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Acknowledgements and Notes

A Word About Role Playing and the

Fallout Universe

need to thank some very supportive

people, without whom this project

never would have happened. Thanks

to Elizabeth for being you; thanks to

Miroslav for running such a wonderful

website; thanks to my playtesters:

Roman, Mike, Karen, Pete, and Arch;

thanks for all the supportive emails,

and suggestions, from people too

numerous to call by name; thanks to

Brian Fargo, Interplay, and Black Isle

for making such great role-playing

games. Thanks to Michael Owen and

Itsatrap, the Scorpion Hunter, for ideas

and rules regarding condition modifiers

to armor. Mega-thanks to Ausir for

compiling the most comprehensive of

missing items and errors, and to Roman

for compiling another useful list.

reating a role-playing game is much

like a high-wire act in the circus:

one walks a very fine line

attempting to please as many people as

possible. Fallout: Pencil and Paper RPG

was created for two groups of gamers –

those who enjoyed the Wasteland /

Fallout computer games and wanted to

have a tabletop version for their

Saturday night role-playing sessions,

and those people who had not played the

computer game but were interested or

curious in the post-Nuclear role-playing

environment. It is my sincere hope that

this game provides the best for both

worlds.

Fallout: Pencil and Paper RPG was

designed to be flexible in its rule

structure. The system of character

creation and combat was drawn directly

from the computer game, because it is

one of the more intuitive systems I've

come across. However, because a

computer can do many calculations in a

short amount of time, and keep track of

millions of variables, the combat system

can get a little complex at times. I've

tried to provide a character sheet that

places all the necessary numbers in one

place for ease of use, but some players

may find that tedious. Which brings me

to my next (and last) point.

This is officially version 1.1 of the

Fallout: PNP RPG rules. I’ve kept all

the rules from the game intact, except

for gun damage, which I modified –

without any change to the resulting

numbers – for ease of play on a

tabletop. I took some liberties with

places, weapons, and characters from

Wasteland ; many of us old-time gamers

still think of Fallout as a sequel to

Wasteland anyway, so I hope I didn’t

tread on anyone’s toes when I included

it. Heavy weapons, artillery pieces,

and vehicles I had to completely make up

on my own; for my sources, please see

the bibliography at the end. I made

some tweaks here and there to make the

rules a little more “realistic,” like

allowing both barrels of a double-barrel

shotgun to be fired at once. I included

some other weapons, mostly culled from

an old Twilight: 2000 manual. If there

is a glaring error or problem with the

game, please feel free to email me at

unasoda@hotmail.com and I will be happy

to make the necessary changes.

This book is designed as a guide. The

reason we role-play is to allow our

imaginations to take us to another world

for a brief time. It is not to sit

there and roll dice and punch numbers

into a calculator all night. I've role-

played with both kinds of groups, and

when I've GMed, I've leaned more towards

the first kind – more story, less dice

and numbers. I would skip looking up

tables and such and make things up on

the fly. For rules junkies, there are

plenty of tables and things to keep you

going. I even encourage you to make

your own tables for things like critical

hits, perhaps using mine as a guide.

For those more prone to loose, formless

role-playing, feel free to discard

tables, rolls, or whatever else suits

your fancy. The idea behind this game

is to have fun, so if you find something

doesn't work for your group, please feel

free to get rid of it.

Version 1.1 changes – Added condition

modifier rules for weapons and armor,

fixed simple typos, fixed factual errors

regarding “canon” Fallout locations.

Version 1.2 changes – Adjusted

Louisville Slugger damage, fixed various

typos and tweaked sentence structures,

added Perks previously left out,

adjusted rolls to reflect errata in the

Fallout readme files, added flamethrower

fuels.

Part I - Introduction

ach player needs a set of

percentile-dice (Two ten-sided

dice, with one die representing the

"ones" column and the other representing

the "tens" column of a two-digit

number). The Gamemaster needs a set of

normal RPG dice as well (d4, d6, d8,

d10, d12, d20). Each player also needs

a character sheet (provided in the back

of this book), a pencil, and a bit of

imagination. The Gamemaster needs this

book and a little more imagination. A

single hex-sheet is helpful, although

not absolutely necessary. Every

character can provide their own

miniature figure to use on the hex

sheet, and the Gamemaster may want to

think about getting a few generic

critter figures and some scenery (trees

and ruined buildings, walls, etc),

although these are not necessary either.

