The RolePlaying Game

Quickstart Guide
 Credits
Lead Designer: R. Scott Uhls
Development: Todd Walsh
Editor: Kaia Norton
Featured Artist: Gustav Rangmar
Graphic Design & Layout: Michael Gnade
Production Manager: Michael Gnade
Playtesters:
Richard Anaya II, Susan Beneville, Amanda Brandt, Andrew Castle, Skylr
Chamberlin, Dan Cook, Seven Easecity, Deanna Erickson, Jacob Ferryman-
Fiskvik, Cory Flagg, Paige Gray, Jacob Glass, Kevin Glusing, Matthew Griffith,
Kerianne Hardy, Jesse Hayes, David Heath, Max Held, Jacob Herold, Joe
Hinrichsen, David Hubble, Aeden Jacoby, Andrew Jacoby, Clayton Janes, Erin
Janes, Chris Johnson, Adrian Lee, James Lee, Lex Lee, Micah R. Maloney,
Mike Noorman, Katie Norton, Erin Orwig, Matthew Orwig, David Parker,
Nick Pittsey, Grace Rose, Matt Ruddell, Dana Sarber, Joseph D. Stirling,
Nathaniel Tice, Josh Tran, Dean White, Alejandra Wilson, Marina Volz

Based on the original board game MAXIMUM APOCALYPSE created by Mike Gnade.

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 Table of Contents

GAME OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW 4
FACTS OF LIFE 5
WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY 5

CHARACTER CREATION
CHARACTER CREATION 6
CHARACTER ACHETYPES 7
PERSONAL APOCALYPSES 10
BASE STATS 12
SKILLS 14

CORE MECHANICS
DICE ROLLING 16
COMBAT 18
RANGED ATTACKS 20
COMBAT DAMAGE 24
REGULAR PHASE 26
SITUATIONAL CONDITIONS 30

QUICKSTART SCENARIO
THE ESCAPE 32
SCENARIO MONSTERS 41
PREGEN CHARACTER SHEETS 46

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Game Overview
Maximum Apocalypse: The Roleplaying Game is a tabletop RPG based on the board
game of the same name. This RPG seeks to expand the experiences of the board game
and offer a more immersive environment for gamers.
Players take on the role of apocalypse survivors banded together in the post-apocalyptic
wasteland to find resources and survive dangers. They are plagued by alien invaders,
diseases, mutants, radiation, killer robots, giant monsters, supernatural horrors, and
zombies. Players will delve into the scattered remains of humanity, seeking Component
Pieces to maintain their gear and food to maintain their bodies. The more they find, the
less resources remain, and the quicker their survival becomes bleaker.
Survival is not guaranteed; there are a multitude of ways to encounter death. Alien
Invaders harvest survivors for organic components; Robots seek a utopia free from
humans, and Zombies are insatiable stalkers. Maximum Apocalypse: the Roleplaying
Game combat is a savage and brutal exchange of attacks against overwhelming odds.
Along with their companions, players use dice, teamwork, ingenuity, and special abilities
to accomplish goals and overcome obstacles. Standing alive together when the smoke
clears is the ultimate goal of Maximum Apocalypse: The Roleplaying game.

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Facts of Apocalyptic Life
1: Civilization has collapsed. There is no returning to the way things were. Survivors
must learn to adapt to what’s left or die.

2: Humans are an endangered species. In the swirling chaos of the apocalypse,

disease-free, unmutated humanoids are rare.

3: Resources are limited. There is a finite amount of salvageable goods in the world.
What exists must be used in creative ways for survival.

4: Scavenging is life. While items can be created and maintained, nothing is

permanent. Searching for Component Pieces is one of the primary means survivors are
able to face their enemies.

5: There is no escape. Just as civilization will not be able to return to its former glory,
safety is an illusion. Leaving one problem ALWAYS leads to another.

What you need to play

Players should have character sheets, writing utensils, a common location, imagination,
and at least one copy of the rules to play the game. In order to play the game fully,
a group needs the following dice: 2d4, 2d6, 2d8, and 3d10 (1d10 as an Advantage/
Disadvantage die).

All Base Stat, Skill, and Special Stat rolls use 2d10 (a d100) and will thus be the most
common dice rolled in the game. While it is not required that every player have their
own 3d10 (2d10 + 1d10 for Advantage/Disadvantage), the best way to play is if each of
the players have their own dice to roll on their turn.

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Character Creation
In the Quickstart Scenario, several characters have already been created for use, but
below is the creation process in brief. For more details, see the Maximum Apocalypse:
The Roleplaying Game Core Rules.
1. Base Stats start at 25:
Strength (STR), Fortitude (FOR), Agility
(AGI), Intelligence (INT), Instinct (INS),
Charisma (CHA), Fighting Skill (FS),
Ballistic Skill (BS), and Luck (LUCK)
2. Choose a Primary Archetype and Apply
the Base Stat Adjustments:
Fireman, Gunslinger, Hunter, Mechanic,
Priest, Ronin, Scientist, Surgeon, Thief,
and Veteran
3. Choose a Secondary Archetype based
on the Primary Archetypes and apply the
Secondary Base Stat Adjustments
4. Choose a Personal Apocalypse and apply
the Base Stat Adjustments:
Alien Invasion, Food Riots, Kaiju Attack,
Nuclear Holocaust, Peak Oil Collapse,
Robot Uprising, Seismic Cataclysm, The
Rapture, Time Paradox, and Zombie
Apocalypse
5. Determine age, apply the Base
Stat Adjustments, and choose Skill
proficiencies:
Child (0), Youth (1), Middle (2), Mature
(3), and Advanced (4)
Skills Proficiencies: Crafting, Perception,
Tracking and Survival
6. Allocate 100 Free Points to Base Stats.
7. Choose 2 Combat Skill Proficiencies or
opt out for an extra Archetype skill:
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Archery, Athletics, Blades, Brawl, Clubs,
Firearms, and Wrangle
8. Choose 4 Skill Proficiencies from the
Primary Archetype List and 3 from the
Secondary Archetype List. Scientists
choose 1 Extra skill. No doubling choices
except for the Age skill proficiencies:
Academics, Animal Ken, Athletics, Blades,
Charm, Command, Crafting, Drive, Heavy
Weapons, Interrogation, Intimidate,
Lockpick, Mechanics, Medicine,
Navigation, Palming, Perception, Science,
Stealth, Survival, Tech Use, Tracking,
Wrangle, and Xenotech Use.
9. Choose either a Skill proficiency or
an Academics skill Advantage from the
Personal Apocalypse.
10. Calculate Special Stats:
Resilience, Resolve, Immunity, Build,
Dodge, Health Points, Initiative, Luck Use
per Game, and Salvage.
11. Choose a Primary Archetype Special
Ability.
12. Choose a Personal Apocalypse Special
Ability.
13. Choose a Lucky Mutation.
14. Create Background Story and Select an
optional Negative Trait (if available).
15. Choose Starting Gear based on CP
Allocations (115 CP + 4 Food Unit Items).
 Character Archetypes
Character Skills and Special Abilities are primarily determined by the character’s Primary
and Secondary Archetypes. The Primary Archetype represents the majority of training
and experience the character learned in the chaotic aftermath of the apocalypse. The
Secondary Archetype represents their own personal studies of skills.
The Archetypes are: Fireman, Gunslinger, Hunter, Mechanic, Priest, Ronin, Scientist,
Surgeon, Thief, and Veteran

The Hunter

The Scientist

“You can’t kill what you can’t see.”

BONUSES: FOR, AGI, INS & BS
The Hunter is adept at stealth, tracking
animals and enemies, keeping an
encampment safe, and finding optimal
travel routes. While they can sometime
be lone wolves, hunters make great
scouts and are useful teammates. They
are also formidable fighters, competing
with Firefighters and Gunslingers for
high body counts.
“The more we know about the situation,
the sooner we can adapt to overcome it.”
BONUSES: INT, INS, CHA & Luck
The Scientist is an academic in a world
filled with action. Their Intelligence
and Instinct allows them to adapt, offer
insight, and solve problems rationally.
They rely upon group cohesion and the
covalent bonds of chemistry to create
improvised explosives to overcome
obstacles.

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 The Firefighter
“Kill it with Fire!”
BONUSES: STR, FOR, FS & Luck
The Fireman literally fights fire with
fire. They have an affinity for flames
and explosions, and enough Health and
Resilience to resist damage. They are
combat heavy characters.
The Gunslinger
“I can shoot the fleas off a dog’s back.”
BONUSES: AGI, INS, CHA & BS
The Gunslinger is a character with an
affinity for guns and more guns. Where
they point their weapon, death follows.
They also have the ability to form
alliances and build camaraderie, making
them natural leaders.
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The Mechanic
“I’m keeping this thing together with
bubblegum and duct tape.”
BONUSES: AGI, INT, INS, & FS
The Mechanic is a well-trained technical
expert, versed in everything from
machine parts to computers to sewing
techniques. Mechanics often have a
tool in their hand, patching up armor,
and sometimes hacking Robots or
setting up defensives.
The Surgeon
“If you stopped getting stabbed, you
wouldn’t need me anymore.”
BONUSES: INS, INT, CHA & Luck
The Surgeon is familiar with the dark
and brutal nature of the apocalypse.
Because of their expertise with
medicine, they are usually the best
allies to have in a world full of dangers.
The Priest
“There are powers greater than us.”
BONUSES: INT, INS, CHA & Luck
The Priest is armed with faith, charisma,
and an unyielding loyalty to their
companions. Priests are attuned to
the supernatural and can tap into the
heavens to protect their allies or bring
the wrath of the gods down upon their
foes.
The Veteran
I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe.”
BONUSES: FOR, AGI, BS & Luck
The Veteran has walked through fire,
granting them an uncanny ability to
find solutions. They put their trust in
very few people, often a single animal
companion, but when they do accept
allies, they are fiercely loyal.
The Ronin
“No one is invincible; you must live like
you are already dead.”
BONUSES: STR, FOR, INS & BS
The Ronin is the quintessential warrior,
returning to ancient customs dictated
by combat and death. They wear tribal
markings and carry specialized weapons
to face their enemies and prove they
have no fear. They are often willing to
lay down their lives for their friends.
The Thief
“I think we need it more than they do.”
BONUSES: STR, AGI, INS, & CHA
The Thief is always looking for a big
score, both for themselves and the
group. Thieves are expert scavengers,
lockpicks and are deadly assassins from
the shadows.
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PERSONAL APOCALYPSES
The world has been devastated by the combined weight of multiple world-shattering
scenarios.

ALIEN INVASION
You were up close and personal with ET, maybe you even
found yourself one of their abductees. You know their
technology is organic in nature and that their weapons are
primarily designed to Stun rather than Kill targets. But you
also know that you are only a walking sack of Component
Pieces to them.

FOOD RIOTS
They told everyone to stay calm. They said that rationing was only temporary. They lied.
While you did your best to keep yourself fed, you watched as helpless people turned on
each other as supplies ran out.

