Assorted NPCs

by Stephen Pearson

Hired Scum

Equipment – Any two common pistols and a knife.

Armour – Flak armour on all locations except head.

Skills – (some of the following) Deadeye shot, Fast draw, Gun fighter, Hipshooting, Nerves of steel, Rocksteady aim and Quickload.

Randomly generated Scum

Roll a D10 six times. And consult the chart below. A scum may not improve a characteristic more than twice. If you get the same skill twice re-roll to get another.

• 1 +D10 BS
• 2 +D10 WS
• 3 +D10 Ld
• 4 - 6 REST OF STATS
• 7 – 10 SKILLS

Bounty Hunters

Equipment – Bolt pistol with gunsight, boltgun or lasgun with hotshot pack, Chainsword, Pump action shotgun with solid, scatter, and man-stopper rounds, Gas mask, motion detection auspex, and many knives. (One of the following) medi-pak, weapon reload for one weapon or any average bionic part.

Armour – Carapace armour on arms, legs and chest. Flak armour on abdomen and groin.

Skills – (some of the following) Acrobatic, Deadeye shot, Dodge, Fast draw, Force of will, Nerves of steel, Rock steady aim and True grit.

Randomly Generated Bounty Hunter

Roll a D6 three times on a 1-2 roll on table 1, on a 3-6 roll on table 2. A bounty hunter may not improve a characteristic more than twice. If you get the same skill twice re-roll to get another.

Prison Wardens

Equipment – Electronic key, Shock Maul, Laspistol with red dot sight, photon flash flare and some kind of bionics.

Armour – Flak armour on chest, abdomen and arms.

Skills – (some of the following) Leader, Nerves of steel, Deadeye shot, Fearsome, Rocksteady aim or Medic.

Prison Guard

Equipment – Electronic key, Shock Maul, Laspistol, Medi-pak and some kind of bionics.

Armour – Mesh armour on chest, abdomen and arms. Flak armour on legs and groin.

Skills – (some of the following) Furious assault, Force of will or First strike.

Civilians

Special Rules

• No weapons or a few have an improvised weapon, knife or Stubber.
• No armour or skills

Miner

Equipment – Pick (treat as axe), Stubber, Krak grenades and a piece of crude bionics.

Armour – Open helmet on head, Armour 2 on all other locations.

Skills – (some of the following) Catfall, Force of will, Lightning reflexes, True grit or Nerves of steel.

Crippled – The people who would work in the mines are most likely to be part of the mutant underclass. Shovelling rock all day and being a mutant means they are no longer very swift. He walks and runs 1 yard less than normal and can never sprint.

Street Cleaner

Equipment – Stubber, shotgun or laspistol, Brush (Count as Staff) or Spade (Count as Halberd), Knife.

Armour – 2 on all locations except head (the little protection his heavy overalls provide).

Skills – Dodge (working on the streets he is likely to take the brunt of citizens anger and so has learnt to dodge out of trouble), Fearsome & Regeneration (well he is a mutant).

Crippled – The people who would clean the streets are most likely to be part of the mutant underclass. Clearing up junk all day and being a mutant means he’s no longer very swift. He walks and runs 1 yard less than normal and can never sprint.