Creating Colonial Characters

(Version 1.01 - Last Modified: 06/17/2006)

• Introduction
• Step 1: Determine Hit Points and S.D.C.
• Step 2: Determine Human Potential Category
• Step 3: Determine Education
• Step 4: Determine Specialization
• Step 5: Determine Mutation

Introduction

Creating a character for Alpha Centauri is fairly simple. First off, all colonists have same eight attributes as all characters using the Palladium Books system (IQ, ME, MA, PS, PP, PE, PB, and Spd) and the character rolls 3D6 for each attribute. This document explains what other aspects go into creating a colonist beyond the basic attributes. Please refer to the Heroes Unlimited 2^nd Edition main book for other game rules.

Step 1: Determine Hit Points and S.D.C.

Although the colonists are basically Humans, the years of living on Chiron have made them hardy and resilient. This has had a mild effect on their bodies and their endurance. Although characters receive no attribute modifiers, they do receive Hit Point and S.D.C. modifiers.

• Determining Hit Points:
  • Base Hit Points: A character's base hit point value is equal to their PE attribute +3D6.
  • Building Hit Points: At every level of experience, including the first, the character gains an additional +2D4+2 hit points.
  
  
• Determining S.D.C.:
  • Base S.D.C.: A character's base S.D.C. value is 20, in addition to any other modifiers they might have.
  • Building S.D.C.: At level 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15, a character adds an additional +5 S.D.C. to their total.

Step 2: Determine Human Potential Category

Prior to the departure of the SS Unity, theories had been developed about how Humans should be taught and educated. The idea was to allow the colonists to avoid the educational problems that had plagued many countries on Earth. These ideas were further developed onboard the SS Unity as various educators on the ship periodically awakened. Eventually, the educators broke the Human race into three different categories of potential: drones, citizens, and talents. Drones were those that were incapable of receiving a good education for whatever reason, citizens were simply average people, with average skills, and Talents were people with exceptional skills, exceptional intelligence, or exceptional motivation. The educators believed that everyone on the SS Unity would fall into the last category and based all of their theories and policies around the fact that there would be no drones in the society that would develop on Chiron. As such, the educators provided little to no services in their written policies and theories for the drones, as they viewed it as unnecessary to work on a problem that was not relevant to the colonists. Unfortunately, future generations of colonists would view this as an intentional omission and believed it indicated that Drones should not receive the same support from society that Citizens and Talents enjoy, leading to intense prejudices against those society considered to be drones.

As the various factions came into existence on Chiron, nearly all of the educational policies developed on the journey from Earth were adopted. The most important of these policies was the division on the population into Drones, Citizens, and Talents. Unfortunately, each faction had its own ideas about what qualifies a person as one category or another. For example, the Spartan Federation favors strength in its Talents and the physically weakest become Drones, while the University of Planet favors Intelligence in its Talents. The only major faction that does not use these policies is the Free Drones, which is very opposed to the idea of what they perceive as the elitist Talents, so for purposes of education, everyone from the Free Drones faction is considered to be a Drone. The Nomads have rejected or lost most of the educational policies that were developed during the voyage on the SS Unity and do not categorize people as Drones, Citizens, or Talents.

Human Potential Category (roll or pick one)
Percentile	Potential Category
01 - 20	Drone
21 - 80	Citizen
81 - 00	Talent

The factions have diverged from each other at an amazing pace. By the current time period, the factions are very different and these differences manifest most clearly in what distinguishes the Drones, Citizens, and Talents of each faction. In addition to affecting what levels of education are available to a character, the Drone / Talent distinction also provides other bonuses and penalties depending on what faction the character comes from. All drones receive a penalty to education rolls of -15% to the education roll and all Talents receive a bonus of +20% to the ecucation roll.

Although most independents still maintain the distinction of Drones, Citizens, and Talents, they lack the necessary ideological bent to put the categories into practice outside of education. As such, characters from an independent colony or outpost can be restricted in education and specialization selections based on their category, but they do not receive the other modifiers that a colonist from a faction would. Nomads have mostly rejected the theories and divisions of the colonists in favor of their beliefs that have developed over the past century and a half. Nomad characters are available through a traditional occupational character class. Characters from a faction always receive the bonuses and penalties from the faction, but only drones and talents receive those modifiers.

