Stars Without Number

Expanded Table of Contents

• Into the Waiting Night1
• Character Creation3
  • Summary of Character Creation4
  • Attributes6
  • Skills7
    • Skill List8
  • Choosing a Background9
    • Barbarian10
    • Clergy10
    • Courtesan11
    • Criminal11
    • Dilettante11
    • Entertainer11
    • Merchant12
    • Noble12
    • Official12
    • Peasant12
    • Physician13
    • Pilot13
    • Politician14
    • Scholar14
    • Soldier14
    • Spacer14
    • Technician15
    • Thug15
    • Vagabond15
    • Worker15
  • Character Classes16
    • Expert17
    • Psychic17
    • Warrior18
    • Adventurer18
  • Choosing a Focus19
    • The Focus List20
      • Alert20
      • Armsman20
      • Assassin20
      • Authority20
      • Close Combatant20
      • Connected20
      • Die Hard21
      • Diplomat21
      • Gunslinger21
      • Hacker21
      • Healer21
      • Henchkeeper21
      • Ironhide22
      • Psychic Training22
      • Savage Fray22
      • Shocking Assault22
      • Sniper22
      • Specialist22
      • Star Captain22
      • Starfarer22
      • Tinker23
      • Unarmed Combatant23
      • Unique Gift23
      • Wanderer23
      • Wild Psychic Talent23
  • Final Touches24
  • Equipment Packages25
  • Quick Character Creation26
• Psionics29
  • Psionic Skills30
  • Psionic Powers and Techniques30
  • Torching31
  • Biopsionics32
  • Metapsionics34
  • Precognition36
  • Telekinesis38
  • Telepathy40
  • Teleportation42
• Systems45
  • Scenes and Durations46
  • Saving Throws46
  • Skill Checks47
  • Combat48
    • Rounds and Initiative48
    • Types of Actions48
    • Hitting an Enemy49
    • Hit Roll Modifiers49
    • Common Actions in Combat50
    • Combat Complications and Maneuvers52
  • Injury, Death, and Healing53
  • Hacking54
  • Character Advancement56
  • Environmental Hazards58
    • Falling58
    • Poisons58
    • Diseases58
    • Radiation58
    • Hard Vacuum58
  • System Quick Reference Sheet59
• Equipment and Vehicles61
  • Encumbrance61
  • Credits and Money61
  • Technology Levels63
  • Armor64
  • Ranged Weapons66
  • Melee Weapons68
  • Heavy Weapons69
  • General Equipment70
    • Ammo and Power71
    • Communications71
    • Computing Gear72
    • Pharmaceuticals73
    • Tools and Medical Gear74
    • Field Equipment75
  • Lifestyles, Employees, and Services77
  • Vehicles78
  • Drones80
  • Cyberware82
  • Artifacts86
    • Artifact Armor86
    • Artifact Weaponry87
    • Artifact Equipment89
  • Modding and Building Equipment90
• Starships93
  • Building a Starship94
    • Starship Hulls94
    • Starship Fittings96
    • Starship Defenses101
    • Starship Weaponry102
  • Example Starships104
  • Modifying and Tuning Starships108
  • Space Travel110
  • Sensors and Detection112
  • Maintenance and Repair113
  • Space Combat114
    • Ship Combat Actions117
    • Ship Crises118
• The History of Space121
  • A Timeline of the Future126
• Sector Creation129
  • Creating a Stellar Sector130
  • World Tags132
  • Atmosphere160
  • Temperature162
  • Biosphere164
  • Population166
  • Tech Level168
  • Additional System Points of Interest170
• Adventure Creation173
  • Adventure Rewards178
  • Creating Problems180
  • Creating People182
  • Creating Places184
  • Adventure Seeds186
  • An Example of Adventure Creation191
• Xenobestiary193
  • The Reaction Roll193
  • Humanity194
  • Robots and VIs196
    • VI Player Characters199
  • Beasts200
    • Styling the Beast201
  • Aliens202
    • Alien Psychology and Lenses204
    • Alien Social Structure207
    • Alien Player Characters209
• Factions211
  • Factions, Assets, and Turns212
  • Faction Actions214
  • Buying and Using Assets216
  • Faction Goals217
  • Cunning Assets218
  • Force Assets220
  • Wealth Assets222
  • Faction Tags224
  • Factions In Your Campaign226
  • Example Factions227
  • An Example of Faction Play228
• Game Master Resources231
  • Common Game Master Complications232
    • Death232
    • Skill Checks232
    • Combat233
    • Negotiation and Diplomacy233
    • Searching and Investigation234
    • Salvage234
  • Interstellar Trade235
  • Converting First Edition Stars Without Number236
  • House Rules and the Game237
  • Name Generators238
  • One-Roll NPCs244
  • One-Roll Patrons245
  • One-Roll Urban Encounters246
  • One-Roll Wilderness Encounters247
• Transhuman Campaigns248
  • Wealth and Face250
  • Shells and Swapping Bodies252
  • Character Generation253
  • Organic Shells254
  • Mechanical Shells256
  • The Net and Digital Shells258
  • Digital Combat260
    • Common Digital Programs261
  • Transhuman Polities262
    • One-Roll Polity Missions264
    • Polity Mission Rewards265
• Space Magic266
  • The Arcanist268
  • The Magister269
  • The Adept270
    • The Incandescent Order270
  • Arcane Foci272
• Heroic Characters274
  • Heroic Character Classes275
  • Heroic Combat276
    • Counting Heroic Damage276
    • Lesser Foes and Worthy Foes276
    • The Fray Die276
  • Defying Doom277
  • Challenging Heroic PCs278
• True Artificial Intelligences280
  • Creating True AIs283
  • True AI PCs285
  • The True AI Class287
  • Core Routines288
  • Peripheral Routines289
• Societies290
  • The Origin of the Society292
  • The Society's Rulers294
  • The Ruled Classes296
  • Flavoring the Society298
• Mechs300
  • Mech Combat302
  • Mech Damage and Repair302
  • Maintenance303
  • Piloting Mechs303
  • Designing Mechs304
    • Mech Fittings305
    • Mech Defenses307
    • Mech Weaponry308
    • Example Mech Designs310
• Index314
• Kickstarter Backers315