Character Creation

Follow this procedure to build yourself a character.
Beware that the GM may modify this to make things fit better into the setting he had in mind.
It does'n make sense to give you iron weapons if you are the last remnants of a nomad clan of hunter-gatherers that only use stone tools.

1 - Develop a Concept

Just with your imagination, how do you picture your character?

• How has he managed to survive so far?
• Would you say your character is more focused on his physical, social or mental aspects?
• What does he do for a living?

If you don't have a clue, we suggest you skip to the 3rd step, check the character archetypes, and then go back to step 2, and proceed normally.

2 - Select your mutations

If you want to know more about mutations, check out the Mutation System.
Each mutation has a cost in Gene Points.
You have only 2 Gene Points to spend in mutations at character creation.
This leaves you some room for development during gameplay.
Select mutations that make sense with the concept you have in mind.
Can you pick random ones? Of course you can. Nonetheless, it is quite probable that your mutations had a lot to do with the path you chose in life.
Some of them have prerrequisites, so if you see one you like, check for prerrequisites in its article.

Follow the links to the articles to get more in depth details.

Mutations

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Mutation	Type	Cost	Description	Link
Chamaleonic Skin	Adaptability	1	You skin changes color to mimic its surroundings	Link
Efficient Digestion	Adaptability	1	You use less energy	Link
Frogskin	Adaptability	2	You can breath through your skin	Link
Photosynthesis	Adaptability	1	You get sustenance from the sun, requires Sunshine	Link
Rad-Eater	Adaptability	3	You can get sustenance from nuclear radiation	Link
Rad-Res	Adaptability	2	You can withstand some degree of nuclear radiation	Link
Sunscreen	Adaptability	1	Your skin produces a stuff that protects you from the sun	Link
Sunshine	Adaptability	2	Your skin is immune to solar radiation	Link
Water Efficiency	Adaptability	1	You use less water	Link
Acid spit	Combat	2	Spit acid to your enemies	Link
Adrenaline Rush	Combat	2	Use adrenaline to ignore pain and obtain boosts	Link
Brightspit	Combat	1	Your spit is bait, you can also use it to mark your path, and blind opponents	Link
Electroplaques	Combat	2	You can generate electrical discharges, like an electric eel on steroids	Link
Knockout Poison Gland	Combat	1	A gland in your mouth that produces knockout poison, requires Paralyzing Poison Gland	Link
Lethal Poison Gland	Combat	1	A gland in your mouth that produces lethal poison, requires Knockout Poison Gland	Link
Mild Poison Gland	Combat	1	A gland in your mouth that produces mild poison	Link
Paralyzing Poison Gland	Combat	1	A gland in your mouth that produces paralyzing poison, requires Mild Poison Gland	Link
Painless	Combat	1	You don't suffer pain, you don't get penalties due to wounds, but you are more likely to suffer accidents	Link
Venom Immunity	Combat	2	Poison is a joke for you	Link
Bloodsaver	Healing	2	Your body controls cuts and you don't bleed to death	Link
Healing Saliva	Healing	1	Your saliva is a blessing	Link
Regeneration	Healing	4	That's it, you can regenerate like a fucking lizard	Link
Animal Connection	Interaction	1	You can communicate and control animals, requires Neural Connection	Link
Genomic Spur	Interaction	3	Mutation that makes Genomarces be what they are	Link
Hypnotist	Interaction	1	You can control people, requires Mentalist	Link
Mentalist	Interaction	1	You can read people's minds, requires Neural Connection	Link
Mind Fucker	Interaction	1	You can fuck up people's brains, requires Hypnotist	Link
Neural Connection	Interaction	1	You can tap into other being's nervous system	Link
Pheromone Control	Interaction	1	You have powerful pheromones, and you control their secretion	Link
Catlike Reflexes	Performance	2	Your reflexes, maneuvers and attacks are incredibly quick	Link
Iron Bones	Performance	2	Your bones are very thick and extremely difficult to break	Link
Memorious	Performance	1	You never forget, you can remember everything in great detail	Link
Sleepless	Performance	1	You don't get fatigue due to lack of sleep, you only need 1 hr of sleep per day	Link
Tireless	Performance	2	You don't get tired, your blood can carry lots of oxygen	Link
Titan	Performance	2	Superstrength	Link
Bat's senses	Sensory	2	You can see through hearing, in pitch darkness	Link
Cat eyes	Sensory	2	You can see in darkness	Link
Eagle eyes	Sensory	2	You can see at great distances	Link
Electroreception	Sensory	2	You can sense stuff through an electric field	Link
Hound's nose	Sensory	2	Your sense of smell is like th one of a bloodhound	Link

3 - Select your Character Archetype

Choose the character archetype that best adapts to your concept. Follow the links to the articles to get more in depth details.

