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THE DAY THE LAW DIED

Writing: Richard August, John White
Additional Material: Benjamin Rogers
Cartography: Terry Maughan
System Design: Russ Morrissey | Line Manager: Marc Langworthy
Editing: Kimberly Nugent | Layout and Graphic Design: Andrew O’Hara
Publishing Administrator: Jessica Hancock
Special Thanks: Dan Voyce
Parma Violent Chicks gang by Piper Dawes and Jessica Herrett
Playtesters: George Bingham Davis, Alf Fairweather, Richard Lees, Jessica Hancock, Marc Langworthy,
Russ Morrissey, Kristien O’reilly, Chris Osborne, Andrew Peregrine, Carl Pickles, Harry Rogers

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 CONTENTS

// CH/1: RISE OF THE SJS................................................ 4

/ USING THE SJS IN YOUR GAMES..............................................................................................11
/ PLAYING AN SJS JUDGE............................................................................................................. 12
// CH/2: FUGITIVES, LOYALISTS AND REBELS.......................13
/ SPECIES................................................................................................................................................. 13
/ ORIGINS.................................................................................................................................................. 15
/ CIVILIAN CAREERS........................................................................................................................... 18
/ MILITARY CAREERS.......................................................................................................................... 21
/ PERPS....................................................................................................................................................22
/ UNDERCITY..........................................................................................................................................23
/ MISCELLANEOUS CAREERS.......................................................................................................24
/ JUDGE CAREERS.............................................................................................................................27
/ NEW EXPLOITS.................................................................................................................................34
// CH/3: LIFE UNDER CAL............................................... 35
/ JUDGE / CITIZEN / PERP RESPONSES................................................................................36
// CH/4: TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL....................................... 49
/ GENERAL GEAR................................................................................................................................49
/ RANGED WEAPONS / ARMOUR / DRUGS.............................................................................50
/ VEHICLES.............................................................................................................................................52
/ BRIEFING TAPES..............................................................................................................................53
/ HEALTH LAWS / TRANSPLANTS.............................................................................................54
// CH/5: ESCAPE FROM OLD NEW YORK............................. 56
/ ADVENTURE HOOKS.......................................................................................................................56
/ THE STREETS OF OLD NEW YORK.......................................................................................59
/ MARKHAM ASYLUM..........................................................................................................................63
/ ESCAPING MEGA-CITY ONE........................................................................................................69
// CH/6: CASE FILES UNDER CURFEW.................................74
/ I DIDN’T KILL NO DEPUTY!...........................................................................................................74
/ MUNCE AND CIRCUSES................................................................................................................. 81
/ ET TU BRUTE?..................................................................................................................................83
/ WESCUE WALTER!.........................................................................................................................85
// CH/7: THE RETURN OF CAL......................................... 94
/ HELTER SKELTER...........................................................................................................................97
// CH/8: ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES................................ 104
/ NPCS BY TYPE................................................................................................................................ 104

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 CH/1: THE RISE OF THE SJS
Quis custodiet ipsos
custodes?
- Juvenal
I am the Living Law!
- Judge Cal
Not every Judge is Judge Dredd. Yes, it seems obvious.
The thing is, though, that even a Judge as committed,
skilled, and determined as Dredd makes mistakes.
Imagine then how many more mistakes other Judges
make. They pull their gun too soon, or too late. They
lose sight of the perp for that split second, and the perp
escapes. Judges are human, even after a decade of
training, of conditioning. They’re human. And that makes
them fallible.
Fallibility isn’t a crime. But, when its combined with the
kind of power that Judges wield, and the pressure they
are under, it can easily lead to something much worse
than honest mistakes. Maybe it starts with something as
simple as letting a perp off for a misdemeanour. Nothing
big. Maybe they were littering. Or maybe they forgot to
pay a small fine. Maybe they own a shop and give you a
free sandwich. Seems like nothing. Maybe it is nothing.
Maybe that’s what it stays as. But it can easily escalate,
growing as you let people off increasingly awful crimes
for increasingly large bribes. Soon, its excusing a murder
for a million credits. There a million ways for a Judge to
die in Mega-City One, and there are just as many ways
for a Judge to go bad. Corruption is always a threat, even
to the most apparently honest Judge. And if the Judges
aren’t beyond reproach…well, how long before the whole
system comes tumbling down? How long before Mega-
City One is just one more irradiated wasteland?
That’s pretty much the rationale behind the Special
Judicial Squad, or the SJS. It was founded to watch the
watchmen, to judge the Judges. Make sure they didn’t
start overstepping their bounds, didn’t become crime
lords with good helmets. If Judges went bad…well, the
SJS was there to put a stop to it. That’s the theory,
anyway. But, as you might ask, who is watching the
watchers watching the watchmen? What happens when
the SJS get too powerful? The answer is Judge Cal. The
answer is tyranny.
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The Day the Law Died and
Mental Health
The following book contains a lot
of language surrounding mental
health. Judge Cal, the big bad of
The Day the Law Died, is frequently
referred to as ‘mad’, ‘insane’,
or ‘crazy’. Read about some of his
certain behaviours, and you’ll see
why. This is best understood as
what the great Sandy Petersen calls
‘fantasy insanity’. It’s not a real,
diagnosable condition. There is an
awful lot of prejudice and stigma
attached to mental illness in the
real world, and this book definitely
doesn’t want to exacerbate that. If
any of the language or content in the
book makes you or any of your players
feel uncomfortable, please feel free
to leave it out entirely. There are
excellent resources for discussing
consent in gaming. Check out their
recommendations, set boundaries if
necessary, and make sure everyone
round your table knows what they’re
getting into.
HISTORY
No one is quite clear on when the SJS was formed, but
it seems to have been sometime soon after the Judges
were created. A law enforcement cadre like the Judges,
operating with so little oversight, so few constraints on
their power, always required some means of reigning
in. Judges can be corrupted, bought, or decide that
extortion and bribery are easier ways of making a living
than actually policing the savage streets of Mega-City
One. The goal of the SJS was to act as a deterrent to
such thinking, and, when necessary, to take the action
required to bring such Judges down. Initially, the SJS
was drawn from the ranks of experienced Judges, those
who’d already proved themselves on the streets, who had
seen something of the pressures facing their brethren.
The SJS would be ruthless, but entirely fair. Their
judgements were drawn from a place of empathy, if not
compassion.

EXPANSION OF THE SJS
This soon fell by the wayside as the SJS began to grow.
It became apparent that the place experienced Judges
were most needed was on the streets. As a result, the
SJS began recruiting both from the experienced Street
Judges and young, suitable Judges poached from the
academy allowing the SJS to oversee the final years of
their training. This led to a marked change in the kind of
SJS officers who were putting on the uniform, and the
uniform itself became something altogether different.
They quickly distinguished themselves from their
street counterparts, adopting an entirely new uniform
and a new emblem. The uniform of the normal Judge
is dark blue. The new SJS uniform was midnight black.
Where the typical Judge helmet features a shield
crest—mirroring the badge on which a Judge’s name
is recorded—the SJS elected to utilise a skull. Their
helmets bear the death’s head to this day. Their helmets
now reveal the mouth and chin, while their early masks
obscured the full face, leaving no means of discerning
the identity of a member of the SJS. It was claimed this
was to prevent reprisals against members of the SJS
from Judges. After all, the theory states, the SJS exist
to prosecute rogue Judges—they do the most hated job
in law enforcement. Judges are highly trained killers who
might feel aggrieved by such treatment, so hiding the
face might help the SJS remain anonymous and better
able to do their jobs as a result.
Utilise their relative anonymity, a number of SJS
officers began to act without any constraint whatsoever.
SJS officers quickly became infamous for their
brutality—and their willingness to significantly overstep
their jurisdiction. Soon, as their no-questions-asked
brand of law enforcement became recognised, their
responsibilities grew beyond simply keeping a watch
on the Judges. They were used for a wide variety of
enforcement roles: strike-breaking, riot suppression and
any other job which involved the exercise of thuggish
violence.
This propensity quickly became obvious under their
first prominent leader, Judge Cal. While other heads of
the SJS worked as quietly as possible, maintaining close
ties with the Chief Judge and maximising discretion, Cal
conspicuously did not bother with such subtlety.
JUDGE CAL’S LEADERSHIP
While Judge Cal’s personal shortcomings will be dealt
with in detail elsewhere in this book, his influence on the
SJS was little short of revolutionary. During the crisis
precipitated by Dredd’s absence in the Cursed Earth,
Cal moved quickly to insert the SJS into the gap. As the
restlessness within the Mega-City grew, Chief Judge
Goodman increasingly came to rely on Cal’s particular
flair for organisation and calculated brutality. The SJS
plugged the many gaps that Judge Dredd’s absence
revealed. The skull-helmeted “Specials” soon became a
common sight on the streets of Mega-City One, with the
populace coming to fear them. This civilian trepidation
was in part because they appeared during moments
of particular crisis, as normal Judges were still the
main street-level operatives, and also in part for their
willingness to utilise violence at the earliest opportunity.
Where the Judges might issue warnings, the SJS rarely
bothered. In fact, they typically remained silent until
they could start cracking heads together. For the period
of Dredd’s trek through the Badlands of the Cursed
Earth, this new role became the main occupation of the
SJS, bringing with it increased prestige and influence
throughout the city.
This growth in power influenced a cult of personality
around their leader Cal that verged on worship. Cal’s
orders were obeyed without question, and his ideas met
with universal acclaim among the ranks of the SJS. It’s
never been entirely clear when Judge Cal’s slip into
madness first became entirely apparent, nor when the
SJS went from being an arm of the Judges to a maniac’s
private army, but it is certainly around this time. As Cal
relished the power, he gained without Dredd and the
SJS revelled in their authority, Cal and the most loyal
members of the SJS began to plot a coup. This started
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not, as would be believed for some while, with a plan to
discredit Dredd. It started far more quietly and far more
insidiously. The SJS maintained detailed files on all high
and middle ranking Judges. This was, nominally, as part
of their remit. It soon became clear that the real reason
for building extensive dossiers on senior Judges was to
enable Cal to blackmail them into subservience.
Chief Judge Goodman, a decent and honourable man
who was unable to truly withstand the rigours of his
job, transferred more and more responsibility to Cal.
The power of the SJS continued to wax, and soon,
Cal was placed in charge of preparing the morning
briefings for every Judge in the city. With the senior
Judges blackmailed into silence, Cal began a concerted
process of brainwashing the Street Judges. By inserting
subliminal messages into the briefings, Cal inculcated a
deep and abiding loyalty to himself. The messages were
delivered each morning by the SJS using a combination
of the constant presence of Cal’s men and the regular
blasts of sonic indoctrination from the briefing tapes,
and quickly, the briefings achieved their aim. The Judges
began to view Cal as their master and the SJS as their
superiors.

THE SJS TAKES OVER AND THE

FALL OF CAL
When Cal finally launched his coup, the SJS was at his
side every step of their way. They became a combination
of bodyguards, confidantes and occasional targets of
Cal’s increasingly unhinged behaviour. If, as many have
noted, Judge Cal was the Caligula reborn, then the SJS
was his praetorian guard, loyal to him and enforcing his
various edicts even as they became increasingly insane.
The SJS utilised their power to the full under Cal’s reign.
Most made themselves extremely wealthy, exploiting
the untrammelled power which Cal’s despotism afforded
them, while others simply indulged their various vices
as wantonly as they chose. While most Judges were
significantly less constrained by protocol under Cal’s
leadership, the SJS were entirely without oversight,
and they indulged this freedom to the fullest. Any
slight against an SJS officer, real or perceived, was
immediately avenged at the point of a lawgiver. The
deranged laws Cal put into effect ensured that, whatever
cruelty the SJS felt like inflicting on the populace of
Mega-City One, there was always a legal justification for
their brutality. At certain times under Cal’s rule, laughing
and smiling were illegal, so it was never very difficult
to find a pretext to execute someone the SJS found
troublesome, or merely irritating. In short, the SJS held
the city in thrall.
The fall of Judge Cal left the SJS on the point of
utter collapse, with high-level discussions held to
consider disbanding the SJS entirely. With Dredd’s
help, the Judges had been able to cast off Cal’s psychic
programming while the SJS drew closer to Cal’s side. The
tyrant’s last stand was made with the SJS as his troops.
Judge Cal sought to slaughter the entire city, and the
SJS abetted him. While one or two plotted against Cal,
the majority remained loyal to the end.
Afterwards, many claimed they were hypnotised or
otherwise brainwashed by Cal. Most denied knowledge
of the canisters of nerve gas he had carefully stationed
around the city and his ultimate intention for them.

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None of these claims were especially convincing, and
the worst, and most brutal members of the SJS—and
those whose relationship to Cal was deemed too close
to be forgiven—were purged. Lower-ranking members
were largely left alone. After all, as became increasingly
clear, without them who would police the Judges? The
opportunities for personal enrichment in the chaos
after Cal’s fall were too tempting and numerous Judges
took advantage. The SJS was, in the end, retained—a
necessary evil.
MCGRUDER AND THE SJS
This didn’t mean the SJS simply returned to its old
ways, of course. Judge McGruder was promoted to
oversee the SJS, and given the contempt with which
the SJS was now treated, McGruder’s job was not an
enviable or an easy one. In keeping with McGruder’s
reputation for toughness, integrity and competence,
the members of the SJS were gradually rehabilitated.
Dispelling the aura of secrecy with which the SJS had
operated under, McGruder opened the SJS up to greater
scrutiny than had previously been deemed advisable.
The SJS prided itself on its preparedness, always
striking before targets had time to respond, tactics
utilised again and again during Cal’s reign. Under
McGruder, briefings of SJS affairs were regularly
prepared and properly delivered. McGruder personally
joined the Council of Five, and offered her insights into
SJS affairs, as well as her decisions up for scrutiny. All of
this helped to slowly, but surely, reduce the bloody stain
Judge Cal left on the SJS. Of course, the SJS did not
change that much. It still utilised a mixture of outright
violence and less-than-subtle coercion to achieve its
ends. Those Judges visited by the SJS were more likely
to endure a vicious beating simply because the SJS
officers could do so than to be indicted for any crimes.
Even Dredd was not exempt from such treatment.
The SJS officer, Judge Spiegl and several of his cronies
kidnapped Dredd and subjected him to a rigorous
interrogation. Dredd, of course, had not broken any laws
and initially suspected that the SJS had become corrupt
again. Investigation revealed that Dredd had merely
been the subject of a Random Physical Abuse (RPA) test.
This charming invention was a latter-day SJS method of
determining which Judges might be most likely to break
under questioning. Dredd passed the test—his success
indicated by a small note left by Spiegl after Dredd
finally gave into unconsciousness—but would not forget
the treatment he’d received.
Years later, an RPA test being carried out by the SJS
resulted in the deaths of two SJS officers. Spiegl and
Dredd came to blows over what occurred, in full view
of several Street Judges. Without exception, the Street
Judges pretended to have seen nothing of the brawl,
revealing their contempt for the SJS.
When McGruder became Chief Judge for the first time,
in the aftermath of the Apocalypse War, the SJS did
not receive the kind of boost in profile or powers many
expected. This was simply as a result of the lack of time,
appetite or capability for the kind of machinations and
political thuggery with the SJS typically enjoyed. As
McGruder gradually put Mega-City One back together,
and the populace slowly began to recover after the war
with East-Meg One, the SJS too replenished its ranks.
While McGruder didn’t favour the SJS above any other
branch of the Judges, she was certain of its continued
loyalty to herself. She had been a popular and dedicated
leader and knew that this would not be forgotten.
While all Chief Judges remained aware and alert to the
possibility of assassination, McGruder was right not to be
afraid of the SJS. Her loyalty to them was reflected by
their absolute trust in her.
By the time of McGruder’s second term as Chief
Judge, circumstances in the aftermath of the Necropolis
disaster were very different. McGruder’s mental health
had deteriorated after her protracted period spent in
voluntary exile. She believed that as Chief Judge a faulty
call resulted in the death of innocents, resigned from
her post and took the Long Walk. Taking advantage of
McGruder’s apparent decline, the SJS began to flex its
muscles again, believing that she would stand by them
irrespective of how they conducted themselves. All of
this was overseen by the new head of the SJS, Judge
Niles.
JUDGE NILES CLAMPS DOWN
The SJS ran virtually rampant during this time,
with death squads being deployed to target peaceful
pro-democracy protests, and concerted—though
unsuccessful—assassination attempts on Judge Hershey.
Hershey, long an outspoken enemy of the SJS and their
scarcely controlled viciousness, was a deliberate target.
McGruder took action to try and curtail the renewed
aggression and danger posed by the SJS, condemning
150 Judges to take the Long Walk. In the end, her efforts
proved fruitless. Perhaps in revenge for this particular
slight against the SJS, Judge Niles was a key part of the
conspiracy against McGruder that ultimately forced her
to stand down.
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 McGruder had disbanded the Council of Five in 2112,
which left few ways to hold her decisions accountable.
Despite having an intense dislike for each other, Hershey
and Niles agreed to collaborate on the task of bringing
a change to the office of Chief Judge. For his part, Niles
set about convincing Dredd that something needed to be
done to defang the increasingly paranoid and despotic
rule of McGruder. Ultimately, the scrutiny and pressure
from these senior Judges and her own fractured psyche
would be the architect of her downfall in 2116.
Her replacement, Judge Volt, immediately reformed
the Council of Five and appointed Judge Niles to a
seat—a promotion McGruder had long resisted giving him.
This was yet another grievance that had almost certainly
motivated Niles to turn on McGruder, despite her long
relationship with the SJS. Niles’s new powers allowed the
SJS to continue to exert its brutal influence . When Volt
was eventually replaced by Acting Chief Judge Hershey
in 2121, Niles had to contend with the fact that the SJS
might lose a significant amount of influence. Ironically,
the fate of the SJS was far less unpleasant than Niles
had believed after Hershey ascended to Chief Judge.
While she remained antagonistic towards the SJS and
their methods, Hershey had long since concluded that
the black-helmeted enforcers were a necessary evil, a
much-needed check on the Judges.
SECTOR 301
An essential injection of fresh blood for the SJS came
as a result of Dredd’s intervention in Sector 301. Known
colloquially as the Pit, the Judges and the SJS in the
area had become flagrantly corrupt, openly shaking
down shops for protection money and handling anyone
who sought outside assistance with a particular brutality.
Dredd, realising that the SJS officers responsible for
Sector 301 were just as corrupt as the Street Judges,
quickly set up his own team of investigators, which
included Judges Buell and Garcia. Over the course of
their time flushing out the various corrupt elements of
Sector 301, both Buell and Garcia discovered a talent
for identifying and exposing corrupt Judges. This led to
their being recruited into the SJS and highly successful
careers for both. While they were with the SJS, Buell
and Garcia brought down Chief Judge Sinfield after
discovering evidence that proved he had ascended to
the office illegally. In this act, Buell and Garcia finally
achieved some degree of redemption for the SJS after
Cal’s administration.
Buell’s reputation increased both within and without
the SJS, eventually leading Buell to high office. He rose
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to lead the squad, assuming the rank of head of the SJS
in 2122 and joining the Council of Five at the same time.
Buell’s leadership was generally appreciated by the SJS
and the Street Judges, though the SJS retained their
reputation for brutality. In 2117, under Nile’s tenure,
the headquarters of the SJS had transfered from a
nondescript part of the Halls of Justice to inside the
Statue of Judgement itself. Housing the SJS inside the
same building that Cal had planned to murder Mega-
City One from was a testament to the degree which
McGruder and Buell had managed to expunge the Cal’s
stain of Cal from the SJS. The SJS remained ensconced
in the statue, until it was targeted by terrorists and
destroyed in 2134. This resulted in the SJS being granted
a new, purpose-built headquarters, SJS Central. A grim
looking building, its construction was a long and arduous
process, matched only by the difficulties the SJS
experienced as a result of the vast quantities of data
and administrative records lost during the destruction of
their previous base.
THE DAY OF CHAOS
The reputation of the SJS, rarely exalted at the best
of times, was significantly damaged by their failure to
detect a significant number of East-Meg One moles.
Concealed within the Justice Department, the moles
enacted their plan leading to the slaughter of 350 million
men, women and children in Mega-City One on what
came to be known as the Day of Chaos. This disastrous
error cost the SJS dearly, both in terms of prestige and
influence amongst the Judges and reputation in Mega-
City One as a whole. Buell intended to step down, but
his exit was stalled by a proposed restructuring of the
SJS. Rather than an autonomous organisation, the SJS
would be absorbed into a new super-division—Undercover
Operations. Buell was to be a subordinate to a newly
appointed head of this massive department, but this
never occurred. Instead, the grand reorganisation fell
apart, as the enormous administrative and bureaucratic
obstacles became obvious. By 2136, the entire plan
had been abandoned, and Buell continued to cling onto
his post. By 2137 though, he’d finally given way to a
successor, Judge Waldron.
The events of the Day of Chaos left a considerable
mark both on Mega-City One and on the SJS. Judge
Gerhart, a long time SJS operative, was convinced that
the fault of the Day of Chaos actually lay at the feet of
Dredd. For some time after the event, Gerhart pursued
a vendetta against Dredd, bringing the venerable Street
Judge again into conflict with the SJS. The driven
Gerhart was convinced that Dredd was dirty and spent
as much time as he could trying to find any proof of
Dredd’s betrayal of the Law. When Aimee Nixon, the
former Judge, conducted her uprising on Titan, Dredd
and Gerhart were forced to work together to survive
the ordeal. Gerhart’s opinion on Dredd was ultimately
changed by this experience, though he returned
convinced of Dredd’s fundamental commitment to
violence—even if it was violence conducted in the name
of the law.
CONTEMPORARY CORRUPTION
In recent times, the SJS has been relatively quiet.
While the exposure of Judge Pin as a serial killer
triggered concerns that the SJS was back to its old
ways, it soon became clear that she was acting alone.
After years of hunting down corrupt Judges, Pin had
simply snapped and lost all reasoning. Convinced that
dozens of Judges has escaped the justice of the SJS,
she took it upon herself to hunt them down. in an
increasingly unpleasant series of killings, baffling most
Judges. She even attempted to murder Dredd. First,
she blinded him by disabling his bionic eye and then
buried him alive in a plague pit. In the end, as with so
many others, Dredd was able to thwart her through his
formidable will, freeing himself and leaving Pin to be
consumed alive by mutant rats.
There is, of course, one final act of SJS corruption to
be mentioned. The ascension of Judge Logan to the rank
of Chief Judge resulted in a raft of sweeping changes,
including the complete replacement of the Council of
Five and the appointment of a mechanismo droid. One
of the replaced Judges, Judge Farrow, attempted to
lead a coup against Judge Logan, which Judge Waldron
duly joined. With the assistance of Dredd, the coup was
quickly suppressed, but the propensity of the SJS to
act entirely without sanction has never been entirely
eradicated. Who knows what they might do next?
ROLE OF THE SJS
The SJS was created with the intention of fulfilling a
very specific need within the Halls of Justice—to police
the Judges and ensure that the concerted belief in a
Judge’s superiority to other citizens did not become
something more, something darker and uglier. Judges
are, as mentioned earlier, still only human. They may be
trained to the heights of physical excellence, capable of
feats of strength and endurance that seem impossible,
but in truth, they remain imperfect and corruptible. The
SJS originally existed to find those Judges guilty of
breaching the law they had sworn to uphold. Over time
however, this remit has expanded considerably, with
the SJS accruing more power, more influence and more
responsibility.
This first became obvious during Judge Cal’s tenure
as head of the SJS. While Dredd was absent from the
Mega-City attempting to deliver salvation to Mega-
City Two, the SJS were used for riot suppression and
dealing with organised violent crime. This might have
been overlooked or forgotten about if it weren’t for their
particular skill in dealing out brutality en masse. Highly
drilled and fanatically loyal to their leader, the SJS were
a near-perfect replacement for Dredd. This increase
in profile and in responsibility was soon matched by
an increase in the regularity and intensity of SJS
investigations of Street Judges.
This particular tendency never really abated. The SJS
continue to launch brutal examinations of the careers of
even the most honest and upright of Judges. There is a
rationale to such actions, naturally. The RPAs, the spot
checks and the extensive interrogations are all intended
to act as deterrents that ensure innocent Judges are
reminded of the consequences of failing to remain
innocent and catch guilty Judges before they can get any
guiltier. Street Judges have grown to loathe and resent
such constant intrusions into their lives on spurious
contexts, and many believe that the SJS carry out such
investigations for no other reason that their own sadistic
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pleasure. Of course, this is an accusation levelled at the
SJS over virtually everything they do. The truth of it is
never entirely clear. There are many who insist that the
SJS need to act in this heavy-handed fashion. Judges
are simply too powerful, too capable of brutality, without
a check on them at least as violent as they are. Certainly,
the SJS live up to such a requirement.
The SJS also play an important role in espionage,
acting as a counter-intelligence unit meant to identify
and handle potential spies or political subversives within
the ranks of the Judges. While the group ultimately
failed in this regard with the Day of Chaos, it remains a
key function and one with far reaching consequences, as
the murder of 350 million Mega-City One makes clear.
Despite this failing, the SJS is responsible for
monitoring Judges, seeking to detect infiltrators or spies
and, if possible, turn them into double agents. This is
a slow, careful process—one typically seen as unsuited
to the black-helmeted thugs who make up the SJS. But
there have always been more subtle elements within
the SJS. Cal, for all his later madness, was capable of
the long-term planning and move and counter-move
necessary to thrive in the worlds of spies. Judge Pin,
too, was capable of the kind of ingenuity and plotting
necessary to unpick the layers of East-Meg One’s plans.
This type of insight seems to drive the SJS officers
blessed with it into a psychosis, of course. But when cast
adrift in a wilderness of mirrors with only the support of
other SJS officers for stability, it is small wonder so few
lapse into one form of mental illness or another.
Alongside their terrestrial duties and largely thanks to
a fleet built up towards the end of MacGruder’s second
reign as Chief Judge, the SJS is also responsible for
peace-keeping off-planet, ensuring that Mega-City
One colonies throughout the galaxy remain loyal. This
involves the SJS maintaining a large navy of warships.
Dispatched to any planet on the verge of rebellion, the
SJS are responsible for pacifying any rebellions and
ensuring that any ongoing risk of mutiny is quelled.
Permanently.
The SJS fleet is known as the Justice Control Division
(JCD) and has proven itself a valuable weapon in the
Mega-City’s arsenal. As is to be expected, the JCD
displays the same ruthlessness as the SJS. When the
SJS officer Judge Kulotte was dispatched to K-Alpha 61
in 2131 to repress a growing insurgency, he was forced
to ally himself with the leader of the rebellion, Marshall
Karet Luther. An imminent invasion from the alien Zhind
required an expedient truce to be reached between
Kulotte and Karet. A unified force of JCD ships and rebel
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craft was able to vanquish the Zhind, driving them back
from Mega-City space and potentially saving billions of
lives. As soon as the war was won, the SJS massacred
every single one of their insurgent allies. The SJS is, if
nothing else, thorough.
The SJS maintains close ties with the Public
Surveillance Unit (PSU), sharing resources and
information extensively. While the PSU and the Judges
also maintain a cordial relationship, the similar nature
of the work performed by both the SJS and the PSU has
led to a closer bond between the two. This was further
strengthened by their sharing of a HQ. For the period
of time, they were both stationed inside the Statue of
Judgement.
The SJS play a vital role in holding Mega-City One
together. It’s rarely a pretty role, rather the opposite.
The SJS do the dirtiest of jobs. The main problem with
the unit is that they seem to relish these grim tasks.
They enjoy lashing out and start breaking bones and
smashing faces a little too early. They walk a narrow line
between the last line of law enforcement and out-and-
out criminality, and it doesn’t take a great deal to push
them over it. But, until someone creates a replacement
capable of doing what their jobs better, they remain,
unfortunately, indispensable.
RECRUITMENT
The SJS doesn’t possess a cadet program or
rookie Judges. It selects from those already trained
and capable of doing what’s required of them when
confronted by the depravity and ugliness of Mega-City
One. The SJS constantly reviews and screens every
new intake of Judge cadets, looking for those with a
particular capacity for violence, an ability to follow
orders and a knack of spotting corruption. It’s not often
all of these qualities are found in a single individual.
As a result, the SJS tends to try and find recruits who
possess one or two and might be able to learn the rest
on the job. The SJS also recruits from the ranks of
experienced Judges, and many Street Judges see it as a
relatively quick route to power...
The actual recruitment process for younger rookie
Judges is fairly secretive. There are rumours of hazing
rituals, designed to inculcate absolute loyalty to the
SJS first and then to the current head of the SJS
second. While all Judges are meant to remain loyal to
the law, and to Mega-City One, they are not required to
be personally loyal to the Chief Judge in the same way
that the SJS venerate their leader. This is a clear relic
Using the SJS in Your Games
An organisation like the SJS is big enough, strange enough and colourful enough
to be whatever you need it to be in your games. Are you running a Judge game?
Then they can be the ally you can never quite trust, or the enemy you can never
do without. They can be useful one week, maybe giving you a tip that the reason
you can’t find the key evidence to a case is because a colleague is dirty. The
next? Well, maybe the next time they’re beating you up for reasons they don’t
bother to explain.
Did you accidentally cause a lot of damage when taking down that gangster? Well,
maybe the SJS want to know why. Did your arch villain get away? Maybe the SJS
pay you a visit to determine whether or not you let them dodge you. The SJS are
an unpleasant fact of life for a Street Judge, one you’re going to have to come
to terms with. Are you going to be compliant? Or are you going to stand up to
them? And if you do, what happens next?
If you are a civilian or a perp, well then, the SJS are pretty much your worst
nightmare. It’s bad enough coping with the normal Judges. Now you’ve got to deal
with a bunch of thugs so bad they make their money picking on the other Judges?
A citizen might become embroiled in a riot, and the SJS are sent in to smash up
with their usual wild abandon. A perp might have dealings with a corrupt Judge
and need to decide whether to protect a valuable contact inside the Halls of
Justice or avoid a beating from a skull-badged nightmare with a truncheon.
The SJS get to be the Street Judges but even more so. They can be bigger,
nastier, tougher… and they can do whatever they like. After all, who’s going to
stop them?

from the relationship the SJS had with Cal, and which
MacGruder utilised to her advantage when trying to
rehabilitate the unit after his death. It has persisted to
this day, and the SJS has an unusually close relationship
with the head of their unit, backing them to the
proverbial hilt.
The unique mixture of responsibilities and freedom
from sanction ensures that those possessing the
right kind of attitude can ascend the ranks of the SJS
extremely quickly. The insular nature of the organisation
also ensures that internal power struggles rarely impact
the reputation of an SJS official within the broader
Justice Department. While the actions of a Dredd or a
Hershey are quickly amplified and discussed in every
canteen and locker room, Cal’s peccadilloes were kept
almost entirely hidden from sight.
This code of omertà is a big part of the appeal for
many of the later recruits to the SJS—those who
join after a lengthy career as a Street Judge, say.
An organisation that is prepared to cover up your
misdemeanours and sees your chequered record on
the streets as a plus is a major draw. This is often
the case for rookie Judges too. Judges are taught a
thousand ways to kill, brutalise, and maim those who
threaten them. Then told only to use these skills in the
most exceptional of circumstances. For many, this is
something of a disappointment. Judges give up any hope
of a family, eschew drinking and drugs—in short, the only
kind of people who want to become Judges are those
who either really want to help people or really want to
hurt them. And if you’re of the latter variety, a life of
careful restraint is much less tempting than a life of
sanctioned thuggery.
The appeal of the SJS lies here. It grants more freedom
from consequence than being a Street Judge and offers
more power. For many, being recruited by the SJS is the
best thing to happen to them since being accepted as a
cadet.

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Playing an SJS Judge
Being a Judge with fewer restrictions
on what you can and can’t do sounds
pretty attractive to a lot of
players, and playing an SJS Judge can
certainly be a fun and interesting
spin on the standard Judge careers.
But, it’s important to bear in mind
that the SJS have an important job
to do. They might be famed for their
brutality, but they exist to keep the
Judges under watch and to prevent
corruption. If the players want to
be members of the SJS, focus them
on this aspect of the job. They must
investigate their own former friends,
those they were in the academy with,
those they survived the hotdog run
alongside. And now they tail their
former friends, review tapes of them
and examine every case they’ve touched
since becoming fully fledged Judges.
Perhaps they arrest them, leading
a companion to the ship to Titan,
knowing what happens to up there.
Being a member of the SJS shouldn’t
be a free-for-all romp of violence
with no repercussions. Concentrate on
the political importance of the SJS
or their espionage work. Make a game
playing an SJS Judge feel as different
from a game playing a Street Judge as
you can!

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 CH/2: FUGITIVES, LOYALISTS
AND REBELS
This chapter provides rules for extra origins and
careers and includes two new species. Although a few
reflect activities taken under during the brief reign
of Judge Cal as Chief Judge, the Gamemaster can
determine if they are applicable to other periods of the
Judge Dredd saga incorporated in a campaign.

SPECIES
The following species are included as extra character
choices available to a campaign.

// TROGGIES
The original inhabitants of the Undercity beneath
Mega-City One are the descendants of citizens,
refugees and fugitives of New York who chose to live
in subterranean locations, some from as early as
the middle of the twentieth century. They were not
missed by the surface dwellers who were unaware of
the growing community that lived underneath them,
dismissing rumours of the troggies’ existence as urban
legends. Sealed off from the world above, the Undercity
population adapted to their realm of eternal night,
spreading through the subway stations as each was
abandoned. Over time, a strange and rapid evolution
of these denizens occurred, possibly accelerated by
mutagens in the chemical waste that had been dumped
in sewers and the Ohio River. Their skin became pallid
and grey, whilst their bulging eyes were now capable of
seeing in the darkness but were left unable to tolerate
bright light.
Most subsist on a diet of rats and fungi, though many
are known to practise cannibalism. Some of them wear
bizarre, tattered remnants of 20th century clothing, No longer united, the troggie bands continue to live in
and their eerie sounding voices are peppered with odd the Undercity in the hovels of their trog towns, though
phrases passed down from some of the decades of this a few hungry opportunists sometimes find an entrance
era. to the city floor of the Mega-City and grab vagrants and
In the closing years of the 21st century, the troggies other lone citizens for food.
fell under the leadership of the deranged ‘prime cat’,
Slick Willy, who unleashed a series of raids to snatch >> Size: Medium
‘upsiders’ for use as slave labourers in an irrational, but >> Attributes: END +2, INT +2
thankfully thwarted, plot to blow up the city above them. >>Skill Choices: climbing, mining, stealth, survival

//Species Attribute Bonuses

STR AGI END INT LOG WIL CHA LUC PSI REP
TROGGY — — +2 +2 — — — — — —
KLEGG +2 -1 +2 — — — — — — —

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 Troggies who dare to surface on the
streets of Mega-City One are met
with fear, revulsion or violence by
those citizens they encounter, and
Judges show even seemingly harmless
ones short shrift, forcing them back
underground and sealing off the entry
the point they used. Those troggies
who manage to lurk in the city
generally keep to derelict areas.
Their skills and desperation make them
useful to criminal gangs, and a few
black-market goods producers use them
as sweatshop labour.
Sometimes, threats to their
underground communities drive troggies
to seek refuge or assistance in the
world above them, and in coming years,
they will initiate different missions
from Judges who use them as guides as
they investigate the reported menaces
that threaten the Mega-City itself.
EXPLOITS
>> Darksight. You can see clearly in the dark as though
it were daylight. However, bright light hurts your eyes,
inflicting a –2 DEFENCE penalty.
>> Scavengers. Troggies can use most meat, vegetable or
fungoid matter as food, no matter how strange or rotten
and, as such, are immune to poisons.
// KLEGGS
Kleggs are a fierce species of large reptilian aliens who
have carved out an empire in an area of space mercifully
distant from Earth. They resemble hulking, bipedal
crocodiles and stand some ten to twelve feet tall. Their
natural savagery is allied to a love of eating raw flesh,
and they are equipped with a monstrous set of jaws and
powerful claws and a thick, green scaly hide of natural
armour. Despite their bestial appearance, they are quite
happy to use powerful guns and also travel in war fleets.
The features of individual Kleggs are usually
indistinguishable to other species, though the Klegg
royal family is reputed to comprise of Kleggs that attain
gigantic size through some biological process. Other
reports indicate the possible presence of an agiler and
fiercer strain of the species.
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Before being employed as mercenaries by Judge
Cal, the Kleggs were unknown to virtually everyone in
Mega-City One, including the Judges; but they soon
made themselves the most feared and loathed alien
species ever encountered. Their reputation is likely to
stay unchanged and has also coloured human prejudices
against other alien species. Following the death of Cal,
all Kleggs were banned from Mega-City One, and the
Judges summarily hunt down and shoot any they learn
of. Campaigns involving Klegg player characters will
need to be set outside the city or will involve the risk of
citizens reporting their location to the Judges.
>> Size: Large; reptilian [High caste are Medium sized
until they reach 6MDA]
>> Attributes: STR +2, END +2, AGI -1
>>Skill Choices: hardy, intimidation, unarmed,
swimming
EXPLOITS
>> Reptilian. Like many reptiles, the cold- blooded
Klegg suffers from Vulnerability [1d6] cold.
>> Scales: The Klegg has +5 SOAK.
>> Claw and Fang. Kleggs have fearsome jaws which
inflict 3d6 piercing natural damage and claws which
inflict 2d6 piercing damage.
>> Want Meat! Once per day, if you have a pound of
fresh red meat for each point of END, you can gorge on
it. This requires you to pause for two actions, and after
an hour has elapsed, you recover 2d6 HEALTH.
>> Strong. Kleggs are noted for strength. When taking
a new career, a Klegg may exchange one of the listed
attributes increases for STR, as long as this doesn’t
result in duplicate advancement.
>> Ham Fisted. When trying to manually operate
intricate or fragile devices designed for other species
such as human keyboards, Kleggs receive a -1d6 modifier
on skill tests.
Playing a Klegg PC inside a Mega-
City should be possible if a campaign
or scenario is being run where the
players are fighting for Cal, otherwise
the Klegg will need to operate as
muscle for a criminal gang and will
need to keep a low profile as far as
the Judges are concerned — at least
for a decade or so after the fall of
Judge Cal.
Mercifully, the blanket death sentence
on Kleggs is revoked around 2112.
They are believed to be an endangered
species and so are merely captured and
kept in zoos.
Shortly afterwards, Mega-City One
starts to receive reports from its
colonies and traders of encounters
with raiders from the Klegg Empire,
and the species’ protected status is
revoked.
Clashes proceed to occur between Space
Corps and an alliance of Sino-City and
the Klegg Empire for a few years, but
by the mid-twenties a few individual
Kleggs have started visiting the Meg,
trying to make careers and fit in as
citizens.
ORIGINS
The following origins are mainly restricted to Klegg
characters. Unlike most origins, some may only be
chosen once rather than multiple times.
Child of the Dark [2d6+6 years]
>> Prerequisites: None
>> Attributes: AGI +1, END +1, INT +1, WIL +1
>>Skill Choices: clubs, knives, sling, local knowledge,
perception, stealth, survival
The Undercity is populated by a mixture of species,
the original troggies becoming outnumbered by an
assortment of human refugees and fugitives, mutants
from the Cursed Earth and renegade droids. ‘Half-
humes’ are humans who have typically suffered mental
deterioration to some degree or other through their
experiences or recessive genes, some of whom have
the misfortune to be completely blind. In a few shunned
regions, ominous denizens are of seemingly supernatural
origin.
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You learned to move around in the ink black world
beyond the light of the spluttering fires of garbage
that heat the lair or stronghold you call home. As you
listen to the wild, fantastic tales of the world above
with its abundance of food, strange machines and lethal
guardians, you ponder if you will ever clamber through a
route that allows you to explore its mysteries.
EXPLOITS
>> Compensatory Senses. You have honed the use
of your body’s other senses to compensate for the
darkness you struggle to survive in. You may choose a
sense from hearing, taste, touch and scent; the chosen
sense gives a +1d6 bonus to relevant Perception tests.
>> Toxic Gases. The underground is full of toxic fumes,
and you’ve become used to them. You gain a poison
SOAK of 5.
>> Underground Sense. When underground, you can
always determine direction and depth and pick a route to
the surface.
>> Totem [prerequisite Troggy]. You possess a small or
tiny 20th century object as a valued heirloom, a link to
a past when your ancestors could walk in the light. The
item serves no practical purpose but also gives you +1
LUC while you possess it. Sold to a topside collector of
antiques, it would fetch 3d6x100cr.
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Aesthetic Klegg [2d6+6years:
May only be taken once.]
>> Prerequisites: Klegg
>> Attributes: STR +1, END +1, INT +2,
>>Skill Choices: [academic], [artistic], [crafting],
meditation
The average Klegg loves inspirational, though
obviously not too complicated, battle chants and odd
bits of doggerel about meat, but is otherwise a cultural
philistine. That said, most animal litters have a runt, and
the Klegg equivalent is an individual who appreciates
beauty and refined sentiments. Misfits amongst their
own species, many of them seek to travel to other
planets where they hope that the inhabitants will accept
them as poets, singers and gourmets.
You face a difficult struggle attempting to get aliens to
understand that you are not a ferocious, slaughter-loving
maniac. Sadly, the scent of blood still stirs the monster
within you, but you have resisted the temptation to
attack and rend intelligent species you encounter—for
now.
EXPLOITS
>> Diversion. You adopt a peaceful leisure activity as
a means of distracting your attention from the cruelty
around you. You gain 3 ranks in an appropriate skill
chosen from either [crafting] or [hobby].
>> Muse. Your soul is stirred by the arts. Choose four
skills from amongst [artistic] or [performance]. You gain
these four skills at 1 rank [1d6]. This does not increase
the rank of an existing skill.
>> Peaceful. You are not easily stirred into violent
rage. You gain +4 MENTAL DEFENCE against attempts
to make you undertake violent actions or gain the Angry
condition and gain +2 to shake off the condition. You also
gain +1d6 to meditation rolls.
Soldier Caste Klegg [2d6+6
years: May only be taken once.]
>> Prerequisites: Klegg
>> Attributes: STR+2, END +2
>>Skill Choices: bravery, brawling, carousing, hardy,
intimidate, rifles, survival
 Most Kleggs are born and raised as warriors.
You were born from an egg — not the mewling
helplessness of a milk-sucking mammal for you—
smashing your way out of your shell. You used your
array of sharp teeth to snap up any gobbet of meat you
could reach and inflicted a sharp bite on any siblings who
sought to thwart you. You are growing fast and already
tower over lesser species.
EXPLOITS
>> Klegg Home World. You were raised in the heart
of the Klegg Empire, where parades and celebrations
abound as your species receives news of distant
victories and an incoming stream of plunder and tasty
captives. You gain the following skills at one rank which
does not increase the skills beyond one rank: carousing,
conviction.
>> Remote World. You were stationed on a far-flung
colony where you had to learn to be self- sufficient if
you needed to eat. You gain the following skills at one
rank which does not increase the skills beyond one rank:
hunting, tracking, survival.
>> Wet World. You grew up and practised the swimming
skills of your animal ancestors on a world with abundant
bodies water. You gain 3 ranks in the swimming skill.
>> Kleggs in Space! You spent most of your early life
on the warships that patrolled the Klegg Empire. You
gain a +1d6 bonus to operate any device that is part of
a Klegg warship.
>> A Klegg and His Klegg Hound. You have a natural
affinity with the Klegg hounds of your native world.
You gain 3 ranks in animal handler [Klegg hound].
As a high caste Klegg, you naturally aspire to outlive
the cannon fodder hatchlings, but advancement and
survival in the echelons of power amongst your species
is dependent on the time-honoured traditions of
backstabbing and treachery.
EXPLOITS
>> Royal Connections. One of your ‘cousins’ from
the same brood of eggs attained royal status and
occasionally demonstrates a vague interest in your
career. You gain +2 REP.
>> Brainy. You gain one rank in three skills chosen from
[technical].
>> Schemer. You have already acquired the innate
cunning needed to work your way up to a senior position.
You gain +1d6 in all [subterfuge] and [social] skill rolls
you make to deceive or influence other Kleggs.
>> Stone Cold Stare. You have an intimidating presence
and are able to mess with peoples’ heads. You can make
a REP mental attack against a target, inflicting the
Afraid condition on a success.
>> Me and My Kleggs [requires Stone Cold Stare].
When using your Stone Cold Stare ability, you can affect
one target within 30’ for each Klegg who is under your
command that is within 30’.

