Fallout-helper

Travelling through the Wasteland

Difficulty: 5

Journey Speed

Complication Range:

Final Difficulty: 0

roll : End + survival

Spending Action Points During Travel

Players may spend their Action Points at any time while traveling to find a point of interest, an opportunity to better their situation, or a scavenging location. Allow the players to describe what they locate this way, though as GM, you have the final say and can modify or add to their descriptions.

AP cost	effect	benefit
1+	Ideal Campsite	PCs find an ideal place to set up camp. Reduce the test difficulty to build a campsite by 1 for every AP spent, to a minimum of 1.
2+	A Clever Plan	Reduce the difficulty of the next navigation test by 1 for every 2 AP spent.
3	Lucky Break	Safely avoid a random encounter that occurs as a result of a complication.
3	Treasure From Trash	PCs come across a location they can scavenge. For a simpler alternative, you can describe the location PCs find and allow them to make a group PER + Survival test with a difficulty you choose. If they succeed, they find an item of your choice or roll once on the Winter Wasteland Scavenging Table. For each additional success, they find another item.

Journey Complications

Roll:

N o m a t c h i n g c o m p l i c a t i o n f o u n d

1D20 roll	complication
1-2	The group reaches their destination particularly hungry. Each PC moves down the Hunger track one step.
3-4	The group arrives in low spirits. Increase the difficulty of the PCs’ CHA tests involving social interaction by 1 until they rest.
5-6	An essential piece of gear broke during the journey.
7-8	The group encounters an obstacle in their path—a fallen tree, a broken bridge, a rockslide, etc. They must work together to clear the way by making a group STR + Athletics test with a difficulty of 3. If the test fails, the group removes the obstacle, but each PC suffers a point of Fatigue.
9-10	The group witnesses an ominous sighting, weird phenomenon, or ill-omen. Add 2 AP to the GM’s pool.
11-12	All food and drink carried by the PCs become Irradiated.
13-14	The group passes through an irradiated area. Roll a number of DC equal to the navigation test difficulty; each PC suffers that much Radiation damage.
15-16	Roll on the Commonwealth Winter Random Encounters Table (p.33). PCs reach their destination after resolving the encounter.
17-18	Choose and apply a Winter Environment Condition (p.28).
19	The journey takes a heavy toll on the group. Each PC must succeed on an END + Survival test with a difficulty of 2 or suffer a point of Fatigue.
20	The wasteland’s cold proved particularly dangerous during the journey. Each PC must succeed on an END + Survival test with a difficulty of 3 or increase their Cold Exposure state one step.

Commonwealth Winter Random Encounter Table

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N o m a t c h i n g c o m p l i c a t i o n f o u n d

1D20 roll	encounter
1-2	A wandering merchant crosses the group’s path, willing to trade goods and share news from a nearby settlement.
3-4	A roaming Protectron is lost and can’t get back to the site it’s programmed to protect.
5-6	The group stumbles across a ruined campsite showing clear signs of having been attacked by Raiders recently.
7-8	A Deathclaw charges the group but doesn’t stop to fight; it’s fleeing from something even scarier.
9-10	A Minutemen patrol stops to question the group, wanting to know what they’re doing in the area.
11-12	A group of wastelanders approaches the group asking for help. They’re freezing and desperate.
13-14	Survivors claiming to be from a nearby Vault are conmen trying to lure the group into an ambush.
15-16	A pack of feral ghouls spot the party and make a beeline for their position.
17-18	A group of Super Mutants spot the group and charge them.
19	A Super Mutant riding a harnessed and muzzled deathclaw demands that the group hand over their food and caps.
20	Followers of the Last Son of Atom wish to recruit the group to the cause.

Winter Wasteland Scavenging Table

Roll:

N o m a t c h i n g c o m p l i c a t i o n f o u n d

2D20 roll	item
2	Heavy dog armor
3	10mm pistol
4	Addictol
5	Day Tripper
6	Machete
7	Sledgehammer
8	Healing Salve
9	.45 rounds (9+4DC)
10	3+5DC Uncommon Materials
11	Pork ‘n’ Beans
12	1+2DC Signal Flares
13	Holotape Player
14	2+1DC Tomahawks

2D20 roll	item
15	Pool Cue
16	Hard Hat
17	Military Fatigues
18	Flapper Dress
19	Well-Preserved Athletic Clothes
20	Wine
21	1+2DC glass bottles (junk, scavenge for 2 Common Materials each)
22	5+5DC Common Materials
23	Yum-Yum Deviled Eggs
24	Lab Coat
25	Iguana Bits
26	Potato Crisps
27	Flare (2+1DC)

2D20 roll	item
28	Syringer Ammo (2+2DC)
29	Pre-War Money worth 4d20 Caps
30	Toolkit
31	First Aid Kit
32	Lantern
33	Stimpak
34	RadAway
35	Knuckle Dusters
36	Tire Iron
37	Super Stimpak
38	Buffout
39	Jet
40	1+5DC Rare Materials