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MUTAZOIDS
™

THE B-MOVIE MUTANT APOCALYPSE RPG

Game Writer: Gene Stanley Pritchard
Game Designer: Gene Stanley Pritchard
Cover Illustrator: Drew Johnson

Produced & Published By:

The Guildhall Press

121 Sexton Crescent
Toronto, Ontario
M2H 2L7
Canada

E-Mail: mutazoids@guildhallpress.com
Website: www.playbmovie.com

RPG-13 System Playtesters: Matthew Brown, Angus Burnett, Geoffrey Canie, Max Cranley, Brent Caudill, Mike
Demetro, Tim Denee, Dave Erlenbusch, Michelle Green, Joe Hildreth, Karl Jennings, Ian Little, Jason McGibney,
Christopher McGlothlin, James McGuire, Gregory Naipaul, Janet Pall, Ky Patterson, Andrea Radasanu, Brian Rahn,
Bradley Reckless, Charles Robinson, Elizabeth Rosell, John Sanchez, Michael Schloss, Michael Sinardi, Chris Smith,
Ken St. Andre, Tony Stanfield, Chris Walkley, Julia Walkley, Andrew White and Myles White.

Ack!-Knowledgements: Very special thanks to Sheryl Demetro and Jean Morrison. I want to express my pride in
“Crystal” Danqing Shi and “Leslie” Pei Zhao for the courage they have shown and the wonderful things they have
achieved in the time it took me to complete this work. I would also like to thank Devo for creating the spud music to
which the final portion of this game devolved. Tremendous gratitude is also due George Harrison, John Lennon, Carl
Perkins, Joey Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone, for being constant companions through many years via their music; they
are sorely missed since their untimely deaths. Thanks also to Ken Whitman, Christopher Clark and the others who
created the first and second editions of Mutazoids (with an entirely different system), as well as to Moses “Wolfy”
Wildermuth and Stephen Lee who made it possible to bring the game back from the dead.
Deposited in the National Library of Canada

Mutazoids is a trademark of Money Talks Enterprises and is used under license. Grace Fuller, Guy Everett, Metamen, Metazoids, the Scared Stiff logo, The Guildhall Press logo, the RPG-
13 logo, and the RPG-13 Warning are trademarks of The Guildhall Press. Mutazoids: The B-Movie Mutant Apocalypse RPG is copyright © 2003 by Mike Demetro. All illustrations are
copyright © 2002 by Drew Johnson.

ISBN 0-9688612-3-7 Printed in the USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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 B-ASICS
A NOTE OF WARNING
The majority of the background to this
game was written before the September 11th
terrorist attacks. The publication of this game was
therefore not conceived as an insensitive,
opportunistic and/or sensationalist means to
exploit public outrage over current events. The
attacks were incredibly tragic and reprehensible.
The specific details of the background were also
written without knowledge of how eerily prescient
parts of the game would later become.
It was decided not to alter the text beyond
minor revisions that became necessary in the
interests of good taste but to leave the game intact
as a means for players to portray the brave police,
militia, soldiers and counter-terrorist agents whose
heroism should so obviously be admired and
brought to the attention of everyone.
We hope you will use this game to play out
the actions of courageous and morally outstanding
individuals faced with a grim future in which
freedom must be safeguarded against those that
would seek to undermine it through overt actions
or mere lack of faith.
GETTING INTO AN RPG-
13 PRODUCTION
The Guildhall Press publishes this game
and a series of genre expansions using the RPG-13
B-Movie Game System. We are a publishing
company based in Toronto, Canada. Our website is
at www.guildhallpress.com and contains
information on all of our projects. Our
www.playbmovie.com website contains a demo of
this and other RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
titles. The www.trythegame.com website will
gradually include demos for all of our work.
This game includes the RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System Core Rules and the
Mutazoids Demo B-Movie Mutant
Apocalypse Genre Rules. Mutazoids
Demo is the second of several b-movie
backgrounds using the RPG-13 B-Movie Game
System.
The game is designed around the RPG-13
Core Rules (1/4 of this book) that are necessary
to play no matter what genre is chosen.
Mutazoids Demo and the other Genre Rules
(such as the 3/4 of this book that covers the
mutant apocalypse genre) provide the specific rules
that tailor the game to the background being used.
The Core Rules paired with any of the Genre Rules
provide for a very detailed duplication of the feel of
each genre.
The RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
series also tries to cover many backgrounds without
falling into the trap of generic games. With more
universal games, it is necessary to do a lot of work
oneself or to spend money on a supplement. The
advantage is that only a few new rules have to be
learned and not a whole new system. Each RPG-
13 B-Movie Game System book uses the same
rules with a few necessary changes and different
advice, so although the games are separate, you
don’t have to learn a whole new set of rules each
time. The rules do not feel the same each time even
if all the players already know how to play.
The RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
gives you a very broad genre with each set of genre
rules, each paying special attention to several genres
within the broad scope of the game. The RPG-13
B-Movie Game System line covers dozens of
topics in several books. That can make it a lot
cheaper than buying one game for each slightly
different background. This book has the RPG-13
B-Movie Game System Core Rules and the
Mutazoids Demo B-Movie Mutant
Apocalypse Genre Rules. The expansion
books will have genre rules of their own that tie
into the RPG-13 B-Movie Game System Core
Rules in this book and provide very good value
without the blandly identical feel of universal
system supplements.
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WHAT ARE B-MOVIES?
B-movies have had a huge influence on
modern filmmaking. Although critics have never
given them proper credit, audiences have always
known instinctively that the “B” in b-movie
promises movies at their “Basic” best. Today, the
term “b-movie” means any low-budget film, or
even any film that is panned by the critics, but it
has a much more illustrious past.
Initially, b-movies (or “bottom films”) got
their name because they acted as filler, produced by
the major studios to provide the secondary film of
a double feature. They were also called “b” because
their budgets were restricted. When the cinemas
opened up to smaller studios and independent
filmmakers, the term “b-movie” evolved to refer to
“indie” films. But b-movies have existed almost as
long as movies in general. The term has come to
encompass all the phases of its history.
B-movies are all about doing more with
less. B-movies are where untested writers, directors,
and actors paid their dues, where fading stars and
filmmakers return when the last embers of their
fame lose their glow.
B-movies often arise from controversy, and
disagreements over themes, quality, and talent. B-
movies are an experimental lab where themes and
genres bubble together, directed consciously and
subconsciously.
WHAT IS
ROLE-PLAYING?
Role-playing is a very curious sort of
gaming. There is no board and there are no pieces;
the rulebook is as thick as a 30-year-old freshman
and there are no winners, losers, or even a finish
line. Role-playing is a recreation and a form of play
but isn’t really a type of gaming at all. If you define
“game” as a competition with a set structure and a
well-defined beginning and end, role-playing
doesn’t have any of these defining traits.
Role-playing is sometimes compared to the
theatre. Most plays have set characters, scenes,
lines, and sets, with actors bringing life to a
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predetermined drama. Role-playing isn’t quite so
pre-defined. If anything, it’s closer to group
improvisation, although not as freeform. There are
set roles, an outlined plot, and firm guidelines for
resolving any questions where success is uncertain.
Role-playing is almost entirely verbal. The
Protectors of Civilisation, the name given to the players
of Mutazoids Demo, are imaginary and the
action takes place entirely in the imaginations of the
players. That is why no board or game pieces are
necessary.
Role-playing is based on teamwork. The
players are there to have fun and to direct the roles
they play in a spirit of co-operation towards
positive goals. The fun doesn’t come from the
adrenaline of competition but from the joy of
watching a story develop. That is why there are no
points, no winners, and no losers.
Role-playing games are segmented into
episodic storylines. An individual story only takes a
session or two to play out, but the chain of stories
that are connected by the same central characters
can last indefinitely. Like soap operas, the story
only really ends when the producers cancel the
program. That is why these games have the
reputation for lasting forever.
Ultimately, role-playing games are inspired
by games, theatre, and improvisation. They are
recreational, involve set roles and basic plot
outlines, and give the participants a great deal of
control over the flow of events. The participation is
social, the activity fun, and the goals are co-
operative.
One of the participants is an impartial
judge, or referee, who resolves any disputes and
guides the story along. In RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System he is called The Chief Magistrate
(CM), and he portrays every role except those
created by the other participants. Everyone else
playing the game is a player. Each player creates a
single character – a role that s/he plays for the
purposes of the game – known as a Protector of
Civilisation.
Each time players gather for a session of
play, they are involved in an individual story. Each
story – called a Misadventure – can take one or more
of these sessions to play out. The ongoing story of
the Misadventures that the Protectors of Civilisation find
themselves in is known as a Diary. This Diary can
be never-ending and is linked merely by the fact
that the group playing is more or less consistent,
even if some players drop out or join over time. A
parallel to this structure might be a television series
with continuing characters, or a film series based
on consistent central characters.
The Chief Magistrate can invent whatever
s/he wants and the CM’s rulings must be respected.
The things the CM invents should be consistent
with the setting and s/he should be consistent and
fair when dealing with disputes over rules
interpretation, but the final decision is the CM’s.
To be effective, the CM should be familiar
enough with the game to handle this job without
too much trouble. Players should not run their
Protectors of Civilisation as people who are in a movie
and aware of their position. RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System is not a spoof of this kind; it
requires mock solemnity from its players. There
must be a division between what a player knows
and what the Protector s/he portrays knows. The
Chief Magistrate must also respect this division when
s/he portrays the other characters in the game. The
CM should not describe the scenes as if there were
cameras, lights, and microphones filming the action
just out of sight.
Role-playing is fairly straightforward and
can be picked up easily after a few minutes of
feeling self-conscious are forgotten. Over time
there is endless scope for improvement and
refinement. RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
rewards regular play.
WHAT IS B-MOVIE
ROLE-PLAYING?
The RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
will capture the feel of the genre conventions for
the background I present. Each game will pay
extreme attention to these clichés and traditions,
because that is what characterises “b” films most of
all.
RPG-13 B-Movie Game System games
pay close attention to detail, but don’t try to
duplicate reality slavishly. The rules concentrate on
the feel of play, rather than the duplication of a
genre’s more superficial factors.
Games too often make for dull reading. A
lot of time is spent studying the rules. They
shouldn’t put you to sleep. I have spent more time
reading certain games than playing them. The rules
for Mutazoids Demo are written in a light style
we hope will be entertaining to read.
The game includes so many genre
conventions that what you originally construct as a
serious drama, and play with a straight face, will
gain “b” status during play. Running the game as an
action adventure or thriller and developing all the
excitement and chills you can stand will be much
more effective than playing things for laughs.
Make sure everyone playing has a good idea
of the RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
approach, the style that everyone else is playing.
Each player should be walked through the sections,
“Dicing with Death,” “Challenges,” and “Pushing Your
Luck” at minimum – and have the other sections in
“Playing the Game” described during play as
situations arise. Guide each player through making
a Protector of Civilisation and skim through all the
steps in “The Protectors” section.
When play is about to start, emphasise the
fact that the style of the genre is important.
Everyone in RPG-13 B-Movie Game System is
a regular person, and is basically good. No matter
how gruff and mean they may act, all the central
figures in RPG-13 B-Movie Game System are
proactive and more or less altruistic.
You can learn this game the day you buy it
and play it the next day. Your players will easily
pick up the rules as they go along, even if they are
novices. The game is quick to learn and everything
can be picked up during the first couple of sessions.
Aside from the basics I have just described, play
can begin almost immediately. As time passes, the
hints for running your game can be used to add
more enjoyment. The game is meant to provide
everything you need to master the game, not to
require mastery for play to start!
You can look forward to the quick release
of Misadventures and genre expansions. The
Guildhall Press will support the game fully for
years. Of course, don’t just take our word for it! Go
on and play and you’ll see!
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 THE STRUGGLES:
2000 TO 2012
THE TRADE BLOCKS
In the late 20th century North America,
Europe and Asia started to form the huge
continental trade blocks that would eliminate trade
regulations within the boundaries of member
nations. These blocks of trading nations would try
to dominate world trade and exclude non-members
from existing as anything more than a herd of cattle
to be gradually devoured. Critics described the
trade blocks as having “dismantled many small
walls in order to use the bricks to build big walls.”
The poor nations in South America, Africa,
the Middle East and southern Asia became further
isolated and exploited with every new declaration
that trade barriers were being removed and the
world economy democratized. The eventual effect
of this would be to create what was called the
“north-south polarity” and pave the way to unify
the interests of poorer nations.
THE NORTH-SOUTH
POLARITY
Primitive man probably arose in Africa in
the southern section of the northern hemisphere.
Civilisation itself was wrought north of there as the
first kingdoms arose in the Middle East and built
cities in the sand. The great powers of the Middle
Ages were from even farther north. It was the
Europeans of the far north that colonized most of
the rest of the world. Finally it was the Europeans
and foremost Britain that led the world in
industrialising and developing the modern world
economy.
From the dawn of the first cities to the era
of unceasing mechanical cacophony, the northern
nations dominated and used their dominance to
maintain their mastery over the rest of the world.
Although ludicrous notions such as “White Man’s
Burden,” “Manifest Destiny,” and “the Monroe
Doctrine” were discarded, the north retained the
wealth and power that they had accumulated. Why
shouldn’t they? No one can blame a man for
wanting to support his own self interest even if
many of the poorer peoples of the world should
hate him for what his pride and greed can cause.
The north-south polarity was an inevitable
consequence of the fact that only certain countries
developed on a roughly equal footing as industry
was pioneered in the 19th century. Inertia made it
hard for poor nations to develop at all while it
became progressively easier for wealthy nations to
increase in power. Southern nations seemed
irrevocably mired in poverty. Is it any wonder that
this should be resented?
As inevitable as it was that nations that did
not industrialise in the 19th century would remain
impoverished, it is perhaps equally inevitable that
they should strike back in time. Without the
military might of the north, it is no surprise that
their vengeance would be radical and as
unconventional as it would be organised. The
ultimate expression of the rage of the developing
peoples of the world was the Organisation for
Cultural Freedom.
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 THE ORGANISATION
FOR CULTURAL
FREEDOM
The Organisation for Cultural Freedom, or
OCF, was a loose association of national and
revolutionary movements mainly centred in the
Third World, especially those based south of the
equator. It was hoped to be an umbrella
organisation that would form the nucleus of a mass
international movement for the emancipation of
developing nations from what they called
“imperialist domination and exploitation.”
The 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries were
eras when Europe colonized much of the rest of
the world. Although the 20th century was a time of
gradual emancipation from foreign rule, by the 21st
century it was clear the developing nations were still
dominated economically foreign countries. The
Third World needed to develop its industry the way
Europeans had, but were too far behind to easily
catch up. Even when foreign banks lent money for
the development of industry a profit was made and
the developed nations gained more from the deal
than those they helped. In normal trade the
advanced countries that were more stable had
stronger dollars that could buy a lot without giving
very much in exchange. Political independence did
not equate to economic independence and the
world economy was a very real concern. No nation
was self-sufficient.
Although history is primarily a chronology
of internal struggles within a nation and wars with
competing powers, it is the more long-term and
savage antagonism between competing economic
systems that defines each era. This conflict has
become more rapid and violent in recent centuries
rather than just a slow evolution of economic
structures.
The 15th through 18th centuries were
characterised by violent revolutions that overthrew
traditional feudalism (and often the monarchies
that ruled them) and replaced it with industrial
“free market capitalism” which was proclaimed
both good and inevitable. The 19th and 20th
centuries were so defined by the opposition
between the traditional “free market capitalism” of
the West and the Communist “state capitalism” of
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the East (with the orthodox Marxist “production
for use” seeking to overthrow both systems) that
many thinker heralded the “end of history” when
one of the systems collapsed and eliminated the
traditional dichotomy.
The short sighted outlook that proclaimed
an end to history failed to recognise that the 21st
century would bring a new economic system to
oppose the traditional “free market capitalism” of
the West. This opposition would come in the form
of the OCF and its “internationalist economic
isolationism.” It may never be known if this new
economic system is destined to triumph over free
market capitalism but the OCF would succeed in
undermining the world economy in many ways.
The OCF member organisations were
dedicated to such ideas as independence,
nationalisation of industry, land reform, equality,
higher wages, and rapid industrialisation. Members
of the OCF agreed upon very little aside from
whom they each wanted to overthrow. The initial
goal of the OCF was to find a common ground and
ways to work together.
The OCF looked to the largest ever anti-
imperialist movement for inspiration—Mahatma
Gandhi and Indian nationalism. Known for his
pacifism and hunger strikes, Gandhi used those
methods to gain sympathy from his countrymen.
To oppose colonial rule Indian nationalists
boycotted foreign goods, advocated a reliance on
local craftsmanship and finally expelled foreign
industrialists. Although largely successful, India
bred its own industrialists who traded
internationally and the standard of living remained
very low despite more rapid industrialisation than
the rest of Asia.
Seeking to correct the mistakes it perceived
in its model, the OCF proposed members seek to
take control of developing nations and withdraw
from the structure of world trade altogether. The
OCF member countries, trading only with each
other to make up for a lack of self-sufficiency
would be a trade block like in the big three in
North America, Europe and Asia but would stand
alone. Unlike the insular Comecon that formed
from the USSR and its satellite nations after World
War II, the OCF members would not be made up
of puppet states dominated by a single strong
member. Although they would not be equal, each
member would be relatively weak nation, and no
single country would be much stronger than
another.
 The OCF members were accused of being
Communists, Luddites, Fascists, Socialists,
Stalinists, tribalists, anarchists, separatists and just
about any other type of “-ist” imaginable. There
was no actual ideology common to the OCF
outside of the few core principles required to join.
The primary tenet was simply that once a
movement assumed control of its national
government with OCF help, it trade solely with
other countries led by OCF member organisations
and help fund the OCF.
The larger goals of the OCF were to
prevent the developed nations from exercising
economic domination through making world trade
harder. Industrial sabotage and the disruption of
communication, transportation and energy
necessary for the modern economy was considered
vital. If no country had ever fully managed to break
out of the world economic structure for very long,
the OCF would work to ensure its supporters
success by making the world economic structure
untenable.
The OCF was not pledged to right or left
wing political ideologies but to the dismantling of
the infrastructure that enabled world trade. With
each act of violence that made trade difficult, the
terrorists responsible were suspected of OCF
membership.
The OCF defended its violent acts by
contrasting its efforts against the violence inherent
in maintaining the system it opposed. In the system
it attacked the OCF perceived mass environmental
damage threatening humanity itself, the spectre of
nuclear annihilation, the inevitability of
conventional wars to redefine world markets over
saturated with healthy economies in competition,
deaths due to inferior products, starvation,
homelessness, rising rates of depression and
suicide, support of military dictatorships for cheap
labour, and disease left uncontrolled due to inflated
pharmaceutical costs. As many people as might die
due to the world’s problems whatever economic
system was developed, the OCF claimed the lives
lost to its actions were dwarfed by the millions of
unnecessary deaths lost each year to the forces it
opposed.
To maintain 90% of the world’s resources
in the hands of 10% of the population, and to have
90% of these wealthy few controlled by the top
10% of their own peers caused the world’s
resources to be focussed on enriching a tiny
handful of people far beyond their capacity to
actually benefit from the wealth. The OCF argued
that it didn’t care about the interests of one nation
versus another or concerns of left or right wing
politics. It argued that political solutions only led to
new forms of political organisation that remained
locked into the world economy. It claimed to be a
politically neutral organisation that used relatively
small acts of violence to work against a structure
that depended on an endless orgy of killing.
The OCF was criticized by people of every
political stripe for not dedicating itself to building
anything. Whether called monstrous or brilliant, its
aims were seen as not working to replace the
current systems with anything positive and
tangible. As much as it might achieve its ends of
allowing countries run by its members the ability to
make a new start without outside forces making
dreams for the future impossible, it did nothing to
ensure the people it hoped to benefit would be
helped to achieve whatever goals they set once
obstacles were removed. The OCF was compared
to a builder who demolishes an apartment where
many people live without plans to build new
dwellings or places to accommodate those made
homeless.
THE STRUGGLES BEGIN
The new millennium was expected by some
to bring disaster. As people awaited a computer
related apocalypse and the “Year 2000 Problem,”
scholars argued that the new millennium actually
would start in 2001. As the “Year 2000 Problem”
turned out to be grossly exaggerated in its menace,
the world breathed a sigh of relief. Survivalists
turned out to be right about the millennial
apocalypse, and so did scholars who pointed out
the millennium’s true start in 2001.
In late 2001, a well orchestrated attack
against American soil was heralded as the most
incredible act of terrorism yet seen. Many
thousands of lives were lost. The Struggles had
started with the free world declaring a “Crusade
Against Terror” that led to an increasing number of
long-term military actions and espionage efforts.
As a determined response from the United
States and its allies was organised to punish those
directly responsible, the true reasons for the
unprecedented level of daring, planning and success
was missed. The Organisation for Cultural
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 THE TERRORIST
Freedom had recruited its first member
organisations and started to weave together world-
wide opposition to western nations. It had
organised its first spectacular act to disrupt the PROFILE
world economy.
The years that followed were a time of such
turmoil that the next two decades were known as NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
“The Struggles.” There was so much violence that VERSION
the name was coined early on and used by the
people living through those times, and it was not
just a term applied later by historians. GUERRILLA WARFARE
THE FIRST METAMEN NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION

It was the OCF, funded by members who

had formed governments in their native lands, who INSURGENCY WARFARE
first developed the bio-weapon known as
“metamen.” No other group was ever able to
develop metamen sufficiently to make their use NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
truly feasible. VERSION
Metamen are used by the OCF to infiltrate
society in developed nations and perform various
acts of sabotage, infiltration and espionage. Their
LOW-INTENSITY
great capabilities are of great assistance in this.
They are stronger, tougher, faster, and smarter than WARFARE
normal humans. They also often possess psychic
powers due to mutated neural pathways. Metamen NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
are indistinguishable from normal humans when VERSION
not visibly exercising their extraordinary abilities.
The metamen were an invisible network
backed by the OCF that acted as “super spies” to
perform the more isolated, individual and deadly
RESISTANCE-
acts of terror that were vital to augmenting the
OCF’s general terrorist and guerrilla style aims.
COMMANDO WARFARE
Metamen could act to perform acts of horror that
would be impossible for normal agents of the OCF. NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
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TERRORISM
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
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 SECURITY MEASURES VICE
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VERSION VERSION

THE CIA HARDWARE FOR CRIME

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AND CRIME PREVENTION
VERSION
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THE FBI VERSION

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PSYCHOLOGY
VERSION
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STREET COPS VERSION

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SURVEILLANCE
VERSION
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THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE VERSION

SYSTEM THE NEVER-ENDING

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CRUSADE AGAINST
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TERROR
MURDER Overwhelming American military and
technological supremacy will continue to make the
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO United States the foremost world power. Many
VERSION groups will continue to view America as their
enemy due to perceived national, cultural, religious
or ethnic grievances and they will also see
THEFT themselves as unable to combat the United States
through accepted military methods. This means
many groups around the world will actively pursue
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO terrorist methods as a primary political strategy and
VERSION that they will target America far more than any
other nation. American citizens and companies will
also be targets, whether located in foreign nations
or at home.

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 Countries that have religious, cultural or
ethnic violence, weak governments, unstable
economies and poorly guarded borders breed
terrorists, revolutionaries, criminals and other
dissidents and undesirables. They also make for
safe havens for terrorist cells. Whether the
countries have governments that are friendly to
America, or regimes that oppose American ideas,
the large number of such nations will make the
crusade against terror a never-ending one.
State supported terrorism is nonetheless on
the decline, as transnational networks of terrorists
with wealthy private benefactors become the norm.
Aside from traditional military technology, this new
breed of diverse and flexible terrorists uses
information technology, computers and other
sophisticated methods. In the next decade, terrorist
tactics will be centred upon inflicting mass
casualties through increasingly subtle methods.
Terrorists will seek to restrain, circumvent
or minimize American power, to exploit perceived
weaknesses, and to exhaust American morale. The
public have a civic duty to never tire in their
dedication to freedom as a bloody hand of evil
strikes the United States in repeated barbarous acts.
Although the devastating toll of terror may
cause peace-loving people around the world to
recoil in horror, as images of fire and destruction
are etched in our minds, as the faces of fanatics
who commit unspeakable acts of menace and
murder become known and as tens of thousands of
Americans are mourned with profound grief, we
must renew our resolve. The free world faces a
vicious and pitiless foe we must champion freedom
today, tomorrow and always. However long the
struggle and however great the sacrifice, the
champions of freedom will come together and have
the last word.

