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Irradiated Fur

A 24-hour RPG by Shanya Almafeta

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History

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Imagine human civilization at its peak. Ten billion people well fed,

educated, given equal representation and universally equal rights. They can

visit any state in the world for a half week's salary, choose any of a thousand

artists our a thousand television stations, read books on any subject

imaginible, pay for classes for any skill they want to pick up, and still be

able to spend time with their children. People like you -- the altered ones --

were at that time created for vanity, for pleasure, for fashion, occasionally

even for medical or theraputic reasons. However, it was not common -- why spend

a year's worth of income when the newest Star Wars remake was about to come out?

Imagine this paradise, without need or want, dead in a day.

Four generations ago, the early 21st century, your ancestors were in the

middle of a holy war. Technology being what it was, there was no other real

reason to go to war. All of the great weapons were brought out to clean out the

heretics. First, they used nukes. When they ran out of nukes, they used

diseases. When they ran out of diseases, they used napalm and gas. When they

ran out of gas, they sent their soldiers in. And about by this time, they had

more nukes and napalm and mustard gas ready to go.

When the nukes rained down, it was hell. While patriotic messages blared

out how we were winning (as no doubt the other sides were all doing), people

looted, raped, and killed. The Federal Government was reduced to a few manned

satellites and a NPR station operating out of Barrow, Alaska within a matter of

days.

Nobody was prepared (or at least, prepared enough) for the reality of what

was about to happen. Nobody was prepared for actual anarchy. And that's when

the utility of being half-human, half-animal became apparent. Fur kept the

retrocodes warm on cold nights. Instincts showed them tactics for survival

unmodified humans did not think of or could not stomach doing. And claws were

better than fingernails in a fight...

It's now sometime in the early 22nd century. Survival of the fittest has

had four generations to work, and humanity's long sunset is being overtaken by

the rising moon of the furry race. There's a new world awaiting people like you

-- go take a chance!

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Elements Of A Good Irradiated Fur Game

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Irradiated Fur is a furry post-apocalypse game; any game of Irradiated Fur

should have elements of both in about equal quantaties. With that in mind,

here's a pile of spare parts that should give GMs ideas to work with.

Ancient catacombs that turn out to be sewers/military bases/an amusement

park, bar brawls, coming to terms with one's partial humanity, discovering

ancient caches of technology, fighting for the pack, "Doesn't anyone here speak

English?", highwaymen threatening the town, howling for the hell of it, "It's

gonna blow!", lonely artificial intelligences, lost love, near-death

experiences, overcoming one's biases, radiation-poisoned children, ray guns --

on the other side of the battlefield, rescuing ancient tomes from dilapidated

libraries, robots with emotional problems, quips and puns to go with thrusts and

ripostes, racial languages, religion instead of bread, searching for home,

seccessionist survivalist groups, secessionist survivalist groups who think the

war is still going on, self-appointed guardians of history and technology with

shitloads of cool tech, social maneuvering, spiritual self-searching, stealthy

escapes by the light of the full moon, subtle discrimination on multiple levels,

vaults that just opened up and released hundreds of people blinking into the

sunlight, warlords who are threatening everything in their path, water that

glows in the dark, "You're outta bullets," your-species-here supremacist

churches.

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Character Creation

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There are five stats:

Agility (AG): Reflexes and coordination.

Charm (CH): How charismatic and tactful you are.

Health (HT): Fortitude and constitution.

Intelligence (IN): Brains; your 'civil' mind.

Strength (ST): Bodily strength and physical toughness.

Secondary Areas:

Equipment: How much stuff you can buy.

Race: Your 'feral' mind; just how animal are you?

Skills: How talented you are.

You have one d4, two d6s, two d8s, two d10s, and one d12 to assign among

the eight areas. NPCs have two d4s, three d6s, two d8s, and one d10. Don't you

feel special?

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Derived Stats

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Healing Rate: Equal to half your Health die minus 1. You heal this much

Stun every hour, and this many Wounds every day.

Initiative: Your Initiative is equal to your Agility die, plus your Race

die, plus your Intelligence die size, plus half your Charm die size. (So if you

had Agility d6, Fox d12, Intelligence d10, and Charm d8, you would have an

initiative of 1d6+1d12+14: Agility dice, Race die, your Intelligence of 10,

plus half your Charm of 8.)

Movement: How fast you move in meters in six seconds. It is equal to

(Agility Die + Health Die + Strength Die) / 2. (So if you had Agility d4,

Health d6, and Strength d12, you would have a Movement of 11m.)

Soak: Your ability to resist non-lethal damage. It is equal to your

Strength Die / 2. (So if you had a Strength of d8, you would have a Soak of 4.)

Stun: How much stun damage you can take. It is equal to (Health Die +

Health Die + Strength Die). (So with d6 Health and d8 Strength, you have 20

Stun.)

Wounds: How much lethal damage you can take. It is equal to your

Strength die plus half your Health die. (So with d6 Health and d8 Strength, you

have 11 Wounds.) If you lose all of these... well, it was nice knowing you!

