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Morrow Project Character Generation 2

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Game Rules and Effects

Game Rules and Effects

Concepts and Incorporated Systems

This game uses rules and concepts from Runequest (2nd Edition), Call of Cthulhu (5.5 edition), Delta Green, Basic Roleplaying, The Morrow Project, and The Morrow Project Role Playing Expansion. See also the information at the ASMRB website for the Pulp Adventure and Haerth role-playing games.

Get a character sheet ready.

Determine Background

Here's where the player says something like, "Okay, my guy was a computer programmer, he was able to afford college due to the GI bill. He was in the Army for a while, in the early Eighties, as a tank crewman and cavalry scout. He was a Civil War re-enactor for a while, and was in the SCA as a fighter after leaving the Army." In most cases, the referee will let the players know what kind of team they're generating characters for - Recon, Science, MARS, etc..

Determining Primary Characteristics

choose gender

The Project overall is about 20% women, though before 1982 or so it was less than 10% women. Recon teams are about 10% female, Science teams about 30% female, MARS teams around 1% female.

generate characteristics based on this table:

for members of Recon teams

STR, SIZ, INT: roll 2d6+6 for each

female characters: subtract 2 from SIZ

Minimum STR is 8

Minimum SIZ is 5 for females, 6 for males

CON, DEX, APP, POW: roll 3d6 for each

female characters: add 2 to CON

EDU: roll 3d6+3, raise any result below 13 to 13. Minimum 13.

for members of Science and Engineer teams

STR, SIZ, INT: roll 2d6+6 for each

female characters: subtract 2 from SIZ

Minimum STR is 8

Minimum SIZ is 5 for females, 6 for males

CON, DEX, APP, POW: roll 3d6 for each

female characters: add 2 to CON

EDU: roll 3d6+3, raise any result below 16 to 16. Minimum 16.

for members of MARS teams

STR: roll 2d6+8, raise any result below 14 to 14. Minimum STR is 14.

CON, SIZ, DEX, INT: roll 2d6+6 for each

female characters: subtract 2 from SIZ

female characters: add 2 to CON

Minimum SIZ is 5 for females, 6 for males

APP, POW: roll 3d6 for each

EDU: roll 3d6+3, raise any result below 13 to 13. Minimum 13.

for all other MP personnel

SIZ, INT: roll 2d6+6

female characters: subtract 2 from SIZ

Minimum SIZ is 5 for females, 6 for males

STR, CON, POW, DEX, APP: roll 3d6 for each

female characters: add 2 to CON

EDU: roll 2d6+8, raise any result below 13 to 13. Minimum 13.

The player may move up to 5 points around between characteristics. No characteristic may be adjusted to less than 6 (except females may be SIZ 5) or greater than 21 (except females may not exceed SIZ 18); EDU and STR can't be reduced below the minimum for the team type. Minimum age is (initial EDU)+6 years; for every whole 10 years in excess of this minimum, you may add 1 point to EDU. There are reductions to characteristics for starting characters above age 40, but that probably won't come up for the Project. Remember, this is for generating selected, trained members of the Morrow Project, and is not representative of all humanity!

To determine blood type, consult this table:

blood type: roll 1d100
01 to 37	O+
38 to 44	O-
45 to 80	A+
81 to 86	A-
87 to 94	B+
95	B-
96 to 98	AB+
99	AB-
00	other

cumulative rad dosage: pre-existing radiation dosage is usually 0, but can be up to 10 rad at the player's choice (the Project won't accept recruits with more than 10 rad of prior exposure).

Calculate Derived Characteristics

initial SAN = POW x 5

Idea roll = INT x 5%

Luck roll = POW x 5%

Know roll = EDU x 5%

damage bonus:

STR + SIZ	bonus
2 to 12	-1d6
13 to 16	-1d4
17 to 24	none
25 to 32	+1d4
33 to 40	+1d6
41 to 56	+2d6

(note damage bonus is halved for thrown weapons, and is not used for bows or crossbows)

weight and Blood Points (BP) are derived from SIZ, consult this chart:

Blood Points (BP)
SIZ	mass at least	but not more than	BP
6	40 kg	45 kg	34
7	45 kg	50 kg	38
8	50 kg	55 kg	42
9	55 kg	60 kg	46
10	60 kg	65 kg	50
11	65 kg	70 kg	54
12	71 kg	76 kg	59
13	77 kg	83 kg	64
14	84 kg	90 kg	70
15	91 kg	99 kg	76
16	100 kg	109 kg	84
17	110 kg	120 kg	92
18	121 kg	130 kg	100
19	131 kg	140 kg	108
20	141 kg	154 kg	117
21	155 kg	170 kg	130

Blood points represent the total volume of blood in your body when healthy -- 1 Blood Point is 0.1 liter of blood. Specifically, blood is 8% of body weight, if you want to calculate a more specific value. Donating more than 1/8 of your blood is considered a risk, so maximum "normal" donation is 1/4 of your BP total.

Hit Points -- the figure for total hit points is the average of CON and SIZ; it's not gonna be used very often after character generation. However, it is used to determine the hit points per location:

Hit Points Per Location
location	Total Hit Points
location	01-06	07-09	10-12	13-15	16-18	19-21	each +3
each leg	2	3	4	5	6	7	+1
abdomen	2	3	4	5	6	7	+1
chest	3	4	5	6	7	8	+1
each arm	1	2	3	4	5	6	+1
head	2	3	4	5	6	7	+1

Height and General Build -- see the page on medical requirements.

Encumbrance -- refer to this table:

encumbrance levels, kilograms
STR	Unaffected	Loaded	Burdened
4	up to 6	7 - 12	13 - 24
5	up to 7.5	8 - 15	16 - 30
6	up to 9	10 - 18	19 - 36
7	up to 10.5	11 - 21	22 - 42
8	up to 12	13 - 24	25 - 48
9	up to 13.5	14 - 27	28 - 54
10	up to 15	16 - 30	31 - 60
11	up to 16.5	17 - 33	34 - 66
12	up to 18	19 - 36	37 - 72
13	up to 19.5	20 - 39	40 - 78
14	up to 21	22 - 42	43 - 84
15	up to 22.5	23 - 45	46 - 90
16	up to 24	25 - 48	49 - 96
17	up to 25.5	26 - 51	52 - 102
18	up to 27	28 - 54	55 - 108
19	up to 28.5	29 - 57	58 - 114
20	up to 30	31 - 60	61 - 120
21	up to 31.5	32 - 63	64 - 126
22	up to 33	34 - 66	67 - 132