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The Missing Marsupials
Tormentor (Neil Whitlow)
Mutant Opossums have always been one of my favorite
species of Gamma World mutant animals. Thus, I will begin with
marsupials in my attempts to start fleshing out the parts of the animal kingdom
left open for GM interpretation by Andy Collins "Gamma Squirrels
and Mutant Moose" article in Dragon Magazine #272
Following the same guideline format presented in the
Dragon article, I present several members of the marsupial family.
The Opossum is the only native North American animal
presented here. Hopefully the other marsupials can be of use to GMs
operating campaigns in other parts of the world and/or GMs who allow for
the flourishing of pre-apocalypse zoo populations.
Table 1: Mutated Animal Traits
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Movement Rates |
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Type |
Traits |
Size |
Ground |
Fly |
Swim |
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Marsupial, Medium |
Natural Attack
Night Vision
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Medium |
Full |
None |
Full |
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Marsupial, Small |
Natural Attack
Night Vision
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Small |
½ |
None |
½ |
Table 2: Mutated Animal Free Broad Skills
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Type |
STR |
DEX |
CON |
INT |
WIL |
PER |
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Marsupial, Medium |
Athletics |
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Stamina
Survival
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Knowledge |
Awareness |
Interaction |
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Marsupial, Small
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Athletics |
Stealth |
Stamina |
Knowledge |
Awareness |
Interaction |
Table 3: Mutated Animal Ability Scores
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Type |
STR |
DEX |
CON |
INT |
WIL |
PER |
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Marsupial, Medium |
7-15 |
5-15 |
5-15 |
5-13 |
5-14 |
4-14 |
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Marsupial, Small |
4-13 |
6-15 |
4-14 |
4-12 |
5-14 |
4-13 |
Table 4: Animal Mutation Points
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Type |
Points |
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Marsupial, Medium |
4 |
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Marsupial, Small |
5 |
Bandicoot (Marsupial, Small):
Natural Attack (claws). -1 mutation point.
Cuscus (Marsupial, Small):
Natural Attack (claws). Prehensile tail.
Prehensile feet. -2 mutation points.
Kangaroo (Marsupial, Medium):
Natural Attack (kick).
Free Broad Skill - Unarmed Attack. -2 mutation points.
Koala (Marsupial, Medium):
Natural Attack (claws). Prehensile feet. Bonus Mutation Toxin
Tolerance. -3 mutation points.
Opossum (Marsupial, Small):
Natural Attack (teeth). Prehensile tail.
Can play dead for up to two hours (heartbeat and respiration are
imperceptible). -2 mutation points.
Quoll (Marsupial, Small):
Natural Attack (claws, teeth). 2 mutation points.
Rock Wallaby (Marsupial, Small):
No Natural Attack. Gains 1 step bouns to Athletics-climb. +1
mutation point.
Sugar Glider (Marsupial, Small):
No Natural Attack. Bonus Mutation Gliding. +1 mutation point.
Tasmaniam Devil (Marsupial, Medium):
Bonus mutation Improved Natural Attack (claws, teeth). 2 mutation
points.
Wombat (Marsupial, Medium):
Natural Attack (claws). 1 mutation point. |
