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Multitool generator for Mothership and other Scifi Horror

Roleplaying games WORK IN PROGRESS
By Laiska Saunatonttu

”Your character has stumbled upon a multitool while dodging a horror from
SPACE”
Inspired by mistranslation of ”utility knife” in Mothership RPG. I highly
appreciate possible feedback

Multitools are inferior to actual, specialized tools, performing complex

tasks with them should take several times more effort and time than using
”proper” tool. Multitool gadgets might also be more fragile and if
powered with gas/electricity might use the power fast.
What counts as ”complex task”, ”fragile” or ”fast” is up to Warden’s
judgement.
Modern multitools have variety of functions, so it’s only reasonable to
assume that future multitools have even wilder variety of functions, some
of them even useful!
D100 for type, all tools have a standard knife blade unless otherwise
noted
Child safe: Knife blade can’t be used for stabbing, 4 gadgets,
0
reroll distinct weapons and complex gadgets
Minitool: A very small folding knife, 3 gadgets, very easy to
1-10
conceal, reroll oversized gadgets
11-30 Compact tool: Basic folding knife, 5 gadgets, very comfortable
31-61 Standard tool: Basic folding knife, 8 gadgets
Folding tool: Folding multitool, has actual pliers and 5
62-72
gadgets, comes with belt pouch (or atleast should come)
Large folding tool: One cool tool, has actual pliers and 8
73-77
gadgets, comes with belt pouch (or atleast should come)
Novelty tool: So many things, few of them useful, makes YOU
78-79 look like a tool. 12 gadgets, no complex gadgets, duplicate
rolls give duplicate gadgets instead.
Blue collar special: An actual full size tool with some extra.
80-85 3 gadgets, strong quality, roll D10 for main tool, reroll
redundant gadgets
1. Screwdriver, common and exotic heads
2. Adjustable wrench, large
3. Shovel, sharpened edge
4. Folding spear, damage as as boarding axe
5. Boarding axe
6. Bolt cutter
7. Angle grinder, disc suitable for cutting and grinding
8. Ice axe (1D10+wounds, bleeding/blunt force)
9. Stun baton
10. Vibechete
Heritage: Normal knife with useful features. Player picks 5
86-89
gadgets, no dubs, no complex tools.
Others’ heritage: As heritage, but Warden picks gadgets.
90-94
Complex tools allowed.
Artisanal: Master crafted, 8 gadgets, 1 free dubs, if the dice
95-98
doesn’t provide. High quality.
Beyond comparison: Is this even made by human hand? 8 gadgets,
99 AUTOMATIC dubs which consume only SINGLE gadget hardpoint.
Superior quality, everybody wants it, especially those violent
bad guys who saw you have it. They will take it.
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D100 gadgets, reroll duplicates (dubs) unless otherwise noted (special

”dubs” gadgets consume two gadget hardpoint), multitools with electric
gadgets will automatically have necessary batteries, power and data
ports etc.
0 EXTRA GADGET! (roll twice) 25 Garrotte
1 Extra knife blade 26 Cable crimper
Metal file (diamond file
2 27
on dubs) Laser pointer
Saw blade (chainsaw on Pen gun (single shot D10
3 28
dubs (oversized) damage)
4 Scissors 29 Cigar cutter
Metal saw (Miniature angle
5 grinder on dubs(complex, 30
oversized)) Calipers (oversized)
Screw driver/s (common Screw driver/s (special
6 31
head/s) head/s)
Electric watch with timer
7 32
Corkscrew and alarm
8 Metallic ruler, 15cm 33 Timer/stopwatch
9 Toothpick, plastic 34 Stun baton (single use)
Marlin spike with shackle Belt clip with 40CM knife
10 35
opener chain
Adjustable wrench, max
11 36
width 15mm (oversized) Nail clipper
12 Flashlight 37 Barometer/thermometer
13 Wire stripper 38 Multipurpose hook
14 Can opener 39 Hammer (oversized)
15 Tweezers 40 Glass breaker
16 Key ring 41 Soldering iron
Magnifyer (microscope
17 42
(complex) on dubs) Wire brush (brass)
Laser rangefinder
18 43
Cuticle pusher (complex)
19 Ballpoint pen 44 Volt meter
Ballpoint pen with Laser thermometer
20 45
invisible ink (complex)
Drill bit and holder
21 46 (electric drill (complex,
Gas lighter oversized) on dubs)
Flash drive (detection and
22 47
EMP protected on dubs) UV lamp
Sample collector (one
23 48
Can opener sample, complex)
24 Awl/Reamer 49 Comb
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Bioscanner (15 meter

