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Archetype Origins: Protector

This is another Gamma World origin designed around a character archetype rather than a mutation. You can see the other origins in the series here. While most residents of Gamma Terra focus on the struggle to keep themselves alive, a few have taken it upon themselves to rick their lives defending entire communities. Some of […]

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Archetype Origins: Medic

This is another Gamma World origin designed around a character archetype rather than a mutation.  You can see the other origins in this series here. The Medic origin is a bigger departure from standard Gamma World origins, but I think that was necessary in order to properly represent the archetype.  Rather than providing an at-will […]

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Archetype Origins: Gearhead

Other than getting sidetracked by a dinosaur origin, I’ve been working on more non-mutant origins for post-apocalypse archetypes.  In particular, I’ve been focused on the Gearhead and Medic origins.  After a few draft versions, Gearhead is ready to share and I’ll hopefully have Medic finished before the end of the month. The biggest challenge that I […]

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Origins: Not Just For Mutants

For the past week, I’ve been spending a lot of time brainstorming ideas for tweaks to the Gamma World origins.  While some of my energy has gone towards alternate systems for choosing origins, like Monday’s post on specialized origin tables, most of it has been trying to think of origin ideas that are missing from […]