High Caste Klegg [2d6+6

years]
>> Prerequisites: Klegg
>> Attributes: LOG +1, WIL +1, CHAR +1, REP +1
>>Skill Choices: conviction, interrogation, leadership,
tactics, swords

Some Kleggs are hatched as members of a ruling

caste of elites and initially lack the size and physical
prowess of the bulk of their species, but they are
given an education that enables them to lead the
unimaginative brutes that will comprise their minions.

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NEW CAREERS
This adds to the careers presented in Judge Dredd &
the Worlds of 2000 AD and other supplements. Some
are limited to specific species and there are also military,
Undercity and miscellaneous categories. As usual, the
Gamemaster should be the final adjudicator on which
new careers become available for characters in their
campaign.
CIVILIAN CAREERS
Some citizens, wanting to change the lot of fellow
citizens or merely trying to make themselves rich and
famous, find themselves drawn into the politics of Mega-
City One.
C.C.C.C. Member [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: None
>> Attributes: INT +1, WIL +1, LOG +1, CHA +1
>> Skill Choices: bureaucracy, conviction, counselling,
law
The Citizens’ Committee for Compassion for
Criminals is a civil rights body that believes the Justice
Department needs to introduce a more loving and caring
system for dealing with citizens who break its ‘harsh’
laws. The organisation maintains an office in the Mega-
City, coordinating jumble sales and other fundraising
activities and administering subsidiary groups, such as
the Fellowship of Young Offenders. The campaigners
secured an interview with Chief Judge Griffin himself
in 2101, but a short while later, two of the Committee’s
leaders, Councillor Frank Petty and Mrs Majory
Blackshack, were jailed for aiding in the escape of a
convicted criminal. This incident did little to set back the
organisation as unctuous and ambitious replacements,
typified by Muriel Kravitz, were waiting in the wings.
EXPLOITS
>> Known Activist. The focus of one of your campaigns
generated media interest and made you a thorn in the
side of the Justice Department. Gain +2 REP.
>> Access [requires Known Activist]. As long as you
are not serving an iso-cube sentence yourself, once per
day you can use bureaucratic means and a lawyer to
persuade the Justice Department to you allow a one-
hour interview with a prisoner at either the iso-block
holding them or via a comm link. The request needs a
point of LUC and takes 1d6 hours to process.
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>> Pro-Criminal Demonstration. Once every 24 hours,
if you can get a message to an ally, you can spend a LUC
point that gets a number of peaceful demonstrators
determined by a roll on your REP pool, to assemble
within 1d6x 10 minutes at an accessible location in Mega-
City One.
Civilian Perpetrator [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Human or clone, with hardy or
resistance
>> Attributes: AGI +1, END +1, INT +1, WIL +1
>> Skill Choices: [development], brawling, clubs,
dodging
The Academy of Law believes that its cadets befit
from the opportunity to mete out pain and injury on
real civilians rather than just mekanoids. To this end,
they employ a few citizens as CPs without any criminal
convictions who are desperate for work to act as living
punch bags for Applied Violence training. When the
worker’s ability to heal becomes impaired, they become
redundant, a measure resulting from economics and
efficiency considerations rather than humanitarian
concern.
Although you have endured constant beatings from
daysticks, head butts, gloved fists and Judge boots,
the Justice Department’s medical care has maintained
your body in a state of good health, albeit with a
certain amount of scar tissue, replacement organs and
cybernetic parts.
EXPLOITS
>> Battered. Cauliflower ears and broken nose you may
have, but you can take a hit without flinching. You gain
SOAK 5 [blunt].
>> Give It Everything. You are virtually immune to the
Pained condition. It’s not that you don’t feel pain—it’s
that you’re used to continuing on despite it. You gain an
extra +2 to shake off the Pain condition.
>> Academy Legend [requires Battered and Give it
Everything]. You have probably had nearly every bone in
your body broken at least once. You gain a +1d6 to REP
based rolls involving Academy tutors and any cadets
or Judges who attended the Academy of Law while you
worked as a CP.
Player Character CPs
There is only so much that even the best medical
care can do for continuous, serious injuries. The first
time this career grade is chosen, the CP must succeed
in a Challenging [13] END check or reduces maximum
HEALTH by 2 points. Each extra time the career is taken,
the test increases by another benchmark level. The usual
minimum score of 10 still applies, however.

Dreddist [1d6 weeks]

>> Prerequisites: None
>> Attributes: INT +1, WIL +1, CHA +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: bluffing, clubs, conviction, disguise,
stealth, tactics, throwing, perception

As Chief Judge Cal knows only too well, as long as

Judge Dredd survives, citizens have a figure to rally
behind in opposing his rule. You are one of them.
Undeterred by the summary shootings of curfew
breakers and the fearsome, people-eating alien

The Growth of Political

Resistance in Mega-City One
Prior to the Robot War, the citizens of Mega-City One enjoyed or aspired to a
utopian lifestyle. The disasters unleashed by Call-Me-Kenneth shattered this
pipedream for many of them. The Judges, their unelected masters, had saved them,
and if their belief in the Judge system momentarily wavered in the crisis, they
realised and appreciated the crucial role Judge Dredd had played in saving them
from robot rule.
When Judge Cal assumed the mantle of Chief Judge, the peoples’ protectors
were suddenly transformed into their persecutors. Judge Dredd was the natural
champion the population turned to, and citizens soon found themselves doing
the unthinkable, actually taking to the streets to demonstrate against Judges,
fighting them and marching against the Grand Hall of Justice itself. As their
resistance continued in the face of numerous setbacks, ‘Dreddists’ learned
how to organise themselves and stay off the Judges’ radars, finding ways to
communicate with other rebels and breaking curfews to deface Cal’s propaganda
and sabotage surveillance devices.
Ultimately, Dredd saved the city from a tyrant, but some citizens questioned
just what the difference was between the deposed President Booth and Judge Cal.
As the mayor and City Hall had shown how powerless the civil power actually was,
a small minority felt that it was time for a change and, putting the courage and
skills in subterfuge and organisation they had learned opposing to Cal to good
use, started to actively campaign for democracy.
Following the Apocalypse War of 2104, the democratic movement campaigning
for political reform will become increasingly popular and provoke brutal
measures from the Justice Department who attempt to stamp it out, leading to
a snowballing pro-democratic movement and an increase in political extremism.
These events will be covered in future publications in Judge Dredd & the Worlds
of 2000 AD.

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mercenaries that Cal has put on your streets, you have
risked your life joining the movement to overthrow him.
A lone Judge ambushed in an alleyway, reporting the
movements of patrol wagons, defacing a poster of Cal—
any action counts in the struggle for freedom.
EXPLOITS
>> Anti-Surveillance. You have become familiar
with surveillance devices, blind spots, and avoidance
techniques that, by moving half your speed, you can
render yourself invisible to electronic monitoring
equipment.
>> Hustle. Your SPEED increases by +2
>> Unseen. You know how to blend so that no one pays
any attention to you. You gain a +1d6 bonus to disguise
and stealth when attempting to do so.
>> No Mercy for Kleggs! You gain +1d6 to damage rolls
made against these hated aliens
Mega-City Politician [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Bribery or local knowledge
>> Attributes: LOG +1, WIL +1, CHA +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: [social], politics, economics,
geography, history, local knowledge
Outside the election campaign for the post of the City
Mayor, most citizens, excepting a few entrepreneurs and
philanthropists, show little interest in politics other than
discussing occasional juicy scandals that are whipped up
by the media.
Individuals who aspire to become the next mayor
require nomination by a thousand of their fellow
citizens, and whilst on campaign, they need heavy media
exposure to have any chance of success. They also
run the risk of assassination at the hands of their rival
candidates’ supporters.
You entered politics at a local level on a committee for
your city block or conapt and started to rise through the
ranks.
EXPLOITS
>> Back Hander. You are not above making a
small profit by taking bribes to accept tenders from
businessmen or turning a blind eye to non-compliance
with regulations. You gain 1,000 Cr. You may repeat this
exploit, gaining 1,000 Cr each time.
>> Block Councillor. You won a local election onto
your local Block Council and started representing
your community. You gain +1 REP. You can make a REP
mental attack against any citizens from your city block
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or conapt within 30’ to inflict the Charmed condition.
Judges are not affected by this exploit.
>> City Hall [requires Block Councillor]. You won a
post to a regional election and represented the greater
community as a City Councillor. You gain +2 REP. Your
REP attack to influence citizens can now affect a number
of people equal to your CHA score who can be citizens
from anywhere in your Mega-City. Judges are not
affected by this exploit.
>> Idealist. You have a platform of ideology, and this
gives you great mental strength. You gain +2 MENTAL
DEFENCE. Decide what your ideological platform is.
>> Public Speaker. You are able to sway and influence
crowds. You can spend 5 minutes talking to a crowd and
make a REP check equal to 1% the size of the crowd. For
example, for a crowd of 2,000, you must beat 20 in your
check. If successful, you influence the crowd in some
manner, inflicting either the Charmed or Angry condition.
Judges are not affected by this exploit.
Pro-Justice Activist [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: None
>> Attributes: INT +1, WIL +1, CHA +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: brawling, conviction, law, intimidation,
trivia [famous Judges]
Despite Mega-City One’s harsh judicial system, some
citizens are vocal and active supporters of the Judge
system. Small numbers of activists have sincerely held
beliefs of the dangers of liberal attitudes or puritanical
prejudices that inspire them to form committees. Some
of these individuals even receive the respect of the
Chief Judge. Many others are merely uneducated bigots
who make up the crowds of demonstrators, hoping
for a chance to take out their everyday boredom and
frustration by fighting against pro-democracy protestors.
A few are zealots, waging a vigilante crusade under the
cover of night.
You know where you are with the Judges and have
made a stand! You might even reason that you know
where you are with Judge Cal!
EXPLOITS
>> Known Activist. You have made a name for yourself
as a supporter of the Judge system. Gain +2 REP.
>> Pro-Criminal Demonstration. Once every 24 hours,
if you can get a message to an ally, you can spend a LUC
point which gets a number of demonstrators determined
by a roll on your REP pool, to assemble within 1d6x 10
minutes at an accessible location in Mega-City One.
 >> Informant. You have a sympathiser in City Hall or
even the Hall of Justice itself. Spend a LUC dice to obtain
information on a democratic activist or any information
held about yourself. This takes 1d6 hours.
MILITARY CAREERS
Military units outside the Mega-Cities recruit from a
wide range of individuals: City-Def members who crave
more excitement than drills and simulations, tough
colonists who have failed to make a living on distant
worlds, dangerous looking perps who enlist under
assumed names and warlike aliens. Some are employed
as muscle or specialists by warlords and corporations
on Earth itself, though many find themselves fighting in
wars outside the solar system.
Klegg Commander [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Klegg, REP 10+
>> Attributes: END +1, WIL +1, CHAR +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: animal handling [Klegg hound],
[combat], intimidation, leadership, politics, starship
tactics, tactics
Most Klegg officers and leaders are from the species’
ruling caste, though sheer viciousness and ambition can
move a lower caste member up through the ranks.
You rose to command a band of Kleggs but need to
stay constantly wary and intimidating, ensuring that
your troops get to indulge their savagery and appetites.
You dream that you will claw your way up to the position
of warlord or even a chief warlord, but there is always
the chance that an ambitious underling might try to take
your role after tearing the heart from your dead body.
EXPLOITS
>> Bridge Officer. If you are commanding a starship, all
bridge officers gain a +1d6 bonus to starship operations
from your presence.
>> Morale Boost. Anyone under your command who
followed your orders gains +1d6 to any WIL or END roll.
>> Platoon Leader. You grant your entire party a +1d6
INITIATIVE bonus as long as they are within 30’ of you.
>> Klegg Hai! Your traditional war cry can terrify an
opponent. You make a REP mental attack against a
target within 30’, inflicting the Afraid condition on a
success. If your intimidation is currently boosted by a
war dance, you gain a +1d6 bonus to the test.
>> Klegg Hound. You gain a Klegg hound (see p. 115). If
it is lost, you need to return to your home world to obtain
a replacement.
Klegg Warband [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Klegg
>> Attributes: STR +1, END +1, WIL +1, REP +1
>>Skill Choices: animal handling [Klegg hound],
bravery, carousing, carrying, [combat], hardy, leadership,
perception, survival, zero-g
The Klegg Empire regularly sends out armadas of
warriors on missions of bloody conquest. When periods
of conflict are slack, or a Klegg leader finds himself at
odds with his regime, bands of Klegg warriors travel
through space, seeking employment as mercenaries and
demanding payment in the form of meat.
Typical tactics involve a surprise attack using anti-grav
thrusters from altitude that descend on their hapless
opponents or brief chanting and war dances to intimidate
opponents prior to a ferocious charge.
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 You found yourself travelling to other worlds and
meeting aliens, a job that was to your taste—as were the
aliens.
EXPLOITS
>> Battle Scars. You’ve received so many battle scars
that you sometimes don’t even notice minor injuries. You
gain a natural SOAK bonus of 2.
>> War Dance. You spent two actions to perform a
stomping war dance whilst chanting a war song. After
this you gain both +1d6 to intimidation rolls and +1 to all
your defences for each allied Klegg within 10’ of you for a
number of turns equal to your WIL.
>> Klegg Hai! Your traditional war cry can terrify an
opponent. You make a REP mental attack against a
target within 30’, inflicting the Afraid condition on a
success. If your intimidation is currently boosted by a
war dance, you gain a +1d6 bonus to the test.
Mercenary [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: [Combat]
>> Attributes: STR +1, END +1, WIL +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: bravery, carousing, carrying, [combat],
hardy, leadership, perception, survival
You signed on as a soldier of fortune in a mercenary
company. Your martial skills are valued, but your
opinions about the morality of the missions you perform
are not welcomed by your commanding officer or of any
interest to your fellow mercs.
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EXPLOITS
>> Battle Scars. You’ve received so many battle scars
that you sometimes don’t even notice minor injuries. You
gain a natural SOAK bonus of 2.
>> Quick Naps. You’ve learned to manage with little
sleep. As long as you get 4 hours, you count as fully
rested.
>> Get on with It. Your unit doesn’t have much
patience for whining about bumps, bruises, or scrapes.
Once per day you can pause for two actions and recover
2d6 HEALTH.
>> Shake It Off. Once per day you may automatically
shake off a condition as a free action.
>> Platoon Leader. You grant your entire party a +1d6
INITIATIVE bonus as long as they are within 30’ of you.
PERPS
The imposition of curfews by Judge patrols who
callously shoot to kill makes many criminal enterprises
especially hazardous in Mega-City during Cal’s tyranny,
but new opportunities exist for making a dishonest credit
or two, especially the brief amnesty when the Justice
Department is told to ignore any crimes.
Perp Running
Prior to the construction of Cal’s wall, a few specialised
criminals known as perp runners, engaged in smuggling
fugitives from the Justice Department. But once the
general population found themselves forbidden to leave
their city, a huge, new market was created for perp
runners amongst the desperate citizens. Perp running
outfits vary in size, but the most successful are large
criminal organisations with a network of contacts and
seemingly innocent business companies. Face change
machines and fake identity documents are useful
resources along with fast vehicles fitted with secret
compartments that can get their clients to other Mega-
Cities or off-world locations.
The careers that could involve operating in the perp
running mega-racket include the following:
» Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD: Cursed
Earth Smuggler, Henchman, Mob Boss, Mobster
» The Robot Wars: Driver, Pilot
» Luna One: Coyote
The careers can be used as normal but can also include
an optional exploit.
EXPLOITS
>> Under the Noses of the Judges. You know a route
you can use to secretly get in and out of a specific
Mega-City. Perhaps it’s a hidden tunnel, or possibly you
have the offer of a space on a special vehicle or boat
adapted for perp running if the Mega-City becomes too
hot for you? It’s not necessarily perfect, you might need
to wait for a period in a safehouse and once you start
your journey you might run a very slight risk of being
detected by the Judges or there might involve an extra
element of danger.
Chump Dumping
Unscrupulous perp runners sometimes make an extra
profit by selling their human cargos to alien slavers and
offering trips to distant locations to gullible mutants
or aliens from backwater regions of space who are
subsequently flushed through the airlocks of their
spacecraft transporting them rather than undertaking
long journeys and risking interception from the forces of
the law. These lucrative side-lines can become extremely
hazardous if powerful associates of any ‘chumps’ learn
their fate and seek vengeance. The criminal community
will seek to meet out swift and violent retribution on
such pariahs by itself rather than informing the Justice
Department.
Besides the careers listed for perp running operations,
additional options include the following:
» Judge Dredd &the Worlds of 2000 AD: Pongo
» Luna One: Space Crew
The careers perp running and chump dumping can
be used as normal but can also include the following
optional exploit:
EXPLOITS
>> Every Little Bit Helps. You have amassed a bonus of
3d6x 100 Cr from your involvement in chump dumping.
UNDERCITY
Beneath the teeming streets of Mega-City One, a
variety of inhabitants struggle to survive in a world
where their face is never illuminated by the sun or filmed
on a Justice Department camera.
Renegade Robot [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Robot
>> Attributes: END +1, INT +1, WIL +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: pistols, rifles, tactics, [technical]
Following the failure of Call-Me-Kenneth’s robot
revolution, some of the rebel droids sought to escape
returning to human bondage by fleeing into the
Undercity. They have carved out a territory based in a
region of old New York that was covered over by the
Mega-City. There, they patrol using repaired vehicles,
including an old steam locomotive which has been
modified to run on streets that are kept clear of debris.
Getting replacement parts for themselves and any
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vehicles requires cannibalising components from any
wrecked machinery they discover.
You have joined your robot brothers in the human-free
territory maintained through force of arms.
EXPLOITS
>> Infrared Sensors. The robot’s visual sensors can see
in the dark as well as in the light. The robot effectively
gains superior darksight.
>> Salvaged Weapon. The robot owns a single weapon
with a value up to 150 Cr.
Undercity Chieftain [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: REP 8+
>> Attributes: INT +1, WIL +1, CHAR +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: insight, intimidate, leadership,
negotiating
The different miserable communities of wretches
that populate the Undercity are usually led by their
own chieftain, a powerful individual who might term
themselves ‘boss’, ‘top dog’, ‘prime cat’ or some other
title of their fancy. Sometimes an interloper to an
underworld region manages to seize power by deposing
of a chieftain.
You rule over a group of under dwellers who look to
you for both advise and protection. Within your petty
fiefdom your word is law.
EXPLOITS
>> Backup. Once per day within your personal fiefdom’s
territory you can summon 1d6 under dwellers to back
you up. They arrive within 1d6 minutes and follow your
orders for one hour.
>> Get ‘Em Boys [requires Backup]. An additional 1d6
under dwellers arrive. All under dwellers that arrive from
these exploits have +1d6 damage.
>> Stronghold. You have a lair within the Undercity
that includes a strong room or a secure cave. With GM
approval, the lair can also include various defences and
secret routes.
>> Top Dog. You are well known throughout the
Undercity. When dealing with denizens of the Undercity
you gain +1d6 to all CHA and REP checks.
>> Tribute. You gain a pile of junk that is worth
2d6x100 Cr to a collector. You may repeat this exploit,
making a new roll for the amount of credits.
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Undercity Dweller [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Child of the Dark origin or survival
>> Attributes: AGI +1, END +1, INT +2
>> Skill Choices: clubs, [craft], knives, sling, local
knowledge, perception, spears, stealth, survival
You grew up in the Undercity or else found yourself
visiting it by accident or design and needed to adapt
quickly if you wanted to stay alive.
EXPLOITS
>> Haunter of the Dark. When in the Undercity, you
receive +1d6 on checks made to stealth rolls involving
hiding or moving quietly.
>> Improvised Weapon. You can craft a spear, knife,
bow or sling from natural surroundings or debris. This
takes you five minutes, and the item does not count as
an improvised weapon when you use it.
MISCELLANEOUS CAREERS
The following careers are mainly, but not exclusively,
for specialised robots or cover periods of captivity
suffered by unfortunates.
Combat Training Droid
[1d6 years]
[Combat Robot if using rules for robot types in The
Robot Wars supplement.]
>> Prerequisites: Robot
>> Attributes: STR +1, AGI +1, END +1, INT +1
>> Skill Choices: [combat], driving, hardy, [physical],
stealth
Humans wanting to hone their combat skills have found
that uncomplaining robots make useful and recyclable
tools. Both the Academy of Law’s and Tek Division’s
labs and testing grounds make use of unimaginative
combat droids. Besides cadet training, two or three
RCAs (routine combat assessments) are undertaken by
Street Judges during each year of their service as a slab.
Similar robots are used elsewhere in the city by well-off
Citi-Def units, martial artists and elite assassins.
Combat Training Droids have their Asimov circuits
removed or modified but are usually programmed or
armed to merely stun opponents, though there are lethal
exceptions.
PLAYER CHARACTER COMBAT TRAINING
DROIDS
It’s a remorseless existence of being blasted or hacked
apart every day. Each time this career grade is chosen,
a robot must succeed in a Difficult [16] END check
or reduce maximum HEALTH by 2 points. The usual
minimum score of 10 still applies, however.
EXPLOITS
>> Combat Programming. You can suspend your
Asimov circuits with respect to killing and hurting
humans as long as they fit a ‘target profile’ given to you
by your (human) commander. This might be anything
from ‘people in the enemy uniform’ to ‘anyone I don’t
like’. The downside is that you will open fire on anyone
you believe fits the profile.
>> Ablative Components. The droid is designed to
break apart in salvageable parts which can be easily
retrieved and repaired. Checks to repair the droid’s
HEALTH gain +1d6 and Exploits that restore HEALTH
restore an extra 1d6.
>> Auto-Repair Systems. Once per day, the robot can
activate its repair systems to recover 2d6 HEALTH. This
costs two actions.
>> Glass Jaw Settings [Robotic Fault if using The
Robot Wars supplement]. If picked during character
creation, you may add another robotic exploit to your
character. You do not need to pick a flaw when you first
create your character, but you may not choose one later.
The droid can be programmed to react to a certain
degree of success from an attacker, dropping to 0
HEALTH and falling unconscious as per Stun trait.
All damage beyond the original damage inflicted is
treated as non-lethal. The different attack success that
triggers the unconsciousness can be selected from
the ones below each time the robot is programmed for
a fight session. If selected as a robotic fault for a PC,
one setting is stuck permanently in the droid and is
determined on 1d66:
>> 11-16: Successful Called Shot against 1-2 head,
3-4 front chest plate, 5-6 rear chest plate.
>> 21-26 : Successful attack inflicting at least one
natural 6.
>> 31-36: Successful attack inflicting at least two
natural 6s.
>> 41-66: Successful attack inflicting at least three
natural 6s.
Sewer Worker [1d6 years]
[Sewer Droids use Heavy Labour Robot if using rules
for robot types in The Robot Wars supplement.]
>> Prerequisites: Human, clone or robot [up to medium
size]
>> Attributes: STR +1, END +1, LOG +1, WIL +1
>> Skill Choices: carrying, engineering, hardy, scanners
Antiquated sewer systems are still used In a few
regions of Mega-City One, and many more have been
sealed off, falling into disrepair. Some of the derelict
areas now connect with the warren of the Undercity due
to the tunnelling activities of its denizens. Droids are
routinely employed, though some human personnel exist.
You inspect and clean Mega-City One’s sewer systems,
a task which most humans seem to find to unpleasant to
undertake.
EXPLOITS
>> Underground Sense. When underground, you can
always determine direction and depth and pick a route to
the surface.
>> Strong Stomach [requires human or clone]. You
have become acclimatised to the most nauseating
sights and stenches. You become immune to Sickness
conditions.
SEWER DROID ROBOTIC EXPLOITS
Besides the above exploits, sewer droids have the
following choices of upgrades:
>> Infrared Sensors. The robot’s visual sensors can see
in the dark as well as in the light. The robot effectively
gains superior darksight.
>> Integrated Equipment. The robot has a piece of
integrated equipment to assist its role. Choose from:
engineering tool kit, flashlight, pressure hose, scanner
[military or mining], shovel.
>> Integrated Weapon. The robot has a piece of
integrated equipment to assist its role. Choose from: rat
gun, acid blaster, sonic gun. After 2106, they can include
a laser pistol.
>> Resistant Casing. The robot’s gains +5 SOAK versus
acid damage. This does not affect the weight of the
droid.
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Simulacrum Droid [1d6 years]
[Simulacrum droids can be programmed from any
robot type if using rules for robot types in The Robot
Wars supplement.]
>> Prerequisites: robot of small or medium size
>> Attributes: INT +1, LOG +1, WIL +1, CHA +1
>> Skill Choices: bluffing, disguise, driving, stealth
Simulacrums are droids that closely resemble humans
and are typically used for espionage or other acts
of deception. Some can be physically modified and
programmed with an appearance, personality, voice and
skills to match a specific individual they are expected
to mimic. Criminals who can afford them find that they
make excellent alibis when they need to hide their
movements and also use them as decoys to thwart
blitzers. In coming years, the Justice Department will
employ an increasing amount of them, including ones
stationed in other Mega-Cities as sleeper agents.
EXPLOITS
>> Organic Appearance. The robot has an outer
covering resembling a human or other species, although
not so alike that it would fool anyone for long. Small
droids will resemble a child or young animal. This is
achieved from synthetic or organic tissue which covers
the interior endoskeleton. Any injury will clearly reveal
the robot’s true nature, as will any interaction for more
than a minute or so.
>> Human Appearance [requires Organic Appearance].
The robot is indistinguishable from a human without
a proper medical scan. It even feels warm and mimics
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Perhaps one of the finest robot
engineers in Mega-City One at the
turn of the 22nd century was Chick
Parker at Moderna Robots. Tragically
for Chick, Cal discovered his
gambling habits and debts and used
this knowledge to manipulate him
into secretly producing a totally
convincing robot duplicate of Judge
Dredd. Cal was careful enough to
cover his tracks by ordering the
robot to shoot its creator.
breathing, blinking and so on. This exploit may not be
taken with any exploit that appears non-human such as
multiple legs or any armour exploits.
Other common exploits and upgrades include the
following:
>> Mimicry. The robot has a voice synthesizer which
can mimic any voice or sound.
>> Recording Equipment. You have both camera and
audio recording devices that allow you to make visual
and audio recordings of any situation you are in that you
can store digitally and download as required.
FAULT
An extra exploit from this career can be chosen if the
Self-Destruct System fault is chosen. This is a fail-safe
often used on robots involved in clandestine work.
 >> Self-Destruct System. While not popular with
intelligent robots, self-destruct systems do exist. They
can be combined with a memory backup. When a robot
self-destructs, it spends two actions to activate the
systems and then explodes at the start of its next turn.
It causes 1d6 heat damage per size category to all within
30’. Alternatively, it is possible to automate the self-
destruct system to activate when the robot reaches zero
HEALTH.
Slave Worker [1d6 weeks under
Judge Cal]
>> Prerequisites: none
>> Attributes: STR +1, END +2, WIL +1
>> Skill Choices: carrying, climbing
Cal’s workforce for his grandiose projects comprises
of prisoners from the iso-cubes and conscripted droids,
though spurious arrests and sentencing of citizens are
needed to maintain the millions of labourers.
By night you were kept under armed guard in a
crowded and unsanitary work block, leaving it each
morning to perform backbreaking toil, mixing rockcrete
and carrying heavy loads up and down ladders and
stairways.
EXPLOITS
>> Escape Route. You know the location of a secret
tunnel. If you are a worker on Cal’s wall, this can lead
to either the city bottom of Mega-City One, into the
Undercity or to a point a short distance from the outside
of the city’s wall.
>> Skilled Lifter. You can lift and carry twice your usual
carrying capacity for up to five minutes.
Slave Worker [1d6 years]
This career can be used to represent
slave workers in sweat shops, the
Undercity and areas of the Cursed
Earth with the following amendments:
>>Skill Choices: carrying, climbing,
[crafting], farming, mining
Zoo ‘Animal’ [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: None
[Legal in Mega-City One from up to 2104 for apes
and other uplifts and approximately 2112 to 2115 for
Kleggs.]
>> Attributes: AGI +1, CHA +1, LUC +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: climbing, escape artist, intimidation,
[performance]
Uplifts who thought they could remain free of iso-
cubes in Mega-City One through legal loopholes were
disconcerted to find that the Judges could invoke an
ancient Animal Nuisance Act to incarcerate them in the
Mega-City Zoo. The ape mobster, Don Uggie Apelino,
along with his two lieutenants, served time behind
the bars of a zoo enclosure, suffering the indignity of
performing regular chimp tea-parties. Although uplift
criminals are eventually sentenced to serve time in
regular iso-cubes like human perps, certain ‘protected
species’ are still placed in zoos under the 2096
Protection of Sentient Lifeforms Act.
Some wealthy collectors illegally imprison sentient
beings in secret zoos, famous Judges being especially
prized specimens.
You have had the misfortune to be used as an exhibit in
captivity but have managed to escape to freedom.
EXPLOITS
>> Are You Not Entertained? If you spend an action
performing your trademark stunt, you can make a REP
mental attack against a target within 30’, inflicting the
Afraid condition on a success.
>> Full of Tricks. Choose any three skills from
[performance]. You gain one rank in these skills.
JUDGE CAREERS
The following careers include an extra Academy of Law
Advanced Programme, which can be used by cadets and
Judges, and Speciality Judge Careers.
JUDGE ORIGINS
PSI SCHOOL LATE INDUCTEE
Significant psionic ability often only manifests in
puberty and some of the volunteers and inductees
enrolled into Psi School start at a later age than the
usual maximum age of five years used by the Academy
of Law.
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 Late inductees can choose to have an initial Civilian
or Perp origin from Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000
AD but roll age as 6+1d6 years and must have PSI +1
to progress to their second term as a cadet and only
receive one Academy of Law Advanced Programme.
ACADEMY OF LAW ADVANCED
PROGRAMMES
APPLIED LEADERSHIP [1 YEAR]
The irascible Judge Tutor Pepper undertakes the
training those cadets identified as having the potential
to undertake command roles when they graduate.
Notable Judges that have been through the programme
include Joe Dredd and Judge Cal.
>> Prerequisites: Cadet
>> Attributes: INT +1, LOG +1, WIL +1, CHAR +1
>> Skill Choices: conviction, law, leadership, tactics
EXPLOITS
>> Leadership. You are able to donate one or more of
your available LUC dice to another character as a free
reaction to their attempting an attribute check. You
must declare this before they roll the dice.
>> Snap Out of It! You can snap an order at a single
cadet or Judge within 30’ who is suffering from a
temporary mental condition. The individual can make an
immediate roll to shake off the condition. An individual
can only be targeted once per day by this exploit.
CLERICAL [1 YEAR]
Some cadets are clearly better suited to being sat at a
desk rather than a Lawmaster. Whilst still being expected
to meet a minimum standard for combat, these cadets
specialize for a future role in accounting, archives or
basic administration rather than patrolling the hazardous
streets
>> Prerequisites: Cadet
>> Attributes: INT +1, LOG +1, WIL +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: accounting, bureaucracy, computers,
economics, law
EXPLOITS
>> Extra Docket. You know how to get an extra
allocation of equipment. You add your bureaucracy dice
pool to your Requisition Cap for the allocation of Justice
Department equipment for either yourself or one other
member of your team.
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>> Crunch! File! Stamp! You are highly competent at
clerical procedures. You half the time you take in any
accounting and bureaucratic tasks.
UNDERCOVER ASSIGNMENT [1
YEAR]
>> Prerequisites: Cadet, bluffing
>> Attributes: AGI +1, INT +1, CHAR +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: brawling, knives, running, [subterfuge]
An undercover assignment can only be
taken once by a cadet.
Occasionally the Justice Department find that
undercover operations need younger operatives than
those provided by the Wally Squad. Such missions are
typically ones involving infiltration into street gangs of
juves that have managed to become a significant threat
to a sector or have stumbled upon an important haul of
booty. These allocations are rare as prolonged exposure
to citizens can often unravel the cadet’s discipline and
their belief in the Justice Department.
EXPLOITS
>> Petty Larceny. You are an accomplished little
thief. You are practised at stealing things, can break
into buildings and apartments and are capable of acts
involving sleight of hand. You gain the following skills at
one rank, but this does not increase a skill beyond one
rank: thievery, climbing, stealth.
>> Shiv. You are adept at violence using improvised
weapons. Using objects in your surroundings, you are
always considered to be holding a knife or a club. When
you hit somebody with a knife, you automatically inflict
the Bleeding condition.
SPECIALITY JUDGE CAREERS
The following speciality careers can be selected by
Judges who are eligible.
JUDGE TUTOR [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: At least one career as a Street Judge,
Med Judge or Tek Judge and unable to undertake normal
Judge duties in other departments
>> Attributes: INT +1, LOG +1, WIL +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: computers, history, law, teaching

The Academy of Law’s Judge Tutors are recruited from
Judges who have retired with honour after becoming
too debilitated to undertake normal duties. Many sport
cybernetic aids, and any prosthetics and eye patches
are worn proudly like a badge of honour. They are still
prepared to lay down their lives in service to the law of
their city.
You can no longer carry out the regular duties of your
old department but pass on the benefit of your skills and
experienced to a generation of future Judges.
EXPLOITS
>> New Tricks for an Old Law Dog. Choose four skills
from [academic] or [scientific]. You gain these skills at 1
rank [1d6]. This does not increase the rank of an existing
skill.
>> Teacher. You are able to “lend” somebody one rank
in a skill for up to one day. Only one person at a time can
benefit from this ability.
>> Respected Tutor. You gain +1d6 on all [social] skills
you use to influence the Academy of Law’s cadets.
>> Famous Protégés [requires Respected Tutor].
You are credited with helping to produce some notable
Judges. You gain +2 REP.
>> Skilled Instructor. If you spend at least a week
helping to train an individual in a skill which you have a
higher rank, the student spends one less XP to acquire
or advance than they normally would.
SPECIAL JUDICIAL SERVICE
JUDGE CAREERS
SJS Judges are typically chosen from
the ranks of Judges with exemplary
service careers or young graduates
from the Academy who seem to have
an aptitude for Judging their fellow
Judges, though during his tenure as
Division Head of the SJS, Judge Cal
sought out corrupt Judges he could use
to advance his schemes. The Speciality
Judge Career of Special Judicial
Service (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds
of 2000 AD p. 68-69] provides a basic
career in this division, and the
list below includes other specialised
careers within the SJS. Other careers
from the basic rulebook which could
be used within the SJS include Desk
Judge, Interrogator, Maintenance,
Senior Judge and Supervisor and during
Cal’s regime the division includes
the Bodyguard career. Later in the
century during the second regime of
Chief Judge McGruder, a substantial
space arm of the SJS is developed,
which will be included in a future
publication.
Psi Judges are not currently posted
to the SJS, the two Divisions having
deep rivalry and suspicions about each
other. Most SJS Judges consider Psi
Judges to be ‘bleeding hearts’ whose
judgement is flawed.
‘Once SJS, always SJS’
Serving a term in the SJS can be a
useful asset for Judges who plan on
achieving a position in the upper
echelons of the Justice Department,
though some other Judges have
misgivings on the true loyalties
of former SJS members who switch
departments or gain a seat in the
Council of Five.
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TEMPORARY POSTINGS TO
THE ACADEMY OF LAW
Judges can be barred from their normal
duties due to injuries or awaiting the
investigation of prolonged assessment
into their conduct. Some are found
alternative roles within a Sector
House whilst others are deemed to
have vital talents and experience
that could be passed on to cadets at
the Academy of Law. These temporary
postings are also useful for assessing
a Judge’s potential as a Judge Tutor
when they are eventually faced with
retiring from their roles within their
Sector House.
Judges on secondment to the Academy of
Law wear their normal uniforms rather
than those of permanent Judge Tutors.
Judges can secure a temporary posting
if they have a skill at 6 [3d6] or
more ranks. They use their former
career but gain access to the Teacher
and Respected Tutor exploits.
EJK Squad Judge [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: Serving SJS Judge
>> Attributes: AGI +1, INT +1, WIL +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: conviction, perception, pistols, rifles,
stealth, tactics
Extra-Judicial Killings are rare and covert executions
performed inside Mega-City by the SJS, usually
within the umbrella of the Security of the City Act.
They typically target individuals whose existence
threatens the justice system and whose arrest would
trigger unwelcome publicity and revelations. Each EJK
termination needs the sanction of the Chief Judge who
signs an authorisation form. Needless to say, these
operations increased when Judge Cal gained power
within the SJS, and unlawful terminations were carried
out without the knowledge of Chief Judge Goodman.
On missions, EJK operatives usually wear standard
SJS uniform or a suit of Judge armour without any pads,
all insignia items removed and IR shades instead of a
helmet. If needed, civilian disguises are used. Operatives
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can requisition corpse suckers and confiscated civilian
items, including weapons from Justice Department
arsenals and depots. Droids and vehicles can be
requisitioned from Justice Department pounds with
their identification numbers and codes erased and the
vehicles fitted with false plates and mirrored windows.
You are part of a small, ruthless team who eliminate
opponents of the Justice Department.
EXPLOITS
>> Act of Grud. You can easily conceal that an
assassination has taken place when carrying out a killing.
It will either be put down as an accident or a suicide. You
can even leave evidence of a murder but implicate some
patsy to take the fall.
>> Killing Blow. Any attack you make during the
ambush turn gains a +2d6 bonus to attack.
>> Ambush. You gain +2d6 to rolls made to access the
ambush turn.
>> Anti-Surveillance. You are so familiar with
surveillance devices, blind spots, and avoidance
techniques that, by moving half your speed, you can
render yourself invisible to electronic monitoring
equipment.
>> For the Security of the City. When engaged on EJK
missions, your requisition roll is doubled.
The future Chief Judges who follow
Judge Cal will continue using the SJS
for EJKS whilst the newly formed,
highly secret, Black Ops Division
undertakes assassinations outside
Mega-City One. From around 2122, the
Undercover Division replaces the SJS
as the authorised division for EJKs
inside Mega-City One.
Resistance Judge [1d6 months]
>> Prerequisites: At least one career as Rookie Judge.
Must be taken during a period when Mega-City One is
occupied by Judge Cal or other usurpers.
>> Attributes: END +1, INT +1, LUC +1, REP +1
>> Skill Choices: bravery, brawling, conviction,
explosives, leadership, rifles, pistols, riding, stealth,
tactics
Somehow you avoided Cal’s brainwashing. You were
serving on an undercover detail, posting outside
the city, had a period of leave or an injury or were
on a medication that interfered with the hypnotic
conditioning. When the Hall of Justice was usurped, you
knew where your true duties lay and chose to fight on.
Operating from hidden bases, you and your comrades
wage a guerrilla war against the regime that has taken
control of your beloved Mega-City.
EXPLOITS
>> Ambush Expert. During an ambush turn, you can
take a second action.
>> Hit-and-Run. You can move from out of line of sight,
into firing position, make an attack action, and then back
to out of line of sight twice per day.
>> Always Ready. Sleep in armour with no penalty.
Anyone sneaking up on you while you sleep must make a
Difficult [16] AGI check to do so.
>> No Mercy for Kleggs! You gain +1d6 to damage rolls
made against these hated aliens.
Besides fighting against the reign of
Judge Cal, the Resistance Judge career
can be used in campaigns that feature
Judges engaged in resisting future
usurpers such as East Meg One and Nero
Marcos.
These later activities involve a
greater range of military hardware.
Heavy weapons skill is added, and
the career is open to characters who
have just served a career as a cadet.
The length of a specific campaign can
sometimes be measured in days, weeks
or months.
By the time of the Apocalypse War,
three secret Tactical Command Bunkers
and a complex of tunnels give the
Justice Department an increased
capability to wage war against
invaders.
SJS Med Judge [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: At least one divisional career as a
Med Judge
>> Attributes: INT +1, LOG +1, CHA +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: concentration, hypnotism,
interrogation, law, medicine, psychology
A small number of Med Judges are incorporated into
the SJS and are based at the SJS Headquarters to
assist with interrogations. Besides administering health
checks and care to SJS personnel, their duties include
administering truth serums and keeping interrogated
Judges alive if they are subjected to physical abuse. The
SJS’s own medical labs are used to develop new drugs
to use in interrogation. Personnel wear a standard SJS
uniform without medical insignia, though sometimes
they remove bulky pads and don a lab coat.
Civilian doctors have a code of ethics to ensure they
respect they act to the benefit of their patient. No such
constraints hinder your duty to get to the truth.
EXPLOITS
>> Emergency Procedures. You can expend LUC dice
(choose how many) to restore HEALTH equal to a roll
of those LUC dice in an adjacent creature. This is not
limited by the usual restriction that a creature can only
benefit from a given source of healing once per day.
>> The Machine Knows. You gain a +1d6 bonus to all
detect lie checks you make using birdies, polygraphs and
similar devices in addition to any bonus they normally
give an operator.
>> Surgical Precision. You know where a target’s vital
organs are located. If you do damage to a living target
with a knife of at least average quality, you can choose to
inflict either the Pain condition or the Bleeding condition
if the knife is capable of piercing damage.
SJS Undercover Judge [1d6
years]
>> Prerequisites: at least one career in the SJS.
>> Attributes: INT +1, LOG +1, CHA +1, LUC +1
>> Skill Choices: law, [subterfuge], [social]
Occasionally, the SJS uses subtlety to investigate
Judges. The department has a distrust of Undercover
Division’s operatives and prefers to use its own
personnel in this type of operation, many of its
clandestine investigations actually targeting ‘Wally
Squad’ members. The existence of this type of SJS
Judge is not generally known amongst the Justice
Department.
You are prepared to do anything to root out corrupt
Judges. Living as a citizen, allowing Judges to seduce
you, actively getting involved in heists—no trick is too
underhanded as you are hunting the most dangerous
type of perp, often without ready backup. Your biggest
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worry is the possibility that you somehow cross a line
that prompts your superiors to select you as the target
of an investigation.

