Tech Thrown Forward
Written with help from Cdru Reading through UT and pyramid articles (Arrow of Progress, in this case) I kind of noticed an interesting problem with UT thrown weapons. The problem is – there’s very-very few of them. Grenades are one thing (and even they are quite limited) – but If one wants to use more “exotic” thrown weapons, their hands are tied. Sonic Shuriken is the only actual throw weapon in Ultra Tech, and its barely on par with any other weapons in its niche (which seems to be some kind of a theme with UT). We have Arrow of Progress for UT Bows, but nothing for thrown weapons! And so, I thought “let’s make some more fun stuff to throw in sci-fi settings”. And so, I did. Here are some thrown weapon options for Ultra-tech! General Ultra-Tech developments All of general Ultra-Tech improvements involving targeting aids, can be applied to throw weapons. This means that someone throwing their weapon can get +1 from HUD, +3 from laser rangefinder and +2 from a...