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Race

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Choose one of these to be your race. Your die in Race is added to rolls

in any of the related skills.

Badger: Feral, Melee, Willpower. Radiation Resistance d4.

Bat: Climbing, Hunting, Intimidation, Stealth. Sonar. Subtract 3 from

your Wounds. May not have a Strength of d12.

Bear: Hunting, Weight Lifting. Also add Bear/2 to your Soak, Bear to

your Stun, and Bear/2 to your Wounds. May not have a Strength of d4.

Bird, Raptor: Acrobatics, Hunting, Perception, Sniping, Tracking.

(Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, Owl.)

Bird, Songbird: Acrobatics, Performance, Seduction, Stealth, Perception.

(Blue Jay, Sparrow.)

Bird, Waterfowl: Hunting, Performance, Swimming. Add Waterfowl to Stun

and Waterfowl/2 to Soak. (Duck, Pelican.)

Cheetah: Hunting, Melee, Stealth. Also add Cheetah to your Move. May

not have a Health of d12.

Chimpanzee: Martial Arts, Science, Weightlifting. Also add Chimpanzee to

your Stun and Chimpanzee/2 to your Soak.

Dog, Guard: Endurance, Melee, Perception. Also add Guard Dog to Stun and

Guard Dog/2 to Soak. (Bulldog, Dalmations, German Shepard, Rottwilers.)

Dog, Hunting: Endurance, Hunting, Perception, Swimming, Tracking.

(Bloodhounds, Collies.)

Dog, Mutt: Diplomacy, Endurance, Domestic, Survival.

Dog, Toy: Acrobatics, Diplomacy, Domestic, Seduction. Also add Toy Dog/2

to Move. (Chihuahuas, Poodles.)

Dog, Work: Endurance, Leadership, Melee, Weight Lifting. Also add Work

Dog to Stun. (Huskies, Malamutes.)

Dolphin: Diplomacy, Swimming, Tactics. Sonar.

Dragon: Intimidation, Seduction, Survival. Also add Dragon/2 to your

Soak. May not have a Charm of d4. No, you cannot breathe fire.

Dwarf: Itimidation, Rope Use, Willpower. Subtract 4 from your Movement.

Also add Dwarf/2 to your Soak, Dwarf to your Stun, and Dwarf/2 to your Wounds.

(Explains why they're so common.) May not have a Strength of d4.

Elf: Perception, Sciences, Seduction, Stealth. Also add Elf/2 to your

Initiative. May not have a Grace of d4 or a Strength of d12. We don't know how

they survived either.

Ferret: Acrobatics, Seduction, Tracking. Also add Ferret to your

Initiative.

Fox: Perception, Performance, Stealth, Seduction. Also add Fox/2 to your

Move.

Gorilla: Diplomacy, Tactics, Weight Lifting. Also add Gorilla to your

Wounds.

Horse, Draft: Diplomacy, Endurance, Weight Lifting. Also add Draft Horse

to your Stun and Draft Horse/2 to your Wounds.

Horse, Pace: Diplomacy, Perception, Seduction. Also add Pace Horse to

your Movement.

Housecat: Domestics, Diplomacy, Seduction, Stealth. Also add Housecat/2

to your Move.

Human: Diplomacy, Perception, Science. Poor Scent. Yes, humans aren't

as powerful as retrocodes. Why do you think there are so many retrocodes out

there compared to humans?

Hyena: Endurance, Feral, Melee, Survival. Also add Hyena to your Stun.

Kangaroo: Acrobatics, Martial Arts. Radiation Resistance d4. Also add

your Kangaroo to your leap distance.

Koala: Stealth, Survial. Radiation Resistance d4.

Lion: Hunting, Perception, Stealth, Tactics. Also add Lion/2 to Stun.

Lizard: Perception, Performance, Stealth. Regeneration. May not have a

Health of d4.

Mink: Acrobatics, Melee, Survival. Also add Mink/2 to your Initiative.

Monkey: Acrobatics, Climbing, Hunting, Performance, Tactics.

Mouse: Acrobatics, Domestics, Science, Stealth. Also add Mouse/2 to your

Initiative.

Orc: Domestic, Endurance, Feral, Intimidation, Melee. May not have a

Health or an Intelligence of d12.

Otter: Acrobatics, Hunting, Performance, Swimming, Tracking.

Panda: Stealth, Survival. Add Panda to Stun and Panda/2 to Soak.

Pig: Domestic, Endurance, Melee. Radiation Resistance d4.

Platypus: Domestic, Endurance, Hunting, Intimidation, Swimming.

Puma: Acrobatics, Hunting, Perception, Stealth. Also add Puma/2 to your

Move.

Rabbit: Domestic, Perception, Stealth. Also add Rabbit/2 to your

Initiative and Rabbit/2 to your Move.

Raccoon: Acrobatics, Fixit, Hunting, Melee, Rope Use. May not have an

Agility of d4.

Rat: Domestics, Lockpicking, Melee, Science, Stealth.