• Cult of Planet:
  • Bonuses: All colonists from this faction are major psychics. See rules from Nightbane, Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition, Palladium Fantasy RPG, or Rifts for details on the abilities of a major psychic.
  • Penalties: -15% to the education rolls that are higher than 26.
  • Drone Modifiers: No psionic abilities.
  • Talent Modifiers: +4D6 ISP and choose two additional psionic powers from a single lesser category.
  
  
• Cybernetic Consciousness:
  • Bonuses: Begins play with a two cybernetic or bionic implants of the character choice, costing no more than $15,000 each.
  • Penalties: -1D6 to MA attribute.
  • Drone Modifiers: Not authorized to receive any cybernetic or bionic implants and begins play with none.
  • Talent Modifiers: Receive two additional cybernetic or bionic implants, costing no more than $15,000 each.
  
  
• Data Pirates:
  • Bonuses: All colonists from this faction know two skills from the Espionage or Rogue skill categories.
  • Drone Modifiers: All Espionage and Rogue skills known by the character receive a penalty of -10%.
  • Talent Modifiers: All Espionage and Rogue skills known by the character receive a bonus of +10%.
  
  
• Free Drones:
  • Bonuses: Colonists from this faction are very hardy and strong and gain a bonus of +15 S.D.C. and +1D4 to PS attribute.
  • Penalties: -40% to the education rolls that are higher than 51.
  • Drone Modifiers: Not applicable.
  • Talent Modifiers: Not applicable.
  
  
• Gaia's Stepdaughters:
  • Bonuses: All colonists from this faction are minor psychics. See rules from Nightbane, Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition, Palladium Fantasy RPG, or Rifts for details on the abilities of a major minor.
  • Penalties: -1D4 to PE attribute.
  • Drone Modifiers: No psionic abilities.
  • Talent Modifiers: +2D6 ISP and +1D4 to ME attribute.
  
  
• Human Hive:
  • Bonuses: +1 to PS attribute, +1 to PP attribute, +1 to PE attribute, and +2 to Spd attribtue.
  • Penalties: -5% to the education rolls that are higher than 16.
  • Drone Modifiers: -2 to IQ attribute, -2 to PS attribute, and -2 to PE attribute.
  • Talent Modifiers: +1 to IQ attribute, +1 to ME attribute, and +1 to MA attribute.
  
  
• Independents:
  • Drone Modifiers: Not applicable.
  • Talent Modifiers: Not applicable.
  
  
• Lord's Believers:
  • Bonuses: Colonists receive either a bonus of +1D6 to ME attribute or a bonus of +1D6 to PE attribute.
  • Penalties: -15% to the education rolls that are higher than 26.
  • Drone Modifiers: -2 to ME attribute and -2 to PE attribute.
  • Talent Modifiers: +2 to ME attribute and +2 to PE attribute.
  
  
• Morgan Industries:
  • Bonuses: Begins play with double starting money and all monthly wages are increased by +10%.
  • Drone Modifiers: Begins play with half starting money and all monthly wages are decreased by -25%. This modifier replaces the standard bonus for being a Morgan Industries colonist.
  • Talent Modifiers: Begins play with double starting money and all monthly wages are increased by +25%. This modifier replaces the standard bonus for being a Morgan Industries colonist.
  
  
• Nautilus Pirates:
  • Bonuses: Begins play with Pilot: Boat and suffers no penalties from the movement of boats on water, even during a storm.
  • Drone Modifiers: Restricted from buying a private vessel and cannot enter the naval military forces of the faction.
  • Talent Modifiers: Receives a bonus of +20% to Pilot: Boat and can join the naval military forces of the faction as an officer and can purchase a private vessel for a quarter of the regular cost.
  
  
• Spartan Federation:
  • Bonuses: All colonists from this faction are either minor psychics or receive a bonus of +1D4 to PS attribte, PP attribute, PE attribute, or Spd attribute. See rules from Nightbane, Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition, Palladium Fantasy RPG, or Rifts for details on the abilities of a minor psychic.
  • Penalties: -1D4 to MA attribute.
  • Drone Modifiers: -1 to PS attribute, -1 to PP attribute, -1 to PE attribute, and -1D4 to Spd attribute.
  • Talent Modifiers: +1D6 to PS attribute, PP attribute, PE attribute, or Spd attribute.
  
