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==Contents==
 
==Contents==
* "Just Another Day"
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==="Just Another Day"===
* Introduction
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===Introduction===
  
* Character Creation
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===Character Creation===
** How to Use the [[Life Path]] System
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====How to Use the [[Life Path]] System====
** Life Path Creation
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====Life Path Creation====
** Affiliations
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====Affiliations====
** Additional Paths
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====Additional Paths====
*** Stage 2 and 3
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=====Stage 2 and 3=====
*** Stage 3: Higher Education
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=====Stage 3: Higher Education=====
:[[Canopian Institute of War]]
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======[[Canopian Institute of War]]======
:[[Collegium Bellorum Imperium]]
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======[[Collegium Bellorum Imperium]]======
:[[Columbia Academy]]
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======[[Columbia Academy]]======
:Dragoon Clan Technical Training
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======[[Dragoon Clan Technical Training]]======
:[[Focht War College]]
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======[[Focht War College]]======
:Major Capellan Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Capellan Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Capella War College]]
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=======[[Capella War College]]=======
:[[Conservatory of Military Arts]]
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=======[[Conservatory of Military Arts]]=======
:[[Sarna Martial Academy]]
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=======[[Sarna Martial Academy]]=======
:[[Sian Center for Martial Disciplines]]
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=======[[Sian Center for Martial Disciplines]]=======
:[[Sian University]]
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=======[[Sian University]]=======
:[[St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences]]
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=======[[St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences]]=======
:[[Victoria Academy of Arms and Technology]]
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=======[[Victoria Academy of Arms and Technology]]=======
:Major Draconis Combine Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Draconis Combine Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Aerospace and Interstellar Institute]]
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=======[[Aerospace and Interstellar Institute]]=======
:[[An Ting University]]
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=======[[An Ting University]]=======
:[[Dieron District Gymnasium]]
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=======[[Dieron District Gymnasium]]=======
:[[Dover Institute for Higher Learning]]
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=======[[Dover Institute for Higher Learning]]=======
:[[Galedon Military Academy]]
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=======[[Galedon Military Academy]]=======
:[[Pagoda for Luthien Officers]]
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=======[[Pagoda for Luthien Officers]]=======
:[[Sun Tzu School of Combat]]
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=======[[Sun Tzu School of Combat]]=======
:[[University of Proserpina]]
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=======[[University of Proserpina]]=======
:Major Federated Suns Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Federated Suns Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Albion Military Academy]]
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=======[[Albion Military Academy]]=======
:[[Armstrong Flight Academy]]
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=======[[Armstrong Flight Academy]]=======
:[[Filtvelt Military Academy]]
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=======[[Filtvelt Military Academy]]=======
:[[Kilbourne Academy]]
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=======[[Kilbourne Academy]]=======
:[[NAIS College of Military Science]]
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=======[[NAIS College of Military Science]]=======
:[[Point Barrow Military Academy]]
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=======[[Point Barrow Military Academy]]=======
:[[Robinson Battle Academy]]
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=======[[Robinson Battle Academy]]=======
:[[Sakhara Academy]]
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=======[[Sakhara Academy]]=======
:[[Tikonov School of Military Discipline]]
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=======[[Tikonov School of Military Discipline]]=======
:[[Warrior's Hall]]
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=======[[Warrior's Hall]]=======
:[[War College of Goshen]]
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=======[[War College of Goshen]]=======
:Major Free Rasalhague Republic Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Free Rasalhague Republic Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Tyra Miraborg Memorial Academy]]
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=======[[Tyra Miraborg Memorial Academy]]=======
:[[Frihet Training Facility]]
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=======[[Frihet Training Facility]]=======
:Major Free Worlds League Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Free Worlds League Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Aitutaki Academy]]
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=======[[Aitutaki Academy]]=======
:[[Allison MechWarrior Institute]]
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=======[[Allison MechWarrior Institute]]=======
:[[Athene Combat School]]
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=======[[Athene Combat School]]=======
:[[Legionary Training Academy]]
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=======[[Legionary Training Academy]]=======
:[[Lloyd Marik-Stanley Aerospace School]]
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=======[[Lloyd Marik-Stanley Aerospace School]]=======
:[[Princefield Academy]]
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=======[[Princefield Academy]]=======
:Major Lyran Alliance Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Lyran Alliance Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Alarion Naval Academy]]
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=======[[Alarion Naval Academy]]=======
:The [[Melissa Steiner Martial Academy of Bolan]]
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=======The [[Melissa Steiner Martial Academy of Bolan]]=======
:[[War College of Buena]]
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=======[[War College of Buena]]=======
:[[Coventry Military Academy]]
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=======[[Coventry Military Academy]]=======
:[[Nagelring]]
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=======[[Nagelring]]=======
:[[Royal New Capetown Military Academy]]
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=======[[Royal New Capetown Military Academy]]=======
:[[Pandora College of Military Sciences]]
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=======[[Pandora College of Military Sciences]]=======
:[[Sanglamore]]
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=======[[Sanglamore]]=======
:[[Flight Academy of Thorin]]
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=======[[Flight Academy of Thorin]]=======
:Major Word of Blake Academy (Generic)
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======[[Major Word of Blake Academy (Generic)]]======
:[[Sandhurst Royal Military College]]
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=======[[Sandhurst Royal Military College]]=======
:[[War Academy of Mars]]
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=======[[War Academy of Mars]]=======
:[[Military Academy of Aphros]]
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=======[[Military Academy of Aphros]]=======
:[[Northwind Military Academy]]
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======[[Northwind Military Academy]]======
:[[Outreach Mercenary Training Command]]
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======[[Outreach Mercenary Training Command]]======
:Command Training Battalion
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======Command [[Training Battalion]]======
  
