Master Post of Gamma World Articles

An index to the D&D Gamma World posts on Dazed (Save Ends). If you appreciate these free resources, why not add a little something to my tip jar?

Adventures

• The Ray-Gun Revolution - a level 4 adventure, fighting against Robot Ronald Reagan
• A1: Scales and Salvage - a level 1 Gamma Delve
• F1: Underlord of the Roots - a level 6 Gamma Delve
• Currency for Famine in Far-Go - unofficial web supplement for FiFG
• Scaling "Steading of the Iron King" - unofficial web supplement for the core set adventure
• Companion Characters for "Steading of the Iron King" - unofficial web supplement for the core set adventure

Campaigns

• Uber Tier Characters - house rules for playing levels 11 to 20
• Gamma Heroes - house rules for running superhero games with GW rules

Character Sheets

• Character Folio - foldable, two-sided sheet
• Origins Insert - for recording origin traits and powers
• Armory Insert - for additional weapons and salvaged gear
• Gamma Heroes character sheet - for superhero campaigns 
• Older versions of character sheets - includes a one-pager for level 1 quick play

Equipment

• Road Rules of Gamma Terra - the unofficial vehicle rules for D&D Gamma World
• The Weapon Shoppe - new weapons including energy weapons, blast weapons, burst weapons, and reach weapons
• The Blue Box Omega Tech Cards - a printable set of 11 cards inspired by Doctor Who
• Consolidated Ancient Junk Table - from the core set and Famine in Far-Go

GM Advice

• Gamma World Rewards Table - random treasure rolls
• Gamma World Monster Themes - changing D&D monsters into GW mutants
• Mutant Building Made Easy - how to create new monsters for Gamma World
• Creating Elite Monsters with Character Origins - making monsters tougher, includes exploding bear

Monsters

• The Death Machine - a classic GW monster, for killing uber tier characters
• Sky Pirates of Lost Wages - a flying pirate ship and crew
• NPC: Laser Suit Larry - a sleeth merchant/caravan master
• Mutant Menaces of the Southwest - four monsters from the Arizona area
• Strange Visitor from Another Planet - designed for Gamma Heroes, stats for "Superman"
• Killer Cars - intelligent evil automobiles hunt the roads of Gamma Terra
• K.A.N.T. - an elite killer car inspired by Knight Rider
• Rad Widow - a radioactive spider, super-powers not included
• Chernoboars - inspired by real-world radioactive wild boars

Origins and Character Options

• Expert Origin - you're the best there is at what you do
• Animated Origin - you're not bad, you're just drawn that way
• Ocular Origin - you've got eyes on the back of your head
• Rabbit Origin - you're just a harmless little bunny, aren't you?
• Professions in Gamma Terra - replace the random +4 skill bonus with a job
• Origin Rarities - a proposed system for power-balancing origins

Miscellaneous

• Rules Index - current as of Famine in Far-Go Legion of Gold
• GM Screen - print on 11 x 17 cardstock and trim; fits in box when folded

Will the Gamma World VL Lead please get this one stickied? Thank you!

Amazing stuff.  Thanks for sharing!

Totally agreement with Seeker, this needs to be stickyed and pronto.

Mar 7, 2011 -- 6:25AM, MiniatureGeek wrote:

Totally agreement with Seeker, this needs to be stickyed and pronto.

If not Ill just keep saying "nice job" everyday to keep it on top...

Mar 7, 2011 -- 3:35AM, Oraibi wrote:

 If you appreciate these free resources, why not add a little something to my tip jar?

Done!

Mar 7, 2011 -- 3:35AM, Oraibi wrote:

If you appreciate these free resources, why not add a little something to my tip jar?
 

Done, and well-deserved.  Thanks for all your hard work!

I just updated the rules index to include Legion of Gold.

The download link for Gamma Delve F1 points to delve A1.

Mar 7, 2011 -- 11:53PM, Tony_Vargas wrote:

The download link for Gamma Delve F1 points to delve A1.

