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Fantasy in Car Wars

by Christopher A. Goodwin

The material presented here is my original creation, intended for use with the Car Wars system

from Steve Jackson Games. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Steve Jackson

Games.

Car Wars is a trademark of Steve Jackson Games, and its rules and art are copyrighted by

Steve Jackson Games. All rights are reserved by Steve Jackson Games. This game aid is the

original creation of Christopher A. Goodwin and is released for free distribution, and not for

resale, under the permissions granted in the Steve Jackson Games Online Policy.

Some terms below are considered Product Identity; any original text by Christopher A. Goodwin

below is released as Open Content under the terms of the Open Game License. See the Legal

section for the text of the OGL as well as additional details.

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Purpose

What You’ll Need

Characters

New Skills

RacesMagic

Monsters

Other Stuff

Spells

SRD-Car Wars Size Conversion Table

Pedestrian Weapons

Fantasy Armor

Character Conversion

Legal

Product IdentityOpen Game License

PurposeThese rules are not here to give thoroughly designed and tested conversion notes from the OGL

Fantasy SRD to Car Wars rules; they’re here to give players a quick and dirty source for spells

and monsters. To that end, a referee is recommended when playing Car Wars Fantasy games;

if there is no referee, all players should be in agreement as to exact numbers in conversions.

What You’ll NeedThis document assumes you have access to the following items:

“Dodges and Dragons” by Charles A. Oines (Autoduel Quarterly 6/1)

“Magic In Car Wars” by Steve Jackson, et al (Autoduel Quarterly 6/2 or Space Gamer

51, 55, 60)

“Full Moon Over Midville” by David N. Searle (Autoduel Quarterly 7/4)

“Car-nasaurs” by Stephen Dedman (Pyramid #9; available from Steve Jackson Games’

web site here)

The OGL Fantasy SRD either online or through the 3.5 edition books (referred to

hereafter as “SRD”)

Characters

New Skills

These skills all cost 10 points per level up to +3, as per the standard rules.

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Archery: This skill grants the character the ability to use bows, including short and longbows,

in combat, but does not grant the character any ability to use crossbows; that is a separate skill.

Axe: This skill grants the character the ability to use axes (including battle axes, hand axes,

and other similar weapons) in combat.

Crossbow: This skill grants the character the ability to use crossbows, including light and

heavy crossbows, in combat, but does not grant the character any ability to use short or

longbows; that is a separate skill.

Mage: This skill grants the character the ability to cast spells. See “Magic In Car Wars” for

more details on how this works.

Perception: This skill improves a character’s ability to sense things in and out of combat. All

characters begin the game with Perception at base level for no cost.

Shield: This skill grants the character the ability to use shields, including bucklers, in combat

both offensively and defensively.

Staff: This skill grants the character the ability to use staves (including batons, clubs,

quarterstaves, and wizards’ staves) in combat.

Sword: This skill grants the character the ability to use swords (including scimitars, daggers,

knives, and other similar weapons) in combat.

Teamster: This skill grants the character the ability to drive an animal-drawn conveyance incombat; it otherwise functions exactly as the Driver skill from Car Wars.

Willpower: Any spells or psychic abilities that target the character take a -1 to hit per level of

Willpower. The character also gains +1 per level on all dice rolls to resist the Fast Talk skill or

any other mental compulsion, whether mundane or magical.

Races

Dwarf : Dwarves are smaller but denser than humans (an adult dwarf is approximately four feet

tall, weighs 200 pounds, and takes up .75 spaces as a passenger). Dwarves are stronger than

humans; they gain +1 DP, +2 GE (or +50 pounds) carrying capacity, and +2 to all melee and

hand-to-hand damage. Dwarves start with one level in Mechanic skill, and can always improve

their Mechanic skill by spending general skill points gained from experience. They are

extremely skilled at echolocation, which they would normally perform in caves by singing,

whistling, or tapping on a wall with a tool, but are not limited to this environment nor these

methods of making sound. It costs 50 points to play a dwarf.

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Elf : Elves are slender and about the same height as humans (5'6" tall, 150 pounds, 1 space as

a passenger). Elves start with three levels in Running, and one level in a ranged combat skill of

their choice (usually either Handgunner, Archery, or the Mage skill). Elves can see in the dark,

equivalent to light intensifier goggles (with no ill effects from bright light). It costs 50 points to

play an elf.

