Wasteland Woes: Fifth Edition Foes and Threats For Post-Apocalyptic Worlds
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Wasteland Woes completes the tetralogy that also includes Wasteland Wanderers¸ Wasteland Wares¸ and Wasteland Wheels. Unlike the others¸ Wasteland Woes is solely for the Guide¸ providing various threats with which you can challenge your players!
Wasteland Worlds
Inside you'll find seven types of wasteland world you might use for your campaign-desert¸ flooded¸ frozen¸ overgrown¸ radioactive¸ tech¸ and warped! Everything in the book is tagged so you know at a glance what content is recommended for each wasteland type¸ but you can ignore those recommendations and mix and match as you like.
Packed with Problems
Wasteland Woes offers a large number of non-combat challenges that include a selection of environmental hazards wastelanders can encounter in each of the seven types of wasteland world¸ as well as rules for post-apocalyptic traps and wasteland afflictions. The book also includes advice and options aimed at helping the Guide run engaging combats in a world where firearms and explosives are available.
Crowds of Creatures
The majority of the book is given over to an extensive bestiary of 279 alien¸ beast¸ horror¸ humanoid¸ machine¸ mutant¸ and plant creature stat blocks with which to populate your wastelands. Some creatures also have variants¸ which expands the number of options available to over 300!
Also included are guidelines and examples to help you convert creatures published in other Fifth edition compatible bestiaries!
Rookies and Supporters
In this book's appendices you'll also find rules for minor characters:
Give Rookie stat blocks to your players and run pre-1st level prologues¸ or use them as regular stat blocks by including them among your choices when you flesh out the abilities of non-player characters populating your world. Supporting Classes are ideal for when a non-player characters travels alongside your players' wastelanders. As they mature in experience alongside the party¸ levels in a Supporting Class help them continue to be effective allies while remaining simpler for the Guide to run at the table than instead adding levels in a player class. Easily Referenced.
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Compatible with Wasteland Worlds!