Predators
by Dennis Payne and Kirpal Sukumar

Introduction - by Dennis Payne
     I originally came out with the rules for predators in Werewolf in 1994.
After posting them very little response came even though many rules were
left vague.  Kirpal updated the rules in October 1995.  This is a
combination of his emailed suggestions and many original post.  I've tried
to maintain his suggestions as he presented them.  The current address
I have for him is knsukmar@ucdavis.edu.

Nature: Predator
Demeanor: Predator
Physical: Strength 5, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5
Social: Charisma 1, Manipulation 1, Appearance 0
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Talents: Alertness 4, Athletics 3, Brawl 5, Dodge 3, Intimidation 4,
     Subterfuge 1
Skills: Firearms (Predator) 5, Melee 5, Stealth 3, Survival 3
     [Kirpal suggests Melee 6, Stealth 4, and Survival 4]
Knowledge: Area Knowledge 1, Medicine (Predator) 3

Rage 5, Willpower 6

Equipment:

     Chamelon Suit - Acts as Camouflage (Wendigo Level One Gift) except works
anywhere and does not require Gnosis

     Knife Gauntlet - The right arm band "contains retractable double-edged
knives created from a mysterious crystaline compound harder than diamonds."
  Roll           Difficulty       Damage        # Actions
  Dex+Brawl          6          Strength+2          1

     Telescoping Spear - A two-ended spear that springs to full length with
a twist of the handle.
  Roll           Difficulty       Damage        # Actions
  Dex+Melee          6          Strength+4          1

     Laser Cannon - The cannon "fires intense energy bursts with pinpoint
accuracy, laying waste to metal and flesh."  The laser scope adds three dice
to hit and appears as three red dots in a triangle.  (Remember each extra
success to hit adds one die of damage.)
  Difficulty       Damage          Rate         Range
      6              12             1            500

     Sensors - They can adjust their sight to just about everything including
thermograph, photonic emmision, possibly x-ray and magnetic resonance.
Without technology they see infra-red.  (Lower perception difficulties by 2-3
but must roll wits+perception to avoid being blinded by little things like
thermite grenades and magnesium flares.

     Body Armor - 2 no dexterity penalty (armor tshirt type)

     Net Lancher - Damage 5-6(?), entrapment (+5 difficulty to movement
rolls, all movement [except rolling unless bound to a stationary object])

     Bladed-Disks - Maybe 10 damage dice the nasty effects are hard to
judge, difficulty 14-user's MA(Predator) skill.

     Self-Destruct Device - [Kirpal made rules for this I've removed them
in favor of everything in the area of effect is destroyed.]

     Medical kit - Allows the predator to heal up to 3 levels of aggravated
damage  given 10-15 minutes to gather materials (just about anything) and do
some minor surgery...on itself.

Kirpal's Notes
     I'd like to work up stats (and bonuses for predators as they gain rank
(what they've hunted, and how difficult it was).  I think that even being
allowed to hunt humans should require a rank of about 3, considering that I'm
working under the impression that the Predators hunt Aliens on a regular
basis, and (from the book by Steve Perry) also that Predators regard humans
as more dangerous than Aliens.
     I'd like to possible make this system playable...but have the
predator start out with just about the same character creation stuff as a
Werewolf.  I think that the one you have above could be a template for a
rank 2-3 predator.
     From various places, I've also gotten the impression that killing
an Alien is a Predator's Rite of Passage, (Rank 1) and also that even being
allowed to use an optical camouflage unit is not allowed before what I'd
call Rank 2 (if we're sticking to the WW ranking system).

     And I'd like to try to have them develop their own martial art
(kinda-sorta like the system for Kailindo), and have the use of the
disc be based on it.  A friend and I are working on this for a Cyberpunk
game he's running, so most of the work might already be done.  have to
check with him on it.
     That and I think that the 1-5 ratings that WW uses are a bit too
vague... so maybe it could be based on 7 (?), and have the predator
starting with spear and knife gauntlet.  Possibly have the net launcher
be taught with skill rating 2(it isn't very complicated), disc available
to predators with a skill rating of 5 or higher, so the absolute minimum
difficulty for the disc is 7, and the maximum is 9 BEFORE adding in
modifiers.
     As I said before...these things scare me...I'm not sure whether to
make the damage aggravated or not.  Maybe everything past the first 3
unsoaked levels or something.
	I thought that, if I'm going to use this as if it was the same as
Kailindo, then it could probably be used the same way (instead of brawl).