I love perusing the web. There is a treasure trove of resources growing and evolving for Star Trek Adventures. Here is my latest find, a gem created by Star Trek aficionado Brian McCutcheon, a.ka. The Mask of Romek.
Brian slapped together a quick tool for GM’s to use when choosing complications by bridge role. What if, by chance, a player rolls 5 complications in one shot? Or what if they roll several complications in a row? How do these complications compound? How might they effect the difficulty level of rolls? Brian has a solution for that!
Just use the explanations below to create some mind-twisting complications to your game. Enjoy torturing your players. Mwahaha!
COMPLICATIONS
Engineering:
Micro fusion initiators damaged + 1 diff
Phase inverters overload +2 diff
Matter/Antimatter mix equations out of balance +3 diff
Bussard Collectors venting plasma +4 diff
Antimatter containment field collapsing +5 diff
Science:
Polaron emitters out of alignment ( Reason+Science to repair diff 2)
Neutrino emissions causing interference + 1 diff to compensate
Irregular variance of background Tetryon particle levels + 2 diff
Database corrupted by alien computer virus +3 diff (Reason +Science diff 3 to correct)
Sensors unable to scan beyond edge of anomaly due to Wynn-Shaefer effect + 4 diff
Readings out of range of current technology +5 diff
Security:
Targeting sensors scrambled by graviton interference +1 diff
Target using portable Thoron emitter to avoid detection + 2 diff
Confinement fields scattered by Higgs-Boson anomaly +3 diff
Enemy using Chronoton scattering field as countermeasure +4 diff
Energy dampening field affecting all technology +5 diff
Command:
Voice breaks under stress +1 diff
Fails to maintain/ maintains eye contact (cultural insult) +2 diff
Cannot keep fear from voice + 3 diff
Loses train of thought +4 diff
Panics +5 diff
Medicine:
Feinberger readings inconsistent +1 diff
Tricorder power fails +2 diff
Symptoms inconsistent with diagnosis +3 diff
Subject suffers relapse +4 diff
Complete misdiagnosis +5 diff
Communications:
Universal translator algorithms cannot identify language + 1 diff
Signal degradation due to Chambers coil emissions + 2 diff
Internal comms jammed by cascade failure of Duotronic relays +3 diff
Diagnostic subroutine initiated in error shutting off comms +4 diff
Directed Polaron beam(or subspace anomaly) jamming all subspace frequencies +5 diff
Helm:
Controls sluggish due to gravimetric shearing+1 diff
Manoeuvring thrusters firing out of sequence +2 diff
Helm unresponsive due to feedback in plasma manifold + 3 diff (Reason + Helm diff 3 to correct)
Gas cloud ignited by Impulse engines +4 diff
Struck by undetected Quantum filament +5 diff
Navigation:
Nebula causing interference with sensor array +1 diff
Uncharted asteroid field forces course deviation +2 diff
Forced to compensate for gravimetric disturbance +3 diff
Unable to establish location due to Ionic interference +4 diff
Wormhole alters fabric of space/time +5 diff
Melee Combat:
Attacker loses footing
Attacker drops weapon
Attackers weapon breaks
Attackers weapon lodges in nearby object
Attacker blinded by dust/debris
Ranged Combat:
Attacker loses footing
Attacker drops weapon
Attackers weapon runs out of charge
Attackers weapon suffers malfunction
Attackers weapon snags on clothing/equipment
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