50 75
range, complex, oversized) Shears
51 Compass 76 Bottle opener
52 Wire brush (steel) 77 Divot repair tool
Belt buckle (reroll on
53 78
folding tools) Glass saw
Hand welder (oversized,
54 79
complex, single use) Pharmaceutical spatula
Monocular with 10x
55 magnification (oversized, 80
thermal vision on dubs) Carabiner clip
56 Geiger counter (complex) 81 Whistle
57 Personal locator 82 Pin punch
58 Spirit lever 83 Protractor
Radio jammer (10 km range,
59 84
complex) Watch case opener (oversized)
Miniature fishing rod, 4m Pliers (Reroll, if folding
60 85
line and hook (oversized) tool)
Ice pick ”stabbypoke”
61 (Titanium rod with diamond 86 Lockpick (for mechanical locks
tip on dubs) only)
Plasmacutter (low power,
62 doesn’t work in vacuum, 87 Handcuff key (good luck trying
oversized, complex) to use it)
Chisel (electric carving WARDEN’S CHOICE (including
63 88
tool (oversized) on dubs) gadgets no on the list)
64 Scraper 89 Tracker (complex, removable)
65 Magnet on telescopic rod 90 Axe blade (oversized)
Electric foam cutter Oxygen capsule (Oversized, 5
66 91
(oversized) minutes worth oxygen)
67 Syringe 92 Solid-point burner (oversized)
Powerbank (”Oh crap” on
68 93
dubs) Drawing compass
PLAYER’S PICK (no 99, no
69 94
dubs) Slingshot (oversized)
70 Prybar (oversized) 95 Seatbelt cutter
71 Belt clip 96 Orange peeler
Tranquilizer pistol
72 97
(single shot) Telescopic inspection mirror
Camera ( complex, 30min of
73 98 video, thermal and night vision
Nail file on dubs)
High frequency resonator for
74 99 the knife blade (Oversized,
Golf club face cleaner complex)
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Fittings and finish

1-3 Red plastic, classic
4-5 Wood, feels nice on hand
6 Exotic wood, expensive and rich finish
7-8 Aluminun, durable and stylish
9 Black bioplastic. This seems… familiar
10 10 Titanium. Justs like aluminum, but better
Extra: Naming the tool
Warden can name the tool based on the type, gadgets it has and
possibly finish. Names starting with manufacturer’s name and
ending with nonsensical number or letter combination are highly
encouraged.
After the tool has been named, it becomes normal item in the
universe and can be possibly found from what ever place that sells
tools and gadgets.

”Beyond comparison” multitool is unique and priceless.

Example
Rolled as instructed in this booklet,work in progress.
Tool name
Viskarsi mountaineer
special 300X

Tool type Gadgets

Blue collar special: Miniature fishing rod
Ice axe Screw driver, exotic
Timer/stopwatch
Finish FULL SIZE ICE AXE
Red plastic coating

Extra

Strong construction

Well, that’s an interesting device, I didn’t expect that. Player

could use the normal ice axe head as climbing device, break stuff
with either pick or hammer head, weapon, tinker with more unusual
devices with exotic screwdriver (or just bash them in), use
fishing rod as expected or reel something up, lower something etc
and take time while doing it, or take. Creative and/or desperate
player could likely invent more uses for it.
Nothing game breaking, but definitely usefull, just as intended.
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BONUS for wardens

”I search the body” aka what else did the tool’s last owner
have. D12 (I know you have one! It comes with the basic RPG
dice sets!) Or Warden makes it all up, the more bizarre and
unlikely, the better.
Flare gun with squashed barrel (makeshift rocket
1 thruster), matchbook (8 matchsticks), string,
rubber-band and a chocolate bar
Bottle of olive oil, old news paper, cotton wool,
2 soccer ball, 100 grams of higly flammable synthetic
narcotics and a plastic spatula
Coin with ”BOOM!” on heads and ”1 Finnish mark” on
tails (disguised handgrenade), book of drinking
3 games, ”Mullet is A-OK” patch, handwritten
manifesto against artificial intelligence in cars
and two steamed sausages (still hot)
hot water bottle, soda, vinegar, chili powder
4
(extra hot!)
Jumper cables, silver candle stick, heavy duty
5
rubber gloves, car battery
Leather belt with sharpened belt buckle, lasso,
6 bottle of strong whiskey, bag of pine nuts and a
cowboy hat
Aviator style sun glasses, military field watch,
7 leather jacket, work boots, duct tape and 2D10
paperclips
Map of the area, fire crackers, duct tape, camera
8
with strap and external timer
Shield made from a car door, bent car keys, hair
9 spray, ”Samurai Manufacturing” M3000 microprosessor
with a memory core (Wait, what?)
Tie (polyester, black), jerrycan of gasoline,
10
matches, revolver (empty), black suit
Inflating raft (don’t pull the string), two signal
11 flares (single use flare gun), pulse rifle (full
magazine)
Patched hazard suit (2 armor points, hydration
12 reclamation busted), Jury rigged flamethrower (2
shots, critical failure sets user on fire)

(How the HELL did I manage to make this crap 5 pages long?)

I left most of the gadgets without stats on purpose, they are mainly
tools, not weapons. Also, what the players can achieve with the gadgets
should be somewhat believable, sabotaging space ship’s atmospheric system
with pointy sticks and adjustable wrench is quite plausible, ramming the
pointy stick through the ship’s armored hull or cutting minibuss sized
tentacle cluster in half with rotary tool sized angle grinder… not so
much.

This whole project is a small minigame for both players and wardens to
solve the puzzle of ”what am I supposed to do with this thing?”.

I hope you have fun with it.