KAIJU ATTACK
You have seen the giants and heard their roar. While you may
not encounter them much anymore, the telltale shake of the
ground or the distance chewing sound will usually let you
know when one of these giants are approaching.

NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
For you, it almost seemed like the mushroom clouds joined
and created a single funnel, ushering in the end of the
humanity. You may have been one of the lucky ones who
found a bunker or one of the unlucky ones who barely
escaped the blast.

PEAK OIL COLLAPSE

When human civility collapsed, you saw the ugliness that lies beneath. We are selfish,
brutal, and ultimately weak. Taking to the road, you became a warrior, stealing from the
worst dregs of survivors... all because of gas.

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 ROBOT UPRISING
There were a lot of warnings that the first Fully Autonomous
Drone Combat Force (ADCF) was a bad idea. Thanks to some
ingenuity, you managed to escape the army of automatons
that walks the planet eradicating humans. You know that
just because the machine is off, that doesn’t mean it isn’t
watching you.

SEISMIC CATACLYSM
For you, the Earth collapsed, quite literally. You were alone when you contorted your
way through fallen buildings and climbed sheer surfaces to get out. You came out alive,
intact, and without an Insanity Condition.

SUPERNATURAL HORRORS
Vampires, Werewolves, Kitsune, Goblins, and the Unseelie
roam the darkness and are not just children’s tales.
Boogeymen are real and lurk in the shadows, hunting
humans and you were once their prey.

TIME PARADOX
Some well-meaning scientist invented time travel and tried to fix things before they
began. The paradox of this event continues to ripple, creating strange pockets where
time does not exist, or recreates events long since forgotten. The world is a strange
place, and you should know, because you either aren’t from here, or have memories of
events that have not yet happened.

THE RAPTURE
After the trumpets of Heaven sounded, the gates to Valhalla were opened and Kalki
descended to Earth. And while Fenrir began chewing, you watched as the minions of Al-
Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl and Jesus continued their eternal war.

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
As people got sick, they were quarantined, but the virus
escaped, and you got trapped. With Stealth, Combat and
Cunning, you are free and quite aware of the Z-Virus and
how it works.

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Base Stats
STRENGTH (STR)
The character’s physical strength and how
good they are at manipulating their body
to achieve certain tasks.
FORTITUDE (FOR)
The character’s physical health and
resiliency. It affects how long the survivor
character can hold their breath, and how
long they can go without food before being
affected.
AGILITY (AGI)
The character’s hand-eye coordination and
how well they can manipulate their joints.
INTELLIGENCE (INT)
The character’s logical thoughts and recall
of information.
Base Stat skill actions
CONTORTING
A character may need to move into a tight
space. To do this, a character makes an
Agility Base Stat roll with a modifier based
on their Build.
LIFTING
Lifting objects based on their Strength
Base Stat. A character can lift and carry
any weight twice their BUILD without
making a Strength Base Stat roll. For more
information on Lifting, see the Core Rules.
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INSTINCT (INS)
The character’s perceptions of their
surroundings and those hiding within it.
CHARISMA (CHA)
The character’s personality and how well
they can convince others to agree with
their ideas.
FIGHTING SKILL (FS)
The character’s hand-to-hand melee
combat skills.
BALLISTIC SKILL (BS)
The character’s ability to acquire targets
and control projectile weaponry.
LUCK (LUCK)
How favorably the universe shines upon
the character.
PRYING
A character can make a Strength Base Stat
roll to open a space wide enough to enter
without Contorting. They can also open a
sealed object.
REMEMBERING
Characters can remember information
based on their Intelligence Base Stat.
THROWINg
Throwing is a Combat action based on the
Agility Base Stat. A SUCCESS hits the target,
person or location.
SPECIAL STATS
BUILD = STRENGTH + FORTITUDE
A character’s relative size to others,
how much damage they do with Melee
Weapons, and how much food they need
per day.
DODGE = (AGILITY + INSTINCT) ÷ 2
How well the survivor character gets out of
the way of an attack or falling object. A Full
Dodge uses this stat, but at the expense of
5 Initiative adds ½ the character’s Strength
to the Stat.
HEALTH POINTS = (STRENGTH + FORTITUDE) ÷ 5
How much physical damage the character
can take before dropping unconscious.
Characters can be unconscious without
being stabilized or healed a number of
rounds equal to their Fortitude ÷ 10.
Health Points can be healed using the
Medicine skill.
INITIATIVE = (AGILITY + LUCK) ÷ 10
How quickly a character reacts to the
situations around them.
LUCK USE PER GAME = LUCK ÷ 10
Characters who fail a roll can elect to reroll
based on their Luck Base Stat.
SALVAGE = (INSTINCT + LUCK) ÷ 2
The innate ability characters have to
find Items and CPs scattered in the
environment.
RESILIENCE = (STRENGTH + FORTITUDE) ÷ 2
The character’s ability to mitigate damage
from indirect attacks like chemicals, gases,
electricity, elemental (heat, cold, rain, fire),
explosions, and Knock Out attacks. Each
Degree of SUCCESS negates 2 points of
Physical Damage.
RESOLVE = (INTELLIGENCE + INSTINCT) ÷ 2
The character’s ability to mitigate the
effects of psychic and mentally-based
emotional attacks. It can also be used to
harness internal psychic energy.
IMMUNITY = (FORTITUDE + LUCK) ÷ 2
The character’s ability to mitigate
infections from Disease or Radiation
attacks. This is rolled at the initial infection
and again each day (in the game).
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SKILL PROFICIENCIES
There are 28 skills, each linked directly to a Base Stat. Characters can undertake any
Skill Action, but if they are not Proficient in the skill, they do so at DISADVANTAGE.
Characters gain skill proficiencies through their Archetypes, Personal Apocalypse,
and Age. Characters increase their Levels of Proficiency through the expenditure of
Experience Points, increasing the SUCCESS THRESHOLD by +5.

ACADEMICS: The term for all intellectual
skills that are non-science in origin and
grants a +5 per DEGREE OF SUCCESS to the
SUCCESS THRESHOLD of the character’s
next skill roll. This skill can also be used to
assist others in RESOLVE SPECIAL STAT rolls
to overcome Resolve Damage conditions.
ANIMAL KEN: All actions related to animal
empathy, training, and husbandry. It can
be used to gain control of an animal and
give them 1 command per DEGREE OF
SUCCESS.
ARCHERY: The ability to use bows and
slingshots.
COMMAND: The ability to use verbal and
non-verbal communication to express
ideas, feelings, and desires in a manner
that provides a +5 per DEGREE OF
SUCCESS to an allies’ next action.
CRAFTING: The ability to Break, Create,
Improve, Rebuild and Repair Armor,
Barriers, most Special Items, and Weapons.
This does not include any electrical or
mechanical items or chemicals or chemical
reactions.
DRIVE: The ability to operate motorized
vehicles, including air and water
conveyances.

ATHLETICS: The ability to move the
character’s body to counter adverse
conditions affecting movement.
BLADES: The ability to use bladed weapons,
whether striking or counterstriking.
BRAWL: The ability to use the physical body
in combat, whether striking or counter
striking.
CHARM: The ability to gain rapport and
convince others of certain ideas, whether
through negotiation or bluffing. *This skill
is resisted by the Resolve Special Stat.
CLUBS: The ability to use blunt objects
in combat, whether striking or counter
striking.
FIREARMS: The ability to use Firearms.
HEAVY WEAPON: The ability to use heavy and
mounted weapons. This includes cannons,
flamethrowers, mounted machine guns,
mortars, rocket-propelled grenades,
nuclear missiles, etc.
INTERROGATION: The ability to obtain
information from others utilizing trick
questions, double speak, torture, etc. This
decreases a victim’s RESOLVE SPECIAL STAT
by -5 per DEGREE OF SUCCESS.
INTIMIDATE: The ability to be menacing and
create fear conditions against a victim.
*This skill is resisted by the Resolve Special
Stat.

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LOCKPICK: The ability to unlock objects that or Mechanical means. Opponents must
have a mechanical tumbler lock.
MECHANICS: The ability to Break, Create,
Improve, Rebuild and Repair Electrical
and Mechanical objects, such as vehicles,
generators, firearms, and flashlights.
MEDICINE: This skill constitutes a character’s
ability to heal Health Point damage and
reduce Immunity damage.
NAVIGATION: The ability to use maps or
recognize terrain features to navigate areas understand how to use miniature electrical
and grant +5 per DEGREE OF SUCCESS on
subsequent Drive skill rolls.
PALMING: The character’s ability to
manipulate their hands, quick-draw
weapons, hide objects from view, or
take objects from targets without them
noticing. Quick-Drawing requires a
Great SUCCESS. Concealment or theft
is an opposed roll against the target’s
Perception.
PERCEPTION: The awareness of
surroundings, and the ability to recognize
objects and sounds, find hidden items,
and discern character’s motivations. It can
also be used to judge the state objects
or people, granting a +5 per DEGREE OF
SUCCESS to the related repairs or healing
rolls.
SCIENCE: The term for the practical
application of Chemistry, Engineering,
Biology, Physics, and Mathematics.
Science is used to Break, Create, Improve,
Rebuild and Repair Barriers and chemical,
incendiary, or explosive objects. This is
used to synthesize materials and make
Ammunition out of CP.
STEALTH: The ability to become
undetectable through Physical, Electrical,
meet or exceed the DEGREES OF SUCCESS
made by this skill use with a Perception
skill (See Ambushing).
SURVIVAL: The ability to create shelter and
fire, clean foods, and set up temporary
shelters. Its practical use is “Foraging” for
food.
TECH USE: The ability to use devices or
objects with Graphical User Interfaces,
control objects with a DCU, and
controls for objects, such as detonator
controls.
TRACKING: The ability to find indicators
of a presence in a terrain. Practically, this
skill must meet or exceed the Stealth
skill DEGREES OF SUCCESS to follow
opponents. This skill is also has the
practical use to “Hunt” for Food.
WRANGLE: The ability to use thrown objects
such as ropes or nets to Grapple with
opponents at a distance. This skill includes
the all Throwing and Whipping actions.
XENOTECH USE: The character’s ability to
understand and use Alien technology.
Once a character has SUCCESSfully used
this skill to identify the object and relative
skill to control it, they are able to make
skill rolls related to that technology’s use
(Firearms, Brawl, etc.) at Disadvantage or
roll Xenotech Use directly to control the
item.
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core Mechanics

DICE ROLLING AND DEGREES OF SUCCESS

Gameplay involves actions, challenges and oppositions. Actions require a d100
percentile dice roll which determines SUCCESS and FAILURE. A SUCCESS is any roll that
MEETS or is BELOW the THRESHOLD determined by either the Base Stats plus Skill
Proficiency or Special Stats depending on the action.
If an action is unopposed, then it is called a Challenge and only requires meeting the
THRESHOLD. If an action is opposed, then it is called an Opposition and both parties will
roll their d100 percentile. The Combatants then compare their DEGREES OF SUCCESS to
determine an outcome.
DEGREES OF SUCCESS are a system whereby the quality of a SUCCESSful action can be
determined. If a d100 percentile roll MEETS or is BELOW One-Half (1/2) or One-Quarter
(1/4) of the THRESHOLD, then it has succeeded with greater DEGREES OF SUCCESS. If
the d100 roll is a 1 (001), then the SUCCESS is a CRITICAL SUCCESS and automatically
beats any other Degree of SUCCESS.
A SUCCESS REQUIREMENT is any set DEGREES OF SUCCESS required to make an action
SUCCESSful. This indicates an increased difficulty for the action.

