By Tim Layne (tazz@ramlink.net)

Chapter 1: Introduction

Mutants are regular people, but just a little tougher. They are on equal par with possible counterparts in the World of Darkness, such as Mages, Kindred, Garou, and Immortals. Mutants are about as common as the Kindred, but will usually not flex the muscle of their numbers. Some mutants could stand next to you on the subway, and you'd never know. Other, less fortunate ones will usually attract a lynch off by appearance alone. The life a mutant leads is usually secretive, for very obvious reasons! Most can be divided into two classes, those who help humanity, and those who hate it. A good example for each are from Marvel's X-Men: Professor Charles Xavier, and Magneto. Professor X founded the X-Men to protect humans in an attempt to promote equality between mutants and humans. Magneto feels the mutant species is superior to humankind, the next step in the evolutionary ladder if you will. The diversity of mutants makes this classification very general, but most PC's will most likely follow either idea.

Chapter 2: Creation

Mutants are almost always more physically fit, more attractive, and in some cases, more intelligent than humans, so they receive 7, 6, 5 for their attribute points. For abilities, they receive 13, 9, 5, just like everyone else. All mutants have a power pool; this says how often a mutant can perform some spectacular feat. Different areas give different amounts for the power pool, which will be discussed later in the guide. Each mutant has a different area of Discipline to show where her power is manifested.
• Evocation of Energy
• Elemental Force
• Powers of the Mind
• Physical^*
• Sound^**
• Light (and Darkness)^**
• Mental^*
• Manipulation^*

Each area has different powers that can be chosen, and each area also allows access into another part of a different area.

^**Any area of Discipline can be combined with these

^*These have a special benefit, listed later.

Evocation of Energy

This area of Discipline deals with the explosive power that wells up deep inside some mutants; some examples are Cyclops's optic blast, Gambit's charging ability, Jubilee's fireworks, Magneto's powers, and Iceman's ice. Characters choosing this area of Discipline receive 12 Power points for their pools. Player's may choose from all other areas as minor studies except Mental, and Powers of the Mind.

Elemental Force

This area of Discipline deals with the powers of mother nature. Storm's powers, and Avalanche's powers are examples of Elemental Force. Characters choosing this area of Discipline receive 12 Power points for their pool. Player may give minor studies to the Disciplines of Evocation of Energy and Physical.

Powers of the Mind

This area of Discipline deals with the mysterious and intriguing abilities of the mind. The powers of Professor X, and Jean Grey are prime examples. Characters choosing from this area of Discipline receive 10 power points for their pool. Characters can give minor study to Mental and Manipulation.

Physical

This area of Discipline deals with the raw power, blindingly quick, or hard as steel powers of the body. Wolverine's enhanced senses and stamina, Gambit's agility, Colossus's and Rogue's strength are examples of physical Characters. Characters choosing this area of Discipline receive 5 power points for their pools. They can minor study Evocation of Energy, Manipulation, and Elemental Force.

Sound

This area of Discipline deals with sound, and audible effects. Banshee's wail is a good example. Characters choosing this area of Discipline receive 8 Power points for their pools. They can give minor study to all other areas.

Light

This area of Discipline deals with light, darkness, and visual effects. Dazzler's abilities are a great example of the powers of simple light. Light effects concern more than simple light and dark. Shadows, light manipulation, and others are included. Characters choosing this Discipline get 8 Power points for their pools. They can give minor study to all other areas.

Mental

The Mental area of Discipline deals with the vast intellectual capacity of someone like Beast, or the insight of Nightcrawler. This area is not another excuse for Powers of the Mind, however, since the character cannot move things by sheer force of will, or invade the minds of others. Characters gain 5 Power points for their pools. Minor study is granted for Powers of the Mind and Manipulation.

Manipulation

This area of Discipline has to do with the advanced manipulative powers of some mutants. Gambit's charm, and the hypnotic suggestions of a certain Morlock are examples of the manipulative abilities of certain mutants. Mental, Physical, powers of the mind, and Evocation of Energy are the areas of minor study. Characters gain 5 Power points for their pools.

Chapter 3: Subareas

Subareas are specific area of expertise within in the areas of Disciplines. Each area has subareas to choose from. To get a power, choose what subarea, then find a power that suits you. That one's free, but the others will cost you.

