Field Guide to Suldan

And so it came to pass that Emir Julian Ambrose Khan the First and Only, Bearer of the Sacred Key, Custodian of the Great Games, the Wisest and Noblest Ruler of All Suldan, died for the 17th time in the history of his reign.

Out along the Karakoram line, far from the greater struggles which embroil stellar nations, Suldan is a world at war. For 50 years the undying tyrant Emir Julian Khan subjected the people of Suldan to his cruel and capricious whims until revolution deposed him. Now he hides deep in the arid planet's uncharted badlands, directing his loyalist followers to wage an ongoing campaign of terror against the people of Hadiqa. Jun Chandrasekhar, revolutionary leader and founder of Chandrasekhar & Herschel, has put out a call for mercenaries to put a final end to the Emir's madness. Recently arrived in-system, the Union Naval Ship Iphigenia prepares to offer the beleaguered people of Suldan assistance while Captain Yusef Oshana pursues both the Emir and the planet's Administrator, who appears to have gone rogue. And in the Chiraji Mountains, the Suldani Independence Front skirmishes with Arclight TransColonial's corporate reclamation forces as they attempt to seize the mineral wealth of the world for themselves. The stage is set for bold and skilled pilots to make a name for themselves, and to alter the history of Suldan forever.

The Field Guide to Suldan is a homebrew supplement for LANCER: The Mech RPG. Inside you'll find:

• A history and overview of Suldan, including key persons of interest, locales, and setting details to help create a fleshed out campaign.
• New downtime rules and a dueling system allow players to participate in Hadiqa's national pastimes of mech racing and gladiatorial combat sports.
• An assortment of detailed plot hooks gives GMs everything they need to create campaigns set on Suldan, whether they're shorter mission arcs or an entire Level 0 to Level 12 campaign set entirely on world.
• Six new talents to choose from. Slip across the battlefield with Blade Dancer, string together custom techniques with Gladiator, and strip your enemies for parts with Scrounger.
• Chandrasekhar & Herschel, a full-fledged mech license manufacturer, awaits pilots daring enough to use their unorthodox but brutally effective designs. C&H adds eight new mechs for players to pilot, along with new pilot gear and core bonuses. Use the lightning fast Charioteer to conduct forward reconnaissance, shrug off blows with the Kalista, and defeat your enemies one by one with the Sabreur.
• Four additional mechs, one each from the Lancer setting's major manufacturers. Use the IPS-N Worden to lay down a hail of fire with its machine guns, take to the skies in the SSC Comet, use the HORUS Efreet to move in ways no other mech can match, and turn every battlefield into an unassailable fortress with the HA Agrippa.
• Five alt-frames, one from C&H and one from each of the Big Four manufacturers, including the historically famous Gajasura gladiatorial chassis, the popular Nelson Flight Type, the sharpshooting Reaper Dart, the ferocious Chimera, and the indomitable Saladin "Fearkiller."
• 15 Specialty Licenses, giving players even more ways to customize their mechs, with tailored options to suit a variety of playstyles.
• 11 new NPCs and two new Templates add additional challenges for players to face, ready to be used in Suldan campaigns or elsewhere, from the disposable Conscript to the Titan, a fearsome siege weapon that towers over even the largest mechs.

In addition to the pdf, the Field Guide to Suldan also comes with an lcp file courtesy of Devi_8 and many other talented fans from the Lancer discord server. Downloading this file will allow you to incorporate the content found in the Field Guide into Comp/Con, Lancer's digital toolset.

The Field Guide to Suldan is unofficial content and is not a publication of Massif Press. It is made available for fans of Lancer to use in their games as they see fit. All of the content in the Field Guide, and by extension the lcp file, is subject to change as playtesters contribute feedback and as more content is added in the future. If you have feedback on the Field Guide or the lcp file, please contact me on the Lancer discord server.

Also, Colton Horn has recently created an audio voice lines pack for use with the NPCs from the Field Guide to Suldan, which can be found here.