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aop20000oo003 THE DAY AFTER RAGNAROK A Savage Setting By Kenneth Hite Table of Contents Table of Contents Holy Roller (Minor) ........... 19 Jeep .................................32 Introduction Luddite (Minor or Major) .... 19 Motorcycle .......................32 Serpentfall .............................7 Snakebit (Minor or Major) 19 2-1/2 ton Truck ...............32 The Serpent Dies .................... New Edges ............................20 Aircraft ............................... 33 The Giants Revive ................... Beechcraft Model 18 ........33 Background Edges ............. 20 The Eagle Broken .................... Bell 47 .............................33 Arcane Background DC-3 Dakota ....................33 The Lion Waiting .................... (Magic) ........................20 Noorduyn Norseman ........33 Heroes’ Section Arcane Background (Miracles) ....................20 Lockheed Constellation ....34 Welcome to the Arcane Background PBY Catalina Flying Boat ...34 End of the World .........13 (Ophi-Tech) .................21 P-80 Shooting Star ..........34 Piper J-3 Cub ...................34 Character Concepts .........13 Arcane Background (Psionics) .....................21 Watercraft .......................... 35 Arcane Scholar ................... 13 Bump For Languages .......22 Fairmile Motor Launch ....35 Barbarian ........................... 13 Combat Edges .................... 22 Speedboat ........................35 Engineer ............................ 13 Fencing ............................22 Triton Class Submarine ...35 Hunter ............................... 13 Martial Arts Training ......22 Weapons ...............................38 Mercenary .......................... 13 Improved Martial Arts Weapon Notes ................... 38 Oilman ............................... 13 Training .......................22 AK-47 ..............................38 Outlaw ............................... 13 Sykes-Fairbairn ...............22 Arisaka 99 Shiki ..............38 Prospector ......................... 13 Improved Sykes-Fairbairn ..22 Arrows .............................38 Rebel .................................. 14 Professional Edges ............ 22 Bullwhip ..........................38 Scientist ............................. 14 Airman ............................22 Colt M1911 .....................38 Secret Agent ...................... 14 Bush Pilot ........................23 Flare Pistol.......................38 Soldier ................................ 14 Mountie ...........................23 Grenades ..........................38 Rhodes Scholar .................23 Character Roles ................14 Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I .....38 Sailor ...............................24 Bruiser ............................... 14 M1 Garand ......................38 Soldier .............................24 Medic ................................. 14 M2 Carbine ......................38 Speleo-Herpetologist ........24 Specialist ............................ 14 Mills Bomb.......................38 Texas Ranger ...................26 Talker ................................. 16 Molotov Cocktail ..............38 Thinker ............................... 16 Gear .........................................26 Nambu 14 Shiki ...............38 Making Heroes ................. 17 Money ................................ 26 Nambu Type 99 ...............39 Race .................................... 17 Gear Notes ......................... 26 Owen Mk I .......................39 Nationality ......................... 17 Amphetamines .................26 RPG-2 ..............................39 Attributes .......................... 17 Bear Trap .........................31 SG-43 ..............................39 Skills ................................... 18 Gun Cleaning Kit .............31 Shotguns ..........................39 Languages .......................... 18 Horses and Mules ............31 Thompson M1A1..............39 Secondary Statistics .......... 18 Primacord ........................31 Ophi-Tech ...............................41 Radio ...............................31 Special Abilities ................. 18 Acquiring Ophi-Tech ......... 41 Rifle Scope .......................31 Gear .................................... 18 Ophi-Tech Gear ................. 41 Rope .................................31 Background and Name ...... 18 Ablative-Metabolic Suit ...41 Thermite ..........................31 New Hindrances .............. 19 Crotaline Drops ...............42 Vehicles..................................32 Blank Stare (Minor) .......... 19 Fiber Bomb ......................42 Callous (Minor) ................. 19 Ground Vehicles ................ 