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 MUTAGENESIS: 2013
TO 2037
THE INCIDENT
The Incident is the name given to the
unknown time, place and means of the release of
the plague, intentionally or unintentionally, by
whoever was responsible. As there are no facts, the
Incident is really only a theory based on
supposition because the public demanded a
scapegoat.
It is believed the Organisation for Cultural
Freedom created the mutazoid plague with the
intention of decimating the population of
developed nations and disrupting industry,
communications, transportation and energy
production so modern life would be impossible in
the industrialised world. Only areas where people
had the skills to produce goods without electricity
and gasoline and to have small scale commerce
without international trade and the infrastructure
that entailed would remain relatively undisrupted.
It is believed that the plague was
accidentally released before an inoculation could be
developed and administered en masse in those
countries governed by OCF members because no
country was unaffected. Due to the accident and
suddenness of its onset, the plague may not have
been deliberately developed at all but merely an
unforeseen mutation of the modified retrovirus
used to administer the genetic changes that created
the metamen.
If metamen were in action world-wide, and
the mutation of the organism that spawned the
metamen was an unforeseen natural part of a viral
lifecycle, then the mutazoid plague could have been
simultaneously released in many places and covered
the world quite quickly.
The cancer rate jumped enormously in
2014, the first mutant birth was recorded in 2015
and the last death from plague-spawned cancer was
recorded in 2023. Scientists speculate that the
Incident was probably in 2013 due to the likelihood
of a dormancy period. At the time no one knew the
cause was a virus that was spreading rapidly. A
seeming jump in cancer rates was a surprise blamed
on nuclear testing, greenhouse effect, changes in
diet and many other popular scapegoats.
Within a year of the Incident, scientists
were mostly agreed that the menace facing them
was some sort of DNA virus. The news media
dubbed it “the plague” and there was a general
panic. Despite quarantine efforts and attempts to
keep people from fleeing infected regions, there
were already carriers in most areas.
By the summer of 2015, 1/3 of the world
population was dead and scientists feared that the
plague would reach the entire population before
long. Most governments declared a state of national
emergency if they had not done so already and
subjected its population to martial law. Huge burial
details tried to cope with the masses of unburied
corpses that proved a breeding ground for
countless diseases.
The next several years were ones of
continual civil disorder. Mass panic, famine, disease
and an inability of government to solve the
problems facing its citizens, or even to alleviate the
suffering, caused riots. The police and military were
called out and employed legal and extra-legal
violence to try to impose order. The governments
of the world largely tried to relocate populations en
masse to the cities in order to make it easier to
police them, but the result was a tremendous death
toll at the hands of disease, famine and even more
riots. By 2023 most of the population of the world
was dead and society had disintegrated. It was the
end of the old world.
Because viruses are normally inert and such
widespread epidemic type diseases are known to
occur in waves, there is no reason to think the
plague itself is definitely extinct. It may reassert
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itself in waves every few years in one part of the
world or another and we would never know due to
a lack of international communication. The
governments of the world are quick to assert that
the virus could not have survived but there is no
evidence to really judge the matter either way.
HUMANS
Humans are those descended from parents
who were infected with the plague but in whom the
plague caused no displacement or deformation of
the parents’ genes. The humans now alive would be
entirely descended from the people who developed
cancer as a result of the plague but who were
treated successfully for that cancer.
The plague itself was a highly imprecise way
of causing mutations and many cases did result only
in tumours. Some of these cancer survivors
intermarried. The full chromosomes of each parent
of a child were spared to enable the child to have a
full normal set of genes. Most people support the
attempts of the government to isolate normal
humans from acceptables and mutazoids to marry
only each other and rebuild a normal and healthy
humanity from the devastation left by the plague.
METAMEN
The metamen of the post-plague era are the
descendants of those original metamen who
produced normal offspring. They are stronger,
tougher, faster, and smarter than normal humans.
They also often possess psychic powers due to
mutated neural pathways. Metamen are
indistinguishable from normal humans when not
visibly exercising their extraordinary abilities and
their existence is officially denied. They are classed
as part of the human population and the
classification is genetically accurate.
ACCEPTABLES
Anyone born with merely cosmetic
mutations that are not considered substantial is
termed an acceptable. Acceptables are characterized
as such, more precisely, because they are
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reproductively compatible with pure-strain humans
in a physical sense and therefore are not a distinct
species for physiological reasons but due to
“courtship” factors. Most of the population are
acceptables and the deformed members of
humanity are tolerated out of necessity. This
segment of the population form the “mutant
majority” of second-class citizens.
MUTAZOIDS
Those born with substantial mutations join
the mutazoid population if they survive. Mutazoids
are characterized as such, more precisely, because
they are predicted to be reproductively
incompatible with pure-strain humans from a
physical standpoint and therefore not the same
species. Mutazoids are not strictly human but are
still hominids and close cousins to humanity.
Mutazoids are still segregated, however, because it
has not been conclusively proven how the
mutagenic virus spreads and because a few
mutazoids might be able to breed with humans
against all predictions. Even those people who are
incorrectly classed as mutazoids and who therefore
retain a technical physical ability to mate with
humans are not the same species but merely
acceptables with atypically bizarre mutations.
With genetic material incorporating traits
from insects, animals and/or humans, mutazoids
are not all equally viable. Even if a mutazoid
survives infancy many factors contribute to making
survival until adulthood difficult. Severe mutations
(such as possessing an exoskeleton instead of an
endoskeleton) may cause the mutazoid to collapse
under his own weight if and when he grows beyond
a certain size and becomes structurally unsound.
Mutazoids who remain in the cities within
the bounds allowed by society may survive by
performing degrading unskilled labour for a
starvation wage. Many mutazoids go rogue and
become outlaws or flee to the west in hopes of
meeting up with resistance groups in the outlands.
Dissident mutazoids must all confront the armed
hostility of normal society in one way or another.
 METAZOIDS
The metazoids are to acceptables and
mutazoids what metamen are to humans. Metamen
are indistinguishable from other acceptables and
mutazoids when not visibly exercising their powers
and their existence is officially denied. They are
counted as acceptables or mutazoids under the law,
according to their physical traits and this
classification is accepted by geneticists.
FREAK OUTS
The main component ensuring public
support for government constraints on mutazoids
is the high incidence of freak outs. Freak outs are
the seemingly random outbursts of psychotic,
psychopathic and/or sociopathic behaviour in
mutazoids. Neurosis and eccentricity are not
uncommon at the best of times. Strict policing of
the mutazoids is necessary because of a tendency
toward criminally insane acts from individuals who
had previously seemed normal. Although much
rarer, freak outs are not completely unknown even
among acceptables.
Mutazoids that do snap and become
cunning fiends or sudden berserk killers are a worse
concern than even the mutazoids who engage in
normal criminal activity with much higher
frequency than humans and acceptables. Mutazoids
are potentially far more dangerous than ordinary
humans due to the fact that their mutations often
offer advantages in close combat.
True integration will be impossible for as
long as the cause of freak outs remains
undiscovered and untreatable. Although brutal at
times, the Second Republic does have a lot of
justification behind its activities, especially due to
the fact that the future of humanity is in question.
Safeguarding the few remaining individuals that
were untouched by the plague against the mutant
majority is entirely understandable.
STUDYING MUTAZOIDS
AND ACCEPTABLES
Almost all of the research and thought
given to the mutazoids was conducted between
2015 and 2020 as society gradually disintegrated but
before it had fallen into complete chaos.
Geneticists and other scientists, doctors,
psychologists, philosophers, and lawyers led the
general population in trying to draw some
consensus on the nature of the plague and its
offspring. By the end of the early years of the
plague, survival had become far more of a concern
than intellectual questions.
GENETICISTS ON
MUTAZOIDS
Genetics primarily studies DNA. DNA is
“deoxyribonucleic acid” and stores the instructions
that a body uses to develop as it grows. DNA is
divided into chromosomes, each of which is made
up of hundreds of genes. Humans have 23 pairs of
chromosomes in every cell and every person’s cell
DNA has nearly 100,000 genes. Each of a person’s
cells (except reproductive cells) has an identical
collection of chromosomes. As cells split in order
to multiply, each cell takes half of each type of
everything the original cell contained (including
chromosomes), and regenerates the missing
material, so every new cell is identical to all of its
ancestors. As a person grows, his cells each develop
specialized functions.
In the 21st Century, the “Human Genome
Project” mapped out every human gene, of which
there are many more than become manifest in any
given person. This made it possible to cure many
diseases and had countless medical applications.
Unfortunately, mapping the human genome
also allowed genetics to be used to develop
weapons of terror just as there had been other
biological weapons for many years. Nuclear and
chemical weapons were each a bane of mankind—
but genetic weapons would bring about the
apocalypse. Scientists have never fully isolated the
nature of the mutazoid plague and an inoculation
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or cure for the mutagenic virus has not been
developed.
The mutagenic virus is an infective
molecule consisting of genetic material coated with
a layer of protein. Viruses are not alive in and of
themselves. The submicroscopic virus multiplies
only in the cells of an infected carrier. The virus is
dormant until it infects a cell in its host when it
starts reproducing genetic material.
It is not known how the virus itself is
communicated, but sexual transmission is the most
popular theory. Infected individuals due not
mutate, but the mutations are triggered in their
descendents. The mutagenic virus is carried by a
host so that the offspring of anyone affected
develops mutations and is born a mutazoid. The
mutagenic virus obviously changes the genetic code
of an individual so that the capacity for mutation is
passed to his offspring.
The mutagenic virus does not merely bring
about a physical transformation to the cells an
already developed individual. Such an adaptive
change would not be communicated to the children
of someone affected, in the same way that the
children of a body builder or an electrician are not
born any more physically fit or skilled at repairing
electrical systems.
Very little is known about the mutagenic
virus. There was a single most popular hypothesis:
• A human engineered mutating retrovirus
carrying engineered genetic material infects the
host.
• The virus mutates so it is different in every
manifestation and organisms do not develop an
immunity to pass to their offspring.
• The reproductive system carrying half the
person’s chromosomes is invaded and new genes
deposited.
• The imprecise method of depositing new
genes causes a lot of plague infections to lead to
cancer or highly unpredictable changes.
• When a child is conceived, its
chromosomes are formed from half of one parent’s
joining with half of the others. If one or both
parents are infected with the mutazoid plague the
child can be born having inherited only some (or
even none) of his parents genes.
The whole population was likely exposed to
the plague in a short time. Two thirds of those
infected developed cancer and most of those who
developed cancer from the plague died. Of those
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who were infected but did not die from cancer as a
result, 10% bore normal children, 30% bore
mutazoids and 60% bore acceptables. Two thirds
of those born as mutazoids were too deformed to
even survive infancy, making the mutazoid
population roughly equivalent in numbers to the
normal humans. The remaining third survive
according to how viable their mutations allow them
to be in their environment.
Those that survive to adulthood are usually
those few whose beneficial mutations far outweigh
their adverse mutations. Due to uneven mortality
rates, acceptables make up 75% of the population
and humans and mutazoids 25% in a roughly even
split. A very small number of the human
population are likely metamen.
The plague is a virus with a very unusual
makeup. The virus is not a mere disease microbe
but a communicable scrambling of normal
reproductive gene transmission. An inoculation or a
cure is not likely to be developed for many years.
For many people the principle question for
geneticists is whether or not mutazoids should be
considered human. Although we have come to
think of Homo sapiens as a distinct species without
separate branches, before recorded history there
were other forms of humanity such as
Neanderthals, which have now become extinct.
By definition, a species is a group of
organisms which is distinct from others by being
able to interbreed. Neanderthals were probably not
sexually compatible with humans but definitely
shared most of the evolutionary classifications with
modern humans. They were part of the animal
kingdom, and, more specifically, also mammals,
even more specifically hominids. They therefore
shared kingdom, phylum, class, order, family and
genus with modern humans and differed only in
being a distinct species.
Dogs, wolves, foxes and jackals are all
canines and thus constitute a single genus. They are
each a distinct species despite the physiological
similarity that groups them in the same genera due
to their reproductive prospects. Thus different
canines are distinct in a way that is analogous to
how modern humans differ from the extinct
primitive hominids. What we identify as human is
therefore not a matter of being hominids (which
mutazoids certainly are) but a question of whether
or not they are of the same species (i.e.
reproductively compatible).
 There is a close parallel to be drawn
between humanity and different breeds of dogs.
Each is sexually compatible with other breeds
despite being physically very different. Some breeds
of dogs appear closer to wolves than to many small
breeds of dog, yet they are “reproductively
isolated” from wolves and not from other breeds of
dog that seem to be much more dissimilar. It is
therefore not obvious that mutazoids are inhuman
merely because they can be physically varied and
very distinct from normal humans in their
appearance.
Barring extreme mutations that interfere
with reproduction the way that a deformity might
bar a human in a similar way, mutazoids have been
shown to be capable of successfully breeding with
humans. This means that mutazoids can be
classified as belonging to the same species as we
belong to. They would therefore seem to be
human.
Despite the potential for mutazoids being
the same species, there is a question if they are all
reproductively compatible with humans (or even all
other mutazoids) or whether it is only a segment of
the mutazoid population that is compatible. It is
not yet entirely clear how the random mutations
can affect breeding.
All living things evolved from single-celled
organisms and share a certain genetic commonality.
Humans are 98% genetically identical to
chimpanzees and share very little genetic similarity
to rutabagas, for instance. A very small difference
in genetic makeup can have a profound effect upon
a living thing and how it varies from other
creatures. In examining mutazoids it is a key
question to see whether these genetic differences
which seem to add the physical traits of various
animals into the makeup of humans really
constitute enough of a difference to make them
truly non-human.
Mutazoids are not an assembly of pieces
from different animals created by surgically grafting
the limbs and skin of different species onto a
human body, however. A seamstress does not
crudely assemble them from butcher’s bits. They
are genetically mutated and those that survive are
viable and natural wholes. Some or all of them
must belong to the same species and be capable of
breeding with each other and, possibly, with pure-
strain humans as well.
An animal becomes distinct species when
the mutations of one group cause it to be
“reproductively isolated” from the members of its
former species. This usually happens when
members of a species are geographically separated
from the rest of the group and they gradually
evolve in a very different way. Over a long time
they mutate in such a way that they cannot breed
with the descendants of creatures their forefathers
had once been identical to.
Originally, new species that arose were
purely a matter of physical isolation and very
gradual mutation, but humans developed animal
husbandry and introduced the element of causing
genetic changes by selectively breeding animals that
had different characteristics until new breeds
formed with distinct traits. Selective breeding did
not have a tendency to create separate species, but
genetic engineering always contained the possibility.
Whereas natural evolution has no deliberate
direction for the changes that occur, and animal
husbandry is a deliberate process guided by
foresight, the mutagenic plague is a deliberate
human act that causes mutations with no deliberate
direction for the changes that occur. It is an entirely
new concept in evolution. That unknown parties
should introduce it as a factor in the evolution of
humanity itself is a major upset to the structure of
society and the self-image humanity has cultivated
over time.
Species that become reproductively isolated
do so because of either physiological factors (a
physical or chemical difference makes conception
impossible) or courtship factors (the males of one
group do not recognise the females of the other
group as potential mates). Because each mutazoid
has an entirely different genetic composition
modifying a human “starting point” it is likely that
the mutazoids will eventually crystallize into
multiple distinct species of hominid.
A few who were called mutazoids will
almost definitely remain homo sapiens, despite
being as different from a pure-strain human as a
poodle is from a German Shepherd. Some
mutazoids will be akin to different types of dog,
others to different types of wolf or fox or jackal.
All will be hominids, just as all of the above
creatures are canines, but there will be several
distinct species and multiple breeds within each
species. We will have to become accustomed to
humans as no longer the only form of hominid and
as no longer physically very similar. The phenotypic
differences related to race and ethnicity are minor
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in comparison to the diversity that will become
normal.
Already, people who were once all grouped
as mutazoids are now being termed “acceptables”
and true “mutazoids” based on whether or not they
are variant breeds of homo sapiens or distinct
species of hominid. The question that remains is
whether or not all hominids should be regarded as
equal inheritors of what we have come to regard as
the gift of humanity (to be redefined perhaps as
“hominidity”) or whether there should be
segregation and social inequality. It seems strange
from a genetic standpoint to regard members of a
single genus as inherently better or worse than each
other. Do we consider dogs inherently superior to
wolves? It is even stranger to distinguish between
distinct breeds of the same species. Do we view
golden retrievers as superior dogs to terriers despite
obvious differences?
As much as we might fear wolves because
they are carnivorous hunters that live in the wild
more than dogs who are our oldest companions
and domesticated into an accepted role, acceptables
and mutazoids are fully socialised and not merely
domesticated companions. Surely there is even less
of a reason for arbitrary distinctions. Of course,
until the nature of mutazoid freakouts (the
tendency toward sudden psychosis, sociopathy and
psychopathy) is understood there will be a fear of
integrating them into normal human society. As
much as dogs become dangerous if they contract
rabies, we might not have domesticated them if the
capacity for unpredictable rampages lay dormant in
each and every individual animal as an inescapable
fact.
Many geneticists maintain that the
unwillingness of the vast majority of humans to
breed with mutants is an indication that even those
mutants who are not incompatible with humans
due to physiological factors are incompatible due to
courtship factors. Thus, even the mutants known as
acceptables are a distinct species and therefore not
human. They see humans as one species of
hominid, acceptables as another and mutazoids as a
grouping of several other species of hominid.
These geneticists claim that because humans are
reasoning creatures they are subject to predilections
that are virtually unknown in other species and any
humans and acceptables who wish to mate are
deviants.
The problem many other geneticists have
with the concept of acceptables as a distinct species
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due to “courtship factors” is that because humans
are reasoning creatures, they could shun a whole
segment of their own species due to the very same
capacity for deviation from their animal urges that
some geneticists accuse more broad minded people
of. It is fiercely debated whether it is the vast
majority or the tiny minority that is fighting against
nature. It is also debated as to whether or not there
is any meaningful difference in evolutionary terms
between the two.
Science has only begun to study the
mutazoid virus and no truly valid answers can be
provided to conclusively answer the questions
society poses with regard to mutazoids.
OTHER SCIENTISTS ON
MUTAZOIDS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION
FAMILY PHYSICIANS ON
MUTAZOIDS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION
PSYCHOLOGISTS ON
MUTAZOIDS
Psychology studies individuals or small
groups of people or animals to understand the
nature of behaviour and of the mind scientifically.
Psychologists study all human behaviour and
psychiatrists are doctors who specialize in mental
disorders. Although the issue of mutazoids has
been the subject of some study by psychologists, it
quite obviously does not constitute abnormal
behaviour to be “treated” by psychiatrists.
Although experiment and observation has
provided some grounds for future hypothesis,
mutazoids are not sufficiently integrated with
society to be studied through surveys or case
studies. Psychologists have not conducted enough
studies of mutazoids to have sufficient data to
produce statistically significant conclusions from
correlations between different findings. No
verifiable hypotheses can be advanced about how
the mind of a mutazoid might differ from that of a
normal human.
More measurable topics- sensory
perception, awareness of time, reaction time,
attention span, verbal awareness and emotional
responses- have been studied more. It is
unfortunate that the nature of mutazoid genetics
contains an inherent inconsistency in results far
beyond the normal distribution of results common
to normal humans.
Examining dead mutazoids for malformed
areas of the brain to correlate to abnormalities
apparent in life or administering electrical shocks to
achieve similar results has also failed to produce
conclusive evidence in favour of any of the theories
advanced about mutazoids. Psychology is
inherently not equipped to prove the theories being
argued without substantially more time and study
than has so far been available.
The mutagenic plague differs from normal
evolution in terms of its pace and its cause.
Whereas ordinary evolution is very slow and caused
by any number of factors such as changing
environment or random mutation, the mutazoids
are always entirely the result of the mutazoid plague
which causes potentially massive mutations all at
once. The mutazoid plague also lacks the principle
of adaptation and increased chances of survival
from generation to generation.
If in evolution, the slight differences in an
individual that has undergone a minor mutation or
otherwise adapted are beneficial and help it survive,
then it passes its genes to its children. If an
individual changes in a way that is detrimental then
it is less likely to survive and pass on its genetic
traits. Over time, a species is made up of the pool
of genes from only those individuals who survived.
Every living creature instinctually tries to ensure
both its own survival and the survival of its genetic
material after its death. It does not take very many
generations for the genes of any given individual
alive today to be shared with every member of the
species as a whole.
Because humans are rational, they can
consciously override their primitive instincts.
Although parents might nurture and protect their
children whole-heartedly, help pay for the college
of their grandchildren and shower presents on their
great grandchildren, the conscious investment of
resources lessens with each generation. Each
generation has its own parental guardians and
although later generations are no less a
continuation of the ancestral bloodline, the
personal responsibility is less. The feeling of
personal responsibility is diluted where others pick
up the torch.
Humans as rational creatures are not as
conscious of their inborn protection of their own
genetic material but they do not escape their
primitive instincts altogether. Whereas scholars and
philosophers call a backlash against mutazoids
“existential anxiety” based on the principal that
mutazoids call our fundamental assumptions into
question, psychologists have a different theory.
Many psychologists feel that mutazoids fail
to trigger our instinctive need to protect our own
genetic material. Whereas we have a need to ensure
that those traits that ensure survival are passed
from generation to generation, a person that is
born with many random mutations and no certainty
of any unaffected genes left to transmit to future
generations has nothing to protect. We simply do
not have the instinctual reactions toward mutazoids
that spur civilised behaviour among normal
humans. Many behavioural psychologists assert the
theory that territoriality, courtship, altruism and
other mechanisms may have their roots in
evolutionary development and species survival.
Mutazoids may be excluded from our social
instincts and instinctually viewed not only as an
alien species but as a parasitic threat.
Some behavioural psychologists associate
the socially aberrant behaviour of mutazoids with
the approach taken in response to their actions.
They argue that harsh discipline produces fewer
learned responses more slowly than a system of
rewards and encouragement. They claim a punitive
approach to discipline leads mutazoids to learn how
to evade punishment instead of learning to act in a
more desirable manner. Punishment can also cause
a resentment of society and authority rather than an
understanding that certain actions are unacceptable.
Whereas what is forbidden is reinforced (even if
punishment occurs too long after a crime for the
mind to associate the two), what is desirable is
often unclear.
Other psychologists point to the savagery
of mutazoid behaviour as a stunted development of
their hierarchy of needs. They feel that under
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traditional theory, mutazoids are unrefined brutes
because they barely manage to meet their need for
survival and safety and never develop to the level
of socialization most of us take for granted.
Probably no mutazoid has ever found the self-
actualisation that even fairly enlightened people
rarely discover. There are seven levels of basic
needs according to this theory. The first must be
met before the second can be addressed and the
second met before the third can be addressed and
so on:
1) Survival (To eat, sleep, go to the
bathroom, breathe and fulfil other basic
needs).
2) Safety (To be secure against physical
and psychological dangers, protected
from the elements, guarded against
illness and so on).
3) Love and Belonging (To give and
receive trust, acceptance, affection, love
and so on and to feel belonging).
4) Esteem (To have the respect of others
and solid self-esteem).
5) Understanding (To gain knowledge,
satisfy of curiosity, be open to
exploration, and search for meaning
and predictability).
6) Aesthetics (To appreciate beauty).
7) Self-Actualisation (To see your full
potential realised).
Mutazoids usually lack the objectivity, self-
insight and self-acceptance, dedication to chosen
work, spontaneity, independence, autonomy,
privacy, moments of epiphany, strong socialization,
empathy and compassion for all living things,
strong individuality, democratic spirit and creativity
that come from a healthy psyche.
It has been debated whether mutazoids that
have organised in gangs to struggle against normal
human society fulfil love, belonging and esteem
needs in those cases where more physical needs are
commonly met. It is open for debate whether
something which may or may not be human retains
the hierarchy of needs many (but not all)
psychologists recognise as a useful model for
normal humans.
Bio-psychologists point out that mutazoids
are almost definitely different in fundamental ways
when it comes to neuronal and biochemical brain
functions. According to the beliefs of this school of
psychology what we call “the mind” is more or less
the result of a brain’s chemical and electrical
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activity. As mutazoids may have little neuronal and
biochemical similarity to normal humans (or even
each other), they cannot be said to necessarily
correspond to any of the data we have collected for
humans. Even if we did have more mutazoid-
specific data, we could no more agree on a newly
arisen and genetically unstable psyche than we can
on the makeup of our own minds that we have had
millennia to study.
Psychologists cannot really agree on any
theory on the grounds that there is really not
enough evidence to do anything more than
speculate. It is generally agreed that mutazoids are
feared out of the same desire for self-preservation
that would cause most people to avoid victims of
leprosy or bubonic plague. Mutazoids are also
hated because they remind us of our own capacity
for infirmity just as many people are made
uncomfortable by those who are crippled or dying.
LAWYERS ON
MUTAZOIDS
Geneticists, doctors, scholars, psychologists
and scientists have no clear idea of what the
answers might be to all the questions society has
posed due to the mutazoids. It is clear the law
cannot be established with any authority when the
finest minds of our civilisation all agree that there is
no real basis for a decision.
Mutazoids are clearly not human under any
of the definitions we have used thus far except
insofar as they are born of human parents. Legally
speaking, the courts have found no grounds to
actively confront public hostility to mutazoids and
try to impose tolerance by a legal decision. It has
ruled that there is not yet sufficient evidence to
decide the matter. Likewise, courts have not had
the will to declare mutazoids animals, in case
posterity should judge them harshly.
Without human rights or even the
protection of animal rights, mutazoids exist both
without rights and without any legal standing to
have any protection whatsoever. Mutazoids could
be abused in every manner imaginable up to and
including murder with no actual enforceable crime
to prosecute. Within the confines of legal
ambiguity, there is de facto legality to treating them
in any manner desired due to a total absence of any
assertion that certain forms of behaviour toward
mutazoids are illegal and subject to civil or criminal
retribution.
It is a simple fact that change does not
occur when there is legal pretext for making the law
but only when decades or even more than a century
has passed and the vast majority of the population
can be claimed as popular support for a strong
ruling. The United States abolished slavery in 1865
at the conclusion of the American Civil War. It was
not until the 1950s and 1960s that segregation of
black people was first gradually repealed by the
Supreme Court and US Government and then very
slowly prevented from occurring by proper
enforcement of integration. Protest, rioting and
even civil war could grip the nation and we could
even then be a century from a definitive legal
decision regarding mutazoids.
PHILOSOPHERS ON
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MARTIAL LAW
Martial law enacted during the onset of the
mutazoid plague. Civil authorities invoked military
authority to supersede their own powers once the
extent of the calamity made such force a necessity.
Once it was enacted it was extended further and
further because, as the degree of martial law is
determined by the degree of calamity, a harsher
application of force became legally justifiable as it
became socially unavoidable. Martial law was
invoked state by state as the crisis spread and the
federal government has still never declared martial
law on the American mainland since the Civil War.
Although theoretically reigned in under the
law by civil authorities and a branch of common
law, martial law allowed the militia and Army
eventual carte blanche once civil authority
disintegrated and the country fell into chaos. Where
marauders took over and pronounced themselves
newly arisen warlords, martial law was used without
restraint or authority to lend an air of legitimacy
and legality to plain, murderous despotism.
The military conducts all government
activity, all civil agencies have been superseded and
force is used to deter hostile outsiders, maintain
order, suppress insurrections, disperse riots and
deal with natural disasters and other calamities.
THE PERIOD OF
LOCALISM
The start of the 2020s was the beginning of
what is now known as the Period of Localism.
National governments had collapsed and people are
thought to have lived in a fashion more akin to
Colonial America or the Wild West. A new class of
leaders emerged to rule small communities. Mostly
despots, they called themselves presidents,
governors, warlords, lords, knights, mayors, chiefs,
head men, or merely leaders.
The collapse of government had merely left
everyone to fend for himself. Power became
redistributed to whoever was strong enough to
seize power in each community. Going by different
names, these warlords worked to extend their
control to neighbouring areas with the dream of
eventually conquering the whole of their old state
or of simply living in peace.
The cities withered and became ruins as
there was no agricultural surplus to sustain them
and a population without the tools or skills to farm
had to learn to survive while appeasing the
warlords who ruled them. A semi-feudal structure
arose once again with one class of people ruling by
force and protecting the majority who toiled in the
fields.
Although many secrets were lost after the
collapse of the Roman Empire and the onset of the
Dark Ages, the basic skills used in everyday life
were well known to even the barbarians who had
no access to the technical know how that had once
built an empire. In the 21st century there was almost
no one with the skills or tools to produce any of
the crafts or crops needed by everyone to survive.
There was not enough gas or parts to keep
machinery working and no means of acquiring new
supplies once the old ones were gone. There was
only chaos.
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POWER THE ONGOING

STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
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survive after the apocalypse – cynical opportunists

SANITATION and determined idealists. Even as society slowly

rebuilds, the everyday struggle to survive is an
ideological conflict between those ever vigilant
heroes who seek to build a new and better world
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VERSION themselves. Life is as much a contest between the
co-operative builders and the amoral individualists
LOCAL as it is a battle between man and nature. As society
rebuilds those who co-operate and rebuild are
COMMUNICATIONS & gradually winning out against the human dregs that
had been the most prosperous in the early days of

TRANSPORTATION the post-apocalyptic world. Although the conflict

may have to build into a full-scale war someday,
humanity can rebuild this noble republic and the
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 SUNDERED SOCIETY:
2038 TO 2049
THE WAR OF
REUNIFICATION
As states solidified around dominant
warlords in the 2030s, some of the more powerful
warlords started to co-operate toward common
goals. These states enacted Agreements of Co-
operation on various issues to further mutual
interests. In this way they came to prosper to a
much greater extent than their isolated neighbours.
In February of 2038, the Agreements of
Co-operation were reworked into the Articles of
Confederation by the 14 allied states. The states
that signed the articles were nicknamed “The
Confederacy” by many. The Confederacy was given
its name not only because it was a loose
confederation but also because it was made up of
Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
and Florida.
The Confederacy launched the War of
Reunification to try and rebuild the old United
States of America that most of those same states
had once tried to secede from. Neighbours of the
Confederacy were annexed, conquered, coerced or
persuaded to join. The central states of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin were a
main target due to their agriculture.
The northern states of Michigan, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont,
New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, and
Maryland, as well as Washington D.C., were also
targets. Only the western states of Washington,
Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah,
Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico
remained mostly untouched by the War of
Reunification.
The black market is still quite extensive due
to continuing scarcity but is in its decline because
the Confederacy is restoring stability and public
confidence in normal trade.
The Confederacy continued a milder form
of the martial law enacted during the onset of the
mutazoid plague. In conquered states it continued a
very harsh form of martial law, depending upon
local resistance.
Treason is an uncommon crime in the
Confederacy despite its commonality in earlier eras.
The government talks a lot about treason against
the United States on the part of its foes in the War
of Reunification but more often considers enemies
are prisoners of war or spies.
For most people everyday life is identical to
that in the Period of Localism except there are now
warring kingdoms that each correspond roughly to
the old American states.
OPERATIONS ARMS OF
THE ARMED FORCES
The old operations arms of the Armed
Forces of the United States of America no longer
exist. Only the Army was reinstated. The
maintenance of computerized technology, complex
aircraft, mammoth ships and expensive support
structures are neither possible nor necessary. The
Confederacy also lacks the aviation fuel and vast
quantities of diesel for ships. The personnel
required for nuclear powered vessels also cannot be
spared from their vital posts at the power plants
that could one day be rebuilt to feed the power
grids of its cities. There is no practical ability to
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continue the Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps as
separate arms.
ARMY SERVICE
BRANCHES
The Army has 9 Service Branches vital to
its function. These are the armour, artillery,
engineer, light infantry, mechanized infantry, alpine
infantry, marine infantry, special forces and
support (for medical, signal, maintenance,
ordnance, quartermaster, military police, military
intelligence and other non-combat troops) service
branches. The light infantry are the backbone of
the Confederate Army and make up ½ of the
soldiers at any given time. Nonetheless, the other
service branches are often the most prestigious
(with the exception of artillery and support) and
provide the backbone that allows the light infantry
to operate at peak effectiveness.
CONFEDERATE
MILITARY
ORGANISATION
The Confederacy has developed a structure
for the Army based on a combination of those used
by the United States at various times in its history.
This new structure is meant to address the
concerns of contemporary defence whose issues
have been addressed individually at various points
in history but which have never been present in the
current combination.
The basic formation of the Confederate
Army is the regiment. The Army is split into units
of different sizes based on subdividing and
combining regiments. Individual states are
responsible for raising one division of men. They
must replace the casualties with fresh men to
maintain the strength of their own regiments and
the effective influence of a state really depends on
its ability to maintain these troops.
There are 9 different unit types. The 4
Regimental subdivisions are the Squad (10 and a
Corporal and a Sergeant), Section (2 Squads and a
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2nd Lieutenant), Platoon (2 Sections and a
Lieutenant), and Company (2 Platoons and a
Captain). A Regiment (10 Companies and a
Colonel) is the primary unit of organisation. The 4
Regimental groupings are the Brigade (4 Regiments
and a “one star” Brigadier General with staff),
Division (4 Brigades and a “two star” Major
General with staff), Corps (4 Divisions and a “three
star” Lieutenant General with staff and divisional
headquarters) and Army (2 Corps and a “four star”
General with staff).
Each service branch is organised on a
regimental basis. Each state raises one division for
the Army. A division consists of 8 regiments of
light infantry and 1 regiment from each of the
remaining 8 service branches. The regiments from
the remaining 8 service branches are usually broken
up so 10 squads from each branch join each
regiment of light infantry. In practice, 1 regiment
of light infantry operates with the support of 1
regiment of mixed service branches. These teams
are usually called “paired regiments.”
The original 14 members of the
Confederacy raised one division each to form a
single, slightly under-strength army. There is the
equivalent of 2 more divisions of men performing
garrison duty under state control to make the
theoretical strength of the Confederate Army a true
full strength army sized unit.
Divisions are named for the states that
raised them and regiments are named for their
states and service branch. The Tennessee division
has its 1st through 8th light infantry regiments, and
its armour, artillery, engineer, mechanized infantry,
alpine infantry, marine infantry, special forces and
support regiments.
Different units have reputations that stand
out from the rest. The Louisiana 5th light infantry
regiment is infamous as the most savage of any
Confederate unit. The Virginia mechanized infantry
are often considered the most daring. The
Kentucky alpine regiment is reputedly the most
dedicated. The Tennessee special forces regiment is
reputedly the most elite. The Oklahoma armour
regiment is renowned for its esprit de corps. Many
other units are distinguished despite not being
household names.
There are different shaped badges for each
Company within a regiment. These are the circle
(1st), cloverleaf (2nd), diamond (3rd), Maltese cross
(4th), cross (5th), crescent (6th), star (7th), square (8th),
teardrop (9th), and hoop (10th). These badges have a

distinct colour for each squad of the Company.
These are white (1st), red (2nd), orange (3rd), yellow
(4th), green (5th), blue (6th), violet (7th) and black (8th).
Sections are formed of white and red (1st), orange
and yellow (2nd), green and blue (3rd) and violet and
black (4th) squads. The 1st and 2nd Sections form 1st
platoon, 3rd and 4th form 2nd Platoon, 5th and 6th
form 3rd Platoon and 7th and 8th form 4th Platoon.
To a well trained soldier these markings are easily
distinguishable under most conditions.
RANGERS
The Confederacy defines Army regulars as
soldiers currently on active duty. The Army regulars
who are full time soldiers are known as rangers.
The name derives from old American fighting
forces such as the Texas Rangers rather than more
modern elite special operatives like the Airborne
Rangers. These new rangers are the brave fighting
men of the Confederacy and fight to unify the old
territory of the United States by overthrowing the
despotic warlords who oppress the citizens of the
shattered republic.
The Army reserve is made up entirely of
retired soldiers who have returned to civilian life.
The government does not actively maintain a
reserve of volunteers or even work to keep its
reservists in fighting condition. The mandatory
militia duty is expected to keep the skills of retired
soldiers in reasonable shape. The reserve really
exists only on paper as a roster of citizens to be
recalled to military duty in times of war.
MINUTEMEN
The militia is made up of Confederate
citizens who serve part time under the supervision
of the army as civilians who help to defend and
rebuild the new America. Militia members are often
called minutemen after the brave heroes of the War
of Independence almost 200 years before them but
may one day evolve into a fully structured National
Guard. The minutemen perform vital tasks but lack
the training and discipline for frontline service.
WEAPONS AND
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
Most weapons used are firearms and most
firearms outside of military use are pistols or
shotguns. All pistols manufactured in the latter half
of the 21st century are semi-automatic with safety
mechanisms. The military issues pistols to the
officers and 5.56mm assault rifles to everyone else.
The Army issues squads a light machinegun with
bipod (a.k.a. Squad Automatic Weapon), sections a
medium machinegun with bipod (a.k.a. general-
purpose machinegun) and platoons a heavy
machinegun with a tripod. A platoon would
therefore have 4 light machineguns, 2 medium
machineguns and 1 heavy machinegun as support
weapons.
All ammunition is caseless with the bullet
embedded in its own propellant. The propellant
burns up upon firing the slug at an average of 1,000
feet per second with a few hundred foot-pounds of
muzzle force. Without brass casings to eject, the
firearms of the Confederacy have no open
mechanism and are not prone to jamming from dirt
and abuse. This lack of casings also leaves nothing
behind which criminals can use to produce
makeshift bullets. The caseless ammo of the
Confederacy is smaller and lighter than 20th century
ammunition and a standard magazine can fit triple
the number of bullets compared with what used to
be standard. Magazines for the new weapons are all
of similar size for each type of firearm. They
average 36 shots for pistols and shotguns, 72 shots
for submachine guns, and 90 shots for assault rifles.
Machineguns of all three sizes are fed a belt of 360
rounds.
Soldiers all carry knives for work, close
combat and attacks where stealth is paramount. In
a pinch an entrenching tool (i.e. a small, folding
shovel) is useful as a weapon. Grenades are used
wherever defensive positions must be assaulted.
The standard military field uniform is olive
drab water resistant and wind resistant cotton
combat fatigues, matte finish steel helmet (with
fitted mesh to hold foliage), canvas leggings and
brown ankle boots. On the back a haversack is
worn with a bayonet and sheath attached and an
entrenching tool hung overtop. Slung around the
neck is a cloth bandolier with 6 spare magazines of
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ammunition. A belt worn around the waist holds a
canteen, mess kit, gas mask with case, knife and MILITARY POSTURE
sheath and 2 grenades.
Officers also have a pistol in a holster on
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wear a backpack field radio and stick close to the
lieutenant so he can contact division headquarters.
Squads of engineers are issued demolitions PRINCIPLES OF
charges, a flamethrower, mine detectors, and other
tools necessary to construction and demolition EMPLOYMENT
tasks. Alpine infantry are issued winter camouflage,
skis, snowshoes, and warm clothing. Marine
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supplied only as necessary for a mission.
PLANNING AN OFFENSIVE
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THE CONTINUING WAR
SCALE OF CONFLICT EFFORT
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warfare can cause ongoing sacrifices for the war
THE COST OF WAR effort to erode civilian morale to the point where
the conflict cannot be continued. It is imperative
that the Confederacy convince its population that
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO victory is inevitable despite the hard road ahead
VERSION and that the conflict is necessary because it is a
struggle to reclaim freedom in the face of
domination by gangs of despots and desperadoes.
ESTIMATING ODDS The goal is ultimately patriotic and democratic in
its ideals. Above all, the Confederacy seeks to
reunite “one nation under God with liberty and
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 MUTAZOID
MARAUDERS:
2050 TO 2075
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
The Articles of Confederation that loosely
united the states that allied in the War of
Reunification lacked all semblance of central
authority and the USA had no federal government.
In 2050 the Second Republic was declared and the
old constitution ratified in its original form, without
later amendments, “as the founding fathers
intended it.”
The Second Republic is the United States
of America reborn from calamities past. It controls
the eastern 2/3 of the original US mainland and
claims the remainder of America’s old territory. It is
governed by Congress on the basis of a heavily
revised and condensed book of law derived from
the old Constitution and statutes.
The areas securely within the Second
Republic are now called States and once again
conform to their old borders. Areas outside the
Republic’s ability to control are euphemistically
referred to as “territories” and are subject to
territorial law but have no true representation or
means of affecting the governance of the Second
Republic. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American
Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands are
classed as “protectorates.”
The Second Republic consists of 37 states.
These states are: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
Washington D.C. was reinstated as a special district.
Texas remains turbulent and very much a
frontier state. The western states of Washington,
Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah,
Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico are
claimed as territories but are actually still
independent. The Second Republic is trying to
reclaim these territories and has nearly pacified
Montana and Wyoming.
The primary pledge of co-operation is one
of mutual defence that includes a guarantee that no
troops will be posted to defend state borders within
the Second Republic but only on borders that are
shared with the frontier. Other important pledges
recognised a common currency and enforced acts
of the new Senate.
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
The Second Republic has claimed that it is
America and is a continuation and personification
of America as it always has been. In many ways this
is true and much more so than the words meant
merely to legitimatize the new government
intended. Although the superficial details are
different, America’s whole history is presented in
microcosm at this true new dawn at the end of
America’s most turbulent century. America’s entire
history is reborn at once in the re-founded republic.
Circumstances have combined many disparate
elements each reminiscent of a different period of
American history. There is the awakening of
national unity and fight between state and federal
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of the 1800s. There is the national restructuring of CONGRESS
the 1900s and 1910s, the prohibition of the 1920s
and the fabricated isolationism of the 1930s. There
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optimism, idealism, segregation, xenophobia and VERSION
paranoia of the 1950s and the political radicalism of
the 1960s. There is also the popularized ghetto
subculture of the 1970s, the corporate arrogance of FEDERAL
the 1980s and the cynicism of the 1990s.
The different social contexts are DEPARTMENTS AND THE
CABINET
throwbacks not merely to different segments of
society but to entirely disparate eras. Rural areas of
states are reminiscent of colonial times and the
territories remind one of the Wild West. Suburban
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held back the Cold War tension. Urban areas hold VERSION
the same air of street tribalism that they did at the
close of the 20th century. Technology is styled along
modern lines with modern aesthetic values and a THE CIVIL SERVICE
modern understanding of innovations in
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simpler technical base. America has evolved into VERSION
what it must logically become but has every
appearance of anachronism when its different
facets are assembled. THE NEW CIA
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 humans. Metamen are able to blend in as normal
ISOLATIONISM humans, but are likely to disappear under
mysterious circumstances if their powers become
apparent due to the Second Republic’s official
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO denial of their existence.
VERSION The Quarantine Act is the law enforcing
rigid segregation of the normal human minority
VOTING from the mutant majority. The declaration of the
Second Republic in 2050 was based primarily in
enactment of the Quarantine Act. The Quarantine
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO Act classifies people into three groups—humans,
VERSION acceptables and mutazoids. It dictates what
education may be received, what jobs may be held
and where residence may be established. Laws
FREEDOM OF SPEECH severely limit social contact between the three
groups, define limits to political representation,
outline segregation in public facilities and exclude
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO non-humans from government.
VERSION The Quarantine Act restricts acceptables to
land ownership not exceeding 13% of the total area
of the Second Republic and prohibits mutazoids
TREASON from owning land altogether.