Gnome: Gnomes are even smaller than their cousins, the dwarves (a gnome takes up .5

spaces as a passenger, is two feet tall and weighs only 50 pounds, or can be carried as 4 GE;

they themselves have 3 DP, a carrying capacity of 4 GE, and do -2 damage in all melee and

hand-to-hand combat). They start with one level in Mechanic (and can improve it as dwarves)

and have the same echolocation ability as dwarves. They can learn Driving skill normally, but

vehicles built for humans must be modified to be driven by a gnome ($500, no weight, no space

for permanent modification or $1000, 50 pounds, .5 spaces for one that can be stowed away

when not needed); a gnome can fit into a gunner position with a booster seat ($20, 10 pounds,

.5 spaces). They can use 1 GE weapons, or larger ones that have been specifically modified to

their hand size (doubling the cost). It costs 25 points to play a gnome.

Orc: Orcs are about the same size as humans, and have the stereotypical tusked face. They

start with one level each in Melee Weapons and Martial Arts, and gain +1 DP, +1 GE carrying

capacity, and +1 to all melee and hand-to-hand damage. While orcs have a bad reputation and

a vaguely unpleasant appearance, personality-wise they're regular people, the same as

everyone else. Orcs can see into the ultraviolet, equivalent to light intensifier goggles (but in

different frequencies than their cousins, the elves). It costs 40 points to play an orc.

Troll: Trolls are big. 7' or taller, 300 pounds, 2 spaces as a passenger or 3 as crew. They have

5 DP, the equivalent of 1 point of metal armor all around, 9 GE of carrying capacity, and do +3damage in melee and hand-to-hand combat; further, all melee weapons wielded by a troll do full

damage to vehicular armor. A single troll can lift 800 pounds or more on his own; three trolls

working together can lift a two ton car by themselves! A troll is considered wounded at between

1 and 4 DP, and is unconscious at 0; a troll can only be fully killed by fire or laser damage. Trolls

regenerate from damage other than fire or lasers, at the rate of 1 DP per hour; given the

appropriate support (nutrient solutions and the like) a small part of a troll will within a day

regenerate into the equivalent of a mindless clone of the original troll, and the troll's mind can be

uploaded as normal via Gold Cross. It costs 100 points to play a troll, if the referee allows them

at all.

MagicThe highest level of SRD spell a character can cast is equal to his Mage skill. Use the "Magic In

Car Wars" formula for how many spells you can learn: points in Mage / 3, or effectively 3 per

level (including +0). You can only learn spells you have access to, which means you have to

find someone who knows the new spell, or find it in a spellbook, scroll, library, ‘net site, etc. Or

research it yourself. (Treat your Mage skill as equivalent to Mechanic. It takes one week per

spell level, costs $500 per spell level, and to research a spell of the highest level you can cast is

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considered a Very Hard task; each level lower is one level easier. The referee will make the roll

in secret.)

The basic Mage skill is assumed to grant access to arcane (Sorcerer/Wizard) spells; with the

referee’s permission, a character could take Cleric or Druid skills (at 10 points each per level) to

grant access to those spell lists. A Cleric or Druid would have access to all of thelevel-appropriate spells on their respective spell lists; rules for casting them are otherwise

identical to the rules for Mages. (In some, particularly weird, campaigns, a single character

might have access to all of these spells by level; the Mage skill for that would cost 30 points per

level, and would otherwise function the same way.)

"Magic In Car Wars" spells convert to SRD levels, if needed, as follows: level = (SP cost + 1) / 2,

round up. These numbers can be tweaked by the referee.

Spells converted from SRD have a spell point cost as in “Magic In Car Wars”; the cost to cast a

spell is (the spell’s level * 2) + 1.

Damage: Maximum damage / 12 = Car Wars d6 of damage. A remainder of 1-3 is +0, 4-6 is

+1 (or 1d-2), 7-9 is +2 (or 1d-1), and 10+ rounds up to the next die. This does not apply to

melee or missile (hand) weapons; where available, use Car Wars native stats for those.