"Imagine all the people, living in

harmony."

- John Lennon, Imagine

magine for a moment a world without

politics. Imagine a world without

religions, where people's views no

longer mattered, where there was no

longer any distinction between old and

young, rich and poor, Atheist or

Believer, liberal or conservative.

Imagine a world where every person was

equal regardless of skin color or ethnic

background.

The United States and Russia have over

30,000 nuclear devices in their arsenals

as of January 2000. It would take 800

such devices to end most of human life

on this planet. In the half-hour

between the launch of the

missiles and the detonation

of the last bomb, it would

not be difficult to imagine

a world where racial,

religious, class, and

national distinctions no

longer mattered. In the

days and weeks after the

bombs, the remaining people

would struggle to survive

in a vastly different environment. The

Earth as well as humankind would bear

the scars of that wound for hundreds if

not thousands of years.

Glossary of Terms in the Fallout

Universe

Combat: A sequence of events that takes

place on a hex-grid in rounds of

approximately 10 seconds each. Resolves

with all parties that intend each other

harm either fleeing or dead.

Critter: A critter generally refers to a

non-human NPC.

Death: Death occurs when a character's

hit points drop below 0 and no medical

treatment is readily available. Death

is final in the Fallout universe.

Fallout is a post-nuclear RPG set

sometime after a great nuclear conflict

in the year 2077. 99% of humanity and a

good deal of other life perished in the

nuclear war. Of course, millions still

survived, although some were altered

beyond imagination. One can play

Fallout either as a campaign-oriented

RPG, with a series of smaller adventures

in a larger story, or as a single-story

game with a minimum of involvement in

the larger workings of the world. It

can be played on a single Saturday night

with two or three friends or in a group

of 7 or 8 two or three times a week for

months on end. The only limits are

scheduling and the bounds of

imagination.

Experience (XP): A numerical measure of

the Character's collective experiences

in the Fallout universe. When a

Character has enough Experience points,

she goes up a Level.

Fallout: A series of games from

Interplay Productions, sequels to their

popular Wasteland RPG, set in a post-

nuclear universe; the same universe in

which this open-ended RPG is set. Also,

the radioactive dust particles scattered

after a nuclear device detonates.

Gamemaster (GM): The Gamemaster is sort

of a storyteller and judge rolled into

one. The GM relates the story to the

players, telling them what their

characters are experiencing, and they

have a chance to control their

character's responses. The GM does the

majority of the dice rolls and controls

all Non-Player Characters. The GM's

Equipment

word in any situation is final, and

overrides even this rulebook. After

all, it is the Gamemaster's world.

Being Gamemaster requires a little

imagination and a normal set of dice

(1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 2d10, 1d12, 1d20).

are made by the GM, without the

characters knowing the result.

Round: A round of combat is generally

about 10 seconds long and lasts until

all critters in combat have their turn.

Karma: A measure of whether a character

has done more good than evil, more evil

than good, or a healthy balance of the

two.

Secondary Statistics (Derived

Statistics): These statistics are

derived from mathematical formulae using

numbers from various sources, such as

Primary Statistics, Equipment, and so

forth.

Level: A measure of the Character's

"rank" in the Fallout universe. When a

Character gains a Level, it represents

that they have gained enough Experience

from their actions that they have a

better grasp of the world around them.

Skills: A numerical measure of how good

your Character is at different skills in

the Fallout universe. If you have the

right skill, you can do anything.

Non-Player Character (NPC): A Character

in the Fallout universe that is not

controlled by a Player; these Characters

are controlled by the GM.

To Hit: After all the modifiers, To Hit

is the number you need to roll against

in combat to have your weapon connect

with a critter and do harm to it.

Perk: A Perk is a special reward a

character gains every few levels.

Trait: Traits are bred-in abilities that

make characters more unique. Most are

often double-edged swords, and cannot

change throughout the game.

Player: The Player is one of the human

participants in the game, more

specifically a human in control of a

character, called the Player Character.

Turn: A turn in combat consists of one

critter or character performing their

actions. A turn lasts for 10 seconds of

game time; however, all turns happen

"simultaneously" within the 10-second

combat round.

Player Character (PC): A Character in

the game universe controlled by a

Player. The Player's "Alter Ego" in the

Fallout universe.

