A Better Random Mutant Generator

A Better Random Mutant Generator

A direct copy of http://www.darkrealms.com/~antcrusher/rmg.html

This is a modified version of the mutant generation tables from The Mutant File©. All I've really done is include Power Modifiers.

Note: Powers marked with a € indicate that the GM must select an appropriate or desired special effect or otherwise determine a specific aspect. Powers marked with a (#,#) indicate that the GM should roll on the subsidiary customization table in Step 5 as well. Advantages from Step 5 should be calculated to yield the same Active Point total as the original power (i.e., 6d6 EB plus Armor Piercing should give a 4d6 AP EB). If the GM doesn't like a disadvantage rolled in Step 5, feel free to use an appropriate Limited. If the GM rolls anything they don't like, simply roll again. If the power rolled is considered too weak or too strong, change it. The table is intended to make things easy for GMs. They must use it like any other tool--however it best suits their needs.

Roll	Template	Roll	Number of rolls on Powers Charts
1	incompetent	1-2	1
2-3	normal	3-4	2
4-5	skilled normal	5	3
6	competent normal	6	4

STEP 1: Roll 1d6.

STEP 2: Go to group table indicated, roll 1d6.

Roll	group	roll	group A	group B	group C
1-2	A	1	A1	B1	C1
3-4	B	2	A2	B2	C2
5-6	C	3	A3	B3	C3
		4	A4	B4	C4
		5	A5	B5	C5
		6	A6	B6	C6

STEP 3: Go to table indicated and roll 1d6 to determine mutant power. See Step 4 when done.

	Table A1	Table A2
1	+25 STR (1,3)	5d6 Aid one physical CHAR
2	+10 DEX	5d6 Aid one power€
3	+15 CON, Immune to Disease	3d6 Drain one physical CHAR (1,3)
4	+15 INT, add 5 INT-based skills	3d6 Drain one power€ (1,3)
5	+10 EGO, 10-pt Mental Defense (2,4)	5d6 Suppress one power€ (1,3)
6	+15 PRE, +10 COM, add 5 PRE-based skills	2d6 Transfer CHAR to CHAR€ (1,3)

	Table A3	Table A4
1	6 PD/ED Armor€ (2,4)	5-pt Lack of Weakness
2	25% Damage Reduction (1-3 physical, 4-6 energy)	5-pt Flash Defense€ (2,4)
3	Desolidification€	10-pt Mental Defense (2,4)
4	8 PD/ED Force Field (2,4)	Missile Deflection, all ranged€
5	5 PD/ED Force Wall (2,4)	10-pt Power Defense (2,4)
6	5" Knockback Resistance	Danger Sense 11-

	Table A5	Table A6
1	+15 INT, Lightning Calculator	Go to Step 1 and roll again, resultant power is 1/2 END (if applicable), but do NOT refigure these points - it's a bonus
2	Absolute Time Sense, Bump of Direction, Cramming	Go to Step 1 and roll again, resultant power is 1/2 END (if applicable), but do NOT refigure these points - it's a bonus
3	Eidetic Memory, Speed Reading	Go to Step 1 and roll again, resultant power is 1/2 END (if applicable), but do NOT refigure these points - it's a bonus
4	Find Weakness w/ one attack€	Go to Step 1, roll again twice
5	3d6 Luck	Go to Step 1, roll again twice
6	Universal Translator	Go to Step 1, roll again three times

	Table B1	Table B2
1	6d6 Energy Blast€ (1,3)	10 STR Telekinesis, fine manipulation (1,3)
2	3d6 Entangle, DEF 3€ (1,3)	Cumulative Transform (1-3: 4d6 Cosmetic, 4-5: 2d6 Minor, 6: 1d6 Major)€ (1,3)
3	3d6 Flash€ (1,3)	3d6 EGO attack (5,6)
4	+5d6 HA€ (1,3)	6d6 Mental Illusions (5,6)
5	2d6 HKA€ (1,3)	6d6 Mind Control (5,6)
6	2d6 RKA€ (1,3)	Mind Link, one specific mind

	Table B3	Table B4
1	Mind Link, any one mind	17" Gliding€
2	4d6 Mind Scan, +5 to roll	+9" Running
3	4d6 Telepathy, fully invisible5,6	+17" Superleap
4	6d6 Telepathy (5,6)	+12" Swimming, LS: breathe underwater
5	Extradimensional Movement, one dimension€	17" Swinging€
6	10" Flight€	10" Teleport

	Table B5	Table B6
1	4" Tunnelling, DEF 4	Go to Step 1, roll again twice
2	Clairsentience, normal sight	Go to Step 1, roll again twice
3	Active Sonar	Go to Step 1, roll again twice
4	+5 PER (1-4: one sense, 5-6: all senses)	Go to Step 1, roll again three times
5	High Range Radio Hearing	Go to Step 1, roll again three times
6	IR Vision	Go to Step 1, roll again four times

