The Dead Are Coming - Running the Apocalypse

 

8 - Running The Apocalypse

While the world practically ended, survivors are still going to explore every inch of it trying to make it for another day.

8.1 - Exploration

When exploring outside of action scenes time is measured in Turns during which a survivor can make a major action such as: examining a part of the location, moving to a different room or engaging with something or someone.

8.2 - Traveling

Use a hexagonal map where each hex is 6 miles a side and 12 miles across.

A group of survivors can normally travel 12 miles (1 hex) per watch. Some terrain types (swamps, hills, thick forests, etc.) reduce this by half, taking two watches to travel 1 hex.

Rest

A Survivor who doesn’t  rest at least one watch every two days is Exhausted.

Weather

Roll 2d6 to determine the daily weather—which can be a worthy adversary in the end of the world.

Weather that is bolded are dangerous conditions for traveling. Each watch spent traveling under these conditions triggers a STR Save to avoid consequences.

2d6	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
2	Rainstorm	Thunderstorm	Gale	Snowstorm
3-5	Light Rain	Sweltering Heat	Deluge	Sleet
6-8	Overcast	Clear and Hot	Cool	Freezing Cold
9-11	Bright and Sunny	Warm and Sunny	Light Rain	Overcast and Cold
12	Clear and Warm	Clear and Warm	Clear and Crisp	Clear and Cold

8.3 - Random Encounters

When the survivors are exploring a location like a building, a neighborhood or other contained place roll for Random Encounters every 6 turns (or when they make loud noises).

When traveling in the countryside or crossing through a town roll for Random Encounters every watch. If an encounter occurs roll a d6 to determine which hour it occurs in.

For a Random Encounter roll d6. On a 1 an encounter occurs and on a 2 there’s an omen (signs or hints of an encounter).

Reactions

When encountering someone whose reaction is not obvious roll their Reaction.

1d6	Reaction
2	Hostile
3-5	Unfriendly
6-8	Indifferent
9-11	Friendly
12	Helpful

Morale

When fighting a rational enemy and one of the following conditions (or something else the Referee judges relevant) is met, the enemy makes a WIL save to not flee or surrender.

• Is clearly outmatched when the fight starts.

• Takes a Critical Damage for the first time in the fight.

• Witness an ally flee or die.

Encounter Tables

For each major area prepare a table of 1d6 encounters reflecting its theme.

• 1 - 3: variations of a common encounter.

• 4 - 5: slightly unusual, uncommon encounters.

• 6: a strange and dangerous encounter.