ULTRAMODERN5 REDUX
PATCH Ver. 1.8
(April 1st, 2022)
New updates for April are highlighted.
PAGE 52
Performer Ladder Gains
These gains are listed as being for the runner, but
this is a titling error. The performer ladder gains are
correct.
PAGE 58
Multiclassing has not been adequately explained…
Prerequisites. There are no class prerequisites.
Proficiencies. Picking up a class later offers only
a few additional proficiencies. When selecting an
additional class, a character gains all armor, weapon,
and tool proficiencies and can select a number of
skills based on the number of skills offered by the
new class. Count the number of skills offered and
divide by 2 (round down)—this is the number of
skills from that class you can gain proficiency with
(player choice).
For example, selecting a civilian will gain armor,
weapons, and any two skills, while the grounder will
offer armor, weapons, tools, and one skill.
PAGE 62
Under the face class, under Skills, add Deception
as one of the available skills to select.
PAGE 69
Converging Fire amended
This benefit lasts until the beginning of your next
turn. This benefit applies to only the target, and it
remains even if the distance to the target increases.
PAGE 75
Solid Skills-Sprung amended
Sprung. You can stand from prone using only 5
feet of movement. Additionally, when you make any
type of high jump, you increase the distance by 5
feet.
PAGE 78
Field Advice amended.
Under Tier 2, remove the line, “These additional
Hit Dice must be used immediately or are lost.”
Hit Dice gained from Field Advice do not expire
and operate like regular Hit Dice.
PAGE 79
For The Good of The Team may come off us
confusing. This is a single ACTION ability with
two benefits. If gives another person an action,
sacrificing your action to do so. It then swaps out
your initiative with someone else’s.
PAGE 81
The martial artist table lists its Extra Attack
occurring at 6th level, while the entry lists it at being
at 5th level; the entry is correct. The martial artist
gains its first additional attack at 5th level.
PAGE 86
The Medic Table lists Fight or Flight gained at 6th
level. This ability has been removed; the medic no
longer gains this.
PAGE 92
Under the sniper class, with Academic Kill, this
additional damage can occur once per turn (once
used, you cannot use it again until the beginning of
your next turn).
For clarification, Magic Bullet has been reworded.
MAGIC BULLET
As a reaction to dropping a creature to 0 hit points
with a sniper weapon, spend 1 point to make a single
ranged attack against one creature within 20 feet of
the original target. You use no additional
ammunition. You can repeat this process until you
fail to drop a creature to 0 hit points, you run out of
enemies in range, or you hit three additional
creatures (each additional attack costs one
marksman point).
PAGE 102
Under the Cleaner archetype’s Desperate Solution
ability, the maximum number of attacks is 20, not
the maximum number of enemies.
PAGE 116
In the Gear chapter, information on the net gun is
missing.
NET GUN
This weapon, when fired, launches four rubberized
weights outward, casting a net between them.
Property. A Medium-sized creature or smaller
struck is grappled (escape DC 17). Until this
grapple ends, the target is knocked prone and
restrained. Being comprised of braided wire
prevents nonmagical blades from cutting through
the net, but magical blades or blades with the AP
property can cut through the net, taking a creature’s
entire turn to do so. An intact net can be reloaded
into the gun, though this takes 1 minute.
Replacements nets cost $5.
PAGE 118
The first paragraph lists costs and weights for
battery cells. Although the weights are correct, the
price for the H cell is not; the H cell costs $100.
PAGE 119
The Demiurge gains the plasma property.
PAGE 134
Both the Boom Gauntlet and the Rocket Hammer
lack cell capacities in the Melee Weapons table.
Boom Gauntlet—reload (20-M)
Rocket Hammer—reload (20-M)
The Tesla glove’s cell capacity is incorrect. It is
reload (20-M).
The ranges of the Carbon Crossbow and the
Compound Longbow are incorrect.
Compound Longbow (range 200/800)
Carbon Crossbow (range 200/800)
Brass Knuckles are listed with two different damage
modifiers. The entry is correct; the table is wrong; it
inflicts +1 damage.
PAGE 135
The tesla glove uses a charge each time it inflicts
damage. Its additional damage is lightning.
PAGE 136
In the Demolitions table, the entry for
nitroglycerin is missing. It possesses the same
statistics as Fertilizer (read its entry for more
information).
PAGE 140
In the Armor table, the Biosuit is missing its Cell