Character Archetypes

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Archetype	Strong Point(s)	Description	Link
Brute	Physical	Heavy fighter that scares the shit out of people	Link
Dealmaker	Social	Politician, diplomat or merchant... maybe a leader of sorts	Link
Genomancer	Physical/Mental	Controls mutations, in himself and in others	Link
Healer	Mental	Patches up wounded people and heals the diseased	Link
Linja	Physical	Assassin and thief, one with the shadows	Link
Marauder	Physical	Light, collaborative, and dirty fighter	Link
Naturemaster	Physical/Mental	Hunter, gatherer, survivalist, farmer, brewer of potions, poisons and booze	Link
Performer	Social	Entertainer, artist, influencer of masses	Link
Priest	Social	Religious figure, manipulator and influencer	Link
Rider	Physical	Mix a rebel outlaw biker, a cowboy, and a mongol rider, and you get one of these	Link
Scavenger	Physical/Mental	Explorer of ruins and miner	Link
Tinker	Mental	Blacksmith, but also inventor and scientist... sort of	Link

Each character archetype article has suggestions when it comes to describing the appearance of your character. You can borrow something from it, or use your imagination instead, which is highly encouraged.

Each archetype has a list of default starting gear, you can add that to your inventory in your character sheet.
If you get 1 or more Weapons, don't forget to write down its stats in your character sheet.
If you get some armor, you should put it in your character sheet too.

4 - Select 2 Edges

Edges are some types of special powers or advantages your character has.
By definition, each character can attempt whatever it pleases by using his Attributes and Skills, and through experience there is a lot of freedom to allocate attributes and skills. Edges, on the contrary, give each archetype its distinctive seal and personality.
Below you'll find a list of all edges by Character Archetype, sorted alphabetically.
Follow the links to the articles to get more in depth details.
You can only pick them among the edges of the character archetype you selected.
Some of them have prerrequisites, so if you see one you like, check for prerrequisites in its article.

