1d20 Random Deep Wasteland Encounters With Cybernetic Entities & Robotic Princes Table For Your Old School Campaigns

Cybernetic entities have come into their own after the 'Fall of Man', these creatures with artificial souls & minds have carved out their own place within the wastes. Taking what they want and for good or evil they have become a force to be reckoned with. Many android princes & cybernetic warlords are some of the most dangerous beings parties of adventurers and outlaws can face. They often have 1d8 or more robotic or cybernetic 'improvements' and are more then a cut above the usual wasteland robotic rabble that many adventurers are used to encountering in ruins and other dungeons. These cybernetic princes of the wastes are often fighters of 3rd level or above and more then a match for beginning parties. Many have 1d6 minor artifacts or relic technologies. Here then are 1d20 encounters to confound and cause your parties grief.



1d20 Random Deep Wasteland Encounters
With Cybernetic Entities & Robotic Princes
Table

1. A wasteland warlord in search of his own kingdom to rule surrounded by a war party of 1d6 androids. He rides in a hover car over which he has complete control. There are 1d4 relic weapon systems aboard. 
2. A war robot on a mission for his princely master, this entity controls 1d8 drone combat droids. Very dangerous to cross and with a mean streak a mile wide. 
3. A robotic dragon in the shape of a black metallic prince riding in a sky chariot. He is looking for the ruins of his place of birth. 
4. A robotic knight riding through the wastelands looking for his six brothers who have been driven into the wastelands. He is armed with a +3 sword and he is able to sense chaos, he has been driven to kill. 
5. Assassin to a robotic wasteland ruler is on a mission, she is looking to kill a few humans along the way. She has the ability to hover and fly as a class C entity. 
6. Composite entity from another dimension on a mission from his god seeks to slay one member of the party. He or it is ruthless and very dangerous. 
7. A former human has had his consciousness up loaded into the very bowels of a war prince's chassis. He is armed and very dangerous with 1d6 energy weapons. 
8. A former warbot has become an android after a series of adventures and now seeks his master. 
9.   This incredible android is a wasteland god able to fix any device, he rules over four minor kingdoms and is hiding from assassins. 
10. A former mutant giant has been transformed into a war android and he seeks to protect his former kind from a wizard who cursed him with this condition. Will you help him. 
11. War party of androids seeks their former android master who was lost in the waste. They are angry and armed with energy weapons but are seeking help. They can pay in artifacts and expertise. 
12. A former A.I. has become an android ruler of a clan of mutants whom are slowly becoming cyborgs but he needs a certain artifact will you help? 
13. Wizard turned android seeks the heart of ruler ship from an extinct war robot and your help is needed. 
14. Ancient vile villain has risen from the ashes of the 'Fall of Man' and is now on an extinction agenda against three or four kingdoms of mutants. 
15. Cyber prince is recruiting for a dangerous adventure and there is consciousness uploading into android bodies are you aboard with this? 
16. A former cheerleader is now a wasteland android princess and is seeking to unite four kingdoms but there are three A.I.'s standing in her way she seeks adventurers for a quest in her name. 
17. Nine dangerous war robots are threatening an android prince's domain and kingdoms he seeks a powerful weapon to help take these bastards out. He is willing to pay allies. 
18. An ancient army of war robots has been activated and is on the war path. A wasteland cyber prince knows the deactivation code to put them back in the wasteland grave yard. Will you seek him out? 
19. A dangerous cache of weird technology has awoken an ancient power and its vassal princess of the wastelands. She is an assassin of exceptionally dangerous cybernetic and shape changing qualities. Will you seek her prince to put her back to sleep? 
20. A cyber god has awoken and now seeks to slay all within reach. One a band of nine cyber princes can hope to stand against it. But several key relic weapons are missing will your party quest for them? 

1d20 Random Deep Wasteland Encounters With Cybernetic Entities & Robotic Princes Table For Your Old School Campaigns

Cybernetic entities have come into their own after the 'Fall of Man', these creatures with artificial souls & minds have carved out their own place within the wastes. Taking what they want and for good or evil they have become a force to be reckoned with. Many android princes & cybernetic warlords are some of the most dangerous beings parties of adventurers and outlaws can face. They often have 1d8 or more robotic or cybernetic 'improvements' and are more then a cut above the usual wasteland robotic rabble that many adventurers are used to encountering in ruins and other dungeons. These cybernetic princes of the wastes are often fighters of 3rd level or above and more then a match for beginning parties. Many have 1d6 minor artifacts or relic technologies. Here then are 1d20 encounters to confound and cause your parties grief.