*** Stage 4: Life Paths
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=====Stage 4: Life Paths=====
** Point-Based Character Creation System
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====Point-Based Character Creation System====
* Traits
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=====Traits=====
* Skills
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=====Skills=====
* Creatures
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===Creatures===
** How to Use this Section
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====How to Use this Section====
** General Concepts and Rules
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====General Concepts and Rules====
** Movement
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====Movement====
** Creatures in Combat
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====Creatures in Combat====
** Carnivorous Plants
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====Carnivorous Plants====
** Creature Creation
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====Creature Creation====
** Creatures of the Galaxy
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====Creatures of the Galaxy====
:Common Animals
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=====Common Animals=====
:Extraterrestrial Beasts
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======Extraterrestrial Beasts======
 
:[[Blood Limpet]](Salirius Hirudo Proserpinis)
 
:[[Blood Limpet]](Salirius Hirudo Proserpinis)
 
:[[Blood Spirit (species)]](Spiritus Sanguinis Albionis)
 
:[[Blood Spirit (species)]](Spiritus Sanguinis Albionis)
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:[[Wolverine (species)]](Gulo Gulo)
 
:[[Wolverine (species)]](Gulo Gulo)
  
* Combat
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===Combat===
** New Terrain Types
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====New Terrain Types====
** Terrain Conditions
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====Terrain Conditions====
** Weather Conditions
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====Weather Conditions====
  
* [[Battle Armor]] Construction
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===[[:Category:Battle Armor|Battle Armor]] Construction===
** Design the Chassis
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====Design the Chassis====
** Add Other Equipment
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====Add Other Equipment====
** Add Manipulators, Weapons, Ammunition and Other Equipment
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====Add Manipulators, Weapons, Ammunition and Other Equipment====
** Finalize Design
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====Finalize Design====
** Equipment
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====Equipment====
** Costs
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====Costs====
** [[MechWarrior (RPG)|Classic BattleTech RPG]] Rules Expansion
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====[[MechWarrior (RPG)|Classic BattleTech RPG]] Rules Expansion====
** [[Battle Value]]
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====[[Battle Value]]====
** Skill/Experience Level Multipliers
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====Skill/Experience Level Multipliers====
** BattleTech Rules Expansion
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====BattleTech Rules Expansion====
** [[BattleForce 2]] Rules Expansion
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====[[BattleForce 2]] Rules Expansion====
  