	Table C1	Table C2
1	Mental Awareness	+8 Telescopic Sense (1-4: one sense group, 5-6: all senses)
2	x100 Microscopic Vision	Tracking Scent
3	N-Ray Vision€	Ultrasonic Hearing
4	Radar Sense	UV Vision
5	Spatial Awareness€	360° Sense (1-4: one sense, 5-6: all senses)
6	Targeting Sense€	Detect, ranged and discriminatory€

	Table C3	Table C4
1	5d6 Absorption to one physical CHAR (1-3 physical, 4-6 energy)	Invisibility to normal sight
2	Change Environment, 8" radius€	15-pt Growth
3	Clinging€	1 hex Images
4	Darkness vs normal sight, 2" radius€	LS: breathe in unusual environment€
5	20-pt Density Increase	LS self-contained breathing€
6	Extra Limbs€	LS: Immune to disease, retarded aging

	Table C5	Table C6
1	LS: one safe environment (choose)	+2 to all primary CHAR
2	LS: total	+1 SPD, +2 to other secondary CHAR
3	Regeneration, 2/Turn	+1 to all CHAR except SPD
4	Shapeshift, one form€	+2 SPD
5	20-pt Shrinking	1: +5 PD,
		2: +5 ED,
		3: 2 PD/ED Armor (2,4),
		4: 3 PD/ED Force Field (2,4),
		5: 5-pt Power Defense (2,4),
		6: 5 PD/ED Damage Resistance
6	3" Stretching	10-pt (i.e., x4) NCM for one Movement Power€

STEP 4: STR, Powers and Senses roll on Table 1. Appropriate Powers and Senses on Table 2.

	Table 1: END Modifier		Table 2: Control Modifiers (3d6)
1	no change	3-16	no change
2	no change	17	Side Effects€
3	no change	18	No Conscious Control
4	1/2 END (only for Powers that cost END)
5	0 END (only for Powers that cost END)
6	1-3: x2 END (Costs END for Powers/Senses that don't)
	4-5: x3 END (Costs END, x2 END for Powers/Senses that don't)
	x5 END (Costs END, x3 END for Powers/Senses that don't)

STEP 5: If it was indicated to do so, roll 1d6 on the appropriate tables.

	Table 1: Attack Advantages	Table 1A: Recompute so that active points stay the same.
1	no change	Affects Desolid
2	no change	Area Effect (1-2: one hex, 3: radius, 4: cone, 5: line, 6: any)
3	no change	Armor Piercing
4	roll on Table 1A	AVLD€
5	roll on Table 1B	Autofire
6	roll on Table 1C	Based on ECV

	Table 1B: Recompute so that active points stay the same.	Table 1C: Recompute so that active points stay the same.
1	Continuous	Invisible Power Effects
2	Damage Shield	NND€
3	Does Knockback OR Double Knockback (whichever appropriate)	No Range Penalty OR Ranged (whichever appropriate)
4	Explosion	Penetrating
5	Increased Maximum Range	Personal Immunity
6	Indirect€	Variable Special Effect (any)

	Table 2: Defense Advantages, recompute so that active points stay the same.
1	no change
2	no change
3	no change
4	no change
5	Difficult to Dispel
6	Hardened

	Table 3: Attack Disadvantages	Table 4: Defense Disadvantages
1	no change	no change
2	no change	no change
3	no change	no change
4	no change	no change
5	1-2: Charges€	Cost END (ignore END modifier from Step 4),
	3-4: Limited€
	5-6: No Knockback
6	1: Activation€,	1-2: Ablative,
	2: Concentrate€,	3-4: Activation€,
	3: Extra Time€,	5-6: Extra Time€
	4-5: Reduced by Range,
	6: Reduced Penetration

	Table 5: Mental Power Advantages	Table 6: Mental Power Disadvantages
1	no change	no change
2	no change	no change
3	no change	no change
4	roll on Table 5A	no change
5	roll on Table 5B	1-2: Charges€ Cost END (ignore END modifier from Step 4),
		3-4: Limited€,
		5-6: Visible
6	roll twice again on this table, ignoring 6's	1: Activation€,
		2: Based on CON, No Range,
		3: Concentrate€,
		4: Extra Time€,
		5: Reduced by Range,
		6: Reduced Penetration

	Table 5A: Recompute so that active points stay the same.	Table 5B: Recompute so that active points stay the same.
1	Affects Desolid	Does Knockback
2	Area Effect (1-2: one hex, 3: radius, 4: cone, 5: line, 6: any)	Explosion
3	Armor Piercing	Invisible Power Effects
4	Autofire	NND€
5	Continuous	Penetrating
6	Damage Shield	Personal Immunity

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