Skunk: Firefight, Intimidation, Seduction. Subtract 4 from your

Movement. May not have a Health of d12. They may also spray: treat it like

any stun attack, except the roll to hit is Intelligence+Agility+Skunk, not

Strength+Agilty+(Melee/Martial Arts). If hit, the target cannot act for (roll

of Skunk+Strength dice) - Soak rounds; if a 'wound' is done, the target is also

blinded for (roll of Skunk die) minutes.

Squirrel: Acrobatics, Climbing, Perception. Also add Squirrel/2 to

Initiative and Move.

Tiger: Hunting, Stealth, Swimming. Also add Tiger/2 to your Wounds and

Tiger/2 to your Move.

Wolf: Diplomacy, Endurance, Tactics, Tracking. Also add Wolf to your

Stun.

Zebra: Diplomacy, Perception, Seduction, Tactics. Also add Zebra/2 to

your Movement.

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Skills

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You start with Skills Die x 5 plus Intelligence die in skill points. (So

if you had put d4 into Skills but had a d12 Intelligence, you'd have 32 skill

points.)

A skill is ranked from d4 to d12, and costs Die/2 skill points to

purchase. (So a d4 costs 2 points, a d6 3 points, a d12 6 points, and so on.)

Acrobatics (AG): Dodging, ducking, weaving, leaping, and tumbling.

Body Hardening (ST): Being very fucking tough. Add half your Body

Hardening die (2 for d4, and so on) to your Soak.

Climbing (AG): Going arboreal. Your climbing speed is (Climbing/2)

meters per round with this skill, 1m per round without.

Computers (IN): How to work with computers and other such electronics.

Diplomacy (CH): Convincing others to not kill you.

Domestic (CH): Running a home, bar, brothel, hotel, or what have you.

Drive (AG): The ability to operate a vehicle. Unlike in the movies,

there are few 'running gun battles' done with people behind the wheel; most cars

can't work well at all, much less well enough to work like they do in the

movies.

Endurance (HT): Being able to resist tiring.

Feral (Special): Being able to rely on your animal instincts. Unlike

most skills, Feral is based on your Race die.

Firefight (AG): Shooting at short range.

Fixit (IN): How to repair something.

Hunting (IN): Getting prey, whether by trapping or by stalking.

Intimidation (CH): Scaring the crap out of someone.

Language (IN): The ability to speak another language besides your native

language. The more langauges you know, the better you are at languages.

Leadership (CH): Bullshitting with a straight face and organizing people

under your command.

Lockpicking (AG): Opening mechanical locks.

Martial Arts (AG): The practiced art of fighting. Not significantly

different from Melee in practice, except that it's hard to defend against and

doesn't teach you much about defending from actual attacks: the two are at -2

to defend against each other.

Medicine (IN): Healing someone using what you have at hand. Since there

are so many techniques to learn, from diagnosis to pharmaceuticals to surgery to

post-surgical care, Medicine costs double (4 for a d4 and so on).

Melee (AG): Brawling and using non-ranged weapons.

Occult (IN): Knowing what rituals do what, and most importantly, what not

to touch.

Perception (IN): Noticing something.

Performance (CH): Showing off for dramatic purposes, or playing music.

Rope Use (IN): From binding people to creating shelters and buildings.

Science (IN): All that liberal arts stuff that isn't going to do you much

good in the post-nuclear wastelands.

Seduction (CH): Getting what you want. Also the skill on your character

sheet most likely to get you teased.

Sniping (AG): Shooting at long range.

Stealth (AG): Being very very quiet.

Style (CH): It's not about being good -- it's about looking good.

Survival (IN): The ability to live off the land. Since you have to be

careful not to eat fallout-tainted or dangerously mutated food, where you did

not in the 20th century, Survival costs double (4 for a d4 and so on).

Swimming (ST): Being able to move in the water. Your swimming score is

1m/round if you don't have Swimming, Swimming/2 if you do.

Tactics (IN): Your ability to fight with others. Also add your bare

Tactics die to your Initiative (that is, you roll your Tactics Die with your

Agility Dice).

Weight Lifting (ST): The amount of weight you can bench is (Strength Die

+ Weight Lifting / 2), squared, in kilograms. You can carry one-third of this

on your back.

Willpower (Special): Stubbornness, bullheadedness, and the like.

Willpower, like Feral, is based on your Race die.

Specializations: You can buy a specialization in any skill at 1/3rd the

normal price for the skill. If you wanted to add Willpower/Resist Torture d8 to

your normal Willpower of d6, you would pay 1.33 points: the normal cost of

Willpower d8 is 4, and divided by 3 is 1.33.

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Perks

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You may take Perks by taking an equal value of Flaws. You may only have

12 points of Perks.

Armor (2-10): You have actual armor. Every rank of Armor gives you one

point of Lethal Absorb and one point of Soak, up to 5 points.

Claws (1-8): You have dangerous Claws -- or a bite or a goring horn, if

you like. These do from Strength+d4 (1 point) to Strength+d12 (5 points)

damage. Add 3 to the cost if they can do Lethal damage.

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