Easy NPC Creation for GW Alternity - Derek Winston

Here's a quick cheat sheet for making NPC's for Gamma World 5th edition. I use these tables to make everything from combat encounters to quick man-on-the-street situations. If you need to get any more detailed than this, you should use the full character generation rules given in the GW Rulebook.

SAE- Stardrive Arms and Equipment Guide
DMAE- Dark Matter Arms and Equipment Guide
DR- Dragon, issue #
AP- Apocalyptic Post

1. Choose Species
2. Assign Ability Scores - Assume all are average (10). If a certain race is noted for their high scores in one area, give the character a +1 resistance modifier in that area (such as STR for sasquatch, etc.)
3. Mutations - Dabbers, sasquatch, sleeth, and other races have various mutations described in their text. Mutants, mutant animals, mutant plants, and others have one mutation only, and in addition have a funny appearance (to show that they are mutants).
4. Profession - Each profession has certain immediate benefits -

Combat Specs have an additional -d4 die bonus on their primary weapon.
Free Agents have an additional +1 resistance modifier to one stat.
Tech Ops and Diplomats have no immediate combat benefits.

5. Skills - NPCs have skills appropriate to their weaponry. They also have any skills related to their profession. Broad skills start at 10; specialty skills start at 11. These will be modified by character level in step
6. Attributes - Choose if necessary.
7. Select Weapons and Armor - In each category, the NPC has a 5% chance per level to have a Shadow Age item. If failed, he has a 10% chance per level to have an Ancient Age item. The NPC will always at least have a Gamma Age item, except in the case of primary and secondary armor- they still have only a 10% chance to have a Gamma item.
8. Adjust for Level - NPC Combat Specs gain one point to each of their combat skills per level. Other NPCs gain one point to each of their combat skills every other level.
9. Make an Attacks Matrix. This consists of -

Reaction Score - Usually Ordinary/2, but may change. Also note any special abilities that affect attacks, such as Dual Brain, etc.
Defenses - Resistance modifiers and armor
Durability - 10/10/5/5
Primary Attack - Skill roll, attack, damage
Secondary Attack - Skill roll, attack, damage
Defending - Action and Numbers
Fleeing - Action and Numbers

The following charts can be used to outfit the NPC.

*If the character is not of sufficient strength to wield the weapon properly, he may instead select an ordinary weapon of that type.