entry. It’s H(20).
In the Armor table, the F.A.S.T. suit’s Cell entry is
incorrect. It’s H(10).
PAGE 153
As mentioned on Page 118, in the gear table, the
weights for the battery cells are incorrect.
PAGE 161
Under Nanite Injection, replace Surge with the
following entry:
When you finish a short rest, you recover lost hit
points equal to your level.
PAGE 167
Under both the Light & Heavy Multi-Ped vehicles,
it states, The wheels operate as normal movement.
This should read, The wheels operate as vehicle
movement. This is correctly stated further down
that same entry.
PAGE 202
Although we listed a new ability score, Vigor, we
don’t indicate how it can be established.
Standard Array. The new standard set of scores
is 15,14,13,12,11,10,8, though a GM may swap the
“11” for another “12”.
Point Buy. If employing the point-buy system,
players begin with 30 instead of 27, though a GM
may allow for as much as 33.
PAGE 203
Induce damage is psychic. The caster cannot resist
this.
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Add the following entries to Vessel Regeneration.
• After you finish a short rest, you regain a number
of points to your vessel equal to twice your VR
score.
• After you finish a long rest, you refill all lost
points to your vessel.
Yes, you recover your vessel faster in combat than
out of it.
Add the following to the end of the Asset entry.
If your Vigor modifier increases when you gain a
level through a ladder or class feature, you not only
gain an increase to asset that level equal to your
modifier (as usual), but you also gain a bonus equal
to the new increase multiplied by your level.
Likewise, if, for some reason, your Vigor Modifier
drops, you would suffer a penalty (minimum 0 asset
gained). For example, if you reach 4th level and
increase your Vigor from 17 to 18, you gain 4 to your
asset this level and an additional 4.
PAGE 205
Just a clarification under The Path and Synergy,
replace the text with the following:
Synergy. Each path has a related focus. If you
purchase the path cost of this related path, when you
acquire a spell from a higher tier, you gain one spell
from the lowest tier you have access to from the
related path for free (or a root, if it’s the lowest).
PAGE 210
Under the Occultist Ladder, the Esoteric ability
has been modified to offer an additional benefit.
THE ESOTERIC
Beginning when you choose this ladder at 1st level,
you can always choose to use Vigor instead of
Wisdom for Perception checks.
Additionally, you gain proficiency in one Vigor-
based skill of your choice and gain a +1 bonus to asset.
PAGE 211
The magus table indicates Endowment at 2nd level,
but the entry does not mention this. The table is
correct; you gain this ability at 2nd level.
Additionally, given the modification of the asset
/ vessel bonus on page 213, increase the 1st level
asset bonus from 1 to 4.
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Increase Magus Hit Dice from 1d6 to 1d8.
Hit points at 1st level increase to 8 + your
Constitution modifier.
Hit points at higher levels increase to 1d8 (or 5) +
your Constitution modifier per magus level after 1st.
PAGE 213
Under Endowment in the magus class, it refers to
Vigor Regeneration. Any instance of Vigor
Regeneration actually refers to Vessel
Regeneration.
Likewise, any reference to Dark as a resource
actually refers to Vessel.
The Asset / Vessel Bonus entry has been modified
to increase asset at 1st level.
ASSET/VESSEL BONUS
At 1st level, and every subsequent level, you receive a
bonus to your vessel and asset scores. At 1st level, this
bonus is +2 for vessel and +4 for asset. At 2nd level,
this bonus is +2 and +1 respectfully, increasing to +3
and +2 at 10th level.
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Dispel. Choose one creature or object or magical
effect within range affected by or casting a spell.
Make a Vigor check. The DC equals 10 + (the
spell’s tier x 2). Root spells = tier 0. On a successful
check, the spell ends.
Note: If you place this spell in your river, its spell
cost can be reduced to a reaction if the target is
within 60 feet.
PAGE 227
Alleviate: The ability’s limit is max +5 hit dice.
Healing Wave: The ability’s limit is max +5 hit
dice.
PAGE 228
Restore: The ability’s limit is max +5 hit dice.
Healing Aura: The ability’s limit is max +5 hit dice.
In the Path of Life table, the casting time has
increased for several spells.
Touch of Life: 1 action
Alleviate: 1 minute
Healing Wave: 1 minute
PAGE 235
Under Path of Technology and the Hammer of
SOL spell, increase its AP and CC from 9 and 12 to
11 and 13, respectfully.