Evocation of Energy	Blast, Absorption
Elemental Force	Fire, Air, Earth, Water
Powers of the Mind	ESP, Telekinesis, Psyche, Psychotherapy
Physical	Superhuman attributes, Mind over matter
Sound	Blast, Absorption, Manipulation, Creation
Light	Blast, Absorption, Manipulation, Creation
Mental	Superhuman attributes
Manipulation	Superhuman attributes, Hypnotics, Charm

Minor areas of study work like this. Each special power has a point cost. In the Character's main area of Discipline, a power costs the given amount; in a minor area, it cost 50% more. Example; Bloodgruv chooses Physical as his major area of Discipline. He picks superhuman agility as his free power, and decides to get Reverb from the Sound area. Reverb would cost 4 points to get if Sound was his major area, but since he chose physical, it will cost him 6 points total.

The numbers

Attributes:	7 6 5
Abilities:	13 9 5
Willpower:	5
Superpowers:	10
Freebies:	15

Chapter 4: The Powers

Evocation Of Energy

Blast

Plasma blast

Cost to purchase: 2

Description: This is as the name implies. Note that anything within the realms of the player's imagination can be used for the physical appearance of the blast, and where exactly it came from.

Damage: 2

Cost to use: 1/3

Range: 50 yds

Detonation

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This power causes an explosion to erupt within a given object. Inanimate objects within 10 pounds per level of the mutant are destroyed. If the detonation power is used on something heavier, the attack fizzles, and the Power points are lost. Beginning at level 15, mutants with this power can begin using this attack on living matter.

Damage: 4

Cost to use: 2 Power

Range: 10 yds

Absorption

Energy Absorb

Cost to purchase: 3/6

Description: This power enables the mutant to absorb any plasma energy directed toward her. She can also store the energy for 10 minutes per level of the mutant as free Power points, but unless discharged, the energy will damage the mutant. A mutant can store any amount of Power points that would have been dice of damage, unless the attacker is of higher level, in which case, only 50% of the Power is stored, the rest is scored damage. The more expensive 6 point form allows a mutant to absorb life force. She can drain away mutant powers; the loss is temporary to the victim, unless death occurs, but no health is gained. For the duration, which is base 1 hour - five minutes per level, all flaws gained by the drainer work at 150% efficiency, while merits are suppressed completely.

Damage: 2 for every 3 seconds contact is made, or none.

Cost to use: 1

Range: Touch

Energy Charge

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This power allows a mutant to charge virtually any small object with power. The objects detonate with a small explosion upon forceful contact (i.e. throwing, stepping on etc). A mutant can also give a minor charge to an object to provide light as well.

Damage: 3

Cost to use: 2, 1/4 (For minor charge)

Range: Special

Elemental Force

This is handled differently than the rest. The mutant has complete control over the element of his choosing. He can conjure, manipulate, and recieve an immunity to that form of element. For example, a fire mutant might be able to swim in a volcano with no adverse effects, but a water mutant could come along and blast him to kingdom come, and vice versa. To simplify things, an elemental mutant is completely at home in the environment of his choosing, although each benefit costs 2 points to gain.

Magnetism

Cost to purchase: 8

Shield

Description: Dispels all energy attacks made against it.

Cost to use: 6

Flight

Description: Duh!

Cost: 2

Fire

Cost to purchase: 6

Heat illusion

Description: -2 dice to hit when in effect.

Cost to use: 2

Mirage

Description: Name gives it away, but keep it within reason. Cost to use: 2

Earth

Cost to purchase: 6

Tremor

Description: Disoriented, -2 to dice pool on the round it's in effect, and the one immediatly after.

Cost to use: 2

Fault

Description: A large crack opens up under one victim, swallows him for 5 minutes (which reflects the time used to climb out) and causes 5 damage.

Cost to use: 4

Water

Cost to purchase: 6

Breathe water

Description: Well duh!

Cost to use: 2

Purify water

Description: The mutant can purify water at the rate of 2 gallons per level. Cost to use: 2

Air

Cost to purchase: 6

Flight

Description: The mutant can fly on currents of air of her own creation.

