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a zombie apocalypse survival rpg
by Diogo Nogueira
Table of contents
Introduction..........................................1 6 - Bands & Communities................20
1 - Create a Survivor......................2 6.1-Bands............................................20
1.1-Attributes.......................................2 Casualties.........................................20
1.2-HitProtection(HP).......................2 EquippingtheBand........................20
1.3-Resources.......................................2 6.2-Communities..............................21
1.4-Background...................................2 Casualties.........................................21
1.5-StartingEquipment.....................2 EquippingtheCommunity.............21
1.6-Details.............................................4 Activities...........................................21
1.7-ImprovingYourSurvivor............5 7 - Refereeing in the Apocalypse......22
2 - Inventory........................................8 7.1-RefereePrinciples......................22
2.1-RetrievingItems...........................8 MaketheWorldDangerous............22
2.2Durability.........................................8 BeTheSurvivors’Senses.................22
2.3-Encumbrance................................8 TelegraphDanger............................22
3 - Gear and Resources.....................9 PresentChoices................................22
3.1-Resources.......................................9 ShowConsequences........................22
Food.....................................................9 BeFair...............................................22
Water..................................................9 RewardGoodIdeas..........................22
Bullets.................................................9 7.2-UnderstandingAttributes........23
Fuel......................................................9 7.3-UsingSaves..................................23
3.2-Gear..............................................10 Consequences...................................23
3.3-WeaponsandGuns....................10 7.4-LuckRolls.....................................23
Burst..................................................11 7.5RulingsOverRules........................23
3.4-Armor............................................11 8 - Running The Apocalypse..........24
3.5-Favors............................................12 8.1-Exploration..................................24
3.6-Vehicles........................................12 8.2-Traveling......................................24
4 - How to Survive............................13 Rest....................................................24
4.1-RolePlaying.................................13 Weather............................................24
4.2-KeepThisinMind.......................13 8.3-RandomEncounters..................25
4.3-Saves.............................................14 Reactions...........................................25
Opposed Saves.................................14 Morale...............................................25
Advantage & Disadvantage..........14 EncounterTables.............................25
4.4-Combat.........................................14 9 - Zombies...........................................26
Initiative...........................................14 9.1-ZombieTraits..............................26
Attacks..............................................14 9.2-ZombieInfection.......................26
HitProtection&Damage................14 9.3-SampleZombies.........................26
Scar....................................................15 9.4-Mutations....................................29
CriticalDamage...............................16 10 - People...........................................30
AttributeDamage............................16 10.1-SamplePeople..........................30
Distance&Range.............................16 10.2-WhatAreTheyCarrying?.......33
4.5-Stress.............................................17 11 - Apocalypse Toolkit................34
StressfulEvent..................................17 11.1-Countryside...............................34
RecoveringStress.............................17 11.2-SmallTown................................36
4.6-Conditions...................................18 11.3-BigCity.......................................38
4.7-Rest&Healing.............................18 11.4-AdventureIdeas.......................40
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5 - Followers.......................................19
5.1-FollowersMorale.........................19
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Writing & Layout by
Diogo Nogueira
Editing &
Proofreading by
the
Jarrett Crader
And Fiona Geist
Artwork by
Andrej K. Braga
Copyright 2020 by
Diogo Nogueira
Introduction
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1-Create A survivor
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1.3 - Resources
Roll1d6determininghowmany
Resourceunitsyoubeginwith,
allocatedtoFood,Water,BulletsorFuel
howeveryoulike.
1.4 - Background
CrossreferenceyourHPandResources
valuesontheBackgroundtable
determiningwhatyoursurvivorwas
beforethedeadcame.
Ifdesired,youcancreateyourown
Background.Comeupwithapast
occupationandtworelateditemsand
you’reset!