  
• United Nation Peacekeepers:
  • Bonuses: +2 to MA attribute and +3 to save vs. all types of poison.
  • Drone Modifiers: -3 to MA attribute.
  • Talent Modifiers: +1D4 to MA attribute and immune to all types of poisons.
  
  
• University of Planet:
  • Bonuses: +1D6 to IQ attribute and +20% to the education roll.
  • Penalties: -2 to MA attribute.
  • Drone Modifiers: -1D6 to IQ attribute.
  • Talent Modifiers: +1D4 to IQ attribute and can select an additional four secondary skills.

Step 3: Determine Education

After many years of establishing a presence on Chiron, all of the factions developed a proper education system to train the next generation of colonists. Although some areas took longer to develop due to a lack of specialists, most education systems were easily established based on the literature and educational resources the colonists brought with them from Earth.

The education level of a colonist determines what specializations are available to that character and they use the Skill Program system from Heroes Unlimited 2^nd Edition. The level of a character's education is modified by their faction or origin and sometimes their potential category. The education categories below are listed in what is considered by the colonists to be increasing levels of education. For example, although not necessarily true, a high school graduate is considered to be more educated than a person schooled by a nomad caravan.

All characters are assumed to have the following skills with maximum proficiency (98%): Math: Basic, Language: Colonist, and Literacy: Colonist. The language of the colonists is recognizable as English, but it has continued to develop in the decades since the SS Unity crashed on Chiron. All of the factions continue to use the same language.

Education Level Table (roll or pick one)
Percentile	Education
10 or less	Nomad Schooled: The character received a basic and well rounded education from a caravan of nomads before entering a faction to gain a specialization. Instead of selecting a skill program, the character has Streetwise (+14%), Prowl (+5%), W.P. Pistol or W.P. Rifle, and can select three Wilderness skills, two Domestic skills, and two Technical skills, and eight Secondary skills.
11 - 20	High School Graduate: Select two Skill Programs (+5% bonus) and ten Secondary skills.
21 - 60	Trade School: Select two Skill Programs (+5% bonus on one program and +15% on the other) and eight Secondary skills.
61 - 85	University Bachelor Degree: Select two Skill Programs (+10% bonus on one program and +20% bonus on the other) and ten Secondary skills.
86 - 95	University Master Degree: Select three Skill Programs (+10% bonus on two programs and +25% bonus on one program) and ten Secondary skills.
96 or more	University Doctorate Degree: Select four Skill Programs (+10% bonus on three programs and +30% bonus on one program) and ten Secondary skills.

Step 4: Determine Specialization

Although Alpha Centauri uses the Heroes Unlimited 2^nd Edition rules, it is not a typical super hero game. Instead of using super hero categories or standard occupation character classes (OCCs) like other game, characters in Alpha Centauri are normal Humans with a specialization. Each specialization has a set of skills, starting equipment, monthly salary, and a place in the society of the colonies.

• Cyborg:
  • Skills: The colonist gains Robotic Electronics and Robotic Mechanics.
  • Equipment: The colonist begins play with $100,000 worth of cybernetic and/or bionic components. This money cannot be saved and spent later, any money that is not spent is permanently lost.
  • Money: Varies depending on the secondary specialization of the Cyborg.
  • Special: This specialization is only available to the Cybernetic Consciousness faction. A cyborg uses cybernetic and bionic components to improve his or her abilities in a different specialization. This means that the colonist must choose one of the other specializations to represent the colonist's real ooccupation. Use the selected specialization's money for the monthly salary of the Cyborg and description for the duties of the Cyborg. The cyborg colonist gains none of the other specializations skills, equipment, and specials and it is up to the cyborg colonist to select skill programs and components that completment his or her chosen specialization.
  • Description: The Cyborg specialization represents a colonist that has chosen to highly augment his or her body with cybernetic and/or bionic components. Although the colonist ultimately performs another job, such as joining the military or working as a technician, his or her bionic and cybernetic nature has a huge influence on the colonist's ability to perform that job.
  