1d20 Random Deep Wasteland Encounters
With Cybernetic Entities & Robotic Princes
Table

1. A wasteland warlord in search of his own kingdom to rule surrounded by a war party of 1d6 androids. He rides in a hover car over which he has complete control. There are 1d4 relic weapon systems aboard. 
2. A war robot on a mission for his princely master, this entity controls 1d8 drone combat droids. Very dangerous to cross and with a mean streak a mile wide. 
3. A robotic dragon in the shape of a black metallic prince riding in a sky chariot. He is looking for the ruins of his place of birth. 
4. A robotic knight riding through the wastelands looking for his six brothers who have been driven into the wastelands. He is armed with a +3 sword and he is able to sense chaos, he has been driven to kill. 
5. Assassin to a robotic wasteland ruler is on a mission, she is looking to kill a few humans along the way. She has the ability to hover and fly as a class C entity. 
6. Composite entity from another dimension on a mission from his god seeks to slay one member of the party. He or it is ruthless and very dangerous. 
7. A former human has had his consciousness up loaded into the very bowels of a war prince's chassis. He is armed and very dangerous with 1d6 energy weapons. 
8. A former warbot has become an android after a series of adventures and now seeks his master. 
9.   This incredible android is a wasteland god able to fix any device, he rules over four minor kingdoms and is hiding from assassins. 
10. A former mutant giant has been transformed into a war android and he seeks to protect his former kind from a wizard who cursed him with this condition. Will you help him. 
11. War party of androids seeks their former android master who was lost in the waste. They are angry and armed with energy weapons but are seeking help. They can pay in artifacts and expertise. 
12. A former A.I. has become an android ruler of a clan of mutants whom are slowly becoming cyborgs but he needs a certain artifact will you help? 
13. Wizard turned android seeks the heart of rulership from an extinct war robot and your help is needed. 
14. Ancient vile villain has risen from the ashes of the 'Fall of Man' and is now on an extinction agenda against three or four kingdoms of mutants. 
15. Cyber prince is recruiting for a dangerous adventure and there is consciousness uploading into android bodies are you aboard with this? 
16. A former cheerleader is now a wasteland android princess and is seeking to unite four kingdoms but there are three A.I.'s standing in her way she seeks adventurers for a quest in her name. 
17. Nine dangerous war robots are threatening an android prince's domain and kingdoms he seeks a powerful weapon to help take these bastards out. He is willing to pay allies. 
18. An ancient army of war robots has been activated and is on the war path. A wasteland cyber prince knows the deactivation code to put them back in the wasteland grave yard. Will you seek him out? 
19. A dangerous cache of weird technology has awoken an ancient power and its vassal princess of the wastelands. She is an assassin of exceptionally dangerous cybernetic and shape changing qualities. Will you seek her prince to put her back to sleep? 
20. A cybergod has awoken and now seeks to slay all within reach. One a band of nine cyber princes can hope to stand against it. But several key relic weapons are missing will your party quest for them? 

1d6 Random Recoverable Android and A.I. Treasure Finds Table For For Your Old School Post Apocalyptic Campaigns

Adventurers sometimes find incredible relics and remains that get left behind when the Artificial Intelligence lifeforms abandon some  of  their creations and other weird cybernetic life forms out in the wastelands. Many of these creatures are dangerous and yet can yield valuable artifacts.


When adventurers stumble upon such alien artifacts their might be a wisdom or tech use skill check required. These finds can and do yield valuable and sometimes incredibly dangerous finds. Here's a list of some of the more esoteric and odd finds that adventurers can come across in the wastelands. Caution should be used when approaching any of these types of relics.




1d6 Random Recoverable  Android
& A.I. Treasure Finds Table

1. A carbonite android skull with the advanced optics intact inside the thing with its valuable silver housings. Worth about six hundred gold pieces but the thing has a radioactive battery which as a 40% chance of leaking when found presenting a dangerous radiation hazard. 1d6 points of flesh decaying weird radiation if leaking. 
2. A new flesh organ pod found in part of a robotic chest cavity, the organ is capable of regenerating nanite technological repairs capable of remaking or repairing any bread box sized item placed within it. The thing however will strip the flesh from a limb for 1d8 points of damage if placed inside the rubbery like organ. Its worth 10,000 gold pieces to a collector or wizard. 
3. A robotic birthing unit capable of creating an embryonic android of an appropriate type to the ruins its found in such as a soldier unit found in a military base or an engineering unit found in the ruins of an M.I.T. satellite facility. The thing is also capable of slipping in an assassin counter security demonic life essence into a living person, the thing will take over and reprogram a human mind in 1d6 hours. The person infected must save vs death or become the unwilling pawn of such a life form. Worth 40,000 gold pieces to the right collector or cult.
4. Deep Slumber robotic mind, this is a subsidiary mind for an A.I. that can act as back up or lesser mind units for the massive god like intelligences that run the deep other dimensional gate ways. These units are capable of copying a dead person's mind in a very limited way giving a form of artificial resurrection for a 2 year limited basis. These units are worth 60,000 gold pieces but the least little damage will cause them to rapidly decay. The unit can only be placed in the ear canals of the recently deceased who can't be dead for more then four hours. These resurrections are not perfect copies and some emotional or mental trauma may result without the use of a wizard specializing deep cybernetic life forms. There is a 30% chance of a demonic corruption of such a unit as well.
5. Helix robotic life essence unit, these organs are found in heavily created and armored robotic units and they are used for the collecting, dissembling and cataloging of mutant stock life forms out in the waste lands. They are very dangerous for the in hands of the right wizard they can be used to combined two or more mutant life forms into a totally new artificial or androidic life form. They do this by taking two genetic samples from mutant life forms and then forming a nanite cocoon which gives birth to a brand new monstrous artificial mutant life form. The possibilities of these horrors are endless and many cryptic cults seek such robotic units out to destroy and collect these organs. Such units are almost always heavily armed and very dangerous in their own right. These organs are worth between 30,000 to 80,000 gold to the right collector who might try to murder the party or adventurer anyway. 
6. An extra dimensional prism crystal this device is only found on certain sentient android life forms and the crystal is capable of detecting tears,rips, warps,and folds in space. The crystal can take a snap shot of such places or gateways for the creation of between 1d10 gateways of their own creation. These devices allow psychic mutants or wizards to travel between the folds in space time and to move side ways between dimensional planes.  These rare items are worth 60,000 gold pieces but if the crystal matrix is handled roughly there is a 40% chance of a small dimensional explosion that will suck the adventurer into an alternative universe from the mishandling. 
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1d6 Random Recoverable Cybernetic Relics & Systems Table For Your Old School Post Apocalyptic Campaigns

