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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 1411322" data-attributes="member: 94">Here's my own (pseudo-realistic, but still fun) take:FALLOUTRadiation damage is measured in rads, and an area thatposes a radiation hazard is measured in rads per interval(per round, per minute, per hour, or per day). The shorterthe interval, the more dangerous the hazard.For each full interval that a character is exposed tofallout, he accumulates rads. The character must make aFortitude save (DC10 + total accumulated rads) or he takes1 point of Constitution damage.If a character’s Con is reduced to 0, or if at any time acharacter’s accumulated rads exceed his Con score, hedies.Radiation Recovery/ResistanceProvided a character can retire to a fallout-free zone, hisbody will begin to recover.x In the least grim variant, all characters recover at therate of 1 rad per day.xx In this variant, the charcter must succeed at aFortitude save (DC10 + rads) to recover 1 rad. If the checkfails, the character’s rad level does not change.xxx In the most grim variant, the character must makea Fortitude save as above in order to recover 1 rad. Ifthis check is failed, not only does the character’s radlevel remain, the character takes an additional 1 point ofConstitution damage.In some campaigns, PCs may be able to purchasemedication to flush the body or speed the recovery rate.One such example is prussian blue, so named because it isliterally a type of dye used in paint. A character who takesprussian blue immediately after exposure can recover anadditional 1 rad per day.Better still, of course, is the use of preventative measuresprior to entering an area of fallout. Hazmat suits providea fixed layer of radiation resistance (similar to any otherenergy resistance) while iodine-based tablets form abuffer to absorb a fixed number of rads before losingeffectiveness.Variant: MutationsIn some campaigns, fallout does not simply kill; instead,those exposed to radiation become mutants with unusualabilities.Using this variant, a player whose rads exceed hisConstitution score does not immediately die. Instead, thecharacter can opt to reduce his rad level by accepting oneor more mutations.Once per day, a character who would otherwise diefrom radiation can instantly reduce his rad level by 2 forevery 0.2 CR of mutations he accepts. (See Chapter X-x,Creature Creation, for the CR cost of various abilities anddrawbacks.)The nature of the mutations is entirely at the whim of theGM (though he may solicit player input). The mutationsmay be either entirely positive (adding 0.2 CR in newabilities per 2 rads reduced, and thus permanentlyincreasing the character’s CR) or a balance of positiveand negative (for example, +0.1 CR of a positive effectand -0.1 CR of a negative effect, for a total of 0.2 CR inchanges but a net CR increase of +0.0). Mutations shouldnever be entirely negative.</blockquote>

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