  
• Laborer:
  • Money: Begins play with 15,000 credits and receives 500 credits per level of experience per month.
  • Special: The colonist receives a bonud of +1D6 to PS attribute and +1D4 to PE attribute.
  • Description: The work never ends for the struggling colonies. Even after the stream of refugees to the colonies slowed following the first decades on Chiron, the work of buiding completely new cities from scratch in long and hard. With a quickly growing population and projects to expand into previously unclaimed or untamed territory, the work of a common laborer is neverending, but always satisfying. These workers are the backbone of the new colonies and without them, every aspect of colonial life would begin to fail. From building new power plants and factories to paving rounds and constructing new military bases, laborers can be found anywhere and everywhere on the planet.
  
  
• Military:
  • Skills: The colonist gains the Basic Military Skill Program.
  • Equipment: Begins play with a suit of basic armor, a basic pistol, 4 pistol e-clips, a basic rifle, 6 rifle e-clips, two military uniforms, and a dress uniform. The basic equipment varies depending on the faction. For example, the Free Drones use Ceramic Armor and Laser weapons, while the University of Planet uses Silksteel Armor and Chaos Laser weapons.
  • Money: Begins play with 15,000 credits and receives 2000 credits per level of experience per month. Military units involved in an active war get an additional 1000 credits per level of experience per month.
  • Description: The SS Unity was supposed to establish a single, peaceful colony on Chiron, instead the world is divided into twelve different factions, not including the nomads, independents, and the Progenitor aliens. The world of Chiron is often torn apart by conflict, sometimes as small as a border scirmish, but often as full-fledged wars. Each faction, and most of the independents, have a military force and this specialization represents those soldiers.
  
  
• Police:
  • Skills: Replace one skill program with the Basic Military Skill Program and the colonist can select three skills from physical, pilot, or weapon proficiencies.
  • Equipment: Begins play with a suit of Ceramic Armor, a Laser Pistol, 5 pistol e-clips, a Laser Rifle, 5 rifle e-clips, three regular police uniforms, and a dress uniform.
  • Money: Begins play with 15,000 credits and receives 1500 credits per level of experience per month.
  • Description: The early years in the colonies were often periods of civil strife as basic services were limited and restricted and resources were stretched to the limit. Some factions cracked down on the colonists and some factions spent considerable resources to address these problems quickly, but all of the factions weathered these problems. Now, decades later, the police in the colonies are used to maintain order, enforce the laws of the faction, and as an emergency militia against mind worms or the military forces of other colonists. The police, especially highly trained units, are also used to locate uncaptured criminals, even if it means travelling to other colonies and into other factions. The police specialization represents all enforcement groups outside of the military, whether they are local beat cops, federal agents, or even a SWAT team.
  
  
• Professional:
  • Skills: A single skill, which cannot be from the electrical, mechanical, military, or science categories, nor can it be a lore skill, recieves a bonus of +15%. The colonist receives an additional bonus of +1% to that skill at each new level of experience.
  • Equipment: All necessary equipment to use the selected skill as a profession. For example, a colonist that had selected Pilot: Truck, would own a high quality truck and a colonist that had selected Writing, would own a computer and would have a small library of literature.
  • Money: Begins play with 3D6x1000 credits and receives a number of credits equal to twice the percentage of the skill multiplied by ten per level of experience per month. For example, a second level colonist with a Pilot: Truck profession and a percentage of 55% would receive 2200 credits per month. This monthly salary does not include bonuses from dangerous assignments, such as driving into or through a war zone, or from exceptional work, such as a book written about details from inside a Fungal Tower.
  • Special: The colonist begins play as an established, although new, professional in his or her chosen field. For exmaple, a Writer would have enough contacts in the publishing world that once the colonist completed a book, it would get published.
  • Description: Although laborers are the backbone of the colonies, the professionals are the body of the colonies. This broad specialization covers every aspect of life on the colonies that does not fall into one of the other specializations.
  