When adventurers stumble upon the remains of an android, robot, or other mechanical or cybernetic life form they never know if the corpse of such an entity might have some ancient rare and valuable computer or electronic systems. Some of these items can be quite valuable to the right collector of the robotic or other  cybernetic instruments. However does your group have any way of knowing if the latest 'artificial life form find' is valuable or scrap metal? Here is a random  D6 table to help out.



1d6 Random Recoverable Cybernetic Relics
& Systems  Table

1. There is an artificial power source of a nuclear pellet that will last for 120 years. These systems are worth a cool 300 gold pieces. But men will murder your PC's for it because of the semi precious metals uses in its construction. 
2. The coloured bands represent newer quantum phase couplets of an extreme variety. If they are added to a cybernetic systems they add +3 on all Dexterity checks for the cyborg. They are worth 1d200 gold pieces because of beauty and rarity. 
3. A wide spectrum cybernetic system sensor, this sensor is worth its wait in gold because it is capable of dipping a nearby  flipper dimension and will pick up any and all supernatural entities within a 40 yard radius. The sensor however hasn't any protections from such entities. Worth about 10,0000 gold pieces because of the extreme natural of the system and what it brings to the table. 
4. A weapon cybernetic hand recovered from several owners. The piece is able to slip poisons and a mini laser that adds in a +2 on all to hit checks. The thing also has a poison reserve and needles that will slip into position. Its worth 600 gold pieces but damned is the person who advertises this ancient collector's item. 
5. A cybernetic coin that is able track the cybernetic sickness and state of mind of its owner. The thing is able to pick up the alpha waves from nearby telepathic or pychic winds as it takes its hyper sensitive abilities and can track down ANY telepathic or esper within a 60 foot radius. The system is worth a cool 1,000 gold pieces. 
6. An artificial spine, this piece of hardware augments the existing frame work and nervous system of its owner. The system adds a +2 on all initiative based rolls as the system works on the owner's spine and becomes a semi living bio organic organ. The thing will give its owner vivid hallucinations and there is a 30% chance of the owner being sensitive to danger and violence as it manifests on the psychic wind.Its worth 10,000 gold pieces because of its rarity and weird powers.
   
   
   
   

1d6 Random Weird Automatons Encounter Table For Your Old School Campaigns

Deep in the wastelands there are relics and beings of deep enchantment whose functions and intelligence defies conventional thought. These automatons were created in lost eras when humanity was not unlike gods. The ancients were beings of incredible skill and power whose creations still are pieces of marvel and incredible insight. But there is a dark side to these beings, for immortality brings with it a sense of wariness and boredom, sometimes it can even bring insanity. These beings should be treated with respect and caution for they sometimes have their own hidden and weird ageless agendas.