Description Degree Result

Meets or is below the THRESHOLD 1 SUCCESS
Meets or is below ½ the THRESHOLD 2 Great SUCCESS
Meets or is below ¼ the THRESHOLD 3 Amazing SUCCESS
Roll is 001 4 Critical SUCCESS

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 FAILURES AND LUCK USE PER GAME
FAILURES occur when a survivor character rolls ABOVE their THRESHOLD for an action.
Failures ALWAYS occur when a character rolls a 000 (100) on a d100 roll, regardless of
their skill target number, and results in a Critical Failure which is more detrimental than
just a failure.
Characters may use a Luck Use per Game on a FAILURE to reroll their dice. This allows
them to counteract failures and continue an action. Unless otherwise determined by the
Gamemaster, the result of the second roll is accepted by the player.

Description Degree Result

Higher than THRESHOLD 1 FAILURE
Roll is 000 2 Critical FAILURE
Failures on Luck Use per Game reroll 3 Extreme FAILURE
Luck Use per Game reroll is 000 4 Catastrophic FAILURE
REMEMBER: In this game, you want to roll as LOW as possible. The lower the number,
the better (except 000 which represents 100).

ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE MODIFIERS

Items, Special Abilities, and Circumstances can grant characters an additional 10s die
to determine the outcome an action. ADVANTAGE is a beneficial situation that allows
the choice to be the lower of the 10s dice. DISADVANTAGE is a negative situation that
forces the choosing of the higher of the 10s dice. Characters can have a maximum of 3
Advantages and 3 Disadvantages at any time, but there can be only one additional die
applied to a roll. Advantages and Disadvantages cancel each other out., making a roll
“Neutral.”
Stacking Advantage or Disadvantage occurs when there is more than one
applicable modifier to a roll. If there are extra Advantage modifiers, then the character
gains a +5 to the THRESHOLD for every Advantage over the first. If there are extra
Disadvantage, then the SUCCESS REQUIREMENT increases +1 for every Disadvantage
over the first.

TEAMWORK ACTIONS AND BENEFIT SKILLS

Teamwork occurs when 2 or more characters participate in a single task. To gain a
benefit from Teamwork, a character is chosen to be the Primary Actor while the others
take on supporting roles. The supporting actors make a Skill Roll and grant the Primary
Actor +5 to their THRESHOLD per DEGREE OF SUCCESS. Failures cause a -5 to the
Primary’s THRESHOLD.

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The Academics, Command, and Navigation
Skills are considered “Benefit Skills”
because they are used in conjunction with
other rolls to increase the THRESHOLD.
This can be granted to themselves OR
other characters. Benefit Skills are rolled
and the DEGREES OF SUCCESS grant +5
per DEGREE OF SUCCESS to supplement
skills. The Medicine Skill is treated as a
Benefit Skill when used to reduce a Stage
of Infection on an infected character.
COMBAT
Combat is a series of Opposition
Challenges, where the Attacker uses one of
the Attack skills (ARCHERY, BLADES, BRAWL,
CLUBS, FIREARMS, HEAVY WEAPONS,
THROW, WRANGLE, and XENOTECH USE)
and the Defender attempts to oppose
with a Defensive Action (DODGE, PARRY,
or RIPOSTE), unless they are Restrained
or Surprised. Each Combatants rolls and
the Degrees of Success between the
Combatants are compared. The Combatant
with the higher DEGREE OF SUCCESS wins
(ties go to the Attacker).
Combat Rounds are 10 seconds of hyper-
intense actions. Every Combat Round
is broken into Action Phases. Every
Combatant acts in the first Action Phase
based on their Initiative Stat unless
surprised. Each Action Phase after the
first, 5 if removed from the Initiative
score. Once all Combatants have run
out of Initiative, or 4 Action Phases have
completed, the Combat Round ends, the
initiative is reset, and a new round begins.
Some Items grant additional Initiative,
but these effects do not apply until the
beginning of the following Combat Round. Distance Dilation to occur. A Combatant
Some actions may require multiple Action
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Phases to complete, causing characters
to be engaged in this action until they
have completed the task, regardless of
whether this enters a subsequent Combat
Round. Actions can also be stored until
the character’s Initiative in the next Action
Phase, regardless of whether this enters a
subsequent Combat Round. If the stored
action is not taken at the character’s next
Initiative Action, the action is forfeited.
Combatants take 2 Complex Actions (or 1
non-Combat skill action) and a reasonable
amount of Free Actions on their Initiative
each Action Phase. Unless they possess
a weapon with the “Multi-Attack” trait,
possess a Special Ability that grants them
the Multi-Attack ability, or are dual-
wielding weapons, a character cannot use
a Complex Action to make more than 1
attack each phase. The types of actions
a Combatant may take are: Attack, Clear
Jammed Firearm, Move, Reload, Aim,
Retrieve Item, Non-Combat Skill Action, or
Use Readied Item.
MOVEMENT AND COMBAT
Distance is relative, quantified as CLOSE,
SHORT, MIDRANGE and LONG. CLOSE
Range is any distance a character can
touch or reach without having to make
any movements. Each of the distances
are based around CLOSE Range and
increase progressively 1 Distance outward.
Combatants cannot move beyond
Midrange unless running in a Foot Chase
or have the Fleet-Footed Lucky Mutation.
During Chase Rounds (Combat Rounds
involving Foot and Vehicular Chases),
characters, enemies, and vehicles may
move several distances at once, causing
may move several Distances in a single
action, but these distances are considered
relative to the enemy or vehicle chasing
them. A solitary enemy may still be able
to attack a moving target with a Ranged
Attack, albeit at Disadvantage. (See chase
rules for more details).
Combatants may also choose to DROP
PRONE as a movement, allowing them
to create a slimmer profile and cause
Disadvantage for Ranged Attackers. They
may also STAND as a Movement Action.
HINDERING TERRAIN
In the post-apocalypse environment, the
terrain is littered with debris, destruction,
and carnage. Moving around is not as easy
as simply moving a Distance every Action
Phase. Hindering Terrain is any terrain
feature that causes the Combatant to
become SLOWED and make 2 Movement
Actions to move 1 Distance. This can be
sand, rocks, a burned car, etc. Combatants
can attempt to overcome Hindering Terrain
with an ATHLETICS Skill roll.
If a Combatant fails their Athletics Skill
roll, they are still SLOWED and can take
other actions, but they cannot complete
their Movement until they take another
Movement Action.
AMBUSHING
If a Combatant has used terrain features
or the Stealth Skill to remain UNSEEN
from their Target, they are considered
“Ambushing.” If the Attack Action is a
Melee Attack (BLADES, BRAWL, CLUBS,
or WRANGLE), the Target can make a
PERCEPTION Skill roll Before the Attack. If
they fail this roll, they are SURPRISED and
cannot make non-Defensive Actions during
the first Action Phase of the first Combat
Round. At beginning of the second Action
Phase, they can act as normal if they have
initiative.
If an UNSEEN Combatant Successfully
attacks a Target with a Ranged Attack
(ARCHERY, FIREARMS, or HEAVY
WEAPONS) and deals damage, the
Target automatically makes an Opposed
PERCEPTION v. STEALTH Challenge roll.
If the UNSEEN attacker has not made a
Movement Action since their last Attack
Action, the Target gains Advantage on their
roll. If the Target’s Perception meets or
exceeds the UNSEEN attacker’s DEGREES
OF SUCCESS, the attack is no longer
UNSEEN.
UNSEEN Combatants cannot be the Target
of any Attack Actions or Defensive Actions,
but once Unseen Combatant makes a
Melee Attack (BLADES, BRAWL, or CLUBS),
they become seen. However, a Combatant
may attempt a “Blind Attack” against an
UNSEEN Target, rolling their Luck Base Stat
instead of their Attack Skill. Critical Failures
on Blind Attacks cause damage to allies or
themselves.
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RANGED ATTACKS
Combatants may make Ranged Attacks with the Archery, Firearms, and Heavy Weapons
skills, or with the Throwing Attack option. Ranged Attacks are affected by Distances, but
each weapon type has different effective and ineffective ranges, resulting in Advantage
and Disadvantage. The maximum distance an object can be thrown is Midrange.

Range:: Close Short Midrange Long

Bows Disadvantage Advantage - Disadvantage
Handguns Advantage & Advantage - Disadvantage
& Shotguns DC Mod +1
Rifles Disadvantage Disadvantage Advantage -
Throwing - - Disadvantage

CALLED SHOTS AND MULTI-ATTACK

Both Called Shots and Multi-Attack are special situations that grant Disadvantage to
an attack in exchange for a desired outcome. The outcome of a Multi-Attack is that
a Combatant can make a second or third attack during the action phase. This is only
possible if the character or weapon has the “Multi-Attack” trait, or the character is
dual-wielding. The outcome of Called Shots is either increased damage or granting a
condition.
Called shots can be targeted at Arms/Hands, Legs/Feet, Weapons/Items, Vitals, or a shot
that hits the same location as a previous attack, called a “Bullseye.” In the case of Arms/
Hands and Legs/Feet, the Target takes half-damage (1/2) and loses the functionality of
that limb. Vitals and Bullseye increase the damage of the attack.

