In the nuclear-blasted remains of a world that once was, laws are written in blood and enforced with bullets. Those who claw their way up from the ashes do so with grit, fury, and firepower. You are one such survivor — a gunslinger turned outlaw, a fugitive whose name carries fear and fascination in equal measure. Driven by loss, vengeance, or sheer survival, you navigate a savage wasteland where trust is rare and betrayal is currency.
- Ability Scores:
You may increase your Dexterity and Wisdom scores by 1, reflecting your keen instincts, fast reflexes, and survivalist nature in the lawless wastelands.
- Feat:
You gain the Sharpshooter feat, symbolizing your hard-earned skill with ranged weapons in a world where a quick draw means the difference between life and death. You can strike distant targets without disadvantage, ignore cover, and sacrifice accuracy for lethal power when it matters most.
- Skill Proficiencies:
You gain proficiency in Stealth and Intimidation. You’ve learned to move unseen across desolate terrain and use your hardened presence to get what you want in a world ruled by violence.
- Tool Proficiencies:
You gain proficiency with Tinker’s Tools and Gunsmith’s Kits, representing your ability to maintain, jury-rig, and customize scavenged technology and weapons in the field.
- Languages:
You can speak, read, and write Common and Wastelander Cant, a patchwork slang of old-world terms, coded phrases, and regional dialects used by outlaws, scavengers, and black market smugglers across the wasteland.
- Equipment:
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Junie’s Ribbon (a tattered keepsake from a lost loved one)
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The List (a scorched book of names to track your vendettas)
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A concealed lockpick
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20 bullets
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10 tech credits (currency equivalent)
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The wasteland leaves its mark on everyone. Roll on this table to determine a signature trait or quirk born of your life beyond the law.
| d6 | Quirk |
|---|---|
| 1 | You always light a cigarette before a fight. |
| 2 | You keep a memento from every person you’ve killed. |
| 3 | You talk to your gun as if it’s a person. |
| 4 | You compulsively carve tally marks into walls and furniture. |
| 5 | You sleep with your weapon under your pillow. |
| 6 | You refuse to kill animals unless starving. |
You have cultivated a loose web of informants, scavengers, smugglers, and desperate survivors who pass information through hidden channels. You can reliably send messages to, or receive warnings and rumors from, your network no matter where you are in the wasteland. This makes it easier to track bounties, uncover the whereabouts of your enemies, or source illegal tech and weaponry.
At your DM’s discretion, this contact can provide minor favors, intel, or leads on rare salvage.
Suggested Characteristics
Outlaws of the wasteland are survivors, killers, and drifters with hardened hearts and unbreakable grudges. Some are cold pragmatists; others, reckless avengers. All are shaped by tragedy and the ruthless law of the gun. Use the following traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws to inspire your character’s roleplaying choices.
Contacts
The wasteland is a patchwork of broken loyalties and desperate pacts. You have one or more underworld contacts — smugglers, salvagers, tech-runners, or old allies from your outlaw days. These contacts may occasionally provide information, resources, or safe passage. Their reliability depends on your reputation and how many names you’ve crossed off your list.
You aren’t just an outlaw — you’re a revenant, a gun-for-hire with a score to settle. Whether driven by revenge, blood feud, or unbreakable loyalty to the dead, you pursue your targets with obsessive focus. Where others flee or compromise, you press forward, no matter the odds. In addition to your criminal contacts, you keep a private kill-list and an ironclad code of personal retribution.
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