. The book contains many rules that pertain to gear, including skills, traits, and [[Life Path]]s for characters that revolve around technology. Roughly a fourth of the book is devoted to new (and newly updated) weapons and armor that characters and GMs can use in RPG campaigns. Also included are RPG statistics for all [[battle armor]] that appeared in print sources up to that point. Finally, the book contains new gear, from computers to jeeps to poisons. | + | '''''Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide''''' is exactly what it says it is: a book with a lot of equipment for [[MechWarrior (RPG)|RPG]] characters to use. The book contains many rules that pertain to gear, including skills, traits, and [[Life Path]]s for characters that revolve around technology. Roughly a fourth of the book is devoted to new (and newly updated) weapons and armor that characters and GMs can use in RPG campaigns. Also included are RPG statistics for all [[Battle Armor|battle armor]] that appeared in print sources up to that point. Finally, the book contains new gear, from computers to jeeps to poisons. |
==From the back cover== | ==From the back cover== | ||
{{quote|''[[Lostech]]. Across the [[Inner Sphere]], the term conjures images of unstoppable weapons, impenetrable armor and other relics of lost technology, advanced equipment forgotten to mankind since the collapse of the [[Star League]] some 300 years ago.'' | {{quote|''[[Lostech]]. Across the [[Inner Sphere]], the term conjures images of unstoppable weapons, impenetrable armor and other relics of lost technology, advanced equipment forgotten to mankind since the collapse of the [[Star League]] some 300 years ago.'' | ||
| − | ''The awesome power of lostech—and much, much more—is at your fingertips in this illustrated guide to personal gear in the [[BattleTech]] universe. ''Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'' includes descriptions and ''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]'' game rules for more than a hundred new items, featuring a detailed treatment of powered | + | ''The awesome power of lostech—and much, much more—is at your fingertips in this illustrated guide to personal gear in the [[BattleTech]] universe. ''Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'' includes descriptions and ''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]'' game rules for more than a hundred new items, featuring a detailed treatment of powered battle armor that includes a full technical readout covering all 20 known models.''}} |
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 21 August 2014
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| LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Sourcebook |
| Development | Bryan Nystul |
| Primary writing | Bryan Nystul |
| Pages | 141 |
| Cover Artwork | Kevin McCann |
| Illustrations | Kevin McCann Matthew Plog Steve Prescott |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | FASA |
| Product code | 1722 |
| First published | September 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | 1555603998 |
| Content | |
Description
Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide is exactly what it says it is: a book with a lot of equipment for RPG characters to use. The book contains many rules that pertain to gear, including skills, traits, and Life Paths for characters that revolve around technology. Roughly a fourth of the book is devoted to new (and newly updated) weapons and armor that characters and GMs can use in RPG campaigns. Also included are RPG statistics for all battle armor that appeared in print sources up to that point. Finally, the book contains new gear, from computers to jeeps to poisons.
From the back cover
| “ | Lostech. Across the Inner Sphere, the term conjures images of unstoppable weapons, impenetrable armor and other relics of lost technology, advanced equipment forgotten to mankind since the collapse of the Star League some 300 years ago.
The awesome power of lostech—and much, much more—is at your fingertips in this illustrated guide to personal gear in the BattleTech universe. Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide includes descriptions and MechWarrior, Third Edition game rules for more than a hundred new items, featuring a detailed treatment of powered battle armor that includes a full technical readout covering all 20 known models. |
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Contents
- "Technically Speaking"
- Introduction
- Character Creation
- Traits
- Skills
- Additional Paths
- Sample Characters
- Weapons
- Armor and Combat Garb
- Miscellaneous Gear
- Power Packs and Rechargers
- Communications Gear
- Computers
- Optics
- Espionage and Surveillance Gear
- Medical Equipment and Procedures
- Poisons and Antidotes
- Survival Equipment
- Repair and Salvage Gear
- Vehicles
- Tables