Build an Alien 3: Weirdos from Another Planet

Exotic Adaptations Generally only on per alien race. Roll a d30 Serial reincarnation (if character dies can reincarnate as same race, and has same Int, and memories, but reroll all other stats. Luck is permanently reduced by 1.) Cloning (if character dies, next character is identical in all stats, but does not share memories) Burrow […]

Build an Alien 2: Eclectic Bugaloo

Adaptations Roll 1d3, or Judge chooses. For sentient beings (PCs in particular) most of these should be thought of as minor, or vestigial, rather than as Mutant powers (use MCC powers for those). The aliens’ ancestors may have relied heavily on them, but now they have civilization and technology making their adaptations more of a […]

Build an Alien

There are a bunch of basic approaches to creating aliens, whether they are intended to be PCS, NPCs, or just critters: Bumpy Forehead, Calling A Rabbit a Smeerp, Bespoke Aliens, Bug-Eyed Monsters, Swiping. Bumpy Forehead Aliens If you’ve seen any SF television at all, you’ve seen these guys. They’re humans, painted a different color and […]