EXPLOITS
>> Familiarity. Whilst operating undercover, if you
manage to spend a total of at least 20 hours of time with
a Judge you are investigating without them becoming
suspicious of your true identity, you gain +1d6 to any INT
or insight rolls you use against them.
>> Impersonate. You are easily able to impersonate
any job role which you have had opportunity to observe
within the past day, even briefly. You gain a +1d6 bonus
to fool anybody observing you that you are performing
the job competently.
>> Implacable. SJS Judges have to be tough to deal
with their targets and are even less likely to balk at
obstacles than other Judges in their investigations. You
gain +4 MENTAL DEFENCE.
>> Sniff Out Corruption. Detecting crime is one thing.
Corruption in those who enforce the law has its own
smell, though. Make an INT mental attack. If successful
and the target is a corrupt official, auxiliary or Judge,
you know it. You do not know the details, but you know
for sure that they are guilty of something. >> Battle Scars. You have received so many battle
scars that you sometimes do not notice injury. You gain
a SOAK bonus of +2, which stacks with any other SOAK
Undercity Long Walk Judge [1d6 you have.
>> Feared by Under Worlders. You can make a REP
years] mental attack against any Undercity denizen within 30’
>> Prerequisites: At least one career as Street Judge, to inflict the Afraid condition.
Med Judge, Psi Judge or Tek Judge >> Vigilant. Constantly vigilant, you are hard to
>> Attributes: END +1, INT +1, WIL+1, REP +1 surprise. You gain a +1d6 die bonus to access the ambush
>> Skill Choices: brawling, climbing, conviction, hardy, turn.
intimidate, knives, local knowledge, [outdoor], rifles, >> Haunter of the Dark. When in the Undercity, you
pistols, riding, tactics, tracking, survival receive +1d6 on checks made to stealth rolls involving
Following the reign of Judge Cal, the Undercity became hiding or moving quietly.
an optional destination for those Judges who wanted >> Dark’s Master. Having survived the perils of the dark
to quit the streets of Mega-City One but continue their you are no longer intimidated by anyone or anything. You
careers enforcing the law. are immune to the Afraid condition.
You have chosen to take the law to the lawless of a
literal underworld. Cut off from a resupply of equipment Judges who take the Long Walk are not
and entering a realm where information and maps are expected to return to active service
sparse and often contradictory, the odds of survival you
in Mega-City One. They sometimes
face are even grimmer than those of the Cursed Earth.
return briefly to the surface if they
EXPLOITS have vital information concerning the
>> Always Ready. You may sleep in armour with no safety of the city.
penalty. Anyone sneaking up on you while you sleep must
make a Difficult [16] AGI check to do so.

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Wall Judge [1d6 years]
>> Prerequisites: At least one career as Street Judge,
Med Judge, Psi Judge or Tek Judge
>> Attributes: END +1, INT +1, LOG +1, WIL +1
>> Skill Choices: fortitude, gunnery, rifles, scanner,
surveillance

Judges were stationed on the wall constructed during

Cal’s regime to keep his subjects from leaving. Following
Cal’s death, Wall Judges continue to monitor equipment
and weapon systems that, besides ensuring that wanted
perps don’t escape into the Cursed Earth, also ensure
that illegal immigrants are kept outside the city and
invading armies are detected and defeated.
Those unfortunate Judges who tramp the ramparts in
exposed conditions are issued with anti-radiation cloaks
and medication. Many Judges assigned to the monotony
of wall duty are actually there because they incurred the
displeasure of their former Sector Chiefs.
So, they expect you to serve most of the day and night
EXPLOITS at risk from every punk with a gun, till your Gruddam
>> Vigilant. You gain +1d6 on perception and scanners luck runs out and you end on a slab? The only retirement
tests involving scrutiny using binoculars or military plan on offer is either teaching stuck up, little spugs at
scanners. the Academy or doddering out into the Cursed Earth
>> Spy-in-the-Sky [requires Vigilant]. Once per day, with a target on your back! All this without taking a
you can spend a LUC point to have access to a spy-in- single cred? Get real! You are not a droid, and you have
the-sky camera that can operate directly above and up earned the chance to make life a little easier for yourself.
to six miles into the Cursed Earth from your assigned You just have to make sure the SJS don’t finger your
station on the wall, though local conditions will often collar and send you off to suck vacuum on Titan.
affect its ability to operate. If the Gamemaster wishes to allow PCs to create
>> Wall Gunner. You gain +1d6 on heavy weapons and ‘Dirty Badges’ they can use a Rookie, Judge or Speciality
gunnery rolls when firing weapons which are mounted on Judge career with the following modifications:
static defences.
>> Skill Choices: One of your skill choices must
be chosen from the following: [subterfuge], bluffing,
Corrupt Judge [OPTIONAL] carousing, flirtation, intimidate.
The Justice Department of Mega-City One sets high
standards for its Judges, which some fail to maintain.
Many jealous or cynical Judges find themselves crossing Lack of Conviction
the line into illegal brutality whilst others prove all too
human as they lose the struggle to maintain the monk-
If a GM determines that a corrupt
like chastity demanded of them. Finally, there are those Judge has no real belief in the
who are drawn into criminal activities. Even honour roll justice system they are meant to
cadets such as Rico, a clone of Fargo himself, have found enforce, the character cannot use
themselves unable to resist illegal vices or greed. their law skill towards calculating
From petty activities such as extorting credits from their MENTAL DEFENCE.
sex trade workers in return for turning a blind eye to
their activities and offering protection and providing
information to crime lords and foreign powers, rogue
Judges provide the SJS with plenty of crimes to
investigate.

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EXPLOITS
>> Anti-Surveillance. You are so familiar with
surveillance devices, blind spots, and avoidance
techniques that, by moving half your speed, you can
render yourself invisible to electronic monitoring
equipment. Using this on duty while under the ever-
watchful eye of the Justice Department is likely to raise
serious questions.
>> Fox the Birdie. You are familiar with interrogation
techniques, and if you believe an interrogation device
that detects lies is being used to read your responses,
you can choose to remove any bonus it gives the
operator.
>> Judge’s Cut. Gain 3d6x100 Cr. You may repeat this
gaining 3d6x100 Cr each time.
>> Secret Retreat. Unknown to the Justice
Department, you rent or use a lockup, low-rent
apartment or basement that you use to store
contraband.
>> Untraceable Weapon. You own a civilian model
weapon worth up to 100 Cr that you obtained without
any evidence linking you to it. If you discard or lose it,
you can gain a replacement piece from a contact in your
city in 1d6 days.

NEW EXPLOITS
Judge Exploits
>> Eagle of Justice (Mega-City Judge with AGI 8+):
When your need is desperate, you can spend an action
to unclip your Judge badge and hurl it at a target using
Throw which does damage as a throwing knife.

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 CH/3: LIFE UNDER CAL
Life under a tyrant is a fraught existence. Every friend
is a potential informant. Every word spoken without
thought might be a death sentence. Every action, no
matter how mundane, might be the reason you and your
family are dragged off. Life under Judge Cal pretty much
works the same way—except even by the standards of
tyrants, Judge Cal is a few wheels short of a Lawmaker.
Under his reign, Mega-City One is brought to the brink of
destruction more than once. When Judge Cal ruled over
the city, the difference between survival and destruction
is entirely dependent on how well Cal slept—or what the
dozen or so voices in his head were whispering to him.
Mega-City One has dealt with psychosis before
though. What makes Cal so particularly dangerous is
his cunning and his commitment. When he’s decided
what he wants to achieve, Judge Cal has the ability to
actually see it through. He’s like Dredd in that respect.
Dredd’s bloody-minded remorselessness kept him alive
out in the Cursed Earth. Cal’s ability to plot two or
three steps ahead of everyone else meant that there
was always another strategy in reserve even if one was
uncovered and thwarted. Being a citizen under Chief
Judge Cal isn’t much fun. There’s no guarantee that you
won’t be called upon to commit suicide at a moment’s
notice or that a random poster put up in a city block
window, absentmindedly, might not be deemed seditious.
Cal is everywhere and controls everything. He’s made
the various elements of Mega-City One’s apparatus of
control work perfectly, harmoniously, together. If, like
some do, you thought Mega-City One was repressive
under Chief Judge Goodman—you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Under Goodman, there was brutality. This is Mega-City
One, after all, and Cal’s SJS were at the heart of it. But
with Cal in supreme command, everything is amplified.
Everything becomes unhinged and bigger and more
deadly. The camera networks spy on every citizen. Every
available resource is used to watch, to detect any slight
hint of treachery. Or what Cal deems to be treachery.
It’s a crazy time. So what, as citizens or criminals or
even Judges are you meant to do? Well, now that’s the
question…
THE FIRST RUMBLINGS
It’s a shock when Judge Dredd is shown to be a
murderer. The hero of the Cursed Earth reduced to
a callous butcher, utterly outside the law? That’s a
dislocation. But that kind of strain — stumbling through
an irradiated wasteland, alone — can break a mind, even
one as tough as Dredd’s. He was a hero, sure. But Mega-
City One enjoys tearing down a hero, almost as much as
they enjoy building one up. Maybe even more so.
How do you feel about Dredd being revealed as a
cold-blooded killer? And do you notice the insidious
machinations of Judge Cal as his SJS begins to take
more and more power for itself? If you’re a Judge, this
is part of your daily life, difficult to escape. And if you’re
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JUDGES:
1d6 Response
1 I Knew He Was Dirty! You always suspected there was something wrong about Dredd. No one is that perfect,
that committed to the law, that unyielding. This is final vindication.
2 Who Cares? There’s enough going on in Mega-City One, without making everything about Dredd. He gets
enough attention without you paying him any.
3 All Hell’s Gonna Break Loose! What happens to the streets when you take away the myth that scares them?
Whatever it is, it’s going to hit you Judges first and hardest.
4 That Cal Scares Me. Whether Dredd did the crime or not, you’re getting worried about Judge Cal and the
SJS. They’re throwing their weight around, and without a Dredd-shaped check on them, who knows what
they’re capable of?
5 Keep Your Head Down. Sure, it’s suspicious. Sure, it isn’t like Dredd. But you need to keep your head down,
and maybe, if you get the chance, you can do something about it. But you’re going to do it quietly. Very qui-
etly.
6 No Way Dredd’s Guilty. Maybe he trained you. Maybe you just admire him. But you know there is no way he’s
responsible for this crime. Doesn’t matter what the film shows. You won’t be moved.

CITIZENS:
1d6 Response
1 He Was No Hero! Dredd was always a menace. A thug. With him gone, maybe this city can turn itself around
and start taking care of its populace again.
2 So Now What? He might not have been a caring, cuddly type, but Dredd kept crime down. Who is going to do
that now? And how is it going to affect you?
3 Who Cares? You’ve got enough to worry about. Your job. Your family. Paying the rent. Buying that new
domestic robot you’ve always wanted. This is just one more irrelevant scandal everyone forgets about in a
week.
4 We Need to Get out of Here, Now! With Dredd gone, you have a feeling that things are going to go south.
Very quickly, and in the ugliest way possible. You need to make it to Mega-City Two, or Brit Cit, or somewhere
else. And quick!
5 Smash the System! Now is the time for revolution! Break down the oppressive systems of state rule, elimi-
nate the Judges, and make a new city!
6 I Don’t Believe It. Nothing is gonna make you believe that Judge Dred…the Judge Dredd…did this. Not a
chance. But do you want to do something about it, or just keep this belief to yourself?

PERPS:
1d6 Response
1 Chaos Reigns! It’s finally happened! The thing you and your perp buddies have dreamed of. Ol’ Joe has finally
got what’s coming to him. And now…now is the time to get out there and make hay.
2 Time for Revenge. The Judges have had it too easy for far too long, and now…now their hero has been shown
up, and you’re going to get your own back. Some Judges are going to die.
3 Opportunity Knocks. There’s lots of idiots out there who are about to use Dredd’s absence as an excuse for
pandemonium. Not you. You’re going to use this time to make your way to the top of the mob. Let them panic
and scream about Dredd. You’re going to do something much more important.
4 It’s a Trap! No way. No way this is real! This is a Judge’s plot. Flush out all the perps. Dredd’s probably under-
cover. He might be infiltrating your crew right now…
5 Keep Your Head Down. There’s nothing good going to come out of this. If Dredd is gone, the Judges are
going to crack down that much harder. They’ll have to. And with the SJS cracking skulls everywhere, you’ll be
damned if you’re going to give them a chance to crack yours.
6 It’ll Be Worse without Him. Dredd was many things, but he was fair. He’d try to take you alive if he could.
Without him…without him, there’s going to be bedlam. What none of the perps around you seem to get is that
chaos is bad for crime because amateurs try and get in on the action.

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not…well, it’s not like Mega-City One isn’t teeming
with other things to occupy your time and attention.
It’s the publicity surrounding the event that begins to
take its toll on peoples’ opinions. If you are running a
game set within the timeframe of Judge Cal’s rise and
rulership, you can use one of the relevant tables on page
36 to produce a random result for a person’s opinion
concerning events related to Judge Dredd. (Unless
you’ve already predetermined them, of course.)
Shortly after being framed, Dredd is hunted and
captured, then subsequently escapes. What are you
going to do during Dredd’s absence from the streets?
And how is the city going to cope without him? Well…
you’re about to find out. And it isn’t going to be pretty.
SO IT BEGINS…
Liberty dies pretty quickly in Mega-City One—mainly
because there isn’t an awful lot of it to begin with. You
don’t police a city this big and this chaotic. You keep
it beneath your heel and hope it doesn’t get up. So,
when Cal first comes to power, who is to say that you,
the average citizen, even notice. It starts quietly. Chief
Judge Goodman is broken by Dredd’s apparent betrayal
of everything he stood for, and Judge Cal kept the lid on
the city when Dredd was out in the Cursed Earth. Sure,
some of his methods seemed a bit brutal. Maybe the man
himself is a little odd, but he gets the job done, and in
times like these, when Judge Dredd is a murderer, and
the Chief Judge can barely speak, someone efficient like
Cal is just what you need.
Especially when Dredd escapes. Admittedly,
committing every single Judge to pursue him seems
excessive for one man, even when that one man is Dredd.
Again though, unprecedented times. Who knows what
you’d do in that situation?
Plot Hooks
Judges: You’re deployed to the area Dredd was last
seen, commandeering a taxi at the point of a Lawgiver
and driving off to who knows where. How are you going
to track him down? And what do you do if you actually
manage to? Are you sure enough of your own skills to
take on the Judge Dredd?
Citizens: So, even the Judges can’t protect you. All
they care about is Dredd! Time to take matters into your
own hands, yeah? That’s right. You’re going to take to
the streets. You’re going to do what the Judges can’t and
protect your neighbourhood. How are you going to fare
against hardened perps? And what are the Judges going
to think when they finally spare some time to police the
city again?
Perps: All the Judges are after Dredd. Now is the time
to take on that big job you’ve been putting off for years.
Maybe the one that’ll allow you to finally retire. You’re
going to need some information, though. Max Normal is
the guy for that kind of insider knowledge, but where’s
he got to? How are you going to find him, and what
happens if he’s with Judge Dredd at the time?!
CAL’S RISE TO POWER
Dredd’s innocence might be proven, but Judge Cal
has had enough of playing the long game. He launches
his coup, first with the assassination of Chief Judge
Goodman and then with a sniper’s bullet to Dredd’s brain!
Of course, Dredd survives, but he is left in a coma and
in need of extensive surgery to save him. Cal moves
quickly to install himself as Chief Judge, shoring up his
power and readying to reshape Mega-City One in his own,
comprehensively unstable image. The first step is to
introduce a series of new laws, reintroducing the death
penalty for virtually any crime Cal feels like—especially
any criticism of the Chief Judge.
Using this law as a pretext, Cal seizes the television
studios, halting any news broadcasts, and arresting
newsreaders, journalists and camera operators, oh and
everyone watching a broadcast deemed illegal. Protests
against Cal’s draconian new measures are shut down
with brutal haste. As Dredd awakens from his coma, Cal
has his men place him under arrest, dragging him to the
Halls of Justice, his head still wrapped in bandages. Cal
also introduces a mandatory curfew for all citizens with
immediate death for any who breach it. And then, in an
announcement of his utter irrationality to all the citizens
of Mega-City One, he introduces his choice for Deputy
Judge Chief, a loyal, devoted friend.
Deputy Chief Judge Fish. The name is a literal
description. Deputy Chief Judge Fish is Cal’s goldfish.
Dredd witnesses this bizarre scene and also watches as
Cal nods at Judge Fish’s pronouncement of his sentence.
Death. Fortunately, not everyone in the Halls of Justice
is as devoted to Chief Judge Cal’s new regime as most of
the Judges appear to be. Judge Giant, using Cal’s vanity
against him, convinces the demented tyrant to let Giant
kill Dredd so that Judge Giant could prevent any blood
spatter on Cal’s immaculate uniform. The ruse works,
and Giant is able to rescue Dredd. The two escape into
the city, aware that Cal’s grip on it is, for the moment,
absolute.
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Plot Hooks
Judges: So…whose side are you
on? And if you’re not on Cal’s side,
how are you going to survive? Be
totally clear about this: if you don’t
side with Cal, he’s going to try to
kill you. Cal isn’t going to tolerate
any dissent, especially this early
in his regime. How are you going
to rebel? How are you going to be
able to retain your commitment to
the law in the face of Cal’s constant
propaganda and your isolation? And
how are you going to hide your true
allegiance from those around you?
How did Judge Giant manage it?
Citizens: You’re one of a group of
citizens caught out by Cal’s suddenly
and brutally imposed curfew. You’re
trapped outside, and somehow, you
need to get back home, preferably alive. Dodge roving Cal’s power continues to grow, though. He has the
packs of Judges, avoid the attentions of the SJS and mayor of Mega-City One declared insane (the fact that
make your way through the weirdly deserted streets of a the evidence of his insanity is the mayor behaving like a
Mega-City One in the grip of a tyrant. chicken, at Cal’s behest, isn’t noted on the asylum entry
Perps: Oh sure, the death of Goodman’s big news. But form) and is then infuriated to discover that the city’s
he’s soon replaced. Life goes on as normal. And well… population isn’t exactly happy about things. A mass
Judge Cal ran the SJS, didn’t he? He knows how to protest soon arrives at the Halls of Justice, demanding
maintain order. He knows how to keep things running as Cal’s resignation and the installation of Dredd as Chief
normal. Which is good, because a curfew makes things Judge. With typical poise and equanimity, Cal orders the
like breaking into shops extremely easy. You can go wild, use of gas bombs to disperse the mob before sending
so long as you’re quick, quiet, and wear a good quality in the SJS to deliver a particularly brutal reminder
mask. The problem is that the Judges are going to spend of who exactly is in charge. A lot of busted heads and
even less time getting you to surrender now. Good luck, broken bones later, Cal remains the undisputed ruler of
hombres. Mega-City One. Wearied, disappointed by the people’s
unwillingness to acclaim his glory and being a sadistic
maniac, Cal then has Judge Fish announce his new law.
MAN HUNT! Anyone breaking the new law is sentenced to instant
death.
Dredd’s on the loose, and Cal isn’t going to let that Meanwhile, Dredd shelters at the Academy of Law,
go. A reward of one million credits is offered to anyone alongside Judge Griffin, Judge Schmaltz and others who
offering information leading to Dredd’s arrest—more are older, some crippled with severe injuries, but at least
than enough money to bring out the Mega-City’s various determined to uphold the law as it should be. Dredd then
crazies, all seeking to get themselves a piece of that sort formulates his plan to strike back.
of action. Cal’s initial plan is to have the Judge meant
to be guarding Dredd killed. His right-hand man, Judge Plot Hooks
Quincy, persuades him to let the two merely suffer the Judges: Things aren’t exactly much fun inside the
indignity of dressing like little girls. Obviously, the ruling Halls of Justice. Cal’s pyschosis makes every sentence
has to come from Judge Fish, but Quincy’s plan works. uttered aloud a reason for demotion…or worse. If you’re
For now, however, Cal’s madness isn’t thinning the ranks a Cal loyalist, what are you doing to survive? How are
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And how are you going to manipulate his insatiable ego
to get yourself promotion. For those on Dredd’s side,
are you going to sneak out of the Halls of Justice, join
his rebellion,? or work on the inside to bring about Cal’s
demise? Either way, you’re going to have to be very
careful.
Citizens: You’re stuck inside. Every day brings
additional chaos, additional stress, anxiety, concern. How
are you surviving? What’s it like to be at the whims of a
maniac? How do you interpret the new law as declared
by Judge Fish? And, more importantly, how do your
neighbours? Can you trust them not to report you for a
breach? And can they trust you?
Perps: You’ve lived most of your life running from the
law. One more reason to do so isn’t going to make that
much of a difference — even if it was announced by a
fish. You might be handling Cal’s impulses better than
any other group in the city. The Judges are spending so
much time persecuting people gathered on the streets or
shooting anyone out thirty seconds after curfew so that
you and your buddies are doing whatever you want. So,
what is that? And how are you getting away with it?

DREDD’S GOOD… CAL’S BETTER

After days of careful preparation and now fully
recovered, Dredd and his new allies finally make their
move. With only a small squad of Judges, Dredd’s plan
relies on mobilising the populace of Mega-City One. In a
convoy, Dredd, Giant, Griffin and the rest, break into the
broadcast control centre, taking out Cal’s troops. Dredd
manages to transmit a message to the city populace,
inciting them to rebel.
Responding to Dredd’s exhortation, an armed mob
descends on the Halls of Justice where a fierce battle
takes place. Even though his forces are spread out and
massively outnumbered during this insurrection, Cal
is enjoying a public bubble bath whilst dispensing his
particular version of justice to those citizens unwise
enough to try and sue for clemency, even when Dredd
and Giant burst through the blockade surrounding the
Halls of Justice!
Intent on capturing Cal and bringing him to justice,
Dredd and his loyal forces surround the Halls of Justice.
But Cal, as is so often the case, remains one step ahead.
As Dredd issues a demand for Cal’s surrender, Cal
lackadaisically suggests that Dredd will receive his reply
in, “Oh…approximately five minutes.”
His answer is a deluge of terrifying, crocodile-headed,
alien mercenaries, hordes of Klegg. Despite the vast
numerical superiority, the sight of the huge extra-
terrestrials is enough to send the people of Mega-City
One into panic. The Kleggs are also heavily armed,
horrifyingly strong, and are as happy to chew on a rebel
as arrest them. However, Dredd has little sympathy for
the breaking mob. To have come so close to victory and
then to fail makes Dredd’s retreat all the bitterer.
Cal’s vengeance on the city is as measured as one
might expect. He sentences every individual in Mega-City
One to death, preparing to carry out the executions the
next day, city block by city block. In an orderly fashion, of
course.
Plot Hooks
Judges: Do you reveal your true allegiances now? Do
you join Dredd’s rebellion, throwing aside your helmet,
joining the mob he’s mobilised? Or do you pledge
yourself to Cal? Either way, as Kleggs rain from the sky,
how are you going to survive? And who are you going
to help? Do you rescue citizens from the grip of the
ravenous Klegg or leave them to their fate?
Citizens: You joined the rebellion. You followed Dredd,
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all you worry about is finding your way home. Getting
out of the surrounds of the Hall of Justice is going to be
difficult. The Kleggs want meat, any meat, and you best
believe that you look pretty tasty right now.
Perps: The whole city was pretty much emptied, so
you took the chance to do some good, quick burglary.
Now, you’ve got angry and terrified store owners
coming home, and the streets outside are swarming
with vengeful Judges and hungry Kleggs. You’re in a
predicament. How are you going to get out of it?
CAL TRIUMPHANT
His strategy successfully securing the whole of Mega-
City One, Cal readies himself for the execution of the
entire city. Of course, despite the fact that he intends
to slaughter every man, woman, and child in Mega-
City One, Cal cajoles the citizenry to celebrate their
impending deaths. After all, the Chief Judge reminds
them, this is the first time an entire population has been
sentenced to death. Yes, of course taking part in such a
glorious event results in the deaths of all concerned but
surely participation in historical events is worth such an
inconvenience? It certainly is in Cal’s increasingly addled
brain.
Cal’s joy at being able to secure his place in the annals
of tyranny means that Mega-City One’s death knell is
about to be rung, unless Dredd can stop it! Knowing
Cal’s idiosyncratic personal mythology, Dredd resolves
to use his superstitions against him. Kidnapping Judge
Slocum, Dredd forces one of Cal’s closest and most loyal
enforcers to deliver the dead body of Judge Fish to
Cal. Cal, overwhelmed by the loss of his closest friend,
cancels the executions in order to devote himself to
organising Judge Fish’s ostentatious funeral. Dredd’s
plan has saved the city, for now, at least.
After lengthy preparations, Cal launches the vast
funeral celebrations for his beloved Deputy Chief Judge.
As a procession of Judges in dress uniform, mounted
on immaculately clean Lawmakers, moves slowly
out from Justice Central, Cal waves to the crowds of
mourners, until Judge Slocum points out that there
aren’t any mourners. Or, indeed, anyone on the streets
at all. Cal, seeing both his friend’s funeral spurned and
his own magnanimity in cancelling the execution of the
populace go unacknowledged, flies into a rage and vows
to make the entire city suffer for their impudence and
ungratefulness. Mega-City One has seen nothing yet…
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Plot Hooks
Judges: What are you doing while they start setting
up the execution stalls and readying the apparatus for
the massacre of an entire city? Are you sabotaging
the mechanisms of industrial slaughter? Taking out
Klegg mercenaries from the shadows? Doing anything
you can to aid Dredd, and prevent Cal’s madness killing
100 million people? Or are you still too afraid to strike
against the tyrant whose grip on the throat of Mega-City
One seems unbreakable?
Citizens: You weren’t going to let yourself be executed.
You were already planning a break for it, fleeing to the
Cursed Earth, maybe. Or into the sewers. People survive
down there, don’t they? What kind of preparations had
you made, and how were you intending to escape from
the roaming squads of trigger-happy Judges, and hungry
hungry Kleggs?
Perps: Execution is always a threat in your line of work.
Imposing it city-wide, all at once, though? Well, that’s
a different matter. You aren’t exactly civic minded, but
you reckon that’s pushing things. You decided to use
your less-than-legal skills to help someone other than
yourself for once. How did you disrupt the plans of Cal?
And how did you manage to avoid being one of the first
people against the wall?
SUFFER THE LITTLE CITIZENS…
Cal is as good as his word—or as bad as it, to be more
accurate. Laws change. Soon fresh air is being taxed,
talking is punishable by death, walking and running
and stopping are all considered seditious acts. And the
Judges take things further still, encouraging children
to report on their parents, creating a million little
informants throughout the city. Cal also takes the step of
proclaiming his new Deputy Chief Judge, Grampus, the
leader of the Klegg mercenaries. Because when you’re an
irrational tyrant, having an enormous crocodile as your
right-hand enforcer is a sensible decision.
It doesn’t take too long for the population of Mega-City
One to decide that such conditions are impossible to
endure. At first, it’s a trickle of people, stealing from the
city to try to make a new life in the irradiated wasteland
of the Cursed Earth. That’s how untenable life under Cal
is; people voluntary flock into the Badlands which nearly
killed Dredd. Soon, what started as a trickle of tens of
people fleeing at night, becomes a tide of hundreds of
thousands.

The entire city decamps, an exodus determined to
escape the endless bitterness of life under Cal’s endless
changing moods. Of course, nothing is that simple where
Cal is concerned.
Despite some suggestions that the city might be
preferable if emptied of its citizens, Cal isn’t about to
rule over an empty city. That wouldn’t suit his particular
brand of narcissism at all. Deputy Chief Judge Grampus
is sent into action with hover ships quickly surrounding
the defenceless, fleeing masses and opening fire until
the horde is forced to turn back. Cal, aghast at the
idea his tyranny might have been inflicted on empty
buildings, determines to ensure that this never happens
again. Judge Slocum is issued with orders to build a
curtain wall around the entirety of Mega-City One. And
the workforce? Well, Cal hasn’t prevented yet another
thwarting of his authority to let the people return
to their homes unpunished. The entire population is
pressganged into Mega-City One’s largest-ever building
project.
The wall is a mile high, with watch posts, gun towers
and searchlights, everything Cal can think of to render
escape from the city virtually impossible. Whatever else
he may be, Cal is a Judge, and he knows how to create
a prison, a prison for an entire city. Work continues
around the clock, with the population forced to endure
hideous conditions even as they build their own trap.
Dredd and his weary band of teachers attack the wall at
various points, aiming to prevent its construction. But
despite numerous successes, they are much too few in
number to really undermine the building work. Dredd’s
efforts have a second purpose, to nurture some vestiges
of hope in the beleaguered citizens of Cal’s Mega-City,
that Dredd fights on, on their behalf. That, perhaps, Cal
might be deposed and normality (or what passes for it, in
Mega-City One) might return. This drives Cal to the point
of frenzy. Furious at his inability to capture Dredd, Cal
turns to his new Deputy Chief Grampus. The brutal Klegg
leader has his own ideas for capturing the fugitive Dredd
and his band.
Plot Hooks
Judges: Helping Dredd take down parts of the wall
is your paramount mission. Whether you do this while
still pretending to work for Cal or whether you’re one
of Dredd’s renegades is up to you. What needs to be
done is obvious though. The wall needs to be broken
down, interrupted. Following Dredd’s lead, you target
specific sections of the wall. How are you getting past
the security? Endless patrols circle the various building
locations, partly to stop any attempted sabotage and
primarily to keep the people working. This makes your
job difficult, but not impossible. Get ready for a raid!
Citizens: Life is about as miserable as it can get. You’re
constantly watched, constantly working, weapons always
trained on you. This isn’t what a free citizen of Mega-City
One is meant to endure! And damnit, you’re not going
to endure it anymore! It’s time for an uprising. You have
nothing to lose but your chains and, admittedly, your life,
but don’t worry about the details just yet. First, you need
to seize some weapons, incite a riot, and generally carry
on like Spartacus.
Perps: Even you, inured to life under constant threat of
death, are reaching your limits now. Cal’s psychosis has
made every citizen a perp, and, even you know that ain’t
right. But what can you do about it? Well, you can avoid
work where and whenever you can. And there’s always
some extra money to be made selling prohibited items to
the desperate. Getting hold of those illicit items takes a
bit of work, but you can do it with a bit of bribery and a
quiet spot of murder.
UNLEASH THE HOUNDS OF
KLEGG!
Incensed with hunger, nostrils filled with the scent
of the hunt, Deputy Chief Judge Grampus frees the
hounds of Klegg. These vile creatures — part hound,
part crocodile, all ravening hunger — tear apart housing
blocks, sniffing out Dredd and his comrades. Using
clothes obtained from Dredd’s locker, Grampus and the
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Klegg hounds track the fugitive Judges through Mega-
City One with unerring accuracy. Soon, even Dredd’s
relentless cunning isn’t enough, and the Klegg hounds
and the Klegg soldiers following behind are close enough
to launch an assault. An intense firefight begins, with
Dredd and his followers outnumbered and outgunned.
Things grow even more desperate when a charging Klegg
hound sinks its fangs into Dredd’s shoulder, lifting him
cleanly off the ground and threatening to tear him in half.
Even as alien teeth threaten to sever his arm, Dredd
is able to fire off a round from his Lawgiver, tearing the
Klegg hound’s spine from its flesh and leaving Judge
Dredd bloody but still alive. From outside Dredd’s
hideout, Cal and Slocum watch what they believe to be
the final stand against Cal’s total rule over Mega-City
One. As Klegg mercenaries close in on the embattled
resistance, even some of Dredd’s comrades consider
surrender or suicide. This is quickly silenced by Dredd
with a brutal backhand. Seeing the end is approaching if
they hold their positions much longer, Dredd and Giant
gather their remaining forces and make their way to
Dredd’s secret getaway vehicle, a road liner, carefully
concealed alongside an exit ramp, directly onto the
highway ringing Mega-City One. With the heroic Judge
Hernandez laying down his life to give his fellow rebel
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Judges the time to flee, Dredd,
Giant, Pepper, Kelso and the other
Judges are able to break out. The
road liner soars out, beyond the
perimeter of Cal’s forces, onto the
highway, and away. But Cal isn’t
defeated yet.
The vast network of cameras
and tracking devices available to
Cal mean that, even with Judge
Giant’s exceptional driving skills,
Dredd’s escape is short-lived. Cal’s
massed pursuit vehicles arrive at
a key intersection just as the road
liner emerges, shelling the road and
leaving Dredd and his crew exposed.
Unable to stop, the road liner
crashes through the road itself,
plunging down into the Big Smelly.
The Big Smelly is the old river
flowing beneath Mega-City One — a
river whose stench is so vile it was
entirely covered over, leaving most
unaware of its existence.
Convinced that Dredd must
have been killed in the crash,
Cal spontaneously pens a poem, “Ode Said to a Dead
Dredd”. His versifying is greeted with rapturous applause
from the utterly terrified Judges surrounding him, who
only now begin to realise the full extent of what their
compliance has done. With Dredd gone, there truly is no
one to prevent Cal’s psychosis holding sway, once and
for all. Still, victory is not quite enough for Cal’s endless
pride. In order to commemorate his final victory, law
is suspended for 24 hours across the whole of Mega-
City One. Many are convinced that such a rash action
is certain to trigger pandemonium, as the oppressed
citizens of the city unleash their bottled-up emotions.
Nothing happens. Dredd’s death instead inspires a
day of spontaneous mourning across the Mega-City.
Blinds are closed, flags flown at half-mast, and the
streets remain silent. Cal is incensed, demanding to
know why the citizens don’t love him, don’t recognise his
munificence, his kindness. The only response he receives
is from the foolish Judge Cox, who volunteers that the
citizens are simply too shy to express their true feelings
for Cal. Further, Cox goes on, he would die for Judge Cal,
so true and devoted is the love he bears for the Chief
Judge. Cal hands over his gun and insists that Cox make
good on his promise. Seeing Cal’s malice now whittling
down the ranks of his own men, even the other Judges
begin to question whether the Chief Judge ought to be
replaced. But while Cal’s rule is backed up by Grampus
and the Klegg, he is unchallengeable.
Plot Hooks
Judges: Dredd is gone. The great hope for Mega-City
One’s survival has been eliminated. What do you do now?
Throw in your lot with Cal and hope you don’t catch his
eye? Or do you take over where Dredd left off, organising
a resistance however and wherever you can? Cal’s forces
are at the peak of their powers. How do you avoid them,
and how do you try to pick up the pieces after Dredd’s
demise?
Citizens: All hope is gone. Or so it seems. So how are
you going to survive? Maybe it’s time to get out. You’re
sure you can find a way through the wall somehow.
Or go under it. Or over it. There’re dozens of ways to
escape. There must be! You and your friends better start
dreaming up interesting ways out of the city, and fast,
because who knows what the oppressor is going to do
next!
Perps: Who thought you’d have a new line of lucrative
work open up to you consisting of smuggling people out
of Mega-City One. But you do. You’re a coyote now. Isn’t
that what they called them in the old days? You offer
routes past the wall. Or at least, that’s what you say
you’re offering. Who knows if it’s true!
NOW HE’S REALLY MAD
The grip of the tyrant is absolute, and Cal really isn’t
happy about his greatest foe, Dredd, being mourned. In
a typically measured response, Cal declares laughter,
smiling, conversation, and happiness illegal. He forces
the entire city to destroy their prized possessions and
valuables, declaring that anyone found in possession
of anything liable to incite happiness is to be executed
immediately. Cal’s instability, now utterly unconstrained
by the need to respond to Dredd’s attacks and feints,
results in him demanding the city’s loyalty and love.
But Cal’s power isn’t quite as total as he thinks.
Despite the terrifying plunge from the Mega-City One
highway into the Big Smelly, Dredd and his crew aren’t
done for yet. As they smash through the layers of
concrete, the crash bags inflate cushioning those in the
front of the road liner. It isn’t enough to save those in
the unprotected rear of the vehicle, but those in the
command capsule are luckier.
The remains of the road liner float along the Big
Smelly until a crew of scavengers decide it looks like
rich pickings. Using grappling hooks, they haul it to the
shore. Dredd and Giant, observing from within the road
liner, see the unfortunates who reside alongside the
banks of the dangerously polluted river. The locals start
to flee, having heard the approach of someone they call
Fergee. Fergee is an enormous, astonishingly strong
outcast and self-appointed King of the Big Smelly. Dredd,
clambering from the wreckage of the road liner, demands
his surrender, but Fergee isn’t so easily cowed. In fact, he
finds the demands hilarious. Giant encourages Dredd to
simply shoot the towering river-dweller, but Dredd isn’t
about to be driven to act as Cal would. A boxing match
for the ages is inevitable.
Meanwhile, entirely unaware of Dredd’s survival, Cal
plots yet another propaganda coup, designed to finally
inspire the kind of adoration he craves. He conducts a
series of auditions, seeking to find someone to depict
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Judge Dredd’s treachery against Cal’s pure heroism.
Cal, of course, has chosen the city’s most famous and
handsome actor to play him. Conrad Conn, the actor in
question, is initially reluctant to take on the role. Cal is,
however, an extremely persuasive casting director and,
with a little negotiation, Conn soon accepts his place in
the film. It’s difficult not to, with a knife to your head and
a Klegg behind you.
Dredd’s battle with Fergee is a bruising slug-fest.
Fergee is strong enough to shake even Dredd’s usually
indomitable resolve but not quite enough to break
it. Summoning his strength, Dredd knocks Fergee off
his feet into the Big Smelly itself. From which Fergee
emerges laughing, smiling, and offering Dredd his hand
in friendship. Dredd’s formidable strength and his dry
wit appeal to Fergee, who offers to show them around
his underground kingdom. But first, the surviving Judges
have to assess the cost of their narrow escape from Cal.
While Giant, Griffin, Kelso, and Pepper survived intact,
Judge Schmaltz is left mortally wounded, although he
survives long enough to deliver an eloquent tribute to
himself. Interring their fallen in the road liner, the Judges
honour those who gave their lives in defence of Mega-
City One and in defiance of Cal. Then, placing their trust
in Fergee—an outcast they barely know—they turn into
the darkness.
Plot Hooks
Judges: You’ve heard rumours, rumours of the river
below. Could Dredd have survived the crash? And if so,
do you head down into the darkness to find him? What
lurks down there, in the endless maze of tunnels, and do
you want to find out? No. Really. Do you? Because that’s
the only way you’re going to find out if Dredd is still
breathing.
Citizens: A new life awaits! One far away from the
insanity of Cal, from the oppression and the drudgery
and the hunger of the Klegg. Life on the Big Smelly is
the life for you! Of course, you’ve got to deal with the
cannibals, and the mutants and the zombies, but hey! It’s
better than the alternative. How are you carving out a
new life for yourself, exactly?
Perps: You deal with all sorts. You’re not picky when it
comes to customers. You can’t be, in your line of work.
So you do some strange jobs for people from below the
streets. And you’ve got to deliver something from the
world above, to those below. What do the folk of the Big
Smelly need from the surface, how do you procure it, and
what happens when you attempt to deliver?
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KING OF THE BIG SMELLY!
Guided by the enormous, violent but surprisingly
affable Fergee, Dredd and his comrades are given a
guided tour of the underside of Mega-City One. What
might have been a dangerous trek through dark, stinking
confines of the sewers is made much easier by Fergee’s
presence—though the smell is made slightly worse.
Fergee’s size and reputation ensure that the strange
tribes of mutants dwelling in the labyrinth of sewers
stay well out of Dredd’s way. After a lengthy trip, Fergee
finally shows the exhausted Judges into his home or
at least what passes for a home down here. Fergee’s
domicile is a former body shop, crammed with the
various flotsam and jetsam Fergee has collected from
the Big Smelly over many years. For the first time in
a long time, the Judges are able to rest and begin to
recuperate. Fergee even feeds them, though several
of the Judges find themselves less peckish once they
realise that the meat they are chewing on is sewer rat.
It is while resting that the Judges are finally able to
devote some time to determining precisely how Cal has
managed to establish such complete dominance over
the minds of numerous, previously decent and reliable
Judges. Judge Giant finally realises the secret to Cal’s
means of cultivating loyalty. As the former head of the
SJS, it was Cal’s responsibility to arrange and deliver
the morning briefings. These recorded messages are
meant to offer each Judge an overview of the day ahead,
updates on any major crimes and determine patrol
routes. Could Cal have subverted them, somehow? After
some discussion, Giant reaches a firm hypothesis. Cal
had been using subliminal messages, carefully hidden
deep within the briefings, gradually brainwashing even
the most diligent servants of the law. Those Judges
exempt from briefings, such as Judge Tutors at the
Academy, did not form such an attachment. At last
recognising that Cal’s hold on the Mega-City is not
quite as total as it might have seemed, Dredd and his
companions are able to begin building a new plan for
restoring peace. Except of course, things are never quite
that easy.
Just as it seems the Judges might have a place from
which to begin to rebuild the resistance, Fergee leads
them directly into a passing patrol wagon. Fergee’s
first instinct is to fight the pat-wagon with his bat, but,
seeing even Dredd turn tail and flee, the genial giant is
persuaded that there might be wiser course of action.
Unfortunately, the escape route they choose leads to a
dead end. Facing death if recognised, Dredd attempts
an audacious bluff. Emerging from the alleyway, with
Fergee at gunpoint, Dredd momentarily convinces the
Judges who were chasing them that he was actually in
pursuit of the hulking sewer dweller. It isn’t the subtlest
of bluffs but it works for just long enough to give Dredd
and Fergee the chance to take their pursuers down.
Dredd, impressed by Fergee’s loyalty, makes him an
honorary Judge—something which precipitates the
easily amused giant into fits of laughter. But Fergee and
Dredd’s strike has also given the Judges something else.
It’s given them an opportunity. Taking the pat-wagon for
themselves, the Judges head across town to undertake
Dredd’s latest plan. First step? Rescue Walter the Wobot
from the clutches of the Klegg.
Walter is being held captive by a gang of Klegg who
use him as a servant and a source of fun. The fun stops,
for the Klegg at least, when Fergee and Dredd plunge
through the ceiling and begin whaling about them. The
fight is vicious, but, after a brutal battle, Dredd and
Fergee are left, surrounded by the bodies of unconscious
crocodilians. Walter, delighted to be once again in the
presence of Dredd, is soon given a new role. That of a
traitor!
Calling into a news show, Walter declares his identity,
and insists that Judge Dredd is in fact alive, not dead as
Cal and most of the city believed. After some moderate
confusion—Dwedd isn’t quite close enough to Dredd for
some Judges’ ears— Walter is brought before Cal, just as
Dredd reveals himself, disposing of a series of Judges
in a thrilling motorway chase. When Walter arrives, Cal
is indulging himself in one of his favourite pastimes—
judging the guilty—and a new one he has only recently
picked up—addressing the long dead Chief
Judges of Mega-City One and demanding
they answer him. Dredd’s survival pushes
Cal ever deeper into insanity, and upon
Walter’s arrival, Cal seizes an axe and
advances upon the small robot unit with
murder in his eyes!
Citizens: You saw it! You and your friends saw Dredd’s
resurrection. You need to tell people. Except, of course,
Cal’s men aren’t exactly keen for you to do that. They’re
already tracking you, and you need to stay one step
ahead of them while also rekindling the city’s hopes that
maybe…just maybe…there might be some way out of this
predicament.
Perps: Being a criminal means you get to meet a lot
of different people and gather expertise in a variety of
different roles. Your gang got pretty good at hypnotising
people into giving you their stuff, signing over their
apartments. It was the perfect scam. What you didn’t
expect was to be arrested by the head of the SJS and
forced to make tapes for him to brainwash Judges with.
And now, things have gone too far, and it can only be a
matter of time before he decides to get rid of you. But
escaping from Cal isn’t going to be easy.
WALTER’S COUWAGE
Even as Cal steps towards Walter, axe raised and ready
to strike, Dredd’s plan becomes clear. Walter pleads with
Cal, accepting his brutal decommissioning at Cal’s hands,
so long as he isn’t sent back to that ‘cweep’ Judge
Dredd. Hearing the previously devoted Walter talk about
Dredd this way is a sudden and unexpected balm for Cal’s
soul. Instead of hacking Walter to pieces, he puts Walter
on every vid-channel he can, having the loquacious robot
regale Mega-City One with lurid and entirely fictional
tales of Dredd’s villainy. Cal, pleased at his greatest
and most obstinate foe’s reputation being tarnished, is

Plot Hooks
Judges: Walter might be brave, and he
might be loyal, but he’s not exactly bright.
How long before he gives himself away
to Cal by objecting to the tyrant’s ranting
about Dredd? Fortunately, Dredd wasn’t
foolish enough to send the robot in alone.
Walter might not know it, but you’re there
to cover for him, catch his mistakes and
generally try and stop the robot from
getting himself killed. Good luck with that.

