Combat Knife
Combat Knife
These simple, mass-manufactured duranium blades are sturdy and practical, often carried by military forces as a backup weapon.
Combat Chainsaw
Combat Chainsaw
Unlike the tools designed for industry or personal use, combat chainsaws are meant for war. When you make a damage roll with the weapon, if either of the dice result in a 4, you can roll an additional d4 and add the result to the total damage dealt.
Heavy (STR 13+)
Battle Gauntlet
Battle Gauntlet
This heavy glove is reinforced with hi-tech materials designed to protect the wearer’s hands and bolster the force of their punches. While wearing a battle gauntlet, you can reach your hand into a hazardous area (such flames or a pool of acid) without suffering any harmful effects. The Narrator may rule that extended exposure to a hazard defeats the gauntlet’s protection, or that the gauntlet offers no protection against certain hazards.
Dire Cyberwolf
Dire Cyberwolf
Cyberwolf
Cyberwolf
Cybersnake
Cybersnake
Cyberrex
Cyberrex
Cyberraptor
Cyberraptor
Cloak Ray
Cloak Ray
Using Existing Monsters
Using Existing Monsters
Most beasts, plants, many monstrosities, and even some undead creatures from the Monstrous Menagerie are appropriate for use and make excellent challenges for voidrunners. The list below contains a selection of non-spellcasting creatures which can be used without any changes.
Of course, if your universe contains magical and fantasy creatures, then the whole of the Monstrous Menagerie is a vital resource, and your voidrunners can battle dragons on alien planets and wizards on ancient space stations. Alternatively, magical creatures make for excellent ‘omnipotent’ beings or aliens with exotic powers–many science fiction franchises play with the idea of mythology as unexplained science. Perhaps lycanthropy is a known medical condition, a specter is a lingering psychic imprint, or ‘magic’ comes from another dimension.
Lore. Where a monster’s entry contains Arcana as a lore skill check, use Science instead.
Appearance. You may wish to alter a creature’s name or appearance from the standard Monstrous Menagerie entry–a T-rex may be some kind of fearsome alien lizard, and a wolf may have fangs and a hairless hide.
Magic vs. psionics. Magical abilities can be re-skinned as psionics.