Doppelgänger Dunes
A Nyxmera company that lives and works in deserts. They love temperature extremes of day & night. Additionally, they adore the clearness of the air so they can observe the day and night skies.
The company and its employees carry out various jobs in deserts including:
- Mercenary work
- Sand mining
- Guides
- Farming & herding
- Trading
Apart from work they also partake in the following past times:
- Make Sand Mandalas. In this case it is to worship the extremes of building and destruction for Nyxmera.
- Play Mancala. They play this game with a glass board and coloured small bones of BONEHEADS.
- Drink Marsala. This is a fortified wine, normally from the Italian region surrounding the city of Marsala.
Suggested names of Doppelgänger Dunes employees in the area include:
| D6 | Feminine | Masculine |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamala (Lotus flower) | Nala (Nothing) |
| 2 | Sojula (Dawn) | Wanjala (Born during great famine) |
| 3 | Malala (Sad sad sad) | Dala (Petal) |
| 4 | Leala (Faithful) | Babala (Above) |
| 5 | Harshala (Happiness) | Ansujala (Illumination, brilliant rays) |
| 6 | Ujjwala (Bright) | Rakala (Moon beam) |
SKYBOUND DOPPELGANGER
3 HP | 0 ARMOR | TAC:+2 | FRC:0 | RFX:+1 | CRE:-1
- Laser pistol (1D6 DAMAGE)
- Aeolian whistle
- Water cooled/heated pilot jumpsuit and pilot’s helmet with full face visor
- Pilots an Armored powered parachute
- Eyesight of an eagle
- Think themselves superior to the SANDBOUND DOPPELGANGERS
- Listless on the ground only feeling truly at home in the skies above deserts
AEOLIAN CHARMER: They are masters at taming and herding flying desert creatures. To carry this out they carve aeolian whistles, whistles played by the wind. These can be attached to their powered parachutes for constant noise or spun around on a piece of string for better control.
Armored powered parachute
6 HP, 1 ARMOR with mounted laser gun (1D6+1 DAMAGE)
A powered parachute is an aircraft with a parafoil with motor and wheels.
The Armored powered parachutes holds one pilot and no passengers. It is has a reinforced bottom where a compact mounted laser gun is also situated. This gun is designed to take out ground based targets and is controlled by the pilot through a controls alongside the vehicle controls.
SANDBOUND DOPPELGANGER
4 HP | 1 ARMOR | TAC:+1 | FRC:+1 | RFX:0 | CRE:-1
- Laser rifle (1D6+1 DAMAGE)
- Combat shovel (3 DAMAGE)
- Night vision capable monocular
- Helmet with full face an scalp reflective visor
- Special glass plated armor that can reflect and absorb infra-red for heat modulation (1 ARMOR)
- Envy the SKYBOUND DOPPELGANGERS
- Readily willing to gamble over a game of Mancala
SAND PERMEATION: These sand troopers are able to dive feet first into sand as if it was air. This effect only lasts a couple seconds after which they will rise back to the surface in an arc motion. This allows them to easily outmanoeuvre foes during close range combats.
SOL: DOPPELGANGER OF DESERTS
9 HP | 1 ARMOR | TAC:+2 | FRC:+1 | RFX:0 | CRE:0
- Laser cannon (1D6+2 DAMAGE)
- Night blade (1D6 DAMAGE, SHREDDER)
- A Sol Doppelganger (they/them)
- Special glass plated armor that can reflect and absorb infra-red for heat modulation (1 ARMOR)
- Collapsible full head metal plate helmet (accessory)
- One eye of blue and yellow, the other of black, grey, and purple
- A warm inviting presence
- Easily offended and cold to those who offend them
- Does not like being misgendered or people mentioning their eyes
SHREDDER weapon tag: Deals double DAMAGE to exposed flesh. On critical hits, decreases the target’s ARMOR by 1. (F:UE)