Called Shot Damage Code Increase

Bullseye DC +3
Vitals DC +2
Leg/Foot PRONE and SLOWED

GRAPPLING AND WRANGLING

Combatants can opt to make a Brawl or Wrangle Attack to Grapple a Target instead of
damage. If the attack is Successful, the Target becomes RESTRAINED and can only take
actions to Break from the restraint with an Strength Base Stat roll, slip from the restraint
with an Agility Base Stat roll, or attack their restraining opponent (or Wrangle weapon)
with an Attack Action. Each of these three options are Opposed Challenges against the

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Skill used to Restrain the Target.
Combatants can choose to Choke, Crush,
Move, or further Restrain their Target in
subsequent actions. Choking is a Knock
Out Attack, but with an Opposed Brawl
Skill roll (see Knock Out). Crushing the
Target is an Opposed Strength Base Stat
roll that results in Light Damage modified
by Build. Moving the Target is an Opposed
Strength Base Stat roll that results in
moving the Target 1 Distance in any
direction.
Further Restraining the Target is
considered a second Attack with the
Brawl or Wrangle skill, but the Combatant
gains Advantage even if they do not have
Proficiency in the skill. The Target suffers
Disadvantage on their Defensive Action.
If the Target wins, they automatically
Break the Restraint and are freed. If the
Attacker wins (ties go to the Attacker), the
Restrained Combatant becomes HOGTIED
loses 20 from their Strength Base Stat until
released.
KNOCK OUT
Combatants can opt to subdue their
opponents with an attack intended to
knock the Target unconscious. These
attacks are usually BRAWL or CLUBS
Skill Attacks, but Ranged Attacks might
also be used this way if the weapon or
ammunition has been designed with a
Knock Out Special Trait.
A Successful Knock Out attack is treated
like any other attack, but instead of causing
damage, the Target makes a Resilience
Special Stat Challenge roll. A Success
Requirement of Great or higher is required
to be unaffected by the blow. On a normal
Success, the Target becoming STUNNED,
losing 5 Initiative for 1d4 Combat Rounds.
Failures results in the Target becoming
UNCONSCIOUS for 1d4 Combat Rounds.
Any further Knock Out Attacks on an
UNCONSCIOUS Target increase the time
the Target is unconscious by 1d4 Combat
Rounds. Targets awake from Knock Out
attacks UNNERVED (Disadvantage to all
rolls) for 1 round.
Weapons with the “Knock Out” of “Stun”
Special Trait follow these rules.
RESOLVE ATTACKS
Resolve Attacks use the Charm and
Intimidate skills, or other special ability,
and are intended to cause Mental or
Psychic Resolve Damage to the Target,
resulting in the UNNERVED, SHAKEN, or
INSANITY Conditions.
RUSHING
Combatants who have moved more than
1 Distance since their last non-movement
action and come within CLOSE Range of
a Target before making a Fighting Skill
Attack, are considered Rushing their
Target. They gain Advantage on first Attack,
while the Target can only make a Dodge or
Parry Defensive Action. If the Attacker hits,
they add 1d4 extra Physical Damage to the
damage.
IMMUNITY ATTACKS
Immunity Attacks are passive attacks
caused by being within Close Distance
of an infected Combatant, primarily
Mutants, Zombies, or infected locations.
In many cases, characters may not be
aware that they have come in contact with
anything and the Gamemaster will make
a secret Immunity roll to resist the attack.
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Characters must make this each time they
come into close range with infected enemy
or enter an infected zones, unless they
have the proper gear.
FOOT CHASES
When engaged in a Foot Chase,
Combatants are considered making a
Movement Action each Action Phase
unless they choose to end the chase or are
stopped. During a foot chase, Combatants
must make an Athletics Skill roll to change
the distance (increase or decrease)
between themselves and others by 1
Distance per Degree of Success.
Each consecutive Action Phase that a
character attempts an Athletics Skill to
modify Movement Distances, they must
make a Resilience Special Stat roll to
maintain the prolonged Athletic action
unless at least 2 Action Phases have
passed between attempts. Failure of
this Resilience Special Stat roll results
in a +1 increased Success Requirement
on Athletics Skill rolls. If the character
Critically Fails the Resilience Special
Stat roll, they immediately slow and are
unable to make another Athletics Skill roll
attempt until the next Combat Round.
Once a character has reached as Success
Requirement more than 4 Degrees of
Success (Critical), they cannot make any
more attempts to use the Athletics Skill
until they take a Quick Rest.
Combatants involved in Foot Chases can
take 1 Complex Action, which can include
a second Movement but not a non-
combat skill action unless they have the
Fleet-Footed Lucky Mutation. Attacks and
Throwing Actions are at Disadvantage, but
if they stop their Target with an Attack, the
Foot Chase ends.
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VEHICULAR COMBAT
These are treated like normal Combat
Rounds, with Action Phases and Initiative
Order, but have special characteristics.
Drivers are Combatant designated with
controlling a vehicle, and passengers
are any other Combatant. Passengers
can make actions as normal, but all
Movements within a vehicle require a
Contortion action to accomplish and all
Defensive Actions are at Disadvantage
because of the confined space.
Attacks made on the Driver or Passengers
of a vehicle are made at Disadvantage.
Attacks on opponent vehicles have no
special conditions. Attacks on the ground
around a vehicle are at Advantage because
of the relative stability of the Target.
VEHICLE CONTROL
Driving or Piloting a Drone (Drive Skill)
can be done during a Combat Round. 1
Complex Action each Action Phase must
be dedicated to maintaining control of the
vehicle. A failed Drive Skill roll means that
the Driver has temporarily lost control of
the vehicle and cannot make any vehicle
actions besides trying to control the
vehicle. If a vehicle does not fall under
a driver control for 3 Action Phases, it is
CAREENING out of control and all actions
by passengers that are not jumping
from the vehicle are at Disadvantage. A
careening vehicle takes Extreme (1d8+7)
Physical Damage and Combatants take
Average (2d4) Physical Damage (can be
negated with a Resilience Special Stat roll)
every Action Phase. This may continue
until Combatants gain control of the
vehicle, the vehicle is destroyed, or an
environmental object stops the vehicle in
a crash.
Drivers may choose to make a Drive Skill
roll as an action. If they do, they can
choose to take 1 of 4 Drive Skill options:
Attack, Accelerate, Defensive Maneuver, or
Stabilize. there is less than 1 Distance between
Attacking: A vehicle must have been
moving for 1 Full Combat Round before it
can be used to Ram or Sideswipe.
Accelerating: The Driver can modify their
Distance between a target by the vehicle’s
Acceleration Rate multiplied by the
Degrees of Success.
Defensive Maneuvers: Drivers are able to
set a SUCCESS REQUIREMENT on all attacks
against the vehicle and its occupants qual
to the DEGREES OF SUCCESS. This does not
remove the Defensive Action of a Defender
within a vehicle.
Stabilizing: The Driver gains Advantage
on their next Driving skill roll, and grants
Advantage to the next action taken by ALL
Passengers. However, this also negates the
Disadvantage combatants have to attack
Combatants inside the vehicle with Ranged
Attacks.
RAMMING AND SIDESWIPING
Combatants may use their vehicles as a
weapon. RAMMING allows the Driver to
make a DRIVE skill roll as an Attack. The
Defending Driver can make a DRIVE skill
Defensive Action, thus creating Opposed
DRIVE skill rolls. Like a normal Attack, the
DEGREES OF SUCCESS are compared (ties
go to the Attacker). If rammed, the vehicle
causes Physical Damage based on their
Cargo Space as the base Damage Code
(DC) and increased by 1 per Acceleration
Rate. Thus, a Cargo Space 5 vehicle with
an Acceleration Rate of 2 does Ferocious
(1d10+11) Damage when ramming.
SIDESWIPING is an Attack on the Target
Driver’s abilities, forcing them to make
a Drive skill roll to maintain control.
Sideswiping can only be done when
the Attacker and Defender. It is not an
Opposed roll. the Attacker’s DEGREES OF
SUCCESS become the Defender’s SUCCESS
REQUIREMENT to maintain control of the
vehicle.
DRONE COMBAT
Drones can be used as weapons in
Combat, either under the direct control
of a Combatant using a Drone Control
Unit (DCU) or acting autonomously.
Autonomous Drones require 1 GHz of
processing power, enough to process the
Robot Sentience Code if they become
infected. Drones outside the Midrange
of the DCU must make a Firewall roll
every Action Phase until they enter the
Midrange. If they fail the Firewall roll, they
are infected with the RSC.
Drones that are under the control of their
Drivers can make actions based on the
Driver’s Stats and the limitations of the
Drone’s Maneuverability. Drones can be
equipped with weapons, which a Driver
can use by means of the Heavy Weapons
skill. Drones may also be equipped with
explosives, but are destroyed when
detonated.
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 COMBAT DAMAGE
Physical damage is quantified with a value called the DAMAGE CODE (DC). Damage
Codes have a degree or ease of calculation, a name, and an associated set of dice. DCs
scale upwards, increasing the minimum damage, and can be increased with special
situations related to Combatants’ Special Abilities or specific Attack Actions, such as
Called Shot. There are no actions or circumstances that will decrease the DC, but Armor
and Barriers absorb damage BEFORE reaching the Target.
Armor and Barriers deteriorate as they take damage, reflected in a reduction of Armor
Points. When Armor or Barrier Armor Points reach 0, they are no longer effective and
damage bleeds through to the Target. Armor and Barriers can be repaired using the
CRAFTING skill (Armor and Barriers) or the SCIENCE skill (Barriers). The CRAFTING and
SCIENCE skills can be used to change the dynamic of the combat situation.
Damage that penetrates Armor or Barriers to a Target reduces the Target’s Health or
Armor Points. Robots and Vehicles can be repaired using the MECHANICS skill, while
Health Point damage can also be healed using the MEDICINE skill.
Indirect Physical Damage, as caused by sources like fire, is negated with a RESILIENCE
SPECIAL STAT roll by 2 points per DEGREE OF SUCCESS. This is particularly important in
the case of explosions, where Targets can make a DODGE SPECIAL STAT roll to reduce the
damage by one-half (1/2) before further reduce the damage with a RESILIENCE SPECIAL
STAT.

Degree Damage Code (DC) Dice

1 Light (L) 1d4
2 Average (A) 2d4
3 Heavy (H) 1d6+3
4 Massive (M) 2d6+3
5 Extreme (E) 1d8+7
6 Devastating (D) 2d8+7
7 Ferocious (F) 1d10+11
8 Ruinous (R) 2d10+11
9 R+L 2d10+1d4+11
10 R+A 2d10+2d4+11
11 R+H 2d10+1d6+14
12 R+M 2d10+2d6+14
All Characters have a base Unarmed Damage Code of Light (L). Characters with a Build of
Big or above have a DC bonus that increase this amount up the scale. This same increase
also applies to Melee attacks.