32 Gill Array .........................43 Humber Armored Car ......32 Hypox Apparatus .............43 4 Table of Contents Table of Contents Jet Pack ...........................44 Ras al-Thuban ..................73 Kraken .............................93 Marconi Gun ....................44 Latin America .................... 74 Naga ................................94 Neural Stimulator ............45 Mexico .............................74 Thunderbird .....................94 Ophiline ...........................45 Brazil ...............................74 Wendigo ...........................95 Sinew-Weave Vest ............46 Argentina.........................74 Adventures in the Other Ophi-Tech Gear ...... 46 Peru .................................75 Serpent’s Shadow ......97 Avro Blackhawk ...............46 Born of Savage Campaigns ............. 97 GM’s Section Venom and Ice ..............79 Wolves Beyond Bad Guys ............................ 79 the Border ....................97 The World Bandit ..............................79 Servants of the Crown .....98 After Ragnarok ..........49 Bandit Chief ....................79 Phoenix and the Sword .................. 100 The British Empire ............ 49 Cultist ..............................79 City of the Australia ..........................49 Cult Leader ......................80 Emerald Night .......... 101 South Africa .....................49 Loner ...............................80 Adventure Generator ...... 102 British India ....................50 Police ...............................80 The Hook ....................... 103 Canada ............................52 Secret Agent ....................81 Location ........................ 104 British Isles ......................52 Soldier .............................82 Heroes’ Goal.................. 105 The Caribbean ..................52 Elite Soldier .....................82 Villain ........................... 106 The United States .............. 54 Militia Soldier ..................82 Villain’s Goal................. 108 Alaska ..............................54 Officer ..............................82 Henchmen ..................... 109 Hawaii .............................54 Thug .................................83 Victim ........................... 110 Utah ................................54 Thug Boss .........................83 Guest Star..................... 111 Texas ...............................55 Chimeras ............................ 83 Guest Star’s Goal .......... 112 World Map ......................... 56 Aunt Jenny ......................83 Obstacles ...................... 112 The Poisoned Lands........... 58 Ghoul ...............................84 Twist ............................ 114 The High Plains ................58 Man-Ape ..........................84 Savage Samples................ 115 The Iowa Soviet ................58 Swamp Devil ....................85 The Shadows The Drowned Coast ..........59 Monsters ............................ 86 Over Ponape ............. 115 The Mayoralties ...............60 Death-Worm ....................86 Dero .................................86 You Can Always France ................................ 64 Tell Blood .................. 115 Devil-Flower ....................87 Spain .................................. 64 Snakes and Leaders ...... 116 Enormous Scorpion ..........87 The Soviet Union ............... 65 The Corpses Have Fly-By-Night ....................88 The Japanese Empire ........ 68 Begun To Sprout ...... 116 China .................................. 68 Giant Alligator .................89 The Philippines .................. 69 Giant Gila Monster ..........89 Appendix: Poisoned Congress India ................... 70 Giant Snake .....................90 Lands Encounters......117 The Middle East ................. 70 Variant Versions ..............90 Inspirations .......................123 Giant Spider ....................92 Turkey .............................70 Index .....................................125 The Levant .......................71 Hydra ..............................92 The Oil States ..................71 Jotun ...............................93 Character Sheet ..............128 The Eye of Jörmungandr The baleful looking symbol at right is the Eye of Jörmungandr. This symbol indicates which monsters and NPCs presented in The Day After Ragnarok are Wild Cards. Some monsters have boss versions (such as the Dero Leader or the 80-foot Giant Snake) that are also Wild Cards, but don’t have the Eye of Jörmungandr there to show the way. 5 Serpentfall Serpentfall Serpentfall “The Nazi myth which is important ... [to] men like Hitler requires a Götterdämmerung...” — U.S. War Department counterintelligence assessment, Feb. 12, 1945 Patton’s death in September didn’t do it, although the wilder-eyed addicts in the Wewelsburg basement claimed that Skorzeny’s “Operation Walküre” had changed things,