PAGE 353
Resistances. Starships have resistance lightning,
as well as bludgeoning, slashing, and thunder from
nonmagical weapons. Starships with an AC of 16 or
higher also gain resistance to piercing from
nonmagical weapons.

PAGE 359
Force Shield. This device erects an energy barrier
around the vessel. Force shields cannot function in
atmospheres or when docked with another vessel.
Any physical objects (including spacesuits and cargo
modules) cannot approach the ship if a shield is up.
Dropping and raising a shield takes an action but
does not take effect until the same initiative count
the following round.
A shield provides a defense value (DV) that is
removed from all incoming damage. Each hit is
applied separately, and if any damage makes it
through, starship damage rolls are made with a -5
modifier. Regardless if damage penetrates a shield, a
shield’s defense value is reduced by 10% of the
incoming damage. If the attack penetrates the
shield, this value increases to 20%. Once a shield’s
defense value is reduced to zero, it is effectively
down. Shields also provide their own Small Arms
Invulnerability (SAI) value while up; this value is in
addition. Shields possess the standard resistances as
all starships (lightning, bludgeoning, slashing, and
thunder from nonmagical weapons) and gain
resistance piercing from nonmagical weapons.

Clarifications
VIGOR DUMP STAT
If a player in a game using VIGOR does not plan on
being a spellcaster or using that attribute in any way,
can they employ it as a dump stat? A player that is
not going into magic casting is considered not to be
gifted. They gain a base VIGOR score of 8, and they
set their remaining ability scores as if they possess
six ability scores instead of seven. They do not gain
the benefits of the seven’s score.
MECHA CONSTRUCTION
The mecha rules in Chapter 8 are intended to be a
framework for attempting a variety of mecha
adventures. Like the system that inspired it, it can
be easy to create unkillable juggernauts. Everything
is GM discretion. Play nice.
a simple system in place that GMs can work off of.
For example, rules regarding turning are not
mentioned given angular combat grids and the
various turning radiuses of dozens of different
vehicles. In this situation, it is entirely the GM’s
discretion to determine if a turn requires a maneuver
action or not.
ARE THERE MINIMUM USES?
In each instance when a character gains a number of
uses of a feature based on an ability score modifier
(whether it be ladders, classes, or archetypes), such
as the infiltrator’s Procedural Memory ability on
Page 75, the minimum number of uses gained is
always 1.

ROBOT HEALING
Can a robot PC be healed by a medic or a techie?
Technically, although it is not defined, a robot PC
would require a techie instead of a medic, employing
an Intelligence (Engineering) check and spending
money in the repair. However, this is optional, and I
won’t criticize anyone using a medic; instead. I will
say that a GM should decide this at the beginning of
a campaign—meaning only one route is available,
not both.

HOW DO BATTERY CELLS WORK?

Batteries don't list charges, the items they are paired
with do. If one isn't listed, then then the lifespan is
considered permanent unless disrupted by an EMP.
We don't explicitly explain these rules as it is
explained in the standard PHB regarding reloading.
So, “20-M” means it requires an M cell and that it
offers 20 charges.

WHAT ARE FREE ACTIONS?

There has been some confusion over our use of the
term “free action.” This is technically not defined in
5E, though it is seen in previous editions. We have
implemented it here as an easy way of
communicating when an action can be used—In the
case of free actions, you can do it any time during
your turn, and takes technically no time.

VEHICLE RULES
The vehicle rules appear simplistic, and it was
intended as a much more complicated system that
was deemed cumbersome in testing. We’ve offered