Otherwise, maximum weapon damage / 6 = Car Wars d6 of damage, halved vs. vehicular

armor and components other than tires.

In spells where the caster’s level is a variable, assume a Mage +0 is caster level 1, a mage +1

is caster level 3, and above that the caster level is twice the character’s Mage skill. (In

particular: the Fireball and Lightning Bolt spells do 1d+2 at Mage +3, 2d at Mage +4, and +1dper every +1 Mage level.)

The casting time for any converted SRD spell is 1 phase for any spell that takes an immediate

action in SRD, or a combat action for any spell that requires a standard action. Spells that take

longer to cast use their SRD casting time. Spell range and duration are as per SRD; round all

distances in SRD to the nearest multiple of 15 feet and convert to Car Wars inches. One round

in SRD is 10 turns in Car Wars. All spells with a 20 foot radius area affect a 3” x 3” area in Car

Wars.

Any weapon (pedestrian or vehicle) that is the recipient of the Magic Weapon (SRD) spell gains

a to-hit and damage bonus equal to the spell’s bonus, and does its full damage (including the

bonus) to vehicular armor and components as well as to monsters that require magic weapons

to hit or are otherwise immune to “normal” weapons (this includes vampires and lycanthropes

from “Full Moon Over Midville”).

For SRD spells or monsters with the “energy drain” effect, or which grant “negative levels” to a

character: each negative level reduces the character’s DP, and all of his skills (to a minimum of

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+0), by one full level! A character who loses a Bodybuilding skill level that grants one additional

DP loses that DP as well. Characters can regain these levels by whatever mechanisms exist in

the standard SRD rules for reversing energy drain, or the referee might permit the loss to be

reversed by some other means. If the character updates a clone or MMSD after the loss, the

lost skill points transfer as well, but the lost DP do not. And post-cloning and restoration, there

is no way to regain the lost skill points -- a character will have to regain those prior to updating, ifat all.

Where a number of Hit Dice worth of creatures are affected by a spell: 1 HD equates to a 3 DP

creature, +1 DP per +1 HD.

To hit rolls: Unless otherwise specified, a spell of the highest level a mage can cast has a

to-hit roll of 8+, and the mage gains +1 for each level lower. (Example: A Mage +3 would have

an 8+ to hit with any level 3 spell, 7+ with level 2, 6+ with level 1, and 5+ with level 0.)

Area of Effect spells: Treat area of effect spells as grenades for purposes of targeting andscatter.

Saving Throws: Where a spell permits an immediate saving throw to reduce or avoid its

effects, the caster receives a penalty to hit based on the target’s skills, equal to -1 if the target

has the skill at base and an additional -1 per level of the skill. For a Will save, the skill is

Willpower skill; for Fortitude, use Bodybuilding skill; for a Reflex save, use the character’s Luck,

with an additional -1 for a Reflex roll of 5 or -2 for a roll of 6. Some area spells, or spells with a

continuing duration (such as Web) allow the target to make a saving throw in a later turn to

break out of or avoid the spell’s effects. In these instances, there’s no immediate to-hit penalty;

the target instead avoids the effect by rolling 8+ on 2d, or 7+ if they have the appropriate skill atbase, and may add +1 per level of Willpower, Bodybuilding, or Luck and Reflex roll bonus, as

appropriate. (The Reflex roll bonus or penalty applies whether or not the target has the Luck

skill.)

MonstersBestiary shouldn’t be too hard to convert - use SRD stats, with HP and damage values

converted to Car Wars scale. Armor values will need to convert as well, somehow. Don’t yet

know how this will work.

To find a monster’sCar Wars

DP, divide its SRD Hit Points by 6.

Other Stuff$1 = 1 copper piece

$10 = 1 silver piece

$100 = 1 gold piece

$1000 = 1 platinum piece

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SpellsIf a spell is not mentioned here, then it needs no translation into Car Wars game mechanics.

Level 0:

Resistance: All attackers take -1 to hit the affected character, including with spells..

Acid Splash: Does 1 hit acid damage vs. all targets, including metal armor and targets

affected like metal armor

Daze: Affects creatures of 5 DP or less, and all humans and humanoid races.