  
• Psychic:
  • Equipment: Varies depending on the secondary specialization of the Psychic.
  • Money: Varies depending on the secondary specialization of the Psychic.
  • Special: This specialization is only available to the Cult of Planet, Gaia's Stepdaughters, and Spartan Federation factions. A psychic uses psionic powers to improve his or her abilities in a different specialization. This means that the colonist must choose one of the other specializations to represent the colonist's real ooccupation. Use the selected specialization's equipment, money, and description for the Psychic. The colonist is considered to be a master psychic and at level 1, the colonist can select two psionic powers from each of the lesser categories and one super psionic power. At each new level of experience, the colonist can select an additional lesser psionic power and at levels 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15, the colonist can select an additional super psionic power.
  • Description: The Psychic specialization represents a colonist that has developed psionic powers and uses them to perform specialty, such as using telekinesis as part of a laborer's job. Although many factions consider psychic abilities to be mutations, the faction that can choose this specialization consider psionic powers to be a natural and growing part of civilization on Chrion.
  
  
• Scientist:
  • Skills: All science and lore skills known by the colonist receive a bonus of +5% and a single science or lore skill gains an additional bonus of +20%.
  • Equipment: Begins play with a fully stocked laboratory at a private or government research facility. The equipment in the lab is geared towards the skill selected by the colonist to receive the largest skill bonus.
  • Money: Begins play with 20,000 credits and receives 3000 credits per level of experience per month.
  • Special: Scientists must have the highest level of education available for that faction, which is University Doctorate Degree for most of them.
  • Description: Research and devleopment are very important aspects of colonial life. All types of research are considered vital to national security and are highly profitable so governments and private firms heavily fund scientists and their research. These scientists are given almost free reign to conduct their research and even if only one out of every ten labs produce something of value, its importannce or its profit pays for itself and for the labs that failed to do anything. Other than the military, scietists are the most likely to go into the "wilderness" to collect data and specimens and to conduct observation of the planet and its unique life.
  
  
• Technician:
  • Skills: All mechanical and electrical skills known by the colonist receive a bonus of +10% and a single mechanical or electrical skill gains an additional bonus of +20%.
  • Equipment: Begins play with a fully stocked facility owned by a private firm or the government, but under the full control of the colonist. The equipment in the facility is geared towards the skill selected by the colonist to receive the largest skill bonus.
  • Money: Begins play with 10,000 credits and receives 1000 credits per level of experience per month.
  • Description: Technicians come in all stripes, but they all have a knack and a desire to tinker and work with things. Whether they enjoy fixing problems with vehicles or finding a way to incorporate some new scientific development into existing equipment, technicians serve a valuable role in colonial life and with trained technicians in such high demand within the colonies, most are given free reign to choose their own work.

Step 5: Determine Mutation

As an unfortunate side effect of living on Chiron, some Humans have begun to develop mutations. This is makes super powers possible, although extremely rare. At first, these mutations were considered to be birth defects as a result of living under a different sun and on a different planet then where Humans evolved, but some scientists in several factions believe that the semi-sentient planet is causing the mutations. This is most likely true since the factions with the closest relationship to the planet are also the factions with the highest rate of mutation. Although the mutations are relatively rare, those with mutations are not discriminated against by most of the factions. Only the Human Hive faction tries to prevent these mutations from occurring by terminating pregnancies where mutations are detected; no other faction goes to such extreme lengths.

• Mutation Presence Table:

  Characters from the Cult of Planet, Gaia's Stepdaughters, Nomad Bands, or Spartan Federation, add +20% to their roll on the following table, with a maximum roll of 100% (roll of 00). Those from the United Nations Peacekeepers factions add +10% to their roll on the following table, with a maximum roll of 100% (roll of 00). Finally, those from the Cybernetic Consciousness, Free Drones, Human Hive, and Morgan Industries factions modify their roll on the following table by -20%, with a minimum roll of 01%.

  Mutation Presence Table (roll or pick one)
  Percentile	Level of Mutation
  40 or less	Normal Human: No mutations.
  41 - 55	Minor Mutation: Roll once on the Mutation Table with a modifier of -40%, with a minimum of 01.
  56 - 70	Minor Mutation: Roll once on the Mutation Table with a modifier of -30%, with a minimum of 01.
  71 - 80	Medium Mutation: Roll twice on the Mutation Table with a modifier of -20%, with a minimum of 01.
  81 - 87	Medium Mutation: Roll twice on the Mutation Table with a modifier of -10%, with a minimum of 01.
  88 - 97	Major Mutation: Roll three times on the Mutation Table.
  98 or more	Transcend: See section on Transcends below.