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uncharacteristically generous, making Walter Mega-City
One’s first robot Judge. But Walter’s compliance is, quite
obviously, a ruse. Dredd has again used his knowledge of
Cal’s personality to his own ends. Walter’s flattery and
subservience are perfect for Cal’s brand of vanity, and
Dredd banks on this. As Cal’s trust in Walter grows, the
plucky robot is soon able to walk through the Halls of
Justice unobstructed but not entirely unsuspected.
Judge Slocum, loyal to Cal to the end, has been
tracking Walter’s movement, and just as Walter sneaks
into the Crime Briefing Room to obtain proof of Cal’s
subliminal messaging, Slocum holds him at gunpoint.
He quickly takes away tape containing Cal’s secret
messaging, and heads to Cal’s inner chambers to reveal
Walter’s duplicity. Dredd’s plan is moments from failure
except Cal has decided to reward his most faithful
servant. Slocum is injected with something Cal refers to
as a miracle cure. Even as Slocum attempts to warn Cal
of Walter’s enduring loyalty to Dredd, he begins to feel
different. Paralysis steals over him, the tape falls from
his fingers, and Cal’s Klegg servants carefully lift Slocum
up and deposit him in a vast test tube filled with vinegar,
once Cal has carefully positioned Slocum’s features into
a beaming smile. Cal’s reward for his most loyal follower’s
devotion is permanent relief from ageing and stress. Cal
also hadn’t forgotten the slight against his character
Slocum had made, once, when he referred to the Chief
Judge as crazy. Walter, confronted by the true extent
of Cal’s insanity awaits his own imminent end only for
Cal to calmly pick up the tape Slocum was about to use
to prove the robot’s mendacity and hand it back to him.
Walter scuttles off to present Dredd with the clinching
proof of Cal’s perfidy. Does Dredd finally have the means
to turn the Judges against their Chief?
Plot Hooks
Judges: He pickled his most loyal follower? What’s
he going to do to you? Barbeque you and serve you for
lunch? Actually, don’t answer that. Cal’s insanity knows
no bounds. But Walter has got the tape, and now you just
need to smuggle it out of the Halls of Justice and into
the post without it going through any of the ninety-three
different checks Cal insists on. Should be easy, right?
Right?
Citizens: Cal’s inviting citizens to come and visit his
new museum. You and several people in your block
have received a personalised invitation from the tyrant
himself along with a personalised Judge to enforce your
attendance. In the museum, you quickly realise that all of
the exhibits and specimens are pickled people. And one
of them mouths something which looks a lot like, “Help
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me!” What are you going to do? And what kind of review
of the museum are you going to offer Cal?
Perps: Where are you going to get gallons and gallons
of pickling vinegar from? You owe a couple of Judges
favours and now, they’re calling them in. Cal wants
pickling liquid, a lot of it, and damned if the Judges know
where to get it. You couldn’t exactly say no to them, so
now you’re out looking. It’s going to be quite the heist,
that’s all you can think to yourself.
THE FINAL PSYCHOSIS OF
JUDGE CAL
One hundred days into his reign of terror, Cal and
Deputy Chief Judge Grampus survey the Mega-City they
have cowed into submission. Cal uses the opportunity
to expound on his philosophy of leadership. It’s a fairly
simple formula: fear equals obedience. The population,
reduced to abject servitude, are utterly at Cal’s mercy.
A network of spy cameras and informants ensure that
none even dare dream of insurrection. The vast city walls
prevent escape, and the Judges ensure that the merest
act of disobedience is dealt with, permanently. But hope
isn’t entirely gone. Just as Cal basks in his glory, Fergee
receives a package sent by Walter. In it, is the tape
proving Cal’s use of subliminal messaging to brainwash
the Judges under his control. Dredd’s plan is to use Cal’s
own techniques against him by creating a briefing tape
to overwrite Cal’s control of the Judges and bring them
back to reality. The problem? Judge Pepper estimates
it might take two weeks to create such a tape. Dredd
orders them to have it done in just seven days. And with
Cal growing crazier by the day, even that might be too
long.
Beset by voices in his head, Cal rages at phantoms
within the bastion of the Halls of Justice, railing against
spectral persecutors. Finally, after minutes of agonised
ranting at the air around him, Cal collapses and is borne
to his chambers by his still-loyal SJS members. The next
day, Cal’s mood is quite changed. Indeed, he’s positively
cheerful, a change which Walter notes. Cal responds to
his robot servant’s comment with the revelation that
he has reached a decision—a decision he intends to
reveal to the city as a whole in a live broadcast. Ever the
showman.
The speech delivered a few hours later is the acme of
Cal’s instability. His perfect rule, he announces, cannot
be improved upon, but nor, should it be allowed to
diminish. Instead, Cal proposes a glorious moment of
sacrifice, with the intention of preserving our perfect city
forever in its finest hour! Cal’s plan is already essentially
complete. Canisters of nerve gas have been placed
throughout the city. All Cal has to do is push a button,
and the entire city dies. Of course, Cal nobly informs the
terrified populace that he, himself, is prepared to push
the button. The use of the nerve gas is quite deliberate
too. The buildings and the records of Mega-City One
are to be left untouched. The entire conurbation will
become a shrine to Cal’s achievements, a corpse-strewn
monument to Cal’s mania!
Dredd watches the announcement with mounting
horror, before demanding that Pepper finish the tape
immediately—else there won’t be a chance for them to
stop Cal’s slaughter! The Judges work without sleep to
ready everything for their final attempt to halt Cal. The
next morning, they sneak through the streets, dodging
pat-wagons and other patrols, finally arriving at the Hall
of Justice. But the place is still heavily defended. Getting
in is virtually impossible, except for the fact that Dredd
has a man (or a lisping robot) on the inside.
With Walter’s help, Dredd, Giant and the rest of the
fugitive Judges are able to use a secret escape route
that emerges underneath the sarcophagus of Judge
Fargo. Hurrying through the labyrinth of passages that
make up the vast complex, Dredd and his men take
out a number of their former comrades, bringing their
unconscious forms with them to avoid rousing suspicion.
Eventually, they reach the briefing room where Dredd
guns down the two SJS guards attempting to stop him.
Finally, as the Judges file into the great hall for the
morning briefing, Pepper switches the briefing tape to
the one he has specially created. The effect is almost
immediate. The Judges are snapped from the Cal-tainted
world they’ve inhabited for months. Many are driven
to something like a nervous collapse at the realisation
of what they have been party to and what they have
done without question. But there’s no time for such
recriminations. Dredd emerges from his hiding place,
offering the awakened Judges a shot at redemption, to
ride on Cal’s still-loyal SJS and the Klegg, stopping Cal
before he can complete his plan to murder the entire
city.
At that moment, Cal is on his way to the Tower of city. The crowd that had gathered to beseech Cal to show
Judgement, where the button to release the nerve gas is mercy flees at the sound. The SJS, uncertain at why the
located. With a typical dramatic flourish, Cal intends to siren should be sounding at all, grow nervous. But Cal
stand above the city he believes he has perfected, just as thinks the dirge like noise a perfect accompaniment to
he kills every inhabitant. But as long as Dredd still lives, the end of all he has worked for.
things aren’t over. As Cal prepares himself to commit The space-raid siren is the call-to-arms for Dredd
genocide, the Klegg mercenaries ready to leave for a and his newly acquired Judge army. Riding on their
new contract on a different world, and then suddenly, Lawmakers, they charge the remnants of Cal’s forces,
the space-raid sirens begin to wail mournfully across the cutting them down in a ferocious fusillade. The

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Klegg, seeing the chances of victory ebbing away
and considering their contract complete, attempt to
surrender only to be gunned down en masse by Dredd
and his followers, in revenge for the many atrocities they
have visited upon the citizens of the Mega-City. But Cal
is too far ahead to be caught just yet! He brings down
the anti-vandal doors, locking everyone out apart from
the unfortunate Judge Kelso who attempted to skid
under the rapidly shutting doors, and trapped more than
a finger as a result.
The anti-vandal door to the Tower of Justice is firmly
closed and resistant to bullets, lasers, everything the
Judges can throw at it. As despair begins to settle on the
assembled Judges, Dredd charges a truck at the door,
leaping clear at the last moment, as the machine cleaves
straight through the steel. With Fergee on his heels,
Dredd, Pepper, Giant, more Judges, and those who have
been with him through the entire ordeal race to prevent
the death of everything they’ve fought for.
Dredd and Fergee charge upwards unopposed until
they reach the top. Cal remains entirely unconcerned,
standing at the pinnacle of the tower, surveying his
domain. The SJS guards he has with him, seeing a
chance to secure pardons for themselves and stop the
genocide of an entire city are about to assassinate
Cal, when he unexpectedly invites the two SJS guards
alongside him to come and toast his success with him.
But the drink he offers the two guards is poisoned. This
is Cal, after all. He gloats over their corpses, just as
Dredd, Fergee, and the rest of his Judges burst through
the door. But even then, Cal is coolness itself.
As Fergee charges at Cal, he draws his Lawgiver and
puts three bullets through the cheerful giant’s torso.
Before he can finish the job, Dredd shoots the gun from
the tyrant’s hand and attempts to place him under
arrest. Incensed by such disrespect, Cal demands that
the Judges accompanying Dredd and the former Judge
Tutors apprehend Dredd and the Judge Tutors, which
the Judges, unable to resist the hypnotic power of Cal’s
voice in such close proximity, reluctantly do.
Cal gloats over Dredd, and then walks towards the
button, stretching out his finger to unleash the nerve
gas when Fergee, gravely wounded but unstoppable,
seizes him. With Cal babbling in incomprehension at
being so manhandled by the oaf he’d thought dealt with
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wrapped in his arms, Fergee clambers the railings around
the Tower of Justice and with a last bellow of “Easy the
Ferg!” leaps off, bearing half a dozen Judges and the
demented tyrant of Mega-City One with him. Cal, utterly
deluded even in his final moments, attempts to command
gravity to release him from its grasp. It declines. The
great dictator dies not with a whimper, but with a splat.
Recognising the heroic sacrifice made by Fergee,
an outcast from the Mega-City, Dredd ensures he is
commemorated with a magnificent statue. The city
and its populace begin to emerge from the horrifying
trauma. The only thing left to do is to select a new Chief
Judge. The Judges, as a body, ask Dredd to lead them.
Dredd demurs, asking that they select Judge Griffin—a
decent, honourable and honest man—in his place. It is a
fair reward for the tutor’s efforts in thwarting Cal, and he
soon selects Judge Pepper as his Deputy Chief Judge.
Dredd returns to the streets, where he belongs, and
where, as he says, “I am needed…more than ever now!”
Plot Hooks
Judges: The final battle is a chaotic nightmare of
raging Kleggs and screaming Judges. You’re in the midst
of it, and you have to keep fighting. It’s the only way
to save the city. Off to the side, you see a dozen SJS
Judges heading away from the main battle. Are they
heading for the nerve gas? Has Cal got a back-up plan if
he’s defeated here? It’s up to you to track them and find
out.
Citizens: Are you flooding on the streets, or huddled
inside waiting for the nerve gas? Either way, the space-
raid siren isn’t exactly what you wanted to hear right
now. But are those better ventilators on the block over
the road? Have they got a way of filtering the nerve gas
out? It might just be time for a good old-fashioned block
war!
Perps: This thing is going to end one way or another.
Either you’re dead just like everyone else, or Dredd is
going to be back on the streets arresting everyone again.
So go out in a blaze of glory, right? Right? One last
rampage of crime. Get it out of your system. Maybe you’ll
go straight after this. Maybe. Meanwhile, that’s a lovely
jewellery store. Let’s take everything.
 CH/4: TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL
//Availability
Klegg technology (denoted as K on equipment tables)
is treated as Alien to other cultures, but Kleggs may
purchase them from areas of their empire or through
Klegg traders. Klegg equipment is typically robust,
and any instructions incorporated in the item feature
cartoon-like images.
GENERAL GEAR
Corpsesucka. Most corpses in Mega-City One are sent
to Resyk Centers, but sometimes bodies with infections
need burning or liquefying and removing by clean-up
squads.
Corpsesucka devices carry powerful chemicals which
liquefy human remains which are then sucked up into the
machine’s reservoir, prior to being removed and disposed
of. Cleaning enzymes are also emitted, which remove any
organic residue from the site. Handheld, portable models
resembling vacuum cleaners can breakdown and store
the equivalent of an adult corpse in body mass within ten
minutes. These devices are highly sought after by well-
organised criminals who want to dispose of dead bodies
and any traces of evidence, whilst some are used by SJS
Judges involved in EJKs.
Refills of chemical solution can be bought for similar
costs to gun ammunition.
Home Cloning Pregnancy Kit. When Judge Cal
dispensed with the Cloning Act (Regulation of
Commercial Exploitation), everyday citizens of Mega-City
One were able to able to purchase materials that allowed
them to gestate a clone. Kits include an instruction
vid slug and a syringe holding quality-tested genetic
material from a donor. Following Cal’s death, the Justice
Department quickly revoked de-regulation, and citizens
wanting to birth clones had to travel to Texas City or
other Mega-Cities.
Typically, purchasers are drawn to licensed products
that use the DNA of celebrities such as the muscular,
action movie hero Scwartzenburger. The most popular
range proved to be that of the Tri-D star and heart
throb Jimmy Deans, the lead in the famous movies West
of Sector 301, Rebel without Due Cause and Dwarf,
resulting in 30,000 of his clones being born. The Jimmy
Dean product was well marketed and could include a
25,000 credit deal that included the use of luxury Jimmy
Deans clinics where instruction and natal care were
provided. Sadly, the genetic heritage and the result of
finding themselves just one of thousands of duplicates
led to all the Deans clones developing rebellious and
delinquent behaviour.
OPTIONAL RULE: Celebrity
Cloned Player Characters
Player characters gestated from clone
kits will be birthed and reared like
normal humans unlike tank created
clones as typified by those created
by the Justice Department. They will
physically resemble their donor
parent and usually possess a similar
personality and skills, especially
if their upbringing is based on the
revered parent’s.
>> Size: Medium
>> Attributes: As human but cannot
choose LUC or PSI [ideally based on
clone’s donor parent]
>> Skill Choices: Any [ideally based
on clone’s donor parent]
EXPLOITS
Genetic Attributes: Add 2 to two
attributes and 1 to a third. None of
these can be in LUC or PSI.
Genetic Skill Package: You come
into being with existing skills and
abilities. Choose one category from
the following: [artistic], [physical],
[performance]. You gain four skills at
one rank from your chosen category.
Grav Stretcher. These stretchers incorporate a grav
motor that allows them to take loads up to 300 lbs
and can float above the ground, permitting them to be
manoeuvred easily by a single bearer.
Megopoly. This board game includes an extendable
board, colourful banknotes and a robotic dealer arm.
Searchlight. Searchlights mounted on vehicles or
stands are used to cast a beam of light up to a distance
1,000 feet, illuminating a 30’ area.
Shuggy Table. Referred to by Max Normal, one of its
finest players, as the game of kool kats, shuggy is a
popular sport in Mega-City One’s underworld circles, and
nearly every club house owned by mobsters seems to
include a table. The purchase of a standard table usually
includes a set of balls and a couple of cues.
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 Shuggy Cue. Basic shuggy cues are manufactured from
synthetic materials. Serious players buy superior quality
items, often incorporating wood, and use carry cases
to protect their cherished cues. Besides being used
for potting shuggy balls, they make handy improvised
weapons in bar brawls.
Straitjacket. These devices for restraining individuals
prevent them from harming others or themselves. The
long sleeves of the garment allow the individual’s arms
to be secured in front of their body whilst the ends
are secured behind their back, preventing the use of
the wearer’s hands. The harnesses usually incorporate
inbuilt loops and buckles to which other restraints can be
fixed. Putting and securing an unwilling individual into a
suit usually requires two individuals. Escaping from such
a device will require the wearer to make a Severe [29]
STR test or Strenuous [19] AGI check.
Uni-Chopper. This personal flying device is integrated
in a backpack that incorporates a motor, propellers and
control extensions. It is mainly used as a recreational
device for juvies and is one of the easiest flying devices
to purchase. Perps don’t usually deign to use them as
they are noisier than bat glider suits and slower than
jetpacks. The devices have SPEED 8, which is reduced
to SPEED 6 with a load comparable to an adult, and
can operate for two hours without needing to recharge.
Speed settings are often reduced for models marketed
for young wearers.
RANGED WEAPONS
Acid Blaster (heavy weapons). These industrial
devices are used for spraying areas with chemical
solvents. Different types and concentrations of solvents
can be used in the tank that is strapped to the user’s
back.
Bludgeon Cannon (heavy weapons) Typical slug
thrower used by Klegg mercenaries, the cannon counts
as a heavy weapon but Kleggs of large SIZE and STR 10+
can use either heavy weapons or rifles skill to fire them.
Rat Gun (pistols). Few citizens of Mega-City One show
any interest in old fashioned air rifles and pistols given
the availability of more lethal guns, though some young
juves are occasionally given bb pistols as their first
gun. Perps lacking adequate resources sometimes find
that some of the commercial pistols made to resemble
conventional firearms are good enough to bluff victims.
Workers in environments where there is a risk of
encountering explosive gases sometimes include gas-
powered weapons in their arsenal of equipment.
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Sonic Blaster (heavy weapons). These rifle-sized
versions of sonic cannons are used for engineering tasks,
typically by sewer workers who need to clear blockages.
ARMOUR
Klegg Battle Suit. Kleggs normally wear a body suit of
resistant material, augmented with a harness of tough
straps, heavy boots and a few equipment pouches.
Helmets prevent a Klegg from using their jaws to rip up
and feast on their foes, so are generally only worn in
airless or toxic environments.
Klegg armour is made to accommodate their size, so
medium sized beings will find most suits too large to
wear, though a few smaller versions are made for leader
caste individuals who have yet to grow to their full size.
DRUGS
Euph
During the Atomic War of 2070-71, a drug called
Euph was developed by the Justice Department using
a civilian research team headed by Professor Wilhelm.
The drug promoted a sense of benign euphoria in
those exposed to it. Those individuals subjected to
Euph have a sense of rebirth and experience in deep,
pacifist tendencies, and some individuals also develop a
collective awareness with other Euph users.
Some promising field tests were made in the last year
of the war against elements of Booth’s presidential
guard, followed by the development of a gas that
caused negative emotions. After the war, the Justice
Department cancelled further research, though the
outlawed drug eventually found its way onto the streets.
In 2117, a rogue cell in the SJS attempted to develop
and distribute an experimental strain of the drug in
Sector 196 with the aim of leaving citizens open to mind
reading and attack using SJS psychic operatives linked
into the group consciousness.
Individuals taking an injection of Euph need to make a
Demanding [21] WIL test if they want to resist the drug,
otherwise they gain the Placid condition and also feel
a shared bond of compassion with other affected users
within 30’, with each level of PSI skill adding 10’ to the
range. The affected individuals all gain a +2d6 INT bonus
on INT, CHA and PSI rolls made to influence each other,
and a psionic user also reduces the base PP cost to use a
Telepathy exploit by half upon any linked individuals.
//GENERAL GEAR
ITEM COST WEIGHT AVAIL
(CR) (LB)
CORPSE SUCKER 200 10 [+35*] R
HOME CLONING PREGNANCY KIT 1,000+** 1 L**
HOVER STRETCHER 350 10 L
MEGOPOLY 300 5 L
SEARCH LIGHT 50 5 L
SHUGGY TABLE 300 500 L
SHUGGY QUEUE 8 1 L
STRAITJACKET 40 5 L
UNI-CHOPPER 500 10 L
*Weight of biomass in reservoir.
**Prices will increase with the REP and marketing of the donor. Typical costs are 1,000 Cr per REP point of the
celebrity.
**Only legally available in Mega-City One during Cal’s regime in 2100.

//RANGED WEAPONS
WEAPON DAMAGE TYPE RANGE COST SIZE WEIGHT AVAIL SPECIAL
(CR) (LB)
ACID BLASTER -/1D6/2D6* ACID 4 200 M 25 R BURST 2,
HEAVY
BLUDGEON 2d6+3 BALLISTIC 15 1,500 M 20 K AUTO
CANNON GG **
RAT GUN 1D6 BALLISTIC 5 50 S 1 L -
SONIC 2D6 SONIC 2 1,500 M 12 R ANTI-VEHICLE 2.
BLASTER STUN
*Depending on solution used. Refills cost 10/20/120 cr
**Galactic Groat [roughly equivalent to a credit]

//ARMOUR
ARMOUR SOAK COST TYPE WEIGHT INEFFECTIVE AVAIL
(CR)
KLEGG BATTLE SUIT 5 100 MEDIUM 50 - K

//DRUGS
DRUG COST DELIVERY ADDICTION
(CR) CLASS
EUPH 500 INJECTION III

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 Aggressive behaviour will burn out the effects of the
drug but not the addiction, otherwise the drug euphoria
lasts for one hour +1d6 x 10minutes. Side effects are
generated on the table below.
//EUPH SIDE EFFECTS
2D6 SIDE EFFECT
2-3 AFRAID
4-5 FATIGUED
6-8 PLACID
9-10 DAZED
11-12 SICK
VEHICLES
During the start of the 21st century, the numbers of
grav vehicles used by the Justice Department increased.
The erection of Cal’s wall resulted in desperate citizens
trying to escape over it via a wide variety of flying
vehicles. Regrettably, most of these unfortunates were
quickly located and shot down.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES
Justice-One. Judge Cal’s personal hover ship is
equipped with comm equipment and armed with a single
heavy laser cannon operated by a seated gunner. After
Cal’s death, the title of the craft was transferred to a
Justice Department space vessel.
VIP Hover Car. Chief Judge Goodman and his
successor used this open-topped vehicle for ceremonial
parades. Luxuriously upholstered seating accommodates
the driver and up to four passengers.
Pat-Wagon. Prior to re-equipping after the Apocalypse
War, most pat-wagons used by the Justice Department
are wheeled ones with an armoured cab for the driver
and a passenger. The other crew members man an
open-topped compartment, typically equipped with a
searchlight and two separate heavy weapons such as
street cannons or machine guns on mounts.
CIVILIAN VEHICLES
Ambulance. These emergency vehicles are
conspicuously painted and marked with medical items,
their presence broadcasted through the streams of
traffic with flashing lights and a siren. Inside they hold
accommodation for two prone patients, stretchers, a
medical tool kit, medical scanner, and a hoist. Assorted
medical devices in the vehicle give a +1d6 to most
medicine tests to administer first aid to casualties as
long as the user is familiar with medical equipment.
Crews can be either humans or robots.
Genmo DX3 Road Liner. Originating as a military
transporter, the DX3’s marketing shifted to the
civilian market, and it is just starting to be used for
commercial haulage or conversion into mopads. It offers
the following safety features that provide increased
protection to the occupants of its front cab.
Automated Fire Extinguisher. The system extinguishes
all flames in one 5’ square in one turn, removing any fire-
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 //VEHICLES
VEHICLE COST WEIGHT OCCUPANTS SPEED ACC HAND HEALTH SOAK DEF
(MCR) (LB)
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
JUSTICE-ONE 1,000 20,000 3+3 40 4 3 140 17 +7
VIP HOVER CAR 20 4,000 1+4 30 5 4 63 17 +9
[HOVER]
WHEELED
GENMO DX3 ROAD 40 16,000 1+5 cab 10 2 5 125 19 cab +6
LINER +10 rear 15 rear
HOVER
AMBULANCE 10 7,500 2+2 30 4 3 85 15 +8
HOVER CHAIR/SKOOT 0.5 15 1 6 1 1 4 5 +12
ROTARY
TANDO-CHOP 3 750 1+1 10 3 2 27 5 +12
ORNITHOPTER
PED-WING 2.5 600 1 6 1 5 25 5 +10

High Quality Crash Bags. If the vehicle crashes, the inflict the first level of the Charmed condition, whilst a
occupants receive a 2d6 SOAK bonus against damage. second a session increases the level of the condition. If
Hover Chair. These simple hover vehicles take a a third session follows, the conditioning will take hold
single passenger, typically a disabled individual. Hover
skoots are similar vehicles, but merely comprise a small
platform with a steering column that are used as run-
arounds for workers and those with mobility issues,
including Judge Tutors, who need to travel in buildings
and on pedways.
Tando-Chop. These rotary powered two-seaters are a
cheap alternative to a hover vehicle and are popular with
some young couples. The occupants are unenclosed, the
passenger sitting behind the pilot.
Ped-Wing. This outlandish contraption incorporates
small anti-grav motors and a pair of flapping wings that
are motivated by its rider’s pedalling. The exposed pilot
needs a STR of 3+ and can only maintain flight for a
number of game turns equivalent to END.

BRIEFING TAPES
Judges attending briefings need to absorb an
enormous amount of data on crime and conditions in
their sector and anything of city-wide importance. This
is fed at high speed into their brains using headsets
provided in a briefing room. The SJS of a sector house
supervise the daily process.
Judge Cal was able to subvert most of the Judges by
subjecting them to a series of briefings using doctored
tapes with a subliminal message, urging them to follow
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and can only be dispelled by instructions using a briefing
tape that commands them to ignore their loyalty to Cal.
The Gamemaster can decide if the use of skilled hypnotic
techniques or an injury can blot out the conditioning.
If player characters are subjected to this process, the
Gamemaster might consent to give them the chance to
resist the condition by making a Herculean [33+] WIL
check.
Sadly, Judges exposed to several sessions will still
prove vulnerable to following Cal’s orders if they hear his
voice (see Judge Cal’s Exploits, p. 110).
HEALTH LAWS
THE LATE 21ST CENTURY
The constitution of the USA had stated the right to life
of its citizens, but in the aftermath of the nuclear war
that devastated most of North America, its Mega-Cities
found themselves left with overcrowded and largely
unemployed populations whilst advances in medical
science meant that most citizens had a potential to live
for several decades past a century of age. Threatened
with an impossible burden on resources from its
burgeoning geriatric population, Mega-City One sought
to restrict certain medical technologies. Cybernetic
and natural organ transplants were made illegal, and
excepting the Justice Department and a few months
of Chief Judge Cal’s reign, the production of living
clones was banned. Measures even extended to secretly
supressing some medical inventions, their inventors
offered no choice other than imprisonment or being paid
off.
THE 22nd CENTURY
With the new century, some of the restrictions on
cybernetics and organ transplants were relaxed. Citizens
have a right to a basic level of health care, but the rich
or the well insured can access private health care that
provides more immediate and higher quality health
treatment. Medical technology and numerous operations
are able to keep some citizens alive who where been
born in the middle of the 20th century, such as the
Wildebeests who are hoping to celebrate their one
hundred and fiftieth wedding anniversary in 2105. The
improvement of suspended animation techniques allows
ailing rich individuals to avoid death by eking out their
remaining life span, only being resuscitated for brief
periods.
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The creation of the biochip
proved another invention that was
criminalised. Using this technology,
individuals could have their
personality downloaded at the time
of death and stored in a small
electronic chip to be inserted into a
socket in a live body, allowing those
wealthy enough to extend their lives
considerably.
Those seeking such technology must
travel to distant locations such as
the planet of Lesser Lingo, where
biochips are manufactured, and firms of
Body Broking Agencies can arrange the
renting of host bodies. More details
on biochips and Lesser Lingo can be
found in the Judge Child supplement.
Some wealthy individuals have managed
to find new bodies, though they must
be careful to avoid official medical
examinations, and the devices are
vulnerable to damage or complete
erasure from EMP devices.
The Justice Department benefits from the taxation
of medical products and the provision of private health
care, but for many working citizens, good health
provision is often the cause of a downfall into poverty as
they use loan services to fund expensive treatments.
Athletes in various sports have a limit set to the
amount of biological or mechanical augmentation or
replacements in their bodies. American Football’s M.F.L.
for example, set a limit of 25% of a footballer’s body
that that can be bionic. Few sportsmen now compete at a
professional level without some form of augmentation to
their body’s performance.
TRANSPLANTS
Artificial organs are generally used for transplants,
though some private patients prefer to pay for living
organs that have been vat grown from their cells or
donated by other individuals. It is possible for men to
be transplanted with a foetus and womb and gestate an
infant that will be removed by a caesarean operation.
 Some individuals develop a compulsion for cybernetic
replacements, and cyborg gangs openly sport their
replacement and augmented body parts, ignoring or
welcoming the prejudice against this display of wealth
or unnaturalness that many citizens experience. Certain
cybernetic neural treatments are believed to have
dangerous side effects and are outlawed.
Some individuals choose to have their brain put in
a human body if a suitable donor exists, usually when
their own body is crippled or dying, though some might
take the decision on aesthetic, business or psychological
reasons. Initially the Justice Department restricted
the sale or allocation to important members of society,
but with time, they have become available to anyone
with the required finances and influence. Extreme, but
cheaper, options of body transplant outside Mega-City
One include the Hotas Clinic in Mex-City where human
brains could be placed in specially mutated strains of
rottweilers.
Transplant operations are not necessarily perfect, even
with the drugs that can be used to combat rejection.
The efficient use of transplanted bodies can take several
months to master, and complete control of all movement
is not always possible. Some recipients suffer a host
of health problems. Safer, but more expensive, brain
transplants use robotic bodies.
Technically, dead bodies are usually the legal property
of the city’s Resyk service unless a 950 Cr release fee
is paid. Legal sales of otherwise extremely healthy and
young bodies to organisation such as Bodybank can net
dependents large sums of credits and serves to raise
tax revenue for the Justice Department’s treasury. Less
mercenary or public-spirited individuals who have the
money can choose to have their relatives buried or kept
in their presence through the services of a taxidermist.
Information on all medical operations and face changes
is meant to be logged with the Justice Department,
resulting in perps on the run and others who wish an
identity change to be anonymous using black market
sources in Mega-City One or to visit Chop-Shops and
similar establishments in other Mega-Cities.
CELLULO-PSYHIC-
REGENESIS
Sometimes, individuals in Mega-
City One are found to have medical
conditions that reject bionic
replacements, resulting in organic
replacements being used. CPR is
an extremely rare phenomenon when
transplanted organs from a donor
who had some known or latent psychic
ability briefly take over the
personality or motions of the host.
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 CH/5: ESCAPE FROM
OLD NEW YORK
Escape from Old New York is a scenario for a group of
Judges, citizens or perps and is set during the reported
death of Judge Dredd during Chief Judge Cal’s rule of
Mega-City One. During the initial civic resistance to Cal’s
rule, Jim Grubb spoke out against Cal and his unhinged
laws, only to have the cruel Chief Judge force him at gun
point to behave like a chicken before ordering him to
be led away and thrown in a kook cube. The resistance’s
attempt to rescue Grubb and get him to safety in Mega-
City Two gives the player characters a chance to involve
themselves, either as heroes of the fight against a
dictator or as individuals who want to gain Cal’s favour
or avoid his wrath.
A CONTINENT’S LENGTH AWAY
Mega-City Two was recently saved from disaster
by its eastern sister city when a plague vaccine was
delivered to it in time through the heroism of Judge
Dredd. Now, its Justice Department wants to aid the
resistance movement against Judge Cal but fears
triggering a nuclear conflict. Currently, a few Mega-City
One Judges who were stationed outside their city at
the time of Cal’s takeover have become the centre of
a resistance movement based in Mega-City Two. They
broadcast propaganda from an office financed by various
philanthropists and ex-patriots, though their message
is subjected to jamming by Cal’s Tek Judges. To date,
Mega-City Two has resisted Cal’s demands to arrest and
repatriate these “terrorists”. Privately, the MC2 Justice
Department has been assembling vital information and
filtering it to the resistance movement to aid them in
their operations.
The resistance office has only just recently received
news of where Cal has imprisoned Jim Grubb, the mayor
of Mega-City One, but has been unable to contact
Dredd’s group. The sudden news of Dredd’s death in a
doomed road liner that follows this has proved a severe
blow to the resistance, and the exiles in Mega-City Two
decide to quickly counter the setback by rescuing Grubb
from the Markham Asylum in Old New York and get him
to safety to act as a figurehead for their cause.
Although the Markham Asylum is near Mega-City One’s
waterfront, the use of a boat is deemed too dangerous.
Potentially, the dockland’s wharves provide numerous
routes and methods for Cal’s population to escape, which
has resulted in a heavy Judge presence in this area on
both dry land and the polluted waterways. Consequently,
the planners decide to use a special man and craft to fly
a rescue team in and out of eastern Mega-City One.
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ADVENTURE HOOKS
This scenario can be used for different types of player
character groups with unique agendas. Four of these
types of parties are listed below:
RESCUE TEAM
(JUDGES, PERPS AND CITIZENS
IN THE RESISTANCE)
Mega-City One Judge player characters, including
ones Judge Dredd recently sent on a mission to
petition Mega-City Two for more support, are naturally
approached as the agents for this mission and might
have knowledge of other individuals who would be
useful. Less principled participants are approached by
the resistance office and can include mercenaries and
other individuals with specialist skills who will be offered
10,000 credits per individual for their assistance in the
safe delivery of Mayor Grubb.
Judges can requisition arms and equipment as per
standard requisition rules whilst others can make a
similar requisition roll to receive non-Judicial equipment.
The team is given a medical scanner to allow a check to
be made on Grubb’s health and to determine that they
are not kidnapping a doppelganger.
The team will be transported to a deserted site in
eastern Mega-City One under cover of darkness. Their
vessel is the Black Mamba, a super-sonic military-
grade craft owned by Russel Viper. The pilot proves
to be a notorious smuggler who was offered a pardon
for his cooperation. Mega-City Two shares a lot of the
military technology used by its sister cities, and the
resistance team is provided with useful data that can be
downloaded into the Black Mamba’s computer system to
aid its penetration of Cal’s domain.
If the Gamemaster prefers a shorter scenario, then
the rescue team can be inserted nearer the site of the
Markham Asylum using hang glider type devices or
anti-grav chutes, a hair-raising and difficult task in the
darkness of night.
If the Gamemaster’s campaign already involves
resistance player characters who are based in Mega-
City One, they can be contacted via an agent or comm
message to undertake the rescue, possibly linking up
with a team flown in from Mega-City Two that may
contain some player characters. They will need to get
Grubb to the escape craft at the Twin Towers site but
could conceivably start their operation from any point in
Mega-City One.
RUSSELL VIPER - MERCENARY PILOT
Use BLITZ AGENT [HITMAN] from page 231 of Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD with the following
amendments:
>> Attacks: Replace las-cannon with antique automatic rifle 5d6 [3d6 ballistic damage: range 11]
>> Skills: Add gunnery 3 [2d6], piloting 6 [3d6], scanners 1 [1d6] Remove movement, tracking
>> Gear: Replace las-cannon with antique automatic rifle
EXPLOITS
Replace exploits with following:
>> Push the Limits. Viper can exceed a craft’s normal maximum speed by 50% for 3 rounds.
>> Evasive Flying. A craft which Viper pilots gains a DEFENCE bonus equal to your AGI attribute dice pool.
>> Evasive Manoeuvre [requires Evasive Flying]. As an action, Viper may designate one incoming missile per
round and gain an additional +5 DEFENCE against it.
>> Seat of Your Pants. Smugglers rely on a lot of old-fashioned luck and bravado. They can recharge their LUC
pool an extra time per day.

THE BLACK MAMBA

This black painted vessel is a former military strike craft adapted into a unique vehicle that is used for
smuggling and perp running.
VEHICLE COST WEIGHT OCCUPANTS SPEED ACCELERATION HAND HEALTH SOAK DEF.
(MCR) (LB)
FLYING
BLACK MAMBA 30,000 70,000 1 [+8] 80 8 2 264 17 +2
The craft is armed with two concealed guided rockets and four chaff dispensers.
CUSTOMISATIONS
>> Ejector Seat: One vehicle occupant can rapidly flee, flying out into the air in their chair before safely
parachuting to the ground. If a vehicle spins out of control or explodes, an ejector seat ensures that the
occupant is safely removed.
>> Hidden Cargo Hold: Adapted for up to eight medium-sized individuals.
>> High-Quality Stealth Technology: Applies a -2d6 modifier to the dice pool for anyone attempting to detect
the craft with radar or IR equipment. This can be increased to +3d6 during the mission into Mega-City One using
the data provided by Mega-City Two’s Tek Division.

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CHIEF JUDGE CAL COMMANDS
IT (KLEGG MERCENARIES AND
JUDGES UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF JUDGE CAL)
The player characters can be used as Grubb’s guards
at the Markham Asylum, replacing the NPCs listed
at various points of the asylum, or they might be the
foremost of Cal’s forces that are sent to recover Grubb
from a resistance team escaping through the streets.
Perhaps they are in the locality, forcing citizens to
destroy items like tri-dee sets, toys, robot pets and
designer label clothing? Cal is adamant that Grubb must
be recaptured alive, and Grud help anyone who fails him!
Player character teams composed completely of
Judges can be mounted on Lawmasters, though teams
which include Kleggs will need to travel in a pat -wagon
instead.
Grubb’s rescuers comprise of one Street Judge for
each player character (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds
of 2000 AD, p. 243). Alternatively, each enemy Judge
can be substituted for two or three Citizens armed
with spit rifles and frag bombs (see Judge Dredd & the
Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 231). During a chase, they can be
encountered on foot, in civilian vehicles or, if Judges, on
captured Lawmasters obtained from defeated minions of
Cal.
CHICKEN HUNT [PERPS]
Player characters can comprise a band of criminals
who are made aware on the underworld’s grapevine of
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Cal’s Judges trying to recapture an important prisoner
or the rescue party bumps into them in a downtown
location.
Perhaps Judge Cal announces that he will reward any
citizen who helps recapture the deranged mayor? Will
they choose to assist one of the factions or will they try
to capture Grubb and sell him to the highest bidder?
SUPPORT YOUR MAYOR!
[CITIZENS]
The player characters are either citizens who are just
returning from handing in their valuables for disposal
by Judges or a band of mutants or displaced citizens
who try to avoid the authorities. They suddenly find
themselves witnessing a deadly firefight between a
rescue party with the mayor and Cal’s lackies. All the
combatants are shot up, though the mayor survives.
Noticing the onlookers, a dying member of the rescue
team urges them to get Grubb to the plane that will take
him to safety.
NIGHTIME IN MEGA-CITY ONE
Furious that the majority of citizens refuse to commit
crimes and are mourning Dredd instead, Cal has
suspended the twenty-four-hour period of lawlessness
he recently granted to his citizens, instead making
happiness an illegal activity for them. Most of his forces
are currently spread throughout the city to ensure that
all citizens’ cherished personal properties are destroyed.
Except for the citizens forced to bring their belongings
to garbage grinders, garbage trucks and bonfires, most
are staying indoors, frightened and praying to Grud that
Cal’s latest decree will prove short lived.
Player characters in the city are almost guaranteed
to hear the decree being broadcast. Individuals in the
shielded hold of the Black Mamba will be unable to
receive any comms signals, though there is a chance
that Russel Viper has learnt about it whilst checking
radio traffic. The flight itself proves uneventful, though
claustrophobic for the rescue team.
TWIN TOWERS SITE
When New York was built over, it was decided to rebuild
copies of the Twin Towers above their original site, but,
like the Empire State Building, they eventually became
derelict. In 2099, the criminal genius Welch Logan
sought to blackmail the city whilst also endeavouring to
secure the release of his brother Whitey and the death
of Judge Dredd. He destroyed the two structures to
demonstrate the destructive power of his disintegration
ray.
Initial work on clearing the site has been abandoned as
the work teams of droids and equipment were diverted
to Cal’s various projects. Fortunately, there is a large
enough space for a skilled pilot to land and piles of
rubble provide partial cover from observers. The pilot
insists that the team help drape camouflage nets over
the craft, disguising its silhouette, and assisted by the
darkness, this will superficially make it look like another
large heap of debris in the darkness.
The Black Mamba lands at midnight, dawn is due at
08:00 and dusk follows at 17:00. Viper is meant to stay
with the craft, ready for a quick getaway but is adamant
that he will not be hang around when dawn arrives. The
journey from the landing site to Markham Asylum is
some ten miles, half of which is through Old Town, so
the team will need to move at a brisk pace to traverse
both legs of the journey. They might be fortunate enough
to procure the use of a vehicle at some stage of the
journey.
‘THE CORE’
Built over New York City or the Big Apple, the sector’s
famous locations include the Statue of Judgement,
the Statue of Liberty and The Mega-City Museum.
The rundown old urban areas of northern Manhattan
and the south of the old Bronx district are now called
Old New York. Long Island lies off to the south and
east of Manhattan and the Bronx, the East River now
considerably wider than was eighty years ago.
The Mega-ways that skirt Old New York provide a fast
means of travel for drivers, particularly as they are
deserted during curfew hours. The Justice Department
has hundreds of H-wagons, and key intersections are
monitored by cameras whilst all the piers are heavily
patrolled. Groups opting to travel through Old New
York will be slower but less conspicuous to aerial
patrols and the PSU, especially if they keep to the
lower levels or city bottom. Fortunately for Judges in
the resistance, Cal’s forces believe that all the rebel
Judges who opposed them were recently killed. Unless
one of the Judges amongst the rescue party has their
name badge recognized, they should be able to proceed
without alerting suspicion provided they are able to
bluff their way through close encounters with Cal’s
Judges. However, once a red alert is sounded, all of Cal’s
forces will be on their guard and will radio to JHQ the
composition and location of any unauthorised Judges
they encounter.
Perception and surveillance skills will prove useful
in detecting street cameras and watching bays whilst
stealth rolls benefit from the cover of night. Chases can
be run as extended tasks, trying to escape pursuers
along major roads will typically require six wins on major
roadways that skirt Old New York, with lower thresholds
being chosen by the Gamemaster for side roads, alleys,
walkways and rooftops. If Random Chase tables are
being used, they can be amended using the table on the
following page.
THE STREETS OF OLD NEW YORK
This region is in the rundown, eastern part of the
Mega-City near its piers, where many of the streets
and waterways of New York were concreted over
several decades ago. Old New York Street cuts through
the region, spawning arteries of maze-like roads and
alleyways. Most of the precinct’s architecture is of
older, shorter, box-like city blocks and slums that lack
anti-grav-tubes, moving pavements and other modern
amenities. The security cameras are now broken
or stolen, making it hard for PSU to track specific
individuals. The city bottom itself is infested with graffiti,
trash and vagrants. Many of its areas lurk in permanent
shadow and, as evening falls, the meagre number of
working, antiquated streetlights make travelling the
streets at night especially dangerous.
Old New York is notorious for being the haunt of
renegade robots, illegal aliens and criminals, and most of
its citizens prefer not to bring anything to the attention
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 RANDOM CHASE DURING NIGHT CURFEW
2d6 FOOT, URBAN ROOF TOP LEVEL VEHICLE ON MEG-WAY VEHICLE ON SIDE STREETS
2 SLICK FOOTING STEAM CLOUDS CONSTRUCTION WORK* BROKEN BRIDGE or HOLE IN
ROAD
3 GAP/HOLE MAZE OF VENTS JUNCTION** CONSTRUCTION WORK
4 TRASH CANS OR SKIPS ADVERTISING BOARD SHARP TURNOFF* HAIRPIN BEND
OR CRATES AVAILABLE
5 TWISTING ALLEYWAYS STEEP INCLINE STRAIGHT CROSS ROAD
6 STRAIGHT [TWISTING GAP OR HOLE STRAIGHT CRATES OR BINS OR GARBAGE
ALLEY WAYS IN OLD
NEW YORK]
7 STRAIGHT STRAIGHT STRAIGHT STRAIGHT
8 WALL LADDER OR FIRE MULTIPLE JUNCTION** JUNCTION
ESCAPE
9 LADDER OR FIRE GAP OR HOLE TUNNEL SECTION ROAD NARROWS
ESCAPE
10 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNSURE FOOTING STRAIGHT** BLOCK PLAZA
CAMERA*
11 SHORTCUT WIDE GAP JUNCTION** DEAD END
12 BONFIRE OF FLOCK OF PIGEONS OR STRAIGHT CURFEW BREAKERS
POSSESSIONS OR WASHING
CURFEW BREAKERS
*Roll 1d6 in Old New York. On a 1 to 5, it is vandalised.
**Includes Justice Department Camera that PSU can access.