Edges

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Edge	Archetypes	Descritption	Link
COWER THE WEAK	Brute	You can terrify people using your Strength attribute	Link
HUMAN FORTRESS	Brute	Heavy Armor grants you one extra armor point, improving parry and toughness	Link
LAST MINUTE REVIVAL	Brute	When you reach Incapacitated, you recover one wound level immediately	Link
MEAT GRINDER	Brute	Bonus to all damage rolls	Link
POSSESSED BY RAGE	Brute	When you get hit and you are not weaing armor, you go nuts and perform Savage Attacks without penalties, and you get a bonus to dodge	Link
SAVAGE OVERKILL	Brute	Brutalize a dead enemy to inspire horror in the rest of them	Link
WIDE BLOW	Brute	With one single heavy melee attack, you can hit several enemies	Link
ABLE MANAGER	Dealmaker	Bonuses for running a business	Link
CONVENIENT AGREEMENT	Dealmaker	Advantage when cutting deals	Link
INFORMANT NETWORK	Dealmaker	You can gather information quickly	Link
SILVER TONGUE	Dealmaker	Shift someone's perception of you through beautiful words	Link
SOCIALLY SAVVY	Dealmaker	Bonus to all rolls involving 3 social skills of your choosing	Link
UNEASY PARTNERSHIP	Dealmaker	Unite factions towards a unique common goal, requires Let's chill and Convenient Agreement	Link
WELL TRAVELLED	Dealmaker	You know other settlements, and you know your way through the wastelands	Link
GENETIC KNOCKOUT	Genomancer	Stop a mutation from expressing	Link
GENETIC PURGE	Genomancer	Eliminate a mutation	Link
GENETIC SAMPLING	Genomancer	Take a genetic sample from a being to get mutations	Link
GENETIC TRANSFECTION	Genomancer	Bestow one of your mutations to someone	Link
MUTATION BOOST	Genomancer	Boost one of your mutations	Link
PUSHING THE THRESHOLD	Genomancer	Temporarily expand the amount of mutation you can endure	Link
DISEASE EXPERT	Healer	Bonus when curing diseases	Link
FIELD MEDIC	Healer	You don't suffer penalties when curing people in the middle of battle	Link
FORENSICS EXPERT	Healer	You are the fucking CSI of the Afterfall	Link
LEARNING BY DISSECTING	Healer	A bonus to healing when you get the opportunity of dissecting a corpse	Link
PHARMACIST	Healer	You can use the Brewery skill	Link
SURGEON	Healer	Bonus when performing surgery	Link
VITAL STRIKE	Healer	You carry a hidden scalpel for self defense, and you know where to stick it for maximum damage	Link
A REGRETTABLE ACCIDENT	Linja	Bonus when you try to make a kill look like an accident	Link
ACROBATICS	Linja	You can perform all sorts of acrobatic jumps and parkour tricks at standard difficulty.	Link
ASSASSIN'S STRIKE	Linja	Impoved Sneak Attack	Link
DEADLY GRACE	Linja	Your damage rolls when using Light Melee weapons rely on Agility instead of Strength	Link
MASTER THIEF	Linja	Bonus to the use of the Thievery skill	Link
PHANTOM	Linja	Bonus to sneak against humans and domestic animals	Link
POISONCRAFT	Linja	You can brew poison. This a limited version of the Brewing skill.	Link
SHARPSHOOTER	Linja & Naturemaster	Benefits when aiming with a ranged weapon, and you suffer less penalty due to distance.	Link
AMBUSHER	Marauder	Adept at planning and detecting Surprise Attacks.	Link
DIRTY TRICKS	Marauder	Boost when you Hinder your enemies during combat	Link
FORTUNE FAVORS THE RUTHLESS	Marauder	Extra loot	Link
INFILTRATE	Marauder	Bonus to bypass fortifications unndetected	Link
NEVER UNARMED	Marauder	You can use everything as a goddamn weapon	Link
PACK TACTICS	Marauder	You take the Swarming combat advantage to the next level	Link
RIGHT TOOL FOR THE TASK	Marauder	Bonus against ranged attacks, and mounted attacks	Link
SHIELD WALL	Marauder	Extra bonuses when using shields, especially if your allies also use shields	Link
GATHERER	Naturemaster	Bonus to collecting useful stuff in the wilderness	Link
SHADOW	Naturemaster	You are a damn shadow in the wilderness, silent and lethal	Link
TRACKER	Naturemaster	You can use your survival skill to track prey and people	Link
TRAPPER	Naturemaster	You can use the survival skill to put traps	Link
WANDERER	Naturemaster	You don't suffer penalties in unfamiliar biomes. YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THIS ON CHARACTER CREATION.	Link
CHARMING	Performer	People is well disposed towards you after a performance	Link
FANDOM	Performer	You have admirers in your settlement, that would go the extra mile for you	Link
TALENTED	Performer	Bonus to your main act, you also get a secondary act	Link
TOO HOT TO BE TRUE	Performer	Irresistible to anyone attracted to your gender	Link
TRULY FAMOUS	Performer	Known across the wastelands, requires Fandom and 2 other Performer edges	Link
LET'S CHILL	Performer & Dealmaker	You have a way of defusing tense situations	Link
CAPTURE ATTENTION	Performer & Priest	Capture people's attention towards you, great distraction	Link
STIRRING HEARTS	Performer & Priest	You can bestow boosts and penalties to skill rolls related with certain concepts, ideas and emotions	Link
"MIRACLE"	Priest	You trick people into believing you can perform a miracle, te get more followers	Link
CONVERT	Priest	You can indoctrinate and convert people into your religion, the more followers, the more influence	Link
FAITHFUL MOB	Priest	You can manipulate a mob of believers in your religion	Link
HAMMER OF INFIDELS	Priest	Bonus to combat against infidels, requires Shielded by God	Link
SHIELDED BY GOD	Priest	Bonus to your defense against infidels and sinners	Link
TRULY MYSTICAL SHIT	Priest	You have an creepy supernatural power, you can be see the future or interact with the sould of the dead, requires "Miracle"	Link
CHARGER	Rider	Boost when you perform a mounted charge	Link
HIT AND RUN	Rider	You can perform pass-by attacks with sabers and bows, that end up out of reach	Link
MOUNTED ACROBATICS	Rider	You can do all sorts of tricks while riding	Link
NOMAD LIFESTYLE	Rider	You can live off the land	Link
ONE WITH YOUR MOUNT	Rider	You do not suffer the Unstable penalty while fighting on a mount	Link
SPEED DEMON	Rider	Your mount is incredibly fast	Link
TRAINED MOUNT	Rider	You have a mount that's very well trained and can do several tricks	Link
TAME	Rider & Naturemaster	You can tame wild animals	Link
DIRTY JOKE	Scavenger	You can tell dirty jokes using your Mining skill, that help you get to the good side of other people	Link
MINER'S BAD TEMPER	Scavenger	You do more damage when you fail a Smarts & Control roll, and when you use mining gear as a weapon	Link
NOTHING CAN STOP ME	Scavenger	Bonus to overcome obstacles in your way, you can roll Athletics using Vigor instead of other attributes too	Link
PROSPECTOR	Scavenger	You can find mineral deposits and ancient ruins in the wastelands	Link
SIXTH SENSE	Scavenger	You have hunches that warn you when danger is upon you	Link
TOUGH AS NAILS	Scavenger	Bonus to recover from Shaken, and to resist and recover from Bleeding out and Incapacitated	Link
TREASURE HUNTER	Scavenger	Bonus to spotting stuff inside Ancient ruins	Link
CREATOR	Tinker	Bonus tu the tinker skill to craft new stuff	Link
EDUCATED	Tinker	You know Ancient English, and you have bonuses when using mental skills. YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THIS ON CHARACTER CREATION.	Link
LIVE TO HIDE ANOTHER DAY	Tinker	Boosts to avoid combat	Link
MENDER	Tinker	Bonus to repair broken stuff	Link
PATHOLOGICAL HOARDER	Tinker	You always carry useful stuff with you	Link
RESEARCHER	Tinker	You can contribute to upgrade the tech level of your settlement	Link
TECH INSIGHT	Tinker	You can interact with tech well above your league	Link
WEIRD WEAPONRY	Tinker	You have a weird-ass weapon you made yourself	Link