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Before the second republic, there were no

TEMPERANCE civilian police and law enforcement was in the
hands of the military under the conditions of
martial law. Eventually, the role of day to day law
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO enforcement was slowly transferred to the militia
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the repeal of martial law, a civilian authority had to

THE QUARANTINE ACT be re-established.

Upon the establishment of the Second
Republic in 2050, the quarantine measures and
definitions of humanity enforced by each of the old
states was supplanted by a new Quarantine Act.
The Quarantine Act defined a human as a being
born of human parents and retaining 23 pairs of
chromosomes containing only genetic material
mapped in the “Human Genome Project.” Anyone
born with human ancestors with “substantive
mutations” was deemed a “mutazoid.” All others
born with human ancestors, having only cosmetic
mutations, became known as “acceptables.” The
classification was guided by the estimation of each
individual at birth by a physician and the likelihood
of their being able to breed with pure-strain
The Second Republic’s Law Enforcement
Officers were the solution to the need for civilian
law enforcement. Nicknamed LEOs, lions, alley
cats or enforcers by most people, the new name
indicated that although the Second Republic was
stable enough to abandon martial law it was not
reverting to a full copy of law enforcement before
the Incident. The enforcers would stand in
between. The Second Republic wanted to imply
that it has the stability to allow great freedom but
the strength to offer security and deal harshly with
criminals.
The mission of the enforcers is to work
with the community to make everyday life better by
enforcing the law, preserving peace, reducing fear
and providing a safe environment. They act to
serve and protect the people of the Second
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Republic and their property to the full extent of the
law.
Enforcers must protect the lives and
property of their fellow citizens, impartially enforce BUSINESSMEN’S
the law, work to prevent crime and relentlessly
pursue lawbreakers. They must also have much
greater standards of personal integrity than other
ORGANISATIONS
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Although citizens have varying rights under VERSION
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TRADE
personal legal protections due to enforcers having a
strict code of ethical conduct. Their requirements
of fairness and pledge to not use excessive force in
apprehending criminals preserve them as brave
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that could have just as easily bred an oppressive VERSION
regime with violent storm troopers.
The Second Republic rules over a much
more grim era. The enforcers face worse criminals BUSINESS
with more savage abilities than any fugitives known
in the old United States. If the regime is harsher REGULATIONS
and the police tougher it is only because they live in
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and outnumbered by mutants with a tendency VERSION
toward psychopathy. A very hard rule of law is
necessary for survival but those who believe in
freedom still hold back the tide of tyranny. The
HUMAN LABOUR
good moral example and tireless work of the
enforcers keeps America from declining into RELATIONS
fascism.
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HOSPITALS & SOCIO-POLITICAL

MEDICATION PHILOSOPHIES
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO There are quite a few social, political and
VERSION economic philosophies that survive (or are new to)
the Second Republic. These are now monolithic
organisations but ideologies to which people may
WEAPONS or may not subscribe on their own. Followers of
each philosophy are likely to organise into small
groups and these groups often have some contact
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO with other similar groups. All such groups will be
VERSION secretive as they are politically undesirable to
various degrees. All that is really required, however
NUCLEAR POWER & is a vague understanding of the ideology and
sympathy for what it espouses.

ARMAMENTS Anachronists: The anachronists have

returned to a late Feudal model of society and
believe that technology led man away from the
divine plan. Due to a theologically-driven strong
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO ethical stance, they isolate themselves from others
VERSION to form simple communities living off the land
through simple hand-made tools, hard work and
COMPUTERS & DIGITAL clean living. People survive through a strong sense
of community, a large support network and close
TECHNOLOGY co-operation. Communities of anachronists are
each led by a council of Elders which is headed by
a Chief Elder (addressed as M’Lord). They work at
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO simple farming and a 17th century-style cottage
VERSION industry where healthy foods, sturdy furniture and
other simple and reliable items are produced for
local use and for export. Most anachronists are
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 Anarchists: Anarchism is a group of
philosophies advocating a system with a total or
near total absence of external authority. Anarchists
generally support some form of reliance on the co-
operation of highly independent individuals to
further mutual interests without any actual state,
military or police force. Anarchists are not actually
in favour of anarchy but instead rely on the belief
that what they espouse will not result in anarchy
and chaos.
Barsonists: The Barsonists are an
underground organisation that began when the
Second Republic was declared in 2050. When the
remnants of the forces that fought against the
Confederacy in the War of Reunification were
forced into eastern New England, Margaret Barson
arose as a leader to unite the last vestiges of
resistance. Although Margaret Barson is believed to
have died alongside the rest of the forces that
fought the Confederacy in the last battles of the
War of Reunification, her body was not found.
The Barsonists work in her name to
struggle for universal suffrage, voting by secret
ballot, abolition of property qualifications for
congressmen, equal electoral districts and a
restoration of the old constitutional amendments.
There are likely very few Barsonists in the
enforcers, Congress for a Safe America, and among
other influential people. There are probably some
in the Democratic Republican Party and civil
service and more in middle and lower income level
jobs. Although Barsonists are eventually
discovered, there will always be a handful with
important positions in society so long as the
organisation exists and this handful is sufficient to
leak important information to the guerrillas in the
Frontier War.
Barsonists work to undermine and sabotage
the federal and sometimes the state governments.
Local governments and the population at large are
not targeted directly. Information in the
organisation is communicated on a need to know
basis and only just before it is needed. Members
have contact with and knowledge of only one or
two other members during their entire history with
the group and so they cannot betray much even if
the code of silence is broken.
Beards: A beard is anyone who believes in
the salvation of humanity through the development
of advanced technology who is willing to be active
to further the idea politically. Although a minority
of students sympathise with the beards, the beards
themselves are almost all drawn from among the
ranks of scientists, engineers and inventors. Unlike
most of society, the beards believe that mankind
was correct in its relentless pursuit of science and
technology and it was only the misuse of
technological discoveries that led to catastrophe.
Their philosophy seeks to once again popularize
science and also to promote measures for the safe
use of new knowledge. They also insist on the
earnest application of ethical principles to ensure
discoveries made by the scientific community are
applied by people with a strong conscience.
Beards do what they can to promote their
ideas but are reluctant to rally and lobby publicly. A
handful of powerful sympathisers allow them to
exert a subtle influence without the authorities
working to infiltrate their groups, identify members
and crack down on their activities. Their expertise
is useful enough and eccentricity is taken enough
for granted among the scientific community that
what is perceived as a minor fringe group can make
slow progress without interference as long as they
do not take any sudden overt political action.
Children of the Holy Plague: The
Children of the Holy Plague is a secret religious
organisation dedicated to toppling the “wicked and
decadent modern technocracy of demon-possessed
idolaters” they see as wielding power in the Second
Republic. They wish to lead people to a simpler
way of life in a theocracy led by their high priests.
They see man’s problems as entirely caused by sins
against divine will and believe that technology is a
devilish tool that mankind is urged to pursue by
demon-inspired madmen. They are single-minded
fanatics and work to kidnap and murder scientists,
engineers, bureaucrats and politicians as well as to
sabotage high technology and the factories where
modern comforts are manufactured.
The children are organised on a local basis
under leaders who are given the title of Shepherd.
They refer to each other as brothers and sisters and
use subtle secret signs to recognise each other. The
children only act when they can commit their
crimes with certainty of escaping undetected.
The enforcers have standing orders to
apprehend members of the Children of the Holy
Plague wherever they are found, as the children are
amongst the most dedicated, violent and dangerous
subversives currently active. It is a great mercy that
the children are very small in number and unable to
be regularly active if their membership is to remain
secret.
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 Communists: Communism has come to
be synonymous with the centralized tyranny of
Stalinism. The bureaucracy dictates all actions and
industry and agriculture are run by the state as an
enormous, monolithic business enterprise. The
military controls the people, the military police
control the military, and the government controls
the military police. Meanwhile, the party controls
the government, the central committee controls the
party, and the leader controls the central
committee. The secret police works tirelessly to
prevent dissent before it starts and the people
benefit from being guaranteed a mediocre standard
of living without fear of poverty, starvation or
homelessness. The communists gain support by
preaching a perverse version of the rhetoric the
Marxists actually strive towards.
Eugenicists: The eugenicists believe that
the mutagenic plague was a blessing rather than a
curse to mankind and that mankind is really just a
collection of allied genes working to achieve the
ideal “gene family” and evolve the perfect
organism. They shun all ideas of any traits being
intrinsically necessary to make an organism human.
They see only a number of creatures on the face of
the Earth in a race to develop more efficiently to
better master their environment. The eugenicists
view the mutagenic virus as a means to help all
creatures toward their ultimate forms.
Eugenicists are active on farm communes
known as “Gardens” after the concept of a
miniature Garden of Eden. In these gardens they
cross-breed strong, healthy humans and animals
with mutants. They are known to kidnap
individuals for these activities and then dispose of
those who have been “helpful” to them in this way.
The Second Republic puts a high priority on
locating these gardens and apprehending
eugenicists due to a fear of new outbreaks of plague
and a suspicion that the eugenicists could isolate
the mutagenic virus and experiment upon it
directly. It is the eugenicists who are perhaps the
most dangerous group of subversives in the world
today, despite there being very, very few of them.
Fascists: Fascism preaches an
empowerment of the dispossessed but really just
uses individuals to further the interests of a very
small elite. Fascism allows the individual to feel
powerful by being involved with the trappings of
power and illusions of grandeur while actually
unwittingly trading real autonomy for pomp and
circumstance. It is not a method of analysis or an
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economic ideology. Fascist leaders recognise that
people who are powerless and starved for stability
and control will reach for what appears to be
powerful more greedily than that which actually
empowers them but does not have the appearance
of doing so. Fascism preaches a great many things
but actually offers the sizzle to the masses and
monopolizes the steak in the hands of the few.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK): The Ku Klux Klan
is a secret anti-mutazoid organisation that also
engages in white supremacist violence in some
parts of the Second Republic. Members are notable
for wearing robes made from white sheets and
pointed hoods to conceal their identities.
Also known as the Invisible Empire, the
KKK is headed by the autocratic Grand Wizard of
the Empire (who is aided by ten Genii). Other
central officials in the KKK are the Grand Dragon
of the Realm, (aided by eight Hydras); the Grand
Titan of the Dominion (aided by six Furies); and
the Grand Cyclops of the Den (aided by two
Nighthawks). Individual members are known as
Knights.
The local branches, known as “klaverns,”
are unruly and often incredibly violent. Knights
too often threaten, assault, kidnap, mutilate and
murder people in addition to conducting political
protests. The Ku Klux Klan is a small but very
widespread and determined subversive
organisation.
Maoists: Maoism espouses guerrilla
warfare on the part of the rural majority working
alongside a subordinate movement among the
working class to achieve emancipation from the
rich and powerful ruling classes. Wealth should be
shared and the classes work together to advance
industrial production and end hunger. Maoism also
puts a large onus on the youth of the nation and
open criticism to unearth potential problems. Great
leaps can be achieved through tremendous
enthusiasm and massive work programs among the
common people but the enthusiasm and mass
support can also lead to dissenters becoming
subject to grassroots persecution and many mass
efforts being ineffective due to a lack of central
planning.
Marxists: Marxism is a method of analysis
centred on a bias toward the emancipation of the
working class. It is not an economic system, a
religion, a philosophy or a political ideology in
quite the way it is often portrayed. Marxism does
imply a stance on economic, religious,
philosophical and political matters but the exact
stance varies somewhat between different schools
of thought.
Marxists believe that the self-interest of the
lower classes is diametrically opposed to those of
the upper classes, that capitalism no longer
advances mankind the way it once did and that
revolution is the only way to overthrow capitalism.
Workers are believed to be the only ones with the
organisation, individuality, and central location to
seize power. The rural population is too isolated
and disorganised and the middle and upper classes
have too much of a vested interest in the existing
system to rebel.
Marxists believe that the ideas and structure
of society, especially in its legal, political and
cultural institutions, is reflective of the self-interest
of the ruling classes. The common sense of any era
is primarily formed to rationalize the self-interest
of those in power, but eventually every level of
society becomes convinced that the system that
oppresses the vast majority of the population is
natural and inescapable.
In the past, the inevitability of capitalist
crisis has not led to revolution due to an innate
resiliency of the international economic system.
Now that the working class has become
predominantly comprised of mutazoids, their
innate differences with humans will lead to crises
of capitalism becoming deeper because the
identification of working class mutazoids with
ruling class humans will be much more tenuous
than in past eras when the entire population was
human and differences were less obvious.
Marxism espouses international co-
operation and local democracy through direct
participation rather than through privileged
representatives. It argues for direct production for
use rather than for sale and advocates worker
ownership. The working class is to educate the
population, organise for strikes and slowly infiltrate
the army in order to overthrow the ruling classes.
Historically this has either failed altogether or
succeeded with very few deaths. In the future, as
capitalism continues to exist, the existence of the
working class and economic crises will also be
assured. Just as sexual and racial differences once
made economic oppression much more visible,
Marxists argue that the oppression of the mutant
majority should be even easier to make obvious.
Once mutazoids no longer accept societal values as
inescapable facts, Marxists believe the
irreconcilable class differences will make revolution
inevitable.
Mutes: The single most popular movement
among the mutazoids and a few lower class
acceptables is that of the “Mutes.” The Mutes are
not an organisation with any structure but more
akin to a subculture like those based on the musical
trends of the 20th century. Mutes take their right to
remain silently very seriously and have avowed
silence. Some have taken a vow of total silence,
others simply refuse to speak in the presence of
non-mutazoids. Still others won’t talk directly to
humans and/or acceptables or perhaps merely
don’t speak to authority figures. Although the
degree of commitment and silence both vary
widely, the Mutes are the single most popular
subculture of the 21st century.
Pan-Aryans: The pan-Aryans are a human-
supremacist group. They feel that acceptables and
mutazoids are mere animals much like apes. They
see them as entirely inferior to pure-strain humans.
Pan-Aryans believe that mutazoids and acceptables
should be isolated on reservations where they
would be unable to affect normal society and
endanger humans. They do not believe that they
should be expelled to the wilderness to form their
own communities because many pan-Aryans feel
they would become like roving packs of rabid
wolves. Other pan-Aryans feel they could not form
their own societies and to expel them without
human guidance would be tantamount to mass
extermination. Only a tiny minority of extremists
advocate genocide, but it is not unknown for that
opinion to be voiced. As long as violence
perpetrated against mutazoids and acceptables is
not proven to be linked to pan-Aryan activities, the
enforcers will remain neutral to the organisation.
The pan-Aryans lobby for increased separation of
humans and non-humans and have not been
recognised as working outside the bounds of the
law in pursuing their ideology.
Sons of Terra: The sons of Terra are a
group of zealous environmentalists. They are
committed to the idea that mankind is destroying
the Earth and despoiling the environment by
fostering an urban blight that spreads without
thought of consequence. Many sons of Terra
believe that technology could be used in a way that
harmonized with nature and did not devastate the
biosphere but the more extreme members believe
that mankind must revert to a pre-industrial society.
The most extreme members are convinced that
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humanity must return to a literal Stone Age or even
become extinct if life on Earth is to be preserved
from eventual destruction.
Although the mainstream sons of Terra
have sympathisers in government and are politically
active in the effort to promote ecological reform,
there are rumours that extremist members of the
group secretly organise to commit acts of eco-
terrorism that undermine society. Directed at large
urban centres, industrial sabotage and acts such as
attempts to destroy dams and poison water
supplies, are among the efforts against which the
enforcers must be vigilant. Luckily these extremists
seem to be so few in number that their potential for
widespread mass murder is limited.
Untouchables: The untouchables are an
underground organisation of very intelligent
mutazoids who seek to “transcend human modes
of culture” and establish mutazoids in a separate
and newly created stream of history rather than
inside a new phase of human history. The
untouchables got their name through an ironic
comparison of society in the new era to the caste
system of pre-modern India and mutazoids to the
shunned and despised lowest caste known as the
untouchables. They seek to redefine themselves,
redefine society and redefine all structures and
modes of thought from a fresh mutazoid
perspective without benefit of previous
humanocentric approaches.
The untouchables were founded by a small
number of mystic masters who are said to have
used the ancient philosophies of the east to
transcend human modes of thought and attain
enlightenment. They located sympathetic
mutazoids and helped them to overcome all their
old assumptions so they dismantled ways of
viewing the world that we often take for granted as
the foundation of reason and sanity. Untouchables
live apart from society and struggle to discern their
own theological, philosophical, social, political and
economic systems of thought to discover what is
inherently in their natures and explore their innate
differences without the shackles of outmoded
human ideologies.
Nothing is known conclusively about
untouchable society but it is assumed to be
managed by very mystically minded individuals and
to have developed ideologies innately, if not
superficially, similar to Hinduism. Although this
assumption may have arisen from confusion
regarding their name, many scholars point to the
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approach Hinduism fostered due to the diversity
India’s position as a crossroads of culture, trade
and religious thought. If the untouchables truly
seek to redefine all ways of thinking and structuring
society, then the number of ideas being
experimented with must surely result in diversity
and such diverse philosophies must surely be
integrated into a single unit because the
untouchables have survived as a society.
It is further hypothesised that untouchable
society must have developed a caste system based
upon the need to co-operate under a strict system
of social organisation the more diverse attitudes
were allowed to be explored in other areas of life.
The rigours of surviving isolated seem to guarantee
the need for a harsh regimen.
It is assumed that the mystic masters who
maintain their power by fostering a group of
privileged soldiery must rule the untouchables.
They likely set up the professionals, then the
craftsmen, then the tradesmen and finally different
levels of labourers as societal tiers. It is expected
that duties be fulfilled without self-interested
ambition playing a role. Young people concentrate
upon their studies, adults upon everyday life as part
of a society, the old upon quiet contemplation and
the truly venerable to an isolated pursuit of spiritual
awakening before the end of life.
It is assumed that mysticism must be
institutionalized among the untouchables in a way
that is not entirely different from the highly
structured, systematic transcendence of Zen
Buddhism or yoga. Perhaps what little free time is
available is spent pursuing enlightenment. Perhaps
there is a mandatory spiritual practice as a means of
searching out potential mystics who could be
groomed as mystic masters.
It is also believed that the untouchables
study martial arts for survival, self defence and
possible paramilitary uses. As much as individuals
are expected to personally transcend human society
and history, it is expected that the untouchables
wish to build the foundation of a society that can
one day sweep away all remnants of human
antecedents. They are said to plan violent
revolution and, quite possibly, to advocate a
genocidal outlook toward humanity. Just as our
forefathers drove the Neanderthals to the corners
of the world before finally driving them to
extinction, these new hominids are working to
replace their human cousins.
 Many people claim that the untouchables
are active underneath the ruins of the old cities and
that their name is merely a boast regarding their
status as separate, above the law, strong and
impossible to find.
Whatever the nature of the untouchables, it
is clear that all we can say about them with any
certainty is that they are very enigmatic. We cannot
even elevate them beyond the level of urban myth
and prove their existence. It is perhaps cultural
chauvinism to draw all kinds of groundless
conclusions about their nature and claim them as
fact. It is certainly unscientific to do so. The
untouchables would be more useful to study as a
means of gaining insight into whether we could
ever truly escape the legacy of the past and into
how much of human nature is acculturated and
how much genetic. Of course, since their genetic
makeup differs from ours it is unlikely that we can
draw any definite proof even were we to have the
full data on their cultural “experiment.”
Vultures: The vultures are an ultra-radical
group of human, acceptable and mutazoid nihilists
who are convinced that the mutagenic virus should
have driven man to extinction. They feel that the
plague failed for some unknown reason but with
their guidance man’s extermination might merely
have been postponed.
The vultures dedicate themselves to
destroying mankind (humans, acceptables and
mutazoids alike) and when their job is done they
pledge to extinguish themselves as the last
remnants of mankind. The vultures are a small but
highly secretive and dedicated group, about whom
little is known except their ultimate aims. From
hidden bases they conduct activities bent on mass
murder. The few vultures that have been captured
have committed suicide before they could be
interrogated and their utter nihilism makes this
hard to prevent. It is assumed that one goal of the
vultures is the discovery, retrieval and reactivation
of lost nuclear weapons. The vultures are among
the most dire enemies of the Second Republic and
perhaps deserving of the title of the #1 most
wanted criminal organisation known to the
enforcers.
ORGANISED CRIME
There are a few large criminal organisations
in the Second Republic. The modern world is very
much like the America of past eras in terms of
crime. Organised crime is largely controlled by the
Jammers, Mafia, Triads and Yakuza. Differences in
organised criminal enterprises and small bands of
criminals are primarily superficial and these
differences mostly involve cultural style and the
particular ethnic communities each group targets as
its own “turf.” The Mafia, Yakuza and Triads are
very similar to the jammers at their core.
Jammers: The jammers are also known as
jammies, jamlocks and dreads. Possibly descended
from the old Jamaican-style drug gangs of the 20th
century, the Jammers are a loose affiliation of
criminal syndicates across America. They are
especially active in African-American and Hispanic
communities. They are especially concentrated in
the southeast. Jammers profit from extortion,
prostitution, gambling, and smuggling. The greatest
profit is in trafficking contraband substances.
Jammers seek to spread their control through
propagating substance abuse through the
population and subverting society until jammer
subculture reigns supreme.
Jammers work under a veil of professed
spiritualism. Enigmatic behaviour, voodoo
symbolism, reggae music, patois speech, secrecy
and encouragement of rumours involving jammers
with dark powers helps enthral the ignorant.
Behind the scenes the operate as a highly organised
and professional business that monitors overhead,
extends employee benefits, limits expenses and
insists on strict accounting.
Rewards are great for bosses and
subordinates but the penalties for failure are severe.
Missing fingers and toes, branding with arcane
symbols, and even death on a third major failure
are common. No former jammers have ever come
to light so it is very likely that anyone who has ever
worked for the organisation is either happy or dead
with no exceptions. Risks and rewards are both
very great.
The jammers are occasionally hired by
corporations to keep workers from organising, to
break up job actions, to commit acts of vandalism
or arson, to create or end financial losses and even
to threaten, injure or kill inconvenient individuals.
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The jammers try to ensure that they don’t invite a
major crackdown by enforcers or totally alienate
the public. Politics is influenced to some degree
and anything that impedes their business is stopped
in its tracks in whatever way is possible.
The jammers are organised locally among
urban populations in the cities and towns and have
some agents even in villages. There will be a
“bossman” for each town, two in a small city, three
in a big city and four in a metropolis. Each
bossman will have his “turf” and control operations
inside it and deal with the surrounding villages in
whatever ways are necessary. The jammers don’t
have an actual organisations so much as the
bossmen of each area are reasonably co-operative
and rarely compete in turf wars. Turf wars are
incredibly violent and nicknamed “jammer jihads”
by the jammers.
The bossman will have one lieutenant
“brother” for each neighbourhood he controls. He
will also keep a number of “machetes” as muscle to
enforce his will and “boys” to organise lesser
employees and expand business. A bossman’s work
is performed by his many “jammers” and his spy
network consists of his “rats.”
Jammers are very arrogant and see the
masses as fit for exploitation and personal
challenges as irrefusable duties. Business contacts
are to be honoured precisely and absolutely. The
word of a jammer is his bond and they will ensure
that high quality service is rendered to the letter of
the agreement and that the parties they deal with
honour their side of the deal.
Mafia: A loose association of criminal
groups descended from the criminal enterprises
that arrived alongside Italian immigrants to the
United States in the 20th century. The Mafia has
expanded from its initial roots in Sicily hundreds of
years ago. Members of the Mafia are bound by
blood oaths and sworn to secrecy and are pledged
to live by the rigid code of conduct known as
“Omerta” which forbids any kind of co-operation
and association with the authorities. Mafia activities
largely centre on gambling, prostitution and dealing
in various forms of contraband. They are especially
active in white communities. The Mafia is still a
major organisation despite having nowhere near the
level of power and resources it had in its heyday
before the end of the 20th century.
Triads: The Triads, or “Tong” are the
Chinese answer to the Mafia or Yakuza. The Triads
arrived alongside waves of Chinese immigrants to
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America. The Triads are active primarily in Chinese
communities. The Triads have made a name for
themselves by provoking extreme terror through
utilising egregious violence and especially cruel
methods of torture to achieve their aims.
Yakuza: A highly secret criminal syndicate
that originated in Japan and travelled to America
alongside waves of Japanese immigrants. The
Yakuza concentrate on pornography, prostitution
and gambling but also deal in some contraband
wherever they are especially active. The Yakuza are
active primary in Japanese communities. The
Yakuza cultivate a mysterious and mystical image of
themselves and try to link themselves to the fabled
ninja of Japan’s past. They may capitalize on
superstitions concerning the supposed magical
powers and peerless martial arts ability said to be
common among ninja.
STREET CRIME
There are countless petty criminals in the
Second Republic. Freelance criminals usually fit the
profile of what have come to be known as
“bogies,” “bunkos,” “pros” and “slammers.”
Bogies: Bogies are freelance criminals that
specialize in clandestine information gathering.
Whether practising surveillance, burglary,
information brokering or any other specialty,
bogies are indispensable sources of current useful
knowledge for criminals and undercover police.
Bunkos: Any independent professional
confidence trickster is known as a bunko. Whether
a street vendor selling stolen or counterfeit
jewellery or a high class con man, bunkos are
amoral charmers who prey on the gullible.
Pros: Any skilled freelance criminal
employed as an assassin, illegal bounty hunter, safe
cracker, cat burglar, or terrorist is called a pro.
Although not organised there is a certain level of
fraternity among pros and these high paid criminals
hold themselves to high standards of
professionalism.
Slammers: Any small time independent
highwayman, burglar, mugger, thief, shoplifter,
purse snatcher, kidnapper or extortionist is referred
to as a slammer. Although not an organisation,
crimes of this sort are an easy enough career path
that there are always people engaged in such
activity in the public eye. Prone to violence and
bullying, slammers are the typical examples of street
crime too minor for organised crime to bother
controlling and too common for enforcers to
stamp out.
Slammers often join street gangs with
several members and gang insignias and attire.
Coloured bandanas are often worn on the heads of
slammers or leather or denim jackets with painted
logos. Street gangs may use extreme force in
evicting members of rival gangs from their
neighbourhoods and kill anyone who wears their
gang colours without the right. Gang leaders
maintain control through the respect that violence
and daring win him and may be challenged at any
time in a duel to the death by any gang member
brave enough.
the celebrations will be the momentous 4th of July
weekend.
As the Second Republic will be pouring
large amounts of personnel and funds into police
and military efforts to claim many victories against
its enemies, so its enemies will equally be
redoubling their efforts to undermine the new
America. The Tricentennial promises to be the
peak year in the ongoing struggle for the hearts and
minds of a nation. Will the morale of the newborn
nation be bolstered toward true unity or
undermined to the point of civil war?