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HP Resour.Background Item A Item B
1 1 HighschoolStudent Fireworks Skateboard
1 2 FoodTruckChef Pans FlammableOil
1 3 Inmate Chain Dodgeball
1 4 HedgeHippie Incenses Herbs
1 5 Carpenter Saw HardPieceofWood
1 6 LawEnforcer ShinyBadge Manacles
2 1 PizzaDeliveryPerson Motorcycle BagFullofCoins
2 2 DogWalker Dog Rope
2 3 Bartender BeerBottles Corkscrew
2 4 Fisher Net SmallBoat
2 5 Mechanic Mid-SizedCar MechanicTools
2 6 Electrician BundleofWires SmallGenerator
3 1 Lumberjack Chainsaw(1d10) RoadAtlas
3 2 Priest Censer HolyBook
3 3 TaxiDriver OldTaxi BoltCutter
3 4 GarbageCollector TrashHook MP3Player
3 5 ComicArtist Sketchbook BottlesofInk
3 6 SalesPerson OldCatalog ElectroshockWeapon
(1d6DEXdmg)
4 1 DockWorker Hook DeckofPlayingCards
4 2 Zookeeper Monkey Tranquilizerdarts
4 3 MailCarrier CityMap Van
4 4 TourGuide RegionalMap WalkingStick(1d4)
4 5 Teacher LargeMetalRuler BoxofChalk
4 6 Farmer Pitchfork Sheepdog
5 1 Engineer CityBlueprints MeasuringTape
5 2 Journalist TapeRecorder CompactCar
5 3 Burglar Crowbar GrapplingHook
5 4 TaxCollector LargeCar SealingTape
5 5 ProfessionalWrestler ColorfulCostume BigMallet(1d6)
5 6 Firefighter FireResistantCoat Megaphone
6 1 Musician SignedPhotos Guitar
6 2 Magician BoxofTricks PairofDoves
6 3 Baker RollingPin(1d4) PortableOven
6 4 Boxer PunchingBag BoxingGloves
6 5 Clown Makeup Horn
6 6 SoccerStar LargeTrophy(1d6) SpareUniforms
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1.6 - Details
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d66Physical Detail d66Physical Detail
11 Bow-legged 41 AcidBurns
12 DelicateHands 42 Bronze-skinned
13 CallousedHands 43 One-eyed
14 SharpNails 44 AlwaysSmiling
15 TattooedBody 45 NineFingers
16 BurnScars 46 Gap-Toothed
21 StrangeBirthmark 51 FullLips
22 LongBraids 52 BroadNose
23 Dreadlocks 53 CrookedNose
24 ColorfulHair 54 PointyNose
25 Mohawk 55 DoubleChin
26 Goatee 56 WolfishEyes
31 Bald 61 HairySkin
32 Old-FashionedSideburns 62 PimplySkin
33 ThinLips 63 VeinedSkin
34 PiercedTongue 64 UnrulyEyebrows
35 BodyModification 65 LankyEyes
36 MissingLimb 66 BlearyEyes
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11 Adaptable 41 Questioning
12 Ambitious 42 Reserved
13 Competitive 43 Realistic
14 Dominating 44 Scrupulous
15 Emotional 45 Sarcastic
16 Enigmatic 46 Sensitive
21 Fanatical 51 Tolerant
22 Fatalistic 52 Thoughtless
23 Guileless 53 Treacherous
24 Haughty 54 Uncaring
25 Impressionable 55 Uninhibited
26 Lazy 56 Unpredictable
31 Loyal 61 Vivacious
32 Malicious 62 Vindictive
33 Non-committal 63 Venomous
34 Old-fashioned 64 Weak-willed
35 Pedantic 65 Witty
4 36 Power-hungry 66 Wishful
1.7 - Improving
Your Survivor
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d100 Masculine Names d100 Masculine Names
n1 ShawnCrossley 51 JürgenMeyer
a2 EricOakes 52 IngoSchultz
c3 RyanMurdock 53 ThomasWagner g
i4 JeffreyBryum 54 FrankKrämer e
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10 AdamHarkness 60 BerndFörster
11 Amral-’Abarta’i 61 BrendanMurphy
c12 Baqaral-Katib 62 KyleO’Sullivan
i13 Ibrahimal-Saghir 63 NolanDoyle
b14 Sharifal-Wasiti 64 ConorMcCarthy i
a15 Yusufal-Kabir 65 RossCampbell r
r16 Tahiral-Sufi 66 OwenMurray i
r17 Zayadal-Rumi 67 LiamO’Connor s
A18 Ghazial-Tuluni 68 RoryO’Neil h
19 Ghassanal-Kasrawi 69 DeclanSmith
20 Umaral-Najjar 70 AidanGallagher
n21 RuiMoraes 71 VitoRicci(Italian)
a22 EduardodaCosta 72 CarloCaputo
i23 ArlindoCasteloBranco 73 FrancoSavino i
l24 PedroGonçalves 74 AldoVicenzi t
i25 AntônioAmaral 75 FrancoPaolucci a
z26 TiagodaMata 76 NinoDomenico l
a27 CarlosAndrade 77 GiorgioZucco i
r28 RicardoCardoso 78 PasqualeMarchese a
b29 FernandodaSilva 79 SalvatoreBruno n
30 MaurodeAlbuquerque 80 PietroCandelora
31 LiHui(Chinese) 81 SaburoArakawa
e32 SungJin 82 AkiraYamamoto j
s33 XieMeng 83 KojiMurata a