  
  
• Transcends:

  Transcend is the slang term applied to Humans that have a specific, identifiable type of mutation. This mutation manifests itself by altering the physical appearance of the character: all body hair becomes white, eye color becomes gold, and the skin becomes very smooth and cool to the touch. Transcends have a highly developed brain, which provides a bonus of +1 to IQ and +3 to ME and they develop extensive psionic powers. At first level, the Transcend can select six Sensitive psionic powers and six powers from any of the other lesser categories, and they can select two of the following super psionic powers: Advanced Trance State, Bio-Manipulation, Bio-Regeneration (Super), Hypnotic Suggestion, Invisible Haze, Mind Bond, and Telekinesis (Super). At every other level starting at level three, the Transcend can select an additional lesser psionic power and at levels 5, 10, and 15, the Transcend can select an additional super psionic power without restriction. At first level, a Transcend has an ISP value of their ME attribute x3 +4D6, and they gain an additional +2D6 per level of experience. These psychic abilities replace any that the colonist may have from their chosen faction, but are in addition to any they may have from their chosen specialization.

• Mutation Table:

  In terms of mutations and side effects listed in Heroes Unlimited 2^nd Edition for mutations and as side effects for experiments, the mutations listed are quite mild, but keep in mind that the Humans selected for this mission had no such mutations, at least as far as the original planners knew. For the colonists, these mutations are new experiences and the only reason that people with mutations are not feared and discriminated against like they are on Earth is the sheer number of people with mutations in some factions and the low severity of most of these mutations. Even now though, none of the factions know what the future will hold for the Human race, because if they are mutating after only living on Chiron for around 150 years, who knows what they will look after 500 years or more. The psionic powers listed in the table below replace any that the colonist may have from their chosen faction, but are in addition to any they may have from their chosen specialization.