BANDITRY
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION

PIRACY
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION

THE UPCOMING
TRICENTENNIAL
As 2075 nears its end, the Second Republic
is planning to make a very big celebration out of
the tricentennial as the United States turns 300 in
2076. The Second Republic wants its citizens to
view themselves as the continuation of 300 years of
proud American history, rather than the backward
inhabitants of a 26-year-old upstart regime,
squatting on the remains of a once mighty nation.
The celebrations will be enormous, year-
long, nation-wide extravaganzas. Every town and
city will have a ledger for citizens to sign, a vellum
replica Constitution and a bronze reproduction of
the Liberty Bell provided as symbols of national
unity and historic continuity. Re-enactments of
famous battles of the American Revolutionary War
will also be held across the country. The climax of
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 PROTECTORS OF
CIVILISATION
fiendish attempts to bring about her (or his)
PROTECTORS demise.

Player characters are called Protectors of Civilisation

(a.k.a. Protectors or PCs). Whether an agent fighting
STEREOTYPES,
terror, a survivor of the early days of the plague, a
soldier, an Enforcer or a member of a resistance REPUTABILITY &
group, it makes no difference. All the players
portray people trying to shepherd human society in LOOKS
the best way they know how. Everyone else is a
Menace, a Chump, or an Innocent Bystander (also
Every Protector and Innocent has a Stereotype. A
known as Innocents or IBs).
Stereotype is just what it seems to be: a hackneyed
To create a Protector of Civilisation requires
archetype corresponding to an occupation, lifestyle
several steps. Each section describes one part of
choice, or social group.
making your Protector.
Stereotypes are easy to play because they are
1. Stereotypes, Reputability & Looks
based in truth, without being as universally
2. Frustrating Flaws
applicable as I imagine. Stereotypes provide powerful,
3. Secondary Flaws
instant images of a certain category of person. Each
4. Tertiary Flaws
of us can describe a Stereotype to a tee and yet have a
5. Gobs of Goodies
mental picture entirely different from that of the
6. Monstrous Mutations
person sitting beside us. As easy as they are to
7. Mischievous Metapowers
develop and play in a pinch, Stereotypes can still be
8. Model Protectors
made into well-rounded and unique individuals.
9. Low Profiles
You should pick a Stereotype from one of
10. An “E” For Effort
the tables below. There are 1 to 3 lists for each of
11. Effortless Exclamations
the four eras provided in the background
Once you understand the rules well and have given
information. The CM should decide which of the
careful thought to your Protector, it is quick and easy
four eras will be used and which segment of society
to develop a PC that will be great fun to play.
the Protectors will be from. Players should not only
pick from the same list (the one corresponding to
Throughout the rules, examples are enclosed in their background) but should also usually each pick
boxes such as this to make it easier for everyone an identical Stereotype. Stereotypes listed in boldface
playing to see how each rule plays out. All examples are the most likely to be the best choice for many
use a female Protector, Grace Fuller, to illustrate the players, while those listed in italics are probably not
relevant points. going to provide enough action for many players.
You can pick a name and gender at any time during Everyone has basic everyday skills as well as skills
the creation of a Protector of Civilisation, and the last appropriate to their career. Thus, your Stereotype will
step in this process makes sure this has been done. give you certain advantages. These advantages
I chose to name her now because it is more fun to mostly involve being taken seriously and having
get to know your Protector before preventing
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improved chances of Overcoming Flaws for Challenges
related to a certain field of study.
You don’t roll dice or otherwise pick your
Stereotype randomly. You may choose any you like.
Just keep in mind that during play, you’re going to
have to keep your Protector true to his or her
Stereotype for the duration of the game.
In the Stereotype Guide I use a “check
mark” symbol to indicate some of the
characteristics of various Stereotypes. The “A”
column is for Attractive Stereotypes, “R” for those
that are Reputable and “D” for those that are
Disreputable. Those Stereotypes that have the
“check mark” in a column have the characteristic
the column represents. Those marked “x” don’t.
Attractive Protectors & Innocents:
Members of certain Stereotypes are considered to
be Attractive to the opposite sex as an unavoidable
part of their lot in life. Any Stereotypes that have
the “thumbs up” in the “A” column are counted as
being automatically Attractive.
Catch: Members of their own gender treat
Attractive Stereotypes as Disreputable and
members of the opposite sex treat them as
Reputable.
Other Attractive Protectors: A player may
choose to make a Protector Attractive if s/he so
chooses, no matter what Stereotype is chosen, but
should remember that Attractive Protectors suffer
the same consequences as anyone else who is
Attractive, of course, and should add +1 Misfortune
for the privilege. Their Reputability is also affected.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF THE STRUGGLES

(SPECIAL AGENT FORMER SOCIAL GROUP)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Mod. A R D
Bluke Carpentry, Disguise, Drive, -1 WK ! ! !
Electrical, Electronics, First
Aid, Hide, Mechanic,
Metalworking, Persuasion,
Pickpocket, Photography,
Scuffles, Shadowing, Sneak
and Swimming.
Norm Accounting, Code None ! ! !
Breaking, Computers,
Demolitions, Disguise,
Drive, First Aid, Hide,
History, Journalism,
Literature, Lockpicking &
Safecracking, Mathematics,
Persuasion, Philosophy,
Photography, Religion,
Science, Scuffles,
Shadowing, Sneak and
Swimming.

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 STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF THE SUNDERED SOCIETY
(ARMY)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Special Forces Boating, Demolitions, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! ! !
Driving, Hide, 1 IG
Observation, Operate
APC, Operate Tank,
Scuba Diving,
Scuffles, Sneak,
Spotting Artillery
Targets, Swimming,
Tracking, Wilderness
Survival.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF MUTAZOID MARAUDERS

(ENFORCER DEPARTMENTS)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Special Weapons & Tactics Climbing, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
(SWAT) Communications, 1 IG
Demolitions, Hide,
Rappelling, Scuffles,
Sneak.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF MUTAGENESIS

(SOCIAL GROUP WHEN SOCIETY FELL APART)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Outlander Farm. -1 WK ! ! !

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF THE SUNDERED SOCIETY

(ARMY SERVICE BRANCHES)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Alpine Infantry Climbing, Driving, -1 WK ! ! !
Hide, Mountaineering,
Observation,
Rappelling, Scuffles,
Skiing, Sneak,
Snowshoeing,
Spotting Artillery
Targets, Swimming,
Wilderness Survival.
Armour Driving, Hide, -1 WK ! ! !
Mechanic,
Observation, Operate
Tank, Scuffles, Sneak,
Spotting Artillery
Targets, Swimming,
Wilderness Survival.

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 Engineer Boating, Carpentry, -1 WK ! ! !
Demolitions, Driving,
Electrical, Electronics,
Hide, Mechanic,
Metalworking,
Observation, Scuba
Diving, Scuffles,
Sneak, Spotting
Artillery Targets,
Swimming, Wilderness
Survival.
Light Infantry Driving, Hide, -1 WK ! ! !
Observation, Scuffles,
Sneak, Spotting
Artillery Targets,
Swimming, Wilderness
Survival.
Marine Infantry Boating, Driving, -1 WK ! ! !
Hide, Observation,
Scuba Diving,
Scuffles, Sneak,
Spotting Artillery
Targets, Swimming,
Wilderness Survival.
Mechanized Infantry Driving, Hide, -1 WK ! ! !
Observation, Operate
APC, Scuffles, Sneak,
Spotting Artillery
Targets, Swimming,
Wilderness Survival.
Special Forces Boating, Demolitions, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! ! !
Driving, Hide, 1 IG
Observation, Operate
APC, Operate Tank,
Scuba Diving,
Scuffles, Sneak,
Spotting Artillery
Targets, Swimming,
Tracking, Wilderness
Survival.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF THE SUNDERED SOCIETY

(REBEL FORMER SOCIAL GROUP)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Outlander Farm, Hide, Scuffles, -1 WK ! ! !
Sneak and Wilderness
Survival.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF MUTAZOID MARAUDERS

(ENFORCER DEPARTMENTS)
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 Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Burglary & Theft Deduction, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
Interrogation, 1 IG
Investigation, Scuffles,
Search, Streetwise,
External Investigation Disguise, Fast Talk, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
Hide, Investigation, 1 IG
Search, Scuffles,
Sneak, Streetwise.
Homicide Administration, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
Deduction, Forensics, 1 IG
Investigation, Search,
Scuffles.
Organised Crime Area Knowledge, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
Contraband Substance 1 IG
Identification,
Disguise, Fast Talk,
Gang Practices, Hide,
Investigation, Scuffles,
Sneak, Streetwise.
Quarantine Patrol Area Knowledge, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
Contraband Substance 1 IG
Identification, Cycling,
Driving, Gang
Practices, Law, Riding,
Scuffles, Streetwise.
Special Weapons & Tactics Climbing, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
(SWAT) Communications, 1 IG
Demolitions, Hide,
Rappelling, Scuffles,
Sneak.
Tactics & Communications Administration, -1 WK, -1 CL, - ! " !
Communications, 1 IG
Diplomacy, Etiquette,
Fast Talk,
Interrogation,
Negotiation, Scuffles,
Streetwise.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF MUTAZOID MARAUDERS

(FREELANCE INVESTIGATORS)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
Bounty Hunter Area Knowledge, -1 CL ! ! "
Gang Practices,
Haggling, Hide,
Intimidation, Law,
Lockpicking,
Observation, Scuffles,
Security Systems,
Sneak, Streetwise.
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 Private Investigator Area Knowledge, -1 IG ! ! !
Gang Practices, Hide,
Interrogation, Law,
Lockpicking,
Observation, Scuffles,
Search, Security
Systems, Sneak,
Streetwise.
Vigilante Carpentry, Drive, -1 WK ! ! !
Electrical, Electronics,
Hide, Mechanic,
Metalworking,
Scuffles, Sneak,
Swimming and
Wilderness Survival.

STEREOTYPE GUIDE FOR THE ERA OF MUTAZOID MARAUDERS

(ARMY SERVICE BRANCHES)
Stereotype Example Challenges Flaw Modifiers A R D
See the Army Service Branches for the era of the Sundered Society.

FLAWS Weakness
1 Powerful
Example

2 Solid
Protectors have six Primary and Secondary Flaws 3 Brawny
that must be Overcome to succeed at tasks. They also 4 Athletic
have two Tertiary Flaws that record physical and 5 Fit
metaphysical condition. 6 Active
Weakness, Clumsiness, and Ignorance are the
Primary Flaws. Brutality, Corruption, and Deformity are 7 Average
the Secondary Flaws. Misfortune and Lumps are the 8 Flabby
Tertiary Flaws. The lower each of these Flaws is, the 9 Weak
better. Primary Flaws start between 1 and 10. 10 Sickly
Secondary Flaws start at 1. Tertiary Flaws start at 0. All 11 Feeble
three sets of Flaws can be modified while making 12 Fertiliser
your Protector.
See the tables below. The real question for
many people is, “What do all the numbers mean?”
There are examples beside each number for each of
the Primary Flaws to help you picture what the
numbers represent.

PRIMARY FLAWS
Weakness (WK): A measure of how feeble
you are in terms of strength, stamina, and resistance
to poison and disease.

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 Clumsiness (CL): A measure of how Determining Primary Flaws by Rolling:
clumsy you are in terms of manual dexterity, Making a Protector of Civilisation is even quicker and
general agility, and overall grace. easier if you roll your Primary Flaws instead of
assigning points. To determine how high your Flaws
Clumsiness Example are, roll a pair of six-sided dice three times (subtract
1 Contortionist 10 from any roll above 10, i.e. 11 is 1 and 12 is 2)
and distribute the results among your Weakness,
2 Acrobatic
Clumsiness, and Ignorance Flaws. The lower each Flaw,
3 Agile the better.
4 Graceful
5 Nimble
6 Supple SECONDARY FLAWS
7 Average
8 Awkward Secondary Flaws: A Protector’s Secondary
9 Clumsy Flaws – Brutality, Corruption, and Deformity – each
10 Bumbling begin at 1. Before play begins, they are modified by
11 Inept your chosen Goodies, Mutations and Metapowers, and
your chosen Stereotype may modify your Secondary
12 Completely Paralysed
Flaws even further.
Unlike Primary Flaws, Secondary Flaws can
Ignorance (IG): A measure of how fluctuate a great deal during play as a variety of
mentally deficient you are in terms of intelligence, circumstances, actions, and other events occur.
willpower, mental agility, perception, wit, charisma, Whatever the case, no starting Secondary
training, and presence of mind. Flaw can ever be lower than 1 or higher than 11.
The Protector becomes incapable of opposing
Ignorance Example Menaces as soon as any of his Secondary Flaws reaches
1 Supra-Genius 12. It is difficult to save the world when you are
2 Genius pushing up daisies, paralysed, permanently flunked
3 Brilliant out, criminally insane, homicidal, or physically
4 Astute unviable.
Once again, you may ask, “What do all the
5 Clever numbers mean?” You’ll find explanatory Secondary
6 Bright Flaw tables below.
7 Average Brutality (BR): A measure of how casually
8 Slow you can commit acts of violence, your pessimism,
9 Stupid your mistrust of people and the world, your
10 Moronic anticipation of trouble, and of how severely you
react to difficult situations. It can also reflect how
11 Asinine likeable others may find you. Metapowers (aka
12 Coma Protector psychic powers or psionics) can increase the
tendency towards sociopathy and remorseless
Determining Primary Flaws by violence.
Assigning Points: Most players prefer to tailor-
make a Protector of Civilisation to taste by assigning
points. To determine how high your Flaws are,
distribute 20 points amongst your Weakness,
Clumsiness, and Ignorance Flaws. Make sure each of
these Flaws has at least 1 point and not more than
10 points. The lower each Flaw is, the better it is for
the Protector.

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 Brutality Example Deformity Example
1 Total Pacifist 1 Human
2 Humane 2 Acceptable
3 Gentle 3 Barely a Mutazoid
4 Kindly 4 Noticeably a Mutazoid
5 Docile 5 Obviously a Mutazoid
6 Tolerant 6 Unconcealably a Mutazoid
7 Reluctant to Kill 7 Typical Mutazoid
8 Hostile 8 Unsightly Mutazoid
9 Abusive 9 Disgusting Mutazoid
10 Violent 10 Repulsive Mutazoid
11 Sociopathic 11 Abhorrent Mutazoid
12 Incurably Psychopathic 12 Too Deformed to Survive

Corruption (CO): A measure of how

cowardly, deceitful, greedy, selfish and corrupt you TERTIARY FLAWS
are. Corruption also indicates your level of
involvement in shady dealings, how many favours
you owe to the wrong people and how easily you There are two Tertiary Flaws: Misfortune (MI)
can blend in unnoticed among criminals. and Lumps (LU), which both begin at 0. A GM may
add Misfortune to a Protector every time he feels
that Protector’s player is being too passive in
Corruption Example
responding to situations. Some Stereotypes list a
1 Angelic Misfortune Modifier wherever it is appropriate to
2 Saintly who they are. Misfortune represents an increasing
3 Scrupulous likelihood of bad luck. As bad things happen, you
4 Honourable subtract points from your Misfortune because you
5 Civic Minded have less bad luck due to you. As good things
6 Honest happen, points will be added to your Misfortune
will be added to as it becomes more likely that bad
7 More or Less Law Abiding luck will eventually catch up with you.
8 Deceitful The other Tertiary Flaw, called Lumps,
9 Dishonest exists only to measure how close to being
10 Criminal incapacitated you are. When a Protector, Innocent
11 Recidivist Bystander or Chump reaches 12 or more Lumps he
12 Sleeping With the Fishes is Knocked Senseless. This is described in full later.
Modifying Flaws Due to Stereotype,
Sex, and Choice: When all the Flaws have been
Deformity (DE): A measure of how set, the modifiers from your Stereotype should be
physically mutated you are and how visibly you applied. Some Stereotypes don’t provide Flaw
deviate from the human norm. A Deformity of 1 is modifiers. Others do and they should be applied
a human, 2 is an acceptable and 3 to 12 is a before play begins.
mutazoid. Once the Flaw modifiers suggested by the
game rules are applied, a player may elect to raise
any or all Flaws to suit the individual’s tastes, but it
is unwise to do so. No Flaw can start at less than 1
or more than 11. Record the new numbers in place
of the ones you originally set, because the old
numbers won’t be needed again.
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GOODIES
Giving Out Goodies: Items of Equipment
in Mutazoids Demo are known as Goodies. All
Protectors are considered to have clothing, spending
money and somewhere to live. Protectors of
Civilisation can be equipped with whatever other
gear their players desire without regard to what they
can carry or afford to buy. Some reason should be
concocted for why the Protector is carrying the item,
but anything plausible will suffice.
Goodies fall into three classes: Weapons, Tools,
and Trinkets.
Goodie Costs: Goodies don’t cost money.
However, every Goodie affects the Secondary Flaws
with a very real cost in Brutality and/or Corruption
added. Alternatively, adding Misfortune can offset
some of these costs. The CM may delete any choice
he finds inappropriate. Make sure that Protectors pay
the Weapon cost for Tools that can also be Weapons.
(See below.)
Cost in Corruption and Brutality: Tools
add 1 Corruption if unnecessary to your duties or
generally illegal. Goodies classed as Weapons have a
cost in Corruption and/or Brutality. Weapons add a
number of Brutality equal to their Lumps Dished Out
or Lumps Bounced Off. If they are not legal for the
person to carry (i.e. necessary to his duties) they
add an equal number of Corruption. Misfortune can be
substituted for Brutality and/or Corruption at a 1:1
ratio to cover some or all of the cost of Tools and
Weapons if desired.
The tables below show the amount of
Brutality and/or Corruption added when any of the
Goodies therein are selected as Weapons. Some
Weapons (such as Swiss Army knives) may add extra
Corruption because they are also Tools. If they are
simply taken as Trinkets or Tools (see below for
definitions of these terms), they do not have a
Weapon cost.
To Serve and Protect: It is very important
to remember that police, secret agents, soldiers, and
other armed government types do not add any
Corruption or Brutality while carrying Weapons or
Tools on duty, provided those Goodies are limited
to the standard issue for their duties. This
consideration is limited to those weapons that the
person is authorized to use and only applies while
on duty.
If a soldier carries around a loaded .38
Special while on leave, that is something else
entirely! It is not unusual for an off-duty cop to be
armed, so they should not have to add any
Corruption or Brutality if on call, because they have to
be prepared, but they may have to add the normal
cost if they are carrying Weapons more often than
the CM feels is necessary. It is also possible that an
officer who is on duty may wish to have an extra
gun, but the cost of this should only be added if the
desired Weapons strike the CM as excessive.

Stereotype Standard Issue Equipment

Army (Alpine Infantry)
Army (Armour)
Army (Artillery)
Army (Engineer)
See “Army (Light Infantry).” Alpine infantry are also issued
winter camouflage, skis, snowshoes, and warm clothing. Squads
of alpine infantry travel in the Jimmy half-track instead of a
truck.
See “Army (Light Infantry).” Each crew will man a Washington
tank, Hum-Vee, anti-tank gun or artillery piece instead of
travelling in a truck. Anti-tank and artillery guns are each towed
by a Jimmy truck.
See “Army (Light Infantry).” Each crew will man an artillery
piece instead of travelling in a truck. Artillery guns are each
towed by a Jimmy truck.
See “Army (Light Infantry).” Squads of engineers are also issued
demolitions charges, flamethrowers, mine detectors, and other
tools necessary to construction and demolition tasks. Squads of
engineers travel in the Jimmy half-track instead of a truck or,
more unusually, are crews for one of the variant model
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 Army (Light Infantry) Olive drab combat fatigues, matte finish steel helmet
(with fitted mesh to hold foliage), canvas leggings and brown
ankle boots. On the back a haversack is worn with a bayonet and
sheath attached and an entrenching tool hung overtop. Slung
around the neck is a cloth bandolier with 6 spare magazines of
ammunition. A belt worn around the waist holds a canteen, mess
kit, gas mask with case, knife and sheath and 2 grenades.
The military issues pistols to the officers and 5.56mm
assault rifles to everyone else. Squads have a light machinegun
with bipod (a.k.a. Squad Automatic Weapon), sections a medium
machinegun with bipod (a.k.a. general-purpose machinegun) and
platoons a heavy machinegun with a tripod.
Officers also have a holster for their pistol on the waist
belt and a pair of binoculars on a leather neck strap. Someone in
each platoon will always wear a backpack field radio and stick
close to the lieutenant so he can keep in touch with division
headquarters.
A squad of light infantry travels in a Jimmy truck.
Army (Maintenance) See “Army (Light Infantry).” Maintenance squads have the
Jimmy half-track instead of a truck. Maintenance is issued a lot of
spare parts and full tool kits for the half-track.
Army (Marine Infantry) See “Army (Light Infantry).” Marine infantry are also issued
rubber overalls, rubber raincoats and a lifejacket. Jimmy trucks
will contain two inflatable boats.
Army (Mechanized Infantry) See “Army (Light Infantry).” Mechanized infantry employ the
M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC) instead of a truck.
Army (Medical) See “Army (Light Infantry).” Medical infantry employ the Jimmy
truck as an ambulance.
Army (Military Intelligence) See “Army (Light Infantry).” Military intelligence sometimes
employ a Hum-Vee instead of a truck.
Army (Military Police) See “Army (Light Infantry).”
Army (Ordnance) See “Army (Light Infantry).”
Army (Quartermaster) See “Army (Light Infantry).”
Army (Signal) See “Army (Light Infantry).”
Army (Special Forces) See “Army (Light Infantry).”
Enforcer (Any Except SWAT) A 9mm pistol, billy club, can of “mace” (tear gas), plastic
flashlight, minilight, and credentials, including a badge are
standard. Cameras, flashlights, binoculars, tool kits and other
items easily purchased at a hardware store are issued immediately
upon request. If necessary 5.56mm assault rifle will also be issued
alongside a heavy Kevlar vest or light, medium or heavy police
body armour. Automobiles, Hum-Vees, Jimmy trucks, Jimmy
half-tracks, M113s, Washington tanks (including variant models),
portable radios, surveillance devices (bugs), phone tracers and
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 Enforcer (SWAT) A 9mm pistol, billy club, can of “mace” (tear gas), plastic
flashlight, minilight, and credentials, including a badge are
standard. Cameras, flashlights, tool kits and other items easily
purchased at a hardware store are issued immediately upon
request. Automobiles, portable radios, surveillance devices
(bugs), phone tracers and lockpicks are issued if absolutely
necessary.
Mutagenesis Survivor [Nothing of note].
Rebel Grey combat fatigues, a haversack, a bayonet and sheath,
a cloth bandolier with 6 spare magazines of ammunition. A belt
worn around the waist holds a canteen, mess kit, gas mask with
case, knife and sheath.
The rebels issue pistols to the officers and rifles to
everyone else. Officers also have a holster for their pistol on the
waist belt and a pair of binoculars on a leather neck strap.
A squad of light infantry travels in a Jimmy truck.
Special Agent A laptop computer, .40 pistol and credentials, including a badge
are standard. Cameras, flashlights, tool kits and other items easily
purchased at a hardware store are issued immediately upon
request. Automobiles, portable radios, surveillance devices
(bugs), phone tracers and lockpicks are issued where necessary.

Exceptional Goodies: Goodies that the CM
views as Exceptional cost double the usual amount
of Brutality and Corruption (if any). See Handling
Vehicles, below.
Handling Vehicles: Vehicles are simply
mobile Tools that may also be Weapons. Vehicles are
Exceptional Tools because they make Chases easier.
Vehicles cost +2 Brutality as Tools (airborne or
otherwise unusual vehicles qualify as Exceptional
enough to cost even more if the CM wants them
to) and have a Weapon cost according to their Lumps
Dished Out in a collision.
If vehicles have weapons mounted on them
they have a further Weapon cost for the added
firepower.
Members of the Enforcers and Army add
no Corruption or Brutality when using military
vehicles to perform their duty, provided those
vehicles are being used to perform one’s duties in
the usual way. Vehicles need no other numbers to
measure them.
Damage from collisions is covered in
“Slicing & Dicing” and damage to vehicles is covered
in “Crashing & Smashing.”
Appropriate Goodies: Goodies selected for
a Protector should be appropriate for the level of
wealth implied in the Protector’s Stereotype. The CM
can make exceptions wherever s/he chooses
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because being logical is only recommended in
Mutazoids Demo; it is not mandatory.
Stereotypes don’t have a set level of wealth
but one is implied:
1. Anyone who is Reputable, but does not
work for the government or carry weapons, is
wealthy.
2. Anyone who is Attractive is also usually
wealthy.
3. Anyone who is Disreputable is probably
poor unless s/he is particularly artistic.
4. Hoboes are even poorer than the poor.
Anything a hobo has is going to be very ratty-
looking but could function well enough. A hobo
will only have those things s/he might have
scrounged up from other people’s discarded goods.
Everyone who is not rich or poor is middle class.
Goodie Classes: Because Goodies come in
three different classes: Weapons, Tools, and Trinkets,
it is a very wise move to keep three different lists of
gear, rather than just one big list of Goodies.
Weapons: A Weapon is any Goodie that can
Dish Out Lumps in Scuffles or that can ensure Lumps
are Bounced Off. Technically, armour and machine
guns are not both Weapons, but for game purposes
they have been stuffed into the same category. The
tables below outline the added Brutality and
Corruption from a Weapon, as well as the Lumps
Dished Out or Lumps Bounced Off.
 Hand Weapons Table BR CO LDO
Ballpoint Pen, Curtain Rod, Elbow, Fountain Pen, Long Fingernails, Fist, +0 +0 +0
Knee, Large Knitting Needle, Purse, Sharp Pencil, Umbrella.
Billy Club, Bottle, Brass Knuckles, Broken Bottle, Candlestick, Five Foot +1 +1 +1
Long Chain, Flower Pot, Frying Pan, Horseshoe, Non-Plastic Dish or
Plate or Bowl, Noose, Razor Blade, Scissors, Shod Foot, Wooden Stake.
Baseball Bat, Cricket Bat, Hatchet, Hedge Clippers, Hockey Stick, Ice +2 +2 +2
pick, Javelin, Knife, Lead Pipe, Meat Cleaver, Pitch Fork, Spear, Straight
Razor, Wooden 2x4, Wrench.
Axe, Electric Hedge Clippers, Lawn Mower, Meat Hook, Power Drill, +3 +3 +3
Shovel, Sickle, Sword.
Electric Saw, Falling Chandelier. +4 +4 +4
Chainsaw. +5 +5 +5
Motorcycle +6 +6 +6
Car +7 +7 +7
Jeep +8 +8 +8
Truck +9 +9 +9
Large Truck +10 +10 +10
18-Wheeler +11 +11 +11
Combine Harvester +12 +12 +12
Ranged Weapons Table BR CO LDO
BB Gun, Bottle, Flower Pot, Horseshoe, Non-Plastic Dish or Plate or +1 +1 +1
Bowl, Pellet Gun.
Bow & Arrow, Hatchet, Javelin, Knife, Meat Cleaver, Pitch Fork, Spear, +2 +2 +2
Straight Razor, Wrench, Zip Gun.
Axe, Crossbow, Revolver, Semi-Automatic Pistol. +3 +3 +3
Little Black Bomb. +4 +4 +4
Flamethrower, Hand Grenade, Rifle, Sub-machinegun. +5 +5 +5
Assault Rifle, Grenade Launcher, Shotgun. +6 +6 +6
Machinegun. +7 +7 +7
Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (20mm). +8 +8 +8
Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (37mm). +9 +9 +9
Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (45mm), Dynamite Stick, Mortar, Nitro- +10 +10 +10
glycerine Vial.
Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (57mm), Bazooka, Cannon (3-lbr.), +11 +11 +11
Rocket Launcher.
Artillery or Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (76mm), Cannon (6-lbr.), +12 +12 +12
Light Anti-tank Missile.
Artillery or Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (90mm), Cannon (12-lbr.), +13 +13 +13
Heavy Anti-Tank Missile.
Artillery or Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (105mm), Cannon (16-lbr.). +14 +14 +14
Artillery or Air Defence or Anti-Tank Gun (120mm), Cannon (24-lbr.). +15 +15 +15
Artillery (135mm). +16 +16 +16
Artillery (155mm). +17 +17 +17
Artillery (203mm). +18 +18 +18
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 Defensive Weapons Table
Flak Jacket, Football Padding, Hockey Padding, Leather Armour.
Chainmail, Heavy Kevlar Vest, Hoplite Armour.
Full Suit of Metal Armour (Platemail) or Medium Military or Police Body
Armour.
Medium Military or Police Body Armour.
Heavy Military or Police Body Armour.
Tools: A Tool is any object that can be put
to use in the game. Individual Goodies can be both
Weapons and Tools, but not at the same time. For
example, a screwdriver would be a Tool when
applied to screws, but becomes a Weapon if you
declare it to be one when it’s the only pointy thing
you have available to fight off a Menace. Brutality,
Corruption, and Deformity (if appropriate) associated
with this object, when used as a Weapon, are added
as soon as it is converted (before the Melee begins).
Trinkets: Trinkets are any objects the
Protector carries purely for sentimental or aesthetic
reasons. Clothing, jewellery, and other items that
are unnecessary for reasons already explained, are
Trinkets. An example of a Trinket is a backpack,
which is not necessary in the game to hold items
and is not used for any other purpose. Trinkets are
always both harmless and useless, whatever logic
might dictate. Note: objects that serve two
purposes – for example a cross that might also be
jewellery – may change state in the presence of
certain Menaces. If such a metaphysical event occurs,
the appropriate Weapon costs are applied
immediately.
One Tool vs. Many: Certain Goodies may
appear to be a single Tool but are not. Other Goodies
appear to be many Tools but are only one.
In all such instances, the CM should
probably count the Goodie as a single Tool. Identify
the cost of the most valuable item incorporated in
the Goodie, and make the Protector pay for that. If
the Goodie is both a Weapon and a Tool, then add the
cost of the best Weapon to the cost of the best Tool.
If the Goodie incorporates multiple types of
weapons (Melee, Ranged and Defensive), then the
best of each type of Weapon must be paid for and
the costs totaled. No Goodie should be counted as
more than one Tool, one Melee Weapon, one Ranged
Weapon, and one Defensive Weapon unless the CM
feels the player is trying to build the ultimate omni-
MacGuffin.
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+5 +5 +5
+6 +6 +6
+7 +7 +7
+8 +8 +8
One Weapon vs. Many: Some Weapons
may appear to be disposable but are not treated as
such in the game. Weapons such as grenades, little
black bombs, throwing daggers, javelins, and so on,
do appear to be thrown away, but are not really
lost.
For game purposes, the Weapon is not
written on the list as “grenade,” with a number to
indicate how many there are. Instead, they are
simply listed as “grenades,” and represent a steady
supply.
However, in real B-movies, where guns
appear never to run out of ammunition and cars
never run out of fuel, the odd director may wish to
hang a specific scene on the occurrence. So, while
thrown or otherwise disposable Weapons are always
available, it is just possible that the Chief Magistrate is
plotting against your storehouse of wares or has a
special scene in mind, so this rule of inexhaustibility
is subject to the CM’s whims. See Being On the Fritz,
below.
Carrying Goodies: During play, Protectors
may carry an infinite amount of whatever they
want, so long as none of the items is larger than the
Protector. Any item is instantly ready as desired, and
Protectors need not worry about putting anything
away. Larger items are dealt with as the CM wishes.
Powering Goodies: No item that runs on
any form of power (such as batteries, fuel, bullets
or anything else) ever runs out except under special
circumstances determined by the CM, such as Being
On the Fritz.
Being On the Fritz: The CM can declare,
at whim, anything to be lost and/or dysfunctional,
although this is usually temporary. Food, shelter,
clothing, and spending money may also be taken
away, however momentarily. Fuel and power can
run out if the CM chooses. A grenade can be a dud.
Guns can jam, misfire, or have the safety engaged.
Cars can have flat tires or other mechanical
difficulties such as throwing a rod, blowing a cam
shaft, burning a valve, stripping a transmission,
dropping a universal joint, or having a piston exit
the engine in the general direction of Mars. Horses
can throw a shoe, shy at small noises, bite their
riders, or stop – abruptly – to eat grass, avoid a
fence, or simply to admire the scenery. Donkeys,
mules, and camels are worse. Don’t even think
about elephants.
Any time the CM declares a Goodie to be On
the Fritz, the Protector subtracts Misfortune points
equal to the Brutality cost of the Goodie. Note that
declaring a Goodie to be On the Fritz benefits the
Protector in terms of the bad luck due him. Some
of it will have manifest itself so his Misfortune has
points subtracted. You do not get the original
Brutality, Corruption, and Deformity costs back,
because you did not choose to lose the Goodie (see
below).
On the brighter side, however, you can
replace the On the Fritz Goodie with a Goodie of
identical cost, without incurring any additional cost,
as soon as you come across something appropriate
or the Misadventure ends.
Spares: It is normal for the CM to
occasionally declare Goodies to be On the Fritz (see
above). It is often a good idea to list “spare
grenades,” “spare daggers,” “spare gasoline,”
“spare tires,” “spare flashlight batteries,” “spare
bullets,” “spare money,” “spare clothing,” and so
on before the game begins, to counter Goodies being
On the Fritz. Of course, a particularly cruel CM
could also declare these spares On the Fritz. This is
like tourists bringing multiple wads of cash and
packing each in a different spot so he won’t lose
everything at once if something bad happens. Once
the game is in progress, your Protector can only
acquire spares in an appropriate location.
Whenever a nasty CM chooses to declare a
Goodie On the Fritz, the player can cross off a
“spare” of that Goodie, if there is one, instead of
losing the original. In this case, the CM has the
Protector subtract only 1 point of Misfortune, instead
of a number of points equal to the Brutality cost of
the Goodie, because the Goodie was not On the Fritz
and he was not very unlucky.
Limits on spares: The spare must be
identical to the original Goodie. They are only
identical when the form, function, and names are
the same (except for the word “spare” in front of
the extras).
Power sources such as fuel and batteries, or
ammunition such as bullets, are initially taken for
granted. They are not listed separately as Goodies on
the Protector’s record sheet. However, spares are
listed, and must be crossed off when used.
Some Goodies represent a single supply
rather than a single item. This applies to Weapons
like “knives.” Unlike “knives” and other multiple
items that count as a single Goodie, a spare is
identical to the original item. It is only counted as
multiple items for the cost of a single Goodie if the
original item was, such as in the case of “spare
knives.”
Spares only add +1 Brutality apiece, no
matter what the items, because they are only extras.
However, because they are only extras, they cannot
be used until the original item is On the Fritz. If
multiple spares are carried, they cannot be used,
either. If you wish to have multiple identical Goodies
that are useful at the same time, you must purchase
each of them separately and at full cost. Example:
If you have a spare gun, you cannot use it until
your original gun is lost or On the Fritz. If you want
to use two guns at the same time, each is a separate
Goodie. You may convert a spare to an actual Goodie
during play, but only if whomever is to own it
incurs the full Flaw costs immediately.
Willingly Discarding Goodies: If a
Protector of Civilisation discards an item that is not On
the Fritz, the Protector subtracts Corruption, Brutality,
and Deformity points equal to what was added from
acquiring it.
This is a very important trick for survival.
Dropping a gun at the last moment can be all that
stands between a Protector and a horrible fate,
because it will immediately affect the Protector’s
Secondary Flaw points. Deformity cannot be lowered
the way Corruption and Brutality can.
Converting Trinkets Into Tools and
Weapons: Trinkets, which are normally useless, can
be remade into Tools and/or Weapons if the player
finds it necessary during play. A Trinket can be
converted simply by making sure the new use is
plausible. Upon conversion, the Protector adds the
Goodie cost for the Tool and/or Weapon it is
becoming, plus points of Misfortune equal to the
total points of Brutality, Corruption, and Deformity the
Goodie carries.
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MUTATIONS
Add Deformity.
A “*” means that the mutation is a
Superficial Mutation. 1 to 18 Superficial
Abnormalities may be taken and however many are
taken no more or less than +1 DE is added.
Normally only one item can be taken from each of
the tables so that no more than one style of
mutation is possible for each body part. Multiple
items can be taken off the same table if you and the
CM agree the selections work together but the cost
of each item from that table is multiplied by the
total number of items taken from that table.

