Green Martians (Tharks, Warhoons, and independent hordes) are the terror of the dry sea beds. Standing 10 to 12 feet tall with four arms, tusks, and an innately warlike culture, their encounters should range from lone honor-bound duelists to terrifying clan migrations capable of leveling a city-state. This entry picks right up from
Building The Red Planet Empire - Mixing Warriors of the Red Planet (WotRP) with the Domain-level Architecture of ACKS II Rpg - A random royals and encounters for Mars table
In Warriors of the Red Planet (WotRP) and ACKS II, Green Martians act as both a brutal wilderness hazard and a powerful mercenary asset for domain rulers.
Below is a complete d100 Green Martian Encounters Engine, complete with force compositions, tactical profiles, and campaign integration rules.
The d100 Table of Green Martian Encounters
01–25: Outriders, Scouts & Small Bands (Fast, Deadly, Tactical)
| d100 | Encounter Composition | WotRP / ACKS II Stats & Profile | Context & Campaign Hook |
| 01–05 | Lone Horde Scout | 4 HD Green Martian on a racing Thoat. Wields a long radium rifle. | Shadowing the party from a high dune ridge 1 mile away. Tracking caravan movement for a larger raiding party. |
| 06–10 | 4–6 Young Blood-Braves | 3 HD Skirmishers. Leather harnesses, longswords, and radium pistols. | Eager to earn their tusks. They launch a reckless surprise cavalry charge across the moss plains. |
| 11–15 | The Fallen Outcast | 5 HD Veteran. Four-armed, scarred, missing his right tusk. | Expelled from his clan after losing a duel of honor. Can be hired as a High-Morale Mercenary for 25 gp/month + meat. |
| 16–20 | 2–4 Scavenger Strippers | 4 HD Outlaws with heavy metal saws and repulsor winches. | Stripping the hull of a crashed Red Martian air-skiff. They offer to sell 2 Radium Fuel Cells for 400 gp cash. |
| 21–25 | Thoat Wrangler Squad | 3 HD Warriors managing a herd of $2d6$ wild, eight-legged Thoats. | They view any attempt by the players to capture or hunt local game as an act of war against their territory. |
26–50: Raiding Parties & Hunting Warbands (Heavy Firepower, Looting)
| d100 | Encounter Composition | WotRP / ACKS II Stats & Profile | Context & Campaign Hook |
| 26–30 | The Caravan Interceptors | 12 Warriors (4 HD) led by a Chieftain (6 HD). Mounted on heavy Thoats. | Set up a classic canyon choke-point ambush. They demand all pack beasts and 50% of cargo as a "moss tax." |
| 31–35 | Tusk-Collector Patrol | 8 Elite Warriors armed with broadswords and heavy radium carbines. | Hunting White Apes or Banths for sport. Carrying $1d6 \times 200$ gp in raw animal pelts and ivory. |
| 36–40 | Radium Artillery Battery | 10 Warriors towing 2 heavy Mounted Radium Cannons on low repulsor sleds. | Moving into position to shell an Imperial canal outpost. Ambushing them prevents a local Domain Crisis. |
| 41–45 | Slave-Drove Escort | 15 Warriors guarding a line of 20 chained Red Martian captives. | Taking prisoners to an Outlaw Market like the Archeon Market. Captives beg the party to buy or free them. |
| 46–50 | Rival Clan Skirmishers | 2 hostile bands of 8 Warriors each caught in a fierce, long-range sniper duel across a salt flat. | The party can choose to bypass them undetected, pick off the survivors, or intervene to gain a clan alliance. |
51–75: Champions, Jeddaks & Clan Leaders (High Morale, Domain-Level Threats)
| d100 | Encounter Composition | WotRP / ACKS II Stats & Profile | Context & Campaign Hook |
| 51–55 | Warlord Ka-Tharr's Retinue | 20 Honor Guards (5 HD) led by a 4-Tusked Warlord (8 HD, AC 6). | Demands the party's strongest warrior step forward for a 1-on-1 Duel to First Blood to earn passage through the sector. |
| 56–60 | The Green Prophet | A 5 HD Blind Mentalist accompanied by 10 fanatic zealot guards. | Receives telepathic visions. Offers to reveal the hex location of an unlooted Ancient Vault in exchange for 3 Radium Cells. |
| 61–65 | Sky-Galley Hijack Crew | 15 Warriors who have captured a working Red Martian Light Scout Flier. | Flying low and recklessly. They don't fully understand the controls and risk crashing into the party's position. |
| 66–70 | The Tuskless Renegades | 12 Cybernetically Augmented Green Martians (Bio-wear / Metal limbs). | Cast out for using forbidden tech. Highly aggressive; they fight with integrated Wrist-Blasters (+2 to hit). |
| 71–75 | Blood-Jeddata Varna | A rare female Green Martian ruler (7 HD) leading 25 heavy cavalry. | Demands tribute in refined metal or silk. Refusing triggers a coordinated flank attack targeting the party's mounts. |
76–100: Clan Migrations & Horde Armies (Campaign-Altering Events)
| d100 | Encounter Composition | WotRP / ACKS II Stats & Profile | Context & Campaign Hook |
| 76–80 | The Seasonal Migration | $2d4 \times 100$ Green Martians (Men, Women, Youth) moving with thousands of Thoats. | Covers 3 entire wilderness hexes. Movement through this area drops to 0 unless granted safe passage by the Jeddak. |
| 81–85 | Siege Vanguard | 50 Heavy Warriors, 4 War-Thoats carrying battering rams, and 6 Radium Turrets. | Marching to lay siege to a nearby Class IV City-State border fort. The local ruler will pay 5,000 gp for early warning. |
| 86–90 | Gladiator Procurement Force | 30 Warriors equipped with heavy iron nets, bolas, and paralyzer darts. | Looking to capture exotic beasts—or high-level player characters—to stock their subterranean fighting arenas. |
| 91–95 | The Great Horde (Jeddak of Jeddaks) | 1,000+ Four-Armed Warriors marching under a unified banner of war. | A catastrophic domain event. Nearby settlement Domain Morale drops by 3 points. The party must hide or be trampled. |
| 96–100 | The Ancient Oath Breakers | 40 Undead Green Martian Specters riding ghostly Thoats across the night dunes. | A spectral raiding band bound to an ancient ruin. They ignore physical armor points (AC counts as base 0 without force-fields). |
Tactical Rules & Mechanics (ACKS II / WotRP)
1. The Four-Armed Combat System
Green Martians make full use of their four arms in tactical combat:
Dual-Radium & Dual-Blade: A Green Martian can fire a long radium rifle or carbine while simultaneously wielding two longswords in melee, incurring no multi-weapon penalty on their secondary attacks.
Four-Armed Grapple: When attempting a grapple or wrestling maneuver, a Green Martian gains a +4 bonus to Strength throws and can pin a medium human-sized target while continuing to strike with their remaining two free hands.
2. Green Martian Morale & Tusk Culture
Green Martians disdain cowardice above all else.
Baseline Morale: +2 (Compared to +0 for standard human mercenaries).
Tusk Loyalty: If a Green Martian Chieftain or Warlord is killed in open combat, the surviving warband does not immediately route. Instead, they make an immediate Reaction Roll:
2–5: They go into a Berserk Rage (+2 to hit, -2 AC) to avenge their leader.
6–8: They retreat carrying their leader's body and weapons.
9+: The victor of the duel (even a human PC) is recognized as the temporary leader of the band under the ancient laws of challenge.
