MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game

Description

MechWarrior - The Battletech Role-Playing Game was the first iteration of the MechWarrior RPG series. The system is geared towards integration and expansion of the tabletop game and provided rules for creating characters and military units. The book also provided rules for handling personal combat, as well as encounter tables for random events in adventures. The final Appendices portion of the book provides a wealth of information about the BattleTech storyline, including descriptions of each of the Successor States and ComStar, space travel and Inner Spehere economics circa 3025.

Contents

• A History of Human Space

Prelude (2001-2100)

Exodus (2102-2313)

Consolidation (2314-2398)

The Age of War (2398-2550)

Imperium and Reunification (2551-2600)

The Good Years (2601-2750)

Crisis and Civil War (2751-2784)

The Succession Wars (2785-Present)

• Creating MechWarrior Characters

Planning a Mech Unit

Designing MechWarrior Characters

Skill Areas

• Other Character Types

Techs

Aerospace Fighter Pilots

Scouts

NPCs

Experience Points and Character Advancement

• Creating a 'Mech Unit

Determine Unit Size

Determine Aerospace Support

Determine Unit Type/Affiliation

Create NPC MechWarriors

Create Unit Support Personnel

Generate Initial Unit Assests

Typical BattleMech Assignments

• The Crests, colors, uniforms, and equipment of the Succesor States
• Equipment

Tech Levels

Medical Equipment

Repair Equipment

Robotics

Security Systems

Personal Equipment

Vehicles

'Mech Components

Equipment Costs

• Combat

Combat Round Sequence

Determing Initiative

Movement Phase

Reaction Phase

Ranged Combat Phase

Melee Attack Phase

• Damage

Determining Damage Location

Allocating Damage

Effects of Damage

Critical Hits

Consciousness Rolls

Healing and Medical Care

• Expansions to Battletech

Sequence of Play

Other 'Mech-Related Rules

• Events and Encounters

Using The Encounter Tables

Generating Opposing Forces

General Encounter Descriptions

Battlefield Encounter Descriptions

Major Events

Random Events

Reaction Table

• Economy

Currency

Mercenaries

Landholds in the 31st Century

Trading Cartels

• Map of the Successor States
• Appendices

The Successor States

Federated Suns

The Lyran Commonwealth

The Capellan Confederation

The Draconis Combine

Free Worlds League

ComStar

The Games

New Avalon Institute of Science

The Periphery

Vessels

Titles and Nobility

Notes

• This book was superseded, understandably enough, by the MechWarrior, Second Edition.
• The rulebook is almost entirely geared towards MechWarriors at the expense of any other character type. This lack was progressively addressed in the succeeding editions.