Head Ornament
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape, bird-
like crested peak, funny
forehead, nifty nose,
ridges, bumps etc.)
Antlers +2 Lumps Dished Out with a head Two sharp antlers (one +3
butt instead of +0. in each temple) stick out
of head.
Horn +3 Lumps Dished Out with a head One very large horn in +4
butt instead of +0. front of head.
Horns +4 Lumps Dished Out with a head Two sharp horns (one +5
butt instead of +0. in each temple) stick out
of head.
Spikes +1 Lumps Dished Out with a head Small, sharp spikes +2
butt instead of +0. crown head.

Hair
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, fur on head,
bald head etc.)
Incredibly Dense Hair +1 Lump Bounced off when hit in Thick head of hair. +2
the head.
Prehensile Hair Long, prehensile hair allows hair to Long, wild hair. +5
be moved around at will and used for
grasping objects as if it was a pair of
hands.

Skull
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape, large
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etc.)
Large Brain -1 Ignorance One foot cone head. +2
Very Large Brain -2 Ignorance Two foot cone head. +4
Enormous Brain -3 Ignorance Large mushroom head. +6

Nose
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape,
noseless nostrils flush
with face, dog-nosed
etc.)
Snout +1 to the die roll to Overcome Pig-like snout. +2
Ignorance to smell things.
Large Snout +2 to the die roll to Overcome Large pig-like snout. +3
Ignorance to smell things.
Enormous Snout +3 to the die roll to Overcome Enormous pig-like +4
Ignorance to smell things. snout.
Trunk Prehensile trunk that can act like a Elephant-like trunk +2
fingerless arm with a
Weakness of 6.
Long Trunk Long prehensile trunk that can act Long elephant-like +3
like a fingerless arm with a trunk
Weakness of 5.
Enormous Trunk Enormous prehensile trunk that can Enormous elephant-like +4
act like a fingerless arm with a trunk
Weakness of 3.

Mouth
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape,
tentacles replace lips
etc.)
Beak A Bite Dishes Out +2 Lumps Carnivorous bird beak +3
instead of +0. in place of a mouth.
Vicious Beak A Bite Dishes Out +3 Lumps Eagle-like beak in place +4
instead of +0. of a mouth.
Long Bill A Bite Dishes Out +1 Lump Long bill in place of a +2
instead of +0. mouth.
Wide Bill A Bite Dishes Out +1 Lump Wide bill in place of a +2
instead of +0. mouth.
Locking Jaw No extra to hit rolls are necessary Bulldog-like jaw. +2
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stays attached to his opponent.
Mandibles A Bite Dishes Out +1 Lump Ant-like mandibles +2
instead of +0. flanking mouth.
Large Mandibles A Bite Dishes Out +2 Lumps Large ant-like mandibles +3
instead of +0. flanking mouth.
Enormous Mandibles A Bite Dishes Out +3 Lumps Enormous ant-like +4
instead of +0. mandibles flanking
mouth.
Muzzle A Bite Dishes Out +1 Lump Muzzle extending from +2
instead of +0. face like on a dog.
Large Muzzle A Bite Dishes Out +2 Lumps Large muzzle extending +3
instead of +0. from face like on a large
dog.
Enormous Muzzle A Bite Dishes Out +3 Lumps Enormous muzzle +4
instead of +0. extending from face like
on a crocodile.

Teeth
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape, bony
ridge, buck teeth etc.)
Digestive Juices No teeth. Spews up digestive juices to No teeth. +5
dissolve food instead of having to
chew it. A +4 Lumps Dished Out
Ranged Weapon with a range of three
feet.
Fangs A Bite Dishes Out +2 Lumps Two long, sharp fangs +3
instead of +0. in place of the normal
size canine teeth.
Multi-rowed A Bite Dishes Out +1 Lump Teeth are multiple rows +2
instead of +0. deep like a shark. Lost
teeth re-grow.
Sucker No extra to hit rolls for bite attacks A ring of long, thin +2
are necessary after the first successful teeth like on a lamprey
to-hit roll for a bite attack. The or leech.
attacker’s mouth stays attached to his
opponent.
Tusks A Bite Dishes Out +3 Lumps Two foot-long tusks. +4
instead of +0.
Venomous Fangs A Bite Dishes out +2 Lumps instead Snake-like fangs +10
of +0. When bitten, if the person
bitten does not successfully
Overcome his Weakness, a further
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 Tongue
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape,
forked, hollow etc.)
Barbed Long, sharp, barbed tongue that can Long, barbed tongue. +3
lash out at adjacent opponents for +2
Lumps Dished Out.
Food Pouch A food pouch under the tongue Pouch visible upon +2
stores nutrients so you can go an close inspection.
extra day without food and water.
Prehensile Sticky, frog-like tongue 6’ long and Frog-like tongue +4
with a 7 WK. May grab things and
adhesion may be broken at will.
Sniffer Snake-like tongue acts as a nose and Long, flat forked +2
smells when stuck out of mouth. tongue.

Ears
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, pointed,
recessed, oddly shaped
etc.)
1 Antenna +1 to the die roll to Overcome A 1’ antenna sticking +2
Ignorance to hear things. out of the top of your
head.
2 Antenna +2 to the die roll to Overcome Two 1’ antenna sticking +3
Ignorance to hear things. out of the top of your
head.
3 Antenna +3 to the die roll to Overcome Three 1’ antenna +4
Ignorance to hear things. sticking out of the top
of your head.
Directional +1 to the die roll to Overcome Ears move toward +2
Ignorance to hear things. sounds like those of a
Doberman pinscher or
horse.
Sonar Bat-like signals. +4 to the die roll to Bumps behind ears. +6
Overcome Ignorance to see things.
Can see even in the dark.
Trumpet +1 to the die roll to Overcome Ears are trumpet- +3
Ignorance to hear things. shaped.

Eyes
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0

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Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colours, eyestalks etc.)
Faceted +3 to the die roll to Overcome Eyes are segmented like +3
Ignorance to spot anything sneaking those of a common
up on you. housefly.
Retractable Eyes pop in and out of head at will Eyes on flexible stalks +2
and can move on their stalks to look move in and out of
backwards behind you or safely head.
around corners.
Slit Pupils Can see well in dark as long as there Cat-like eyes. +2
is at least some light.
Telescopic +3 to the die roll to Overcome Eagle-eyed. +4
Ignorance to spot anything that is
very far away.

Arms
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour or neat shape
etc.)
Locking Joints You may lock and unlock your arm Slightly large shoulders, +3
joints at will (and they unlock if you elbows and wrists
fall unconscious or have your arms
broken). If you hit an opponent with
your bare hands in a Scuffle you can
hold on afterwards without further
rolls.
Membranes Can glide from a higher elevation Leathery membranes +3
down back to the ground in a straight under the arms from
line in any direction up to a distance wrist to waist.
equal to quintuple the elevation from
which the glide started.
Multi-Jointed +3 to the die roll to Overcome Oddly jointed elbows. +4
Clumsiness for contortionism or any
other actions where very flexible
arms are an advantage.
Tentacles Tentacles and suckers allow you to be Octopus-like tentacles +3
treated as if –2 WK and –1 CL when in place of arms.
grabbing.
Great Upper Body -1 WK Muscular arms. +2
Strength
Tremendous Upper -2 WK Very muscular arms. +4
Body Strength

Hands
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0

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Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour or neat shape
etc.)
Claws A scratch Dishes Out +1 Lumps Claws on ends of +2
instead of +0. fingers.
Extra Thumb Extra thumb allows you to be treated Thumb on both left and +3
as if –1 WK and –1 CL when right sides of each hand.
grabbing.
Knuckle Ridge A punch Dishes Out +1 Lumps Bony ridge along top of +2
instead of +0. knuckles.
Knuckle Ridge and A punch Dishes Out +2 Lumps Bony ridge with thorn- +3
Bony Thorns instead of +0. like protrusions along
top of knuckles.
Lobster Claws A punch Dishes Out +1 Lumps Lobster claws instead of +2
instead of +0. Claws allow you to be hands.
treated as if –1 WK and –1 CL when
grabbing. You are treated as if +1 CL
wherever fingers would be a great
help in performing a task.
Large Lobster Claws A punch Dishes Out +2 Lumps Large lobster claws +2
instead of +0. Claws allow you to be instead of hands.
treated as if –2 WK and –2 CL when
grabbing. You are treated as if +2 CL
wherever fingers would be a great
help in performing a task.
Enormous Lobster A punch Dishes Out +3 Lumps Enormous lobster claws +2
Claws instead of +0. Claws allow you to be instead of hands.
treated as if –3 WK and –3 CL when
grabbing. You are treated as if +3 CL
wherever fingers would be a great
help in performing a task.
Suckers Suckers allow you to be treated as if – Suckers on palm. +2
1 WK and –1 CL when grabbing.
Talons A scratch Dishes Out +2 Lumps Eagle-like talons on +3
instead of +0. ends of fingers.
Tentacles Tentacles and suckers allow you to be Clump of tentacles +3
treated as if –2 WK and –1 CL when instead of hands.
grabbing.
Webbed Fingers Webbed fingers allow you to be Webbed fingers +2
treated as if–1 CL when swimming.

Torso
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour or neat shape
etc.)
Hump A hump stores water so you can go Large hump on back +2
an extra week without water.
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Inflation Membrane Harmless substances (e.g. water air or Puffy looking skin +2
helium) may be sucked in to inflate
your body to up to triple its normal
diameter despite height and weight
remaining unchanged. While inflated,
you mat float easily in water without
fear of sinking. Weapons that are
sharp of fire bullets puncture the skin
to render the inflation membrane
useless until the wound is healed if
Lumps Dished Out have increased
your Weakness instead of merely
your Lumps.
Quills Automatically successful attack with Porcupine-like quills all +7
+2 LDO when the person with quills over the rear side of
is grabbed from behind or tackled your body.
from any direction. Quills also count
as +4 Lumps Bounced Off against all
attacks if no Defensive Weapons are
worn.
Shell A shell counts as +6 Lumps Bounced A turtle-like or +7
Off against all attacks if no Defensive armadillo-like shell
Weapons are worn. covers the whole body.
Spines Automatically successful attack with A row of spines running +3
+2 Lumps Dished Out when the down the middle of the
person with quills is grabbed from back.
behind or tackled from behind.
Stomach Pouch A food pouch in the stomach stores A prominent pot-belly is +2
nutrients so you can go an extra obvious.
month without food and water.

Skin Texture
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape curly
hair all over body, no
hair anywhere on body,
fur covering body etc.)
Exoskeleton An extra skeleton on the outside of Insect-like shell covers +7
his body in addition to the normal the whole body.
human endoskeleton. An exoskeleton
counts as +6 Lumps Bounced Off
against all attacks if no Defensive
Weapons are worn.
Feathers Feathers count as +4 Lumps Colourful bird-like +5
Bounced Off against all attacks if no feathers cover body.
Defensive Weapons are worn.
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Weapons are worn.
Thick Skin Thick skin counts as +4 Lumps Rough-looking skin. +5
Bounced Off against all attacks if no
Defensive Weapons are worn.

Body Colouring
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape,
mottled markings,
varied markings, spots,
stripes, coloured limb
tips etc.)
Chameleon +3 to the die roll to Overcome Skin blends in slightly +5
Clumsiness to Hide. Benefits are only with surroundings.
for those who are naked, dressed
skimpily or wearing clothing that is
appropriately camouflaged.
Phosphorescent Skin glows in the dark and dimly Skin glows in the dark. +2
lights an area 10’ around you. Allows
you and those near you to see in the
dark but makes you easy to spot.
Transparent Anyone attempting medical treatment Skin is see-through. +4
on you is +3 to the die roll to
Overcome Ignorance.

Legs
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, reversed
flamingo-like kneecaps,
neat shape etc.)
Locking Joints You may lock and unlock your leg Slightly large hips, knees +3
joints at will (and they unlock if you and ankles
fall unconscious or have your legs
broken).
Multi-Jointed +3 to the die roll to Overcome Oddly jointed knees. +4
Clumsiness for contortionism or any
other actions where very flexible legs
are an advantage.
Tentacles Tentacles and suckers allow you to be Octopus-like tentacles +3
treated as if –2 WK and –1 CL when in place of arms.
grabbing with your legs.
Great Lower Body -1 WK Muscular legs. +2
Strength

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Body Strength

Feet
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
Normal None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape,
paws, hooves, cloven
hooves etc.)
Claws A scratch Dishes Out +1 Lumps Claws on ends of toes. +2
instead of +0.
Prehensile Feet Long, prehensile toes allow feet to be Long toes. +4
used for grasping objects as if they
were hands.
Suckers Suckers allow you to be treated as if – Suckers on soles of feet. +2
1 WK and –1 CL when grabbing.
Talons A scratch Dishes Out +2 Lumps Eagle-like talons on +3
instead of +0. ends of toes.
Tentacles Tentacles and suckers allow you to be Clump of tentacles +3
treated as if –2 WK and –1 CL when instead of feet.
grabbing.
Webbed Toes Webbed toes allow you to be treated Webbed toes. +2
as if–1 CL when swimming.

Tail
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
None None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *
Abnormality different shape and/or colour. colour, neat shape,
bushy and hose-like,
puffy and squirrel-like,
insect-like segmented,
thin and whip-like etc.)
Barbed +3 Lumps Dished Out with a tail Barbed tail +4
swipe Attack.
Prehensile A long, prehensile tail can be moved Agile-looking tail. +3
around at will and used for grasping
objects as if it was an arm with a
hand.
Spiked +2 Lumps Dished Out with a tail Spiked tail. +3
swipe Attack.

Wings
Name Notes Visible Mutations DE
None None None +0
Superficial Purely Ornamental. Choose a subtly Superficial (Weird *

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Feathery Wings allow flying at the same speed
as normal movement.
Insectoid Wings allow flying at the same speed
as normal movement.
Leathery Wings allow flying at the same speed
as normal movement.
METAPOWERS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION
MODELS
In Mutazoids Demo, Stereotypes are there
to give everyone an instant handle on your Protector.
Farmers are very different from each other, but
most people imagine they have a good idea of what
the “typical farmer” looks like. Sometimes,
however, it isn’t enough to have a clear overall
image. Sometimes you will need a strong
stereotypical personality that may or may not be
related to the general Stereotype. It adds that extra bit
of depth without requiring lots of work or seeming
TOO well done.
That’s what Models are for.
Stereotypes give you a broad picture so you
can begin to get a solid grip on your Protector. A
Model gives you a firmer outline of a Protector’s
personality without being too specific, so you can
remain consistent but don’t end up exactly the
same as other, similar, Protectors.
There are 20 broad personality Models that
can be useful in quickly summarizing a Protector of
Civilisation. Each is painted in broad brush-strokes,
many or all of which will apply to a Protector of that
Model.
Protector personalities should not be entirely
confined to their Model, but by finding the Model
that fits best, they can be played convincingly, even
on a bad day.
Misfortune and Models: If the player
does not choose a Model for his PC, the Chief
colour or neat shape
etc.)
Huge bird-like wings. +9
Huge butterfly-like, +9
moth-like, housefly-like
or dragonfly-like wings.
Bat-like wings. +9
Magistrate should give the player’s Protector +2
Misfortune.
Why? Menaces find it annoying when people
can’t be easily pigeonholed. When Menaces are
annoyed, they get hungry.
Adventurer: Competitive, bold, dominant,
energetic, and fickle. Adventurers are often
unaware of other people’s feelings and are
unconcerned with social convention. Thrill seeking
leads to a life on the edge and to overt romantic
pursuits. Extreme personalities can be guiltless,
impulsive, ruthless, hostile, rebellious, aggressive,
argumentative, and destructive.
Bossy: Driven, competitive, confident,
stubborn, dogmatic, and serious. Bossy Protectors
are often less able to feel guilt and they mistrust
kindness and warmth. They are easily frustrated,
but are not deterred by pain or punishment. Thick-
skinned, sarcastic, belligerent, and domineering, but
they get results. Extreme personalities can be
reckless, combative, sadistic, abusive, cruel, and
rude.
Conventional: Socially and morally
conservative respecters of orthodox ideas;
nostalgic; denies the need for experimentation and
resists change; is loyal, and avoids new trends.
Conventional Protectors are married to family and
work and those dependent on the security they
provide, but are confused by changes in people and
evolving social dynamics. Extreme personalities can
be entirely unable to deviate from a single mundane
routine and can become mesmerized by people
who are opposite to themselves.
Conformist: Socially and morally
compliant respecters of orthodox ideas; nostalgic.
Conformist Protectors have a need for
experimentation only as dictated by social pressure.
They are responsible and uncreative, but are aware
of new trends. Conformists are easily swayed by the
crowd and led by strong personalities, but are very
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seldom moved to rebelliousness. Extreme
personalities can be closed-minded, intolerant, and
rigid.
Creator: Artistic, intuitive, sensitive,
observant, persistent, unconventional, introverted,
and enthusiastic. A Creative Protector will usually
prefer his or her own company, is forgetful. S/He
is good-natured but insensitive to others,
indifferent to conformity, and reacts emotionally
and subjectively. Extreme personalities can be
accident-prone hermits who are entirely impractical
and dream more often than produce.
Dependent: Shy, insecure, angry, and
anxious. Dependent Protectors will be reliant on
others and will take on unpleasant tasks, hoping to
be liked or needed. They will fear abandonment,
rejection, and disappointment, and require regular
guidance, reassurance and support. Extreme
personalities can be submissive, clinging, silent,
overly deferential, and totally self-sacrificing.
Eccentric: Forgetful, impractical, a little
strange, and self-absorbed. Eccentric Protectors will
be good with ideas but not with people, will feel
burdened, will think constantly to themselves.
Eccentrics work well alone but frustrate others.
They have great talent in one or two areas. Will
frequently misread other people, and meander
unpredictably through conversations. Is visibly
disinterested in other people. Harmless, but
oblivious to the feelings of others, and may behave
strangely. Extreme personalities may be isolated
and behave completely bizarrely.
Extremely Feminine (Women Only):
Nurturing, passive, soft, helpless, dependent,
indirect, modest, coy, idealistic, submissive,
yielding, and seductive. Exaggerates naiveté,
innocence, and other stereotypical (for B-movies, at
least) feminine behaviours. Assumes traditional
feminine roles. Extremely Feminine Protectors can be
emotionally restricted, self-pitying, reluctant to
express anger, and prone to avoid conflict. They are
usually flirtatious, will accept stereotypical male
behaviour, and are unsure of their own adequacy.
Extreme personalities can totally submerge their
own identity to uphold the feminine ideal and
support the men surrounding them.
Extremely Masculine (Men Only):
Coarse, adventurous, aggressive, worldly,
demanding, hard, unoriginal, ambitious, and
competitive. An Extremely Masculine Protector
exaggerates masculine qualities, hides
powerlessness, fears weakness, is romantically
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experienced, lacks individuality, and faces trouble
head on. Extreme personalities can be totally one-
dimensional macho stereotypes.
Extrovert: Outgoing, talkative, optimistic,
expressive, enthusiastic, and gregarious.
Extroverted Protectors are neither introspective nor
easily intimidated. They lack emotional restraint, are
comfortable in groups, avoid solitude, and can lack
empathy for the depression and anxiety of others.
Extreme personalities can be flighty, superficial and
unable to forge intimate relationships with friends
and family.
Fall Guy: Gullible, underachiever, pleasant,
and conventional. Fall Guys may exercise bad
judgement concerning associates, lack direction,
have narrow interests, and risk being used by
others. Such Protectors are seldom analytical. They
are comfortable in social settings, are followers, and
are unable to gauge the motives of other people.
Extreme personalities may be constantly at risk
from poor judgement where people are concerned.
Fearful: Withdrawn, sensitive, insecure,
shy, and unhappy. Fearful Protectors avoid stress, are
socially inhibited and uncomfortable with people.
They feel inadequate and long for closeness. They
are restrained, sensitive about appearance, and have
a poor self-image. They fear rejection and know
few people well. Extreme personalities can entirely
avoid people, activities, and situations for fear of
feeling uncomfortable.
Flamboyant: Melodramatic,
temperamental, flighty, superficial, indirect,
devious, insecure, naïve, simplistic, immature, vain,
promiscuous, jealous, and manipulative.
Flamboyant Protectors may be prone to excessive
emotion, suffer self-blame, become depressed from
seeing self as wicked, feel insubstantial, seek
attention, need nurturing and support, and suffer
physical pains related to stress. They often view
self, and many others, as sex objects. They are
easily tempted to infidelity, have trouble forming
deep relationships, are hostile to weak men and
strong women, and can interpret most behaviour as
sexually motivated. Extreme personalities can find
themselves in constant danger from efforts to grab
attention. They can be disorganised and
overwhelmed to the point of complete dysfunction.
Hyper: Overactive, grandiose, careless,
changeable, selfish, excitable, unstable, elated, out-
going, active, and energetic. Hyper Protectors are
usually thrill-seekers, are poor company, and are
often moody. Extreme personalities are prone to
euphoric outbursts and explosive anger.
Loner: Solitary, restrained, unambitious,
passive, guarded, and detached. Loners react
passively to tragedy, respond to significant events
only with difficulty, and they are hard on
themselves. They pursue hobbies that allow
solitude and appear cold and bland due to a lack of
visible emotional reactions. Indifferent to social
approval, Loners fail to exchange expected smiles
and nods, are oblivious to social cues, are unable to
bond well with people, and avoid emotional
entanglements. The Loner is disinterested in
romance, builds few friendships, finds intimacy
frightening, and may view others as a source of
pain. Extreme personalities can be solitary to the
point of living in harsh surroundings, and may
retreat rather than face even small expressions of
emotion.
Martyr: Inhibited, serious, unassuming,
pessimistic, and compliant. Martyrs are dulled to
impotent rage under the surface but are unaware of
their own hostility. A Martyr feels weak, seeks
security, has a negative attitude, feels burdened, and
avoids pleasure due to the anxiety it causes. A
Martyr Protector dulls deep emotions and feels both
depressed and helpless when alone. Excuses self-
denial as a social concern and uses the poverty of
others as a reason for not fulfilling own desires.
Mistrustful, feels mistreated, knows that self-
sacrifice leads to pain but self-image centres on
suffering, proud of own endurance and aims to
prevent being abandoned. Emotionally needy, this
Protector hopes to arouse guilt to foster love, is
unable to feel pleasure, is dependent, and attracts
abusive people. A Martyr complains without
making a change and frustrates and sabotages those
who help. Extreme personalities attract abusive
companions, make no effort to improve situations,
suffer from pain and depression, feel trapped, deny
dangerous situations, exercise poor judgement in
maintaining dangerous circumstances, and endure
endless abuse.
Passive-Aggressive: Sulky, resentful, sour,
reserved, pessimistic, temperamental, jealous, and
nagging. A Passive-Aggressive Protector goes from
passive, to resentful, to hostile, to openly
aggressive, to feelings of guilt that restore passivity.
These Protectors suppress hostility, look for the
worst in things, have a self-image centred on being
misunderstood, are very angry but seldom violent,
and hate those who have authority. They infuriate
others, act indirectly, and efforts to have them
comply with requests fail. Extreme personalities
regularly lash out at those closest to them.
Personable: Calm, co-operative, flexible,
warm, casual, trusting, and likeable. Personable
Protectors are easy-going and good-hearted, but are
not very creative, and seldom take risks. They laugh
aloud, smile often, have insight into others, are alert
to social cues, and work well with others. These
Protectors are well-liked, join groups for friendship
instead of to support causes and interests. Extreme
personalities can marry too young, make poor
decisions, be manipulated by others, suffer from
hypochondria due to a need for attention, sell out
their values, and socialize to the point of
accomplishing absolutely nothing in life.
Problem Solver: Resourceful, disciplined,
restrained, reliable, and stable. A Problem Solver
faces reality but lacks imagination, is emotionally
steady, and is self-motivated. These Protectors are
high achievers are pleased with themselves. They
will persevere, are not easily disturbed, will
communicate well, and are slow to panic. Problem
Solvers recognize problems, generate options, make
choices, and follow through. Extreme personalities
can be so self-sufficient that they do not seek help
and can collapse under the weight of having to do
everything themselves. Often surrounded with
people who are dependent on them and can
become weary.
Resilient: Productive, motivated,
responsible, and ethical. Usually happy, the
Resilient Protector copes well with adversity, has a
good sense of humour, faces problems head on,
takes personal control, has definite personal goals,
takes interest in others, can concentrate well,
combats stress with activity, and develops a strong
support network. They usually had a difficult time
growing up and bad luck may persist, but have
learned to cope well. Extreme personalities may be
self-reliant to the point of being totally unable to
seek help from others.
Show-off: Active, alert, outgoing,
immature, expressive, emotional, aggressive,
sarcastic, and ostentatious. The Show-off has a low
tolerance for frustration, is not very helpful, and is
emotionally under-controlled. This Protector shows
off (naturally), is socially effective but sometimes
oblivious to social cues, seeks admiration, and has
trouble sharing. Extreme personalities can become
incredibly aggressive in an attempt to dominate
social situations.
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PROFILES
Protectors of Civilisation take shape only
slowly. Once Flaws are defined, the PC fits a
Stereotype and belongs to a Model. However, the
Protector is still nameless, faceless, and pointless. The
name and purpose can come later, but even
criminals who are reduced to a serial number get
mug-shots to show off their faces. Even people
who wear paper bags over their heads make a
statement about their looks. It’s time your Protector
does, too.
Details of the Profile: There are 13 lucky
details in the Profile. They are: Age, Height, Weight,
Build, Limbs, Posture, Hair Length, Hair Curl, Hair
Colour, Skin Tone, Facial Expression, Facial Features,
and Speech.
Misfortune and Profiles: For every detail
that is not filled in, the Chief Magistrate should add
+1 Misfortune.
Why? Menaces find dark, mysterious figures
incredibly aggravating. If your Misfortune gets
bumped up to 12 or more, you are in for a nasty
accident before play even begins. Playing an
unfinished Protector isn’t nearly as satisfying. There’s
less chance of being able to immerse yourself in the
role when you can’t visualize who you are supposed
to be. If you were a critic watching this watered-
down role, you’d complain that the Protector is too
shallow to be believable and that it is difficult to
care what happens to the character. Both the
director and the actor would be blamed.
Age: This is one point that society deems
vital. Age should be noted and a single word is
often best. If your Protector of Civilisation is a Juve, it
gets really easy. Geezers are old. Everyone else is
usually an adult – but might be youngish, middle
aged, or over the hill.
Height: Vertical stature is near the top of
most people’s lists when it comes to vital statistics.
Whether expressed in feet and inches, or
centimetres, height is an invaluable description of
your Protector. A single word can be more vivid than
precise statistics. Stunted, short, average, tall,
looming, intimidating, and gargantuan are all pretty
descriptive terms.
Weight: This is another necessary factoid
for most people. It can be expressed in pounds, or
kilograms. A single word is enough for most
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people. Flimsy, light, average, robust, generous,
burly, huge, mammoth, and woolly mammoth are
all serviceable descriptions. Try to make your
Protector’s height and weight make sense together
and match the rest of the details. For example,
most people instantly get a picture of someone who
is both tall and skinny, when the person is
described as a “beanpole.”
Build: Barrel-chested, broad shouldered,
lanky, average, pot-bellied, wide-hipped.
Limbs: Big feet, big hands, bow legs, hairy
arms, hairy legs, long arms, long legs, mismatched
foot sizes, mismatched arm lengths, mismatched
leg lengths, prominent fingernails, claw-like
fingernails, short arms, short legs, small hands,
small feet, well-proportioned limbs.
Posture: Rigid, ramrod, straight, formal,
average, stooped, bent.
Hair Length: Bald, balding, shaved, close-
shorn, short, medium, long, waist-length, knee
length.
Hair Curl: Straight, spiked, kinky, wavy, or
curly.
Hair Colour: Platinum blonde, blonde,
dirty blonde, strawberry blonde, red, auburn, red-
brown, light brown, brown, dark brown, black,
streaked, green (go for it).
Skin Tone: Milky, alabaster, fair, mid-tone,
tan, olive, or dark.
Facial Expression: Blank, bright-eyed,
cheerful, dour, haughty, piercing, proud, smiling,
frowning, morose, sneering, grimacing, serene, evil,
gloating, or squinting.
Facial Features:
1. Eyebrows: sparse, plucked, bushy,
or missing.
2. Eyes: deep-set, glad, frightened,
hurt, impenetrable, intense, or soulless.
3. Nose: bent, big, pug, broken, cold,
dainty, flat, missing, noble, Roman, red, scarred,
or “like a pickle left out too long in the sun.”
4. Skin: soft, clear, blemished, dry,
oily, peeling, pimply, leathery, scarred, tattooed,
or weathered.
5. Beard and/or moustache: braided,
dyed, short, sparse, scraggly, full, or long; Van
Dyke, Fu Manchu, walrus, bristly, narrow, “like
a caterpillar temporarily resting under his nose.”
6. Cheek bones: craggy, flat,
prominent, high, or sunken.
7. Ears: flat, prominent, puffy boxers’,
big, small, dainty, or nibblesome.
 8. Overall appearance: handsome,
ugly, beautiful, gamin, elfin, frightening, or “like
it was put together by Picasso.”
Speech: Accented, fast, gravelly, growly,
halting, lilting, lisping, loud, mousy, musical, nasal,
quiet, sharp, shrill, slow, squeaky, steady, stuttering,
warbling, whiny.
Once all 13 details are filled in and the
Profile is finished, it should be double-checked to
make sure you like the full picture given by the
assembled details.
EXTRA EFFORT
Your Stereotype, Model and Profile should give
you as much of a character sketch as you will need
to portray your Protector in all your hammy glory.
There are times when you will need to know more
about this Protector.
Developing Protectors: There are three
main ways of establishing someone as important:
1. The Protector has a full and
interesting name.
2. The Protector has a clearly defined
gender.
3. The Protector has a background and a
fairly interesting personality.
If one or more of these three things are
missing you just know the character’s days are
numbered. And why not? Menaces figure that if the
Protector doesn’t put an effort into living, s/he
should probably be doing something else. In the
game, these three things determine the initial
Misfortune of Protectors and Innocents.
Names: If a Protector of Civilisation or Innocent
Bystander has no name, s/he adds +3 Misfortune. If a
PC or IB has only one name s/he adds +2
Misfortune. This means only a given name or only a
surname. In case it needs to be said, “Doctor.” is
not a given name (at least not in the Terra Bella
universe). Furthermore, if the name that a player is
judged by the CM to be mundane, an extra +1
Misfortune is added. This is added to the normal +2
Misfortune assigned if the PC or IB has only one
name.
Mundane names are those that seem
generic. Think in terms of Smith or Thompson.
Each part of the world has its own equivalent of
Smith. In Poland it might be Kowalski, in Wales it
may be Jones, and in China it might be Chan. The
important thing is not that you should study the
census records, but simply whether the CM thinks
that is a very common name for the PC’s
nationality. One half of the name can carry the
whole thing if it is interesting enough. John Smith
is mundane, but Missouri Smith is not. Missouri
Fountainhead is even better of course. Sir Ranulph
Whistleton Twickham-Feines may be over the top
(even though that’s the real name of a modern-day
British explorer).
Sex: Yes, sex. In the age of political
correctness “gender” is a very popular word.
Gender is a grammatical classification for French
nouns. Words have a gender; people have a sex.
There are only two main choices so it
shouldn’t be very hard (and a few other more
complicated options for the truly funky). When in
doubt, always make the Protector the same sex as the
Protector’s player. If you want to randomize things a
bit more, toss one of the other players and see
which way s/he lands.
Background and Personality: The last
point is that each player should start with some idea
of the Protector’s background and personality. It
doesn’t have to be much, and it especially doesn’t
have to be good, but it does have to be there. It is
also important for the CM to give his IBs some
background and at least a one-dimensional
personality. Don’t go to as much work as the
players unless the Innocent is going to be a suspect in
a mystery Misadventure, but do give it some thought.
Total Misfortune Added at Start: If the
Protector doesn’t have a basic personality at start
s/he adds +2 Misfortune. If s/he is missing a
background s/he adds another +2. If the PC is
missing both, that’s a total of +4 Misfortune. A
player who develops personality and background
later can subtract half this Misfortune. The Protector
will be better off for adding these points, but is still
penalized for bringing a shallow Protector to the
party.
These three steps will ensure that Protectors
are fun to play and will never be confused with the
Innocents. Besides, why should the PCs be watchers
when they can be doers?
EXCLAMATIONS
Classic Exclamations: There are 30
classic terms of consternation appropriate to
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Mutazoids Demo: barfola, blast, blimey, crikey,
criminy, cripes, darn, dear me, doggone, drat, egad,
gadzooks, gee-whizz, golly, golly-gee, good grief,
gordon bennet, gosh, great balls of fire, gum, holy
hannah, holy moley, jeepers, jeeze, jiminy cricket,
jinkies, sacre bleu, ’struth, sweet mercy, and
zounds.
Terms of Disbelief: As disbelief is natural
in any situation where the unusual becomes usual,
30 terms have become famous for expressing
incredulity: applesauce, bafflegab, baloney, blarney,
bull, bunkum, chicken cheese, claptrap, cobblers,
crackers, fiddlesticks, fiddle-faddle, flapdoodle,
garbage, gobbledygook, guff, hokum, hooey,
horsefeathers, malarkey, meshugana, nonsense,
piffle, poppycock, pshaw, rubbish, spinach, stuff
and nonsense, tommyrot, and twaddle.
Rigorous Abuse: There are also 30 terms
for calling someone a fool: airhead, blockhead,
cheeseball, Chump, clown, cluck, ditz, dodo,
doofus, dork, dud, dumdum, fathead, goofus, goon,
knuckle dragger, jerk, kook, newt, ninny,
numbskull, rube, sap, schmendrick, schnook,
stooge, turkey, wiseacre, yokel, and yo-yo.
Using Exclamations: Every Protector,
Chump, and Innocent Bystander should have a
favourite term chosen from each of the three types.
Incredulity, astonishment, frustration, and anger
will all have to be expressed in colourful ways. If a
Protector of Civilisation starts play without all three
favourite Exclamations listed, the player should add
+1 Misfortune for every one that is missing. This
shouldn’t be neglected, because the +3 Misfortune
points that could be added from putting a Protector
together hastily can really suck.

