Experimenting On Superbeings

Experimenting On Superbeings Optional Table by Stone Gargoyle

This is a system I find handy in both discouraging players for asking for more powers and in determining the result of attempts to augment already built existing characters and NPCs. Since I recently updated it, I decided to post it here. It requires the use of Brett Hegr's Mutant Traits tables or the recently modified version Mutant Characteristics Table Redux by Mephisto.

Step One: First you have to determine if the scientist can even understand how to do it, rolling a Xenobiology roll with a penalty of -20% up to -40% to determine the superbeing's chemical makeup/biology.

Step Two: If an experiment is performed, I next roll on the Experiment Success Table as follows:

Experiment Success Table

01-10% Horrible failure; the subject is vaporized, explodes, etc. with no save vs. Coma/Death

11-20% Horrible failure; subject must save vs. death. If successful, they still wind up in a coma.

21-30% Horrible failure; subject must save vs. coma/death. If successful, they still wind up losing any super powers they had.

31-40% Failure, but subject devolves (roll on Animal Traits Table One)

41-50% Failure, but subject develops combat mutations (roll on Combat Mutation Table)

51-60% Failure, but subject gains defensive mutations (roll on Defensive Mutation Table)

61-70% Success, but with unwanted cosmetic mutations (roll on Cosmetic Mutation Table)

71-80% Success, but with side effects (roll on Experiments and Powers Table D, HU2 p. 116)

81-00% Successful experiment with no side effects or unwanted mutations

Step Three: If successful, I next roll on the Powers Granted Table below:

Powers Granted Table

01-10% No apparent powers, as powers are latent or dormant, requiring further triggers or to be passed to next generation

11-20% Subject gains a minor super ability at half power (half range damage and duration)

21-30% Subject gains one minor super ability at full power

31-40% The subject gains one major super ability at half power (half range, damage and duration)

41-50% The subject gains one major super ability at full power

51-60% One of their existing minor super abilities gains twice the power (twice range, duration and damage)

61-70% One of their existing major super abilities gains twice the power (twice range, duration and damage)

71-80% Subject gains two minor super abilities at full power

81-90% Subject gains one major and one minor super ability at full power

91-00% Subject gains two major abilities at full power