Flare: Affects target as if they were blinded by a searchlight

Ray of Cold: Does 1 hit cold damage vs. all living targets

Disrupt Undead: Does 1d-2 damage vs. undead

Touch of Fatigue: For the duration of the spell, the target is treated as if they are

wounded.

Mending: Restores 1 DP to an object that has been damaged (but not destroyed).

Level 1: Protection From (x): All targets of type (x) take -2 to hit the protected character with all

attacks, including spells.

Shield: Provides a -3 penalty to attackers to hit the protected character.

Grease: Creates a ½” x 1” oil counter.

Mage Armor: All characters take a -2 penalty to hit the protected character; that

character also gains 2 points of protection that acts like metal armor (but is not removed

by attacks at all), for the duration.

Mount: See this thread for stats for horses.

Obscuring Mist: Creates a 2” x 2” x 1” high cloud of smoke; this smoke stops infrared,

ultraviolet, and lasers. Unseen Servant: Has a maximum speed of 5 mph.

True Strike: Grants +12 (!) to hit

Hypnotism: Affects creatures with a total of up to 10 DP.

Sleep: Affects creatures with a total of up to 6 DP.

Burning Hands: Does 1 hit per level, 5 hits maximum, with fire modifier 3 and burn

duration 2.

Floating Disk: Can carry up to ½ space of liquid.

Magic Missile: Each missile does 1 hit damage. 1 missile at Mage +1, +1 missile per

+1 Mage level. No to-hit roll needed; personal armor does not protect, though being

inside a vehicle does. Shocking Grasp: 1d+2 damage at Mage +1, 2d at Mage +2, +1d per +1 level. Affects

power plants as an Anti-Power-Plant Rocket. Metal armor provides no protection! (This

does not mean “defenses that act like metal armor”...)

Color Spray: Affects a ½” x 1” area. Use Hit Dice formula above to determine who is

affected. Treat stunned targets as wounded, and blinded characters as if they were

blinded by a searchlight (nonmagical eye protection does not prevent this).

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Disguise Self: The character’s disguise is successful on a roll of 4+ on 2d. The referee

rolls this in secret!

Cause Fear: To-hit roll 5+. If the caster hits by less than or equal to the target’s

Willpower, the target is treated as wounded; otherwise, on a hit the target flees in fear.

Chill Touch: Each touch does 1d-3 hits to the target.

Ray of Enfeeblement: Basic attack does 1d-3 to the target, +1 hit per Mage levelabove Mage +1, to a max of 1d. This will not reduce a target below unconsciousness!

Enlarge Person: This spell doubles the target’s DP, multiplies their weight and carrying

capacity by 8, and reduces the penalty to hit them by 1. When the spell wears off, halve

the character’s DP loss due to wounds (round in the character’s favor); a character will

not be killed by DP loss taken when returning to normal size.

Expeditious Retreat: Increases the character’s running speed by 20 mph, or sprinting

speed by 25 mph. This is a magical increase, and adds on top of the character’s

Running skill.

Feather Fall: Reduces a character’s falling speed to 10 mph. This spell can be cast

even if the character has already performed a combat action during the turn! Jump: Grants +5 to jumping rolls at Mage +1, +10 at Mage +3, and +15 at Mage +5 or

more.

Magic Weapon: Grants the weapon +1 to hit and to its damage roll; also, all pedestrian

weapons do their full damage to all targets, including vehicular components and armor!

May be cast on vehicular weapons, in which case they do full damage (including the

bonus) to all targets (which would include monsters that otherwise only take damage

from limited forms of attack).

Reduce Person: This spell halves the target’s height, multiplies their weight and

carrying capacity by ⅛, halves their running speed, and increases penalties to hit them

by 1. If larger than human size, their DP is halved, to a minimum of 3; any woundsreceived are also halved. A character will not be killed by DP loss taken when shrinking.

Level 2:

Arcane Lock: Prevents a lock from being picked by use of any mundane skills.

Protection From Arrows: Acts as a barrier against all ranged attacks, which drops

when the spell expires or when all of its DP are lost. The barrier has 10 DP, +5 DP per

additional Mage level, to a maximum of 30 DP.