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 PLAYING
THE GAME
MATERIALS
All you need to play this game are this
rulebook, some paper, a few pens and pencils
and possibly a pair of regular cubic dice with six
sides each. However, the game will go more
smoothly if each player has his or her own pair
of dice. And, while you could play it with just an
Chief Magistrate and one player, it will be more fun
with two or more players. Only the size of the
room, the number of chairs, and the CM’s plot
impose any limit on the maximum number of
players.
The Chief Magistrate may also wish to have
some graph paper, coloured pencils, and
anything else that might prove helpful.
TIMING THINGS
The game is mainly tracked in Moments,
Spots, and Misadventures, but may also be tracked
in days, months, or years.
Moments are equal to a fairly short length
of time. This can be mere seconds, but is
occasionally even as long as a minute or two. It is
never necessary to know exactly.
Spots refer to the situations Protectors of
Civilisation find themselves in and the locations
that they are forced to tolerate during this time.
Spots are also an incredibly precise unit of
measure. Although they are short in duration,
they last too long to go by unnoticed and seem to
take forever. Protectors are in Spots for anywhere
from minutes to hours; it doesn’t matter much.
Any time something new is being done in a new
place, the Protectors are in a different Spot.
Misadventures are synonymous with entire
plots, and last from the beginning of an evil
scheme to its end. They last exactly as long as
they last. That can be hours, days, weeks, or even
months – at least from the perspective of the
Protectors.
In practice, Misadventures consist of the
multiple Spots in which Protectors find themselves.
Each Spot can last for a number of Moments.
These three units should be enough to cover
most situations.
BLIND FATE &
HAGGLING
Dice or No Dice?: You could consider
this two games by some standards. It can be
played either using dice or as a diceless narrative.
You can even alternate. The Standard RPG-
13 B-Movie Game System uses dice and The
Diceless RPG-13 B-Movie Game System is
genuinely free of random elements and uses no
dice (or cards, coins, spinners or stop watches
either).
The CM and all of the players should play
the game the same way. Either everyone plays it
with dice or everyone plays it without. The two
methods are entirely compatible but avoid a mix
of styles on the same night. You could use dice
one session and no dice the next so long as
everyone did things the same way each session.
The Standard RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System is described in the “Dicing with
Death” section and The Diceless RPG-13 B-
Movie Game System is described in the “No
Dice Bub” section.
DICING WITH DEATH
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 The Standard RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System uses dice (the alternative is The
Diceless RPG-13 B-Movie Game System
as discussed in “Blind Fate & Haggling”).
Rolling: The Standard RPG-13 B-
Movie Game System uses only regular, six-
sided dice such as are found in any board game.
The rules will refer to times when you must “try”
or “attempt” something and these efforts require
die rolls. Two dice are always rolled unless noted
otherwise. Whenever you roll two dice, the result
is the sum of the dice.
Types of Rolls: The two standard types
of rolls in The Standard RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System are those that attempt to
Overcome a Flaw and those that attempt to Exploit
a Flaw. These are called Flaw Rolls.
Overcoming and Exploiting Flaws:
Overcoming a Flaw is a simple process of rolling
more than the number representing the Flaw on
the dice. If the roll is a higher number than the
Flaw, then the Flaw is Overcome and the attempt is
a success.
Grace Fuller is about to be lowered into a
vat of molten metal. Luckily, the madman who
chained her up has left the abandoned factory
because Grace’s friends eluded capture and he
wants to nab them right away. All Grace needs to
do is escape her shackles and jump off the
platform that is slowly descending into the hot
wax. The CM decides that she is obviously too
weak to break the shackles but that she might
slip out of them if she were flexible enough. He
asks her to Overcome her Clumsiness of 7. If she can
roll more than 7, she will succeed. The player
picks up the dice and hopes for an 8 to 12. One
roll and a pair of sore wrists later, Grace’s player
rolls 8 and she slips free and yells out a cheer at
her success.
Exploiting a Flaw is a simple attempt to
roll equal to or lower than the number
representing the Flaw being Exploited. Any roll
that is not higher than the Flaw succeeds. Any
roll that is equal to or greater than the Flaw is a
failure.
Menaces Exploit the Flaws of Protectors,
Chumps, and Innocents. Menaces often have Flaw
Modifiers that make it easier or harder to Exploit
certain Flaws. These numbers add or subtract
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from the Flaw for purposes of Exploitation and
must be remembered when you roll the dice.
Grace Fuller narrowly avoided being
lowered into a vat of molten metal.
Unfortunately, the madman who chained her up
is returning to the basement of the abandoned
factory just as Grace is looking around the room
for a safe exit. As the madman walks in the door,
he sees Grace looking around the room. He
doesn’t want Grace to get a head start on him, so
he decides to leap down the stairs right away so
he can be in a better position to Chase her once
she spots him. He has a Clumsiness Modifier of +1
and has to Exploit Grace’s Clumsiness of 7 in order
to leap before Grace can get a chance to run. The
7 Clumsiness plus the Clumsiness of +1 makes for a
total of 8. The CM rolls 5 and, because that is
within 2 to 8, he succeeds. Instead of Grace
running before the madman can jump, he jumps
first and Grace is able to run from him only then.
Exploiting Yourself: There are a few
occasions when a Protector will need to Exploit
one of his own Flaws. This is handled as any
other instance of Exploiting a Flaw, in terms of
the targets but the player will be rolling instead of
the CM because it is he who is attempting the
task.
Lumps Dished Out: In addition to a
number added for Weapons when they Dish Out
Lumps, a “normal variable” is also applied. In
The Standard RPG-13 B-Movie Game
System this amount is equal to one die roll
worth of Lumps (1to 6).
Results: A “natural” result refers to the
result that the die or dice showed before anything
was added or subtracted from that initial result.
A “modified” roll is one that was altered by
adding or subtracting one or more numbers.
“Modified” rolls are simply followed by a “+” or
“-” and the number to be added or subtracted. A
“penalty” is applied to the die roll itself and so is
each “bonus.” The word “result” is also used as a
generic term to refer to any, and all, die rolls. To
“get” a number also refers to rolling the result.
NO DICE BUB
The Diceless RPG-13 B-Movie
Game System does not use dice (the
alternative is The Standard RPG-13 B-
Movie Game System as discussed in “Blind
Fate & Haggling”).
Adding and Subtracting Misfortune:
The Diceless RPG-13 B-Movie Game
System uses no dice, cards, coins, spinners, or
stop watches. It is genuinely free of random
elements. The rules will refer to times when you
must “try” or “attempt” something and these
efforts require you to add Misfortune to succeed
(unless your Flaws are low enough to succeed
easily). The CM can try things as well and he can
alter his chances by subtracting your Misfortune.
The player and CM can alter each other’s chances
by bidding Misfortune against each other.
Types of Haggling: The two standard
types of haggling in The Diceless RPG-13 B-
Movie Game System are those that attempt to
Overcome a Flaw and those that attempt to Exploit
a Flaw. These are called Flaw Negotiations.
Overcoming Flaws: Overcoming a Flaw is
a simple process of trying to achieve a result that
is greater than the Flaw. You start with a basic
number equal to the lucky number seven but you
can make up the rest by adding Misfortune, if
desired. If the Flaw being used is not already 7 or
less after all bonuses, penalties, general modifiers
and Menace Flaw Modifiers are applied, you fail
whatever you are trying unless you add a number
of Misfortune equal to the amount your adjusted
Flaw is in excess of 7. You do not have to add
the Misfortune if you would prefer to accept
failure (such as in cases where your Misfortune
would be raised above 11).
If a player succeeds at whatever he was
doing, the Chief Magistrate can subtract two
Misfortune from the Protector to change the result
to a failure. The player may then decide to add 3
Misfortune in order to make the attempt a success
once again. If he does so, the CM may choose to
subtract 4 Misfortune from him to make it a failure
again. The player may then decide to add 5 to
revert it to a success. Each subsequent move in
this tug-of-war bidding must up the Misfortune
traded by 1.
Grace Fuller is about to be lowered into a
vat of molten metal. Luckily, the madman who
chained her up has left the abandoned factory
because Grace’s friends eluded capture and he
wants to nab them right away. All Grace needs to
do is escape her shackles and jump off the
platform that is slowly descending into the hot
wax. The CM decides that she is obviously too
weak to break the shackles but that she might
slip out of them if she were flexible enough. He
asks her to Overcome her Clumsiness of 7. Because
there are no adjustments to be made to her
Clumsiness, she succeeds easily because it is
within her ability. The CM chooses not to
subtract Misfortune from Grace to reverse her
good fortune. A pair of sore wrists later, Grace
slips free and yells out a cheer at her success.
Exploiting Flaws: Exploiting a Flaw is a
simple attempt to achieve a result that is equal to
or less than the Flaw. The CM starts with a basic
number equal to the lucky number seven but if
your Flaw is lower he can make up the difference
by subtracting an equal number from your
Misfortune, if he desires. If the Flaw being used is
not already 7 or more after all bonuses, penalties,
general modifiers and Menace Flaw Modifiers are
applied, he fails whatever he is trying unless he
subtracts a number of Misfortune from you equal
to the amount your adjusted Flaw is below 7. He
does not have to subtract the Misfortune if he
would prefer to accept failure (or as in cases
where your Misfortune would be lowered below 1).
If the Chief Magistrate succeeds at
whatever he was doing, the player can add two
Misfortune from his total to change the result to a
failure. The CM may then decide to subtract 3
Misfortune from him in order to make the attempt
a success once again. If he does so, the player
may choose to add 4 Misfortune to make it a
success again. The Chief Magistrate may then
decide to subtract 5 from him to revert it to a
success. Each subsequent move in this tug-of-
war bidding must up the Misfortune traded by 1.
Menaces Exploit the Flaws of Protectors,
Chumps, and Innocents. Menaces often have Flaw
Modifiers that make it easier or harder to Exploit
certain Flaws. These numbers add or subtract
from the Flaw for purposes of Exploitation and
must be remembered.
Grace Fuller narrowly avoided being
lowered into a vat of molten metal.
Unfortunately, the madman who chained her up
is returning to the basement of the abandoned
factory just as Grace is looking around the room
for a safe exit. As the madman walks in the door,
he sees Grace looking around the room. He
doesn’t want Grace to get a head start on him, so
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he decides to leap down the stairs right away so target is one that was altered by adding or
he can be in a better position to Chase her once subtracting one or more numbers. “Modified”
she spots him. He has a Clumsiness Modifier of +1 targets are simply followed by a “+” or “-” and
and has to Exploit Grace’s Clumsiness of 7 in order the number to be added or subtracted. A
to leap before Grace can get a chance to run. The “penalty” is applied to the starting point of 7
7 Clumsiness plus the Clumsiness of +1 makes for a itself and so is each “bonus.” The word “result”
total of 8. The madman will easily succeed. The is also used as a generic term to refer to any, and
player decides to add 2 Misfortune to Grace to all, totals (with Misfortune and other adjustments if
make the result a failure. The Chief Magistrate any). To “get” a number refers to the same thing
decides success is worth subtracting 3 Misfortune as finding the “result.”
from Grace. He tells the player that. The player is
not willing to add 4 Misfortune in order to make
the Chief Magistrate fail at what he tried so he SCUMBAGS
declines further bidding. The madman still
succeeds. Instead of Grace running before the
madman can jump, he jumps first and Grace is Scumbag Penalties: Whenever a
able to run from him only then. At least the Protector of Civilisation is thinking, talking, or acting
player has many fewer Misfortune due to smart in a way that could be construed as being mean,
play. heartless, or insensitive, the CM has the option
of forcing the Protector to immediately add a point
of Misfortune.
Exploiting Yourself: There are a few
Being a Scumbag can be achieved either
occasions when a Protector will need to Exploit
through commission or omission. Not
one of his own Flaws. This is handled as any
preventing a death can be heartless, too.
other instance of Exploiting a Flaw, in terms of
Some of you may be wondering why I
the targets but the player will be adding Misfortune
included “thinking” in the formula above. The
instead of having the CM subtract it from him
reason is simple. The player is the subconscious
because it is he who is attempting the task.
of the Protector. Although a player might do
Likewise, in any bidding that might come
something that he claims the Protector isn’t doing,
afterwards, the CM will be the one contesting
the CM can say that the Protector was thinking it
success (as if it were an attempt to Overcome the
on some level because the player did or said
Flaw), instead of the player.
something mean.
Lumps Dished Out: In addition to a
Ultimate Punishments: Anyone who
number added for Weapons when they Dish Out
reaches 12 Misfortune due to being a Scumbag
Lumps, a “normal variable” is also applied. In
should disappear mysteriously at the next
The Diceless RPG-13 B-Movie Game
opportunity. Of course, anyone who was that
System this amount is equal to 3 Lumps plus 1
mean before this horrible accident could easily
more for every point of Misfortune the CM
return as a Menace later. Then again, the world
subtracts from the Protector hit.
isn't that cruel, is it?
If the Chief Magistrate uses Misfortune to
Making an Effort: Another important
add more than 3 Lumps, the player can add two
fact of the game is that Protectors behave actively
Misfortune per Lump he wishes to deduct from
rather than passively during the Misadventure. It is
this total (which can fall below 3 to a minimum
not enough to go through the motions.
of 1). The CM may then decide to subtract 3
If a Protector does not act appropriately
Misfortune per Lump to restore the Lumps. If he
the Menaces start to confuse them with Innocent
does so, the player may choose to add 4
Bystanders.
Misfortune per Lump to remove Lumps again. The
Every time a Protector obviously isn’t
Chief Magistrate may then decide to subtract 5 per
bothering, s/he should add +1 Misfortune. The
Lump from him to revert it to a success. Each
Protector doesn’t have to be braver, stupider, and
subsequent move in this tug-of-war bidding must
less sceptical than his Flaws or Background
up the Misfortune traded per Lump by 1.
indicate, s/he just shouldn’t be played on
Results: A “natural” result refers to the
autopilot. This provision is really against players
goal of 7 before anything was added or
who can’t be bothered. It should not be used to
subtracted from that initial result. A “modified”
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make the players play their Protectors
inappropriately or to punish players that are ill,
absent or exhausted.
Misfortune can also be handed out when
Protectors act too cautiously, too often – no matter
how wise it might seem for them to do so.
Occasionally, Protectors will need to be spurred on.
To behave in genre they should follow the trail
of blood, go out alone, and otherwise act
unwisely.
CHALLENGES
Mental and Physical Challenges: A
Protector of Civilisation or Innocent faces a Challenge
whenever s/he is called upon to do something.
Protectors are Mentally Challenged when required to
use their brains and Physically Challenged when in
need of brawn. The Mentally Challenged must
Overcome their Ignorance to succeed, while the
Physically Challenged must Overcome their Clumsiness.
Other Challenges: The above covers all
“skill-related” tasks, but not every Challenge can
be handled this way. Miscellaneous tasks are
based on the most appropriate Flaw.
Someone faced with such an undertaking
is Uniquely Challenged. Examples: moving a large
boulder would be based on Overcoming Weakness;
running quickly requires Overcoming Clumsiness;
remembering a small detail requires Overcoming
Ignorance In fact, most actions are covered by
their own rules, as you will see.
Stereotype Challenges: Each Stereotype
is considered to be especially able to do certain
things. Protectors can do anything that could be
done by a typical person who is trained in the
same field. As long as you can Overcome the Flaw
connected to the Challenge you will succeed. Your
Stereotype will also improve your chances at
related Challenges.
If training is necessary to know how to
perform a task, but that expertise is not provided
by your career, you cannot succeed. Divide your
Flaw by 2 (round up) if your career does provide
the knowledge to meet the challenge resulting
from the problem at hand. Even though most
Stereotypes could not attempt the task at all, the
bonus still applies because it is routine for
members of that Stereotype.
Deciding Stereotypical Challenges: A
Protector receives the benefits of his or her
Stereotype literally anytime s/he can bamboozle
the CM into agreeing that s/he would be familiar
with the task at hand. If a Protector has an
especially rich background, or gets the sudden
urge to expand this background information, the
CM may even be willing to allow the Protector to
claim familiarity with subjects unconnected to his
Stereotype. (“Yes, I’m a farmer, but when I went
to Agricultural College, I also took chemistry and
joined several radical movements, so that’s why I
know how to make a bomb out of fertilizer.”)
Special Stereotype Challenges:
Stereotypes have been defined as enabling Protectors
and Innocents to, “do anything that could be done
by a typical person who is trained in the same
field,” but that statement needs more
qualification. In the case of any Challenge that is
covered by a Protector’s Stereotype, but outside the
bounds of the routine tasks generally performed
by members of that Stereotype, the Flaw is not
divided by 2. The benefit that the Stereotype gives
the Protector or Innocent is that s/he may attempt
the task. Otherwise, s/he cannot make the
attempt at all.
Anyone who is not a Doctor is barred from even
attempting the tasks normal for a Doctor. When
a Doctor performs routine (i.e., most) medical
tasks s/he may divide Ignorance by 2. But, when
the Doctor is acting at the cutting edge of the
profession and attempting to perform
extraordinary tasks, s/he loses the bonus.
Sporking: The players are encouraged to
do what they can to convince the CM that their
Protectors would be able to have greater familiarity
with many of the tasks in front of them, and they
are required to develop their backgrounds as a
consequence. Despite this, some players will
insist on going overboard when arguing that they
would have improved chances and they may not
even put a lot of effort into finding good
reasons. The CM’s judgment is final in all cases
like this and the CM should feel free to just say
“NO!”
The desire to be a master of all trades
and a jack of none is called “Sporking” (or
sometimes “Fooning”). The player wants his or
her Protector of Civilisation to be a great fork and an
accomplished spoon all at once – in other words,
a spork (or foon). A wise CM will realize that the
wannabe master of all trades will be a jackass
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with no trade! Simply explain to the player that
s/he is sporking and can’t be good at everything.
Alternately, you could deny the ludicrous
attempt at trying to make the task at hand a
Stereotypical Challenge and simply laugh, derisively.
PUSHING YOUR LUCK
There are times when it is crucial that
things go your way. The CM may permit these
incredibly fortunate coincidences, provided you
are willing to Push Your Luck.
Determining Misfortune Added: The
amount of Misfortune to be added from Pushing
Your Luck depends on the likelihood of the
event. The player will ask, “What is the chance
that [insert cunning notion here]?” The CM must
answer:
• Slim (1 point)
• Fat (2 points)
• None (0 points)
The number listed next to the degree of
likelihood is the amount of Misfortune added from
Pushing Your Luck. If the CM says “none” there is
no chance that what you hope for can happen.
There is no Misfortune added, no need to try, and
no hope of success. If the CM says there is a
“Slim” chance, 1 Misfortune is added for any
attempt to Push Your Luck. If he says there is a
“Fat” chance, 2 Misfortune must be added. The
CM must determine the degree of likelihood
based on how reasonable the request seems.
Does he feel the player is asking for a little, a lot
or too much? If the request sounds like
something that will add to everyone’s enjoyment
of the game without actually disrupting the feel
you like, the CM should assess better odds.
High Misfortune: You must be careful
not to accumulate Misfortune too quickly, because
when you reach 12, you meet with a grisly – not
to mention permanent – accident.
How to Push Your Luck: To
successfully Push Your Luck, you must add 1 or 2
points of Misfortune for your trouble and then
Overcome your new, improved, Misfortune. These
points are not temporary. The added points of
Misfortune are added regardless of whether or not
you get lucky.
What’s more, everyone who the CM feels
directly benefited from your lucky break should
also add 1 point of Misfortune.
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Misfortune is added because your luck is
presumed to be a diminishing resource. The
more often you attempt to use it, the less likely
you are to succeed and the more dangerous it
becomes to rely on luck to survive (just like real
life). However, if you do get lucky enough so
that reality goes your way, your Protector’s life will
improve in the way you had hoped.
Pushing Your Luck for Innocents: It
is possible to Push Your Luck to benefit an
Innocent Bystander. This works just as if you were
doing it on your own behalf. Remember that the
main Misfortune add (and 1 extra point if you also
benefited from the Innocent’s luck) gets added to
your total.
Penalties for Not Helping Innocents:
If you choose not to help an Innocent, and the CM
decides you have been a Scumbag, you add twice
the points you would have if you had Pushed Your
Luck and saved the Innocent (yes, sometimes life
requires us to make hard choices). If you have
been so penalized, it’s too late to change your
mind. You do not now get to Push Your Luck on
the Innocent’s behalf. Sometimes being a hero
really sucks, but that’s the way it crumbles,
cookie-wise.
When Menaces Push Your Luck:
Worst of all, Menaces can Push Your Luck. The
CM usually only does this to defend a Menace
against the efforts of the Protectors. Furthermore,
the Protector whose Misfortune is being Exploited
must be the same one that the Menace is most
directly confronting. The Menace cannot always
choose the same little leprechaun, while the
other Protectors get maimed.
Menaces Push Your Luck nearly the same
way you would. The difference is the Menace
doesn’t have to try to Overcome (or Exploit) your
Misfortune. The Menace automatically succeeds,
and whatever he had hoped for happens. He
then simply subtracts 1-2 points from your
Misfortune, depending on the number listed
beside the appropriate chance of likelihood.
CHASES
Normal Travel: Movement is abstract
and can take as much playtime as necessary.
Generally, the CM can take the Protectors'
successful attempts to get from place to place for
granted. Movement is only truly important when
someone is being Chased.
Stretches: Distance in RPG-13 B-
Movie Game System is measured in Stretches,
provided the journey is short. True journeys can
be taken for granted.
Distance Between You and the
Menaces: In a Chase, the CM must declare how
many Stretches the Protectors and Innocents are ahead
of the Menace. A Stretch represents a fairly short
distance. A Stretches figure of 5 will usually
produce an exciting Chase Spot. This “Stretches
figure” represents how far apart the Menaces and
Protectors are.
Distance to Destinations: The CM
must also decide how far away the nearest place
to “hole up” will be. The number listed to the
left of the Distance given represents the number
of tries which the Menaces will receive before the
PC arrive. If the Menaces can catch the Protectors,
or at least close the distance in the number of
tries given, they will be that much closer to
lunch.
1) Near.
2) Not Too Far.
3) A While Away.
4) Quite Far.
5) Across Town.
Vehicle Chases: Chases are slightly
different when vehicles are involved, but the
principles are the same. Unlike dogs, Menaces hate
chasing cars, but they will do what they have to
in a night’s labours. A strong work ethic is hard
to find these days, but Menaces provide a strong
example and maintain old-fashioned values.
This section assumes the vehicle being
Chased is a car, truck, van, motorcycle, moped, or
similar motorized conveyance. Motor vehicles
can prevent a Chase altogether, or reduce the
number of Stretches to 1, depending on the
Vehicle. Driving a motor vehicle will limit Menaces
to only one try for Distance to Exploit the
Clumsiness of the Protectors and reduce the number
of Stretches between them. It will be as if any
location in town was “Near.” (See page __)
Conducting Car Chases: If the Menace
successfully Exploits the Clumsiness of his Protector,
he reduces the number of Stretches by 1 – before
the car zooms away – and the Chase ends.
Protectors will have a little less time to catch their
breath. If the Menace Exploited both the highest
Clumsiness and the highest Misfortune of those in
the Vehicle, the Menace gets hold of the vehicle.
The Menace can then hitch a ride, or pick it up if
s/he is big enough.
1) Near, Not Too Far, A While Away,
Quite Far or Across Town.
The Crashing & Smashing and Scurrilous
Scuffles sections have rules for attempts to break
into the vehicle and start a fight. See page ___.
Horse Chases: Menaces may hate chasing
cars, but horses are yummier and far less work.
Chases are slightly different when horses are
involved, but the principles are the same. Horses
(and donkeys, mules, camels, llamas, or anything
else you ride that breathes or that is not too fast)
are vehicles, albeit that they sometimes have
minds of their own. You could, of course, add
bicycles built for two, powered or unpowered go-
carts, roller blades, skateboards, snowboards,
toboggans, sleighs, bobsleds, or weirder modes
of personal travel. Go ahead. I dare you.
Horses are much faster than people and
can limit the Distance of a Horse Chase.
If a horse is being ridden, two tries for
Distance are subtracted from the number granted
to the Menace. The number to the left of the
distance given is the number of tries now used.
1) Near, Not Too Far, or A While
Away.
2) Quite Far.
3) Across Town.
If a horse is pulling a wagon, buggy,
carriage, sleigh, or coach, one try for Distance is
subtracted from the number granted to the
Menace. The number to the left of the distance
given is the number of tries now used.
1)Near or Not Too Far.
2) A While Away.
3) Quite Far.
4) Across Town.
Trains, Planes & Automobiles: Trains
are unlikely vehicles for a Chase, because once
you board one, the Chase is over – unless the
Menace boards it, too (in which case it becomes
an ordinary Chase on foot). Planes, boats, and
spaceships are equally unlikely, unless the Menace
has a similar vehicle, in which case you can
handle the Chase normally.
Getting There Faster: At the start of
every Chase, each Protector is given the opportunity
to Beat It. Innocents never Beat It unless they have
Protectors present to show them how, and some of
the Protectors there Beat It as well and yell at the
Innocents to follow. Once all Protectors have
decided whether or not they will Beat It, those
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who ran should add 1 point of Cowardice for
Vamoosing. When Cowardice has been recorded,
the CM has the option of making one or more of
them Falter. Anyone to whom this happens
subtracts 1 point of Misfortune, but has to take
part in the Chase.
If the CM elects to have the car Falter, the
engine overheats, a tire goes flat, gasoline runs
out, oil dries up, or some other calamity causes a
malfunction.
Rewards for the Cowardly: Protectors
who Beat It, and do not Falter, arrive at their
destination without a Chase. Of course, they also
won't be around to save their friends who were
chased and were caught. The number of Stretches
chosen for the Chase is then converted into
Moments. Although representing only a short
duration, a few Moments can be invaluable for
defending yourself from unspeakable horrors.
The First to the Hounds: Anyone left
after the spineless chickens have Beat It is a
potential target for the Menace(s). Unless the CM
rules otherwise, the Menace will always try to
catch the Protector or Innocent with the highest
Misfortune before anyone else. Anyone who Beat It
without Stumbling is excluded from the choices
for the chase at hand.
Splitting Up: Menaces always Chase the
Innocent or Protector with the highest Misfortune in
preference to everyone else (see above).
Eventually, the Protectors will all run in separate
directions to get away. Any Protector who
deliberately tries to ditch his friends should suffer
the normal penalties for being a Scumbag. If there
are multiple Menaces, one Menace can Chase each
group of Protectors and Innocents, in order of
highest Misfortune first.
Conducting Chases: When Menaces are
Chasing Protectors of Civilisation or Innocent
Bystanders, they must Exploit their prey's
Clumsiness. If more than one person is being
chased, the highest Clumsiness and Misfortune
scores in the group are used even if they each
come from a different person. This is what
happens when a group protects Innocents. If the
Menace succeeds he/she/it subtracts 1 Stretch
from the amount he is behind the person being
chased. If the Menace not only succeeds, but also
reduces the number of Stretches to 0, the Menace
catches up with the prey and a Scuffle ensues. In
the event the Menace fails to Exploit the Clumsiness
of the prey, the distance in Stretches between the
two remains unchanged.
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Delaying Menaces: If a Protector feels
he really needs to, he can elect to make the
Menace Take Longer by adding Misfortune. For
every point of Misfortune added, a Protector can
increase the distance between him and the
Menace by 1 Stretch. As Menaces fumble around
and try to find their footing, or are otherwise
delayed, the Protector can add extra distance so he
will have longer to act when he arrives wherever
he is intending to Hole Up. The Protector can
decide how many Stretches he wants to add, so the
number can be increased above the original
starting amount.
Heading Off Prey: Menaces can Head Off
their quarry and disappear in the blink of an eye,
only to reappear directly in front of whoever is
being Chased.
Menaces Head Off those they are chasing
simply by subtracting 1 point of Misfortune from
each of the Protectors being Chased. All the Menaces
actively Chasing the Protectors and Innocents appear
in front of those Chased. Stretches are reduced to
zero and a Scuffle ensues. No matter how many
Menaces and Protectors are involved, the Misfortune
subtracted is still only 1. Only Protectors subtract
Misfortune. Innocents do not, because they are
merely appetizers before the entree.
A Menace may not Head Off Protectors and
Innocents when Chasing a vehicle, unless the Menace
has a similar vehicle. If the Menace does have a
similar vehicle, she/he/it may Head Off the prey
normally.
Escaping to Hole Up: Protectors and
Innocents escape to Hole Up at the end of the
Chase. The Stretches are turned into Moments.
Chasing the Menaces: If a Protector of
Civilisation or Innocent is chasing a Menace (or
group of Menaces), s/he must Overcome Clumsiness
to close the distance between them by 1 Stretch. If
a group of Innocents and/or Protectors is chasing a
Menace, the Innocent with the highest Clumsiness is
the one who must make the attempt for the
whole group. It must be a Protector of Civilisation
who tries, if one is present, as Innocents do not
lead Protectors in chases. Whenever Menaces are
being pursued, the CM may choose to have one
or more people Falter (as above). Protectors can
subtract 1 Stretch from the distance between them
and the Menace, the same way that they would
add Stretches in a normal Chase.
If a Protector in a car is chasing a Menace,
the Protector can be assumed to catch the Menace
(what fun, otherwise?). The Scurrilous Scuffles
section should handle the rest. (See page __)
HOLING UP
The three classic uses of time while Holed
Up are: a) searching for useful items, b) hiding to
escape later, and c) waiting in ambush. If there is
enough time, it’s possible that two, or even three,
of these choices can be attempted.
Searching For Items To Use: The
most obvious reason to go to a building, aside
from barricading yourself away from things with
long, pointy teeth, is to find items that might be
useful in bringing about their demise. Finding
these items is simply a matter of Pushing Your
Luck. If you look in the right place Pushing Your
Luck will be easier or even automatic, but the
search will still take time.
Being in a building improves your
chances of finding what you want. The CM will
be less likely to rule that it is impossible, and may
add less Misfortune for the attempt.
It is nearly impossible to find most things
outside, and so going from building to building
across town is sometimes necessary to find the
right items to help you. Most often, lots of
dangerous traveling is necessary when searching
for the Goodies for Gadgets.
If you pick an appropriate building, it will
be easier to find what you want. A hospital is the
place to find funky green gowns, but an auto
shop is the proper pad to pick up grease for your
gears.
Time To Search: It takes one Moment to
search each floor of a small building, three
Moments for each floor of a large building, and
five Moments for each floor of a huge building. It
is the average size of the floors of the building
that matter, and not the height of the building,
although searching an 80-floor skyscraper could
take all night if you don’t focus (and judging
from the sounds coming up the stairs, you don’t
have that long).
A house is the most common small
building, a small suite of offices a common
example of a large building, and a hospital,
shopping mall, or factory would each be
considered a huge building.
The CM may opt to make the search
Take Longer for the benefit of the Menaces. As
usual, this makes the search take longer but also
lowers Misfortune. For every Moment added to the
time required to search a floor, subtract 1
Misfortune from the Protector searching. If more
than one Protector is searching, it is the Protector
with the highest Misfortune who benefits. The CM
can decide arbitrarily if there is any argument
about who is the most cursed.
Searching For The Goods: At the end
of the full amount of time necessary to search
the floor you are on (1-5 Moments), you can Push
Your Luck and see if what you need is somewhere
on the floor.
The full amount of time must have
passed before you can even ask, “How likely is
it?” And there is no guarantee that what you are
hoping for is even possible. Only one try can be
made per floor, luckily, so even the largest floor
space won’t leave you up the creek without
clover. Just try to narrow things down a bit
before you search the Empire State Building.
Quicker Searches: A Protector who feels
there won’t be time to do a proper search can
turn the joint upside down and Hurry, provided
the CM has not already made the search Take
Longer. For every Moment that is subtracted from
the necessary search time, +1 is added to the
Misfortune of everyone searching. The time
required for the search cannot be reduced below
1 Moment. It is possible to enter a building and
find what you were looking for right there in
plain sight.
Teamwork: It is possible to search a
floor more quickly if there is more than one
Protector searching. The number of Moments
needed for the search can be lowered by 1
Moment for each additional person searching, past
the first, but the search time cannot be reduced
below 1 Moment. Innocents cannot search any more
than they can undertake any other useful
independent action. For instance, if five people
search a huge floor, the whole thing will be
finished in 1 Moment. Having more than five
searchers per floor is unnecessary, regardless of
the size of the building.
If there are more than three Protectors
present, splitting up into search parties may be
best. These “Search Parties” may only have a
single searcher in them, which doesn’t make for
much of a party, even with lively salsa, but the
rules apply equally well to any number of people
in the search party. Despite the implication of
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multiple people in each Search Party, this is not
always the case.
With multiple Protectors and Innocents,
whole search parties can be sent instead of
individuals. Each team searches at the same rate
as a single Protector (1 to 5 Moments per floor
depending on building size), but the individuals
in a team are much safer throughout the whole
process. Teams may also be wise because Innocent
Bystanders cannot search, or contribute to a
Search to make it take less time, but may still
need guarding by Protectors who wish to search a
building themselves.
The Downside of Search Parties: The
problem with working as part of a committee is
that the most able are limited by the most inept.
The Protector with the highest Misfortune is
required to Push Your Luck once a search is
complete.
Nasty Surprises: Probably the worst
thing that can happen while searching is to find
something nasty waiting for you. Sometimes
there are Menaces lurking inside a building that
you never imagined were there.
Menaces have a way of sneaking up when
you aren’t looking. The problem with searching a
floor in a building is that you are certain to run
into any Menaces that might be inside unless you
are Sneaking. Unless the CM decrees otherwise,
Menaces always hunt the Protector or Innocent
Bystander with the highest Misfortune before
moving on to other prey.
If a Protector is not deliberately being
careful, it is guaranteed that Menaces on the same
floor will come calling. Sneaking is a necessary for
anyone moving through a floor that a Menace
may share, unless he wants to guarantee being
detected.
SNEAKING
Sneaking Around: Being careful is
highly recommended if the Protector is searching a
building that Menaces already occupy, but it is also
a good idea for those fleeing a building after
having already evaded the Menace inside.
Anyone who chooses to sneak around a
building must choose to be Edgy in any Scuffle
that results from a failure to be quiet enough.
Unfortunately, they must add the normal +1
Misfortune for being Edgy even if a Scuffle does not
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happen. Sneaking requires only a simple attempt
to Overcome Clumsiness. If the attempt is a success,
then the area is traversed quietly. If not, a
floorboard has squeaked, a stone has been
kicked, a dog has barked, or someone was unable
to resist the urge to whistle tunelessly or to giggle
hysterically.
A Protector can only try to Sneak if the
Protector states s/he is trying to be quiet. A
Protector cannot claim to be sneaking “all the time
unless stated otherwise.” A Sneak attempt should
be made every time a Protector or Innocent passes
through any room in which they could be heard.
Sometimes the devious CM might ask for
a Sneak attempt from Protectors where one isn’t
necessary, simply to build suspense and to help
conceal which times really count.
Sneaking in Groups: If several people
are trying to Sneak simultaneously, they may opt
to move as a unit. This involves making only one
attempt to Overcome Clumsiness for everyone,
instead of requiring each Protector and Innocent to
try separately.
The unfortunate side effect of working as
a team is that it is the person with the highest
Clumsiness that has to Overcome for the Sneak to
succeed. This is usually an Innocent if any are
present and Innocents typically have Clumsiness
scores of 9. The CM always attempts things for
the IBs. Even though it’s the person with the
highest Clumsiness who has to try, this way is still
better for groups, because if each character tried
separately, your Protector would still be spotted
alongside the unfortunate under whatever system
s/he failed. Success and failure have the same
consequences with many Protectors present as they
do with only one tiptoeing about.
Normal Hiding: Once a Menace enters
wherever you are Holed Up, it is a good idea to
Hide as soon as the Menace starts looking around
the floor you’re on. Hiding will guarantee you are
not heard or seen until the Menace searches the
floor you are on. If there is a good place to Hide,
you must Overcome your Clumsiness to remain
unseen.
If there is no good hiding place, or you
fail to Overcome your Clumsiness, Hiding In Plain
Sight is necessary. If you can remain unseen then
the Menace will move on to search other rooms
and you can escape.
Hiding In Plain Sight: Menaces will
break down every door and search every room
whenever they search a building. Ironically,
despite being careful to cover every obvious
room, they are very sloppy about looking around
once there. Some people think that it is a
function of how Menaces see that causes them to
overlook so many obvious Protectors who are
Hiding In Plain Sight.
It seems that Menaces probably spot
things through some combination of sound,
motion, and depth so they can’t locate anyone
who is quiet and still. It is possible for them to be
looking straight at you and walk by without
noticing anything. The trick is to stay perfectly
quiet and still, and to flatten yourself against a
wall. If you are not near a wall, you can squish up
against something big enough to cover your
crouched form. Protectors must Overcome Clumsiness
to Hide In Plain Sight successfully.
Escape: If you Hide successfully, are not
found when the Menace searches your area, and
then Sneak out of the building while the Menace is
still searching, you can go wherever you want.
Use the rules for normal travel without risk of a
Chase. The CM can then give you five (5) Moments
before the Menace finds you again. This can make
an Ambush, Chase, Crashing & Smashing or Scuffle
inevitable.
CRASHING &
SMASHING
What Menaces Can Destroy: A
Menace’s Weakness modifier determines how many
things the Menace can wreck. A Menace can break
anything listed beside the modifier as well as
anything listed beside lower modifiers.
Raising Weakness Modifiers: I know
what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that the
Weakness modifier only goes up to +4 and the
chart goes up to +32. You may also be
wondering how such a small modifier can take
huge Menaces into account. The answers are
simple.
The scale goes up to +32 because a
Menace may choose to Wig Out, thereby raising
the effective Weakness modifier for the purposes
of destroying things. A Menace usually Wigs Out in
order to break down barriers and catch his
Protectors. He may Wig Out by Pushing The Luck of
his Protectors. If he can exploit their Misfortune he
can double his Weakness modifier during that
Moment for the purposes of breaking things. A
Menace’s Weakness modifier may be doubled once,
twice, or three times. Of course, an amount of
Misfortune equal to the number of doublings is
subtracted from the Misfortune of the Protector
being Exploited.
Protectors of Civilisation, Chumps, and
Innocent Bystanders can never Wig Out because they
could never summon up enough inhuman rage.
They might dredge up lots of human rage, but
that doesn’t count.
Size Does Matter: In answer to your
other question, the amount that can be destroyed
is set by the size of the destroyer. A Menace can
demolish an area equal to its own size, provided
its die scores allow it to destroy all the materials
in that area.
Consider the difference between a 9’-tall
giant of a man and an incredibly strong midget.
The difference between them is enormous. Or
rather it is enormity itself. Whereas they can both
tear through brick walls, the midget can rip a 3-
foot hole in a wall and the giant of a man can
tear a big hole in it from the ceiling to the floor.
Neither the general volume of an object
nor the material from which it is made affects
how hard it is to smash, but the thickness of the
object does matter. If that were not the case,
mighty oaks would be reduced to splinters as
easily as saplings and bank vaults would be about
as impregnable as chain link fences.
Thickness makes an object tougher to
destroy despite the fact that size is irrelevant. A
100-foot square piece of plywood will have a
Menace-shaped hole in it before you can yell,
“kowabunga!” But a tree stump three feet in
diameter and 10 feet tall is more of a problem.
Luckily, many Menaces carry chainsaws.
Whenever you’re wrecking things it’s the
size of the thing you’re using to do the wrecking
that counts. A rock hammer won’t do nearly as
much effective wrecking as a 10-pound
sledgehammer.
If a Menace extends his foot to wreck a
Jeep, then his foot had better be nearly as big as
the Jeep. Of course, stepping through the engine
block should be enough for smaller Menaces. If,
on the other hand, your basic Menace wanted to
tear down a whole building, then it would get
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farther by putting its whole body into it instead
of simply punching the thing.
Delaying Menaces: Of course, a group
of Protectors and Innocents may not be ready to deal
with a Menace who’s about to smash through the
door of wherever they’re Holed Up. That’s when
the Protectors can add Misfortune to make the
Menace Take Longer. If they add +1 Misfortune,
then the Menace didn’t fully break through this
Moment and the Menace’s attempt to destroy
whatever s/he was hitting did not succeed. Of
course, anyone else who benefits must also add a
point of Misfortune, so this can be dangerous.
Just think of a Menace smashing down the
door of the house where you’re Holed Up. It
doesn’t get you, but the masonry starts falling,
crushing Innocent Bystanders. Sure, the Menace isn’t
getting in yet, but having 12 Misfortune still sucks.
Protectors Breaking Things: In the
event that a Protector or Innocent should ever want
to break something, and I hope there’s a good
reason, the Weakness scores next to the Menace
Flaw Modifiers can be used. Protectors with a
Weakness of 8 to 11 are better off running and
anyone with a Weakness of 12 has already Bought
the Farm.

