Blockthrower

Source Guilt of the Grave World pg. 101

Price 50 credits

Damage 1d10 B

Bulk 2

Hands 2

Range 20 ft.

Reload 2

Type Ranged

Category Martial

Group Cryo

Upgrades 1

Magazine 10 charges

Expend 5

Salvaged from the set of Sabotage Soufflé (a popular cooking competition), these frosty weapons draw liquid from a tank through hypercooling coils to quickly generate gigantic blocks of ice that can be slung at high velocity toward their targets.

Improvements

Grade	Level	Upgrade Price	Total Price	Upgrades	Damage Dice	Tracking
Commercial Blockthrower	0	—	50 credits	1	1d10	—
Tactical Blockthrower	2	+350 credits	400 credits	1	1d10	+1
Advanced Blockthrower	4	+650 credits	1050 credits	2	2d10	+1
Superior Blockthrower	10	+9000 credits	10050 credits	2	2d10	+2
Elite Blockthrower	12	+10000 credits	20050 credits	3	3d10	+2
Ultimate Blockthrower	16	+80000 credits	100050 credits	3	3d10	+3
Paragon Blockthrower	19	+300000 credits	400050 credits	4	4d10	+3

Traits

Boost 1d6:You can boost this weapon with an Interact action to add an additional damage die of the listed size to the next damaging attack you make with the weapon until the end of your next turn. The damage from this trait increases to 2 dice for advanced-grade and superior-grade weapons, 3 dice for elitegrade and ultimate-grade weapons, and 4 dice for paragongrade weapons. On a critical hit, roll these after doubling the weapon's damage. Multiple boosts have no effect.

Kickback:A kickback weapon is extra powerful and difficult to use. A kickback weapon deals 1 additional damage with all attacks. Firing a kickback weapon give a –2 circumstance penalty to the attack roll, but characters with a +2 or greater Strength modifier ignore the penalty. Attaching a bipod to a weapon with the kickback trait can lower or negate this penalty.

Ranged Shove:This weapon can be used to Shove with the Athletics skill within the weapon's first range increment. The skill check takes a –2 circumstance penalty. You can add the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls as a bonus to the check. A ranged shove weapon doesn't deal any damage when used to Shove.

Tech:Equipment with the tech trait rely on electricity and may gain the glitching condition. Some creatures and hazards also have the tech trait, such as artificial intelligence, robots, and turrets.

Armor with the tech trait incorporate electronics, computer systems, integrated power sources, and a comm unit.

Shields with the tech trait incorporate electronics, computer systems, and integrated power sources.

Weapons with the tech trait incorporate electronics, computer systems, and power sources. Usually the weapons rely on integrated power sources (such as melee weapons that don't have the powered trait), while others drain batteries with each attack.

Cybernetic augmentations are technological, not magical, though they aren't subject to any effect or attack that targets technology unless it specifies that it affects cybernetics.

Critical Specialization Effects

Source Player Core pg. 258 ^{Winter 2025}

Certain feats, class features, weapon fusions, and other effects can grant you additional benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialization effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialization effect of your weapon.

Cryo This weapon freezes part of the target, making it hard for them to move their body. The target is clumsy 1 until the start of your next turn.