Thanks for the catch! It should be fixed now.

Now that's customer service!

Nice Job!

Really nice job...

Really, really nice job...

Hop, hop, hop...

Mar 10, 2011 -- 12:30PM, Strand0 wrote:

Hop, hop, hop...

Easters on its way... better watch out for the Easter Hoop... if you see small, round, colorful things in your yard... dont pick em up... might be a painted grenade.

Please sticky this.

Mar 11, 2011 -- 5:57AM, MiniatureGeek wrote:

Please sticky this.

I don't believe the admins neccesarily read the threads. It took me several tries contacting custserv to get the FAQ stickied.

fwiw: I did at least put a link to this thread in the FAQ (in a few places even... including right at the top), just in case your efforts with custserv don't eventually pay out.

Couldn't find the customer service email, went to the faq which told me that if I wanted to contact them I needed to click the email us tab, there was no email us tab, so I clicked ask a question and asked them for the email, and if this was indeed the spot to ask the question, went ahead and asked my question.

Yes I can be a bit wordy for no real reason at times.

Anyways this is the message I wanted to email them.

Don't know how often you all visit your boards, but one of you members, Oraibi, has created an amazing plethora of using fan material.  Some of us were wondering if her thread that was a master list of all the things she's come up with could be stickied.

Keep up the excellent work Oraibi.

Really, really, really nice job...

Wow, amazing! Looks like it could have come from WotC. I had a lot of fun playing this game and look forward to finishing our current campaign in the setting. I've wondered if it was worth owning my own box set but I made the decision to buy it and create my own content. I probably still will but I'm glad to see community support for this setting!

Thanks! Looking forward to using these resources!

Added a link to the death machine.

Awesome, do you think its even possible to beat?

Mar 17, 2011 -- 9:59PM, DubmasterC wrote:

Awesome, do you think its even possible to beat?

Probably not, but you shouldn't underestimate players with a plan.

Mar 18, 2011 -- 12:12AM, Oraibi wrote:

Mar 17, 2011 -- 9:59PM, DubmasterC wrote:

Awesome, do you think its even possible to beat?

Probably not, but you shouldn't underestimate players with a plan.

Good point.

Brilliant!  If I run Gamma World soon, I will be using a lot of this material.  I downloaded the Animated and Ocular backgrounds to spring on my current judge...

I ran A1 of "Scales and Scalpels" with some brand new players (never played an RPG before) on Friday. We started at 10:30 p.m. By the end of character generation, my friend's wife was vocal about how bored she was.

I went with option A) for getting them into the university, the MK300 Robot attack. They actually tried to tackle it on their own, and I let them, although I went a lot easier on them than I could have. Within a few "plays" they figured out that it was futile.

The biggest challenge I had with running this campaign was trying to piece the different sections together. I on-the-fly added a piece of paper to the pocket of the researcher in the first encounter that they could barely translate to the main points (looking for technology, computers, etc.).

Overall, great use of the existing assets. My wife and my friend's wife felt under-powered so I'll be using the Weapons Shoppe pdf to design them some ranged/reach attacks based on their powers.

Addendum: Everone had a great time and we didn't stop until 2:00 a.m. I think I've decided that I prefer Gamma World over the Red Box for introducing players to 4th ed. and RPGs in general. 

Oraibi,

Any guidelines for scaling the Famine in Far-go encounters? I've got six players, and they tend to breeze through the standard encounters...

Thanks,
-Thvor 

The simple answer is add a standard creature of equal level of the players to the encounter. For other options, in the GW book should have a chapter/section on building encounters, and you can use that to modify the encounters in Far-Go.

Namaste:
I just wanted to say thank yuo.  I've been reading your stuff for a while, and just used your Vehicle house rules for comical and awesome effect this past week in my "Liches 'n B*tches" Gamma World game.  (It's sort of a dark send off of gangsta rap videos, with necromancy.)  Also love the energy weapon house rules.

Your stuff is awesome, and I'm planning to use a few more things as the game progresses.  I shall let you know how it goes.