of the Judges. Unlike the majority of the Mega-City’s
population, many of the local punks took to the streets
in an orgy of violence, vandalism and looting during the
crime-free period announced by Cal. Hours later, in a
drunk and unruly state, they have still to disperse and
are looking for trouble!
Encounters
Any or all of the following encounters can be
used to assist or inconvenience the progress of the
player characters, and they can be used in the order
presented on the table below or determined by rolling
1d6. Alternatively, the Gamemaster can select ones to
suit the flow and needs of the adventure. If the player
characters are particularly hampered by poor equipment
or are badly wounded, the numbers of foes encountered
in groups can be halved.
It is recommended that the journey to get to the
Markham Asylum does not present the players with
especially dangerous encounters that they will find too
difficult to avoid or overcome.
Bonfire of the Vanities. On a street corner a couple
of Street Judges preside over a burning mound of
objects as a procession of miserable citizens leave their

ENCOUNTERS
1d6 ENCOUNTER
1 Bonfire of the Vanities
2 Punk Gang
3 Roll 1d6: 1: Troggies, 2: Rat Swarm, 3: Renegade Robots, 4:
Juve Gang, 5: Petty Criminals, 6: Tap Gang
4 Gab-E
5 Roll 1d6: 1: Lone Punk, 2: Vagrants, 3-6: Dreddists
6 Griff Peterson

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apartments to throw their prized possessions onto the
fire. The Judges are pre-occupied, and any attempts
to sneak past them have a +1d6 bonus unless Grubb
is sighted in a chicken costume or a similarly notable
state of disguise or undress. If attacked or alerted, Cal’s
Judges can summon Street Judges from the nearby
blocks who are randomly searching rooms, and 1d6 will
arrive within 1d6 minutes.
If the Gamemaster wants to give the player characters
the option of stealing transportation, then a red-painted,
high-quality wheeled car or a limousine is parked nearby,
its distraught owner pleading with the Judges not to
burn it.
Dreddists. A small, isolated group of Dreddists,
unaware of the player characters’ mission or identity, try
to ambush them if their group contains any Judges or
Kleggs. There are six of them located in two groups, each
inside a residential block two floors above the road the
Judges are using.
The freedom fighters might prove useful in eliminating
or distracting any of Cal’s forces who are pursuing the
fugitives.
Use Citizen from Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000
AD (see p. 231), and two of them have access to a crate
of Molotov cocktails (treat as an incendiary hand bomb).
Further encounters or pursuits can include the Dreddists
using civilian vehicles such as a wheeled cars and light
trucks.
Gab-E. Despite the curfew and lack of customers an
overly talkative cabbie-droid with a defective program is
touring the streets looking for punters. His bright yellow
taxi has a few bullet holes from an earlier encounter
with a Judge patrol. He will try to get a customer to a
destination, even if it means ignoring attempts by Cal’s
Judges to stop him. His knowledge of the streets proves
useful, and he can use street bottom routes, which make
it extremely hard for H-wagons to intercept him.
Use Robo-Cabbie and Wheeled Car (see Judge Dredd &
the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 120).
Griff Peterson. Griff is a fattie who has just eaten
all the pills in his apartment’s medicine cabinet in a fit
of gluttony. The chemical cocktail has sent him into a
deranged and berserk state, and lacking any food, he has
taken to the streets to look for some. Sighting Grubb in
the chicken outfit, Griff launches himself at the mayor
and the two embattled figures roll off a causeway and
bounce down several levels, each respectively protected
from falling damage by the padding around them.
Use Griff Peterson on page 72.
Juve Gang. The ‘Shankies’ are trying to control this
neighbourhood. Their gang jackets are decorated with
strips of tartan material and the image of a bloody knife.
Use two Juve Gang Members for each player character,
and one of the group of gang members is upgraded to
a Juve Gang Leader (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of
2000 AD, p. 236-237).
Lone Punk. ‘Chocky’ Brazil has recently quit her punk
gang (choose one) and is looking to attach herself to a
new gang or a powerful perp. She will try to hide or flee
from Judges and Kleggs. Use Punk stats (see p. 118).
Petty Criminals. These street-scum are unlikely to
tangle with Judges or Kleggs but will try to ambush
other individuals who look like easy enough pickings.
One per player character, use Petty Criminal (see
Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 241).
Punk Gangs. The route taken by the PCs is through a
rundown area that is currently extremely lawless. The
local punks have set up a barrier and are extracting
tolls, attempts to extort individuals of all their weapons,
armour and credits.
There will be three punks to every Judge or Klegg
player character and two for any other PC, though only
a total of 1d6 will have a firearm. Use the Punk template
(see p. 118).
If the player characters are on foot and escape, the
punks pursue and call up reinforcements.
Further bands of punks might be encountered before
the team reach safety. The Gamemaster can choose
to give the punks access to civilian wheeled cars while
pursuing the player characters.
See the table on the following page for details of the
gangs of Old New York.
The Gamemaster might want to replace
one of the gangs listed with the Hogs
of War motorcycle gang, giving the
punks a motorcycle for every one or
two members and the skill riding 3
[2d6]. Stats for a more competent
perp, the Biker Gang Chapters, along
with details on motorcycle gangs,
can be found in The Cursed Earth
supplement, pages 27.
Rat Swarm. Feeding on garbage or a dead vagrant on
the lower levels of the city or any Old New York location
is a Rat Swarm (see p. 119). If blundered into or disturbed,
they attack any intruder for a turn before dispersing.
Renegade Robots. These robots are at an Old New York
location and use the Renegade Robot on page 119 with
per one per player character but replace any las-rifles
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 PUNK GANGS OF OLD NEW YORK
1d6 OLD NEW YORK DETAILS
PUNK GANG
1 Chem Heads Noted dealers for a drug cartel, the gang’s members have a toxic
symbol tattooed on their foreheads.
2 Gypsy Kinks Colourful bandanas and twirled mustachoes. Every member is
equipped with at least one throwing knife.
3 Spit Pistols All of them are armed with their eponymous weapons.
4 Parma Violent The PVCs are an all-girl gang with purple hair and roller blades.
Chicks
5 Urbane Foxes Dressed as hipsters and trying to affect sophisticated, Brit-Cit
accents, they use sharpened umbrellas rather than knives.
6 Zipsters Piercings, chains and zips are especially prevalent on these
punks.

with a mix of antique pistols, stump guns and spit pistols.
Low on ammunition, any to hit roll with a gun that rolls
more ones than sixes, means the droid has run out of
ammo, and they cannot shoot again with the weapon.
They are keen to gain new weapons and robotic recruits
for their band and will also shoot up ‘collaborator’ droids
for use as spare parts.
Tap Gang. Lurking in the shadows are a group of Taps
(see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 245) who
will attempt to pick off unwary or wounded stragglers.
There will be one per Judge or Klegg or one per three
other player characters.
Troggies. On the city bottom a furtive band of
cannibalistic troggies has emerged into an alleyway and
seek out unlucky curfew breakers and vagrants to drag
back to their lairs. If the rescuers are taking a break to
rest or heal themselves in a derelict area, perhaps the
troggies erupt from hidden trapdoors, manhole covers
and flimsy partition walls? Use Troggies on page 122,
with three for each active Judge or Klegg and two for
any other player character. An unarmed Citizen can
be used for a victim (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of
2000 AD, p. 231).
If the player characters are too wary or well-armed,
they witness an unfortunate street walker being dragged
screaming into the shadows by a tittering crowd, eerily
discernible by strangely glowing eyes. Will the team
pause in their mission to rescue the citizen?
Vagrants. There are 1d6 Vagrants grubbing amongst
the trash of the lower street levels (see Judge Dredd &
the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 246). They will try to hide
from Judges and Kleggs, though they might try to steal
items from other individuals. Bribed or coerced, they
might be able to show a useful temporary hiding place or
lead individuals safely past a check point.
The Gamemaster can also choose to use modern day
maps of US urban locations or commercially available
RPG urban floorplans to provide localities for encounters
and routes for chases.
CITY BOTTOM LOCATION
FEATURES FOR OLD NEW YORK
[NIGHT-TIME]
The following table can be used for selecting typical
features to add to a location in outdated and crowded
areas of Mega-City One such as Old New York and Old
Town. Typically, 1d6 features will be present in a specific
locality. Most items show wear and tear or are filthy with
dirt or rust.
Any intact cars and phone booths are probably located
in a part of city bottom where a gang charge a levy
of contributions for security. Gamesmasters should
consider selecting a few predetermined locations if they
want to save time during actual game play.

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d66 FEATURE
Roll
11 BODY [RE-ROLL FOR AN EXTRA FEATURE]
12 DERELICT AND DILAPIDATED BUILDING
13 STEAM CLOUD FROM A NEARBY PIPE
14 ROLL 1D6:
1 to 3: ROADWAY STREWN WITH BROKEN GLASS
4 or 5: LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER FROM CRACKED PIPE OR BROKEN HYDRANT
6: ABANDONED ROAD WORKS WITH HOLE IN GROUND
15 CARDBOARD SHELTERS
16 WASTE SKIPS
21 to TRASH CANS
22
23 to PILE OF GARBAGE
25
26 GARBAGE GRINDER
31 to FIRE ESCAPE ON NEARBY BUILDING
36
41 HOLDING POST
42 FIRE HYDRANT
43-45 PHONE BOOTH: ROLL 1D6: 1 TO 4 BROKEN, 5 OR 6 WORKING
46 ADVERTISING BOARD
51-52 MANHOLE COVER
53-54 WRECKED OR BURNT-OUT GROUND CAR
55-56 LOCKED UP GARAGE. ROLL 1D6 FOR CONTENTS:
1: HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
2: CONTRABAND GOODS
3: 1D3 MOTORCYCLES
4 or 5: WHEELED CAR
6: WHEELED LIGHT TRUCK
61 LOCKED UP KIOSK
62 IMPROVISED BRAZIER
63 BENCHES
64 ROAD OR SIDE STREET BLOCKED WITH BARRICADE
65 BUILDING WITH GROUND LEVEL HOLE IN WALL
66 BLOCKED UP SUBWAY EXIT

MARKHAM ASYLUM Markham Asylum Occupants

Initial calls for help will alert the Grand Hall of Justice,
but incoming Judges will be delayed by street gangs.
The Grounds
The asylum is surrounded by an old-fashioned, ten-
foot-high stone wall surmounted by metal spikes to
which coils of razor wire have been secured. The grounds
are clad in plastic synthi-grass and incorporate a small,
shallow pond around which are some miserable-looking
artificial weeping willow trees.
Med Judge Rutherford has been appointed by Cal to
administer Markham Asylum, and any human civilian
doctors, admin and security have been replaced with
Judges and droids whilst the unfortunate patients
are now used as a pool of subjects for Rutherford’s
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INSIDE THE ASYLUM
Individual rooms and corridors have smoke alarms and
a fire sprinkler system that are triggered by sensors that
register heat levels. Kook cubes, theatre and therapy
rooms are sound proofed.
First Floor
Front Door. The entranceway is guarded by Judge
Argus, a Street Judge (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds
of 2000 AD, p. 243). The glass-fronted door behind
him is locked and must be unlocked by the on-duty
technical droid who can be contacted via the intercom.
Alternatively, it can be unlocked with a pass key or a
Difficult [16] LOG (electronics or computers) check.
Ambulance Bay. The garage is protected by heavy
metal doors. The doors can be opened with a pass key or
a Challenging [13] LOG (electronics) check. Ambulances
and Justice Department vehicles assigned to the
asylum have in-vehicle transponders that open the
doors automatically unless a lockdown is initiated from
the security office. The tool store includes a mechanic
tool kit, some heavier engineering tools and vehicle
components.
There are currently two civilian med wagons parked
in this location. Use the Light Truck with four berths for
patients and a high-quality medical tool kit (see Judge
Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 96). Optionally,
Argus’s Lawmaster bike is also parked here.
Storage Bay. This area includes similar security to
the ambulance bay and holds warehousing space and a
forklift truck.
Reception Office. Room with a counter and glass
windows. The office is manned by a technical droid.
Admin Office. Computers and paper files that are
installed here are used to handle the bureaucratic
workload of the asylum.
Security Office. The office’s door and walls are made
from plasteel, and the door’s lock needs a Demanding
[21] LOG (electronics or computers) check to unlock,
though using a pass key reduces the level to Challenging
[16].

// MARKHAM ASYLUM
FIRST FLOOR

1 8
9
3
2
4 6 10
11

KEY KEY
7 7 7. Lifts
1. FRONT DOOR
2. AMBULANCE BAY 8. Charger
3. STORAGE BAY 9. Inspection Pit
4. RECEPTION OFFICE 10. Tool Room
5. ADMIN OFFICE 11. Goods lift
6. SECURITY OFFICE

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 The lockers hold the following emergency devices:
MARKHAM ASYLUM OCCUPANTS » 2x spare electro-prods
STAFF MEMBER TOTAL LOCATION OF » 2x dart guns
NUMBER INDIVIDUALS » 1x cling net
JUDGES » 12x pairs of hand cuffs
Med Judge 1 Roll 1d6: 1 Sleep » 6x straitjackets
Rutherford Machine, 2 to 4
Personal Office, 5 Basement
Operating Theatre , The beating heart of the asylum is a site of constant
6 Pharmacy activity. Droids and others are engaged in routine duties.
SJS Judges 2 Floor 14 Sections are devoted to storage, generators, laundry and
Street Judge 1 Entrance waste collection, and recharge stations are installed for
Robots assortment of droids who labour in the building.
Robo- 2 #1 Roll 1d6 for
Psychiatrist Floor Level Second Floor
#2 Roll 1d6 [1 to 3, Offices and Dormitory. No human staff currently use
Roll 1d6+6 for Floor these rooms, though they are sometimes used by Judges
Level; 4, Floor 13,
assigned to the building.
5 to 6, Roof]
Rutherford’s Dorm. The wardrobe includes a spare
Robot 6 #1 to #3: Each rolls
Orderlies 1d6 for Floor Level surgeon’s gown and mask.
#4 to #6: Each rolls Rutherford’s Office. The office door is locked when
1d6+6 for Floor Rutherford isn’t present. A locked filing cabinet with
Level a helmet and armour pads on top of it includes half a
Admin Droid 1 Reception bottle of soy-gin, two small containers of stimulants and
Domestic 4 1x Basement. Others Rutherford’s Lawgiver and boot knife.
Droids Roll 1d6: 1 to 3, A dummy water fountain machine covers a heavy safe
Roll 1d6 for Floor with a palm recognition lock keyed for Rutherford’s
Level, 4 to 6 Roll right hand, though a Demanding [21] LOG (electronics or
1d6+6 for Floor computers) check will unlock it. Held within are a couple
Level of dozen conditioning tapes, including one for Grubb,
Technical 3 1x Security Office, each labelled with the patient’s name.
Droids 2x Basement
Patients
Psychiatric 180 Floors 4 to 11 and Med Judge Rutherford
patients approx. 13
‘Futsies’ 20 Floor 12 Rutherford is an individual who
Mayor Jim Grub 1 Floor 14 fluctuates between manic intensity and
morose indifference. His questionable
ethics brought him to Cal’s attention,
Banks of monitors show security camera footage who subsequently used him to develop
of corridors and outside locations whilst half-a-dozen hypnotic techniques used by the late
spare monitors can switch views between individual mad genius Igor Sansky.
rooms. A computer tracks the location of each activated
transponder carried by staff members and vehicles. The Rutherford wears a surgeon’s
office includes access to all comm systems used in the headlight, a lab coat and a suit of
asylum and control settings for fire alarms and sprinkler Judge armour without pads. He will not
systems. The elevator can be shut down, and all the kook be carrying his Lawgiver, daystick or
cube doors can be remotely locked or unlocked from a boot knife unless he is forewarned of
terminal either separately or an entire floor’s doors. intruders and able to retrieve them.
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5
KEY
1. Offices & Dormitory
2. Rutherford’s Dorm
3. Rutherford’s OFFICE
4. PHARMACY
5. OPERATING THEATRE
Pharmacy. Contains apparatus for preparing
medications and locked cabinets that hold a large
assortment of legal medical drugs and a few
experimental ones that Rutherford is developing.
The room includes cages holding laboratory rats and
two monkeys.
Operating Theatre. This surgical theatre is used for
medical operations on patients including lobotomies,
hypnosis and electroconvulsive therapy. Nearby rooms
hold medical supplies, a scrub area, and beds for patients
not currently in the operating room.
Third Floor
Exercise Room: Includes exercise machines, a
punching bag and an assortment of balls and skipping
ropes.
Recreation Room: Includes a tri-d projector, shuggy
table and a few board and card games including a
battered Robopoly set.
Therapy Room: To aid in mental health restoration
of inmates, the room holds a selection of art and craft
materials and a tri-d projector. In a corner, a couple of
large polypropalot tubs holds a variety of puppets and
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// MARKHAM ASYLUM
SECOND FLOOR
toys and a few costumes including those of a clown,
cartoon-like dog and cowboy-style dinosaur-wrangler.
Rest Room. Includes comfortable chairs and a Sensor
Round TM hologram and sound system that is set up to
provide tranquil environments. The walls have one-way
windows, which afford inmates a view of the asylum’s
exterior.
Canteen. Currently seeing little use since the removal
of human staff and end of patient visitors under
Rutherford’s tenure. Cutlery and plates are made of
disposable materials, and a garbage grinder is used for
dealing with waste.
Kitchen. Lockers and freezers hold an assortment of
munce and synthetic food products that can be heated in
microwaves.
Upper Floors
Washroom: Provides facilities for showers and
ablutions.
Day Room: Largely unused during Rutherford’s posting
to the asylum. Each room includes furniture, a few board
games and a simple, wall-mounted tri-d screen.
‘Kook Cube’. Patients’ rooms have walls that are lined
Robots
Robo-Psychiatrist. Use Robo Doc (see
p. 120) but use the following skills:
bureaucracy 1 [1d6], computers 3
[2d6], insight 3 [2d6], medic 3
[2d6], perception 1 [1d6], psychology
6 [3d6]
Robot Orderly. Ones assigned to areas
above the basements are armed with
Electro-Prods (see Judge Dredd & the
Worlds of 2000 AD, page 100).
Robot Orderlies will always try to
restrain humans and take orders from
the following in order of priority:
Med Judge Rutherford/two SJS Judges/
Technical Robot in the security
office/Robo-Psychiatrists/other
Judges.
Admin Robot. Use Robot Orderly but
use the following skills: cleaning 3
[2d6], perception 1 [1d6], reactions
1 [1d6]
Domestic Robot. Use Robot Orderly but
use the following skills: carrying 3
[2d6], cooking 3 [2d6], cleaning 3
[2d6], perception 1 [1d6], reactions
1 [1d6]
Technical Robot. Use Robot Orderly
but use the following skills:
carrying 3 [2d6], engineering 3
[2d6], electronics 3 [2d6], computers
3 [2d6], driving 1 [1d6], perception
1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6],
surveillance 1 [1d6]
with padded material, giving the same SOAK benefits as
padded armour to an individual who impacts violently
with it. Brackets in the wall allow for the securing of
troublesome patients.
Orderly Room. Each orderly station is a room that
include controls for all the doors on their floor and a
monitor screen that can access any of the kook cube
rooms, corridors, and lobbies on that floor along with the
adjacent stairwells. The room’s walls and doors are made
from plasteel with SOAK 15.
Inmates
Use the Citizen template from Judge
Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, page
231.
Many patients will be comatose in
drugged slumber, but others will be
awake in a Dazed condition, whilst
extremely bewildered individuals will
be suffering from a severe level of
the condition. Some unfortunates are
secured in straitjackets.
12th Floor. The FSS Ward is used for citizens suffering
from Future Shock Syndrome.
FUTSIE [future shock
syndrome]
Whilst suffering this form of mental
disorder, the crazed individual is
in a persistent state of the second
stage of the Angry condition and sees
everyone as foes but cannot throw off
the condition. The sufferer gains
+1d6 bonus to STR based tests but all
LOG based skill tests are reduced to
a maximum of 1d6, and the individual
will not surrender.
13th Floor, ‘The Dredd Ward’. This floor holds inmates
who believe they are famous historical individuals, the
most common being Cleopatra, Napoleon, Judge Fargo
and Judge Dredd, though a recently admitted patient is
convinced that he is Chief Judge Cal.
14th Floor. Currently Grubb is the only inmate of this
level.
Gamemasters can choose to add a few
‘celebrity’ inmates on the 14th floor,
possibly including insane citizens
that player character Judges have
arrested in earlier scenarios.
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KEY
1. WASHROOM
2. DAY ROOMS
3. KOOK CUBES
4. ORDERLY ROOM
ROOM 14-X
Outside a door with no name card are posted Kessler
and Jefferies, two SJS Judges. Use SJS Judge on page
121. They are competent and callous but will surrender
if they find themselves at a severe disadvantage. They
have no knowledge of who they are guarding, but Judge
Slocum informed them that it was a special prisoner.
On entering Room 14-X, player characters will notice
that cowering and clucking from a nest of blankets in
one corner of the room is a man dressed in a chicken
suit. Mayor Grubb has been successfully hypnotised
by Rutherford into believing he’s a chicken. He merely
clucks and squawks rather than speaking. Grubb will be
traumatised if hauled out of his chicken suit and proves
to be completely naked out of it. His attention can be
gained by offering him meal worms to eat.
The nest includes an old leather American football
that Grubb has been using as a surrogate egg, and
the deranged patient is firmly determined to take the
football with him if he must travel anywhere, frantically
trying to retrieve it if is stolen from him or bounces away.
If anyone destroys the ‘egg’, Grubb will gain the Angry
condition and attack them.
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UPPER LEVELS
Keeping Things Moving
The Gamemaster can maintain the
humorous tone of the scenario by using
interruptions and events at a furious
pace that prevents the team from
getting the mayor out of his costume.
Storeroom. Includes cleaning materials and a shelf on
which is a box labelled “Grubs” which proves to be filled
with sawdust, lumps of meat and a host of writhing meal
worms.
ROOF LEVEL
The flat roof of the building includes various pipes and
conduits, and a parapet wall and rail skirt a good part
of the area. The whole structure is capped by a large
canopy as shielding against acid rain. On one wall is
stationed six emergency glide chutes. One of the robo-
psychiatrists has recently started to malfunction and can
sometimes be found up here spouting off a monologue or
playing a saxophone.
Inmates
Perhaps the actions of the player
characters at the Markham Asylum
enable the escape of a particularly
dangerous set of patients? These
include a pyromaniac, an axe murderer
and a deranged ex-nurse. The maniacs
steal a car and travel out of the
sector before embarking on a series of
murderous exploits. Several of them
imagined Med Judge Rutherford as a
kindly saint and seek to revenge him
if he came to harm.
HAZARDS
If any of the Judges stationed at Markham Asylum
manage to contact Grand Hall of Justice with news of an
attempt to capture their prisoner, Judges and Kleggs will
be ordered to intercept the rebels.
Even if the alarm isn’t raised by Judges at the asylum,
as the rescuers hustle Grubb through the streets, it
won’t be too long before a Justice Department peeper
or a Psi will alert Cal’s Judges. Initially Cal’s forces are
ordered to recapture the prisoner, but if Grubb reaches
vicinity of the Twin Towers site and the rescue H-wagon
is detected, Cal orders them to kill Grubb rather than let
him become airborne.
Amongst the orders issued from Cal is one for
Judges to search all vessels in the nearby harbour
area, H-wagons and coastal vessels will have a strong
presence and be ready to disable and board any vessel
which moves.
Groups making respectable initial progress fleeing to
the escape craft might be unlucky enough to get lost,
delaying them and risking more encounters and hazards.
Groups travelling along the Old New York Street will find
they make faster progress than using sideroads, but
they become easy targets for Cal’s forces to locate and
intercept them.
If the Gamemaster feels that players rescuing Grubb
are unduly delaying their escape or need steering to
their destination, the following methods can be used to
force the urgency and direction of the player characters,
whilst some of these pursuers might catch up with their
quarry.
A remote-controlled hover camera that unless eluded
or destroyed can be used to relay images to a control
room in the GHJ.
>> SIZE tiny, HEALTH 5, SOAK 2, DEFENCE 22,
VULNERABLE heat, FLY 10
Cal’s H-wagons, crewed with Judges and Kleggs, are
a deadly threat unless the player characters use the
cramped streets and alleys of city bottom. The vehicles
incorporate scanners and can direct any pursuit teams
towards any suspicious movement or evidence of fire
fights. Use H-Wagon (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of
2000 AD, p. 119).
If the player characters are a team of Cal’s lackeys that
find themselves outmatched, the firepower and scanners
of an overhead H-wagon can prove useful support.
The sirens of approaching Lawmasters can be used to
keep the rescue party fleeing in a particular direction.
Bike patrols and pursuit teams can comprise of one or
two Street Judges on Lawmasters.
A team of Klegg mercenaries and Klegg hounds are
sent to the asylum where they pick up the trail of the
resistance members. The Kleggs use a pat-wagon to
follow their hounds as they race along the streets. Use
one Klegg and one Klegg hound for every two Judges or
four citizens.
Once initial reports of events at Markham Asylum are
sent to JHQ, Cal decides to use a new weapon in his
arsenal. Up to now, he has mistrusted the Psi Division
whose operatives he has kept heavily tranquilized, but
he immediately orders that one is used to locate Grubb.
Consequently, Psi Judge Sybil (see p. 73) is revived and
fed a dangerous combination of psi boosting drugs. Her
visions of Grubb are used to help direct Cal’s Judges. The
GM might want to give characters with Psionic exploits
the chance to detect the intermittent scrying and even
block Sybil’s attempts.
ROADBLOCK
A roadblock cuts the team off from their destination.
Two commandeered wheeled cars are blocking the road,
and two of Cal’s Street Judges man the cordon. With the
sound of distant sirens homing in on them from different
directions, the only way to get to the Black Mamba is to
get through the barrier and its guardians.
If the player characters are Cal’s agents, the encounter
is a covering force of two resistance Judges or else a
band of Dreddists as detailed on page 61.
ESCAPING MEGA-CITY ONE
Russell Viper will be extremely anxious to leave by
sunrise, and once dawn arrives the GM might choose to
put the mercenary on a WIL dice pool countdown that
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can be taken every 15 minutes before he decides to cut
his losses and fly away without waiting for the rescue
party.
Taking to the air, the Black Mamba should have the
capability to escape back to Mega-City Two, though
Gamemasters who want further drama might require
the team to evade surface-to-air missiles or heavy
laser defences sited at the perimeter of the city and
to outdistance of any aerial pursuit from H-wagons.
Getting shot down in the Cursed Earth would trigger a
fresh scenario or a mini campaign that could incorporate
material in The Cursed Earth supplement.
AFTERMATH
Jim Grubb responds well to psychiatric treatment and
makes a full recovery, eventually returning to the office
of City Mayor and later winning the next election. Prior
to the Apocalypse War in 2104, Grubb has the potential
to be a useful ally for any individuals who rescued him.
Besides experience points, any individuals whose role
in a successful rescue of the mayor is made public
knowledge receive +1 REP, and citizens involved will
probably receive a medal from the newly appointed Chief
Judge Griffin himself.
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If the player characters
obtained any of the hypnotic
tapes used to condition
Grubb or captured Med Judge
Rutherford, the resistance
movement finds these assets
invaluable in determining how
Mega-City One’s Judges have
been brainwashed by Cal and
how they might be restored
to their true sense of duty.
Potentially, this can augment or
replace some of the activities
of Dredd and Walter the Robot
in the comic.
If Cal learns of the identity
of any of the mayor’s rescuers,
he demands that they must be
captured or killed and, if the
opportunity exists, commits
a gruesome, yet imaginative,
act of retribution against any
of their unfortunate family
members that are in Mega-City
One.
Judges who recover the mayor for Cal will become
current favourites of the madman, possibly being
incorporated into the SJS or appointed as personal
bodyguards and food tasters. Someone of special merit
might be made an aide as the hapless Judge Cox has
recently killed himself. Any unfortunates who failed to
recover Grubb from his rescuers will need quick wits and
flattery—and a convenient scapegoat—if they are to avert
Cal’s fury.
Typical demeaning punishments can be created by the
Gamemaster or chosen from the list below:
» Broken down to the rank of Cadet.
» Indefinitely assigned to patrol the eastern portion of
the new city wall without rad tabs or rad cloaks.
» Made to wear clown suits on duty.
» Given Judge badges with a new and uncomplimentary
name that is meant to be used at all times. Examples
include: Blockhead, Bungler, Dipstick, Dolt, Klutz,
Loser, Simp and Stumblebum.
Any perps or citizens who assist in recovering Grubb
for Cal are subject to a reward based on his mad whims,
a sum of 3d6x 1,000 Cr each, paid in the new currency
that features Cal’s image is a practical one, though other
examples of his generosity might include one of the
following:
 » Making them into Judges, though they wear their
street clothes with their badge and Lawgiver.
» Offering the character the role of mayor.
» Roles in the new movie he is producing based on his
life story.
» Free chicken diners from a Mega-City One fast food
outlet for life.
If they elect to sell Grubb to the resistance, they
will be offered 1d6x 10,000 credits, but might have to
successfully transport Grubb to a location in Mega-City
One or smuggle the mayor out of the city by themselves.
FURTHER ADVENTURES
Cal’s Lackies
Citizens or perps who chose to hand Jim Grubb back
to Cal’s Judges are likely to become targets of Dreddists
over the coming weeks. When Judge Dredd finally
manages to interfere with Cal’s conditioning of the
Judges and lead them against the tyrant, they had best
start making a quick escape from the embattled city.
Uncertain Futures
Psi Judge Sybil is proving to be a thorn in the side
of the resistance. The resistance decides to try and
assassinate her, but she has quarters in the Grand Hall
of Justice itself, and how do you kill someone who might
sense your plans and presence?
Sybil becomes increasingly deranged under the
influence of the drugs but her sway with Cal increases.
Other lackies of Cal find themselves threatened by the
Psi Judge’s paranoia and realise that their survival might
depend on her elimination.
Not Safe to Venture?
Following the fall of Judge Cal, Chief Judge Griffin
needs to restore order to several sectors where lawless
elements have seized control. Player character Judges
can be sent into an area where they encounter some of
the gangs listed earlier in this scenario.
Something Strange in the
Neighbourhood?
The Markham Asylum becomes the focus of
paranormal phenomena as poltergeist activity and
spectral horrors are reported by babbling inmates. The
player characters are sent on a mission to investigate,
but as they search the institute, they find themselves
attacked by some crazed patients now at liberty in its
corridors, possessed staff members and undead beings.
The Gamemaster can find useful material in other
WOIN publications, especially Spirits of Manhattan, and
might determine that a temporal rift has formed linking
the Manhattan of the late 20th Century to Mega-City
One?
Robo-Hunters
An enterprising crime boss who runs illegal droid
fights in the Core’s Madison Square Garden complex
is finding his stock of combatants severely depleted.
To make matters worse, a gang of master-less robots
calling themselves the Steel Band are interfering with his
crime rackets in Old Town. An elegant solution to both
his problems is to hire a competent team to capture the
robots so they can be reprogrammed as more fodder for
the arena.
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MED JUDGE RUTHERFORD GRIFF PETERSON
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6d6] //LARGE SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6]
//HALF-CRAZY JUDGE PSYCHIATRIST //FRENZIED FATTIE

STR 3 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 3 [2d6] STR 6 [3d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 10 [4d6]
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 6 [3d6] INT 3 [2d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
CHA 3 [3d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 6 [3d6] CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 22
SOAK 3 VULN none IMMUNE none SOAK 6 VULN none IMMUNE none
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 4d6 INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/3’ SPEED 3 CLIMB - JUMP -/-

HEALTH 18 HEALTH 36
CARRY 60lb [max lift 150 lb] CARRY 160lb [max lift 300 lb]
REACH 5’ REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2 ACTIONS 2
Las-scalpel 4d6 [2d6+3 heat damage] Brawling 5d6 [3d6+3 blunt damage]
Boot knife 4d6 [2d6+3 piercing damage] SKILLS
Dart pistol 4d6 [1d6 damage+ heavy brawling 3 [2d6], carousing 3 [2d6], perception
tranquillizer, range 5, sidearm] 1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6]
Lawgiver 4d6 [2d6 damage, range 9, sidearm] GEAR
SKILLS hypnotism 3 [2d6], interrogation 1 spectacles, shirt, green pants
[1d6], intimidation 1 [1d6], knives 1 [1d6],
law 6 [3d6], medicine 3 [2d6], perception 1 EXPLOITS
[1d6], pistols 1 [1d6], psychology 6 [3d6], >> Feeding Frenzy! Peterson moves his SPEED and makes
riding 1 [1d6] an attack with one action.
GEAR >> Don’t Get in the Way of the Buffet! Peterson can
scalpel, dart pistol, uniform, headlight,
move through a smaller creature’s square, getting a free
lab coat, stethoscope, pass key for all of
Markham’s locks
melee attack that knocks the target aside and prone for
[helmet, armour pads, Lawgiver and boot knife 2d6+3 blunt damage. If the attack misses, Peterson stops
in office] his movement.

EXPLOITS
>> Surgical Precision [replaces Weak Point].
Rutherford knows where a living target’s vital organs are
located. If he damages a living target with a knife of at
least average quality, he can choose to inflict either the
Bleeding or the Pain condition unless using a las-knife or
las-scalpel.
>> Conditioned Patients. Rutherford gains a +1d6
bonus to any WIL or CHA based rolls to influence the
patients at Markham Asylum.

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PSI JUDGE SYBIL
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6d6]
//BLIND PRECOGNITIVE PSI JUDGE

STR 3 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 3 [2d6]

INT 10 [4d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
CHA 10 [4d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 6 [3d6]
PSI 10 [4d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 12
SOAK 3 VULN none IMMUNE none
INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 6d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/3’

HEALTH 18
CARRY 60lb [max lift 150lb]
REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2
Boot knife 3d6 [2d6+2 piercing damage]
Lawgiver 4d6 [2d6 ballistic damage; range 9,
sidearm]
SKILLS clairvoyance 3 [2d6], clubs 1 [1d6],
insight 3 [2d6], law 1 [1d6], light armour 1
[1d6], perception 3 [2d6], pistols 1 [1d6],
riding 1 [2d6]
GEAR,
Lawgiver, uniform, boot knife

EXPLOITS
>> Aim. By taking an action to aim, Psi Judge Sybil
gains +1d6 bonus to a ranged attack roll taken in the
same turn. The attack action must come immediately
after the aiming action.
>> Blindfighter. Psi Judge Sybil may ignore blindness
and the Blind condition for melee combat.
>> Sense Other. Psi Judge Sybil can detect the
presence of another psyker if they come within 30’ of
her.
>> Vision. Psi Judge Sybil can use the Clairvoyance
exploit up to ten times in a twenty-four-hour period. If
she has an intimate item connected with an individual,
she can spy on them even if she has never met them or
been in the location where they are currently situated .
If a target is protected by a Mind Shield or Mind Fortress,
she must overcome their MENTAL DEFENCE with a PSI+
clairvoyance roll to successfully scry them.

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 CH/6: CASE FILES UNDER CURFEW
The following three case files are short adventures for
a Gamemaster to use in campaigns that occur during
different periods of Chief Judge Cal’s reign. They are
all flexible enough to adapt to different types of player
character groups and can be fleshed out with extra
details as required. Adventures that occur in this era
are often bizarre and humorous, though no less deadly.
Scenarios being run for most perp and citizen player
characters should ideally not involve them entering a
straight-forward fight against NPC Judges. Numbers of
enemy NPCs can be halved if deemed necessary, though
surprise, evasion and other NPCs can improve their
chances of success or survival.
I DIDN’T KILL NO DEPUTY!
Angered by his citizens’ insurrection, Judge Cal has
just condemned the entire population to a systematic
execution. The scenario is written for player character
Judges who are loyal to Cal, though optional plot hooks
are detailed.
// Scales of Justice
The Judges are stationed at the Grand Hall of Justice
and the find that the morning shift’s locker room gossip
concerns the initial executions that will be commencing
at 09:00. Cal, Judge Cox with an entourage of Kleggs
and SJS and Street Judges have already left to
supervise at Sector One. During the morning briefing,
the Judge player characters are told to complete some
admin tasks before reporting to Judge Slocum at 09:50.
When they report in, he inspects them before informing
them that they are the next guard detail for Deputy
Judge Fish.
The Judges relieve a set of guards in Judge Fish’s
office at 11:00, and after telling them to
stay vigilant till relieved in two hours,
Slocum leaves. The room is pretty
spartan but has a few drapes, a plinth
in the centre of the room holds Judge
Fish’s bowl, a water dispenser with a
cupboard holding fish food and a jar
of live worms is in one corner and a
comfortably upholstered chair with
an eagle emblem on its head rest is in
another corner, presumably just for
Cal’s use.
The Judges should station themselves
in the room and start their vigil, as it
is a routine, boring assignment. What
could possibly go wrong? After half
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an hour, the Judges can attempt to make an Easy [7]
PERCEPTION roll. The Judge with the highest success
suddenly notices that Judge Fish is motionless and
floating upside down. Examination shows that the fish is
dead, and it does not need a Psi Judge to tell the guards
that Cal is likely to order their immediate execution
for dereliction of duty when he learns of this. Options
available to the unfortunates include:
Deserting their posts and fleeing to safety, though
even with the threat to their lives, they need a Severe
[29] WIL or PSI roll to overcome their conditioning to
serve Cal.
Finding an identical goldfish as a replacement and
hoping that Cal does not notice the switch. Conceivably
a robot double could be used, but that would take time
to commission. Judges who make an Easy [7] LOG (law)
check will know that licensed goldfish are kept as pets
by thousands of citizens. A computer search shows
that the nearest supplier is the Mega-Aquarium. Judges
who think to whilst accessing media sources or Justice
Department files can find useful images and data on
Judge Fish to help find a match.
// The Mega-Aquarium
The Judges can pick up Lawmasters from the bike pool
and should be able to make their way quickly through
the morning traffic without hazard or delay, the journey
taking just 10+2d6 minutes.
This tourist attraction comprises of two goldfish bowl
shaped buildings decorated with statues of dolphins.
Inside customers can wander the walkways to marvel
at the marine creatures kept in huge tanks. Popular
exhibits include a monstrous squid in its own tank and
Black Atlantic sharks, which ghost through the building’s
interior through a complex maze of re-enforced glass
The Klutz Factor
Just confirming that they will be stood to attention and alert should be easy
enough for players roleplaying the guards assigned to Judge Fish, though an Easy
[7] END check might be needed to not suffer a bout of cramping. Feeding Judge
Fish a worm might cause it to choke to death. If any of the Judges chooses to fool
around or move, then one of them inadvertently knocks over the bowl containing
the goldfish. Especially clumsy guards might even trample the stranded fish with
their Judge boots. The bowl can be refilled from a water dispenser, but Judge Fish
sickens and dies when returned to it.

// Judge Nestor
To avoid a player missing out on the action that will take part outside the
GHJ, Judge Nestor, a Street Judge is part of the guard detail and offers to try
guarding the office from intrusion by himself whilst the rest of the team fetch
a substitute goldfish. He can point out that the streets might be dangerous with
Dredd’s rebel Judges at large and that the condemned citizens have little to lose.

// Intruders
If any player characters refuse to leave the chambers, then their vigil is beset
by the following interruptions. Gunfire will automatically alert other Judges in
the building as might the sound of a loud struggle or a droid banging on the door
and arguing for a significant period.
Robo-cleaner. The droid insists on hoovering the chambers unless the Judge can
make a Challenging [13] CHA or REP (bluffing) test. If the droid enters, it proves
to be too stupid to register that Judge Fish is dead. Use Robot Orderly but
substitute the following skills: carrying 3 [2d6], cooking 3 [2d6], cleaning 3
[2d6], perception 1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6] (see p. 121).
Decorator Droid. The droid needs to film the room for putting together some
designs for a refurbishment of the Chief Judge’s and DCJ’s quarters that Cal is
considering. Persuading the droid to come back later requires a Challenging [13]
LOG (bureaucracy) test or a Difficult [16] CHA or REP (bluffing). If the droid
enters it will notice that Judge Fish is missing or dead unless a Judge wins a
relevant subterfuge roll that is opposed by the droid’ s perception check. If
aware of the crisis, the droid will get agitated, try to leave and report the
incident.
Use Robot Orderly but substitute the following skills: carrying 3 [2d6], interior
design 3 [2d6], decorating 3 [2d6], computers 3 [2d6], driving 1 [1d6], perception
1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6] (see p. 121). The droid is programmed with an artistic
temperament and might have tantrums.
Robo-cat. Extra drama and humour can be added by making one of the robots listed
above a tool of a faction opposed to Cal. The droid tries to leave behind some
equipment which conceals a tiny robo-cat assassin tasked with killing Judge Fish
(see p. 79). Especially unlucky Judges might bring in a live substitute fish back
into the room only for the robot to pounce. Will they need to go out again on a
quest for a goldfish?