Gameplay

Primary Statistics (Statistics, Stats):

Primary statistics measure a Character's

basic abilities, and include Strength,

Perception, Endurance, Charisma,

Intelligence, Agility, and Luck.

ameplay begins with character

creation. If everyone already has

a character, go ahead and skip this

part.

Rank: Not a position, but rather a

measure of the "level" of some Perks.

Part II: Character

Creation

Rolls Against __: When you see this, an

action requires a dice roll against a

specific Stat or Skill. Rolls against

Primary Statistics use 1d10 and must

make equal to or less than that

particular Stat to succeed. Rolls

against Secondary Statistics and Skills

use percentile dice (2d10) to do the

same thing. A roll of 2 when rolling

against Endurance, when your EN is 4,

means your character managed to fight

off the deadly plague. A roll of 75

when rolling against a 40% Outdoorsman

skill means your character did not find

the mutated cactus with the water that

would have saved her life. Some rolls

Character Creation Part One:

Character Concept

“Who are you?”

- Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and

Guildenstern are Dead

hink about what your

character will be

like. Your

character is your alter-

ego in the Fallout

universe. Will your

character be a gun-happy sniper? A

dune-buggy racer? A sneaky thief? A

fast talker who can squeak past the

armed guards with a good excuse? A

boxing champ, strong but slow? A

beautiful seductress who takes what she

wants after the moment? The

possibilities are endless. It might be

a good time to familiarize yourself with

the character sheets at this time, and

learn a few terms.

Three - Traits below for a list of

Traits and their effects.

Perks

Perks are special abilities a character

gains every few levels, and sometimes

just for doing something extra neat in

the game. Perks sometimes effect

skills, or will make gameplay more

interesting. Perks never penalize the

character, they just do good things.

For a list of perks, see Advancement:

Perks in Part III: The Game.

Throughout the character creation

process and a good deal of the game

explanation, we will be following the

examples of Jack and Jane, our

unassuming and politically correct

friends.

Karma

Just like in the real world, the post-

nuclear world has a system of morals.

Performing certain actions can raise and

lower a person's karma. Rather than an

abstract idea of morality, punishment,

and reward, karma in Fallout is a

numerical value of how many good or bad

things a character has done. Karma also

connotes a person's reputation among the

other inhabitants of the wastes. Do

enough good things, and word gets

around. Do enough bad things, people

know about it. Really good people tend

not to associate with really bad people,

and vice-versa. If a character is

really good or really bad, or performs

an action that heavily affects their

karma one way or another, they can

sometimes get a karmic perk. Most of

the time, these just describe a usually

well-known aspect of a character, but

can sometimes give bonuses for being

especially good (or evil). Maybe there

is something to this karma stuff after

all. In addition to normal karmic

perks, there are special karmic perks

that a character can pick up along the

way, and you can bet that they will have

some kind of major impact on the

character's life. A beginning player's

karma is always zero.

Character Terminology

Primary Statistics

There are 7 Primary Statistics, or Stats

that describe various attributes of a

character: Strength, Perception,

Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence,

Agility, and Luck. These are the

character's strengths and weaknesses,

and are the limits by which other

aspects of a character are determined.

In general, Primary Statistics are not

altered after the game begins. For more

information on what specific Statistics

mean to the game, see below, Character

Creation Part Four - Statistics.

Skills

There are 19 skills a character knows.

These are the skills a character learns

as he or she travels the highways of

life. Not all of them are covered in

the Boy Scout Handbook, either. They

are: Small Guns, Big Guns, Energy

Weapons, Unarmed, Melee Weapons,

Throwing, First Aid, Doctor, Pilot,

Sneak, Lockpick, Steal, Traps, Science,

Repair, Speech, Barter, Gambling, and

Outdoorsman. Skills can go up all the

time, and can sometimes go down. For

more information on what specific Skills

mean, see Character Creation Part Five-

Skills below.

Secondary Statistics

This is a catchall category for many of

the other parts of a character that do

not fall under any of the previous

slots. Many of these do not change all

that often, except for those related to

armor. Secondary Stats include Armor

Class, Radiation Resistance, Poison

Resistance, Healing Rate, Unarmed

Damage, Action Points, Carry Weight,

Damage Resistance, Sequence, and

Critical Chance. For more information

Traits

Traits are an optional part of a

character. They are usually double-

edged swords, giving a bonus as well as

a penalty for making your character

unique. See Character Creation Part

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