e34 TongKehui 84 ShogoEndo p
n35 HuiZhili 85 TenyuUchida a
i36 XiaoShisun 86 DaisukeUeda n
h37 PengLei 87 YukioSugihara e
c38 WuHaocai 88 MotokiNakajima s
39 ChangZhongyu 89 RikuTsukehara e
40 TaishiXilong 90 HitoshiTakagi
41 EteinneCabot 91 BorisYegorov
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c44 BenoîtRoux 94 OlegMaltsev u
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r47 JaquesVioget 97 PiotrVorapaev i
f48 PierreBoulanger 98 MikhailZubov a
49 HonoréArtaud 99 YakovTrushin n
50 MauriceCharbonneau 100 ValentinRokossovsky
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d100 Feminine Names d100 Feminine Names
1 EmmaHammill 51 ChristinaSchreiber
n2 PamelaAraneo 52 SabineMeer
a3 JenniferReeves 53 HannaReimer g
c4 AnnaRoman 54 SvenjaGerber e
i5 NicoleForrest 55 ElkeWeiss r
r6 KayleneMinehan 56 RiaKurz m
e7 GinaKuklenski 57 AstaLustig a
m8 DoraMaxson 58 VerenaKnopf n
A9 RebeccaBullert 59 SachaGebaur
10 LaticiaAhalt 60 GeraldineCullen
11 A’ishaal-Adwani 61 FionaCampbell
c12 Banujahal-Badawi 62 BriannaWalsh
13 Faizaal-Ifriqi 63 SheilaQuinn i
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14 Hibaal-Jaludi 64 PatriciaWilson r
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15 Izzaal-Basri 65 KayleeKennedy i
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16 Labnaal-Darir 66 TracyO’Brien s
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17 Rabiaal-Hashimi 67 AshlynByrne h
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18 Sahlaal-Isbahani 68 KiraLynch
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19 Surayaal-’Attar 69 TaraO’Reilly
20 Zyanabal-Hamdani 70 KathleenMoore
n21 AndreiaFerreira 71 CaterinaMalatesta
a22 NatáliaBernardo 72 ElenaCarpino i
i23 LucéliaReis 73 PinaGiacone t
l24 PaulaMenezes 74 AngelaAmato a
i25 GabrielaGarcia 75 TeresaFalcone l
z26 LetíciaLima 76 BelinaVecchio i
a27 RaquelVasconcelos 77 SilvanaZabatino a
r28 RosangeladeSá 78 LuciaMaggio n
29 MichelleGoés 79 EnzaGuerra
b30 IzabelaMendes 80 DonnaBonaduce
31 ChengLihua 81 AyuyMishima
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s33 SiuJie 83 YokoYasukawa p
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37 LeungYiping 87 SanaeKomiya
h38 KoLing 88 MizuhoHirano s
c39 KuoQin 89 FumikoGoto e
40 MaYa 90 NamieAsai
41 CamilleGalliard 91 OlgaAlexandrov
42 MargueritePerrault 92 EvgeniyaAbakumov r
h43 AmélieOrleans 93 NatalyaDavydov u
c44 NoémiRochefort 94 IrinaGravikov s
n45 CelineHuet 95 YekaterinaSmirnov s
e46 PauletteJourdain 96 DariyaBabanin i
r47 ÉlodieMenard 97 SofiaYablokov a
f48 CapucineThierry 98 TatyanaYurin n
49 MadelineReynald 99 LyudmilaEssen
50 VirginieCamus 100 SvetlanaShashlov
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2 - Inventory
Your survivor can carry STR+5 normal sized items. If they
lose their backpack or similar item they can carry STR items.
Some larger items, such as two-handed weapons and bulky
armor, count as 2 items.
2.1 - Retrieving Items
Organizeyourinventorybyputtingthe they
mostaccessibleitemsinthecharacter
sheet’sfirstpositions.Toretrievean
itemduringanencounteryoumay
spendyouractionandroll2d6.Ifyour Will
rolltiesorexceedstheitem’sposition
youretrieveit.Otherwise,youcan’t
retrieveituntilyournextaction.
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2.2 Durability
MostitemshaveDurabilityof3.When you
anitemlosesapointofDurabilitymark
a“*”nexttoitonyourcharactersheet.
Afteraccumulating3“*”nexttoititis
depletedordestroyed.“*”arecleared
bybeingrepaired,rechargedorrefilled. And
ItemsloseapointofDurabilitywhen:
• TheRefereedeemsithasbeen
usedenough. You
• Rollinga“20”whenusinganitem
andmakinganAttributeSave.
• They’redepletedwithuse.
will
2.3 - Encumbrance
Eat
Ifyoursurvivorexceedstheir
Inventorycapability(see2)theyare
Encumberedandcannotrunandmake
allSaveswithDisadvantage. us
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