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 HEALING DAMAGE
In order to repair Health Point damage, a
character must make a MEDICINE Skill roll
when in CLOSE Range to their Target and
cannot have made an Attack Action during
the same Action Phase. Each Degree of
Success results in another Treatment Die
roll, but in Combat, characters are limited
to 1 DEGREE OF SUCCESS unless they have
a Special Ability.
Healing has Treatment Codes that are
directly affected by the situation, items,
and the Special Abilities of the character.
During Combat, the Base Treatment Code
is Nasty (N) with a Treatment Die roll of
1d4 per DEGREE OF SUCCESS.
Successful healing requires 1 CP per every
4 Health Points repaired (rounded up) and
increases to the Enemy Attraction Gauge
+5 (See EAG). These CP can come from the
character’s personal inventory or from a
Medkit’s inventory.
REPAIRING DAMAGE AND
REBUILDING OBJECTS
In order to repair Armor Point damage,
such as damage to Armor, Barriers,
or Robots, a character must make a
CRAFTING, MECHANICS, or SCIENCE skill
roll when in CLOSE Range to their Target
and cannot have made an Attack during
that Action Phase. Each DEGREE OF
SUCCESS results in an additional Repair Die
roll, but in Combat, characters are limited
to 1 DEGREE OF SUCCESS unless they have
a Special Ability.
Repairing and Rebuilding has Repair Codes
that are directly affected by the situation,
items, and the Special Abilities of the
character. During Combat, the Base Repair
Code is Nasty (N) with a Repair Die roll
of 1d4 per DEGREE OF SUCCESS. Outside
Combat, the Base Repair Code is Decent
(D) with a Repair Dice roll of 2d4+1 per
DEGREE OF SUCCESS.
Successful repairs require 3 CP for every 1
Armor Point repaired. Rebuilding objects
with 0 Armor Points costs +1 CP before the
additional repairs.
Repairs make noise, increasing the EAG
+10 (see EAG).”
RESOLVE DAMAGE
Resolve Attacks result in the UNNERVED,
SHAKEN, or INSANITY Conditions. Being
UNNERVED or SHAKEN will run its course
and naturally disappear after 1d4 Combat
Rounds. INSANITY Conditions, however,
linger until the Combatant sleeps or
removes the condition during a Long Rest.
During a Long Rest, characters can make
a RESOLVE SPECIAL STAT roll or use a
Special Ability, like Meditation or Trance,
to clear an INSANITY Conditions. An ally
can attempt to use the ACADEMICS Skill to
apply psychological therapy, granting +5
per DEGREE OF SUCCESS to the RESOLVE
SPECIAL STAT roll.
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REGULAR PHASE
Outside combat, characters have a several actions they can take. Creating New Objects,
Resting, and Scavenging are the most common. This is when the majority of where the
Roleplaying Game takes place.

CREATING NEW OBJECTS

Characters can use the CRAFTING, MECHANICS and SCIENCE skills to Create new objects.
This is not the same as Repairing or Rebuilding objects, as Creating a New Object
requires effort and time. Creating a New Object takes 1 hour per attempt but could take
several attempts before an object is completed. Each attempt to Create or Break an
object increases the EAG +10 and costs Component Pieces.
If a character is intending to create objects with a CP value of 5 or more, they can only
make 1 object per attempt. If they are making objects with a CP value of 4 or less, they
can attempt to create a Batch.

CREATING SINGLE OBJECT (5 CP OR MORE)

When Creating a New Object, the character rolls the corresponding skill. If they have
at least 1 DEGREE OF SUCCESS, they determine their Repair Code based on the Items
and Special Abilities. The Repair Code for Creating New Objects begins at Nasty (1d4).
Characters then roll their Repair Dice as many times as they have Degrees of Success.
The amount of the summed Repair Dice roll is the amount CP they apply to the object.
If the amount of CP meets or exceeds the CP value of the object, it is created. If it is less,
it creates a “Partial Object.” Partial objects can be completed with a subsequent attempt.
CP is then removed from the character’s Inventory, but only the amount applied to the
object
Some Objects, especially vehicles, require several attempts to create. Each Attempt takes
1 hour regardless of the DEGREE OF SUCCESS.

CREATING A BATCH (4 CP OR LESS)

Creating a Batch can be attempted for a group of objects that use the same skill. The
skill is rolled and the Degrees of Success indicate how many Repair Dice are rolled and
summed to create a CP Value pool.
The CP value pool is used to apply CP to as many objects as possible. The entirety of the
CP pool is removed from the character’s inventory regardless of whether they were used
or not. Because a “Partial Object” cannot be created with a batch, excess CP applied to
objects is lost. Subsequent batch creation attempts are allowed to grow the CP Value
Pool, but each attempt costs 1 hour of time.

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 ENEMY ATTRACTION GAUGE
The environment is packed with enemies and every action characters undertake
will either attract or repel these enemies. This is tracked using a system called the
Enemy Attraction Gauge (EAG). The EAG begins each scenario at a specific percentile,
sometimes zero, and is modified throughout the scenario. Whenever the EAG increases
by 10, or whenever the GM determines, an EAG Challenge roll is made. If the roll is a
success, the characters are attacked by an enemy.
Certain actions, like Repairing or Creating New Objects, ALWAYS increase the EAG unless
done within a soundproof or secure location. Some actions, like using the Stealth skill,
ALWAYS decrease the EAG. Below is a chart with some of the actions that increase or
decrease the EAG.

Actions/Items that Increase EAG Actions/Items that Decrease EAG

Action/Item Increase Action/Item Decrease

Combat Rounds +5 Whispering -5
Medicine Skill Use +5 per attempt Long Rest (1 hour) -2 per Character
resting at the same
time
Driving Skill Use +20
Explosions +20 to +40 Sleep (4-8 hours) -5 per Character
sleeping at the
same time
Dog Whistles +10
Floodlights +15 Low-Light Flashlight -5
Firearms +1 to +30 Silencer -5
Bows +1 to +5 Survival Skill -10
Hunting +5 per hour Hunting Boots -5 while moving
Foraging +5 per hour Camouflage -5 while Hunting
Traveling w/o stealth +5 per hour Traveling w/ stealth -5 per hour
Use of the EAG is not required for every scenario, but the use of the EAG can also be used
to track action that trigger specific plot events. However, because the EAG is used for
HUNTING, GMs could substitute for an auto EAG of 30.

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 RESTING AND SLEEPING
QUICK REST
1 minute, is usually done just following a Combat Round and results in characters
regaining 1 lost Health Point. This can only be done once between Combat Rounds.

LONG REST
Long Rests are 1-hour periods in which characters can eat 2 Food Units, attempt to make
Resolve Special Stat rolls, and decrease the EAG by -2. Like a Quick Rest, they gain back
1 Health Point, but can also be the target of a Medicine Skill roll. A 4 hour period must
pass before another Long Rest can occur.

SLEEP
Sleeping is a period of 4 or 8 hours, gaining back 2 Health Points per every 4 hours of
Sleep. During Sleep, Insanity Conditions dissipate, and Immunity Special Stat rolls can
be made. When a character wakes, they suffer Hunger Damage if they did not eat their
required food during the previous day. Sleep can only be done once per game day.

SCAVENGING
Scavenging is the term given to actions used to obtain food from the environment, and
Salvaging is the term for obtaining useable Items and Component Pieces. Salvaging is
conducted with the use of the Salvage Special Stat. Scavenging, however, is broken into
two categories: Hunting and Foraging.

HUNTING
Characters choosing to hunt must make an OPPOSED TRACKING skill roll against the
EAG. This roll does not produce enemies, but the Tracking skill roll must EXCEED (not
meet) the DEGREE OF SUCCESS on the EAG roll. Characters may use special objects
to temporarily decrease the EAG called Lures (decoy scents, whistles, etc). Characters
can use up to 3 Lures per attempt, but if they are Successful on their roll, the Lure is
destroyed. Each Lure is 4 CP and can be Salvaged if the character failed on their opposed
roll.
Each hunting attempt takes one hour, but at the end of each hour, the EAG is increased
+5 unless this is mitigated with Hunting Boots or Camoflague. If the hunting is successful,
characters encounter an animal they can kill and obtain 3 Food Units per every DEGREE
OF SUCCESS.

FORAGING
Character choosing to Forage their food must make a Survival skill roll. The result
determines how many Food Units the character Foraged from the environment in the

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form of edible nuts, berries and mushrooms, gaining 1 Food Unit per Degree of Success.
This skill can also be used to “forage” meat from downed enemies, carving Food Unit
from the enemy’s remains. Like hunting, this can be done multiple times, but each
attempt takes 1 hour and increases the Success Requirement +1 per attempt, regardless
of Success. Each attempt increases the EAG +5.
Once a character has a SUCCESS REQUIREMENT greater than 4, they must move to a
different location before they can attempt to forage again. The distance a character must
move away is based upon Gamemaster discretion.

SALVAGING
Characters can use their Salvage Special Stat to search the environment for useable
Items or Component Pieces. Characters must declare whether they are looking for
Items or CP before making the roll. Each DEGREE OF SUCCESS on the roll results in
the character finding 1 Item or 1d4 CP. If a character searching for CP gets an Amazing
Success or higher, they can exchange their d4 CP dice for 1d4 CX.
Salvaging takes 1 hour per attempt and each attempt in the same area increase the
Success Requirement by 1. Salvaging does not increase the EAG, however, and but once
a character has failed twice at a Salvage Special Stat roll, they can no longer Salvage in
that area due to scarcity and must move to a different location.

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SITUATIONAL
CONDITIONS
BEDRIDDEN
When a character suffers from an Initiative
Special Stat of 0 or less. They cannot take
actions of any kind.
CAREENING
When a vehicle has not been under the
control of a Driver for 3 Action Phases. All
passengers take Average (2d4) Physical
Damage, takes Extreme (1d8+7) and are at
Disadvantage each Action Phase until the
vehicle is stopped.
DISTRUST
When a character is uneasy and does not
trust their Ally. Teamwork rolls require
Great Success to obtain the benefit.
EMACIATED
When a character suffers from Hunger
Damage equal or greater than one-half
(1/2) their Fortitude Base Stat. This grants
them Disadvantage to ALL rolls and a -2 to
Initiative (cumulative with Starving).
ENCUMBERED
When a character is carrying more than
200 + Build worth of CP. Encumbered
characters suffers from -1 to their
Initiative, Disadvantage to their Dodge
Special Stat, and becomes SLOWED.
EXHAUSTED
When a character has received 5 or more
Physical Damage due to extremely heat
or cold conditions. They become SLOWED
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and suffer from a +1 Food Requirement
and suffer DISADVANTAGE to all Strength
and Agility based Skill rolls.
FATIGUED
When a character has reached the point
in a prolonged Athletics action where they
must achieve higher than a Critical Success
on an Athletics Skill roll. They are unable
to make Athletics Skill rolls until they have
Rested (taking no actions) for 4 Action
Phases or 1 minute (outside combat).
HOGTIED
When a character has been further
Restrained and now suffers a temporarily
loss of 20 from their Strength Base Stat.
INFECTED
When a character has failed an Immunity
roll and is now at Stage 1 of Infection.
Until they are completely healed of the
Infection, they have a chance of spreading
it to anyone within Close Proximity
(Immunity roll failures). The Success
Requirement increases each Even Stage
number (every other Stage of Infection
increase).
The 6 stages of infections have different
effects:
• Symptomatic and Prodromal:
Disadvantage on Base Stat Rolls and
Double Food Requirement
• Acute: Disadvantage on ALL rolls, Triple
Food Requirement and -5 to Initiative
INSANITY
When a character has failed a RESOLVE
SPECIAL STAT roll enough times that they
gain an Insanity trait. This condition lasts
until they sleep.
PRONE and a -2 on Initiative.