Weakness Protector What Can Be Broken

Modifier Weakness
-4 10-11 A Menace no stronger than a young Kid.
-2 9 A Menace no stronger than an older Kid.
-1 8 Here is a Menace that is about as strong as a typical teenager.
0 7 This Menace can force through or destroy the sort of things
a normal, adult man could. This includes bushes, card
tables, chairs, televisions, stereos, VCRs, computers,
dinghies, and strong windows.
+1 6 Stronger Menaces have it in for sliding chain locks, doors,
beds, couches, desks, pianos, mailboxes, small trees, park
benches, handheld weapons, rowboats and surfboards.
+2 4-5 Really strong Menaces can easily wreck door locks, car
doors, phone booths, big double doors, medium trees,
flagpoles, bathtubs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, jet skis,
motorboats, and wooden, plaster, fibreglass walls and major
appliances.
+4 1-3 The very toughest Menaces can smash handcuffs, padlocks,
safe deposit boxes, light chains, dead bolts, light safes,
heavy chains, billboards, bullet-proof glass, propeller-driven
planes, helicopters, cars, vans, pickup trucks, jeeps,
houseboats.
+8 N/A Enraged Menaces can trash large trees, telephone poles, light
poles, jet fighters, combat helicopters, trucks, steel-
reinforced doors, and brick walls.
+16 N/A Particularly enraged Menaces can dismantle heavy safes, very
large trees, fire hydrants, jumbo jets, space shuttles,
eighteen-wheelers, armoured personnel carriers, yachts, and
concrete walls.
+32 N/A The strongest and angriest Menaces can demolish huge trees,
tanks, ocean liners, warships, bank vaults and reinforced
concrete or steel doors. It wouldn’t be unfair to say they
can grind up anything that can be broken.

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 CHUCKING & DUCKING
One thing that is almost as fun as breaking
stuff is throwing things around. Don’t tell me you
don’t envy Menaces their lack of civic pride!
Basics of Throwing: The rule is simple: if
you can break it, you can throw it 10 feet. If you
want to be more precise, just use the lowest
multiple of 5 that’s greater than your height. That’s
how many feet you can throw something. In short,
the farthest most adult humans can throw anything
is 10 feet (or about three metres if you want to be
metrically correct). However, young people or
short older people and really tiny wee beasties may
not get anything beyond five feet.
Really Strong Menaces: For every
doubling that a Menace’s Weakness modifier is higher
than the minimum necessary to break whatever it is
he’s throwing, double the distance he can throw it.
This represents maximum distance, of course. If a
Menace can toss a car 30 feet and some cretinous
Innocent Bystander is bugging him from 8 feet away
then Menacey can throw it 8 feet.
Breaking Bits Off First: In case it needs
to be said, you can’t throw anything that’s attached
to the ground, unless you break it off first. If
something’s bigger than the Menace, he’s better off
tearing bits off. It may take a Moment or two to get
the job done, but at least he’ll have lots to toss
around.
Lifting Things: A Menace can momentarily
lift things that he couldn’t throw around or carry.
Any Menace can lift things that another Menace with
a Weakness modifier of double his modifier could
break. Of course, he won’t be able to hold it for
more than two Moments if standing still, or one
Moment if he moves, but that’s life.
Likely Targets: You guessed it; Menaces
will throw stuff at the PC or IB with the highest
Misfortune, before turning to anyone else. The Chief
Magistrate can always redirect the Menace if he really
needs – or wants – to do so
Protectors and Throwing Things: Any
Protector or Innocent who wants to go around tossing
things about should probably grow up. S/he
probably hasn’t cleaned his or her room either and
should be doing that instead of chasing Menaces.
That said, Protectors and Innocents use their Weakness
modifiers as described in the Crashing & Smashing
section.
SCUFFLES
A Scuffle is a fight. Any violent conflict
between two or more people or Menaces will qualify.
Scuffles are divided into Moments that are each equal
in length to precisely one very short period of time.
Knowing Who Goes When: In a Scuffle,
people move in a certain order. Usually, every
member of each side will move at roughly the same
time. Thus, it only needs to be determined whether
the Menaces can Get The Jump On Everybody. First,
however, each Protector must decide whether s/he
will be Edgy or not for the Moment.
They should usually opt not to be Edgy. The
Chief Magistrate can have Edgy Protectors Freak Out. A
Protector who Freaks Out not only does not go first
but cannot go at all. He is so jumpy that when the
Menace did start a Scuffle he was too startled to do
any good. He can do nothing that Moment.
Consequences of Going First or Last:
All Edgy individuals add 1 point of Misfortune, but
automatically go first, even if the Menaces Get The
Jump On Everybody. They deduct 2 points of
Misfortune if they subsequently Freak Out.
Innocent Bystanders: Innocents will never
opt to be Edgy unless every last Protector present
opts to be Edgy, when they join the crowd without
adding or subtracting from Flaws as Protectors do.
Menace Options: Once it is known who is
Edgy and who is Freaking Out, the Menaces may elect
to Pull A Fast One. When Menaces Pull A Fast One,
they automatically Get The Jump On Everybody except
Edgy individuals who did not Freak Out. In return,
all Protectors who are not Freaking Out subtract 1
point of Misfortune.
If Menaces do not Pull A Fast One, they can
still go first if they can Exploit the Clumsiness of the
clumsiest person present. This will often be an
Innocent (and they usually have a Clumsiness of 9).
This is why you leave Innocents somewhere safe
before the final showdown with Menaces. If the
Menace succeeds, he goes before any person who is
not Edgy. If the Menace fails, the Menaces go after
everyone who is not Freaking Out.
What Can Be Done: Once you know
which side goes first, the members of each side
decide the order in which to act. Lowest Clumsiness
can go first in event of disagreement. Only one of
four things can be done in each Scuffle Moment. The
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four choices are the same for Menaces and non- Moving During Scuffles: Movement
Menaces. In a Scuffle Moment, each character may: works more simply during Scuffles than it does
• Attack. during Chases. The player gets to move anywhere
• Move. within a very short distance, provided there is no
• Challenge Him/Her/Itself. current Attack.
Being Attacked While Moving: If a
• Use A Tool.
player is Attacked while moving, a Chase ensues.
Each of these options is fairly
This is not entirely like a normal Chase, however.
straightforward:
The Menace can try once to Exploit the Protector’s
Clumsiness. The Protector cannot Beat It, but the CM
• Attack may still decide to have the PC Falter normally.
Protectors, Innocents, and Chumps: A Effects of Stumbling and Arriving: If the
Protector Attacks by Overcoming Clumsiness in an Protector Falters, or the Menace succeeds, it gets to
attempt to hit his opponent. Innocents never take Attack. The Protector cannot Attack during this
action to Attack, or if they do, they have never Moment and does not go where s/he wanted. If the
succeeded. If successful, the Lumps Dished Out of Menace fails to Exploit the PC’s Clumsiness, then our
the fist, teeth, or Weapon plus a variable amount of hero/ine gets where s/he wanted to go and can use
Lumps will be added to the Lumps Flaw of the target. the Moment to Challenge Him/Herself or Use A Tool.
If the character being hit has any defensive Then comes the next Moment....
Weapons, the number of Lumps Bounced Off is
subtracted from the total number of Lumps Dished
• Challenge Him/Her/Itself
Out by the Attack before the final number is added
Time Taken: A Protector who chooses to
to Lumps. Simple, eh? If the Protector did not
Challenge Him/Herself immediately faces a Challenge.
successfully Exploit the Clumsiness of his target, no
The Challenge can take multiple Moments if the CM
Lumps are Dished Out at all.
thinks it should. The CM may also make something
Menaces: A Menace attacks by Exploiting
Take Longer on behalf of the Menaces. If the CM
the modified Clumsiness of its target. If the Attack
does so, then the current Moment does not count
succeeds the Menace’s Weakness Modifier (with a
toward the time necessary to accomplish the
minimum of 0) is added to the Protector’s or Innocent’s
Challenge. Of course, the Protector subtracts 1
Lumps. This is in addition to the normal Lumps
Misfortune.
Dished Out plus a variable amount of Lumps. If the
Hurrying: If the CM does not choose to
target's Misfortune is 11, the total Lumps Dished Out
have the Challenge Take Longer this Moment, the
are also added to Weakness. Once again, defensive
Protector may decide to Hurry. Any Moment in which
Weapons subtract their Lumps Bounced Off from the
a Protector chooses to Hurry counts as multiple
total Lumps Dished Out before the Attack adds to
Moments towards completing the Challenge if
Weakness or Lumps.
Misfortune is added to the Protector. For every point
Effects of Attacks: When your Lumps
of Misfortune that is added to the Protector, an extra
reach 12 or more, you are Knocked Senseless, and
Moment beyond the first is counted towards the
when your Weakness reaches 12 or more you Buy the
total time spent.
Farm. That should be rare if you act intelligently
That way, a Challenge that takes, say 5
because it can’t happen until your luck runs out at
Moments can be completed in 1 by adding +4
11 Misfortune. Protectors of Civilisation whose Lumps
Misfortune. Obviously, you only need to Hurry when
exceed 12, or who have added points of Weakness
a Challenge will take longer than 1 Moment. Alas, you
from wounds, may Buy the Farm unexpectedly if the
guessed it; those who Hurry must add 1 Misfortune
CM wants them to.
each time.
Defeating Menaces: A Menace with 12 or
The Menaces can still Attack busy Protectors
more Lumps is defeated, and appears to have Bought
when their turn comes, of course, even though they
the Farm. Menaces simply cannot be eliminated for
are not being attacked. Menaces are aptly named.
good and may return at any time with renewed
vigour if the CM wishes them to.
• Use a Tool--
Basic Tool Use: Lastly, Protectors may
• Move
choose to Use A Tool. Yes, this means a Tool.
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Anyone using a Weapon or Gadget has really chosen
Attack as his option. Trinkets, on the other hand are
functionally useless, remember?
SLICERS & DICERS
Weapon Effectiveness: Lumps Dished Out
or Lumps Bounced Off are the sole measure of every
Weapon’s effectiveness.
Weapons that can cause you to be Knocked
Senseless are rated in Lumps Dished Out and those
that can prevent you from being Knocked Senseless
are rated in Lumps Bounced Off. The higher the
number beside each, the more effective the weapon
is.
Lumps Dished Out is the number added to
Weakness or Lumps after a successful Attack. Lumps
Bounced Off is the number subtracted from Lumps
Dished Out before it is added to your Weakness or
Lumps.
Weapon Typeface and Weakness
Effects: In the Weapons Table, Ranged Weapons can
be used to Attack people at a distance. The Lumps
Dished Out of Hand Weapons with a basic Lumps
Dished Out of 1 to 5 is increased by 1 for every
point that the Weakness of the wielder is below 7. If
his Weakness is 7 or more, he adds no bonus.
BEING KNOCKED
SENSELESS & BUYING
THE FARM
Being Knocked Senseless: At some point
a Menace is going to Dish Out more Lumps than your
Protector or an Innocent can take. When a Protector or
Innocent’s Lumps reach 12, s/he is Knocked Senseless.
Yes, that means driven unconscious, whining about
the pain, put in shock, or otherwise incapacitated.
The person cannot do or say anything useful
without Babbling.
Having 13+ Lumps: Lumps are the one
Flaw that can be driven above 12. Yes, that’s right;
it is possible to have Lumps of 13 or higher. It just
means you’ve been Knocked Senseless for a longer
period of time. A lot of Lumps means that you may
be out for a while.
Babbling: A Protector who absolutely needs
to communicate something to the other Protectors
can opt to Babble. He adds +1 Misfortune for every
sentence uttered. If the CM has difficulty sensing
where one sentence ends and another begins the
CM can assign Misfortune as s/he sees fit.
Functioning Fully: At 11 or fewer Lumps,
a Protector or Innocent can still function despite
bruises, so a single Spot can be long enough for
someone to wake up after being Knocked Senseless.
Luckily, no amount of Lumps will impair you in any
way except to make you a little more likely to be
Knocked Senseless.
There is no way to Buy the Farm until your
luck runs out at 11 Misfortune, so don’t worry; you’re
perfectly safe. Being Knocked Senseless is just a way of
getting you carried safely to the Menace so he can
Gloat before placing you in a fatal Death Trap.
Recovery: Don’t worry; 3 Lumps disappear
for every full Spot that passes after the Lumps are
received. If the Protector is doing nothing but
resting, s/he removes 5 Lumps per Spot during
which the Protector leaves any companions to fend
for themselves. He should also add +1 Misfortune
for each of those Spots for being such an
inconsiderate Scumbag. In the unlikely event that a
Protector can get a good night’s sleep, Lumps return
to 0.
Buying the Farm: Any Protector, Chump or
Innocent who has reached a 12 Weakness is said to
have Bought the Farm. This is much worse than
being Knocked Senseless temporarily. It’s time to bury
the body. The player should make a new Protector to
continue play with because this one is forever gone.
MEDICINE
Medical Treatment: If a doctor, nurse, or
another Protector successfully uses first aid on a
Protector or Innocent with Lumps, the patient’s Lumps
score immediately goes back to 0. Whereas most
people cannot offer proper medical aid at all, they
can bandage simple bumps and scrapes. Lumps
require only normal first aid such as anyone could
attempt and doctors, nurses and paramedics would
find simple (i.e.: Stereotype related). Lowering
Weakness to its original level requires medical
training such as a nurse or paramedic has, a doctor
finds simple and other people cannot even attempt.
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raised due to Attacks, successful medical treatment
will reduce his Weakness by 1. First aid cannot
reduce Weakness below its starting level,
unfortunately. Weakness cannot be restored if a
Protector, Chump or Innocent Bystander has Bought the
Farm, however.
First aid can be applied on a person at the
end of every Scuffle in which his or her Lumps or
Weakness Flaw was increased due to an Attack.
Obviously, receiving more than 1 point of Weakness
in a Scuffle is a bad idea. If Lumps or Weakness are
increased due to other types of injuries, first aid can
be applied to those injuries as well.
SERIOUS SELF HELP
Self-help in Mutazoids Demo is all
about lowering your Misfortune, and, ultimately,
your other Flaws too. There are many ways for
Protectors to lower Misfortune built into the game.
The CM should take advantage of these. A CM
must feel free to allow some Misfortune to carry
over from one Misadventure to the next, of course.
Concluding Misadventures: At the end
of every Misadventure in which the Protector was a
total pacifist, subtract 1 point from Brutality. If the
Protector was quite nasty (whether or not it was
enough to make him a Scumbag), add 1 point to
Brutality. At the end of every Misadventure in which
the Protector was very notable for his goodness and
honesty, subtract 1 point from Corruption. If the
Protector was dishonest, add 1 point of Corruption.
Protectors of Civilisation subtract 1 point of
Misfortune for each Innocent Bystander or valuable
piece of property that was successfully protected
from real danger, if, in the CM’s judgment, they
role-played reasonably well. OR, Protectors of
Civilisation subtract 2 points of Misfortune for each
Innocent Bystander or valuable piece of property that
was successfully protected from real danger, if, in
the CM’s judgment, they role-played extremely well.
The minimum on all Flaws is still 1, however.
Lowering Other Flaws: If a Protector of
Civilisation is ever so lucky that some Flaws would
have been reduced below 1 (were it not for the rule
that Flaws can’t be reduced below 1), s/he gets to
lower other Flaws instead.
For each Flaw that might have been
reduced below 1, the Protector may lower any
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Primary or Secondary Flaw by 1 point. In case it needs
to be said, these Flaws can’t be reduced below 1
either.
HIGH SPEED CHASES
The “Chases” section of the RPG-13 B-
Movie Game System described attempts by
people who are on foot or using slower means of
travel to chase their targets. There are instances,
however, when a chase will have to be conducted
and everyone will have a fast mount or vehicle such
as a horse or a car. These are High Speed Chases.
Chases where everyone is running very quickly
over treacherous ground also qualify if the CM
wants them to. These rules assume a car chase but
the rules apply equally well to any of the High
Speed Chases just described.
Reckless Pursuit: To drive at somewhat
high speeds to escape pursuit requires the person
driving Overcome Your Clumsiness. When you are
being chased you must decide how recklessly you
will drive in an effort to escape pursuit. You get to
choose your own Clumsiness Flaw Modifier for the
attempt (such as -3, -2, -1, +0, +1, +2, +3 etc.).
The higher the modifier the harder it is. The
person chasing you must also Overcome His
Clumsiness and his attempt to Exploit Your Clumsiness
except that it is his attempt that is modified rather
than your Flaw like when you attempted the same
sort of dangerous driving to outrun him seconds
before.
Reckless Pursuit Results: For High-
Speed Chases, three attempts for each participant
produce an exciting chase regardless of how many
people are chasing how many other people. Each
of the three attempts may have a different
modifier. If someone who is chased fails one
attempt and one or more of the chasers fails none,
the chasers who failed no attempts drive alongside
him and may opt to sideswipe. If the chaser fails
one attempt and the person chased fails none, the
person being chased escapes pursuit. If both fail
one attempt or neither fails any attempts, another
attempt is made until one of them fails an attempt
and the other does not. If anyone involved in the
chase fails two attempts in a row, he crashes and is
out of the chase. Those chased escape chasers who
crash and anyone chased who crashes will have the
chaser catch up and have to deal with a Scuffle.
 Sideswiping: If you were pursuing
someone and did well enough to now be driving
alongside them, you can now sideswipe them.
Sideswiping means that the chaser can force the
chase into a second set of three attempts to
Overcome Clumsiness but that this time it is the chaser
who decides the modifier and not the person being
chased (although it still modifies the same things as
before). Each of the three attempts may have a
different modifier once again.
If someone who is chased fails one attempt
and one or more of the chasers fails none, the
chasers who failed no attempts drive force him to
drive to where he must stop and cannot proceed
again. If the chaser fails one attempt and the
person chased fails none, the person being chased
pulls ahead again so it restarts a new set of High-
Speed Chases where he sets the modifiers once
again. If both fail one attempt or neither fails any
attempts, another attempt is made until one of
them fails an attempt and the other does not. If
anyone involved in the chase fails two attempts in a
row, he crashes and is out of the chase. Those
chased escape chasers who crash and anyone
chased who crashes will have the chaser catch up
and have to deal with a Scuffle.
INFILTRATION
Sometimes Protectors and/or Chumps (with
or without Innocent Bystanders) will wish to infiltrate
a criminal organisation and sometimes Creeps will
seek to infiltrate government and business
institutions. In such cases, you must decide the
result based on a test of Corruption. Protectors and/or
Chumps (with or without Innocent Bystanders) who
wish to infiltrate a criminal organisation must
Exploit their own Corruption if they wish to pass
unnoticed and blend in with the criminals they are
infiltrating undercover. Street gangs will often
require a show of violence to blend in and in such
cases Brutality should be Overcome instead of
Corruption for the initial attempt (but Corruption
should still be used to blend in thereafter).
Creeps who seek to infiltrate government
and business institutions must Overcome their own
Corruption if they wish to pass unnoticed and blend
in with the more honest men around them.
Such tests for infiltration should be made
upon initial contact with organisation members
when infiltration is first attempted, at any time
when important people inside the organisation are
first met and whenever an error might expose the
subterfuge.
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PANACHE
A TRYING TIME MAPS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION VERSION