* Running the Game
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===Running the Game===
** Running Adventures
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====Running Adventures====
** Organization and Administration of a Landhold
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====Organization and Administration of a Landhold====
** Advanced Contacts and Enemies Rules
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====Advanced Contacts and Enemies Rules====
** Non-Player Characters (NPCs) Generator Rules
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====Non-Player Characters (NPCs) Generator Rules====
** Generating Encounters
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====Generating Encounters====
** Skill Advancement
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====Skill Advancement====
** Battle Armor
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====[[:Category:Battle Armor|Battle Armor]]====
** [[BattleMech]]s
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====[[:Category:BattleMechs|BattleMechs]]====
** Life in the BattleTech Universe
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====Life in the BattleTech Universe====
  
 
* Index
 
* Index

Revision as of 19:58, 3 February 2011

Contents

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Description

The Classic BattleTech Companion is an expansion to MechWarrior, Third Edition (and its reprinted title, Classic BattleTech RPG). This book compiles the additional life paths that were published in the Field Manual series and completes it for the titles that came before the release of the third edition. CBT Companion also enables players to create characters using a point-based system instead of using random rolls on the life paths, while also giving a peek behind the scenes to provide Gamemasters with guidelines on creating new life paths. Further, it adds new traits and skills to the ever-growing list. A detailed section on creatures gives Gamemasters dozens to use and provides the rules so that they can create their own. Rules for constructing your own battle armor first appeared here, before being updated in TechManual. Finally, advice on running the game, helpful tools for GMs, and a simple system for administering landholds are all provided. An appendix with blank record sheets contains a battle armor construction worksheet and an expanded, two-page character sheet.

From the back cover

It is the 31st century. Across the vastness of interstellar space, awesome powers vie for supremacy. Amidst this swirl of unending conflict stride BattleMechs, huge robotic weapons of war piloted by elite MechWarriors. Join the action, taking on any one of an endless variety of roles, from spy to smuggler, mercenary to MechWarrior. As a character from the Inner Sphere, the Clans or the Periphery, you will decide the ultimate fate of the galaxy.

Enter the exciting BattleTech universe, stepping outside of your BattleMech and embracing the richness of a vast, detailed science fiction setting. Classic BattleTech RPG contains all the rules and source material players and Gamemasters need, including a unique character creation system that generates game abilities and background story at the same time. Time to let your imaginations soar!

Contents

"Just Another Day"

Introduction

Character Creation

How to Use the Life Path System

Life Path Creation

Affiliations

Additional Paths

Stage 2 and 3
Stage 3: Higher Education
Canopian Institute of War
Collegium Bellorum Imperium
Columbia Academy
Dragoon Clan Technical Training
Focht War College
Major Capellan Academy (Generic)
=Capella War College=
=Conservatory of Military Arts=
=Sarna Martial Academy=
=Sian Center for Martial Disciplines=
=Sian University=
=St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences=
=Victoria Academy of Arms and Technology=
Major Draconis Combine Academy (Generic)
=Aerospace and Interstellar Institute=
=An Ting University=
=Dieron District Gymnasium=
=Dover Institute for Higher Learning=
=Galedon Military Academy=
=Pagoda for Luthien Officers=
=Sun Tzu School of Combat=
=University of Proserpina=
Major Federated Suns Academy (Generic)
=Albion Military Academy=
=Armstrong Flight Academy=
=Filtvelt Military Academy=
=Kilbourne Academy=
=NAIS College of Military Science=
=Point Barrow Military Academy=
=Robinson Battle Academy=
=Sakhara Academy=
=Tikonov School of Military Discipline=
=Warrior's Hall=
=War College of Goshen=
Major Free Rasalhague Republic Academy (Generic)
=Tyra Miraborg Memorial Academy=
=Frihet Training Facility=
Major Free Worlds League Academy (Generic)
=Aitutaki Academy=
=Allison MechWarrior Institute=
=Athene Combat School=
=Legionary Training Academy=
=Lloyd Marik-Stanley Aerospace School=
=Princefield Academy=
Major Lyran Alliance Academy (Generic)
=Alarion Naval Academy=
=The Melissa Steiner Martial Academy of Bolan=
=War College of Buena=
=Coventry Military Academy=
=Nagelring=
=Royal New Capetown Military Academy=
=Pandora College of Military Sciences=
=Sanglamore=
=Flight Academy of Thorin=
Major Word of Blake Academy (Generic)
=Sandhurst Royal Military College=
=War Academy of Mars=
=Military Academy of Aphros=
Northwind Military Academy
Outreach Mercenary Training Command
Command Training Battalion
Stage 4: Life Paths