Cost to use: 2

Unnatural Weather

Description: Although an Air mutant can control and cause weather, it takes a little study to make it rain in the Mojave!

Cost to use: 4

Powers of the Mind

ESP

Thought Projection

Cost to purchase: 6

Description: Thought projection allows the mutant to send his thoughts to another person. The person on the recieving end see the face of the sender, andcan hear the sender's voice. A conversation can take place if one of two conditions are filled. 1, if both involved have thought projection, or 2, if the sender is above 8th level.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 3

Range: Sender knowledge

Superception

Cost to purchase: 4 points

Description: Superception allows the mutant to perceive things beyond that of humans. Reading the card with the pattern end facing them, telling where someone is looking. Discerning emotions, and more at the storyteller's option, are avaliable with Superception.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 1

Range: 3 yds

Telekinesis

Telekinesis

Cost to purchase: 5

Description: Telekinesis allows the mutant to manipulate things with his mind as easily as another person could with his hands. For each level, a mutant can move 30# of stuff

Damage: -

Cost to use: 2

Range: 50 yds

Psyche

Mind reader

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: As the name implies. The victim can roll her willpower to resist the effects. The difficulty is the level of the reader times 2.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 3

Range: 10 feet

Foresight

Cost to purchase: 6

Description: This power allows a mutant to see what will happen in the immediate future of himself or others. He can see 1 hour into the future for every 2 levels. It may be noted that the future is in no circumstance set in stone. The players can still modify actions to try and avoid a nasty fate.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 6

Range: Self

Psychotherapy

Mind raid

Cost to purchase: 7

Description: This fiendish power allows a mutant to raid the mind of another, and cause one of the following effects in a victim.

Feebleness:	-3 to dice pool
Stupidity:	All mental attributes are reduced to one, and all knowledge rolls get a +3 to difficulty
Fear:	-2 to dice pool. Courage virtue reduced to 1
Insanity:	-5 to dice pool, and mutant is no longer under control of player.

All these effects last for 1 hour for every level of the mutant using it.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 6 Power

Range: 20 feet

Mental shield

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This allows the mutant to protect herself from any attack that can affect the mind. The mutant can shield herself from any effect from an attacker of lower level than herself, and can roll a willpower check to resist the effects of a higher level mutant. The difficulty is twice the level of the attacker over the defender.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Self

Psi-Blade

Cost to purchase: 2

Description: This attack allows the user to do minor damage to a victim, imbue them her memories, or take a few. It should be noted that it does cause damage, even if it's a friendly memory loaner.

Damage: 2

Cost to use: 1/2 Power point

Range: Punch reach + 6 inches

Mental Repairman

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This is a power that allows the mutant to remove any psychological flaws at the rate of 1 month for every point the flaw was. This is a very nice thing to use, but is less than reliable. At the end of every month the patient underwent treatment, a willpower roll is required, the "repaiman's" level serves as the difficulty. If the willpower check fails, the patient feels no more adverse effects of the flaw; if it passes, it bursts through, and treatment must pick up at the beginning, which can be done any number of times.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 3 per treatment (At least 4 per month)

Range: Self

Physical

Superhuman Attributes

Superhuman Strength, Agility, Stamina

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This power imbues the mutant with Superhuman attributes. He receives a bonus dot in either Strength, Dexterity, or Stamina. If he uses Power points to augment that, he recieve an 8 in that attribute for the next hour. He also receives these bonuses:

Strength:	Brawl bonus. The mutant does 2 extra dice of damage while brawling
Dexterity:	Celerity. The mutant gains 3 actions/round
Stamina:	Invulnerability. Think about it for a minute

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Self

Mind Over Matter

Healing factor

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: A mutant with the healing factor can regenerate 2 points of damage per 5 minute intervals of rest. Strenuous activity reduces this to 1 point every 10 minutes.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 3

Range: Self

Super speed

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: Super speed allows the mutant to move at an advanced rate, somewhere around 200 mph without anything heavy to lug. In brawl and combat, the mutant will be able to attack or act 5 times a round.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Self

Teleportation

Cost to purchase: 6/4

Description: This allows the mutant to teleport herself and up to 3 others anywhere within 200 yds. The less expensive form allows the mutant enter a state of etherealness, and she can basically walk through walls

Damage: -

Cost to use: 5/3

Strecheroo

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: Basically, stretchy skin. The mutant can extend his limbs to fantastic lengths, but if he goes too far, it hurts. A special costume will be neccesary, or incredibly loose clothes at least, to accommodate this talent.

