On balancing Scrap
The bread and butter and blood.
UNRELIABLE SOURCES.
THE BURROWS. Many ruins are picked clean, with whatever Scrap remaining just off the beaten path. The untouched burrows are either closed off or deadly. Or both.
Roll a D4 if Ruin is scrapped, a D6 if abandoned, or a D8 if Dimmed. Consult Ruins for building each structure.
| D4/D8 | Loot (total) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 per Droid |
| 2 | 5 per Droid |
| 3 | 5 per Droid |
| 4 | 6 per Droid |
| 5 | 4 per Droid + Body Part (D10 to D20) |
| 6 | 4 per Droid + Body Part (D6 or D8) |
| 7 | 4 per Droid + Body Part (D4) |
| 8 | Something amazing |
LIVING DROIDS. Pay scavengers to share news, find tools and solve problems. Some even trade Body Parts.
DEAD DROIDS. Known as mechanophagy, considered tabboo by some. Phaged Scrap is banned in many settlements unless through natural entropy. Out of sight, out of mind. Can you tell the difference?
Roll D4 if defeated by physical damage. Otherwise, roll a D6.
| D4/D6 | Droid Remains |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing |
| 2 | 1 Scrap |
| 3 | 1 Scrap |
| 4 | 2 Scrap |
| 5 | 2 Scrap |
| 6 | Body Part (D10 to D20) |
THE DIMMED. Sparkless horrors from the Burrows. Bigger machines, they wield more Scrap than Droids, without the moral dillema. If you can take it from them.
Roll D4 if defeated by physical damage. Otherwise, roll a D6.
| D4/D6 | Dimmed Remains |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Scrap |
| 2 | 4 Scrap |
| 3 | 4 Scrap |
| 4 | 5 Scrap |
| 5 | Body Part |
| 6 | Body Part |
THE USUAL EXPENSES.
TRAVEL. The harsh rock claims its offerings. Beaten paths take a Scrap. Harder or further places take two or more.
FIXING. Hard to do by yourself. In a full respite with at least one other Droid, each Scrap spent raises the tier of a Condition Dice or heal a point of Attribute. Don't scavenge alone.
BARTER. Recruit hirelings, buy information, pay the toll for entry. One Scrap may not be enough, but two is far too much.
GET BETTER. Spend Scrap to make upgrades.
| Scrap Cost | Upgrade |
|---|---|
| 5 + max attribute | Raise an attribute by one |
| 5 + max HP | Raise HP by D6 |
| 5 + current Mod | Raise a Body Part Mod by one, to a maximum of +3 |
BODYSHOP. Not all places will have enough riches for one. A Body Part on display will cost 2 Scrap per Condition Dice Tier, and +1 for each Mod point. A custom request is doubled, if even available.
FIGHT ENTROPY. A ritualistic process. Settlements synch in big maintenances in two to three waves of Fixing Days. Great for ambushing.
At the start of each session, spend a Scrap or lower one Condition Dice Tier. Scavenging is hard work.