Roll 4d6 six times, re-roll all 1's, THEN drop the lowest die of each set of rolls, and add up the remaining dice. Assign the resulting totals to your Attributes however you wish.

For example, you roll 4d6 and get 3, 4, 6, 1. Re-roll the 1 and get 4, so now your rolls are 3, 4, 4, 6. Drop the lowest to give you 4, 4, 6. Totaled for 14--that's the final result for that roll. Repeat 5 more times.

While 1st Edition Gamma World had modifiers for 'high' Attributes, there wasn't really an 'average' Attribute so the mid-range had no benefits. I'm using the d20 version as these used more 'modern' sensibilities.






Luck (LCK) represents your general good and bad fortunes, and governs situations that are essentially beyond your control. Luck is used when you have gotten into a sticky situation that may not be easy to get out of. It is also a way to allow you to get out of trouble if things go wrong, and it can be used to give ‘plucky but inexperienced young hero’ types an advantage.

Beginning Luck is determined by a straight 3d6 roll, but you then get to add the total of your Attribute modifiers to it. Once a Luck Point is spent, however, it is gone for good. Thus, you can eventually run out of Luck!

You generate Luck before you determine Mutations because you can use Luck to influence the Mutations.


~~~~~~~~~~ USES FOR LUCK ~~~~~~~~~~

MULLIGAN: You can spend one Luck Point to reroll a single die once. However, you can still use the better result of the two rolls. You might want to use this option if just adding 5 to the roll wouldn’t produce a success.

REDUCE DAMAGE: You can spend one Luck Point to reduce the amount of damage you take from an attack by 5 points.

REDUCE INTENSITY: You can spend one Luck Point to reduce the Intensity of Radiation (or a disease) that affects you by 5 points.

REDUCE TOXICITY: You can spend one Luck Point to reduce the Toxicity of a Poison that affects you by 5 points.

RANDOM SITUATIONS: Luck can be used to see what happens to which character when no other factors apply. For example, if one random character is to be the victim of a bad event, everyone can make an opposed Luck check and the lowest score will be the victim.

UNLUCKY: Some events will instead affect every character failing a Luck check. This might occur when a random event takes place, such as when a group of characters are caught in the open during a meteor shower or they open unmarked ration tins.

ALTERING CHANCES OF SUCCESS: If you really need to succeed in a skill or Attribute check, you may expend one Luck Point to give you a +5 bonus to the check. Or, a Luck point can be expended as a negative modifier to a check made against you—i.e. you can use Luck to make an enemy miss an otherwise easy shot.

Luck can be used to determine success/failure or see who is affected by a random event. Your chance of succeeding in a task through blind luck should never be better than your chance when using skills and good planning. However, when all else fails and you must simply leap into the dark, Luck can be used to determine whether you land on your feet or face-plant into a wall.


~~~~~~~~~~GAINING LUCK ~~~~~~~~~~

INSTANT KARMA: Karma can also play a part--the GM might decide that good or bad deeds are worth a little good fortune in the future and bestow additional Luck Points on you. Only major events can change your Luck; this is at the discretion of the GM, who must decide what factors may influence Luck.

PLOT GUIDE: Luck can also be used as a plot guide in some campaigns, with ‘correct’ actions leading to improved Luck and bad deeds adversely affecting your fortunes.

GOOD and BAD BREAKS: Additional luck may be gained by rolling a natural 20 or a natural 1 in a Combat or Skill check situation. If you roll a 20, you gain 2 Luck Points. If you roll a 1, you gain 1d6+1 Luck Points. Apparently, this is a way for Fate to restore the Cosmic Balance.

LEVEL PROGRESSION: Whenever you gain enough Experience Points to progress a level, one of the options you can choose is to increase your Luck Points by 1d6.



You can choose two Mutations without any Defects--either one Physical and one Mental, or two Physical or two Mental.

If you choose to add another Mutation to your character, you must roll on the appropriate Defects table for each additional Mutation.

For each Mutation, roll 2d6 for its Mutation Level. This is added to any Mutation check whenever such is called for. Some Mutations are automatic, some require a Mutation check to activate, and some can produce better results by a good Mutation check.



This represents both what you've been doing before the start of the game and your general approach to Life and Adventure. If you are from Far-Go, you can only choose the Ordinary background.


OOC: The GM may add some options to this list later on for any players that join later.


STARTING AGE: If you are from Far-Go at the beginning of the game, you can only be 15-17 years old.

On the other hand, you can say you are an 'outsider' who has only been in the town for about a year, and thus you could be requested to go as a 'guide' (and to, perhaps, undergo your Rite of Adulthood a few years late).

NOTE that you would only have been accepted into the town if you accepted (though not necessarily believed) in the founding principle of the town: From each according to your ability, to each according to your need.

The townsfolk don't think you aren't an adult, but not quite a True Far-Goan because you didn't go through the Rite of Adulthood (and eat the berries, which seem to only work once and presumably only when you are of a certain age).

If you join the game later on, your starting age doesn't really matter--you can be 5-100 years old if it fits your character concept.



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