When a character is on the ground, STUNNED

whether willingly or unwillingly. Their
When a character suffers from Resilience
profile is small and therefore Ranged
Damage and loses 5 Initiative for 1d4
Attacks against them have Disadvantage,
Combat Rounds.
but Melee attacks in Close Range are at
Advantage. SURPRISED
READIED When a character has been Ambushed
through the Stealth Skill or other means
When an object is in hand, locked, loaded,
and cannot act in the first Action Phase of
and ready to go. Items can become
the Combat Round.
Readied with a Quick-Draw action (Palming
skill) that achieves a Great Success or UNCONSCIOUS
better.
When a character has failed a Resilience
RESTRAINED Special Stat roll and falls unconscious. They
cannot take actions or make defenses.
When a character has been grabbed by
an opponent or rope and can only take UNNERVED
Actions related to escaping their restraints.
This can be to Break the Restraint with a When a character has failed a RESOLVE
Strength Base Stat roll, Slip the Restraint SPECIAL STAT roll and suffers Disadvantage
with an Agility Base Stat Roll, or Attack the on ALL skill rolls for 1d4 Combat Rounds
Restraint
UNSEEN
SHAKEN
When a Combatant has Successfully
When a character suffers from Resolve used the Stealth Skill against other
Damage and loses 3 Initiative for 1d4 Combatants and is therefore not a valid
Combat Rounds target of Attacks or Riposte Defensive
Actions. Seeing an Unseen Combatant
SLOWED requires meeting their Stealth DEGREES OF
SUCCESS on an Opposed Challenge.
When a character is unable to make a
normal movement action, due to terrain
or situations, and requires 2 Movement
actions to move 1 Distance. They can
still Stand and Drop Prone as a single
Movement action.

STARVING
When a character suffers from Hunger
Damage equal or greater than one-quarter
(1/4) of the character’s Fortitude Base Stat.
This grants them a -10 to ALL Base Stats

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 The Escape
A 2-hour introductary Maximum Apocalypse: RPG scenario for 3-5 players
SCENARIO SUMMARY
This scenario is designed to introduce
new players and new Gamemasters to the
setting and rules of Maximum Apocalypse:
The Roleplaying Game. It is intended to
be used with the Maximum Apocalypse:
RPG Quickstart guide but can also be used
with the Maximum Apocalypse: RPG Core
Rulebook. You will need either of these to
participate in this scenario.
The Scenario takes place after the player
characters have escaped their personal
apocalypses and gathers them together
at a single location, a cabin shelter,
where they find Component Pieces (CP)
to scavenge and use to create weapons
or tools with Successful (1 Degree)
CRAFTING, MECHANICS, or SCIENCE skill
rolls that they need to progress through
the rest of the scenario. After they have
done this, they are given an opportunity
to be warned about an incoming Zombie
attack via a Successful (1 Degree)
PERCEPTION skill roll, after which they
must choose how to escape: through the
woods or through the tunnel under the
cabin.
The woods path is hindering terrain, full
of roots and bushes, forcing characters to
make 3 Successful (1 Degree) ATHLETIC
skill rolls or become SLOWED as the
Zombies press in towards them. Even if
they escape the Zombies, they will have to
use their Stealth skill to keep the Zombies
from tracking them through the EAG. After
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a while, the cold of the night oppresses
them, causing them to make a RESILIENCE
SPECIAL STAT roll to avoid damage and
becoming EXHAUSTED. Once morning
arrives, they find themselves in a peaceful
valley with a bubbling river and berries.
The tunnel path is not hindering terrain,
but the characters will need to make a
Successful (1 Degree) CONTORT rolls,
which are affected by the character’s
build, or become stuck and require
assistance, as well as needing to make
a RESOLVE SPECIAL STAT roll to avoid
becoming Unnerved. After these attempts,
the characters will enter a large cavern
with a rock blocking their exit, requiring a
LIFTING or PRYING roll. However, before
they can attempt this, the characters
will be attacked by Mutant Rats. After
the combat, the characters can open the
rock, but the cold of the night oppresses
them, causing them to make a RESILIENCE
SPECIAL STAT roll to avoid damage and
becoming EXHAUSTED, unless they place
the rock back over the cave and stay in
the warmth. Once morning arrives, they
find themselves in a peaceful valley with a
bubbling river and berries.
In the peaceful valley, characters have a
chance to Forage or Hunt for food or make
a SALVAGE SPECIAL STAT roll to find any
items or (CP). After they have made at
least 1 attempt, the peaceful valley will
become attacked by either Aliens or Robot
Drones (Gamemaster choice), pushing the
characters to either fight for survival or
flee. The challenge should be great enough
that the players fear the final confrontation
in the form of half destroyed furniture,
but should be easy enough for them to mangled tarps and clothes, mostly empty
escape into the forest or defeat the enemy
bottles of chemical cleaners, broken glass,
if they stick together. and frayed bits of survival gear. There is
also a hatch in the middle of the floor,
OPENING under which is a tight, human sized tunnel
that was obviously dug out from the cabin
Read the following aloud: in a southwestern direction under the
ground. It seems to be fairly long, traveling
For some time, you have been fleeing the
nightmare conditions of your personal for miles.
apocalypse, traveling over the empty wasteland Characters who attempt a SALVAGE
and avoiding all the horrors that exist in the wake
SPECIAL STAT roll in the cabin will
of the collapse of civilization. It has not been
automatically increase their DEGREE
pretty, and perhaps you’ve done some things
that you’d rather never revisit, but now you OF SUCCESS by +1 on their first attempt
come through a grove of trees to find yourself (Failures become Successes, Successes
looking at a single room cabin in the woods. becomes Great Successes, etc.), resulting
Turning to the companions you have picked up in an increased rate of +1d4 CP per
along the way, you can see the same exhaustion DEGREE OF SUCCESS. All subsequent
in their faces that you feel, and this cabin offers ALVAGE SPECIAL STAT rolls resolve
the chance of respite if it is safe. normally (see Quickstart Guide, page 29, or
the Core Rulebook, page 55).
Discussing amongst each other, you determine
which of you is going to approach the cabin and Once the Characters have felt that they
determine if it is safe for the others. You have have sufficiently scavenged enough
no weapons and no armor, but your intuition CP, they have the resources to make
tells you that if nothing has responded to your Successful (1 Degree) CRAFTING,
approach, the cabin is probably abandoned. MECHANICS, or SCIENCE skill rolls to create
weapons and special items to survive.
Any number of characters can approach For each DEGREE OF SUCCESS on the roll,
the cabin to determine it is safe. The characters can combine 1d4 CP together
windows, while grimy, are clear enough to make progress toward making objects
that characters can make a Successful (for further rules, see the Quickstart Guide,
(1 Degree) PERCEPTION skill roll to page 26, or the Core Rulebook, page 56).
determine by looking and listening that Once a few of these rolls are completed,
the interior of the cabin is empty. The the Gamemaster may opt to expedite the
only door to the cabin, however, is locked, process by having characters pick 1 item
causing characters to either open the door from the list at the end of this scenario and
with a Successful (1 Degree) LOCKPICK skill have them forfeit the (CP)
roll or breaking one of the windows and
climb in without taking Health Damage
with a Successful (1 Degree) CONTORT roll.
Once inside, the characters find that
there’s a decent amount of random
component pieces lying around the cabin