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 //MEGA-AQUARIUM
LEVEL 1

6
5
7
8
4
2

3
1 KEY 5. Maintenance
1. Ticket Office 6. Canteen
2. Shop 7. Overhead
3. Staff Room shark tube
4. Store Room 8. Elevators

tubing. The assortment of equipment in different
locations includes water hoses, a hostile environment
suit and fire extinguishers.
The Mega-Aquarium is scheduled for a late opening due
to maintenance, and the doors will not unlock until 13:00.
Three robots are preforming routing duties to prepare
for guests. Dwight Marsh is the only human staff member
present as his manager intends to stay at home with his
family during the current crisis. Taking advantage of this,
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ALTERNATIVE PLOT HOOKS
Perps. The aquarium is currently being extorted by the Red Mullet crime family
who also find it a convenient place to temporarily store caches of loot and
arms, placing the items in water proof containers that are buried in the gravel
beds of the larger tanks. Besides acting as guardians for the stashes, the
sharks are ideal for intimidating captives or disposing of them.
The player characters have a transaction to conduct with the mob, who,
impatient to get the deal finished, arrange for a late-night meeting at the
aquarium. As the goods are produced for inspection, two SJS Judges (see p 121)
arrive at the aquarium, entering it with a pass key. The Judges have actually
been sent on an errand by Cal to get some of Judge Fish’s favourite fish food.
The mobsters, believing themselves to be ratted out, start to open fire on the
player characters and a frantic three-way confrontation ensures.
The mobsters are led by a Mob Enforcer who will have one Mob Henchman for each
player character (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 239).
Citizens. Nothing goes smoothly in the Big Meg! The players decide on a visit
to the Mega-Aquarium in an attempt to take their minds off living in a city
ruled by a tyrant, but during their tour of the building, they stumble upon the
resistance cell described in the adventure for Judge NPCs. The freedom fighters
are moving arms and ammo in a crate that is inadvertently dropped, shattering
a side panel and revealing the contents. Just as the resistance members,
momentarily freeze, two of Cal’s hated SJS Judges enter the building to check
out a report of suspicious individuals sighted by a nark.
The player characters suddenly find themselves in the middle of a confrontation
as the rebels and the Judges trade shots with each other. Getting out alive
might be their sole motivation, though there is an ideal opportunity to help a
faction they want to ingratiate themselves with. Perhaps some damage exposes
a cash of ingots and weapons hidden by the mob that proves a tempting risk to
grab—even if a frantic, stranded shark is in the gunshot-strewn vicinity?
The Resistance. The player characters are sent to meet Marsh and recover a
cache of spit guns and frag bombs from the Mega-Aquarium, but just as they
get their hands on the weapons, they are interrupted by a squad of Cal’s men.
One Street Judge (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 243) or Klegg
Mercenary (see p. 115) will be present for every two Street Judge characters or
three others.

the remaining three members of his cell to collect some
weapons that have been stored on the premises.
After leaving their Lawmasters in the carpark,
Judges asking to gain entrance via an intercom are
let inside, though Marsh notices them on a security
camera and stays out of the way. As the Judges go
about their business, the cell members hold a whispered
conversation and decide to strike a blow for freedom by
killing them.
Staff droids: Use Robot Orderly with carrying 3 [2d6],
cleaning 3 [3d6], driving 1 [1d6], marine biology 1 [1d6],
perception 1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6] (see p. 121).
Dwight Marsh: Use Worker adding the skill marine
biology 1 [1d6]. He can also arm himself from a collection
of weapons hidden in the aquarium (see Judge Dredd &
the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 247).

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3
4
5
2
Resistance fighter: Use Citizen armed with spit pistol
and frag bombs. The cell also owns a single rocket
launcher (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p.
105).
The shop in the complex includes several tanks holding
fish for sale to license holders that can be carried in
transparent bags of water. Trying to find a match for
Judge Fish by looking at shoals of fish through a tank
of water needs a Challenging [13] PERCEPTION check,
increased to Strenuous [25] if trying from memory
rather than accessing an image. Perhaps one of the fish
in the pond on the upper level has a better match?
The presence of the hated Judges soon incites
the activists to attack them. During the consequent
barrage of weapons, inadvertent or deliberate damage
to the tanks can result in the following hazards and
distractions:
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//MEGA-AQUARIUM
UPPER LEVEL
KEY
4. Upper level
1. Mutant Maintenance
Alligator Pool Platform
2. Carp Pool 5. Elevators
3. Ray Pool
» One of the glass tubes that lace the aquarium
shatters, spilling out a shark which frenziedly flops
about on the aquarium floor. The snapping creature
starts a death pool countdown and will move around
randomly at SPEED 1d3 per action biting any
creature it encounters whilst its flailing knocks over
equipment and individuals (see p. 80).
» Damage to the roof of the giant squid’s tank allows
the creature to send out questing tentacles (see p.
80).
» Pools of water, stranded fish and seaweed can all
make some surfaces Slippery. At some point, a
damaged cable lands on the pool inflicting a 3d6
electric attack to individuals at least partly in it.
» A stray round clips a staff droid, which starts
scuttling around in a random pattern whilst waving
its arms around.
//MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? ROBO-CAT
The Judges should hopefully be able to arrive back //TINY SENTIENT MECHANOID [3d6]
at the GHJ, the return journey taking a similar short //SELF-CENTRED ROBOTIC PET
length of time but they and will need a Challenging [13] Robotic pets are easier to obtain in Mega-City One,
REP+ bluffing check to avoid any questioning from the though they often have a cartoon-like appearance.
duty desk,. SJS Judges can attempt a Routine [10] REP Sophisticated, realistic feline robots exist that have
(intimidation) check. If stopped and questioned as to why superior agility, but these are considerably more
they are not at their posts or why they have a goldfish, expensive.
they need to come up with an explanation. Given the
uncertainty and downright craziness that currently STR 1 [1d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 3 [2d6]
exists in the Justice Department, an excuse such as INT 6 [3d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 3 [2d6]
Judge Fish wanted a walk or similar inventive replies CHA 4 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 3 [2d6]
should suffice to get the team back to Judge Fish’s MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
room, whilst failure could result in arrest and an SJS DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 13 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10
investigation. SOAK 2 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick,
The substitute fish can be put in the bowl and the electricity Fatigued
guard detail can resume their duties. Judge Slocum 2d6 ion 2d6
arrives early at 12: 40 and stands the guards down. If sonic
the player characters are established allies of Judge INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
Slocum, he might merely order them not to discuss with SPEED 4 CLIMB 3 JUMP 6’/3’
anyone their recent duty, Judges making a Routine [10] HEALTH 9
INT check can detect a grim and deadly menace in these CARRY 40 lb [max lift 50 lb]
orders. Otherwise, Slocum covers his tracks thoroughly, REACH 0’
using one of the following methods: ACTIONS 2
Whilst in their sleep machines, the Judges have their
Claws 3d6 [2d6+1 slashing damage]
memories altered into believing that they were posted
SKILLS acrobatics 3 [2d6], climbing 3 [2d6],
to guard the corpse of Judge Fish, which Slocum later hunting 3 [2d6], running 1 [1d6],
took to Cal. Slocum then removes and destroys the tactics 1 [1d6]
memory tape of the medical droid which carried out the GEAR
brainwashing. Optional collar
If the Judges were arrested for dereliction of duty,
Slocum tries to find what they were actually doing Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks
away from Judge Fish’s room after which he has them and are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and [2d6]
brainwashed as above. to ion damage. They are usually immune to the Sick and
Slocum decides to have the Judges eliminated by Fatigued condition.
immediately sending them on an assignment that proves Infrared sensors. The robot’s visual sensors can see in
to be a suicide mission. the dark as well as the light. The robot effectively gains
Assuming the Judges don’t flee the GHJ a soon as superior darksight .
they are dismissed, they will soon learn of the imminent Cruelty [fault]. The robo-cat finds it hard to resist
funeral of Judge Fish. If they think to ask about the hunting and maiming smaller animals or droids other
earlier guard detail, they discover that these Judges than itself. If it comes up against one it must make a
are no longer serving at the GHJ, and computer records Challenging [15] WIL test to resist the urge of follow its
merely mention that they have been assigned to obsession but can decide to keep out of its victim’s way
unspecified special duties on Slocum’s orders. Reporting if it is wounded by it.
for new duties, they are told to go to the motor pool
and join the honour guard assembling for Judge Fish’s
funeral cortege.

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GIANT SQUID SHARK
//LARGE AQUATIC BEAST [6D6] //LARGE SEMI-SENTIENT AQUATIC BEAST (6D6)
//TENTACLED MONSTER OF THE DEEP //FEARSOME MARINE PREDATOR
The pollution of the oceans seems to have turned the STR 15 [5d6] AGI 10 [4d6] END 15 [5d6]
giant squid into the malign creatures of old sea tales. INT 6 [3d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 3 [2d6]
Many squiddlies have apparently mutated to far larger CHA 4 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
sizes than the example given below. MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 10 [4d6] DEFENCE 22 DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 20
SOAK 6 VULN none IMMUNE none
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
INITIATIVE 6d6 PERCEPTION 5d6 scent
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6] SWIM 8 CLIMB - JUMP -/-
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
HEALTH 36
DEFENCE 22 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 26
CARRY 300 lb [max lift 750 lb]
SOAK 6 VULN none IMMUNE none REACH 5’
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6 ACTIONS 2
SWIM 7 CLIMB - JUMP - Bite 6d6 (3d6+5 piercing damage)
SKILLS hardy 6 (3d6), combat 6 (3d6),
HEALTH 60 scent 3 (2d6), movement 3 (2d6), reactions 6
CARRY 200 lb [max lift 500 lb] (3d6), stealth 3 (2d6)
REACH 5’ (beak) / 15’ (tentacle) GEAR
ACTIONS 2+1 extra attack action with a tentacle -
Bite 6d6 (3d6+4 piercing damage)
Tentacle (6d6+4 blunt damage) Aquatic. The shark gains a SWIM SPEED equal to its
SKILLS combat 3 (2d6), movement 1 (1d6),
regular SPEED. It can breathe underwater. Swimming is a
stealth 3 (2d6) natural movement mode for aquatic creatures.
GEAR Charge. Once per round, a shark can move its SPEED
- and make a bite attack as a single action.
Blood scent. Sharks can smell blood in the water
Aquatic. The squid gains a SWIM SPEED equal to its from as far away as a mile. Sharks gain +3d6 to sense
regular SPEED. It can breathe underwater. Swimming is a creatures with half or fewer HEALTH.
natural movement mode for aquatic creatures.
Called Shot. An individual tentacle can be targeted Many sharks have managed to adapt to
with a Called Shot. The tentacle has SOAK 6 but 10 the polluted waters and include mega-
slashing damage is enough to sever it, freeing any sharks and muti-sharks, many of which
victims. The squid has ten tentacles in total. are comparable in size to great white
Many Tentacles. A giant squid has an extra action sharks. As cybernetic science developed
for its size. In addition, it is able to use all three of its in the 21st century, military naval
actions to attack, although it cannot attack a single scientists started to experiment on using
target more than twice, and it cannot attack a single sharks rather than whales and dolphins.
target more than once with a tentacle. Results were variable, though a batch of
Grab. A grabbing tentacle inflicts the Restrained sharks were used until a few months ago
condition on a creature, drags it toward the squid for patrolling the underwater rafts that
and requires a melee attack to escape. The tentacle housed the genetically modified prisoners
automatically inflicts 3d6+4 crushing damage at the who tended fish farms in the bays of Mega-
start of the grabbed creature’s turns. City One. Scientists engaged in medical
Ink Cloud. The squid can use an action to squirt ink, and military research also managed to
which will form a 20’ radius of darkness within water resurrect the Megalodon, and packs of
around it. these Gigantic sized sharks now hunt the
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MUNCE AND CIRCUSES //ADVENTURE HOOKS
RESISTANCE MEMBERS
//THUMBS UP FOR CAL! The vandalism or destruction of Cal’s images inside
Cal suddenly decides to gain the adulation of his the Calosseum would provide a vital morale boost to the
subjects by providing ample food and a succession resistance.
of spectacular and blood-thirsty entertainments. The Cal’s appearance at the games offers a chance
Welfare Department starts to post fast food vouchers to to capture or assassinate him. Perhaps Cal himself
citizens while construction work begins on converting competes in a solo challenge, arriving in the centre of
the Super Bowl football stadium into the Calosseum, the arena in a dramatic fashion via a subterranean lift
where fights and pageants can be staged. Between and guarded by a small group of riot shield bearing SJS
spectacles held at the stadium, extra tri-d drama is Judges who erupt into a song and dance routine. Cal will
provided for the masses using convicts who are made ensure that the odds of the contest are heavily stacked
to brave the Academy of Laws training area with the in his favour by using an envenomed weapon, drugging
automated systems set to lethal levels. his opponent and ensuring that snipers are covering him
in case anything goes wrong.
The Calosseum Captured resistance members find that they are
The stadium can hold up to 100,000 spectators, condemned to the arena. If they can survive the games
whilst raised platforms dotted along the stands provide long enough, perhaps they can escape? The motley
stations for guards and tri-d camera droids and ten collection of unfortunates that they are imprisoned
pylons mount viewing screens for the crowd. Media with include hardened perps, mutants and citizens who
suites and some of the VIP suites have been retained, already learnt some combat skills. All these desperate
and a personal enclosure is kept reserved for Cal, individuals need is hope and a leader!
outfitted in a palatial style. Images of Cal
proliferate inside and in the vicinity of the
stadium and include a fifty-foot-tall statue of
him.
Underneath the stadium is a workshop and
a collection of cages and cells for beasts
and prisoners. Mechanisms allow for the
spectacular emergence of combatants onto
the arena floor above. The stadium has a
nearby zoom-train and is surrounded by
several multi-storey car parks.
Historical events, such as the recent Robot
War, are re-enacted, though Dredd’s role is
usually usurped by an actor playing Judge
Cal. Gladiator-style fights pit combinations
of men, machines, aliens and beasts against
each other, and condemned citizens are
put to inventive deaths in mass executions.
Occasionaly the arena is flooded, and bridges
and rafts offer contestants dubious protection
from a giant squid or group of sharks supplied
by the Mega-Aquarium (see p. 80).

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PERPS
To make up the numbers of participants, imprisoned
criminals are taken from their iso-cubes. Lax guards,
periods of transit, resistance activity or a bloody
disaster in an arena might offer a chance of escape for
quick-witted individuals.
The games provide an ideal opportunity to entice
gamblers. Fixing matches by doping animals, bribing
gladiators and using psychic manipulation of contestants
will increase the revenue.
CITIZENS
Cal is feeling rather jaded. A drawn-out slogging match
between two Heavy Metal Kidz ended in both droids
fighting themselves into shutdown, and the Klegg hounds
seem to be off their food. The tyrant decides to have a
section of the audience forced into the arena, armed with
clubs and told that only the last tenth left standing will
be allowed their freedom. As a lethal brawl erupts below
him, Cal amuses himself by intermittently firing different
rounds from a Lawrod rifle into the fray.
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//THE CALOSSEUM
MONSTER HUNT
Having emptied the Alien Zoo of colourful and deadly
creatures, Cal needs fresh novelties and starts to send
small teams of Judges on beast-collecting expeditions.
Cal is also quite happy to pay large sums of credits to
hunters, including mutants and aliens, who can seek out
suitable creatures in either the Cursed Earth or extra-
terrestrial locations. Even citizens from Mega-City One
itself, if they seem competent enough, can purchase a
licence allowing them to leave the city on an expedition,
though they might have to nominate a relative as
collateral for their return.
BORN FREE
Not every citizen wants to watch captive animals
forced to fight. Player characters might be motivated or
hired to try and free some of the Calosseum’s beasts and
get them to a distant Cursed Earth location.
Mutants from the continent’s interior might send an
expedition to locate and free a sacred totem animal of
their tribe that was taken by Cal’s hunters.
CAL’S JUDGES
Player character Judges who are loyal to Cal can be
the bad guys in any of the plot hooks listed above.
ET TU BRUTE?
The following scenario seed is written for a group
of player character Judges who serve Cal but can be
adapted for other types of groups. Resistance members
can be tasked with dealing with SJS guards or might
have an assigned objective, such as rescuing particular
individuals in the arena, which will be made possible
during the chaos caused by the attack against Cal. Other
player characters can be merely caught up in the deadly
chaos and must try to escape the mayhem.
To Cal’s glee, his minions eventually procure an adult
Tyrannosaur for his games which he names Brutus. The
creature proves too intractable to survive captivity or
respond to its handlers, so Tek Division wire a cybernetic
control system into the beast. During its debut arena
appearance, Cal himself insists that he will be the wielder
of the control box that is linked to the beast.
The resistance has been aided by a skilled computer
hacker who manages to penetrate Tek Division’s
computers. They now plan to kill Cal by blocking his
control device for Brutus and hacking into the cyber
controls set into the Tyrannosaur, sending the creature
against Cal whilst other resistance members scattered in
the crowd set off smoke bombs and shoot at Judges and
Kleggs.
Two teams are assigned the mission to take control
of Brutus, each one comprising of a two-man team
with a gadget that can be used to block the signal from
Cal’s devise or to control Brutus. The device handler is
concealed inside the paunch of a fattie disguise worn
by another resistance member. The operator’s vision
is linked to a pair of camera spectacles worn by their
partner.
On the day of Brutus’s debut, the player character
Judges are stationed at the eastern end of the stadium,
though noted marksmen with rifles skill might be used
as snipers armed with a Lawrod and stationed on a
tower. Judge Cal himself is in his viewing box (see p. 110),
guarded by four hulking Klegg Mercenaries (see p. 115).
Brutus enters the arena to a hush of fear and marvel,
followed by cheers and roaring from the crowd as he
closes in on a rabble of citizens dressed and armed like
cavemen from an old movie. After killing a few of the
spear carriers, Brutus suddenly drops the remains of
a victim he has snapped in half and shakes his head,
It is up to the Gamemaster how closely
their campaign follows the canon of
the saga. If the tyrant is fated to
live another day, it transpires that
Psi Judge Sybil warned him of danger
and his death proves to be merely the
destruction of a robotic duplicate.
Alternatively, Cal might perish and
the individuals responsible, including
Brutus, become public heroes.
before racing towards the arena floor’s barrier just as
the section’s electric cordon shorts out after an act
of sabotage by a resistance member. The Tyrannosaur
clambers into the seating area as the crowd flees in
panic, trampling over those who fall.
As the ferocious dinosaur wades its way through the
crowd, leaving a red wake of spectators who stampede
for the exits, the Judges may attempt to assess the
situation by making a a Difficult [16] PERCEPTION check
revealing that the two fatties are standing their ground,
their gaze switching from Cal to the dinosaur. Judges
making a comms to the media team who help stage the
spectacle can get camera sweeps and close ups of the
crowd relayed on the Calosseum’s huge viewing screens.
Cal’s Klegg guardsmen fail him as, confronted with the
towering saurian, they are overcome with a primeval,
quasi-religious state of awe and merely stare stupidly at
the beast. The homemade devices the resistance teams
use to control Brutus prove to be erratic, and the beast
is often distracted, snatching and devouring spectators
or pesky Judges in its path. Cal has a countdown pool
taken on three dice before the beast reaches him.
Unless using stumm gas or high explosives, getting a
clear shot at the fatties or the attention on comms of a
sniper will need the expenditure of a LUC dice for Judges
stood on the terraces. Movement against the flow of
the crowd will only be possible if a Challenging [16] STR
(brawling or clubs) check is made.
If Cal’s device isn’t being jammed it can be used in an
opposed LOG electronics roll against the rebel device
to determine who controls Brutus that round, though if
neither side in the contest get a Challenging success,
Brutus can act freely.
An SJS driver with Cal’s hover car will arrive after a
countdown of three dice, and Brutus will be killed by
laser blasts from H-wagons that arrive after a countdown
of five dice.
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 Saving Cal will ensure his gratitude, possibly gaining
them the role of personal bodyguards, though this will TYRANNOSAURUS REX
continue the bouts of fear and misery his angry rages //ENORMOUS SEMI-SENTIENT REPTILE (11D6)
inflict on the citizens. //FEROCIOUS CARNIVORE
This fearsome carnivorous dinosaur has easily
assumed the position of the Cursed Earth’s apex
Spectators predator. Often cooperating in small packs, they prey on
Use Citizen (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 the huge herbivorous dinosaur herds but often add other
AD, p. 231). Just about any creature or robot from a beasts and men to their diet.
variety of WOIN publications, including this one, can be
used as arena combatants. STR 28 [7d6] AGI 10 [4d6] END 28 [7d6]
The Robot Wars provides a large selection of Droids INT 10 [4d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 21 [6d6]
and The Cursed Earth details a wide range of creatures. CHA 10 [4d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 21 [6d6]
Robotic versions of animals can be devised to represent MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
the oversized monsters that were once used by movie DEFENCE 40 DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 22 DEFENCE 48
makers. SOAK 26 VULN 1d6 cold IMMUNE none
INITIATIVE 6d6 PERCEPTION 5d6
SPEED 11 CLIMB 6 CLIMB 6
RESISTANCE MEMBER
Use Citizen from Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000 HEALTH 165
AD, p. 231. CARRY 560 lb [max lift 1,400 lb]
Those in the crowd have a zip pistol and a smoke REACH 10’
grenade. ACTIONS 3 (2 in its turn; 1 in 10 INI points
Both the cyber-tec teams have plastic zip guns, later)
a cyber control device and a fattie disguise with a Bite 11d6 (6d6+7 piercing damage)
motorised belly wheel. The suit provides the equivalent Tail Swipe 9d6 (5d6 blunt damage, 12’ cone)
of padded armour, but all agility tests are at -2d6 whilst SKILLS combat 10 (4d6), hearing 3 (2d6),
the duo share the disguise. reactions 3 (2d6)
GEAR
-

Charge (m). Once per turn, the Tyrannosaurus rex can

move its speed in a straight line and then attack at the
end of it, all as a single action. It gains +1d6 damage to
its attack.
Roar. The Tyrannosaurus rex can unleash a roar so loud
that its victims are stricken with fear. A roar is a 6d6
mental attack and attacks any creature within Burst 11.
Victims successfully attacked are rendered Afraid.
Tail Swipe. The Tyrannosaurus rex has a tail swipe
attack. This attack affects all targets in a 12’ cone to the
rear of the creature.
(Optional Exploit) Acid Resistance. Some
Tyrannosaurs have adapted hides that are impervious
to the Cursed Earth’s fierce storms of acid rain. The
Tyrannosaur has an extra +10 SOAK against acid
damage.

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 WESCUE WALTER!
A ‘DAY THE LAW DIED’ ADVENTURE
Walter is prepared to do just about anything to free pass, but being owed any kind of favour from Judge
keep Judge Dredd alive and unharmed. That includes Joe Dredd is worth this kind of risk for. Alternatively,
pretending to loathe his beloved master and venturing Judges Giant, Griffin or Pepper might have gone behind
into the heart of Cal’s domain in order to obtain the Dredd’s back on this, looking for an expendable group
means of freeing the Judges from Cal’s mind control. they can send into the lion’s den without too much worry.
Getting Walter out, however, is going to be a tougher Citizens might also be inspired by an announcement
job. Cal might not realise that Walter is working against made by Dredd via some secret radio frequency, but the
him, but plenty of his loyal SJS acolytes suspect that most likely means of becoming involved in this particular
the suddenly traitorous Walter isn’t quite as duplicitous phase of the war for Mega-City One is by being a Judge.
as he’d like them to believe. But Walter knows too much
to be just allowed to continue as Cal’s lackey until the
dictator grows bored of him. He certainly knows far
too much to let his hard drive be stripped by technical
experts in the SJS. Walter needs to be extracted from
Cal’s clutches before he can give away Dredd’s plan.
Timing is critical. As Walter opens up the secret escape
route beneath Judge Fargo’s sarcophagus, you need to
break into the Halls of Justice via another route and
extricate Walter so Dredd’s plot isn’t foiled before it can
begin. There’s only one thing to do…
It’s time to plan an elaborate heist!

//Characters
The characters in this adventure are almost certain
to be Judges. A relationship with Dredd’s resistance
against Cal’s tyranny is essential, and the most likely to
be closely involved are other Judges. Perhaps they were
rescued by Dredd or captured and held prisoner until
the programming effects of Cal’s briefing tapes wore
off. They might have been members of the resistance
all along or only recently joined the fight against Cal.
Whatever the case, Judge characters of any kind make
the most sense for this adventure. They are going to be
up against a number of tough SJS officers, too. All of
whom know that Cal’s loss equals their end. They won’t
give up easily.
The pre-generated Judge characters from the Judge
Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD would be suitable for
the game, as would any characters built around the
grade 5 mark or above. Other character types might
work, though a little bit of contrivance might necessary.
In desperation, Dredd might turn to a group of hardened
perps who, though he can never trust them, he knows
to have the requisite skills. He certainly won’t offer a

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GAZE ON MY WORK, YE MIGHTY
Cal has made the Hall of Justice his own. Every level is crammed with loyal
members of the SJS—or at least, loyal enough for the moment. Every hallway
monitored by cameras, alarms. The exterior is clad in bomb-proof concrete,
surrounded by constant patrols of heavily armed SJS officers and even more
heavily armed Klegg troops. Access is virtually impossible. And, above all
of this, Cal waits. He scarcely sleeps, spending most of his time wrestling
with the demons in his mind and the more or less imagined enemies beyond
his enormous windows. Walter is usually near Cal, with the great dictator
treating the robot as something between an amanuensis and a pet.
With Walter in tow, Cal wanders around the upper regions of the halls,
gazing out over his city—so near to perfection—and plots the next step of
his plans. There, he’s visited by his Deputy Chief Judge Grampus along
with those members of the SJS who value power over and above their
own life. The SJS maintain a tight guard around Cal at all times and, more
importantly, so do the Klegg. While the SJS might occasionally wonder
about the chances of successfully assassinating their leader, the Klegg
are absolutely loyal. Cal controls the economy of Mega-City One and, as a
result, is the only one capable of paying their extravagant fees. Getting in is
difficult. Getting out alive with Walter is harder still.

//Briefing
Get into the Hall of Justice, and escape with Walter the Wobot. The
mission briefing is that simple. The risks are obvious—though admittedly
what hideous means of death Cal might devise for anyone caught is a little
less clear—and the stakes potentially enormous. Walter knows a substantial
portion of Dredd’s plan, knows that Dredd is aware of Cal’s means of
obtaining a hold over the other Judges and knows how they mean to break it.
Walter must be wetwieved, as the robot might himself say.
Walter is certain to be found in Cal’s quarters. Cal himself is unlikely to
be there as he’s too involved in his scheme to slaughter the whole city. The
controls to let Dredd and his crew into the Hall of Justice near the Briefing
Room have been moved to his chambers, however, and that is where Walter
will be. How the characters get in and out is entirely up to them. They just
need to ensure that they manage to wescue that wobot.

STARTING POINT
Depending on how the GM wants to run this adventure, there are any
number of potential starting points. You might begin with Dredd delivering
the mission briefing, his chin even more serious than usual as he does so.
Alternatively, you can begin in medias res, which is always a good way of
grabbing and maintaining player attention. Rather than have the characters
dream up an extensive plot for breaking into the Hall of Justice and then
have them roll dice to see if they achieve it, start with them just climbing up
through the sewers into the hall’s lowest, grimiest sewer.
Don’t entirely hand wave this. The players need to tell you how their
characters break into the Hall of Justice, they just don’t need to worry about
rolling a fistful of dice to do so. They may well have to worry about the chaos
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careful note of what it is the characters have done to
get to this point. Did they knock out an SJS patrol and
steal their uniforms? Well, what happens when someone
discovers that unconscious, or recently deceased, patrol
and decides to call it in? That’s not to say that every
plan to make their way into the Hall of Justice is going to
rebound on the characters, merely that they might. And
it’s never a bad idea to keep such things in mind!
If you prefer to play things out a little more thoroughly,
that’s entirely fine too. Just remember that gunning
the characters down in cold blood before they’ve even
got a chance to get close to Walter isn’t a great deal
of fun. Of course, the characters staging an enormous
riot in another part of the city in order to lure the SJS
and the Klegg away from the halls is fun. Exercise your
judgement as the GM, but try and start in the midst of
the action. If the characters want to preside over the
initiation of the riot, let them. Just make sure that the
adventure begins just as things really kick off! then they miraculously have it. But they must roll the
Preparedness pool, and, like a countdown pool, a dice is
//Running the Adventure removed whenever a 5 or 6 is rolled. Let the characters
be bold, let them have awesome equipment, or have
and Being Prepared brilliantly planned a way around an obstacle they
The adventure should be tense, difficult. The encounter—but don’t let them forget that each time
characters are in the belly of the beast, and they aren’t they use this particular resource, they are running out
exactly welcome guests. Cal’s henchmen are everywhere, of chances to do so! It’s a powerful resource but it is
and they won’t hesitate to get ugly should the situation limited.
call for it. Perhaps the only thing on the character’s side
is that no one is going to expect a plan this audacious.
The GM should try maintaining a quick pace to this
THE HALL OF JUSTICE
adventure. Don’t let things drag, and don’t let the The Hall of Justice is a grand and gleaming place,
characters get too caught up in plotting each move. almost wherever the characters manage to make their
Drive them forwards. This is, in essence, a heist scenario. entrance. Even the lowest basement is still far more
The characters are highly trained operatives, breaking secure and well-guarded than pretty much anywhere
into a secure facility and making their way out. How they else in Mega-City One. It has to be. Bright lights reflect
do it is up to them, but ensuring that they don’t become on well-polished floors, and statues of previous Chief
bogged down in endless strategizing both increases Judges are positioned at various intervals though all
tension and guarantees that the adventure never slows have been crudely altered so that their faces resemble
to a crawl! Cal. Cal’s changes are evident everywhere. Large posters
In order to achieve this high tempo and constant bearing his slogan hang from walls or are draped over
action while preventing the characters from being killed windows. Wherever a Judge looks, Cal is watching
the first time they encounter something unexpected, them! The SJS patrol the corridors, studying everyone’s
this adventure introduces a new form of dice pool, movements intently and stopping other Judges and
the Preparedness pool. Each character can apportion anyone else who works in the building, subjecting them
up to 3 dice from their standard LOG dice pool to the to lengthy interrogations for no other reason than
Preparedness pool. Once assigned, these dice cannot their own enjoyment. The atmosphere is one of barely
be used for standard LOG checks during the adventure restrained terror. Everyone is watching everyone else,
until, or unless, the Preparedness Pool is reduced to waiting for the mistake that might see them dragged
0. Whenever the characters are stuck, or trapped, or before Cal and executed.
need to have remembered a vital piece of equipment Detailed below are a series of potential obstacles
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make their way towards Walter. You can use as many
or as few of these as you want—depending on how the
characters chose to break into the Hall of Justice, some
of them might not be appropriate. After all, if they
crashed through the front doors in a modified gunship or
something equally insane, then sneaking past the Klegg
seems fairly self-defeating. Pick and choose from below,
tailoring it as you need.
LEVEL ONE EVENTS
Every level is patrolled by SJS officers or Klegg, and
Level One is no exception. The characters should always
feel as though they might be discovered, and if they
aren’t wearing SJS uniforms or the like, they need to
move hastily from one hiding spot to the next. This is a
heist after all!
Locker Room
The characters are likely to know this room very
well, particularly its smell. It’s the locker room, where
Judges return after their shift to shed their armour,
stash their helmets, take a shower, and undertake the
rituals which make them a little more human. The place
smells of body odour—despite the industrial strength
ventilations systems attempting to eliminate it—and is
thick with steam from the showers. There are always a
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couple of Judges in here. In more normal times, they’d
be gossiping or complaining or otherwise trying to
remember how to have human relationships. In the
time of Cal, they watch each other suspiciously, trying
to guess whether the person across from them might
betray them to the SJS. In this atmosphere of mistrust,
the characters can likely sneak through here relatively
easily. If they are dressed as Judges, it should be easy
enough to blend in with the others. If they are dressed
as the SJS, then they’ll be carefully avoided. Given
the current security situations, though, searching the
lockers is unlikely to reveal anything of major benefit
to the characters. Judges aren’t trusted with things
like security codes or passes anymore. Anything that
important is the purview of the SJS or the Klegg.
The characters might be able gain an ally or two in
here, though. Should the characters run into a Judge or
two, a successful Demanding (21) WIL check is enough
to break the programming, letting the characters
convince the Judges to aid them. They won’t do anything
significant, but they can provide advice or at least a
minor distraction!
Armoury
It’s exactly what it sounds like. This is where the
Judges cache of weapons is kept, ready for use. It’s lined
with racks of Lawkeepers and other weapons, grenades,
helmets, truncheons, ammunition. Of course, it’s also
heavily guarded, with surveillance systems constantly
in operation—and with its own security system, separate
from those used elsewhere in the building. Bringing down
the main security systems within the Hall of Justice
won’t disable those functioning in the armoury. It’s
also, unsurprisingly, guarded by the SJS. No Judges are
allowed in here except under close SJS supervision, and
any requests are personally checked and signed out by
the SJS Quartermaster who is always in the armoury and
who never sleeps.
The Quartermaster’s name is Special Judge Melvin,
and having once been found napping by Judge Cal
during an unexpected visit was informed that if he ever
slept again, he’d be surgically dismembered and fed to
the Klegg. Knowing Cal to be as good as his word, the
Quartermaster has been injecting or ingesting every
form of stimulant he can lay his hands on in order to
prevent his eyelids from closing. By this point, he is a
paranoid, neurotic mess. Melvin uses the stats for SJS
Judge found on page 121 of this book.
Melvin is usually accompanied by two other SJS
officers, but they tend to give him a wide berth,
especially as he’s begun displaying a number of
unsettling behaviours—including chewing on the fingers
of anyone who doesn’t keep their hands very far from
his mouth. If the characters encounter Melvin, they can
probably still see flecks of blood on his teeth.
If the characters cause a ruckus in the armoury, things
are likely to get ugly very quickly. Cal immediately
sends six Klegg mercenaries to besiege the place, while
another ten SJS officers are dispatched alongside them.
The GM should start a Countdown pool to see how long
the door to the armoury can withstand a laser fusillade.
If the characters manage to sneak in and dispose of
Melvin and the other guards without two much hassle,
then they can fully replenish their stocks of Lawgiver
ammunition as well as pinch a few other interesting
devices.
Prisoners
Cal’s cruelty is limitless and, as the characters watch,
they see four SJS officers leading off two Judges. They
are blindfolded and shackled, and the SJS are making
loud comments about what they think Cal has planned
for them. One of them believes Cal is going to mummify
them alive; another loudly opines that Cal wants to find
out how far he can stretch the truth—but he wants to see
how far he can stretch a Judge first.
The characters can attempt to rescue their erstwhile
colleagues, taking the place of the escorting SJS
officers. They do seem to be taking the Judges to Cal,
after all. But finding an opportune moment to do so
might be tough. Will they attack them in the elevator?
Or try and convince the current escort that they are the
real escort? Either way, this might well be the time to
utilise some of that Preparedness pool!
LEVEL TWO EVENTS
The second level is reserved for the Klegg, the most
loyal of the SJS and Cal himself. There are no normal
Judges up here. This level is not for them. Any caught
up here are dealt with most unpleasantly—the Klegg eat
a lot, after all—and so they tend to avoid it assiduously.
Even if summoned to Level Two, they’ll do their very best
to avoid the call, delaying the trip for as long as possible
and hoping that Cal or his flunkeys get distracted. It
often works. As a result of this, however, the security on
Level Two is eased from Level One. The patrols are less
frequent, and the SJS are sloppier, considering shifts up
here their time off. They tend to give the Klegg a wide
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//HALL OF JUSTICE - LEVEL TWO
berth, though, and it’s the Klegg who guard the elevator
leading up to Cal’s private quarters.
Museum
What used to be the gallery and Museum of Justice,
where the great Judge heroes were venerated, is now
Cal’s own celebration of himself. The plaques declaring
the deeds of the Judges of the past are still there,
but they’ve all had additional plaques added below.
These either describe how inferior the Judges from the
distant past were when compared to Cal’s triumphant
accomplishments or, for those within recent memory,
explain how they offended or otherwise inconvenienced
Cal. The characters can also see the recently pickled
Judge Slocum, suspended in a vast test tube, his eyes
displaying just a flicker of life.
There are other such unfortunates in the chamber,
including one unlucky that Judge Cal thought was
laughing at him. His broken body is nailed to the wall
and slowly rots. The stench filters through the museum,
making the whole place smell with decay. Four Klegg
wander around the museum, idly poking at the exhibits
and laughing at human stupidity. The museum is
extremely large, and in order to preserve the correct
atmosphere of solemnity given the dozen or so statues
of him positioned around the room, Cal has soundproofed
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KEY
1. MUSEUM
2. KLEGG BARRACKS
2 3. THE KENNELS
the room. Any fight in here won’t be interrupted by
additional participants.
Several voice recordings of Cal also trigger when
walked past. Video screens embedded in the walls blare
out a sequence of clips of Cal explaining how he freed
the populace of Mega-City One from the tyranny of
Judge Dredd, from the constant fear of crime, from the
clutches of evil. These can cause characters a nasty
surprise and might just attract the attention of the Klegg
before they’re fully ready to be dealt with.
Klegg Barracks
Detectable by scent and by sound long before it can
be seen, the Klegg barracks is a reeking cess pit of
slime and half-eaten slabs of meat. A huge room, in
which there are a dozen or so nests made from animal
bones, dirty blankets, and anything else the Kleggs
could scavenge, the barracks is filled with six Kleggs,
all in the midst of feasting on raw meat. A huge barrel
containing mounds of uncooked sausages, pork chops,
beef steaks and more sits in the centre of the room,
and the Kleggs have their enormous crocodilian heads
buried in it. They only look up to snap at their scoffing
neighbours for getting too close to a bit of meat they
want for themselves. The characters can attack straight
away or leave the ferocious mercenaries to their gorging.
 The Elevator
Round the corner from the kennels is the elevator
leading up to Cal’s quarters and to Walter the Wobot.
Two Kleggs guard the elevator at all times, and they
are always alert. While off duty, the Kleggs are slovenly
and mainly interested in eating meat. While on duty,
they are ruthless and absolutely focused on the job.
They don’t move from their post and conning a way past
them, using forged orders or something of the kind,
necessitates a Demanding [21] CHA check. Any firefight
draws the attention of any Klegg still alive on this level
and those above in Cal’s quarters. The Klegg on Level
Two quickly head towards the sound of gunfire, while
the SJS and Klegg above ready themselves for anyone
coming up in the elevator.

Cal’s Quarters
Opulence. As you might expect from a paranoid
megalomaniac, Cal’s chambers are a testament to his
regard for himself and for the complete power he wields.
Everything that can conceivably be golden is golden.
Everything that can conceivably bear a picture of Cal’s
The choice is entirely theirs. Of course, if things get ugly face, bears a picture of his face. The room is dominated
upstairs in Cal’s quarters, then leaving these Kleggs still by an enormous four-poster bed—made from gold,
alive might prove a poor decision. obviously—and surrounded on four sides with red velvet
Sneaking past the Kleggs isn’t difficult, they are far drapes, alongside an enormous pair of windows which
too concerned about food to care about a few footsteps open onto a balcony overlooking much of Mega-City One.
outside, footsteps they can scarcely hear over the sound Dozens of exquisitely tailored uniforms hang in an open
of their own chewing! wardrobe, and polished badges bearing Cal’s name are
lined up in a row along the edge of an enormous desk.
The Kennels Papers are scattered over the desk, containing Cal’s
Only twenty or so feet down the corridor from the various plots for murdering the city, with “nerve gas”
Klegg barracks, the kennels house the Klegg hounds. underlined and a smiling face drawn next to it.
While the Klegg themselves live in brutish, hideous
conditions, the Klegg hounds are kept in spotless cages
with room to allow movement, a food-bowl piled high
with choice cuts of meat and a large water dispenser
hanging from the ceiling of the cage. There are six
hounds kept in the room. Three are asleep, though
the three awake immediately start to howl and rage
when the characters enter. If the characters didn’t deal
with the Kleggs in the barracks, then they come and
investigate should the ruckus continue for longer than
3 rounds. Fortunately, Klegg hounds are not renowned
for being bright, no matter how sensitive their sense
of smell might be. If a character can succeed on a
Challenging [13] CHA check (or possess a relevant
Psionic skill), they can appease the Klegg hounds before
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Above the table, next to an enormous portrait of Cal is
a picture of Judge Fish, captioned, “The Truest Friend”.
Judge Fish’s badge is framed in glass beside it.
Two Kleggs and two SJS Judges guard Cal’s room. See
p. 115 and 121 respectively for their stats.
The SJS stand near Cal’s bed, while the two Kleggs
stand at the door to a small, subsidiary room, the control
room, where Walter now waits to be saved! Like the
Klegg guarding the elevator, these four wardens are
extremely alert and extremely focused. The characters
can sneak into the room with a Challenging [13] AGL
check, but there’s no obvious way past the four. The
characters can spring an ambush, but one way or
another, it’s going to take either a very cunning plan to
distract them or some sort of fight! Subterfuge, such
as faked papers, might work but requires a Strenuous
[25] CHA check. These are the most loyal and trusted
members of the SJS. They know what Cal is like, and
they are difficult to fool.
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CAL’S QUARTERS
KEY
1. CAL’S CHAMBERS
2. WALTER’S STATION
WALTER
The Kleggs guard a door that opens into a room
filled with vid-screens, control panels and myriad other
blinking, whining apparatus. Walter is sheltering in a
corner, nervously peeking out and loudly wishing that
“bwave Judge Dwedd will come and save me!” He
doesn’t take much reassuring from anyone who identifies
themselves as an ally of Dredd’s. Walter is quick to
trust and extremely eager to escape Cal’s clutches. He
thanks the characters for coming, asks after Dredd’s
wellbeing a dozen or so times, and then asks how they
intend to escape. If the characters ask him for advice,
Walter starts burbling about not really understanding the
systems or wanting to get in trouble. He did only what he
needed to, in order to let Dredd into the building. Beyond
that, he just hid away and hoped he’d escape the battle
to come. The characters are on their own!
ESCAPE!
Getting out is certain to be a challenge. If the
characters fought their way to this point, then
reinforcements are on their way. Their arrival can be
represented by a countdown pool with its size and rate of
reduction determined by how the PCs have performed up
until this point. If they have been relatively stealthy or
successfully deceptive up until now, the countdown pool
begins at 5d6 on a medium rate of reduction (remove
a die on a 5 or 6). If they’ve fought their way through
and bugled attempts at deception, the countdown pool
begins at 3d6 and reduces at a fast rate (remove a die on
a 4, 5 or 6).
The characters can disable the elevator up to Cal’s
quarters but that delays the reinforcements for only so
long. They can try to fight their way out, perhaps making
their way back down to the basement. They might hole
up here, deciding to fight it out until Dredd and his
hoped-for reinforcements arrive—which won’t be long!
Alternatively, if they have enough in their Preparedness
pool, they might be able to improvise a grappling hook
and abseil down the side of the Hall of Justice or zip line
away onto the roof of another nearby building. Whatever
the characters decide, let them try it! That’s how a heist
is meant to end, after all!

WRAPPING THINGS UP
Whatever choices the characters make, those who
escape are acclaimed as heroes of the resistance—once
Cal is ultimately finished. Walter even compares them to
Judge Dwedd himself. Even Dredd is impressed, though
don’t expect much more than a grunt of praise for a job
well done. There’s too much of the city to be rebuilt to
start getting too pleased with yourselves.
The characters who survive earn 80 experience
points, for braving the heart of Cal’s crazed empire and
emerging intact—if not unscathed.