CONFOUNDING
CONFLICTS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION

MURDEROUS MOTIVES
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION

DEVILISH DEPTH
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 THE CHIEF
MAGISTRATE
INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
Innocents’ Flaws: Innocent Bystanders are
anyone in a Misadventure who isn’t a Protector, a
Chump, or a Menace. Statistically, Innocents have a
default score of 9 in all their Flaws, including
Misfortune (but not Lumps; they start at zero for
every character). These Flaws (excluding Lumps)
are then modified according to Stereotype.
Saving Innocent Bystanders: It’s very
important that Protectors endeavour to save the
Innocent Bystanders accidentally caught in the web of
fear we call a Misadventure.
If Protectors don’t interact with and save
Innocents they’ll never learn anything. Not only that,
but the Menaces hunt their prey in order of highest
Misfortune first, so Protectors will eventually be prey
to the Menaces, no matter what. Furthermore,
particularly insensitive Protectors will be deemed
Scumbags. You don’t have to hold love-ins, but do
try to protect each other!
CHUMPS
Making a Chump: A Chump is simply a
Protector who is run by the CM. The Chump is
created in the same way as a Protector.
As it is, Chumps are much better than
Innocents to have around. The rules treat Chumps
exactly the same as Protectors in all circumstances.
Once again, the only difference is that the CM
plays Chumps.
Playing Chumps: The CM should never
have the Chump be especially useful in resolving
Misadventures except as an extra pair of hands or
fists. Protectors should never be made to play
runners-up to anyone.
Protectors should also be discouraged from
trying to have the Chump take all the risks. Protectors
should be the proud new owners of a pile of
Misfortune for doing that. Chumps may also speak
up if they are smart enough.
THRILLING 3-D
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION
CLIMAXING
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION
GLOATING
Why Menaces Gloat: Although it is
obvious that Menaces love to Gloat, it has never
been adequately explained exactly why they Gloat.
The reason is simple: it is the only way to soften
up really tough Protectors so that the Death Traps
into which they have been thrust will work.
Revealing Plots and Hearing the Story:
For every point of the Menace’s story that s/he/it
reveals, every Protector of Civilisation present adds 1
point of Misfortune. This applies to anyone within
earshot; even if the Menace doesn’t know they’re
there. It doesn’t apply to anyone who hears the
story second-hand from another Protector. If any
Innocents are present, they all immediately rise to 11
Misfortune, no matter how little is revealed.
What Innocents Hear: Innocents never
pass on the information they learned while a
Menace was Gloating. Once again, it really sucks to
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be an Innocent Bystander. Even though the Innocents
will now have identical Misfortune scores (of 11),
anyone who has ever been to cheerleading practice
is still considered prime rib. Anyone with a
Misfortune bonus will be picked first and the bigger
the bonus the higher his or her priority.
The Six Questions: There are six points
that a Menace must fully comment on in order to
raise the Misfortune of his Protectors. They each raise
Misfortune by 1. The points are Who, What, Where,
When, Why, and How. These points must cover
his origin, motive and fiendish plot. The effusive
self-praise is traditional, but not mandatory.
Adding Misfortune: Up to 6 Misfortune
can be added to Protectors via Gloating, but Misfortune
can’t be raised above 11 in this way.
Ridiculing Menaces: There is cause for
exception if any of the Protectors ridicules the
Menace.
The CM may declare that the Menace is
opting to Make An Example Of the Protector and
doubling the 1-6 points normally added from the
Gloating – and the cap at 11 doesn’t apply. The
Menace has just lent the Protector enough for the
down payment required to Buy The Farm. There are
circumstances under which a Menace will summarily
“off” someone. They don’t call them Protectors for
nothing.
Safely Ridiculing Menaces: The one
instance where a Protector is allowed to cast
aspersions on a Gloating Menace is when the Menace
is Egotistical. So long as the Protector politely waits
for the Menace to finish Gloating, s/he may make 1
snide comment for every point of Egotism the
Menace has. Any more and the Menace has every
right to Make An Example Of the Protector, so watch
out. Remember that Menaces have feelings too, so if
the remark is especially cruel, then the Protector has
been a Scumbag.
Limits to Gloating: Just remember that a
Menace may only add Misfortune to someone by
Gloating once per Misadventure, so make the
opportunity count. Gloating is best done at the
climax, after the bulk of the Protectors have been
captured or otherwise fatally mistreated. Once the
Misfortune scores of the remaining Protectors and
Innocents goes through the roof, the Menace should
have no trouble watching them turn into a fine
mulch in his terrifying Death Trap.
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DEATH TRAPS
The Definition of a Death Trap: A
Death Trap is any diabolical contrivance that is
designed to help people Buy the Farm. They differ
from Weapons in that they are guaranteed to work,
if used properly. It is also often the case that a few
alterations in set-up can turn mere Weapons into
Death Traps quite easily.
Again, I know what you’re thinking. You
think Death Traps are a laugh because they are
stupefyingly slow. Well the laugh is on you.
Despite appearances, it is exactly the relaxed pace
of Death Traps that makes them so immensely
horrifying.
The Point and Limits of Death Traps:
Sometimes even Gloating isn't enough.
Occasionally, someone with a rabbit’s foot in their
pocket is going to have good odds of survival,
despite having heard the Menace Gloat. It was
discovered though trial and error that a Protector
could be made to lose hope if there was time to
contemplate the horrible fate that approached.
Oh, and the Menace can’t be present to distract this
contemplation, either. For every Moment the
Menace is present, no Misfortune is added. Sure, the
odds of escape become much greater, but it does
help ensure the Death Trap will finish off anyone
who fails to escape.
Adding Misfortune: For every Moment a
Death Trap takes to deliver its lethal payload,
Protectors and Innocents caught in it must add +1
Misfortune, provided that the Menace isn’t there to
see it. Once again, this can’t drive Misfortune above
11, in and of itself.
The typical length of time that a Death Trap
will take to dispose of its Protectors is 5 Moments.
This adds +5 Misfortune and, combined with the
+6 added via Gloating, ensures 11 Misfortune.
Death Traps built by Egotistical Menaces are
often even slower. Death Traps are very aptly
named if the Protectors fail to escape them.
Rescues: The problem with giving your
Protectors 5 Moments alone is that they tend to
escape or to be rescued. Usually, 5 Moments is
enough for help to arrive, even from Across Town,
if anyone knows the Protectors are in danger in the
first place.
A Menace is only allowed to have 1 Death
Trap per Protector per Misadventure. That will be
enough, hopefully. They ARE Protectors, after all....
 The CM declares that he is going to have all but
one of the mutazoids be otherwise occupied.
SWARMING The number of mutazoids participating in
the Scuffle was reduced by 5 steps (30 to 15 to 8 to
4 to 2 to 1) for Swarming and both Protectors
For Menaces who are not really all that present have added a total of 5 Misfortune. There is
smart, who are mute, or whose plans are not all now only one mutazoid doing anything at all but it
that hard to discover, there is an alternative to is now much more dangerous.
Gloating. Luckily it also removes the necessity for Luckily, they only have 2 points of
Death Traps, since many Menaces can’t easily build Misfortune each. Even with the added 5, they will
them anyway. each still only have 7 Misfortune and they cannot
The way to make sure your Protectors add Buy the Farm until the next major Swarming!
enough Misfortune to Buy the Farm, when you catch
up to them, is to Swarm.
When Swarms Are Most Dangerous: It
is not the Swarming itself that causes Protectors to
BOUNTIFUL BEASTS
add Misfortune, but the fact that most members of
a Swarm tend to stand around uselessly or wander Animal WK CL CW Size
about aimlessly. Bat -4 +1 -4 1’
Many of you have always accused Swarms
Bear +2 +0 -4 8’
of being ineffective for this reason, but once again
Boar +1 -1 -4 4’
you are wrong! It is precisely the Swarm filled with
many useless members that is channelling all the Bobcat -1 +1 -4 2’
evil into a few very dangerous members! Buffalo +2 -1 -4 6’
Swarms consisting entirely of highly Cobra -4 +2 -4 2’
motivated members are great when you only want Poison (12 Lumps)
to see a few Innocents Knocked Senseless, but are Crocodile +2 +0 -4 7’
usually unable to cause anyone to Buy the Farm. Cougar +1 +1 -4 5’
Some say Swarms share a brain and it is Deer +1 +1 -4 5’
only when one or two members of the Swarm use Dog -1 +0 -4 3’
the whole brain that real evil can be accomplished. Elephant +4 +0 -4 8’
Whatever the case, they are at their worst precisely Gila Monster +0 +0 -4 3’
when they appear most inactive! Poison (12 Lumps)
Adding Misfortune: At the beginning of
Gorilla +2 +0 -4 5’
every Scuffle, a Swarm must declare how many of its
Horse +2 +0 -4 6’
members will be Swarming for the duration of the
Scuffle. Hyena +0 +0 -4 4’
Every time a Swarm declares its members Jackal -1 +0 -4 3’
to be Swarming, half the number of creatures in the Lion +2 +1 -4 5’
Swarm are declared to be doing nothing for the Python +2 +0 -4 12’
remainder of the Scuffle –but, each Protector, Chump Rat -4 +2 -4 1’
and Innocent present adds +1 Misfortune. Luckily, Rhino +4 -1 -4 6’
this cannot drive anyone’s Misfortune above 11 and Shark +2 +1 -4 8’
all fractions are rounded off (round fractions of Squid, Giant +2 +1 -4 20’
0.5 or more up, and smaller fractions down). The Ink Cloud
amount of Misfortune that can be added from Tiger +2 +1 -4 7’
Swarming, of course, varies with the size of the
Warthog +0 -1 -4 4’
Swarm, but the CM is warned not to pump
Whale, Killer +4 -1 -4 12’
Misfortune too high, too early in the Misadventure.
Wolf +0 +0 -4 4’
Wolverine +1 +1 -4 2’
A Swarm of 30 mutazoids has cornered
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MENACES
How Menaces Work: Menaces move, act,
and Attack based on modifiers to the Flaws or
Misfortune of their Protectors. Menaces must Exploit
the Flaws of their prey (roll equal to the Flaw score
or less on the dice). Innocent Bystanders have default
Flaws of 9 (except for Lumps, which start at zero
(0).
A Menace can acquire Lumps, which serves
purely as a measure of when the Menace is “out for
the count” and defeated. However, Menaces cannot
Buy the Farm and may return in future Misadventures
with renewed vigour if the CM wants them to.
Flaw Modifiers: A Menace can be made
best as if he were a Protector (except that Flaws
should be chosen instead of rolled or based on
dividing 20 points) You can then convert his
Weakness, Clumsiness, Ignorance, Brutality, Corruption
and Deformity into Flaw Modifiers. Mutations,
Metapowers and other factors can make a Menace
tougher than ordinary Protectors because Brutality,
Corruption and Deformity do not have to be limited,
Menaces don’t have a Misfortune Flaw, and the Menace
does not have to be able to get along well in
normal society or be viable in the long term.
The Flaw modifiers that represent the
particularities of a Menace range from 0 to 4. This
number can be either a bonus (+), or a penalty (–),
and the higher the number, the more effective the
Menace will be. The same modifier is always used,
and it modifies the same thing in each instance.
Flaw Modifiers should be added in brackets
beside the actual Flaw and used whenever a Menace
is interacting with a Protector (which is most of the
time) instead of acting alone. Flaw Modifiers are
for Exploiting the Flaws of Protectors and Flaws are
used to be Overcome when trying to do something
unrelated to Protectors. Use the table below:
Flaw Modifier Flaw Equivalent
-4 10+
-2 9 he should use discretion and not let Foibles get in
-1 8 the way of everyone’s fun.
0 7
+1 6 have for someone to share their lives with. For
+2 4 to 5
+4 1 to 3
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Whether Menaces are trying to Exploit a
Protector’s Flaws or Protectors are Overcoming their own
against a Menace, the modifier is applied to the
Protector’s Flaw. Bonuses always work for Menaces,
while penalties always work against them.
The Flaw Modifiers expand geometrically,
with each step having double the bonus of the last.
The steps are -4, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 and +4. The 0 is
considered to be “double” the –1, and the +1 is
considered to be “double” the 0. There are,
therefore, three negative doublings and three
positive ones in addition to the base of 0.
It seems obvious that a Menace with a
positive modifier to Weakness and Clumsiness is
both strong and fast, but what about the other
Flaws? Ignorance outlines cleverness, Brutality
outlines savagery, Corruption modifiers represent
how obviously criminal a Menace is, and Deformity
describes level of physical mutation.
Foibles: For every point the Menace has in
the positive Flaw modifiers, there must be an equal
number of points in the negative Flaw modifiers –
or else the Menace must accumulate a point in one
of the Foibles.
There may be seven deadly sins, but for
our purposes here there are four Foibles: Loneliness,
Egotism, Greed and Stupidity, otherwise known as
LEGS.
• All Foibles start at zero (0).
• The CM can raise each Foible to a
maximum value of +3 in order to balance each
Menace.
• Because Menaces have three Flaw
modifiers going up to +4, this system can pay for
any Menace.
• The points put into Foibles represent
actions the Menaces MUST TAKE to stay true to
their natures. The specific actions depend on the
specifics of the Foible itself. A Menace who does not
meet the conditions of his/her/its Foibles should
subtract 1 from each of its Flaw Modifiers in the last
big Scuffle with the Victims for every point of Foibles
that has not been acted out. It is really up to the
CM to ensure he plays the Menace’s Foibles fully, but
Loneliness: the longing many Menaces
every point a Menace has in Loneliness he must Carry
Away or Rescue an Attractive member of the
opposite sex once in the Misadventure. Rescues
usually involve an Attractive Victim or Innocent

being Carried Away by one Menace after having been
captured by a more sinister Menace. Rescues are,
therefore, seldom more than a slight improvement
in circumstances. If his love interest has not
expressed Sympathy, the Menace can start a Scuffle
with the Attractive Victim’s love interest in order to
redeem another point in Loneliness.
Egotism: the need some Menaces have for
self-aggrandizement. Egotism drives Menaces to need
to Gloat. Their Gloating is therefore less effective
because the Menace sounds desperate. For every
point in Egotism that a Menace has, 1 fewer point of
Misfortune is added to each Victim when the Menace
Gloats.
Greed: the craving some Menaces have to
acquire Goodies of their favourite kind. Greedy
Menaces lust after Shiny Shtuff. This forces them to
acquire Shiny Shtuff once in the Misadventure for
every point they have in Greed. Greedy Menaces also
like to talk about the object of their desire, but that
isn’t enough to burn off the point.
Stupidity: Stupid Menaces to do something
really idiotic that benefits the Victims once in the
Misadventure per point. Stupid Menaces really hate to
be called idiots. If a Victim is going to earn a point
of Misfortune from being a Scumbag to the Menace,
the CM can opt to spend a point of the Menace’s
Stupidity instead of awarding Misfortune.
Saving a Menace’s Hide: Sometimes,
Victims, et al, are too darned clever for their own
good. If they discover the Menace’s vulnerability
Defect too early in the game, it’s game over –
literally. There is a solution for the CM who feels it
is too early in the Misadventure to have the
villainous, but precious, little monster foiled.
The CM may elect to Save the Menace’s Hide
by subtracting 1 Misfortune from all Victims present,
thus allowing the Menace to make its escape. Once
the climax arrives, the Menace can safely meet its
maker when the Defect is used again.
A good solution is to have the Menace
simply run off with his tail between his legs, not
quite set afire, or only grazed by the silver bullet.
GETTING CARRIED
AWAY
Menaces who suffer from Loneliness (see
Foibles above) required to chase Attractive members
of the opposite sex. Of course, the CM elect to
have other Menaces threaten to Carry Away people
for dramatic effect.
Stopping Initial Attempts: If a Menace
can get within arm’s length of that special
someone, the CM should declare that s/he is
Getting Carried Away. The Victim, Chump, or Innocent
can subtract a point of Misfortune and the Menace
can be assured of a clean exit. Nothing will stop
the Menace from escaping with the chosen
character. The bullets will miss and the pursuers
will lose track of the Menace.
Timing the Romantic Getaway: Of
course, the femme fatales and bon beaus of the
group should not be Carried Away until shortly
before the climax of the Misadventure. They
shouldn’t be required to stand around and do
nothing while the others have all the fun.
Sympathy: Once the Menace has spent one
of the Loneliness points by declaring his/her/its
intentions and taking the love-interest home, the
Victim/Chump/Innocent must decide whether or not
the Menace deserves Sympathy.
Deciding to give the Menace Sympathy has
no game effect aside from altering the Menace’s
options for spending his Loneliness points later in
the Misadventure.
Second Dates: If the Menace still has
points left in Loneliness when the climax of the
adventure arrives and the character Carried Away
showed Sympathy, the Menace will rebel against
attempts to place the character in a Death Trap, in a
last ditch attempt to win love. That will burn off a
second point of Loneliness.
If the Menace has a third point remaining,
turning on anyone viewed as romantic
competition can burn this off. Or the Menace could
simply Carry Away his/her/its love once again.
That should blow the remaining Foible points.
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Menaces who suffer from Greed (see Foibles NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
above) required to steal specific objects. Of VERSION
course, the CM elect to have other Menaces
threaten to steal things people for dramatic effect.
Defining Shiny Shtuff: Shiny Shtuff can be HOT TO TROT PLOTS
anything. More accurately, it represents any object
or objects that can be carted away by the Menace
for display on the mantle piece. Desiring the NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
world, while a fine goal, is not the same as a lust VERSION
for Shiny Shtuff. Gold, silver, and gems are very
popular Shiny Shtuff, but Menaces might lust after
anything. INVENTING INSANITY
Greed and Shiny Shtuff: The main point of
Shiny Shtuff is that it provides a way for Menaces to NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
burn points of Greed. Every time the Menace goes VERSION
out of the way to acquire a batch of favourite Shiny
Shtuff, s/he subtracts a point of the Greed Foible
that has to be burnt off by the end of the
Misadventure. Particularly stylish Menaces centre their
A CHICKEN IN EVERY
entire modus operandi on a certain type of Goodie.
The Victims even chase these Menaces sometimes.
PLOT
SENSELESS STUPIDITY NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION

Any Menace with the Stupidity Foible will have

to do something very dumb that benefits the
THE TEMPO OF
Victims at an important part of the Misadventure at
least once for every point of Stupidity they have. TRIBULATIONS
The Evil Mastermind can define stupid any way that
he likes so long as the Victims benefit. NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
VERSION
BEING A CHIEF
MAGISTRATE HACKIN’ ’PART THE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO ’HOOD
VERSION
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEMO
I.D.I.O.T. PLAYERS VERSION

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 TERMINOLOGY
GLOSSARY
3-D Action: Special Misadventures in which
the action is “coming right at you” and therefore
more dangerous. This added level of danger is
reflected by the addition of an extra die (making it
3-D) for Menaces to help them Exploit Flaws.
Attack: To attempt to Dish Out Lumps in a
Scuffle.
Attractive: To be good-looking and
therefore likely to be Carried Away by Menaces
suffering from Loneliness.
Babble: To communicate information
while Knocked Senseless.
Beat It: To run, speed away in a car or spur
your horse to a quick exit toward somewhere where
you can Hole Up. This is not the same as to flee
from a fright (see Run Screaming, above).
BR: The abbreviation for Brutality.
Brutality: A measure of how casually you
can commit acts of violence, your pessimism, your
mistrust of people and the world, your anticipation
of trouble, and of how severely you react to
difficult situations. It can also reflect how likeable
others may find you. Metapowers (a.k.a. psychic
powers or psionics) can increase the tendency
towards sociopathy and remorseless violence.
Buying the Farm: To bite the biscuit; the
kick the bucket; to leave for the human equivalent
of Doggie Heaven.
Carried Away: The kidnapping of a person
by a Menace.
Challenge (Self): To try to Overcome a
particular Flaw in order to accomplish something
deliberately.
Chase: Any pursuit on foot, in a vehicle or
riding an animal.
CM: The abbreviation for Chief Magistrate.
Chief Magistrate: The person who
referees for the other players, designs Misadventures
and portrays the Innocents, Chumps, and Menaces. The
Chief Magistrate plays the same role as the Game
Master (GM) in other games. The Chief Magistrate is
sometimes known as a Chief Justice, Supreme
Justice, Justice, Judge or Magistrate.
Chump: Any friendly Protector of Civilisation
that is played by the CM. Other games refer to
Chumps as non-player characters, or NPCs.
CL: The abbreviation for Clumsiness.
Climaxing: This is the tendency of a
Menace to be unstoppable early on, menacing in the
middle of a Misadventure, and, finally, completely
spent at his moment of truth. Menaces receive
variable numbers of dice to roll when Exploiting
Flaws to account for this.
Clumsiness: A measure of how clumsy a
person is.
CO: The abbreviation for Corruption.
Corruption: A measure of how cowardly,
deceitful, greedy, selfish and corrupt you are.
Corruption also indicates your level of involvement
in shady dealings, how many favours you owe to
the wrong people and how easily you can blend in
unnoticed among criminals.
DE: The abbreviation for Deformity.
Deformity: A measure of how physically
mutated you are and how visibly you deviate from
the human norm. A Deformity of 1 is a human, 2 is
an acceptable and 3 to 12 is a mutazoid.
Diary: The ongoing story of the string of
Misadventures held together by common locations,
Protectors, Innocents and/or Chumps. In some games a
Diary is called a campaign or saga.
Dish (Out): See Lumps Dished Out, below.
Disreputable: Less likely to be taken
seriously by people in authority.
Edgy: To be alert and a bit jumpy so as to
be sure Menaces won’t Get the Jump On you.
Egotism: The need of some Menaces to
Gloat and otherwise pursue self-aggrandisement.
See Foibles.
Exploit: To roll equal to or under a
number on the dice.
Falter: To trip and fall while moving, have
your horse collapse or have your car stall.
Flaw Modifiers: Numbers that add to or
subtract from a Flaw for the purposes of the die roll
to Exploit or Overcome it. These plus and minus
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modifiers can come from situations and are also
standard measures of how powerful a Menace is.
Flaw: The standard measure of general
ineptitude. Flaws are the Mutazoids Demo
equivalent of what other games call ability scores,
statistics or attributes.
Foibles: The four self-destructive
tendencies that a Menace can have to balance his
power level. They are Loneliness, Egotism, Greed, and
Stupidity, or LEGS for short.
Get the Jump On Everybody: An action
allowing Menaces to go first in a Scuffle.
Gloating: A Menace's compulsion to reveal
his plans and praise his own genius.
Goodie: A Weapon, Tool or Trinket.
Greed: The desire of a Menace to acquire
Shiny Shtuff. See Foibles.
Head Off: The ability of a Menace to take a
shortcut and immediately catch up with Protectors
and Innocents regardless of distance.
Hiding in Plain Sight: To conceal
yourself in the direct line of sight of a Menace by
staying very still and flattening yourself against the
nearest object.
Hole Up (After A Chase): To be
barricaded against Menaces in room or building.
Favourite (but seldom effective) barricades include
old dressers, stacks of chairs, caskets, filing
cabinets, or the biggest member of your party
IB: The abbreviation for Innocent Bystander.
IG: The abbreviation for Ignorance.
Ignorance: A measure of stupidity, lack of
education, and/or weak will.
Innocent (Bystander): Any poor loser
that is not portrayed by a player (i.e., is a character
controlled by the CM) but is caught in the crossfire
anyway.
Knocked Senseless: Rendered
unconscious or otherwise incapacitated.
LEGS: An abbreviation for Loneliness,
Egotism, Greed, and Stupidity. See Foibles, above.
Loneliness: The need some Menaces have
for companionship. See Foibles, above.
LU: The abbreviation for Lumps.
Lumps: Temporary injuries.
Lumps Bounced Off: A reflection of how
many Lumps a defensive Weapon can prevent.
Lumps Dished Out: A measure of how
many Lumps a Weapon can cause upon a successful
Attack.
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Make An Example Of: To double the
amount of Misfortune a Protector adds from a Menace’s
Gloating due to the Protector ridiculing the Menace.
Menace (or Public Menace or Menace
to Society): Any person or thing that is up to no
good.
Mentally Challenged: Facing any test of
intelligence.
Metapowers: The paranormal mental
abilities that are possessed by metamen and
metazoids.
Method of Payment: Any way of Buying the
Farm. Methods of Payment are usually reserved for
Innocent Bystanders who need help Buying the Farm.
Protectors of Civilisation usually Buy the Farm in Scuffles
or Death Traps.
MI: The abbreviation for Misfortune.
Misadventure: Any self-contained plot in
which Protectors of Civilisation become embroiled.
Other games often call Misadventures “dungeons,”
“adventures,” “scenarios,” or “modules.” Crazy.
Misfortune: A way of paying for lucky
breaks in the present, by accumulating points that
ensure future bad luck.
Model: A broad personality type that is
more defined than a general Stereotype, but less
precise than a full Profile.
Moment: A measure of time equal to
precisely one very short time period. Moments play
the same role as a round or turn does in many
games.
Move: To propel oneself or to be
propelled.
Mutations: The physical deviation from
the human norm common to acceptables,
mutazoids and metazoids.
On the Fritz: When a Goodie is lost,
misplaced, broken, or otherwise damaged so that it
can no longer be used.
Overcome: To roll more than the
necessary number on the dice. The number to be
Overcome is based on whichever of your Flaws the
Chief Magistrate judges to be most appropriate.
PC: Protector of Civilisation.
Physically Challenged: Facing any test of
physical strength.
Player: Any participant in the game. The
term is seldom ever used to include the person
acting as Chief Magistrate. Each player is the
subconscious mind of the Protector of Civilisation that
player portrays.
 Primary Flaws: The Weakness, Clumsiness, Uniquely Challenged: To have to
and Ignorance Flaws. Challenge yourself using a Flaw other than Clumsiness
Profile: A list of 13 physical details that or Ignorance.
help distinguish Protectors, Innocents, and Chumps. Use: To operate a Goodie or Gadget.
Protector (Of Civilisation): The central Weakness: A measure of how feeble you
heroes portrayed by each player in Mutazoids are.
Demo. Everyone other than a Menace encountered Weapon: Any Goodie that can Dish Out
by the Protectors is either a Chump or an Innocent Lumps.
Bystander run by the CM. Protectors are referred to by Wig Out: To raise a Menace’s effective
other games as characters or player characters Weakness Modifier for the purpose of breaking
(PCs). things.
Pull A Fast One: To do something sneaky WK: The abbreviation for Weakness.
and go first in a Scuffle.
Pushing Your Luck: Attempting to
Overcome Misfortune in order to get a lucky break.
Reputable: More likely to be taken
seriously by people in authority.
Scuffle: Any physical conflict.
Scumbag: A Protector who is acting as if he
were a jerk, meanie, sadist, cad, bounder, heel,
slimeball … or worse.
Secondary Flaws: The Brutality, Corruption,
and Deformity Flaws.
Self Help: The gradual tendency of
Protectors to learn from their mistakes and end up
with lower Flaws.
Spot: The basic structural unit of a
Misadventure. A situation and/or location containing
a smaller goal, which, in turn, contributes to the
major goal. Other games often call Spots
“episodes,” “scenes,” “rooms,” or “parts.” Imagine
that.
Stereotype: A commonly held and mostly
correct generalization of what a person is or does.
Stretches: A measure used in Chase Spots
equal to precisely one fairly short distance.
Stupidity: The tendency of some Menaces
to act moronically at important junctures. See
Foibles, above.
Swarming: The tendency of members of
mobs to mill around aimlessly. Such inactivity has
an effect on Misfortune.
Take Longer: To have an action of the
opposing side inexplicably delayed.
Tertiary Flaws: The Misfortune and Lumps
Flaws.
Tool: Any Goodie that is useful in the game
but cannot hurt anyone unless it is also a Weapon.
Trinket: Any Goodie that has no use in the
game and exists for merely aesthetic reasons.

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