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 Crafting Armor, Barriers, Bows, non-electrical
or chemical Items, and Melee
Weapons
Mechanics Electrical and Mechanical items, and
Ranged weapons that use Firearms
skill
Science Barriers, Chemicals, Incendiary and
Explosive Weapons, and Firearm
Ammunition
If characters would like to spend some
time in the cabin reinforcing the doors
and windows with barriers, they can do
so with a Successful (1 Degree) CRAFTING
or SCIENCE skill rolls and adding 2d4+1
CP per DEGREE OF SUCCESS. This CP can
be taken from the cabin without needing
subsequent SALVAGE SPECIAL STAT rolls,
and for each 3 CP added, these barriers
gain 1 Armor Point which effects how
events happen in the “Moaning in the
dark” scene.
MOANING IN THE DARK
Read the following aloud:
After spending some time creating weapons
and items to continue your flight from danger,
the sun begins to dip low in the sky, casting long
shadows between the trees. You can feel sleep
calling to you, but you recognize that dangers
lurk around every corner. You have to determine
which of you takes the first watch over the others
and who will trade with them halfway through
the night.
At this point, players should be introduced
to the sleeping rules (see Quickstart Guide
on page 28, or in the Core Rulebook on
page 53). However, before the characters
settle in for their sleep, the characters
will need to make a Successful (1 Degree)
PERCEPTION skill roll to hear a noise
outside. To those that succeed, read the
following aloud
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As you begin to determine your sleeping
arrangement in the cramped, single room of the
cabin, a noise outside the catches your attention.
Looking to the others to see who else heard the
noise, you hear it again, the rasping sound of a
moan in the dark. You grab for your weapon and
prepare yourself for a response.
Once all the characters are made aware
of the sound, they can hear the moaning.
Any character who can hear the moaning
may attempt a Successful (1 Degree)
ACADEMICS skill roll to determine that this
came from a Zombie Walker, granting +5
per DEGREE OF SUCCESS to the character
who made the Academics roll’s next
action. Characters with the REANIMATION
SPECIAL ABILITY have Advantage on
this skill roll regardless of their Level of
Proficiency with the ACADEMICS skill.
After a few tense moments, or whenever
the Gamemaster determines that the
characters have increased the (EAG)+5
from talking, moving, or other noises,
Zombies Walkers will come out of the
darkness and reach the door of the cabin,
causing 5 Physical damage to the door per
Zombie Walker. Since the door only has
10 Armor Points, if they characters did not
reinforce it earlier, they will break through
the door and enter the cabin. This begins
a Combat Round. Each Combat Round,
an exponentially increasing amount
of Zombie Walkers will come from the
darkness, forcing the characters to become
overwhelmed and make the decision to
leave the cabin.
DIVERGENT PATHS
The characters cannot stay in the cabin
and if they try, they will eventually become
overwhelmed and unable to successful
defend against the overwhelming attacks.
Instead, characters can either push back
against the Zombies and make an escape
through the main door, climb through the
back window as 2 Movement actions (a
Successful (1 Degree) CONTORT roll makes
this 1 Movement Action), or use the tunnel
under the floor. Both the window and the
door lead to the “Forest Path,” while the
tunnel leads to the “Tunnel Path.”
Forest Path
Read the following aloud:
Breaking through the Zombies, you make
distance between yourself and the cabin, but as
you and your companions push into the trees,
you realize that this part of the forest is overrun
with thorn bushes and risen, gnarled tree roots,
which become increasingly difficult to avoid
in the waning light. And no matter how much
distance you push from the cabin, you can hear
the moaning and shuffling of Zombies all around
you.
Characters can escape the Zombie Hordes
closing around them, but they will need
to make 3 Successful (1 Degree) ATHLETIC
skill rolls to escape completely. Each time
a character fails an Athletics skill roll,
they become SLOWED, allowing a Zombie
Walker a chance to make an attack from
the darkness (with a Fighting Skill of 40
doing 1d4 Damage). Other characters can
help any other character by carrying them,
giving themselves Disadvantage on their
Athletics skill roll. The Athletics skill rolls
will continue until all the characters have
made 3 Successful (1 Degree) ATHLETIC
skill rolls or they have failed 6 times. Once
this happens read the following aloud:
You eventually reach a place in the forest where
you cannot hear moaning or movement in the
trees. You continue a bit farther into the dark
until you come to a softly bubbling stream that
masks your noise. You walk a little farther until
your exhaustion overtakes you and you are
forced to rest.
Tunnel Path
Read the following aloud:
Dropping into the tunnel under the cabin, you
realize that the tunnel narrows even more than
you were expecting, but with some work, you
and your companions are able to crawl, squirm
and get through the tunnel. The Zombies do not
follow you, but there are points in your escape
that the walls get very tight.
Characters who take the Tunnel Path
automatically escape the Zombies, but
because the tunnel is tight, they must
make a Successful (1 Degree) CONTORT
roll to avoid getting stuck in the narrowest
portion of the tunnel. If a character
becomes stuck, they can become unstuck
with a Successful (1 Degree) CONTORT or
a Successful (1 Degree) ATHLETIC skill roll.
If any of the other characters attempt to
assist them, this becomes a Teamwork skill
roll, where the assisting character rolls the
same roll and adds a +5 per DEGREE OF
SUCCESS to the main characters action.
Alternatively, a character may attempt to
make a Successful (1 Degree) COMMAND
skill roll and grant them same +5 bonus as
if they were assisting in a Teamwork skill
roll.
After the characters have cleared the
narrow point in the tunnel, read the
following aloud:
After squeezing through the narrow point in the
tunnel, the walls begin to widen until it becomes
easy to almost stand. After a bit of distance, the
tunnel enters a large cavern with stalagmites
and stalactites creating paths for you and your
companions to walk.
The characters can move freely through
the chamber and look around. There is
an entrance to the south, but a large, flat
stone has been placed there purposefully
to block the cave from the outside. When
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the character approach to investigate this,
the reason for the stone becomes clear as
a mischief of Mutant Rats suddenly pours
out of a small hole near the entrance to
quickly move within Short Range with the
characters and starting a Combat Round.
After dispatching the Mutant Rats, the
characters can move the stone blocking
the entrance to the cavern with a
Successful (1 Degree) LIFTING or PRYING
roll, which can be a Teamwork roll. When
the characters open the door to the
cavern, read the following aloud:
When you remove the stone, you find yourself
looking at a softly bubbling stream that masks
your noise. You walk out of the cave and find the
valley peaceful. Your exhaustion from your flight
overtakes you and you realize you must rest.
SLEEPING IN THE VALLEY
Gamemasters may skip this scene if the characters stay in the cavern to Salvage in the valley, but the Success
The characters have escaped the Zombies
that attacked the cabin and are now able
to sleep as they had previously planned.
They can also use this time to conduct
any CRAFTING, MECHANICS, MEDICINE,
or SCIENCE skill rolls they desire to repair
their items or themselves, or perhaps
make more items. As they are settling
down, however, the cold of the night
begins to affect them, and the characters
take 1d6 Resilience Damage. Because this
is Resilience Damage, characters may make From the tree line Long Range from the
a RESILIENCE SPECIAL STAT roll to reduce
the damage by 2 per DEGREE OF SUCCESS. can be Laser Drones or Alien Aerodrones
MORNING BREAKFAST
After successfully sleeping, the characters
wake to the sun rising on the peaceful
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valley, revealing that that a series of berry
covered bushes are growing not far off
near a bend in the stream. A Successful
(1 Degree) ACADEMICS or SURVIVAL skill
roll reveals that these berries are edible,
and characters can make Successful (1
Degree) SURVIVAL skill rolls to “Forage” 1
Food Unit per DEGREE OF SUCCESS, with
the Success Requirement increases +1
per. They also observe fish schooling in
the river and can make a single Opposed
TRACKING v. EAG (30) skill roll to “Hunt” 3
Food Units per Degree of Success. Unlike
the Foraging, Hunting can only be done
once before the character has to move to
a different location (see Quickstart Guide,
page 28, or Core Rulebook, page 53).
Characters can also use a Successful (1
Degree) CRAFTING skill roll to create Tools
to grant Advantage on either of these
attempts to obtain food.
Alternatively, characters may attempt
Requirement is increased, thus requiring
a Great Success to obtain 1 item or 1d4 CP
in the valley. This requirement increases as
regular with each subsequent attempt.
SEND IN THE DRONES
After the characters have had time in
the valley to Forage, Hunt, or Salvage,
or conduct any other activities, they
will realize that the valley was not as
peaceful as they originally assumed.
characters, new enemies emerge. These
as the Gamemaster desires. Aliens
use their Mounted Blasters to make
Knockout Attacks against the characters
(see Quickstart Guide, page 21, or Core
Rulebook, page 64). Laser Drones are
quadcopters that do minor damage with
each attack, but are continuously reporting
back to the Robot AI Command, and thus
revealing the characters’ location.
The characters do have an avenue of
escape. They can just in the stream and let
the water carry them safely away from the
valley. If they take this option, they skip
any combat against the final encounter of
this scenario. This may be an option that
comes up if the characters begin to have
trouble with the final encounter.
SCENARIO REWARDS
(These points are given to EVERY member of the
party)
Survived: 100 XP
Used Teamwork Skills: 25 XP per use
Engaged in Roleplay: 50 XP
Killed Zombie Walkers: 10 XP per Walker
Killed Mutant Rats: 10 XP per Rat
Defeated Alien Aerdrone: 50 XP per Drone

CONCLUSION Defeated Laser Drone: 50 XP per Drone

If any characters defeat the final enemies Used Crafting/mechanics/Science Skills: 10 XP

in a fight, read the following aloud:
As the last of the enemies drops from sky, you
look at you companions and breath a deep sigh.
Your night has been rough but not any more
so than other nights you have experienced.
Peace descends on the valley again and you
quickly realize that it is still early in the morning.
Considering your meager resources, you know
that you have a long day ahead of you, but at
least for now, you have survived the Maximum
Apocalypse.
per use (Maximum 50 XP)
CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed
your first session of Maximum
Apocalypse: The Roleplaying Game. You
are now armed with enough experience
to find other premade adventures and
play a full session!

If any characters escape via the stream,

read the following aloud:
The water carries you into a long stretch of
low hanging trees and then dumps you out
into a wider, but slower moving, river. You and
your companions are able to half-float, half-
swim to the bank, where you are able to pull
yourselves out without too much effort. Your
gear and clothes are wet, but after taking a
quick inventory, you determine that you did not
lose anything during your aquatic adventure.
Looking up at the sky, you quickly realize that
it is still early in the morning. Considering your
meager resources, you know that you have a
long day ahead of you, but at least for now, you
have survived the Maximum Apocalypse.

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 Crafting
Arrow (1) 2 Military Pack 7 Toolbelt 6

Backpack 5 Paracord Bracelet 3 Tools 5

Baseball Bat 2 Pencil and Paper 3 Water Bottle 2

Bow, Recurve 3 Plastic Canteen (2-qt) 3 Wire (10 m) 10

Bowstring Dampener 10 Pouch 2 Wool Socks 4

Binoculars 6 Rain Poncho 2 Mechanics

Camo Tarp 2 Religious Holy Book 7 .38 Revolver 6

Cigar (5) 10 Repair Kit 10 9mm Auto 10

Cigarettes (10) 10 Rope (30 m) 3 Accumulator Flashlight 4

Comic Book 4 Rubber Mallet 6 Handheld Shortwave 10

Radio
Compass 5 Running Shoes 4 Solar Charging Device 7

Folding Knife 2 Signal Mirror 2 Science

Gloves (Armor 2) 6 Silencer (Firearm) 3 Firearm Ammo (1) 4

Lighter 10 Sledgehammer 4 Glow Stick 8

Medical Kit 10 Sleeping bag 4 Raw chemicals 16

.38 Revolver: Average (2d4) Damage; Concealable (Palming Advantage), Reliable (reroll
critical failures); 5 Cylinder; EAG+7
9mm Auto: Heavy (1d6+3) Damage; Concealable (Palming Advantage), Mag (Agility
success to reload as free action), Unreliable (jams on a roll of 96-100); 16 mag; EAG+10
Accumulator Flashlight: 1000 lumen fixed beam flashlight powered by Accumulator
technology. Reduce 1 CP for 1 hour of light. Recharges 1 CP per hour of non-use.
Arrow: Ammunition for Bows and Crossbows. Receives Damage Code from the weapon.
Backpack: Holds 100 CPs off the body, allowing small items and most weapons to
be carried. Does not hold rifles, bows, or sleeping bags, but these may be attached

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externally.
Binoculars: Grants Advantage to Perception skills over Long Distance, Disadvantage to
Perception skills from Midrange or closer.
Bowstring Dampener: Reduce 1 CP to decrease (EAG) from a bowstring -2 for 1 Combat
Round.
Camo Tarp: Stealth skill rolls at Advantage when not moving
Cigars (5): Reduce by 2 CP to gain Advantage on Resolve rolls made within 5 hours of use.
Can also be decreased by 2 CP to become an improvised delayed fuse that burns for 1
hour.
Cigarettes (10): Reduce by 1 CP to gain Advantage on Resolve rolls made within 3 hours of
use. Can also be decreased by 1 CP to become an improvised delayed fuse that burns for
10 Combat Rounds (1 Minute).
Comic Book: Resolve rolls are made at Advantage for 10 hours after being read. Reduce 1
CP to use as kindling to gain Advantage on a Survival skill roll for cooking.
Compass: Grants Advantage to Navigation skill rolls
Baseball Bat: Average (2d4) Damage (DC Mod available); Versatile (using 2 hands grants
Advantage)
Bow, Recurve: Average (2d4) Damage (DC Mod+1 max); EAG+2
Firearm Ammo: Used for firearms. Ammunition costs 1 CX (4 CP) each and can be ANY
damage code Extreme (E) or Below. Ammunition only works in a firearm with the
corresponding Damage Code and cannot be fitted into a weapon of a different Damage
Code.
Folding Knife: Light (1d4) Damage; Concealable (Palming Advantage), balanced (Throw
with Advantage)
Glow Stick: Single use. Provides 12 hours of Short Range light via chemiluminescence
when “cracked” and cannot be extinguished. Increases the EAG +5
Handheld Shortwave Radio: A handheld device that can send and receive radio
transmissions over extreme Long Range distances via shortwave radio band.
Lighter: Reduce by 1 CP to cause 1 Resilience Fire Damage to a target or ignite flammable
objects. Will burn for 5 minutes before self-extinguishing but will extinguish if used to
cause damage.
Medical Kit: Reduce 1 CP to increase the Treatment Code by 1 on a Medicine skill roll. Can
be combined with other Medical Kits to replenish CP.
Military Pack: A special designed backpack that decreases the Success Requirement on a
Quickdraw action to a Success. Holds 100 CP off the body via several accessible pockets.