Resist Energy: Provides protection against the selected energy type equivalent to 6

points of metal armor. This protects fully against electrical attacks, if that is the chosen

energy type.

Acid Arrow: The acid does 2 hits in 10 turns; for every 2 levels above Mage +2, it lasts

an additional 10 turns, doing an additional 2 hits per 10 turns.

Fog Cloud: Creates a 3” x 3” x 1” high smoke cloud, which stops all nonmagical forms

of perception (including radar) as well as lasers.

Glitterdust: Blinds the target as a searchlight; eye protection does not protect against

this. Glitterdust is also treated as glow-in-the-dark paint, and further reduces the target’s

Stealth rolls, or any other rolls to avoid notice, with a -8 penalty!

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Web: Creates a 3” x 3” spider web. Use chain counters to represent this, or create

some web counters. Characters in the area are trapped. Doing 3 DP to the web square

where the character is releases them; characters in a web area but not trapped can

move 1 square per turn, or 2 if they make a Reflex roll as noted above. Webs are highly

flammable; if set on fire, they do the same damage as flaming oil to characters inside the

web area, whether trapped or not. Webs add +2 to the fire modifier of any fire attack,and have their own burn duration of 2. The web is destroyed when the spell duration

ends or when it burns out.

Daze Monster: Affects any creature of up to 9 DP.

Touch of Idiocy: Applies a 1d-3 penalty to the character’s Perception, Willpower, and

social skill use (Animal Husbandry, Fast Talk, Journalism, Law, Leadership, Politics,

Streetwise).

Darkness: Affects a 3” x 3” area. Use smoke counters, or create a Darkness counter.

Flaming Sphere: Creates a ½” x ½” flaming sphere. Create a counter to represent this.

The caster can move it 2” in any direction using a combat action. It deals 1d flame

damage, with a fire modifier of 4 and burn duration of 2. It last 10 seconds per casterlevel.

Gust of Wind: Treat as a helicopter’s “dusting” ability; affects an area 1” wide by 4”

long, originating at the caster. Unprotected characters in the area take 1 hit per 10

seconds in the area; any goggles offer protection, as do gas masks, IBA, a cloth over the

face, etc.

Scorching Ray: Does 2d fire damage, with a fire modifier of 4 and burn duration of 1.

Fires one ray at Mage +2, with an additional ray for every +2 beyond that. As noted in

the spell description, the additional rays may be fired at the same or other targets; if fired

at other targets, treat them as a Car Wars area of effect weapon.

Shatter: Does 1d damage at Mage +2, +1d per +1 Mage level. Affects targets asmentioned in the spell description; does not affect vehicle armor.

Blur: Attackers take an additional -2 penalty to hit the blurred character.

Hypnotic Pattern: Roll 1d+1 and add your caster level (max of 11) to determine the HD

of creatures affected. Use the HD to DP conversion above.

Invisibility: An invisible character is invisible to ultraviolet, infrared, and radar, and is

unaffected by lasers!

Mirror Image: Roll 1d-1, plus one image per +2 to Mage skill.

False Life: Roll 1d for the amount of life, +1 per caster level (max of +6 DP). These go

away when the spell ends, but wounds taken to those bonus DP don’t transfer to the

character.

Spectral Hand: The hand has 1 DP, and the caster temporarily loses 1 DP while the

spell is in effect.

Bear’s Endurance: Target gains +3 levels in Bodybuilding (or Bodybuilding +2 if he

doesn’t have the skill at all).

Bull’s Strength: Same effect as Bear’s Endurance.

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Cat’s Grace: Target gains +2 to all vehicle handling skills and combat rolls (!); their

rolled Reflex roll increases by +2 as well (!!), and they gain an additional +2 on all Reflex

saves. Finally, the target is at an additional -2 to be hit in combat.

Darkvision: Acts as Light Intensifier Goggles (but provides no eye protection).

Eagle’s Splendor: Grants +2 to all social skill rolls.

Fox’s Cunning: Grants +2 to all Perception checks as well as to the use of allintellectual skills. Including the Mage skill…

Owl’s Wisdom: Grants an additional +2 levels worth of Willpower.

