The PDF you have in your grubby little hands, or on your grubby little screen, is the compilation of material that did not make it into SSDC's Lock-N-Load books. We're releasing it to the general public in the hopes that you might find some of it useful or at the very least, entertaining.

Before you turn up your nose at the "rejects" you should know that there are a lot of reasons this material didn't make it into the Lock-N-Load books. Sometimes we felt the material was inappropriate for the setting. Other times we felt the material would dramatically alter game play or game balance. Heck, sometimes we just came up with the idea after the books had gone to press. Not all of this material is a hazard to game balance. Some of the material was simply cut due to lack of space in the book. BMs should feel free to pick and choose what optional rules and items they want to use. A check-list has been provided so you can clearly indicate to your players which rules and items you'll be using.

To help you sort out what's what, all of the items in this manuscript have been labeled with a Game Balance Value (GBV). Before you ask, yes we do love acronyms. Get use to it, there are lot more in this PDF! The GBV indicates the likelihood that allowing this item in your game will cause problems, start arguments, disturb game play, destroy game balance, or otherwise fracture the space-time-carnage continuum. The higher the GBV the more likely the item or rule may cause problems. Most of these ratings are judgment calls on the editor's part and some devices and rules may be more or less detrimental to game balance than advertised. Battle Masters allow these items at your own risk, and players should employ them with caution. Note: Sometimes particular items are assigned individual GBVs, on other occasions an entire class of items or weapon system (like Parasites) are assigned a GBV as a whole.

Best of luck,
Tony "Warmonger" Oliveira

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