Fit Tab A Into Slot B To Get Weapon C...

Over at the blog A Brave New Weird, Senor Mutante AKA Jeselvis has come up with a set of tables for those times your PCs need to scrounge around and cobble together a weapon on the fly. Let's see, rolling a few dice and checking the tables, I created the following:

• A solar-powered pistol that fires electrical bolts for 3d4 damage with a chance to stun the target...
• A hunk of lead pipe that does 2d4 damage...
• A spear made out of a sharp piece of glass lashed to a sign post that does 2d4 damage...

Sometimes the results are a bit odd though. (A stabbing weapon made out of a briefcase that does 5d4 damage? A steam-powered bludgeon made from animal bone?) But a few rerolls and some creative interpretation can overcome those shortcomings. It might be a good system to use when rolling up and initially outfitting your Mutant Future characters. Check it out at Scavenging 101: Make Your Own Weapons.