In DANGER CLOSE, firefights and combat take place on a squad level. I can imagine, however, wanting to ‘zoom in’ for particular moments; room breaches, duels or personal confrontations, taking down high-value targets. I really like the simplicity and brutality of Luke Gearing’s Violence. but as-is, it really focuses on street level/”normal” modern combat, not the type of foes one might fight in DANGER CLOSE.

Image: Space Marines by Chris Falkenberg

This resulted in me writing the following; a Wasteland & Warzones expansion of the core rules, as I set out to specifically figure out how stuff like giant mutants, power armor and grimdark things might work in this system. These rules will be added to DANGER CLOSE itself, too.

Wasteland & Warzones

Biology

A creature’s biology describes its size, and affects its injury rolls and melee capability.

Biology	Injury Check Dice	Melee Modifier	Examples
Frail	d20+4	-2	Gretchin, feral ghouls, rad-roaches
Normal	d20	0	Humans, ghouls, cultists
Tough	d12	+2	Orks, Super Mutants, Space Marines, Ogryns
Hulking	d10	+4	Deathclaws, Carnifex, Mirelurk Queens
Monstrous	d8	+6	Knights, Behemoths, Greater Daemons

Weapons

Ranges

• Close: Same room, up to 10/20 meters
• Medium: Down a street, 20-200 meters
• Long: Far away, +200 meters

Ballistic

Weapon	Injury Check Modifier	Magazine	Range	Notes
Pistol	–	12	Close-Medium
SMG	–	25	Close-Medium	Auto capable
Shotgun	+5 close, +2 medium	6	Close-Medium
Assault Rifle	+4	30	Medium	Auto capable
Sniper Rifle	+4	5	Long

Laser

Weapon	Injury Check Modifier	Magazine	Range	Notes
Laspistol	+4 against light/medium armor	30	Close-Medium
Lasgun	+4 against light/medium armor	60	Medium	Auto capable
Longlas	+4 against light/medium armor	20	Long, Advantage

Plasma

Weapon	Injury Check Modifier	Magazine	Range	Notes
Plasma Pistol	+4, ignores armor	6	Close-Medium	Rare. Vents on natural 1
Plasma Gun	+4, ignores armor	10	Medium	Rare. Vents on natural 1
Melta	+6, ignores armor	4	Close only	Very rare

Venting: Injury for user.

Bolt Weapons

Weapon	Injury Check Modifier	Magazine	Range	Notes
Bolt Pistol	+5	8	Close-Medium	Rare
Bolter	+6	24	Medium	Rare. Auto capable
Heavy Bolter	+8	100	Long	Very rare. Auto capable

Bolt weapons gain +2 against Frail/Normal biology.

Armor

Armor	Modifier
None	+0
Light (leather, raider scraps)	-1
Medium (flak, combat armor)	-2
Heavy (carapace, T-45)	-3
Powered (T-60, Mk VII plate)	-5

Melee Weapons

• Reach. Compare the Reach values of both weapons. The difference between them is added to the d12 roll the combatant with the longest weapon.
• Lethality. Applied to any Injury Checks caused by the weapon.
• Threat. How scary the weapon is. Against opponents with a training level lower than the Threat of the weapon, this is added to the d12 roll of the wielder.
• Fragility. This is the chance that the weapon breaks. This is rolled each round the weapon is used.

Weapon	Reach	Lethality	Threat	Fragility
Fist	0	-5	0	1-in-10
Knife	2	+2	3	1-in-12
Machete	3	+4	4	1-in-12
Wasteland
Tire Iron	2	-2	1	1-in-10
Super Sledge	5	+4	4	1-in-20
Deathclaw Gauntlet	1	+3	5	1-in-20
Ripper	1	+4	4	2-in-6
Warzone
Combat Knife	2	+2	2	1-in-20
Chainsword	4	+5	5	2-in-6
Power Sword	4	+5, ignores armor	5	1-in-20
Power Fist	1	+6, ignores armor	5	1-in-12
Thunder Hammer	5	+8, ignores armor	6	1-in-20
Choppa	3	+3	3	1-in-8

Melee: Compare Skill, Biology and Reach. For each, the difference is added to the d12 roll of the combatant with the highest value. Threat is added if the opponent’s Skill is lower than Threat value. Then, both roll 1d12.