Damage: 2 (ST says when too far is too far)

Cost to use: 2

Range: Self

Flight

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: Let the name speak for itself. A mutant can fly for as long as she wants or until she gets tired, which is found by taking her stamina times 4 and adding 3 for every level. That's how many hours a mutant can fly, and exhaustion will cause the need for more power points to be poured in to keep aloft.

Damage: - (Except from falling!!!)

Cost to use: 2

Range: Self

Body weapons

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: The mutant can grow weapons from his body and use them. Damage is determined by the ST, but it's usually 2 to 5 damage; any more or less is ridiculous

Damage: 2 - 5

Cost to use: 2

Range: Self

Heightened senses

Cost to purchase: 1 Description: This allows the mutant to have senses even more advanced senses than the merit. They are always in effect, and the range can be doubled by spending Power points. A character can augment all 5 senses, but must spend points to augment each sense.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 0 to 1

Range: Self

Armonaut

Cost to purchase: 6

Description: This power allows the mutant to make her skin solid metal. She are invulnerable to anything short of a neutron bomb, and any attacks against her will result in pain, broken weapons, etc. The transformation lasts for 1 hour +10 minutes per level of the mutant.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Self

Shape shifting

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This allows the mutant to alter his physical size, shape, color, etc. The transformation costs points, but reverting back to true form is free. Anything vaguely man sized can be mimicked, but the ST might allow something extra.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 3

Range: Self

Sound And Light

Cost to purchase: 1 per ability except blast

Description: Sound and light are also handled differently than the rest. These powers are relatively weak compared to a punch from Colossus, so they are given benefits to balance them out. The Absorption, Manipulation, and Creation are handled the same way for both Light and Sound. For every level, 10 decibels of sound, or light equaling that of a 200 watt lightbulb can be created. For instance, at 5th level, a mutant could affect the sound of a small rock concert, or dim the lights in a city block. The blasts aren't the same, however, so the details are given below.

Sound

Banshee's wail

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This keening wail can do a few things. It can force back a lot of people caught in the blast, make them temporarily deaf, and hurt them to the point of damage. People caught in the blast are temporarily stunned for 2 rounds. It is so named for the famous mutant who first developed it.

Damage: 3

Cost to use: 2

Range: 10 yds out, 8 yds up, conical from mutant's mouth

Reverb

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: A mutant must absorb sound to use this power. The mutant can store and release the energy in a stunning, or painful wave, as desired. To release a stunning wave, a mutant need only absorb a small amount of sound, but a painful wave needs more behind it. A good rule to follow is this: a minute of talking for a stunning wave, or 5 minutes of talking for a painful one. Modifiers are set to this, making it harder or easier to absorb sound.

Damage: 4 or none

Cost to use: 2 or 4

Range: 50 yds out (The reverb does not have to project from the mouth)

Light

Blinding light

Cost to purchase: 2

Description: This allows the mutant to project a bright light. If a victim looks directly at the light, he is dazzled for that round and the two immediately following. He receives a -1 to his dice pool, and a +2 difficulty to a perception roll requiring vision. Heightened vision, either by merit or power, reduces it to the immediate round.

Damage: 1

Cost to use: 1/3 Power point

Range: Circle, 6 foot radius

Will'o'wisp

Cost to purchase: 2

Description: This mean little trick brings into being a little globe of light. It flies around the head of the victim, which distracts her. She is at a -1 to her dice pool, and will forsake all other actions to try and rid herself of the little bugger. A successful willpower roll (Diff 5) reminds her of other, more important things at hand, and she no longer loses the dice.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 1 Power point Range: Within sight is reasonable

Mental

Superhuman Attributes

Superhuman Perception, Intellegence, and Wits

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This power imbues the mutant with Superhuman attributes. He receives a bonus dot in either Perception, Intellegence, or Wits. If he uses Power points to augment that, he receives an 8 in that attribute for the next hour. He also receives these bonuses.Keep track of other successes, since it might fool other people.