  Mutation Table (roll or pick one)
  Percentile	Type of Mutation
  01 - 15	Strange Eyes   01 - 20 Very Small, about half normal size   21 - 40 Very large, about twice normal size   41 - 50 Completely round eyes   51 - 60 Very Elliptical   61 - 70 Odd eye color (roll on skin color table for eye color)   71 - 80 Odd iris color (roll on skin color table for iris color)   81 - 90 Odd eye and iris color (roll on skin color table twice for eye and iris color)   91 - 00 Entire eye is one color (roll on skin color table for eye color)
  16 - 25	Odd Hair Color   01 - 10 Green   11 - 20 Light Blue   21 - 30 Bright, Flame Red   31 - 40 Stark White   41 - 50 Bright Yellow   51 - 60 Metallic Silver, Red, or Gold   61 - 70 Dark Blue   71 - 80 Purple   81 - 90 Orange   91 - 00 Normal hair color with permanent color streaks, roll again for second hair color, ignoring results of 91 or higher.
  26 - 35	Strange Skin Color   01 - 10 Yellow   11 - 20 Green   21 - 30 Red   31 - 40 Light Blue   41 - 50 Stark White   51 - 60 Dark Blue   61 - 70 Black (as in coal black)   71 - 80 Purple   81 - 87 Orange   88 - 95 Metallic looking (feels normal; metals like gold, silver, bronze, etc.)   96 - 00 Two odd colors, roll again twice, ignoring results of 96 or higher.
  36 - 45	Strange Ears   01 - 50 Pointy   51 - 70 Larger then normal, ears are 2 or 3 times larger.   71 - 90 Smaller then normal, ears are the size of a dime or a quarter.   91 - 00 No ears at all, just two holes (hearing is impaired only marginally)
  46 - 55	Odd Hands   01 - 40 Each hand has six fingers.   41 - 60 Delicate, sensitive hands with long, slender fingers. Adds +5% to escape artist, palming, pick pockets, and similar skills that require fine manual dexterity.   61 - 70 Small retractable claws, like a cat, are located in the fingers. These small claws inflict 2D4 damage per claw strike and add +10% to climb skills.   71 - 80 Very powerful hands, twice the size of normal hands and very strong. Add +1D4 to PS and +6 to damage from punches, but lose -30% to escape artist, -10% to palming and pick pockets, and -5% to any skill that requires fine manual dexterity.   81 - 90 Large hands, about 50% larger then a normal Human's with a monstrous appearance and large retractable claws that inflict 3D6 damage with a claw attack.   91 - 00 Bird-like talons for hands, claw strikes do 3D6 points of damage; character has no problem grasping and using objects.
  56 - 65	Odd Skin Texture   01 - 20 No body hair.   21 - 40 Three times the normal amount of body hair.   41 - 50 Scaly Skin: The character is covered by a tough, smooth, reptilian skin with small scales, adds +20 S.D.C. to the character.   51 - 60 Tough, lumpy Skin: Adds +30 to S.D.C., but reduces PB attribute by one point.   61 - 70 Uneven Skin Texture: Detracts from physical beauty; character reduces PB attribute by two points.   71 - 80 Blotchy Skin: The character's body is covered with patches of grey, white, or brown patches, large and small, reduce PB by one point.   81 - 90 Glowing Skin: The character's skin glows faintly in the dark, which makes the character a great target if the skin is exposed in the dark. Character receives a penalty of -40% to prowl in darkness.   91 - 00 Translucent Skin: The character's skin is faintly translucent, exposing the veins, arteries, and muscles underneath. Character receives a penalty of -10 S.D.C. and -1 to PB attribute.
  66 - 70	Odd Facial Features   01 - 20 Small Horns: 1D4 inches long, protruding from forehead.   21 - 35 The character has sharp teeth or fangs and powerful jaws that gives a bestial appearance. A bite attack does 2D6 damage.   36 - 50 Unusually Large Teeth: +1 point of damage from a bite attack.   51 - 65 No Nose: Two tiny slots are where the nose should be.   66 - 85 Protruding Ridge: Character has a protruding ridge over their eyes giving a distinct Neanderthal appearance.   86 - 00 No Facial Features (including facial hair): Except a slit for a mouth, two tiny holes for nostrils, a slight ridge just below what was the eye sockets, small narrow eyes, and button sized ears, the face is featureless. Despite this physical deformity, the character can breathe, hear, speak, and see as well or better then ever. Vision is perfect 20/20 (the character never needs glasses), can naturally see in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrum with a range of 600' (183 m). Sense of hearing and smell is much sharper, giving a bonus of +2 to all perception rolls using those two senses.
  70 - 75	Chemical Resistance: An automatic saving throw bonus of +5 to save vs. all chemicals, drugs, toxins, and pollution (only +2 to save vs. magic potions). Even if the character fails to save, all penalties, effects, duration, and damage are half normal. Unfortunately, the character must roll to save even against lifesaving chemicals / drugs.
  76 - 80	Ambidextrous: These characters can use the right and left hands with equal skill and dexterity. This provides a bonus of +1 attack per melee, +1 to parry, +5% to climbing skills, +5% to escape artist and pick pockets.
  81 - 85	Stocky: The character is exceptionally broad and husky, about twice as broad as a normal Human. The character adds +50 lbs (22.7 kg) to weight, +4D4 S.D.C., and +1D4 to PS attribute.
  86 - 95	Minor Psychic   01 - 50 Select two psionic powers from any one of the lesser categories. At first level, the psychic has an ISP value of their ME attribute +1D6, and they gain an additional +1D4 per level of experience.   51 - 80 Select three psionic powers from any two of the lesser categories. At first level, the psychic has an ISP value of their ME attribute +2D6, and they gain an additional +1D6 per level of experience.   81 - 00 Select four psionic powers from any of the lesser categories. At first level, the psychic has an ISP value of their ME attribute +2D6, and they gain an additional +1D6 per level of experience.
  96 - 00	Major Psychic   01 - 50 Select six psionic powers from any one of the lesser categories or four psionic powers from any of the lesser categories. At first level, the psychic has an ISP value of their ME attribute +3D6, and they gain an additional +1D6 per level of experience.   51 - 80 Select eight psionic powers from any one of the lesser categories or six psionic powers from any of the lesser categories. At first level, the psychic has an ISP value of their ME attribute +4D6, and they gain an additional +1D6+2 per level of experience.   81 - 00 Select ten psionic powers from any one of the lesser categories or eight psionic powers from any of the lesser categories. At first level, the psychic has an ISP value of their ME attribute +6D6, and they gain an additional +2D4 per level of experience.