4 - Assign your Attributes

Attributes are classified in Physical, Social and Mental ones.
You have a number of levels to distribute among your Attributes.
You must prioritize among physical, social and mental.

• You get 4 levels to distribute among the Attributes of your 1st priority.
• You get 3 levels to distribute among the Attributes of your 2nd priority.
• You get 2 levels to distribute among the Attributes of your last priority.

When choosing your Attributes, think of what kind of things your character will be doing the most, and what makes synergy with your current edges, and edges you may use in the future.

5 - Assign your Skills

Skills are classified in Physical, Social and Mental ones.
You have a number of levels to distribute among your Skills.
Depending on how specialized or balanced you want your character to be, you now must choose one among two types of level distributions for your Skills:

• 6 / 4 / 2
• 5 / 4 / 3

Once you chose your distribution, prioritize which is more important for your character concept: Physical, Social or Mental, and distribute your skill levels according to the distribution you chose, assigning the top value, to your top priority, the middle value to your 2nd priority, and your lower value, to your last priority.

When choosing your Skills, think of what kind of things your character will be doing the most, and what makes synergy with your current edges, and edges you may use in the future.

6 - Derivative stats

Calculate your Parry, Dodge and Toughness values, according to the Derivative Stats rules, and your max helath and fatigue levels, according to whats explained in the Fatigue and Damage and Wounds articles.
If you are using the digital character sheet, these things will be automatically calculated for you, so you can move on.

7 - Flesh it out

Probably, while you were progressing in the character creation, your initial concept developed further, or it may have suffered drastic changes. Don't worry, just tell a story about your character.

• Tell a defining moment of your childhood.
• Why did your character chose the archetype you selected? Or was he somehow forced into it?
• What does he want in life? (Beyond surviving).

Accoring to this, select 2 Drives, a primary and a secondary one. By following your Drives, you can gain extra experience.

Drives

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Drive	Description	URL
Consumed by Vengeance	You seek vengeance upon someone	Link
Evangelizer	You want to convert others into your beliefs	Link
Family first	You want to protect your family and improve its standing	Link
Herd Behavior	You follow the masses	Link
Holier than thou	You think your are better than the rest because of your high moral standards	Link
Live to Compete	You always seek to beat the rest in a way	Link
The Deviant	You follow a way of life that is not mainstream	Link
The Egalitarian	You strive to materialize equality on earth	Link
The Martyr	You sacrifice yourself for the rest or for a cause	Link
The Path to Enlightenment	You seek some kind of spiritual enlightenment	Link
The Pleasure Seeker	You think the objective of life is getting pleasure	Link
The Quest for Glory	You seek glory in battle	Link
The Quest for Power	You seek to achieve power in society	Link
The Quest for Truth	You seek to unravely some kind of deep mistery	Link
The Rebel	No one will tell you what to do	Link
The Self-Reliant	You seek to be able to get by on your own	Link
The Smart-Ass	You think you always know better than the rest	Link
True Faith	You have some kind of authentic religious faith	Link

If your character has a business or mount, you can also detail them, using the Business System, and the Mount System. See Creating a Business, and Creating a mount.

8 - Relationships

Describe the most important relationships with the rest of the people around you.

• Family: Parents, Siblings, Couple(s), Children, Extended Family
• Friends: What do they do?
• Business associates: Colleagues, boss, laborers, partners, clients, suppliers, etc.

Finally, in the article of your chosen Character Archetype you will find a list of possible relationships with the other player's characters. The GM will usually leave this part for the end of the character creation process, giving each player a chance to state and co-develop with the other players their relationships.