Perception:	Can't fool me. While this is in effect, any stealth, slight of hand, or other rolls where sneakiness is involved get a +2 penalty to difficulty.
Intelligence:	The mutant will be able to figure his way through any problem requiring reasoning in a number of rounds equal to his intelligence divided by 2. Any knowledge rolls are made at a -2 to difficulty
Wits:	I know it first. Anytime a question of wits is brought up for for initiative in combat, etc, this allows the mutant to go first, whether or not he has a higher wits.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Self

Manipulation

Superhuman Attributes

Cost to purchase: 4

Description: This power imbues the mutant with Superhuman attributes. She receive a bonus dot in either Manipulation, Charisma or Appearance. If she uses Power points to augment that, she receives an 8 in that attribute for the next hour. She also receives these bonuses.

Charisma:	Leadership. All mutants feel favorably inclined, and will allow themselves to be lead if a willpower roll is failed or refused.
Manipulation:	All mine. The mutant can influence the decisions of other; Manipulation X 2 at - 2 difficulty.
Appearance:	Hey Baby. This is not do much a physical transformation than a mental readjustment. Members of the opposite sex must make a willpower roll at +2 difficulty to avoid putting themselves becoming amorous.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Self

Hypnotics

Suggestion

Cost to purchase: 3

Description: This allows the mutant to manipulate the minds of others. Some possibles are an urge to sleep, seeing snakes, and cooking supper (?) Unless a Willpower roll is passed, a suicide suggestion will be followed; fortunately, the roll is at -2 difficulty. A second willpower roll allows the mutant to resist these effects completely.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 4

Range: Earshot of victim

Charm

Charm

Cost to purchase: 2

Description: This is a weaker version of suggestion. The mutant who uses charm has an effective charisma and manipulation of 7 to the person he charms. The intended victims will in no way obey a suicide command, and will not readily give up ideals or beliefs unless a willpower roll at a -2 difficulty is made.

Damage: -

Cost to use: 2

Range: Self

Chapter 4: Finishing touches

Mutants get 15 freebies to spend, and the conversion chart is below.

Attribute	5 per dot
Ability	2 per dot
Power pool point	2 per dot
Mutant power point	4 for each point
Health	1 per dot
Willpower	1 per dot
Backgrounds	2 per dot

Backgrounds

Mutants have the same backgrounds as all other WoD characters have, except two: Mutant school and Adamantium. Mutant School is almost the same as mentor, but deals with mutants, and we all know how cool Adamantium is.

Mutant School

Most will either be of one of the 2 schools discussed above, so students will be asked (or forced) to follow the rules (or dictatorship) of the school.

*	School is new, and is run by a teacher that is 5 levels higher than the most advanced student
**	School has been around for a while, and is run by a competent professional 10 levels higher than the most advanced student
***	School is widely known, and has a rival or two from the other way of thinking. Teacher is 15 levels higher than the most advanced student
****	School is very popular, but has many rivals from the other way of thinking. Teacher is 20 levels higher than the most advanced student.
*****	Professor Charles Xavier's school for gifted children. (What else could I say?)

Adamantium

*	Finger claws, like Sabretooth's.
**	Adamantium limbs. Fist, feet, skull, etc. (Only one type)
***	Adamantium skeleton (-4 difficulty to soak roll)
****	Adamantium claws, like Wolverine's, or other types of blades.
*****	Adamantium infused skin. -2 to damage done, aggravated damage on 8 or higher.

Levels

All throughout this guide levels have played an important role in the way things work. To advance to the next level, a character needs 10 experience points per level. 20 at level two, 30 at level three, etc. Each level grants a bonus of two dots of health, and an extra dice of damage from mutant power attacks.

Power pool

All throughout this guide, mention is made to the Power pool. This is the well of mutant energy stored up inside the mutant. To regain Power points, a mutant must rest for 5 minutes per Power point.

Weapons

Weapon	Diff	Damage	Notes
Ninja to	4	3
Claws	2	4	Implanted internally
Claws	4	3	External version
Katana	6	5
2 handed sword	8	7
Staff	5	4
Axe	6	5
Longsword variant	6	5
Broadsword variant	7	6
Energy Pistol	5	5
Energy Rifle sized	6	6
Cable's favorites	7	7