Pyrotechnics: The fireworks effect acts like a flash grenade. The smoke cloud creates

a 3” x 3” x 1” cloud that acts as tear gas. Extinguishes a fire, which can include a vehicle

fire!

Spider Climb: Allows climbing at 10 mph.

Level 3:

Explosive Runes: The character who triggers the rune takes 3d damage, as does the

object the rune was written on (this can include vehicle armor); all other characters within

½” of the rune take half that as burst effect damage. Magic Circle Against (x): Works in a circle bounded by a 1 ½” x 1 ½” square, centered

on the protected character or location.

Nondetection: Protects the target against detection by infrared, radar, and

light-intensifier goggles, as well as the mentioned spells and effects.

Protection from Energy: Has 6 DP plus 6 DP per caster level.

Stinking Cloud: Creates a 3” x 3” x 1” cloud that acts as tear gas.

Rage: Character gains effectively +2 Bodybuilding levels, +2 DP above that provided by

the Bodybuilding, and +1 to Willpower; other characters gain +2 to hit the character.

Gentle Repose: The preservation provided by this spell is suitable for the purposes of

Gold Cross. Repetition of this spell can preserve a corpse indefinitely! Ray of Exhaustion: Target is stunned, as per concussion grenades.

Vampiric Touch: Damage is 1d, +1d per 2 levels of Mage skill, to a maximum of 5d.

Flame Arrow: Affects any form of projectile ammunition, including bullets, rockets,

grenades, oil/paint gun ammo, etc. but not lasers or dropped weapons. Any projectile

affected by this spell does an additional 2 hits of fire damage with a fire mod of 2 and

burn duration 1, in addition to its normal effects (or +1 and +1 if it’s already a flaming

projectile). Flaming oil gun ammo ignites immediately and does an additional 2 hits

damage, with +1 to its fire mod and +1 to its burn duration.

Fly: The target can fly as a helicopter at 30 mph and HC of 5, or 20 mph and HC of 3

with a load of 5 DE or more.

Haste: Grants +1 to hit, +1 to Reflex saves (and Car Wars Reflexes rolls), and -1 to be

hit. Also increases the character’s movement by 20 mph.

Keen Edge: Increases the damage of the weapon or projectiles it is cast on by +1 hit,

for the duration.

Magic Weapon, Greater: Grants +1 to hit and +1 to damage for every four (total) caster

levels, to a maximum of +5. Pedestrian weapons affected by this spell do their full

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damage to vehicular armor and components, and all weapons affected do their full

damage to monsters that are otherwise unaffected by certain attack types.

Slow: All penalties are -1 to the affected character, and others are +1 to hit him in

combat. His movement is halved.

Level 4:

Fire Trap: Does 1d-3 damage, +1 per two caster levels, to a maximum of 1d+2, in a ½”x ½” square. Fire mod 4, burn duration 2.

Stoneskin: The target gains +6 DP that acts as metal armor (but is not removed by any

attacks); this protection ends after it has stopped a total of 6 DP per caster level.

Minor Creation: Creates up to one space of material with up to 10 DP, for a total weight

of up to 40 pounds; this can be treated as component armor.

Solid Fog: Reduces movement to 1 square per turn. All hand-to-hand and melee

attacks take a -2 penalty to hit and damage.

Crushing Despair: All penalties are -2 in Car Wars.

Geas, Lesser: Affects 9 DP worth of creatures.

Fire Shield: Does 1d damage at Mage +4, with an additional 1 hit per +1 to Mage skill.Fire mod 4, burn duration 2.

Ice Storm: Does 2d+2 damage in a 3” x 3” area.

Shout: Deals 2d+2 damage in its cone.

Wall of Fire: Build the wall out of flaming oil counters, one ½” x 1” counter per caster

level. All creatures within ½” of the counter on the “hot” side of the wall take 1 hit fire

damage per turn.

Wall of Ice: Wall has 8 DP +1 DP per two caster levels. Build this with one ½” x 1” ice

counter per caster level. Alternately, instead of an upright wall it can be used to cover

the ground with ice; use two ½” x 1” counters per caster level.

Bestow Curse: Ignore the ability score loss version of this spell. The penalty version isworth -4 to all rolls in Car Wars. The spell otherwise functions as mentioned.