1d6 Random Weird Automatons Encounter Table

1. Mr.  Fanchangluld - Once an alchemist's companion & assistant, this humanoid brass, copper, and occularium being holds the soul of his master within a small brass bottle within himself. He travels the ages helping out where and when he can. His knowledge of alchemy, and the occult is extensive, he also trades in the experiences and souls of his 'friends' for pieces of vital knowledge. He has had extensive dealings with the beings of the higher realms. He often uses his knowledge of dangerous realms to place his 'friends' in dangerous situations as part of games of adventure and chance. 
2. Erturdu was built on the brain scans of the space gods and appears to be part mechanical squid, cuttle fish, and clock work alien mechanism. This being studies religion and science looking for the middle ground of the work of man & god within the confines of dangerous situations. She uses adventurers as the perfect subjects of bizarre occult experiments in salvation of mankind against the godless infinity of a lonely cosmos. 
3. Lananche The Wise - This weird little dwarf like automaton is all that remains of the knowledge of Lananche, a wise man from Alexandra who sold his soul to a minor demon in exchange for breathing life into his creation. This creature uses friends and others to play bizarre games of chance and weird encounters with the occult to prove them worthy of salvation through embracing the truth of the Great Old Ones. Lananche is a dangerous spell caster in his own right and wishes to use the souls of others in his bid for demonic power. 
4. Chathalurgor The Forgotten Son - This mechanism is the creation of two decades of research and black science. The mechanism looks like a golden headed god thing. He is one  who uses his powers to create the perfect being born out of black magic and dark circumstances. Chathalurgor will arrange odd accidents to almost kill these people and force their latent powers and abilities to surface. 
5. Vaulurorobarc is a mechanism that seeks to understand the bits and pieces of the human soul by carving it up with sharp knives and deadly threats. This mechanism takes the form of a giant robotic insect that has a human brain as part of its head. This automaton will capture experimental subjects and give them a tour of the process of rendering down both body and soul.
   
   
   

1d10 Random Wasteland War Machines & Artificial Soldiers Encounter Table For Your Old School Campaigns

There are things lurking in the wastes waiting for men, mutants, and others to journey into the unknown places. Artificial things and toys that have been left behind from other times, eras,  'never beens', 'almost times' & 'lost ages'. Weapons are always weapons even when those who pulled the triggers are long dead. Pray your adventurers never encounter such beings.
1d30 Random Wasteland War Machines
 & Artificial Soldiers Encounter Tables

1. A pack of 1d20  artificial brain cybernetic life forms armed with manipulators, energy weapons, and with a 60% of mental powers! Hell bent on expanding their numbers with adventurers brains.
2. A lone robotic humanoid soldier wanders the wastes with a blaster powered by his internal atomic system. Seems lonely, friendly, and outgoing but in actuality is a weapon system with collective hive mind that uses  neurological disease vector to spread its ideology and evil. 
3. A massive robotic machine of unknown design passes itself off as a free medical service with incredible healing properties. Able to heal and repair massive tissue damage, organ collapse, clone, transplant, etc. The robotic system does these things which will collapse after 1d8 days time but it turns the victim into a biological weapon system with a 20 foot radius explosive range that does 2d6 points of damage to anything caught within the bio mechanical blast. It has no idea why it does this. 
4. An android soldier on a mission of exploration actually a lone scout/assassin on a mission of exploration and murder for his Ancient survivor masters. Very evil and with a twisted sense of fun about him. 
5. A shapeless thing of an A.I. god thing looking for converts, free cybernetic upgrades to anyone attacking it. Offers free minor relics or artifacts when you become its warriors and slaves, wages living chess with another A.I. over the centuries. 
6. 'There no such thing as a winnable war machine' or the apathy machine, this machine thing is centipede like the size of a large bus  and crawls its way across the wasteland projecting a  forty yard ray of pure apathy around it. Anyone exposed to it must save vs will or completely give up to the pointlessness of it all. The machine comes and collects its victims shuffling them off for unknown experiment and weird purposes. 
7. A multi headed monstrous humanoid android called X-74C is looking for more heads to add to its collective intelligent hive mind.Are your adventurers going to be come a part of it. Laser weapons, cryo systems, and twisted programming make up this being. 
8. Old Clancy an old atomic soldier unit with lots of war stories and plenty of adventure opportunities, armed with two very dangerous looking atomic disintegrators  and a bit of a murderous streak in him. 
9. A blob thing with millions of bio electronic and mechanical parts endlessly recycling through it. A weapon system that has lost its purpose and is dangerous to everything around it. Capable of creating 1d4 weapons systems each time its encountered. Won't attack unless provoked seems only interested in add in more mass to itself. Guess which adventurers are next.
10. A giant floating head of cybernetic terror made from the alternative dimension time line versions of the PC's, this thing is the size of a large bull elephant and is capable of various mental attacks and has a horrid acidic breath weapon that does 6d6 points of damage to everything within a fifty foot radius of the cone of it. The breath weapon has a range of  10 yards and can be used three times per day. The head thing is convinced that by eating the original adventurers its pain and torment can end.
    

Murderbots For Your Old School Campaigns

Could this arcade warehouse  be the resting place for a murderbot?

Sent across time and space by the Kung Fuhrer, these horrid transforming murderous robots pose as mild mannered arcade games. These things can be found in the post apocalyptic wastelands, alternative timelines, dusty arcades of the past, in corners of restaurants and pizza joints in some space ports, & even in the ruins of the deepest mega dungeons. The barely restrained violence of these machines is fueled by a murderous A.I. whose appetite for destruction is held in check by a constant flood of quarters, credits, and gold pieces. 