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Paracord Bracelet: When broken, it provides 3 one-meter cords of use. Can be restored
with a Successful Crafting skill roll and does not require rolling Repair Code dice.
Pencil and Paper: Grants Advantage to Academic Skill rolls to any skill the character has
previously recorded using 2 Complex Actions.
Plastic Canteen: Holds 2 Food Unit when full or holds 4 CP of other liquids.
Pouch: Carries 20 CP off the body. This can be 10 arrows or 5 rounds of ammunition.
Rain Poncho: Grants Advantage on Resilience Special Stat rolls against Weather. Increase
the EAG +5 while moving.
Raw Chemicals: Reduce by 4 CP to make 1 Improvised Heavy (H) explosive or 1 Round of
Ammunition with a Successful Science skill roll.
Religious Holy Book: Grants Advantage to Resolve rolls when held in hand. As a side effect,
it causes Disadvantage on Xenotech Use skill rolls.
Repair Kit: Reduce 1 CP to increase the Repair Code by 1 on a CRAFTING, MECHANICS, or
SCIENCE skill rolls. Can be combined with other Repair Kits to replenish CP.
Rope (30 m): Grants Advantage to Athletic rolls when climbing. Can made into a lasso to
catch animals or people with the Wrangle skill.
Rubber Mallet: Exchange Success Requirement +1 to negate the EAG increase when using
a CRAFTING, MECHANICS, and SCIENCE skill.
Running Shoes: Grants Advantage to Athletics skill rolls, but Disadvantage to Stealth skill
rolls.
Signal Mirror: A reflective glass surface that can be used to give signals over Long Range.
Silencer (Firearm): Reduce by 1 CP to reduce EAG by 5 per use. At 0 CP, it must be Rebuilt.
Sledgehammer: Heavy (1d6+3) Damage; 2-Handed (requires 2 hands), Reach (can attack
targets at Short Range), Unbalanced (Throw with Disadvantage)
Sleeping Bag: Grants Advantage to Resilience rolls against weather and temperature
during Rest Periods or Sleep.
Tool Belt: Holds 2 sets of tools around waste (Negates tools for Encumbrance)
Tools: Set of items that grant Advantage on related skill actions. Items in the set (i.e.
hammers, picks, etc.) may also be considered as weapons.
Water Bottle: Holds 1 Food Unit when full.
Wire (10 m): Reduce 1 CP to gain Advantage on Crafting or Mechanics skill rolls.
Wool Socks: Grants Advantage to Resilience rolls against weather, but grants
Disadvantage to Athletics skill rolls.

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AErodrone
Alien vehicle

HEALTH ARMOR
BUILD
POINTS POINTS

70 6 24

DODGE 20 / 10 / 5

INITIATIVE 5

RESILIENCE 15 / 7 / 3

RESOLVE 20

DC MOD -1 (0)

General Mounted Blaster (45): STUN

Alien
Attacks (Overcharge 2d4)

Gear Exoskeletal Armor

STR FOR AGI INT INS CHA FS BS LUCK

15 15 20 40
Traits & Abilities:
Exoskeletal Expertise: Negates the
Disadvantage on Strength, Fortitude, and
Agility.
Mounted Blaster: Blaster Mounted on
Drone. Uses Knock-out Attacks but can
cause 2d6 Damage with overload.
Telepathy: Able to send and receive
messages over 40 distances (Very Long),
and search for minds using the Salvage
Special Stat (25/12/6).
40 40 10 40 30
Gear:
Exoskeletal Armor: Mass of Chitinous
tissue that Increases the Build +50 and
grants 24 Armor Points and Disadvantage
on STR, FOR, and AGI rolls. Naturally
regenerates, negating 2 Damage per
Degree of Success on a Resilience Special
Stat roll each time it takes damage.

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 Laser Drone
Robot

HEALTH ARMOR
BUILD
POINTS POINTS

100 - 20

DODGE 60 / 30 / 15

INITIATIVE 20 / 15 / 10 / 5

RESILIENCE 25 / 12 / 6

FIREWALL 80
DC MOD +1

General
Robot

Laser (20): 1d4

Attacks
Gear

STR FOR AGI INT INS CHA FS BS LUCK

25 25 20 80 80 - 20 20 -
Traits & Abilities:
28V Battery: Holds up to 7 charges when Mobile: Robot can take 1 Movement
full. Action as a Free Action.

4 GHz Processors: Processor at 4 GHz Rating 1 Combat Servos: Drains 1 Charge

allows for 4 Action Phases. from Battery per Combat Round.

Backup Power: Contains a Backup 28V Skill Training: Mechanics and Perception
battery. +5.

Flight: Laser Drones are Quadcopter

drones and ignore Hindering Terrain.
Hardened: Negates 5 Damage each attack.

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Mutant Rat
Mutant

HEALTH ARMOR
BUILD
POINTS POINTS

15 3 0

DODGE 43 / 21 / 10

INITIATIVE 6/1

RESILIENCE 7/3/1

RESOLVE 22
DC MOD -1

Mutant
General Bite (15): 1d4
Attacks Claw (15): 1d4

Gear

STR FOR AGI INT INS CHA FS BS LUCK

5 10 50 10
Traits & Abilities:
Background Radiation: Characters in Close
Range of a Mutant must make Immunity
Rolls each Action Phase to avoid becoming
infected with radiation.
Fleet-Footed: Rats can take a Movement
Action as a Free Action.
Low-Level Psychic Emissions: All Mutants
emit a low-level psychic energy.
35 5 10 0 5
Multi-Attack: Can make a Second Attack
action.
Venomous: This creature gains Advantage
on Brawl skill rolls. When they do HP
damage, the target must make a Resilience
Special Stat roll against losing 1d4 HP
Damage per Combat Round.

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 Zombie Walker
Zombie

HEALTH ARMOR
BUILD
POINTS POINTS

20 4 -

DODGE 20 / 10 / 5

INITIATIVE 3

RESILIENCE 10 / 5 / 2

RESOLVE -
DC MOD -1

General
Zombie

Bite (16): 2
Attacks Claw (16): 2 (Multi-Attack)

Gear

STR FOR AGI INT INS CHA FS BS LUCK

10 10 20 20 20 12 16 - 10
Traits & Abilities:
Diseased Bite: Must make Immunity Roll Multi-Attack: Can make a Second Attack
when bitten to avoid Z-Virus. action.

Exposed Organs: Grants Disadvantage to Slowed: Requires 2 Movement Actions to

Immunity Rolls AND increases the Success move 1 Distance.
Requirement +1. Starvation: Zombies suffer from a
Flocking: +5 on ALL Base Stats per Zombie permanent state of Starving and are
within Midrange to maximum of +20. always feeling the urge to feed.
Pseudo-Psychic link to other Zombies.
Immune: Immune to Resolve and
Immunity Damage except Special Abilities.

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8 Nomex Kevlar 6 18
Oxygen Mask 2 6 140 +1 28 6 1 25 70 40 65
12 6 35 17 20 10 32 16

32 16 8
62 31 15
60 30 15
60 30 15
A 60 30 15 Multi-Attack (2)

Archetype Pyromania Combust DC+3, burn +1d6

Resolve not to burn combustables
6
Apocalypse Reaper Att&Def @ ADV and Melee
DC+1 versus Zombies
Lucky M. Psychophysiology Increase Hunger +1 to gain
Initiative +5 for 1 Combat Round

P 50 25 12
- 30 15 7
- 30 15 7
- 30 15 7

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Hunter Scientist Robot Uprising "EFIA


30 30 75 60 50 30 15 45
15 7 15 7 35 17 30 15 25 12 15 7 7 3 22 11

- P - P - - P
- P - - - -
P - - - -
P - S +5 -
- P - -
- 55 5
P

6 Camo Jacket* 3 9
Gloves
Hat
2
1
6
3
60 0 12 13 8 3 52 30 57 42
*camo grants ADV to Stealth
26 13 15 7 28 14 21 10

62 31 15
77 38 19
15 7 3
15 7 3
L 15 7 3 Multi-Attack (2)

Archetype Silent Stalker When Stealth, Bow DC+2

Apocalypse Rage against Att&Def @ ADV, and Melee

the Machine DC+1 versus Robot Enemies
Lucky M. Fleet-Footed 1 Movement Action as Free Action

P 50 25 12
P 60 30 15
- 60 30 15
- 60 30 15

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Surgeon Firefighter Seismic Catalysm Geriatric (60+)

40 40 30 70 70 60 25 25
20 10 20 10 15 7 35 17 35 17 30 15 12 6 12 6

P - P P - - P
- - - P - -
- P - P -
- P S +5 -
- - P P
P 40 4
-

8 Woven Kevlar 5 15
Hat
Scrubs
1
1
3
3
80 0 16 7 2 55 40 70 40
27 13 20 10 35 17 20 10

50 25 12
70 35 17
25 12 6
25 12 6
L 25 12 6 Multi-Attack (2)

Archetype Adrenaline Surge Grant 1 Target +5 Init & Melee DC+1

per Round per Degree of Success on

a Medicine skill (does not stack)

Apocalypse Escape Artist Reroll failed Athletics/Contort rolls

moving through Hindering Terrain

Lucky M. Psychic Enhance Fortitude +10 (already Calculated)

Misc. Structural Integrity Academics @ Adv to know about

Structures and Barriers in environ

P 70 35 17
- 70 35 17
P 70 35 17
P 70 35 17

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Mechanic Veteran Time Paradox Youth (16-29)

25 25 40 70 55 30 45 30
12 6 12 6 20 10 35 17 27 13 15 7 22 11 15 7

- - - P - P -
- P - - - -
- - - - P
P P S +5 -
- P P -
- 70 8
-

6 Motorcycle Armor 4 12
Work Gloves 2 6
50 0 10 11 6 1 62 25 62 47
31 15 12 6 31 15 23 11

47 23 11
59 29 14
45 22 11
45 22 11
L 45 22 11 Multi-Attack (2)

Archetype Upgrades Crafting/Mechanics roll to increase weapo

DC+1 for 1 Round per Degree of Success

11
Apocalypse Deja Vu
(Allies or Enemies) that just happened

Lucky M. Lucky Stars LUPG+1 (already Calculated above)

P 55 27 13
P 70 35 17
P 70 35 17
- 70 35 17

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Thief Gunslinger The Rapture Youth (16-29)

40 30 85 30 35 50 45 25
20 10 15 7 42 21 15 7 17 8 25 12 22 11 12 6

- P - - - P -
P - - P - -
P - - - -
P - S +5 P
P - - -
- 50 5
-

6 Camo Jacket* 3 9
Gloves
Hat
2
1 3
6
70 0 14 14 9 4 42 35 32 40
*Stealth @ Adv with Camo
21 10 17 8 16 8 20 10

65 32 16
85 42 21
45 22 11
45 22 11
L 45 22 11 Multi-Attack (2)

Archetype Eye on the Prize +1 additional Item or +1d4Per Degree

of Success on a Salvage roll 1

Apocalypse Skepticism Resolve ATT Req +1 / Do not

gain the benefits of Blessing

Lucky M. Moving Target Dodge+5 / Init+1 (already Calculated)

Misc. Theology Academics @ Adv for Angels/Demons

- 35 17 8
- 30 15 7
- 30 15 7
- 30 15 7

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