Enervation: The target gains 1d-3 negative levels (see above for how that works).

Level 5:

Cloudkill: Creates a 3” x 3” cloud. Each creature in the cloud takes 5 hits damage, +3

hits which may be prevented by a Fortitude save (8+ on 2d + Bodybuilding), +1 hit per

turn spent in the cloud. An NBC shielded vehicle is protected, as is any character

wearing IBA or an intact NBC suit, but a gas mask by itself is not enough.

Major Creation: As Minor Creation, except created objects can be of stone, crystal, or

metal. Can be used to create up to 2 points of metal component armor.

Wall of Stone: Creates one ½” x ½” section of stone wall per caster level. Treat as

reinforced concrete for DP values.

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SRD‐Car Wars Size Conversion Table

SRD Size Car Wars examples Car Wars

targeting penalty

Creature DP

Fine Tongue on attachedcar trailer

-7 or more Min. 1 DP

Diminutive Tractor’s 5th wheel,lamppost

-6 Min. 1 DP

Tiny Human in water withonly head showing;legs of semi-trailer

-5 1-2 DP

Small Swimming human -4 1-3 DP

Medium Human-size,motorcycle, tire

-3, -2 from side 2-6 DP

Large Subcompact,compact, turret

-2, -1 from side 4-12 DP

Huge Most cars -1, -0 from side 6-25 DP

Gargantuan Vans, pickups, 10wheelers

+0, +1 from side 8-50 DP

Colossal Anything bigger +1, +2 from side,

or more

10-100+ DP

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Pedestrian Weapons

Weapon DE* Damage To Hit Cost Notes

Dagger 1 1d/2 (1-3 hits) 6 $50

Short Sword 2 1d-2 7 $150

Long Sword 3 1d-1 7 $200

Hand Axe 2 1d-2 7

Battle Axe 3 1d+2 8 $150 Requires one full turn toready after each use. Fulldamage to vehicular targetsand tires.

* DE = Dagger Equivalent. 1 DE = 1 grenade equivalent.

Fantasy ArmorLeather armor protects with its full DP against low tech weapons (blades, arrows, axes), burst

effects, and any spells that are stopped by armor, half DP against all other attacks. Metal armorprotects with its full DP against low tech weapons (including axes), all small arms (pistols,

shotguns, non-AV rifles, SMGs), burst effects, spells stopped by armor, and any high tech

weapons that do half damage to vehicular armor and components; half DP against all other

attacks.

Metal armor has encumbrance in DE equal to its DP value; the encumbrance of leather is equal

to half its DP. Both types’ DP persist after being hit (like metal vehicular armor); leather loses 1

DP on a die roll of 4-6, or 1 DP from any attack against which it has half DP, while metal loses 1

DP on a die roll of 5-6, or on a 4-6 from any attack against which it has half DP.

Character ConversionGenerally, a level 1 character will have +0 in some primary skill relating to their class, and will

have +1 in this skill for every 2 character levels above that. Fighters will most likely have Martial

Arts to start with. Mage is a separate case as discussed above, but works similarly enough for

our purposes. Clerics will have a Cleric skill, which works much the same as Mage, including

level conversion; clerical spells may be converted using the arcane spells as guidelines. For

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rogues, the primary skill will be Theft, though the character won’t be able to use any modern

equipment with the skill until they have received exposure and/or training in it (this also goes for

all classes and other skills such as Gunner, Handgunner, Mechanic, Paramedic, Security, and

so on).

Even first level SRD characters will likely be more rounded skill-wise than the average beginningCar Wars character.

A character with total net Strength and Constitution bonuses of +1 or better will have

Bodybuilding +0, and +1 to this skill for every total +2 worth above that. For every +1 worth of

Strength bonus the character has, take one additional level in a melee combat skill.

For every +1 worth of Dexterity bonus the character has, take one additional level in a ranged

combat skill (which can include Gunner or Handgunner, if the character has those skills).

A character with an Intelligence bonus of +2 gains +1 to Perception, and an additional +1 forevery +2 bonus.

A character with a Wisdom bonus of +1 gains Willpower +0, and +1 to Willpower for every +2

above that.

For every +1 worth of Charisma bonus the character has, take one additional level in a social

skill.

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