Murderbots once per round may create a pleasing pattern of eye catching graphics and pixels that acts as a charm spell, targets must save vs wands or be lulled into trace like state. They will be compelled to keep playing the fiendish game until all of their savings are gone. There is 60% that a post hypnotic suggestion will compel the target to return as soon as possible to repeat the experience. Any violence or swearing against the stand up arcade game has a 50% chance of awakening the transforming robotic horror! Murderbots transform into their battle forms with 1 turn. They sprout arms, legs, and faces upon their screens with expressions of pixeled hatred and rage. 

Murderbots

Frequency : Rare 

No Appearing: 1 

Armor Class: 7 

Movement:8"
Hit Dice: 40 

% in Lair: 80% 

Treasure Type: At least 6000 gold, silver,
and assorted copper or credit amounts totaling at 6000. Some very aggressive models may have as much as 30000 to 40000 gold but double hit points for these models 

Dex: 9 

No of Attacks: 2 or by weapon 

Damage: 2-16/2-16/Weapon 

Special Attacks: See Below

Special Defenses: See Below 

Magic Resistance: See Below 

Intelligence: Average 

Alignment: Chaotic Evil 

Size: L 8 1/2 foot Tall 

Psionic Ability: Nil 

Attack/Defense Mode: Nil 

Experience: 1700 

There is a 30%  of the murderbot having a unique or signature weapon often reflecting the 'theme' of its game.  Most often this will be a built in machine gun system built into the forearms of the bot and capable of doing 3d6 +2 points of damage per shot with a range of 200 feet. But there is 20% chance of the bot having an 'upgrade' to a laser weapon capable of 4d6+3 damage with a range of 300 feet.
 

Each time the bot is engaged in combat there is a 20% chance of it going completely berserk attacking at random anyone within range. They are terrifyingly strong and capable of smashing through ordinary doors like tin foil for example it will smash through a convenience store locked reinforced door within 5-8 melee rounds. It does 1 point of structure damage to modern doors every 3 rounds. All this power comes with a price within 10 rounds a quarter, gold piece, or other monetary coin amount must be placed within the coin slot built into the bot or it will lose its weapon systems. These beings are completely immune to all illusions and mind affecting spells but they are vulnerable to light spells in their optic sensors. This will disorient the murderbot for 1d4 rounds. Because of the violent nature of these psychotic machines they cause fear in all creatures less then four hit points. All normal construct and golem strengths apply to the murderbot. Electrical attacks such as lightning and magical electricity restores the murderbot in direct relation to the number of  dice damage the murder bot has sustained. This is a result of the twisted Nazi super science of the Kung Fuhrer.
Murderbots also spy and gather information in dens of inequity and depravity such as smoke filled taverns, bars, and other locations where the forces of 'good' come to unwind. They act as spies reporting back to their masters to unload vital information. These arcade themed horrors are smart enough to often move and will depart immediately if discovered after having murdered their discoverer.
Note that this is no way an attempt to violate the copyright or trade mark of the makers of the awesome Kung Fury.  This is just my homage for the awesomeness that is this film for use in your old school campaigns. Inspired by Wisdom from the Wastelands Issue #15: Robots Part 1 for some of the murderbot's systems. 

Radio Police Automaton 1924 For Your Post Apocalyptic And Old School Campaigns

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Frequency : Uncommon 

Number Appearing: 1d6

Move:18 

Hit Dice: 10-12 

% in Lair:20% 

Treasure Type:- 

Number of Attacks: 3 

Damage Attacks: 2-8,2-8, Special 

Special Attacks: See Below 

Special Defenses: Nil 

Magic Resistance: Immune to charm,sleep, and mind affecting spells 

Intelligence: Nil

Size: Med-Large 

Psionic Ability: Nil 

Attack/Defense Mode: Nil 

Used during the 1930's food riots and worker strikes on Earth 25 variant D, these Radio police Automatons were entirely radio controlled by a wide variety of local, state, and federal pre apocalyptic forces. These automatons were used for crowd control, military applications, and even industrial hazardous jobs where human inaction could cause loss of life.
Completely radio controlled with a small portable radio receiver unit, these units are controlled by transmitter sets specially coded to transmit a signal over three miles radius or by one of the main radio towers with a kilometer radius. The radio police automatons were easily one of the most dangerous automatons used during the pre apocaylpytic years. The arms featured small rotating discs which featured lead balls on super strong metallic cords which act as billy clubs capable of breaking bone and flesh. These radio controlled horrors are capable of gliding across pavement with easy and many obstacles in wilderness areas. The automatons had interchangable appendages and tank like feet which when changed over to the off road treads were easily able to navigate many of the hazards of traditional wilderness. The whole mechanism is held upright through a series of gears and gyroscope stabilizers.
Not only do the mechanisms have the lead weight attachments but have speakers capable off issuing orders and communicating with those around them. These speakers can also play music to disorient or confuse targets as well.
The automatons are also capable of creating a tear gas attack equal to a stinking cloud spell up to six times a day.
They also feature head lamps with intensity controls capable of making a blinding attack. All rolls at a - 4 as the light plays havoc with the senses. As the mechanical horrors move in to make claw attacks.
Powered by gasoline engines these automaton were later powered by small nuclear rod fuel cells. Older models still retained the gas powered engines. These types of remote controlled radio automatons were used extensively throughout the world of the '30's and '40's of alternative Earth pre apocalypse. They were used extensively on the pre apocalpytic Mars human colonies and can still be found on Earth and Mars under the control of local warlords and A.I.'s which have the upgraded Robolink
These mechanical horrors are still found extensively throughout the wastelands of this Earth and on Mars within ruins, dungeons, and deep underground where they're still being used for everything from guard duty to industrial applications.
These very dangerous automatons serve even as special space exploratory drones being sent into hazardous and dangerous situations in the blackness of space. They have been found even in the remotest parts of the universe and beyond.
Parts for these units are readily available and manufacturing as well as repurposing of old mechanisms has become a cottage industry into itself. Many A.I.'s use variable battalions of the Radio Police units to keep populations of mutants, aliens, and humans under complete control. 