Point-Based Character Creation System

Traits
Skills

Creatures

How to Use this Section

General Concepts and Rules

Movement

Creatures in Combat

Carnivorous Plants

Creature Creation

Creatures of the Galaxy

Common Animals
Extraterrestrial Beasts
Blood Limpet(Salirius Hirudo Proserpinis)
Blood Spirit (species)(Spiritus Sanguinis Albionis)
Branth (species)(Draco Animalis Lopecis)
Burrock (species)(Fodere Petra Paradisops)
Cloud Cobra (species)(Naja Nebula Arcadianica)
Coyote (species)(Canis Latrans Tamaronis)
Denkaika (species){Cephalopodus Electricus Matsuidanis)
Diamond Shark (species)(Carcharodon Megalodon Strana Mechtis)
Eden Beaver (species)(Castor Fiber Paradisops)
Fire Mandrill (species)(Mandrillus Ignis Edenopis)
Ghost Bear (species)(Ursus Lamina Strana Mechtis)
Godan (species)(Lacertosaurus Caninus Kitterleii)
Goliath Scorpion (species)(Pandinus Giga Babylonica)
Hell's Horse (species)(Equus Carnivorus Circae)
Ice Hellion (species)(Diabolus Glacialis Hectorii)
Jade Falcon (species)(Falco Smaragdus Edenopis)
Lesallian Mailsloth (species)(Bradipodidae Lesallia)
'Mech Marten (species)(Mustelidae Machinam Martis)
Mongoose (species)(Herpestes Shadowii)
Moonwolf (species)(Lupus Lunaris Tharkadis)
Nessie (species)(Cymatosaurus Lacklandii)
Nolan (species)(Horror Verus Engadineii)
Nova Cat (species)(Pantera Nova Dagdanis)
Odessan Raxx (species)(Serpens Raxx Odessaidea)
Randall's Rose (species)(Nepenthes Randallii Argyleis)
Rock Gila(Gila Petra Antallii)
Sea Fox (species)(Vulpes Maritimus Strana Mechtis)
Smoke Jaguar (species)(Panthera Fuma Strana Mechtis)
Snow Raven (species)(Corvus Nixus Strana Mechtis)
Space Cat (species)(Felis Silvestris Astralis)
Sphinx Raptor (species)(Raptor Sphinx Dagdanis)
Star Adder (species)(Bitis Astralis Strana Mechtis)
Steel Viper (species)(Bitis Adamas Arcadianica)
Strana Mechty Wolf (species)(Canis Lupus Strana Mechtis)
Sunset Chimp (species)(Pan soioccasus Thessaloikaia)
Surat (species)(Simia Vespertilis Glorieii)
Syramon Thunderbird (species)(Ales Tonitrus Syramonis Orientis)
T-Rex II (species)Megalosaurus Tyrannus Rex Paradiseus)
Tabiranth(Felis Caballus Jardinalis)
Toorima (species)(Project X-233234898 a/13)
Widowmaker (species)(Latrodectus Mactans Edenopis)
Wolverine (species)(Gulo Gulo)

Combat

New Terrain Types

Terrain Conditions

Weather Conditions

Battle Armor Construction

Design the Chassis

Add Other Equipment

Add Manipulators, Weapons, Ammunition and Other Equipment

Finalize Design

Equipment

Costs

Classic BattleTech RPG Rules Expansion

Battle Value

Skill/Experience Level Multipliers

BattleTech Rules Expansion

BattleForce 2 Rules Expansion

Running the Game

Running Adventures

Organization and Administration of a Landhold

Advanced Contacts and Enemies Rules

Non-Player Characters (NPCs) Generator Rules

Generating Encounters

Skill Advancement

Battle Armor

BattleMechs

Life in the BattleTech Universe

  • Index