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 CH/7: THE RETURN OF CAL
GONE FOR GOOD?
Everyone in Mega-City One breathed a sigh of relief
at the news of Cal’s death. Those unjustly imprisoned
were freed, the Council of Five was reformed, the Mayor
was restored to his office, and the reviled emblems of
Cal’s rule were taken down, though the wall remained.
Fergee became a public hero, with statues raised in his
memory, and the pickled body of Judge Slocum was
removed to the headquarters of the SJS. Conrad Conn
went back into retirement, whilst Judge Dredd returned
to patrolling the streets, once again becoming the
symbol associated with remorseless justice. Goldfish
sales declined for a few years while visits to the Statue
of Judgement increased in popularity, and entrepreneurs
soon found that collectors would pay large sums of
credits for memorabilia connected with the dead tyrant.
Some citizens grumbled as the efficiency of city services
slipped back to their previous abysmal levels, and many
other individuals were openly distrustful of aliens, but
Mega-City One remained, in the eyes of the world, as a
powerful and prosperous city. As life returned to what
passed for normal in the city, the Justice Department
quickly dealt with looters and unruly juve gangs. But
organised criminal enterprises soon took the opportunity Entering the corporate headquarters under guard by
to restore their fortunes. Cal was gone! carbine-armed security guards, Dredd was surprised
Sadly, Cal’s evil was to resurface and once again blight by what he encountered in the courtroom. The venue
the city he had ruled. His secret files on corrupt Judges included a gathering of deranged Cal clones: a presiding
became a hidden legacy that fuelled power games in the Judge, prosecutor and recorder, all in legal attire, and a
Justice Department, and after a couple of decades, a ten-man jury wearing executive suits. At the elbow of the
version of Judge Cal from another dimension plotted to Judge, a pet fish watched over the proceedings from its
seize the city. bowl. The chief witness produced to speak of the events
Cal is a villain many GMs might want to reintroduce to concerning their clone-father was another clone, dressed
a campaign. The following pages include different ways in the robes of office of a Mega-City One Chief Judge,
this can be achieved and can also be adapted for the though the eagle emblem was replaced with that of a
return of another villain. fish.
Dredd, unsurprisingly, was found guilty, but as the
clones produced pistols to execute him to death, the
BY PRIVATE CONTRACT lawman manged to seize his weapon off one of the
Although Cal appeared ambivalent about clones, Stixes, who was immediately mown down along with his
his vanity prompted him to secretly start a cloning twin in a fusillade of the Cals’ pistols. The sudden arrival
programme to duplicate himself that went undetected by of the bounty hunters Alpha, McNulty and Kid-Knee to
the Justice Department. In 2138, Judge Dredd was taken Dredd’s assistance soon saw all the clones and guards
by time travelling bounty hunter Johny Alpha to 2220 quickly shot down. Dredd’s rescuers secured a bounty in
to investigate why a company had placed a five million gold and assured Dredd that they would get the bounty
credit bounty for Dredd’s delivery for trial. Calcorp was cancelled before returning the Judge to his own time.
a business organisation that dealt in seaweed and fish GMs wishing to run a similar mission of a revenge
meal and ran a corporate state in the region of California. scheme against player characters can use the Desk
Two of Alpha’s small team, Bovus and Pikey Stix, proved Judge template armed with a las-pistol for the Cal
treacherous. They captured Dredd through chicanery and clones (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p.
went to claim the bounty. 232) and the Citi-Def template for the Security Guards

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(see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 232).
Different bounty hunters can be improvised from Heister
templates or can use the relevant NPCs in Strontium
Dog, pages 125-134. Further details can be obtained in
the comic story “By Private Contract”.
BLONDE AMBITION
The identity of a batch of accelerated clones of female
gender taken from Cal’s DNA go undetected by the
Justice Department, even though they have first names
such as Calliope, Calpurnia and Calypso and surnames
including Caldicott, Callaghan and Calloway. Perhaps, like
despots from ancient history, the clones include brothers
and sisters who reproduce with each other to further
a pure dynasty? “Operation Aegis” is a plan they have
formulated to takeover key weather control stations and
rain down divine thunder bolts on the city in a display
of intimidation, before making a series of demands to
replace the entire Council of Five with clones from their
ranks.
Player characters Judges are tasked with dealing with
the curly-haired gang of terrorists. Other individuals can
be paying a visit to one of the stations as tourists when
the clones try to seize control or might be a gang hired
to transport and assist the clones in their assault before
they realise their employer’s true objectives.
The Cal clones can utilise either the Heister or Blitz
Agent templates (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of
2000 AD, p. 235 and p. 231 respectively).
ROBO-CAL
Cal’s twisted plots involved framing Dredd using a
highly convincing robotic replica. As a backup plan in
case his reign looked like coming to an end, he has had
a robotic duplicate of himself constructed that includes
many of the features of the Dredd Simulacrum whilst
incorporating a small cybernetic biochip with Cal’s
recorded personality (use Judge Cal’s mental attributes
and skills and the stats for the Dredd Simulacrum found
on p. 107).
As the Judges and Kleggs have clearly failed him,
his speech now includes a series of coded signals, not
discernible to normal human hearing, that allows him
to use his charm on any robots who hear him speaking.
His plans to take control of Mega-City One involve him
gradually replacing all the Council of Five members with
robotic doppelgangers.
Judges might find themselves suspicious of a Council
member’s behaviour. Citizens might stumble across a
kidnapping attempt, and perps might be hired to steal
hi-tech robot components or hack into the personal
computers of Council members.
HERE IN SPIRIT
What if Cal’s demented references to dead Chief
Judges talking to him were true? Could Cal’s spirit be
whispering promises of glory and cunning schemes to
a department chief or a future Chief Judge? Perhaps
Cal maintained a supply of cloned organs in case he
was injured? Rather than being disposed of, they find
themselves used as spare parts for transplant surgery
for an important patient in the Justice Department, a
business corporation, crime syndicate or a scientific
institute. After a short interval, the individual starts to
act strangely as they suffer cellulo-psychic-regenesis
when Cal’s personality possesses them.
BORN AGAIN
Some of Psi Division Judges believe that they were
priestesses and witches in previous incarnations. Is
reincarnation a reality? If so, then Judge Cal could have
been a reincarnation of ancient Rome’s mad tyrant, the
Emperor Caligula? Will he return yet again in another
body? It would normally be a long wait before the new
infant grows to adulthood, but perhaps a deranged cult
locates the child and uses a time-stretcher device to
artificially age the infant and proceed to carry out its
murderous dictates?
When a dying Psi Judge in 2102 predicts that a
disaster will befall the city unless the Judge Child is
found, does Cal’s reincarnation manage to present itself
as the city’s potential saviour?
NIGHT IN THE BLACK MUSEUM
Areas of the Grand Hall of Justice’s Black Museum
include the Gallery of Gore, Hall of Homicide and the
Mutie Exhibition, whilst there is also a small canteen
and gift shop. Among the exhibits on display from Cal’s
reign are a stuffed Klegg and what purports to be the
pickled brain of Cal himself. Locked away in a storeroom
is the reassembled skull of the tyrant. During public open
times, a Judge conducts tours for up to four thousand
visitors, but at night security for the complex is provided
by the aged Judge who acts as a curator. Use Desk
Judge for the curator.
More details on the museum are on page 158 of Judge
Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD.
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 Perps: Criminal teams are hired to steal a tissue
sample from the brain. Whilst they are about their
nefarious business, what else can they find to add to
their haul?
Citizens: Tourists might find themselves caught up in
a daytime heist, possibly used as hostages. Perhaps the
gang pull off the heist but seek to intimidate or eliminate
a witness that might remember a vital clue?
Judges: The item and the culprits need finding, but
what purpose is behind the theft?
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CAL’S HATCHET MAN
Quincy was the team leader of SJS Arrest and
Assassination Operations ordered by Judge Cal,
commanding the detachment that arrested Judge
Dredd in his personal apartments during Cal’s attempt
to frame the lawman for murder. After Dredd proved
his innocence, Quincy was dispatched with a team of
disguised SJS Judges who knifed to death Chief Judge
Goodman. Following this murder, Quincy was ordered
to deal with Dredd and, acting as a sniper, put a bullet
through his quarry’s head. However, the downed lawman
beat incredible odds by surviving and recovering. Quincy
was made the subject of the new Chief Judge’s first
mad actions. Because he was missing a button, he was
ordered at gunpoint to remove his uniform and forthwith
to conduct his duties without it. For the rest of Cal’s
reign, the partially clad Quincy was a conspicuous figure
in his boxer shorts and helmet.
His fate is unrecorded in the comic. If he survived, his
combat skills would lend themselves to employment as
an assassin, especially as he is familiar with the tactics
used by Mega-City One’s Justice Department. Possibly
his humiliation under Cal has embittered him to the point
where he feels a compulsion to steal a button or a small
object from a target before he sets up a lethal ambush at
a later date, or after completing a hit he strips his dead
victims down to their small clothes?
Stats for Judge Quincy are on page 112.
CAL’S MISSING MARBLES
Rumours circulate that Cal had an ornate spaceship,
The Incitatus, built and fitted out with a luxurious,
palatial interior including flowering vines, statues of
himself and a sunken bath fed by a golden faucet shaped
in the image of Deputy Judge Fish. Running along the
walls of the main chamber was a frieze of exquisitely
sculptured marble that commemorated the great deeds
Cal achieved thanks to his divine genius and the sacrifice
of his subjects. Does it really exist in a remote location,
and if so what fiendish traps guard it?
 HELTER SKELTER
The following adventure material is inspired by the
Judge Dredd story “Helter Skelter” that was published in
2000 AD progs 1250 to 1261. The story was set in 2123,
but the Gamemaster can choose to use an earlier date
for their campaign, though it is best run after Cal’s reign
as Chief Judge ends in 2101. The GM must also decide
if they wish to include Judge Dredd in the adventure,
and the player characters can either operate as allies of
Dredd or can replace him. If Dredd’s role is supplanted,
the Gamemaster needs to select NPCs the player
characters have killed or bested in earlier adventurers to
act as Cal’s allies, substituting ones used in the original
comic if these seem inappropriate or too challenging to
defeat. Ideally player characters will not be Judges who
Cal can command with his voice.
CAL’S MASTERPLAN
In the Mega-City One of another dimension, Giant
executed Judge Dredd and Cal reigned for decades
without succumbing to total madness. His contentment
was ended when he was visited by the Necromancer
Murd, who informed him of a multitude of dimensions
on one of which lived Dredd, the Judge who had led
a successful rebellion leading to the death of Cal’s
dimensional twin.
Cal’s hatred of Dredd, coupled with his vanity and
ambition, spurred him to desire an invasion of the other
Mega-City One. Allies with a similar hatred of Dredd were
located, and one, Supreme Judge Kazan, provided an
ambitious plan.
Cal uses his own dimension warp technology, to invade
the other Grand Hall of Justice with his Judges, blocking
communications with other sectors and gradually
bringing in more Judges and Kazan’s troops. Beings
plucked from other dimensions due to the power of
the warp would serve to confuse and tie up any Judges
who could oppose him. Due to the perils of meddling
with dimensional barriers, Cal needs the services of the
scientist Darien Kenzie, the project leader at the Tech 21
research institute. The first Judges of his strike force are
a team who will be dispatched to capture her.
THE GRAND HALL
Judge player characters can begin the adventure as
the Grand Hall of Justice is suddenly attacked by squads
of Cal’s Judges. The player character group will need to
confront at least one hostile NPC before it becomes clear
that the Hall of Justice is being swamped with hostile
Judges. Judges making a Routine [10+] LOG+ tactics
check will realise that they will only die or get captured
unless they can quickly escape from the GHJ quickly.
Attempts to contact other sectors will have no luck, but
anyone making a Routine [10+] LOG+ communicators
check will hear orders to a strike team to secure Kenzie
at Tech 21. The lab is only about five miles away in Sector
Two, so haste is essential.
Cal’s Judges from the alternate
dimension use a different style of
helmet to any player character Judges
and their allies from the period
following Cal’s. Something that will
be glaringly obvious to a Judge,
but others might need a Challenging
[13+] Perception check to notice the
discrepancy. The invading Judges,
products of a couple of decades of
Cal’s rule, are all callous and
corrupt individuals.
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 If the PC Judges attempt to get to a bike pool, they
will find it is defended by at least one enemy Street
Judge for every full three of their number. If instead they
choose to hang around in the building to fight, they can
encounter more Street Judge opponents but are possibly
aided by a wounded Senior Judge who suddenly turns on
them after the following the following message that is
broadcast by Cal:

Judges of Mega-City One! Do you

remember? My voice? My law? Do not
resist me. Put an end to those who
would.

If any player characters are captured, they will be

spared for the moment, and their adventure resumes in
the “Reunions” section.
In the comic, Dredd is attacked by Call-Me-Kenneth
who materialises from nowhere, but Dredd bests the
droid. He the encounters an arrogant Judge Giant who
he guns down, along with other invading Judges before
having to escape by using a glide chute and gaining his
Lawmaster.
If any player characters have no idea how to defeat
the threat, then an NPC can give them a suitable
task. Judges might be contacted with an assured but
unfamiliar voice claiming to be a member of Control who
is in hiding but is actually a member of the shadowy
Black Ops unit. Other types of player character can
encounter a dying Senior Judge, possibly one who helps
them deal with an immediate threat and entrusts them
with rescuing Kenzie.
GET KENZIE!
Getting quickly to Tech 21 requires a Lawmaster or
a commandeered civilian vehicle. Judges who monitor
comm messages using their Lawmasters can gain useful
insights into the nature and scale of the incursions
happening in Sector One. No signals can get to other
Sector Houses, and it becomes clear that progress
towards them will meet extremely heavy resistance from
Cal’s forces.
Before the player characters arrive at Tech 21, the
scientists are attacked by Geeks, alien soldiers who are
a strange hybrid of reptilian and insect and have found
themselves caught up by the warp, materialising through
the facility’s warp machine. The Geeks are themselves
soon attacked by Cal’s squad of Street Judges who have
just arrived. Kenzie is quick minded and athletic enough
to escape to the building’s exterior but finds herself
trapped by Cal’s Judges.
At this point, the player characters arrive on the scene.
There will be at least two Street Judges to deal with.
Dredd makes short work of eight Judges, but Kenzie, an
individual with a history of involvement in the democrat
movement, is initially fearful that Dredd will execute her
to keep her out of Cal’s grasp.
Kenzie can inform her rescuers of the dangers of
dimension manipulation and set the Tech 21 controls to
minimise the chances of a major disaster. She is also
prepared to hand herself over to Cal to help prevent a
global catastrophe. Dredd decides to set explosives so he
can detonate the device when Cal’s major forces attempt
to come through the warp. He decides to locate Cal’s
device at the Grand Hall and asks Kinzie to accompany
him as her knowledge will be useful in closing it down.
DEATH ON THE STREETS
Cal’s judges have crewed H-wagons, and one soon
hovers into view. It must be shot down or evaded using
narrow streets in the city bottom.
Gunfire can be heard from various directions, and
curious looking humanoids and creatures, both alive
and dead, are glimpsed during the progress through
the streets, including a Smiling Chuckwalla eating
one of Cal’s Judges. The team eventually finds itself
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 TECH 21
Mega-City One became aware of dimensional travel following the Judge Death
incident in 2102. The successful use of dimension warp technology by East-Meg
One during the Apocalypse War proved the impetus for the Justice Department
to start their own dimensional science programme. Despite capturing some
‘D-jump’ devices during 2103, Tek Division was unable to make totally reliable
dimension jumps similar to those used by the Dark Judges. Eventually, it
was decided to install a large warp lab in the civilian-run Tech 21 research
complex. Following the Necropolis disaster in 2012, when the labs were used
in a plot to locate and fetch the Dark Judges, the facility was placed under
Justice Department control, though this measure only lasted for a few years.
From 2119 to 2123, the dimension research project was managed by the young
scientist, Darien Kenzie. During the research, over two thousand dimensions
were identified, and it was hypothesised that thousands more inhabited
dimensions existed and millions of empty ones. Some of those discovered
had similar histories up to a point of divergence, whilst others exhibited
peaceful cooperation between all of mankind. Much could be learnt, it was
reasoned, by examining ones that had eliminated disease or had developed
unfamiliar, but beneficial, technologies.
As research progressed, it was confirmed that all the dimensions could be
reached using dimensional warps. Worryingly, it was also determined that
trans-dimensional intrusions could weaken the fabric of the web of dimensions.
The use of East-Meg One’s dimensional warp shield in 2104 that had re-routed
Total Annihilation missiles into an alternate and peaceful world resulted in
other alternative realities fusing together as their boundaries shattered,
causing wide-spread planetary destruction and macabre mutations of the
populations on worlds that survived. The process whereby large dimensional
rifts triggered a spiral of more realities’ boundaries breaking down and
the resulting maelstrom of chaotic melding was termed as the Helter Skelter
effect.
The Warp Lab. The warp lab is on level two and overlooked by balconies where
the experiments are monitored. Locating and exploring of other dimensions
is undertaken with robot probes while failsafe security devices instantly
incinerate any extra-dimensional material that arrives back with a probe.

some of Cal’s Street Judges and hooded soldiers of the
Seventh Kashan Legion shouting, “Nord-Land!” Dredd
is in a shadowy alley watching when he is attacked
by a Rumanian Vampire. The sudden intervention of
a one-eyed Tyrannosaurus that attacks everyone and
everything, offers an opportunity to shoot and dash
through the distracted combatants.
Just before they reach the Grand Hall of Justice, the
players encounter a group of several dozen crucified
Judges. Chief Judge Hershey—or whoever holds the
office at the time of the adventure—is present and will
need carefully removing from her cross and medical
attention. All the others, who all served as Judges from
2100 or earlier, are dead. Hershey is in a bad state,
but luckily, the immediate area is quiet, and a nearby
housing block offers a chance to get her to temporary
safety. The block’s residents offer no hostility. Once
Hershey’s condition is stabilised in an apartment, she
proves to be incapable of doing much other than holding
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Hershey has details on secret routes and access codes
inside the GHJ. Her private chambers can be reached via
a secret roof hatch above some nuclear missiles in the
armoury. The hatch is locked but opens to typing in the
code 26277.
REUNIONS
Arriving at the Hall of Justice, the fighting has ceased,
and the PCs find the interior is filled with a band of Cal’s
Judges who are smoking and drinking cans of beer.
They have instructions not to interfere with the player
characters’ progress and direct them to an elevator
where they are told Cal awaits them at in audience
chamber on the hundredth floor of the building.
In the comic, Dredd decides to gun them down anyway!
Dredd then asks Kenzie to hang onto the bottom of the
elevator car and get off on floor ninety-nine, gaining
access to the floor above via the secret hatch in the
armoury.
Cal decides to send his reptilian henchman Grampus
to attack the occupants of the elevator car when it
arrives on floor one hundred to delay them. In the comic,
Grampus manages to swallow Dredd’s Lawgiver, but the
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lawman uses his boot knife to deal with the Klegg and
retrieve his gun.
Grampus is not armed with a bludgeon cannon but has
the following extra exploit:
» Swallow Object: Grampus can automatically swallow
an object up small size (as long as it doesn’t inflict
piercing or slashing damage) that he has just
managed to disarm someone of in melee by using a
LUC point.
If Rico is present, he can anticipate any actions by
Dredd or the players and will ambush any allies or
player characters who take an alternative route, ideally
capturing them. Alternatively, ambushers can be
directed to a location if the Murd is present and using
precognition.
Cal and his allies will be awaiting the player characters,
with any of the player characters captured at any earlier
stage being used as a hostage to assure the others will
surrender. In the comic, Cal awaits Dredd with Judge
Lackey and a couple of guards, Captain Skank, Don Uggie
Apelino, Murd the Oppressor, Fink and Ratty, War Marshal
Kazan and Rico, the latter having just captured Kenzie.
Like all true master villains, Cal will gloat and explain
his masterful scheme. In the strip, Dredd is persuaded
to disarm, and the bad guys from other dimensions get
introduced and proceed to give Dredd a beating until he
manages to kill Skank with a powerful blow to the nose.
The other villains snarl out their spite.
Cal proceeds to leave with his personal Judges and
Kenzie to a nearby chamber installed with a D-jump
unit. The scientist is threatened with torture unless she
brings over more of Cal’s Judge squads without causing
the destruction of the two realities. If a PC is present
as a captive, Cal can start by ordering a Judge to start
shooting the prisoner’s limbs until Kenzie cooperates.
Back in the chamber, the villains attempt to kill their
hated foes but prove disorganised and hinder each
other. In the comic, Rico challenges Dredd to a draw
and shootout, although Dredd is disadvantaged as his
Lawmaster is on the floor. He swiftly pulls of his badge
and hurls it into Rico’s forehead. Dredd proves capable
of besting all the others, aided by a burning Don Uggie
flailing around with his finger on the trigger of his tommy
gun. After the first turn involving a duel with Rico and a
player character, assume all Cal’s allies in the chamber
have 0 LUC. Each player character has a bonus LUC dice
while the fight lasts. Re-roll everyone’s INITIATIVE giving
the player characters a +1d6 bonus.
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN
The player characters will need to find Cal and Kenzie
quickly. Luckily, they prove to be a short distance away,
easily located by humming machinery. In the comic,
Dredd shoots down two guards and tries to kill Cal,
though Judge Lackey throws himself in the way of a
bullet, and Cal is only wounded in the shoulder but falls
into the dimension jump and vanishes. Dredd quickly
responds and destroys the D-jump controls. Kenzie tells
Dredd that Cal will merely arrive at the nearest jump
point, Tech 21, and retreat to his own dimension using
the machinery there. Dredd reaches for his detonator but
finds its missing, only for Kenzie to produce the device
which she had surreptitiously taken from him earlier and
presses the button. Many of the incidental invaders in
the sector vanish, though Cal’s strike force remains. The
player characters will ideally deal with the situation as
competently as Dredd. Grud help Mega-City One if they
don’t!
AFTERMATH
If Cal was killed in the Hall of Justice or Tech 21 or was
stranded in the warp, he won’t be coming back! In the
comic, he is reported by Psi Division as being trapped as
an insane ghost in a dimensional void.
Defeating Cal should earn player characters the thanks
and attention of the Chief Judge and a bonus +1 REP on
top of any experience points they earn. Perps might even
get a free pardon, although murders will be exiled to the
Cursed Earth. If the player characters fail to stop Cal, he
could potentially conquer the city, though perhaps the
hidden hand of Black Ops prevents this though hundreds
more Judges and thousands of civilians die in the
process.
Further adventures can deal with the consequences of
Cal’s invasion.
Judges: Judges are needed to eliminate the stranded
Judges of Cal. No mercy is expected! Perhaps some
vampires survive and go into hiding? The Judges are
sent to guard an Exorcist Judge tasked with locating and
destroying them.
Citi-Def: Are you going to let the Judges have all the
fun? You intend helping to stamp out the bad guys even
if the Judges order you to stand down.
Citizens: Perhaps a loved one’s fate is unknown? As
the Judges of the sectors hit by the recent disaster
are more overworked than usual and merely post a
missing person report, perhaps a search party needs to
be organised. But what might still be lurking amid the
debris?
Perps: The carnage occurring in the streets allows all
manner of opportunities to loot or settle scores whilst
the aftermath results in a lot of black-market weapons
becoming available.
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 The supplements listed below include
stats for Kenzie, Cal and his henchmen
and some of the invaders unleashed by
the dimension warp. Gamemasters might
like to create other NPCs from some
of their favourite stories in 2000
AD or recycle notable NPCs they used
in earlier adventures. Not all the
extra-dimensional beings encountered
need be villains. Unexpected temporal
help might arrive from a notable hero
plucked from their home dimension such
as Johnny Alpha or Rogue Trooper.
Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000AD:
Street Judge, Citi-Def (use as Cit-
Def or as Geeks using a las-carbine
for the latter), Mob Boss (use for Don
Uggie but add Chimpanzee Exploits and
replace spit pistol with spit gun)
The Robot Wars: Call-Me-Kenneth
Luna1: Rico Dredd
The Cursed Earth: Fink Angel and Ratty
(use Cursed Earth Rat for Ratty), ‘Old
One Eye’ (use a more cunning version
of Satanus)
The Day the Law Died: Darien Kenzie,
Judge Cal [variant dimension], Judge
Giant, Judge Lackey
The Judge Child: Murd the Oppressor,
Fink Angel and Ratty
The Apocalypse War: War Marshall Kazan
and Captain Skank
Strontium Dog: Smiling Chuckwalla
Rogue Trooper: Elite Infantryman
(Kazan Legion)
In the wake of this setback, research into other
dimensions was limited due to the loss of experts and
technology, and many scientists believed that any future
trans-dimensional activity is too dangerous a risk to
authorise.
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PARALLEL EARTHS
Player characters might find them employed
or coerced by a maverick scientist to undertake
explorations into other dimensions or an explosion
in a research plant might send individuals through a
temporary dimensional portal.
The following parallel worlds exist where, though the
Gamemaster can invent others:
» Mega-City One is devoid of humans and populated
with robots under the rule of Call-Me-Kenneth who
killed Dredd in 2099 during their first encounter.
» Rico Dredd outdrew Dredd in 2099 and kept him
frozen in the vaults, waking him once a year to
torture him.
» The ape hoodlum, Don Uggly Apelino, had Dredd
drowned in 2099 and united the crime mobs, running
a city where even the Justice Department needed to
pay him protection money.
» Mega-City One was under the rule of Judge Cal,
whose reign was still secure twenty-five years after
Judge Giant executed Judge Dredd for him. Tek
Division was able to combat the threat posed by the
Dark Judges, and no Necropolis incident occurred.
» One of Murd the Oppressor’s sorcery-created guards
killed Dredd with a sword in 2102. Shortly after this,
Murd used oracle spice to locate the Judge Child and
embarked on a tide of conquest that saw him sit on
the throne of all the galaxies with Owen Krysler at
his right hand.
» Captain Skank wasn’t a Sov stooge and, after feeding
Judge Dredd to his kraken mother in 2103, went on
to become the Pirate King of the Black Atlantic.
» War Marshal Kazan of East-Meg One successfully
invaded Mega-City One and had Dredd executed by
hanging. The other North American Mega-Cities
came under Sov-Block rule, and the rebuilt Mega-City
One was renamed Kazangrad in honour of its ruler.
» Fink Angel’s rat killed Judge Dredd in 2104, and his
master went on to lead a mutant army that burnt
Mega-City One to the ground.
TASTE THE BLOOD OF
CALIGULA!
Judge Cal’s attempted invasion fails. He escapes
into the rubble and hides, only to encounter one of the
Rumanian vampires (see p. 124) who came through
the dimension portal. Attacked, he manages to kill his
assailant but succumbs to wounds that transform him
into an undead creature. Cal finds the disused movie
studio of Maul Film Productions where, surrounded by
gothic trappings, he starts to plan how he will revenge
himself on the Justice Department and any specific
individuals who foiled his invasion. He locates and
secures the short-sized actor who played Dredd in his
movies as a loyal servant and uses his magnetism to gain
the loyalty of The Lost Joys, a street goth gang who he
uses as guards for the property.
Cal’s new stats can be created by using the Vampire
stats and adding any extra skills that Judge Cal
possesses. He decides to change his name to Caligula
and is already quite adept with wearing a large cloak
with panache but is appalled when he can no longer
see his reflection. His entourage use makeup and black
clothing to achieve a gothic image and use the Punk
stats in this book or the Juve Gang and Juve Gang
Leader ones in Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD
on pages 236-237.
Perhaps the player characters are another street gang
who do the bidding of a shadowy figure who pays them
with gold coins baring the image of an eagle? Some
errands might involve gaining information on Judges
whilst bizarre tasks involve finding and kidnapping
talented painters and sculptors, establishing a network
of hidden wooden boxes and stealing a champion, black-
coloured, Siamese fighting fish from a mob boss for their
strange patron.
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 CH/8: ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES
NPCS BY TYPE JUDGES
The NPCs in this chapter are listed » ACADEMY TUTOR 105
alphabetically to aid in quickly » CORRUPT STREET JUDGE 106
looking up the stats. However, you
» DEPUTY JUDGE FISH 107
can also use the index to look up an
NPC by type for when you need quick » JUDGE CAL 110
inspiration. Many NPCs from other » JUDGE CAL [variant dimension] 111
books in the Judge Dredd & the Worlds
of 2000 AD series can be used to » JUDGE COX 111
represent individuals in Mega-City One » JUDGE DREDD 126
during Cal’s despotic regime. » JUDGE GIANT 111
ALIENS » JUDGE QUINCY 112
» GRAMPUS/DEPUTY JUDGE GRAMPUS 109 » JUDGE SCHMALTZ 113
» JUVE MUTATED KUNG FU KLEGG 114 » JUDGE SLOCUM 113
» KLEGG MERCENARY 115 » PRINCIPAL GRIFFIN 117
» URK 123 » SJS JUDGE 121

BEASTS » UNDERCITY JUDGE 123

» GATOR 109 PERP

» KLEGG HOUND 115 » PUNK 118
» RAT 118 OTHER
» RAT SWARM 119 » FERGEE/JUDGE FERGEE 108
CITIZENS » TROGGY 122
» DARIAN KENZIE 106 » VAMPIRE 124
» MAYOR JIM GRUBB 116
» MAX NORMAL 116

Robots
» DREDD SIMULACRUM 107
» RENEGADE ROBOT 119
» ROBO CABBY 120
» ROBO DOC 120
» ROBOT ORDERLY 121
» SEWER ROBOT 122
» WALTER THE ‘WOBOT’/JUDGE WALTER 125

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 Notable Academy Tutors
The template above can be used to
represent tutors in the resistance,
specific individuals have the following
modifications:
Tutor Clubman. Tall, shaven-headed
tutor with cybernetic left arm.
» Strength 10 [4d6]
Tutor Julio Fernandez. Brave Tutor
Judge prepared to give up his life to
ACADEMY JUDGE TUTOR allow others to fight on.
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [7D6]
» Extra Skills: bravery 6 [3d6],
//INFIRM JUDGE WHO HELPS TRAIN THE NEW
rifles 3 [2d6]
GENERATION OF JUDGES
STR 6 [3d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 3 [2d6] Tutor Jonas. Tutor Judge who succumbs
INT 10 [4d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 10 [4d6] to fear and defeatism.
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 10 [4d6]
» MENTAL DEFENCE 14
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 21 DEFENCE 14 Tutor Holbein. Judge with cybernetic
SOAK 5 VULN none IMMUNE none right eye.
INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 5d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 6’/3’
» Weapon range increased to 17.
Tutor Kelso. Advanced Driving School
HEALTH 28 Tutor who lacks right arm.
CARRY 60 lb [max lift 150 lb]
» Extra Skills: driving 6 [3d6],
REACH 5’
mathematics 6 [3d6], physics [3]
ACTIONS 2
2d6, riding 6 [3d6]
Brawling 5d6 [3d6+3 blunt damage]
Lawgiver 5d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 11, » Extra Exploit: Need for Speed. Kelso
sidearm] increases the SPEED of any vehicle
SKILLS brawling 3 [2d6], computers 1 [1d6], he is driving by +2.
conviction 6 [3d6], history 1 [1d6], law 10
[4d6], perception 1 [1d6], pistols 1 [1d6], Tutor Pepper. Somewhat haughty Tutor
riding 1 [1d6], teaching 6 [3d6] who teaches Advanced Leadership.
GEAR
Lawgiver, uniform
» LUC 3 [2d6]
Freeze, Perp! The Academy Judge Tutor can make » Peg on lower right leg.
a 4d6 REP mental attack to inflict the Restrained » SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 5’/3’
condition on a target within 30’.
Skilled Instructor. If the Academy Tutor spends at » Extra Skills: rifles 3 [2d6],
least a week helping to train an individual in a skill which leadership 3 [1d6]
you have a higher rank, the student spends one less XP » Extra Exploit: Leadership. Tutor
to acquire or advance than they normally would. Pepper can donate his LUC [2d6] dice
Speciality. The Academy Tutor can select two to allies. They must declare this
specialist skills that he teaches, one at 6 [3d6] and one before any dice are rolled.
at 3 [1d6].

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 Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack, a
Street Judge can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and
either get prone or behind cover.
Freeze, Perp! The Street Judge can make a 4d6 REP
mental attack to inflict the Restrained condition on a
target within 30’.
Incendiary. The Corrupt Judge can switch to incendiary
rounds and make a Lawgiver attack Combust.
Perfect Aim. Street Judges get +2d6 from aiming
instead of +1d6.
Untraceable Gun. The Judge owns a hidden zip gun. If
they discard or lose it, they can gain a replacement gun
worth up to 150cr from a contact in the city in 1d6 days.

DARIEN KENZIE
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6]
//CHIEF SCIENTIST AT TEK 21’S WARP
LABORATORY
STR 4 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 4 [2d6]
CORRUPT STREET JUDGE INT 6 [3d6] LOG 12 [4d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6] CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 10 [4d6]
//JUDGE IN THE POCKET OF ORGANISED CRIME MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLANT EVIDENCE DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 12
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6] SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE none
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 10 [4d6] INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
CHA 3 [3d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6] SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/3’
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 HEALTH 18
SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE none CARRY 60 lb [max lift 150 lb]
INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 4d6 REACH 5’
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 8’/8’ ACTIONS 2
Brawl 3d6 [1d6+2 blunt damage]
HEALTH 42 SKILLS
CARRY 160 lb [max lift 500 lb] computers 3 [2d6], dimensional science 10
REACH 5’ [4d6], history 1 [1d6], perception 1 [1d6],
ACTIONS 2 physics 3 [2d6], politics 1 [1d6], scanners 1
Daystick 5d6 [3d6+4 blunt damage] [1d6], surveillance 1 [1d6]
Lawgiver 5d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 9, GEAR
sidearm] Lab suit
Zip gun 5d6 [2d6 ballistic damage, range 5,
sidearm] Two Thousand Worlds. Kenzie has studied data on two
SKILLS bluffing 1 [1d6], clubs 1 [1d6], thousand dimensions. She adds +1d6 to any LOG roll she
interrogation 1 [1], intimidation 1 [1d6], makes involving knowledge of them.
law 6 [3d6], perception 1 [1d6], pistols 3 Primal Fear. Through her involvement in the
[2d6], riding 1 [1d6], stealth 1 [1d6], Democratic Movement, Kenzie has always dreaded arrest
tactics 1 [1d6] from the Judges. If needing to escape from one, she
GEAR gains +2 SPEED.
Lawgiver, uniform, boot knife, daystick, zip
gun, handcuffs, packet of zziz.

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 DREDD SIMULACRUM
//MEDIUM SENTIENT MECHANOID [8D6]
//CAL’S ROBOT DOUBLE OF JUDGE DREDD
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 10 [4d6] END 10 [4d6]
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 0 [0d6] /
15 [5d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24
SOAK 12 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick,
electricity, Fatigued
2d6 ion,
2D6 sonic
INITIATIVE 7d6 PERCEPTION 5d6
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 13’/10’

DEPUTY JUDGE FISH HEALTH 54

//TINY NON-SENTIENT AQUATIC [1D6] CARRY 250 lb [max lift 750 lb]
//JUDGE CAL’S GOLDFISH REACH 5’
STR 1 [1d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 1 [1d6] ACTIONS 2
INT 1 [1d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 1 [1d6] Brawling 6d6 [2d6+4 blunt damage]
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 10 [4d6] Daystick 6d6 [3d6+4 blunt damage]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL Lawgiver 6d6
DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 4 » Standard Execution [3d6 ballistic damage;
range 12]
SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE mental
» Armour Piercing [2d6 ballistic damage;
attack
ignores SOAK; range 6]
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 5d6 » Incendiary [2d6 heat damage; range 6;
SWIM 3 CLIMB - JUMP -’/-’ combust]
» Rubber Ricochet [2d6+2 blunt damage; range 6;
HEALTH 3 special]
CARRY - [max lift -] » High Explosive [2d6 heat damage; range
8; burst 1; double damage to robots and
REACH 5’
inanimate objects]
ACTIONS 2 » Heat Seeker [2d6 ballistic damage; range 10;
- min range 10; +2d6 to hit]
SKILLS reactions 3 [2d6] SKILLS brawling 3 [2d6], clubs 3 [2d6],
GEAR pistols 3 [2d6], perceptions 3 [2d6],
Judge badge which is attached to his goldfish intimidate 6 [3d6], law 6 [3d6], reactions 10
bowl [4d6], riding 3 [2d6], tactics 1 [1d6]
GEAR
Bloop! The Deputy Chief Judge spends an action to Judge uniform and helmet, Lawgiver, Lawmaster,
make a pronouncement. If Judge Cal is present he may daystick, boot knife, handcuffs, Birdie lie
immediately take his Cal is Watching You action for free. detector, pass card

Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks,

are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the
Sick and Fatigued condition.
Organic Appearance. The robot has an outer covering
resembling a human or other species, although not so
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 from synthetic or organic tissue which covers the
interior endoskeleton. Any injury will clearly reveal the
robot’s true nature, as will any interaction for more than
a minute or so.
Human Appearance [requires Organic appearance].
The robot is indistinguishable from a human without
a proper medical scan. It even feels warm and mimics
breathing, blinking and so on.
Aim. By taking an action to aim, the robot gains +1d6
bonus to a ranged attack roll taken in the same turn.
The attack action must come immediately after the
aiming action.
Superior Requisitions. The robot always has any
Lawgiver ammunition it needs.
Got Their Attention. The robot fires its weapon into
the air, attracting the attention of all around it. It makes
a REP attack against all foes within 30’. On a success,
they freeze momentarily, gaining the Restrained
condition.
Catch Bullets. The Robot can attempt to catch or
deflect bullets and parry thrown weapons as a reaction.
If the robot has a free hand, and a weapon with the
Thrown Trait or Ballistic damage is fired at it through its
front arc, it adds +8 to its RANGED DEFENCE.
Anticipate Moves. Both Judge Dredd and the Dredd
Simulacrum gain a +2d6 bonus to any INT and insight
rolls they make about each other.

FERGEE, ‘KING OF THE BIG

SMELLY’
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [7D6]
//HULKING, MORONIC UNDERCITY LOUT WITH A
NOBLE HEART
STR 15 [5d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 10 [4d6]
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 2 [1d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]/10
[4d6]*
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 19 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 28
SOAK 7 VULN none IMMUNE none
INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 6’/6’

HEALTH 80
CARRY 250 lb [max lift 750 lb]
REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2

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Baseball bat 7d6 [4d6+5 blunt damage] Bite 6d6 [3d6+4 piercing damage, grab]
Sling 4d6 [2d6 blunt damage, range 7] SKILLS combat 3 [2d6], perception 1 [1d6],
SKILLS combat 3 [2d6], hardy 6 [3d6], reactions 1 [1d6]
intimidate 1 [1d6], local knowledge GEAR
[Big Smelly] 6 [3d6], perception 1 [1d6], -
reactions 1 [1d6], survival 3 [2d6]
Grab. A creature which is hit by the gator’s bite attack
GEAR
Oversized baseball bat, sling, leather jacket is Restrained until it can shake off the condition. The
festooned with badges, baseball cap, lantern. gator can only grab one victim at a time, and once it has
successfully struck a victim, the victim automatically
*Amongst Undercity denizens suffers 3d6+4 piercing damage at the start of each turn.
Get Heavy. Fergee can use all his actions to make a The crocodile cannot bite another target while grabbing,
mighty swing with his baseball bat. If he hits, he does but it can move at half SPEED, possibly drowning its
double damage. victim.
“Plenty Panic”. Fergee can make a 5d6 REP mental
attack against any Undercity denizen within 30’ to inflict
the Afraid condition. GRAMPUS
Never Give In. Once a day, if Fergee is reduced to //LARGE SENTIENT ALIEN [7D6]
zero HEALTH or less, Fergee can automatically recover //VICIOUS KLEGG LEADER WHO SUCCEEDED
HEALTH equal to an END pool roll at the start of the next JUDGE FISH AS DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE OF MEGA-
round. CITY ONE
STR 15 [5d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 10 [4d6]
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
GATOR CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 6 [3d6] REP 10 [4d6]
//LARGE SEMI-SENTIENT AQUATIC REPTILE [6D6] MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
//BLIND, ALBINO SEWER PREDATOR DEFENCE 19 DEFENCE 17 DEFENCE 21 DEFENCE 23
Over several decades, abandoned pet alligators SOAK 14 VULN 1d6 cold IMMUNE none
have thrived and adapted to surviving in the old sewer [scales, Klegg
systems under Mega-City One. The Justice Department battle suit]
only become aware of their presence in 2106. But with INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
the Old Town sewer system comprising over six hundred SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 6’/6’
miles of tunnels, the gators proved resistant to attempts
to cull their numbers with sewer robots. Once their HEALTH 70
existence is learned of, their hides become worth a CARRY 250lb [max lift 750lb]
small fortune on the black market which entices some REACH 5’
individuals to hunt them. ACTIONS 2
Bite 7d6 [3d6+5 piercing damage]
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 10 [4d6] Sword 5d6 [2d6+5 slashing damage]
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 6 [3d6] Bludgeon cannon 5d6 [2d6 ballistic, auto]
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6] SKILLS
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL brawling 3 [2d6], carousing 1 [1d6],
DEFENCE 22 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 26 heavy weapons 3 [2d6], hardy 6 [3d6], insight 1
SOAK 5 VULN 1d6 cold IMMUNE none [1d6], intimidate 3 [2d6], perception 1 [1d6],
[scales] tactics 1 [1d6], zero-g 1 [1d6]
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6 GEAR
Bludgeon cannon, Klegg battle suit, sword,
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP - SWIM +5
Klegg jetpack

HEALTH 60 Klegg Hai! Grampus makes a REP mental attack

CARRY 200 lb [max lift 500 lb] against a target within 30’, inflicting the Afraid condition
REACH 5’ on a success.
ACTIONS 2 Want Meat! Once per day, the Grampus can gorge
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requires Grampus to pause for two actions, after an hour
has elapsed it recovers 2d6 HEALTH.
Raining Monsters. Grampus is equipped with a Klegg
jump pack. The device doesn’t have enough power to
give Grampus flight capability but acts as a parachute.
Klegg Bridge Officer. If Grampus is on a Klegg
starship, all bridge officers gain a +1d6 bonus to starship
operations from his presence.
Leadership. Grampus can donate his LUC to allies. He
must declare this before any dice are rolled.
Ham Fisted. When trying to manually operate intricate
or fragile devices designed for other races such as
human keyboards, Grampus receives a -1d6 modifier on
skill tests.

JUDGE CAL
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [8D6]
//INSANE TYRANT OF MEGA-CITY ONE
STR 6 [3d6] AGI 10 [4d6] END 6 [3d6]
INT 10 [4d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
CHA 10 [4d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 15 [5d6] Leadership. Judge Cal can donate his LUC [2d6] dice
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL to allies. He must declare this before any dice are rolled.
DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 32 DEFENCE 16 Obey Cal. Cal can give orders to Judges within 30’ of
SOAK 8 VULN none IMMUNE none Cal who have been previously brainwashed via briefing
INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 5d6 tapes, subjecting them to a 5d6 REP mental attack. Any
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’ Judge who fails to succumb is immune for 24 hours,
but those who fail revert to his control, though they can
HEALTH 32 attempt a Demanding [21] WIL check every 24 hours to
CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb] free themselves.
REACH 5’ Sniff Out Corruption. Judge Cal can make an INT
ACTIONS 2 mental attack. If successful, and the target is a corrupt
Boot knife 4d6 [2d6+3 piercing damage]
official, auxiliary or Judge, he will know it. Not the
Lawgiver 6d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 12, details, but he knows for sure that they are guilty of
sidearm] something.
SKILLS bureaucracy 1 [1d6], conviction 10 Poison. Cal’s ring has a compartment that holds a
[4d6], interrogation 3 [2d6], intimidation 3 poison that inflicts both the Pain condition and the
[2d6], insight 1 [1d6], law 6 [3d6], Persistent Poison condition on an individual ingesting it.
perception 1 [1d6], pistols 3 [2d6], riding 1
[1d6], tactics 1 [1d6]
GEAR CAL’S JUDGES
Lawgiver, uniform, boot knife, ring
Aim. By taking an action to aim, Cal gains +1d6 bonus
Use CORRUPT STREET JUDGE and SJS
to a ranged attack roll taken in the same turn. The attack JUDGE. The following Street Judges end
action must come immediately after the aiming action. up without uniforms:
Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack, JUDGE GLASS: Girl’s dress and helmet,
Judge Cal can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and large lollypop. SOAK 1
either get prone or behind cover.
Cal Is Watching You. Cal can adopt an intimidating JUDGE PERCY: Girl’s dress, large
presence and can mess with people’s heads. He can make lollypop. SOAK 0
a 5d6 REP mental attack against a target within 30’,
inflicting the Afraid condition on a success.