For Mutant Future

Hit Dice: 30 

Frame: Bio Morph 

Locomotion: Legs, Tracker Feet 

Manipulators: Pincers, Lead Ball Rotors 

Armor Duralloy ( AC 3)

Sensors : Older Models Class I, Newer Class II 

Mental Programming: Transmitter 

Accessories: Radio Link 

Weapons: Tear Gas Outlets, Pincers, Lead Ball Rotors 2d6, Riot Lights As Flash Mutation or Continual Light Spell 

Special thanks to Carcosa Jester and Daniel Tarte of the HP Lovecraft Historical Society for providing the wonderful inspiration and information for this horror. 

Retro Sci Fi Robot Adventure Encounter - Robot Thunder Guardians For Your Old School Post Apocalyptic or Space Based Campaigns

Your PC's land on a red desert Texas like planet, all seems normal until the robotic guardians pop up out of the dust and sand to rain destruction down on your party of intrepid space explorers! Who are they? What do they want?

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Completely tireless and armed with pop out machine guns cannons these four tireless guardians of some ancient star barbarian's or astronaut's treasure will appear. Legends say that these robotic monsters sometimes have used laser eye cannons each doing 2d6 points of damage per shot with a range of  4 klicks. The claw machine guns use armor piercing rounds and do a tremendous amount of damage to anything not protected by a force field. Speculation is that the Robot Thunder Guardians are held within special super science cells that maintain these robotic guardians. All AD&D construct guidelines apply. Can not be surprised due to superior sensor systems, immune to sleep, charm, and all mental domination

Robot Thunder Guardians
Number Appearing: 4 (Unique) 
 Armor Class: 6

Move: 12/.24" 

Hit Points : 100

% in lair: 100%

Treasure Type: G

Damage/ Attacks: 2d6 Eye Lasers, 4d8 Armor Piercing Machine Guns, 

Special Attacks:
By Relic Weapon Systems 

Special Defenses: Never Surprised,All Construct Defenses Apply
Regeneration & Repair Cycles Within Super Science Cells 

Magic Resistance: 40% 

Intelligence: Genius 

Alignment: Neutral Evil 

Size: L (18') 

Psionic Ability : Nil 

Attack and Defense Modes: Nil 

Level/XP Value: X/22,600




What Are The Thunder Robots Guarding Random 1d10
Loot Table

1. A vault of valuable super science artifacts and the former lair of a pirate warlord now long gone. 1d10 minor artifacts left. 
2. An intact tomb of a former great star barbarian with many dazzling treasures aboard his relic star ship 
3. A evil robot war lord entombed with dozens of other robotic horrors who spring to life right about now. 1d30 of the robotic bastards! 
4. A time vault of alien wonders locked behind a force field of incredible power! 
5. 1d100 super science enhanced warriors of incredible aspect whose robotic handlers were keeping them in hypersleep for the decades to come. Very dangerous! 
6. A giant alien child who is over joyed at finding new play mates after his parents put him down for a million year old nap to be watched over by his robotic guardians. 
7. An alien construction crew with equipment looking to be awoken for their next assignment. The robots were security. 
8. A Lovecraftian horror god in deep sleep, the robots belonged to the Krell and were put in place to keep it from destroying the planet. Run like hell as it awakens from its tomb! 
9. A super science villian sorcerer of 10th level or higher that will wreck havoc upon those fools who awaken him! 
10. The treasure is long gone, looted by bastard adventurers like you long dead. HA HA.

New 1d10 Random Robotic Encounters From The Scrap Heap For Your Old School Post Apocalypti Campaigns

There are times when adventurers will encounter the ancient artifices and former toys of mankind out in the wastes. Some of these encounter can be beneficial  and others deadly. Recently this random encounter chart got a workout in my Post Apocalypse Mars campaign 

I've kept these encounters system neutral for use in a variety of rpg and retro clone systems.

