FLESHY-HEADED MUTANTS
An Old School Apocalypse Setting for Synergy Engine
THE FOUR SUITS:
♣ CLUBS = TOOTH & CLAW
Melee combat, primitive weapons, raw violence. Swords, axes, bows, and the natural weapons evolution gave you. Up close and brutal.
“When the laser runs out of charge, steel still kills.”
♥ HEARTS = WEIRD BIOLOGY
Mutations, strange powers, adapted bodies. Extra limbs, poison sacs, bio-luminescence, regeneration. Evolution gone wild and wonderful.
“The old world broke us. The new world made us beautiful.”
♦ DIAMONDS = OLD WORLD TECH
Ancient technology, laser weapons, fusion rifles, robots. The dangerous treasures sleeping in the ruins of the Ancients. Powerful but temperamental.
“The Ancients were gods. We scavenge their corpses.”
♠ SPADES = WASTELAND WISDOM
Survival knowledge, scavenging expertise, knowing danger. Which water kills, which ruins are safe, where predators lurk. The lore that keeps you alive.
“The wasteland has rules. Learn them or feed the worms.”
SYNERGY MATRIX:
| ♣ Tooth & Claw | ♥ Weird Biology | ♦ Old World Tech | ♠ Wasteland Wisdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♣ Tooth & Claw | — | Beast Warrior | Relic Hunter | Wasteland Reaver |
| ♥ Weird Biology | Beast Warrior | — | Chimera | Adaptation |
| ♦ Old World Tech | Relic Hunter | Chimera | — | Archivist |
| ♠ Wasteland Wisdom | Wasteland Reaver | Adaptation | Archivist | — |
SYNERGIES:
BEAST WARRIOR (♣ Tooth & Claw + ♥ Weird Biology)
- “My claws are sharper. My fangs are longer. I am apex.”
- Natural weapons + biological mutations
RELIC HUNTER (♣ Tooth & Claw + ♦ Old World Tech)
- “I fight my way into the ruins and carry out the treasures.”
- Combat prowess + scavenged tech
WASTELAND REAVER (♣ Tooth & Claw + ♠ Wasteland Wisdom)
- “I know where to strike and how to survive the strike back.”
- Brutal combat + survival expertise
CHIMERA (♥ Weird Biology + ♦ Old World Tech)
- “They rebuilt me with flesh and metal. I’m not sure which is which anymore.”
- Mutations + cybernetic implants
ADAPTATION (♥ Weird Biology + ♠ Wasteland Wisdom)
- “My body knows what the wasteland needs. It provides.”
- Mutations + survival instincts
ARCHIVIST (♦ Old World Tech + ♠ Wasteland Wisdom)
- “I remember what the Ancients forgot. I know which buttons not to press.”
- Ancient technology + knowledge of ruins