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 Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack,
JUDGE CAL Judge Cal can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and
either get prone or behind cover.
[VARIANT DIMENSION] Leadership. Judge Cal can donate his LUC [3d6] dice
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [9D6] to allies. He must declare this before any dice are rolled.
//AMBITIOUS AND VENGEFUL CHIEF JUDGE Sniff Out Corruption. Judge Cal can make an INT
STR 6 [3d6] AGI 10 [4d6] END 6 [3d6] mental attack; if successful, and the target is a corrupt
INT 10 [4d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 15 [5d6] official, auxiliary or Judge, he will know it. Not the
CHA 15 [5d6] LUC 6 [3d6] REP 15 [5d6] details, but he knows for sure that they are guilty of
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL something.
DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 32 DEFENCE 18
SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE none
INITIATIVE 6d6 PERCEPTION 6d6 VARIANT JUDGE CAL’S
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’ JUDGES
HEALTH 36
Judge Giant. Use Experienced Judge
CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb] (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000
REACH 5’ AD, p. 234).
ACTIONS 2 Judge Lacky. Use Desk Judge (see Judge
Boot knife 4d6 [2d6+3 piercing damage] Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p. 234)
Lawgiver 6d6 [3d6 ballistic, damage; range 12,
sidearm]
replacing exploit listed with Take a
SKILLS bureaucracy 1 [1d6], computers 1 Bullet (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds
[1d6], conviction 6 [3d6], insight 1 [1d6], of 2000 AD, p. 62).
interrogation 3 [2d6], intimidation 3 [2d6],
law 6 [3d6], negotiating 6 [3d6], perception 3
[2d6], pistols 3 [2d6], riding 1 [1d6],
tactics 3 [2d6]
GEAR
Lawgiver, uniform, boot knife
Aim. By taking an action to aim, Cal gains +1d6 bonus
to a ranged attack roll taken in the same turn. The attack
action must come immediately after the aiming action.
An Old Trick. Cal can give orders to Judges within 30’
of Cal who have been previously brainwashed via briefing
tapes, subjecting them to a 5d6 REP mental attack. Any
Judge who fails to succumb is immune for 24 hours,
but those who fail revert to his control, though they can
attempt a Demanding [21] WIL check every 24 hours to
free themselves.
Backup. If Cal has the ability to send a message to the
Grand Hall of Justice on his native dimension, he can
call 1d6 Street Judges or a single humanoid NPC. The
NPC will be a dimension twin of an individual that Judge JUDGE COX
Dredd has already or will best in his home dimension. //MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6]
They materialise via trans-dimensional teleportation in //CHIEF JUDGE CAL’S ADMIN JUDGE
1d6 minutes. Use Desk Judge (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of
Cal Is Watching. Cal can adopt an intimidating 2000 AD, p. 234) amending to REP 10 [4d6].
presence and can mess with people’s heads. He can make Replace the Exploit Charm Offensive with It’s Who You
a 5d6 REP mental attack against a target within 30’, Know (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD,
inflicting the Afraid condition on a success. p. 63).

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JUDGE GIANT JUDGE QUINCY
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6] //MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [7D6]
//YOUNG STREET JUDGE WHO IS ACTIVE IN THE //SJS JUDGE AND JUDGE CAL’S CHIEF ASSASSIN
RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AGAINST CAL UNTIL A FALL FROM GRACE
Judge Giant is the son of the famous aeroball and STR 10 [4d6] AGI 10 [4d6] END 10 [4d6]
inferno sports star John ‘Giant’ Clay. Giant trained as a INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
Judge Cadet and, in 2099 despite an initial nervous start CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 6 [3d6] REP 10 [4d6]
as Dredd’s rookie, acquitted himself well and received MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
his full eagle. Still very young and conscious of his roots, DEFENCE 21 DEFENCE 21 DEFENCE 21 DEFENCE 21
Giant affects to talking street jive on occasions. SOAK 10 [5 VULN none IMMUNE none
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6] without
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6] uniform]
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6] INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 5d6
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL SPEED 7 CLIMB 4 JUMP 20’/10’
DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18
SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE none HEALTH 49
INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 4d6 CARRY 200 lb [max lift 500 lb]
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’ REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2
HEALTH 36 Boot knife 6d6 [3d6+4 piercing damage]
CARRY 160 lb [max lift 500 lb] Lawgiver 6d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 11,
REACH 5’ sidearm]
Sniper Rifle 6d6 [3d6 ballistic damage, range
ACTIONS 2
14]
Daystick 5d6 [3d6+4 blunt damage]
SKILLS combat 3 [2d6], interrogation 3 [2d6],
Lawgiver 5d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 9,
intimidation 3 [2d6], law 6 [3d6], perception 3
sidearm]
[2d6], pistols 3 [2d6], rifles 3 [2d6], riding 1
SKILLS acrobatics 1 [1d6], brawling 1 [1d6], [1d6], tactics 1 [1d6,] stealth 3 [2d6]
driving 1 [1d6], interrogation 1 [1d6],
GEAR
intimidation 1 [1d6], law 6 [3d6],
Lawgiver, uniform [not worn after Cal becomes
perception 1 [1d6], reactions 3 [2d6],
Chief Judge and orders Quincy to continue to
riding 3 [2d6], pistols 3 [2d6], tactics 1
serve in his underwear], helmet, boot knife,
[1d6], throwing 1 [1d6]
daystick, handcuffs.
GEAR [Option of disguise and sniper rifle]
Lawgiver, uniform, boot knife, daystick,
handcuffs
Anti-Surveillance. Judge Quincy is so familiar
Backup Man. Judge Giant works well with other with surveillance devices, blind spots, and avoidance
Judges. He gains +1d6 INITIATIVE when with a Judge ally techniques that, by moving half his SPEED, he can render
within 30’. himself invisible to electronic monitoring equipment.
Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack, Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack,
Judge Giant can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and Judge Quincy can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and
either get prone or behind cover. either get prone or behind cover.
Freeze, Perp! Judge Giant can make a 4d6 REP mental Freeze, Perp! Judge Quincy can make a 6d6 REP
attack to inflict the Restrained condition on a target mental attack to inflict the Restrained condition on a
within 30’. target within 30’.
Perfect Aim. Judge Giant gets +2d6 from aiming Perfect Aim. Judge Quincy gets +2d6 for aiming
instead of +1d6. instead of +1d6.
Son of a Hero. Inheriting the skills and reflexes of his Intimidating. When attempting to intimidate a Judge,
famous father, Judge Giant gets +1d6 to catch, grab or Quincy gains a +1d6 bonus. He cannot use this exploit
throw an object up to small size. when he is doing his duty in his underpants!

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JUDGE SCHMALTZ
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID
//RESISTANCE JUDGE PRONE TO DELIVERING
LONG-WINDED, MELODRAMATIC SPEECHES
As Street Judge (see Judge Dredd & the Worlds of
2000 AD, p. 243) with following additions:
» Skills: medical 3 [2d6]

EXPLOITS
The Last Word. Schmaltz gains a bonus action he can
take at any part of a turn that comes after his normal
actions, but he can only use it to talk in his typical,
gushing and melodramatic manner.

Amongst the Street Judges who are

active in the resistance movement are
Judges Cody, Peace, Smith and Wilkins.
All of whom die fighting in the cause
of Justice.

JUDGE SLOCUM
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [7D6]
//QUICK THINKING LEADER OF CHIEF JUDGE CAL’S SKILLS bluffing 3 [2d6], combat 3 [2d6],
SJS detect lie [birdie] 1 [1d6], interrogation 3
Slocum is ambitious and capable SJS Judge who [2d6], intimidation 3 [2d6], insight 3 [2d6],
attached his star to Cal’s rising power in the Justice law 10 [4d6], perception 1 [1d6], riding 1
Department. He is not beyond carefully manipulating Cal [1d6], stealth 3 [2d6], surveillance 3 [2d6],
to protect himself and other Judges. tactics 1 [1d6]
GEAR
Lawgiver, uniform, boot knife, daystick,
STR 6 [3d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 10 [4d6]
handcuffs
INT 10 [4d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 10 [4d6] Backup. In an urban environment, Judge Slocum
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL can call 1d6 SJS Judges as backup. They arrive in five
DEFEFENCE DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 18 minutes.
18 Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack,
SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE none Judge Slocum can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and
INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 5d6 either get prone or behind cover.
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’ Freeze, Perp! Judge Slocum can make a 4d6 REP
mental attack to inflict the Restrained condition on a
HEALTH 49 target within 30’.
CARRY 160 lb [max lift 300 lb] Sniff Out Corruption. Judge Slocum can make an
REACH 5’ INT mental attack. If successful, and the target is a
ACTIONS 2 corrupt official, auxiliary or Judge, he will know it. Not
Daystick 5d6 [3d6+3 blunt damage] the details, but he knows for sure that they are guilty of
Lawgiver 6d6 [3d6 damage; ballistic, range 11, something.
sidearm] Leadership. Judge Slocum can donate his LUC [2d6]
dice to allies. He must declare this before any dice are
rolled.

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 JUVE MUTATED KUNG FU
KLEGG
//LARGE SENTIENT REPTILIAN [4D6]
//MARTIAL ARTIST VIGILANTES WITH NO
UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ROLE
In the Undercity, a deranged Long Walk Judge chose
to raise four orphaned Kleggs as vigilante martial artists
who would fight crime on the streets of Mega-City One.
He was able to control the beasts’ savagery with a music
box until the unfortunate day it broke in an accident as
the Kleggs were brawling over a piece of meat. After
eating their sensei, the young Kleggs emerged into the
night-time streets of the Meg, but proved unable to
differentiate between perps and victims, attacking and
eating both with impartiality.
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 10 [4d6]
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 3 [2d6]
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 3 [2d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 18
SOAK 4 VULN cold IMMUNE none
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 8’/8’

HEALTH 40
CARRY 160 lb [max lift 500 lb]
REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2
Brawl 4d6 [2d6+4 piercing damage]
Degas: Hook-tipped chain 4d6 [2d6+4 blunt
damage, range 10’]
Lautrec: 2x jaw bones 4d6 [2d6+4 blunt damage]
Manet: Spiked club 4d6 [2d6+5 piercing damage]
Monet: Staff 4d6 [2d6+4 blunt damage]
SKILLS
hardy 3 [2d6], perception 1 [1d6],
reactions 1 [1d6]
GEAR
Loincloth, badge, personal weapon
Chomp. If the Klegg hits with a bite attack, it does +1d6
damage.
Want Meat! Once per day, if you have a pound of fresh
red meat for each point of END, you can gorge on it. This
requires you to pause for two actions, after an hour has
elapsed you recover 2d6 HEALTH.
Ham Fisted. When trying to manually operate intricate
or fragile devices designed for other races such as
human keyboards, Kleggs receive a -1d6 modifier on skill
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 Music Has Charms. The sound of chime-like music Intractable. Attempts to use animal handling on the
within 30’ of the Klegg subjects it to a 4d6 Mental attack Klegg hound suffer a -1d6 penalty unless the individual is
which inflicts the Charmed condition, allowing individuals a Klegg.
to influence them. Grab. A creature which is hit by the Klegg hound’s bite
attack is Restrained until it can shake off the condition.
The Klegg hound can only grab one victim at a time,
KLEGG HOUND and once it has successfully struck a victim, the victim
//LARGE SEMI-SENTIENT REPTILIAN [6D6] automatically suffers 3d6+4 piercing damage at the
//TRACKING BEASTS USED BY KLEGGS start of each turn. The Klegg hound cannot bite another
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 10 [4d6] target while grabbing, but it can move at half SPEED.
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 6 [3d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL KLEGG MERCENARY
DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 //LARGE SENTIENT REPTILIAN [6D6]
SOAK 5 VULN 1d6 cold IMMUNE none //SAVAGE ALIEN MERCENARY WHO TAKES
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6 PAYMENT IN MEAT
SPEED 7 CLIMB 4 JUMP 12’/10’ STR 15 [5d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 10 [4d6]
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
HEALTH 36 CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
CARRY 200 lb [max lift 500 lb] MELEE RANGED MENTAL 4
REACH 5’ DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 14 DEFENCE 12
ACTIONS 2 SOAK 12 VULN 1d6 cold IMMUNE none
[scales, Klegg
Bite 6d6 [3d6+4 piercing damage]
battle suit]
SKILLS
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
perception 1 [1d6], reactions 3 [2d6],
taste 10 [4d6], tracking 10 [4d6], SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 6’/6’
swimming 1 [1d6]
GEAR
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 HEALTH 60 STR 4 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 4 [2d6]
CARRY 250 lb [max lift 750 lb] INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
REACH 5’ CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 6 [3d6] REP 6 [3d6]
ACTIONS 2 MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
Bite 6d6 [3d6+5 piercing damage] DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 12
Bludgeon cannon 4d6 [2d6 ballistic, auto] SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE none
SKILLS INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 5d6
carousing 1 [1d6], combat 1 [1d3], hardy 6 SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/3’
[3d6], intimidate 1 [1d6], perception 1 [1d6],
reactions 1 [1d6], swimming 1 ]1d6],
HEALTH 18
zero-g 1 [1d6]
CARRY 60 lb [max lift 15 0lb]
GEAR
Bludgeon cannon, Klegg battle suit, Klegg REACH 5’
jetpack ACTIONS 2
Umbrella 3d6 [2d6+2 blunt or piercing damage]
War Dance. The Klegg can spend two actions to SKILLS
perform a stomping war dance while chanting a war acrobatics 1 [1d6], bluffing 3 [2d6],
song. After this it gains both +1d6 to intimidation rolls carousing 3 [2d6], gambling 3 [2d6], insight 1
and +1 to all its defences for each allied Klegg within 10’ [1d6], local knowledge 6 [3d6], perception 3
for a number of turns equal to its WIL. [2d6], shuggy 6 [3d6], stealth 1 [1d6]
Klegg Hai! The Klegg makes a REP mental attack GEAR
against a target within 30’, inflicting the Afraid condition Pinstripe suit, bowler hat, umbrella
on a success. If its intimidation is currently boosted by a
war dance, it gains a +1d6 bonus to the test.
Want Meat! Once per day, the Klegg can gorge on a
pound of fresh red meat for each point of END to recover
HEALTH. This requires it to pause for two actions, after
an hour has elapsed it recovers 2d6 HEALTH.
Raining Monsters. The Klegg is equipped with a Klegg
jump pack. The device doesn’t have enough power
to give the heavy alien flight capability but acts as a
parachute.
Ham Fisted. When trying to manually operate intricate
or fragile devices designed for other races such as
human keyboards, the Klegg receives a -1d6 modifier on
skill tests.

MAX NORMAL aka

THE PINSTRIPE FREAK
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6]
//MAN ABOUT TOWN AND JUDGE DREDD’S NARK
Max earns enough to rent a plush apartment in Ricardo
Montalban City Block. Besides his smart, but archaic
suits, his eccentricities include talking in rhyme and
owning Alphonse, a cloned dog that has a striped pattern
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 Nobody Messes with Max. Having the Mega-City’s PRINCIPAL JURGEN
most feared lawman as your contact helps Max stay
alive. Max gains +1d6 to any REP roll involving perps. GRIFFIN
Blind Eye. One per adventure, Max can avoid receiving //MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [8D6]
punishment from the Judges, as long as the crimes are //BRAVE AND PRINCIPLED LEADER, WITH WISDOM
not too serious. TO MATCH HIS YEARS
Max Is Best! Max gains +1d6 to rolls when playing STR 6 [3d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6]
Shuggy against an opponent. INT 10 [4d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
CHA 10 [4d6] LUC 6 [3d6] REP 12 [4d6]
[REP 15 [5d6]
MAYOR JIM GRUBB as Chief
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6] Judge]
//GENIAL MAYOR OF MEGA-CITY ONE MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
STR 4 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 4 [2d6] DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 16
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6] SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE none
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 15 [5d6] INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 5d6
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’
DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 12
SOAK 0 [3 in VULN none IMMUNE none HEALTH 32
chicken suit] CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb]
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 4d6 REACH 5’
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/3’ ACTIONS 2
Brawling 5d6 [3d6+3 blunt damage]
Lawgiver 5d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 12,
HEALTH 18 sidearm]
CARRY 60 lb [max lift 150 lb] SKILLS
bureaucracy 3 [3d6], combat 3 [2d6],
REACH 5’
computers 1 [1d6], history 1 [1d6], law 10
ACTIONS 2 [4d6], leadership 6 [3d6], negotiating 6 [3d6],
Brawl 3d6 [1d6+2 blunt damage] perception 1 [1d6], riding 1 [1d6], teaching 6
SKILLS [3d6], tactics 1 [1d6]
bureaucracy 3 [2d6], perception 1 [1d6], GEAR
politics 6 [3d6] Lawgiver, uniform
GEAR
Robes and chain of office Freeze, Perp! Principal Griffin can make a 4d6 REP
[Chicken suit if encountered in Escape from Old mental attack to inflict the Restrained condition on a
New York] target within 30’.
Popularity of the Electorate. Grubb gains +1d6 to CHA Skilled Instructor. If Principal Griffin spends at least
rolls made to influence ordinary, adult citizens of Mega- a week helping to train an individual in a skill which you
City One. have a higher rank, the student spends one less XP to
Public Speaker. Grubb is able to sway and influence acquire or advance than they normally would.
crowds of Mega-city One citizens if he spends 5 minutes Leadership. Principal Griffin can donate his LUC [3d6]
talking to a crowd and makes a REP check equal to 1% dice to allies. He must declare this before any dice are
the size of the crowd. For a crowd of 2,000, he must beat rolled.
20 in his check. If successful, he influences the crowd Respected Tutor. Principal Griffin gains +1d6 on all
in some manner, inflicting either the Charmed or Angry [social] skills he uses to influence the Academy of Law’s
condition. Judges are not affected by this exploit. cadets.
Perfect Aim. Principal Griffin gets +2d6 for aiming
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 SKILLS
combat 1 [1d6], hardy 1 [1d6], intimidation 1
[1d6], perception 1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6],
running 1 [1d6]
GEAR
Knife, antique pistol, can of hair spray

Bully. The punk gains a +1d6 bonus when trying to use

intimidation on someone weaker than themselves. It
does not work on those who are bigger and stronger.
Feint. By taking an action to delay a blow, the punk
gains +1d6 bonus to a melee attack roll taken in the same
turn. The attack action must come immediately after the
action.

RAT
//TINY SEMI-SENTIENT BEAST [1D6]
//INSIDIOUS VERMIN THAT INFEST CITY BOTTOM,
THE UNDERCITY AND UNHYGIENIC UPPER REACHES
OF THE MEGA-CITY
Although they lack the poisonous bites of their Cursed
Earth kin, the rats of Mega-City One are known carriers
of some two hundred diseases. They are the main source
of food for many of the Undercity’s denizens, not to
mention ‘Upsiders’ who unwittingly eat ones offered by
street food vendors. But the rodents return the attention
as they unerringly seek out and consume from the semi-
humans’ larders and corpses. Some captured ones are
used by perps who organise pit fights, and some brutes
can measure over three feet from nose to tail.
PUNK
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [4D6] STR 1 [1d6] AGI 8 [3d6] END 2 [1d6]
//DELINQUENT YOUNG ADULTS WHO BAND INT 12 [4d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 3 [1d6]
TOGETHER IN GANGS CHA 1 [1d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 3 [2d6]
STR 4 [2d6] AGI 4 [2d6] END 4 [2d6] MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
INT 4 [2d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 4 [2d6] DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10
CHA 4 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 4 [2d6] SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE none
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 8d6
DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 16 DEFENCE 12 SPEED 3 CLIMB 2 BURROWING JUMP 6’/3’
SOAK 2 VULN none IMMUNE none 1
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 6’/3’ HEALTH 6
CARRY 2 lbs [max lift 5 lbs]
HEALTH 12 REACH 5’
CARRY 60 lb [max lift 150 lb] ACTIONS 2
REACH 5’ Bite 2d6 [1d6+1 piercing damage]
ACTIONS 2 SKILLS
Knife 3d6 [2d6+2 blunt or piercing damage] dodging 3 [2d6], perception 10 [4d6],
Pistol 3d6 [2d6 ballistic damage; range 6, stealth 6 [3d6]
sidearm] GEAR
-

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 Dash. Rats can use both actions to dash at twice
their normal SPEED, moving a total of 12 squares. Keen
Senses. Rats can have INITIATIVE and PERCEPTION
scores higher than their maximum dice pool would
normally allow. They are also stealthy enough to ignore
caps on any stealth rolls they make.
Gamemasters might decide that a rat
bite from any type of rat detailed
in this chapter is infected with a
disease. They may select one from any
of the Judge Dredd and the World of
2000 AD supplements or can inflict the
Sick condition.
square suffers melee damage automatically, unless they
are in a fully enclosed holocaust suit, heavy-anti-blast
suit or a set of powered combat armour. Rodent swarms
can move through any tiny gaps, though if these are
sparse, the speed of the swarm will be slowed.
Variable Size. Swarms can be of any size. The stats
above are for a medium-sized swarm. For each size
category larger, the swarm gains +1d6 to damage (for
example, an enormous sized swarm does 3d6 damage),
and +10 HEALTH.
Dash. Rat swarms can use both actions to dash at
twice their normal SPEED, moving a total of 12 squares.
Keen Senses. Rats can have INITIATIVE and
PERCEPTION scores higher than their maximum dice
pool would normally allow. They are also stealthy enough
to ignore caps on any stealth rolls they make.

RAT SWARM
//MEDIUM SEMI-SENTIENT BEAST SWARM [4D6]
//SCUTTLING, GNAWING FRENZY OF CHISEL-LIKE
TEETH
Individually weak, rats that band together in large
enough numbers are quite capable of mobbing and
devouring a human they surprise.
STR 1 [1d6] AGI 8 [3d6] END 10 [3d6]
INT 12 [4d6] LOG 1 [1d6] WIL 3 [1d6]
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 3 [2d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 RENEGADE ROBOT
SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE all //MEDIUM SENTIENT MECHANOID [5D6]
except area //ROBOT MEMBER OF THE UNDERWORLD’S ROBOT
attacks FREESTATE
INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 8d6 STR 6 [3d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 6 [3d6]
SPEED 3 CLIMB 2 BURROWING JUMP 6’/3’ INT 3 [2d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
1 CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 6 [3d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
HEALTH 24 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 15 DEFENCE 20 DEFENCE 10
CARRY 25 lb [max lift 50 lb] SOAK 5 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick,
REACH 5’ electricity, Fatigued
ACTIONS 2 2d6 ion,
ATTACKS special 2D6 sonic
SKILLS INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
perception 10 [4d6], stealth 6 [3d6] SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 6’/6’
GEAR
- HEALTH 15
CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb]
Rodent Swarm. A rat swarm is a collection of dozens REACH 5’
of tiny creatures which attack en masse. A swarm is ACTIONS 2
immune to all attacks except for area attacks. When it Brawling 3d6 [2d6+3 blunt damage]
attacks, it simply moves into the target’s square. Any Las-rifle 4d6 [2d6 heat damage; range 8, beam]
creature which starts its turn in or enters the swarm’s

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SKILLS
electronics 1 [1d6], engineering 1 [1d6],
rifles 1 [1d6], tactics 1 [1d6]
ROBO DOC
//MEDIUM SENTIENT MECHANOID [6D6]
GEAR
//MATTER-OF-FACT SPEAKING ROBOTIC DOCTOR
Las-rifle
STR 4 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [2d6]
Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks, INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
Sick and Fatigued condition. DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 12
Infrared Sensors. The renegade robot can effectively SOAK 3 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick,
see in the dark as well as light. electricity Fatigued
2d6 ion 2D6
sonic
ROBO CABBY INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
//MEDIUM SENTIENT MECHANOID [5D6] SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/4’
//GARRULOUS ROBOTIC TAXI DRIVER
STR 4 [2d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6]
INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 15 DEFENCE 20 DEFENCE 10
SOAK 3 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick,
electricity Fatigued
2d6 ion 2D6
sonic
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/3’

HEALTH 15
CARRY 60 lb [max lift 150 lb]
REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2
Spanner 3d6 [2d6+2 blunt damage]
SKILLS communicators 1 [1d6], engineering
1 [1d6], driving 3 [2d6], local knowledge 1
[1d6], navigation 3 [2d6]
GEAR
Engineering toolkit
Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks,
are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the
Sick and Fatigued condition.
Easy Streets. The robo cabby can reduce the time of a
journey in its own Mega-City by 2d6%.
Pedal to the Metal. The Robo Cabby increases the
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HEALTH 18 HEALTH 15
CARRY 100 lb [max lift 200 lb] CARRY 150 lb [max lift 450 lb]
REACH 5’ REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2 ACTIONS 2
Med Tool 3d6 [2d6+2 piercing damage] Brawling 3d6 [2d6+3 blunt damage]
Syringe 3d6 [as dartgun tranquiliser] SKILLS
SKILLS carrying 3 [2d6], cleaning 1 [1d6], driving 1
bureaucracy 1 [1d6], computers 3 [2d6], [1d6], perception 1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6]
concentration 6 [3d6], medic 6 [3d6], GEAR
perception 1 [1d6], psychology 1 [1d6] -
GEAR
Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks,
High-quality medical scanner, high-quality
medical kit are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the
Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks, Sick and Fatigued condition.
are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the
Sick and Fatigued condition. SJS JUDGE
Alleviate Condition. The robo doc can automatically //MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [6D6]
remove a temporary condition from an adjacent target //DETERMINED AND INTIMIDATING JUDGE
by spending an action. CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING JUDGES
Healing Hands. Using medical equipment, the robo doc STR 6 [3d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6]
can heal 1d6 points of HEALTH to an adjacent creature INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 10 [4d6]
as a single action. Any given creature can only benefit
from this healing in this way once per day.
Integrated Equipment. The robo doc has a medical
scanner.

OPTIONAL EXPLOITS
Integrated Equipment. The robo doc has an
assortment of attachments that are the equivalent of a
medical toolkit.
Multiple Arms. Robo docs sometimes have an extra
arm or four, granting them an additional action each
round.

ROBOT ORDERLY
//MEDIUM SENTIENT MECHANOID [5D6]
//SILENT ROBOT CHARGED WITH PERFORMING CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
NON-MEDICAL DUTIES IN A HOSPITAL MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
STR 6 [3d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 6 [3d6] DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 18
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 6 [3d6] SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE none
CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 0 [3d6] REP 3 [2d6] INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’
DEFENCE 15 DEFENCE 15 DEFENCE 20 DEFENCE 15
SOAK 3 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick, HEALTH 36
electricity Fatigued CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb]
2d6 ion 2D6 REACH 5’
sonic ACTIONS 2
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 6’/6’

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Daystick 5d6 [3d6+3 blunt damage] Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks,
Lawgiver 5d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 9, are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable
sidearm]
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the
SKILLS
Sick and Fatigued condition.
combat 3 [2d6], interrogation 3 [2d6],
intimidation 1 [1d6], law 6 [3d6],
Multiple Arms. The sewer robot has several arms,
perception 1 [1d6], riding 1 [1d6], allowing it to carry multiple different items at the same
surveillance 1 [1d6], tactics 1 [1d6], time.
GEAR Resistant Casing. The Robot’s gains +5 SOAK versus
Lawgiver, uniform, helmet, boot knife, acid damage. This does not affect the weight of the
daystick, handcuffs, birdie robot.
Infrared Sensors. The sewer robot can effectively see
Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack, in the dark as well as light.
an SJS Judge can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 and Weapon x2. The sewer robot has two inbuilt rat-guns.
either get prone or behind cover. Specific Targeting. The sewer robot is only
Freeze, Perp! The SJS Judge can make a 4d6 REP programmed to eliminate known vermin. Up to 2106, it
mental attack to inflict the Restrained condition on a ignores the presence of gators.
target within 30’. Anti-Grav Device. The sewer robot can fly.
Perfect Aim. SJS Judges get +2d6 from aiming
instead of +1d6.
Intimidating. When attempting to intimidate a Judge, TROGGY
the SJS Judge gains a +1d6 bonus. //MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [4D6]
//SUBTERRANEAN DWELLER
STR 4 [2d6] AGI 4 [2d6] END 6 [3d6]
SEWER Robot INT 6 [3d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 3 [2d6]
//MEDIUM SENTIENT MECHANOID [5D6] CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 3 [2d6]
//INSECT-LIKE MAINTENANCE ROBOT MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
STR 6 [3d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6] DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 12 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 12
INT 3 [2d6] LOG 3 [2d6] WIL 6 [3d6] SOAK 0 VULN none IMMUNE poison
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 0 [0d6] REP 6 [3d6] INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 8’/4’
DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 15 DEFENCE 20 DEFENCE 10
SOAK 3 [8 v VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick, HEALTH 12
acid] electricity, Fatigued CARRY 60 lb [max lift 150 lb]
2d6 ion,
REACH 5’
2D6 sonic
ACTIONS 2
INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
Club 4d6 [2d6+2 blunt damage]
SPEED 3 FLY 3 CLIMB 3 JUMP -/-
Brawling 3d6 [2d6+2 blunt damage]
SKILLS
HEALTH 15 clubs 1 [1d6], perception 1 [d6],
CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb] stealth 3 [2d6], survival 3 [2d6]
REACH 5’ GEAR
ACTIONS 2 Club, antique clothing
Brawl 3d6 [2d6+3 blunt damage]
Rat gun 3d6 [2d6 ballistic damage; range 8] Darksight. Troggies can see as clearly in the dark as
SKILLS though it were daylight. However, bright light hurts their
engineering 3 [2d6], hardy 3 [2d6], eyes, inflicting a –2 DEFENCE penalty.
perception 1 [1d6], reactions 1 [1d6] Scavengers. Troggies can use most meat, vegetable or
GEAR fungoid matter as food, no matter how strange or rotten,
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 Darkness Is Our Friend. Mobs of troggies are Perfect Aim. The Undercity Judge gets +2d6 for
emboldened in darkness that produces the Blind aiming instead of +1d6.
condition. In these conditions, they gain +1 to all
Defences for every allied troggy within 10’. URK
//LARGE SEMI-SENTIENT REPTILIAN [6D6]
//SIMPLE-MINDED KLEGG
UNDERCITY JUDGE Urk was an unfortunate freak of his race, originally
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [8D6] kept as a type of pet by his fellow Kleggs inside a flat
//GAUNT BRINGER OF JUSTICE TO A REALM OF requisitioned from two citizens at Enid Blyton Block.
MIDNIGHT After the elimination of Cal’s Klegg mercenaries, the
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 10 [4d6] couple decided to keep Urk’s existence a secret until
INT 10 [4d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 10 [4d6] they felt the time was right to cash in on using the Klegg
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 10 [4d6] as an exhibition. Deprived of meat, and tormented by the
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL sound of beating hearts, Urk eventually broke free of his
DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 cage and went on a grisly killing spree.
SOAK 9 VULN none IMMUNE afraid STR 18 [5d6] AGI 3 [2d6] END 15 [5d6]
INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 6d6 INT 3 [2d6] LOG 2 [1d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 11’/11’ CHA 3 [2d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
HEALTH 56 DEFENCE 22 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 10 DEFENCE 26
CARRY 250 lb [max lift 750 lb] SOAK 7 VULN 1d6 cold IMMUNE none
REACH 5’ INITIATIVE 3d6 PERCEPTION 3d6
ACTIONS 2 SPEED 4 CLIMB 2 JUMP 6’/6’
Boot knife 7d6 [3d6+3 piercing damage]
Lawgiver 7d6 [3d6 ballistic damage; range 12, HEALTH 60
sidearm] CARRY 330 lb [max lift 900 lb]
SKILLS REACH 5’
combat 6 [3d6], hardy 6 [3d6], ACTIONS 2
interrogation 3 [2d6], intimidation 3 [2d6], Bite 6d6 [3d6+5 piercing damage]
law 6 [3d6], perception 3 [2d6], riding 3
SKILLS
[3d6], stealth 3 [2d6], survival 6 [3d6],
combat 1 [1d6], perception 1 [1d6],
tactics 1 [1d6], tracking 3 [2d6]
reactions 1 [1d6]
GEAR
GEAR
Lawgiver, remnants of uniform, boot knife,
-
glowsticks
Always Ready. The Undercity Judge can sleep in Keen Eared. Urk can hear the beating of the hearts
armour with no penalty. Anyone sneaking up on you of those around him. He gains +2d6 to hearing-based
while the Undercity Judge sleeps must make a Difficult PERCEPTION tests.
[16] AGI check to do so. Still Coming. Urk’s brain is not the keenest of
Feared by Under Worlders. The Undercity Judge can instruments. After reaching 0 HEALTH or less, he
make a 6d6 REP mental attack against any Undercity continues to stay conscious but starts a new dice pool of
denizen within 30’ to inflict the Afraid condition. 1d6 that is rolled at the start of each of his actions. Urk
Dive for Cover. When missed with a ranged attack, the dies when the dice pool is depleted.
Undercity Judge can use a reaction to move SPEED 5 Want Meat! Once per day, Urk can gorge on a fifteen
and either get prone or behind cover. pounds of fresh red meat to recover HEALTH. This
Haunter of the Dark. When in the Undercity, the Judge requires Urk to pause for two actions, after an hour has
receives +1d6 on checks made to stealth rolls involving elapsed, he recovers 2d6 HEALTH.
hiding or moving quietly.
Dark’s Master. Having survived the perils of the dark,
the Undercity Judge is no longer intimidated by anyone
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VAMPIRE
//MEDIUM SENTIENT UNDEAD EVIL HUMANOID
[7D6]
//UNDEAD BLOODSUCKING CREATURES OF THE
NIGHT.
During the axis assault on the USSR in 1941, the
Rumanian army included a small force under Hauptmann
Costanza that comprised of himself and other vampires,
dressed in the uniform of mountain troops and travelling
in coffins loaded into a truck driven by the officer’s
servant.
More details are available in Rebellion’s Fiends of the
Eastern Front.
STR 15 [5d6] AGI 15 [5d6] END 15 [5d6]
INT 15 [5d6] LOG 15 [5d6] WIL 15 [5d6]
CHA 15 [5d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 15 [5d6]
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
DEFENCE 36 DEFENCE 27 DEFENCE 18 DEFENCE 27
SOAK 14 VULN 1d6 holy IMMUNE Sick,
Bleeding,
Fatigued
INITIATIVE 9d6 PERCEPTION 7d6 superior
darksight, life sense
SPEED 9 CLIMB 9 JUMP 42’/15’

HEALTH 54
CARRY 300 lb [max lift 750 lb]
REACH 5’
ACTIONS 2
Bite 9d6 [5d6+5 damage; blood drain]
Mental attacks (see below)
SKILLS
history 8 [3d6], stealth 8 [3d6],
disguise 8 [3d6], perception 10 [4d6], Called Shot. When reduced to zero HEALTH, a vampire
concentration 8 [3d6], hardy 10 [4d6], is not slain. Instead, it is paralyzed. In order to slay a
reactions 10 [4d6], brawling 10 [4d6], vampire, it must either be beheaded or staked in the
charm* 6 [3d6], affliction* 6 [3d6],
heart. A vampire can remain paralyzed for centuries,
summoning* 6 [3d6], creation* 6 [3d6]
returning to unlife with a drop of nourishing blood.
EXTRA SKILLS USED BY ‘CALIGULA’ A Called Shot to the heart with a wooden stake can
bureaucracy 1 [1d6], computers 1 [1d6], paralyze a vampire instantly.
conviction 6 [3d6], insight 1 [1d6], Sunlight. Every turn that a vampire begins in direct
interrogation 3 [2d6], intimidation 3 [2d6], sunlight, it suffers 1d6 fire damage. Even when not in
law 6 [3d6], negotiating 6 [3d6], direct sunlight, vampires suffer -2d6 to all dice pools
perception 3 [2d6], pistols 3 [2d6], during daylight hours.
riding 1 [1d6], tactics 3 [2d6] Apotropaics. Certain items can ward off vampires.
GEAR Good holy items and garlic inflict a -1d6 dice penalty to
Rumanian Vampire: helmet, uniform, cloak
any attribute check made by the vampire if within 10’
Caligula: Chief Judge’s robes of office, light
armour, boot knife of the offending object. This also causes considerable
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 Invitations. Vampires cannot enter a private dwelling Blood Drain. A bite attack allows the vampire to sink
without an invitation from somebody who lives there. its teeth into its victim and drain its blood. This reduces
Once an invitation has been extended, the vampire may the victim’s END dice pool by 1d6 but does not do normal
enter freely thereafter. damage. When the dice pool reaches 0d6, the victim is
Preternatural Celerity. Vampires can move incredibly slain. A creature slain by the drinking of its blood by a
fast. Once per round, on its turn, a vampire can move its vampire rises three days later as a vampire under its
SPEED as a free action, appearing as little more than a creator’s control. It remains forever under the control
blur to onlookers. of its creator unless its creator is destroyed. The spawn
Spider Climb. Vampires can scale vertical surfaces as is considered permanently Charmed by its creator (see
though they were horizontal. A vampire gains a CLIMB “Conditions”, Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD, p.
SPEED equal to its regular SPEED. 147).
Regeneration. Vampires regenerate 2d6 HEALTH at
the start of every turn. This power only works at night.
Charm. Vampires can make a mental attack as a single WALTER THE WOBOT
action against any target within 30’. If successful, the //SMALL SENTIENT MECHANOID [5D6]
target is Charmed. //JUDGE DREDD’S ANNOYING BUT LOYAL ROBO-
Children of the Night. Once per day when in an SERVANT
outdoor environment, vampires can spend two actions to STR 6 [3d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 6 [3d6]
summon 1d6 wolves. The wolves arrive within 1d6 turns INT 6 [3d6] LOG 6 [3d6] WIL 6 [3d6]
and remain under the vampire’s control. This power only CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 1 [1d6] REP 6 [3d6]
works at night. The exploit is near useless inside a Mega- MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL
City, though a vampire in the Cursed Earth can summon DEFENCE 17 DEFENCE 17 DEFENCE 20 DEFENCE 13
rad-wolves. SOAK 5 VULN 1d6 IMMUNE Sick,
Shapechange. A vampire can spend two actions to electricity Fatigued
change into the shape of a wolf or a bat. It can change 2d6 ion 2D6
back by spending a further two actions. This power only sonic
works at night. INITIATIVE 4d6 PERCEPTION 4d6
Dark Arts. Vampires can create magical effects SPEED 5 CLIMB 3 JUMP 12’/6’
equivalent to a cantrip related to darkness or mists.
HEALTH 30
CARRY 120 lb [max lift 300 lb]
REACH 15’
ACTIONS 2
Brawling 4d6 [2d6+3 blunt damage]
SKILLS
hardy 3 [2d6], combat 1 [1d6], perception 3
[2d6], reactions 1 [1d6], cooking 6 [3d6]
GEAR
A light snack in case Judge Dredd gets hungry,
canister of fly spray

Mechanoid. Mechanoids are immune to mental attacks,

are vulnerable [1d6] to electricity damage and vulnerable
[2d6] to ion damage. They are usually immune to the
Sick and Fatigued condition.
Extendible Limbs. Walter’s limbs can extend to three
times their normal length, giving him a melee reach of 3
squares (15’).
Annoying (Fault). Along with a constant lisp, there is
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 Deadly Strike.
JUDGE DREDD Dredd inflicts an
//MEDIUM SENTIENT HUMANOID [8D6] additional 1d6
//A CLONE STREET JUDGE WHO LEADS THE damage with a
RESISTANCE AGAINST THE TYRANT JUDGE CAL successful hit. For a
ranged attack, this
STR 10 [4d6] AGI 6 [3d6] END 10 [4d6] is likely a headshot.
INT 10 [4d6] LOG 10 [4d6] WIL 10 [4d6] This can only gain
CHA 6 [3d6] LUC 3 [2d6] REP 15 [5d6] him one bonus
MELEE RANGED MENTAL VITAL damage die per
DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 24 DEFENCE 26 round.
SOAK 12 [Judge VULN none IMMUNE none The Law. Dredd is
Uniform; the LAW, and perps
toughness] know this. Dredd can
INITIATIVE 5d6 PERCEPTION 6d6 make a REP mental
SPEED 6 CLIMB 3 JUMP 13’/10’ attack against a
target within 30’,
HEALTH 56 and on a success the
CARRY 250 lb [max lift 750 lb] target will obey one
REACH 5’ short, nonharmful
ACTIONS 2 command.
Brawling 7d6 [2d6+5 blunt damage] No Collateral
Daystick 7d6 [3d6+5 blunt damage] Damage. Holding
Lawgiver 8d6 a human shield is
» Standard Execution [4d6 ballistic damage; pointless when Dredd
range 12] is around. He fires anyway. Dredd suffers no penalties
» Armour Piercing [2d6 ballistic damage; when firing into melee.
ignores SOAK; range 6]
Collateral Damage. Sometimes it is worth the price.
» Incendiary [2d6 heat damage; range 6;
combust]
When firing into melee, Dredd can choose to hit an ally
» Rubber Ricochet [2d6+2 blunt damage; range 6; (or human shield) as well as the intended target. Perhaps
special] he shoots straight through his ally’s shoulder. He does
» High Explosive [3d6 heat damage; range normal damage to his ally but double damage to the
8; burst 1; double damage to robots and perp.
inanimate objects] Superior Requisitions. Dredd always has any Lawgiver
» Heat Seeker [2d6 ballistic damage; range 10; ammunition he needs.
min range 10; +2d6 to hit] Lone Ranger. Cool and tough, if Dredd is alone and
SKILLS outnumbered by perps, he gains +1d6 to all attack rolls.
brawling 6 [3d6], clubs 4 [2d6], dodging 3 Got Their Attention. Dredd fires his weapon into the
[2d6], engineering 1 [1d6], hardy 6 [3d6],
air, attracting the attention of all around him. He makes a
insight 3 [2d6], intimidate 6 [3d6], law 6
[3d6], perception 6 [3d6], pistols 6 [3d6], REP attack against all foes within 30’. On a success, they
riding 6 [3d6], rifles 3 [2d6], survival 6 freeze momentarily, gaining the Restrained condition.
[3d6], tactics 6 [3d6] Radiation Resistance. Dredd gained +5 SOAK
GEAR (radiation) from his time in the Cursed Earth.
Judge uniform and helmet, Lawgiver, Lawmaster, Vigilant. Constantly vigilant, Dredd is hard to surprise.
daystick, boot knife, handcuffs, Birdie lie He gains a +1d6 die bonus in the ambush turn.
detector, pass card Platoon Leader. Dredd grants his entire party of allies
a +1d6 INITIATIVE bonus as long as they are within 30’ of
Aim. By taking an action to aim, Dredd gains +1d6 him.
bonus to a ranged attack roll taken in the same turn. The
attack action must come immediately after the aiming
action.

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 WELCOME TO THE WORLDS
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CAL IS WATCHING YOU!
Mega-City One is being
terrorised under the heel of
the tyrannical Chief Judge Cal
and only the implacable Judge
Dredd seems willing to stand
in his way. Framed for murder
and derided as the worst type
of criminal during Cal’s grab
for ultimate power, Dredd is
soon hailed as the only person
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megalomaniac’s way.
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