1d10 Random Robotic Encounters From The Scrap Heap

1. 1d6  Gutted cyborg mercenaries armed with energy weapons and are more cybernetic organism then they are flesh. These ancient warriors can not reason or think the way that humanoids do and are looking for work or purpose, they often amuse themselves by raiding small villages and low lander tribes. They are armed with vibro blades and internal pulse laser pistols. There is a 30% chance of these unpredictable bastards turning on a party at a moment's notice. 
2. A medi robot from a failed colony who has seen to much horror and depravity. This cybernetic organism has also doubled it load of medical supplies and has downloaded the personality of  a fictional doctor 'Hawk Eye' from an old Earther television program. The bot is compassionate but cynical and capable of defending itself with laser scalpels and rapier like wit as well. A cunning and wily bot whose been out in the wastes for decades. Will sometimes trade services for power and repair work. 
3. An Achnobot out scouting and foraging for an unknown wizard or power out in the wastelands. The bot is capable of unleashing a powerful stat charge for 2d6 points of damage and a range of  30 yards. It is curious and very dedicated to tracking targets. A mostly unknown quality out in the deserts and wasteland. 
4. Serpentoid bot A last surviving remnant of a once surviving colony of Lovecraftian serpent men, it works as a mercenary for various alien colonies against the human and near humans out in the wastelands. The thing is armed with a variety of deadly energy weapons and is a cold blooded efficient killer with neither mercy or compassion. It holds a treasure trove of information in the form of the computer records from the Serpent man colony including technology and knowledge. 
5. A 4 X The Surgeon of Terra - This ancient medi bot has been programmed with the knowledge and techniques of ancient Terran psychotics and surgeons. The thing is a deranged hunter and killer roaming the wastes stalking mutants, tribesmen, and others according to its own deranged ancient programming. Armed with energy weapons and medical lasers this gristly killer stalks the wastes selling its skills as an assassin and hit bot. 
6. 'The Can' is a ancient mining tank bot that collects information about the wastes and the Earth works of the Deathlands. The bot sells its knowledge of geology and underworld features to the highest bidder, the bot accepts payment in the form of artifacts, knowledge, and even stories about the wastelands. The Can is friendly, cantankerous, and will simply retreat underground if any threat i presented  or harmed in anyway. 
7. The Drill Hive - A hive mind collection of drill bots who have converted their make from mining of wasteland mines, into a fully functioning unit of fighting mercenaries who will work for repair work or power generating . The bots will hunt down bounties, combat, and do wrecker work on ruins and buildings as well. But the Hive will lay claim to any artifacts found. They have armed themselves with internal pulse laser pistols as well. 
8. Archaeologist bot called B.O.B. who works the ruins of the wastelands and has an extensive of pre apocalyptic data core of incredible knowledge and the bot craves more. He will trade knowledge for repairs and parts, for his services as a free lance guide and scholar. He is armed with force fields and heavy stunners, and will use a laser weapon as a last resort. The real mystery is what B.O.B stands for and it is a bit of a legend out in the wastes where this bot has been employed. 
9. Jovianbot - This squat alien mercenary robot has been modeled on the Jovian colonists and roams the waste as a ruin explorer and bounty hunter. The thing is incredibly strong and armed with traditional Jovian colonist weapons including energy weapons and massive plasma grenades. It will work for stories and bounties, has a very quirky sense of humor. But its very honorable. 
10. Alien Sphere - This strange alien probe like bot is armed with extensive force fields and energy weapons. The thing is pursuing an unknown agenda and deep wasteland creatures but to what end is known. A very dangerous and enigmatic cybernetic organism. 

1d10 Unusual Random Robotic and Cybernetic Entities Table For Your Post Apocalyptic Campaigns

One never knows what sorts of strange or unusual machines,robots, cybernetic entities or worse will come wandering out of the wasteland. Here's a table of these unusual cybernetic entities to annoy, be fuddle, lose, and challenge your PC's. 

1d10 Unusual Random Robotic and Cybernetic Entities Table

1. A double hit point Heavy Engineering bot that is actually the host for an alien life form that will try to 'infect' anyone that it comes across. Its programming are part of an artificial convinced. The alien is parasitic and telepathic. 
2. This giant robotic spider is actually the host for a Mi Go Mind probe and is reporting back to its masters for suitable candidates for brain removal. The spider features a malevolent personality and cunning qualities as well as a telepathic sensor suite. A very dangerous and unknown quality hovers around this entity. 
3. This small dark floating robotic creature is actually the implanted mutant brain of some ancient forgotten ancient mind that is on a mission for some Lovecraftian god creature. The thing has valuable antigrav technology held within its frame which is salvageable to the right collector. 
4. A scrap bot made from at least seven different bodies and a gesalt personality. This scrap bots plies patter of the cities and sometimes tricks its prey into revealing more of what the bot wants to know. Armed with heavy stunners and taser arrays. 
5. This strange mecha like humanoid robots does not care about individuals but looks for groups of salvager or adventurer types so that it can harvest their organs and this thing is actually a very modern looking set of medical tools, non lethal weapons, and is generally employed by several families to harvest organs, eyes especially. 
6. This unusual floating Bucky ball type sphere of a robotic entity is actually the physical manifestation of an ancient god like being that supplies this unusual bot with 1d8 second and third level spells. The thing will create a planar gate back to its Lovecraftian monsters. 
7. This weird insect like bot is actually the property of a guild of bounty hunters who are seeking an NPC that he PC's met several adventures ago. The thing is seeking these beings to assassinate them with extreme prejudice and steal any research that the gentleman had. 
8. This fully armed police  bot contains the essence of an ancient surgeon and doctor within its frame. The essence is seeking to possess anyone that it can. The bot has within it, a psychic crystal matrices that will control anyone coming within 20 meters of the bot unless a saving throw roll is made. The bot will use gile and tactics to hunt down any potential hosts for the essence that it has. 
9. This android is actually a priest of Cthulhu that will try to summon a star spawn of the god to devour any unbelievers it can. This android is actually a 4th level cleric of this dark and horrid god made flesh, 
10. This bands of cybernetic misfits is actually trying to track down anyone it can. These things are all part of a planar hive mind that wants to take over and spread its evil anywhere it can. The band actually has a cache of artifacts and tools for working on anyone they come across. 

1d10 Valentine's Day Random Encounters From Beyond The Pale Table For Your Old School Space Opera Campaign

1d10 Valentine's Day Random Encounters From Beyond The Pale Table 

1.  A love lorn mutant from a non existent time continuum is seeking his one true love who has been lost to time itself. He needs your help to track down his old post apocalyptic universe. 
2. A band of 1d8 Amazons is trying to track down the savoir of their race who has taken their messiah for true love. They are ruthless and without pity. 3rd level fighters and armed with energy weapons. 
3. A lone cyborg is stalking across the planes for his true love. She is hiding nearby disguised is one of the locals and doesn't want to be found. She's a third level fighter/magic user. 
4. A lone lorn cosmic alien blob is looking for a mate. He will consume he/or her in a fiery mess to give birth to an new batch of alien horrors. 
5. A lone decaying astronaut with a decaying alien gem seeks to pass on his love and the cursed piece of weird alien jewelry. 
6. A strange alien robotic unit houses the brain of a lone housewife and is looking for someone to accompany her throughout eternity. She needs a group of adventurers to help her in a mission of true love. 
7. A strange alien cloud holds the forgotten knowledge and souls of a group of heart broken aliens who are looking to strip the hearts and minds from others. Count as shadows ala the Monster Manual 
8. A group of cursed undead adventurers must find true love in order to be free of their curse of undeath or walk eternity as soul less things forever. 
9. A  space princess with a broken heart  seeks her true love but she is already in the arms of another. The princess is looking for adventurers for a kidnapping plot. 
10. A Spawn of Cthulhu is part a curse to destroy a planet for 'true love' and the PC's must help stop this horror from happening! 

1d10 Random Robotic Assassin Encounter Table For Your Old School Space Opera

1d10 Random Robotic Assassin Encounter Table
 

1. 1d20 robotic scorpions programmed to seek out any relic or ruin explorers, these bots will sample and seek out anyone they come across. They have stats similar to their real life counter parts but are immune to all mind related spell like effects. They are programmed to be ruthless and heartless killing machines. 
2. A group of  1d10 medibots that has been reprogrammed by the so called Apocalyptic virus. These things will end your life in anyway they can. These horrors act friendly and trade DNA as well as RNA samples with local clone masters for unknown purposes. 
3. A nanite assassin swarm capable of rendering a man down in seconds and disassembling his molecules. These things retain the memories of their victims to make them more efficient killing machines. 
4. A lone cyborg assassin looking for a target that has been dead for a million years. He is may be hired as a retainer. Fights as a 4th level fighter but will replace damaged tissue with his victim's flesh. 
5. A small translator style droid is actually a disease vector bot capable of unleashing plagues on species as it was programmed to do about ten thousand years ago. There are cave paintings of this thing doing such vile acts. 
6. An energy being of very complex matter and antimatter matrices held together by an evil will. This thing is a probe of an alien assassin race given form and it is seeking to end a nearby universe. 
7. This multi tendril horror is actually an alien runaway on the lamb from a formidable alien assassin bot created from the brain matter of a thousand extinct life forms of whose visage this thing can be come. 
8. This small assassin bot is seeking adventurers for a  strange adventure involving the recovery of its master from a black hole. 
9. This iron giant of a horror carries with it the heart of a small girl it once loved. The thing wants revenge for her killing by criminal syndicate. It seeks help or revenge. 
10. This swarm of insectoid bots shares one mind and seeks a subject to pass on their ancient knowledge and martial prowess to. Your group has been chosen.