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4 introduction

Quick Q&A

Q: Can I play this without a copy of Outbreak: Deep Space?

A:No. The two systems will be complementary and share

the same mechanics. Outbreak: Deep Space has the benefit

of being done first, so thats why youre seeing it before our

release of Outbreak: Undead..2nd Edition. We didnt wantto leave our fans of the original game feeling as if were

moving on without revising Outbreak: Undead.. This short

primer will allow the reader to know how we will apply the

system presented in Outbreak: Deep Space to Outbreak:

Undead..

Q: Is the book going to be in full color and hardcover?

Because this primer is neither of those.

A:Yes on both counts. The full version is going to be full

color and hardcover.

Q: Will I be able to play the full release of Outbreak:Undead.. 2nd Edition without a copy of Outbreak: Deep

Space?

A:Yes. The full 2nd Edition release will have the complete

ruleset contained within. This primer is just to introduce

those who want to play whats newest with Outbreak:

Undead.. by adapting Outbreak: Deep Space.

Q: What crosses over from Outbreak: Deep Space to this

book?

A: Character creation, the Encounter sequence and

the mechanics of combat are what fully cross over from

Outbreak: Deep Spaceto this book. We will call out anyreferences that are utilizing the Outbreak: Deep Space

rules. Many character Paradigms can also be utilized from

Outbreak: Deep Spaceto Outbreak: Undead.. 2nd Editon.

Q: What is unique to the Outbreak: Undead.. 2nd Edition

Primer?

A: The kind of gear a character has access to as well as the

nature of the opponents and setting. All of those differences

will be covered in this primer.

Q: How close are the rules going to be to the actual release

of Outbreak: Undead 2nd Edition?

A:Very close.

Q: Is the full version of Outbreak: Undead.. Second Edition

going to be printed in color?

A:Yes... stop asking.

Q: Will this be outdated when the Outbreak: Undead.. 2nd

Edition book comes out?

A: Not really. We will obviously address any problems or

concerns that we get from player feedback between no

and when we publish, but there should be no mechanica

difference between this book and the full version o

Outbreak: Undead.. Second Edition.

Q: Are you going to use that handwriting font again?

A:Yes, but sparingly...we promise

Q: Is that going to be the cover?

A:No. We are featuring a new model. And yes, shes ver

pretty... like last time.

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horror traitsPlayers that are utilizing the rules from Outbreak: Deep

Space will be able to utilize the Horror Traits that are

presented on pg.xxx. Since most Outbreak: Undeadfeature

viral based opponents, the symptoms themselves and the

accumulated Viral total that a character or the opponents

have present an entirely new range of possible opponents.

viralOutbreak: Undead.. presents different options (symptoms)

for multiple types of viral infections. If the Viral total

is greater than the Tens digit (or Bonus) of the SPEW

stat it effects, then the character succumbs to the Virus

and becomes an opponent with all the Horror Traits of

the standard opponent of the outbreak scenario. If the

Virus does not alter a SPEW stat, then the virus will

simply damage a character until the virus is somehow

removed or the character is killed. The following area list of Symptoms that work like Horror Traits that

apply specifically to the Virus that serve as penalties to

characters who are infected:

symptoms

Name of Symptom

Effect of Symptom

Manifested Horror Traits (Viral Total Needed). An (S)

indicates that the Horror Trait manifests once the infected

finally succumb to the virus.

Outbreak Scenarios that feature a virus with a particular

symptom that manifests at (S) will automatically apply to

the Standard Infected opponent.

Hallucination

The virus wreaks havoc on the Occipital Lobe and Visual

Cortex. Each Viral point adds 1 Difficulty to all checks

with Per as a primary attribute and will not allow any PB

to be claimed for any other checks.

Advanced Weaponry - Ranged (S), Disoriented (4),

Indiscriminate Attacker (7)

Mutation/Invasive Growth

This virus causes rapid mutation or invasive growths that

is fueled by consuming biomass. The resulting monster

may barely be recognizable as once being human and be

capable of terrifying strength or other unnatural abilities.

The mutation will actually augment their abilities until

the mutation becomes rampant. Empathy and one other

SPEW Attribute becomes targeted. The combined bonu

of these two SPEW Attributes will be Viral needed fo

a character to Succumb. The remaining two SPEW

Attributes will get a +1 Bonus per Viral until a characte

Succumbs. A character cannot claim an EBfor any chec

Mutation - Mobility, Projectile, Regeneration, Resistanc

(damage type), Strength (1 new mutation per 2 Vir

points), OBM (S)

Rage

The virus suppresses the functions of the Frontal Lob

and will cause a character to become irrational and fu

of blinding rage, gradually forgetting ties such as kinsh

or friendship. Each Viral point adds 1 Difficulty to all ski

checks with Emp as a primary attribute and will not allo

any EBto be claimed for any other checks.

Vicious or Advanced Weaponry - Melee (S), IndiscriminaTargeting(4), Endurance (6), Toughness (8), Rage (S)

Necrosis

The virus will kill and rot the cells of the body and erode th

muscle tissue of the character and/or the Motor Cortex o

the brain. Each point of Viral adds 1 Difficulty to all ski

checks with Str as a primary attribute and will not allo

any SBto be claimed for any other checks.

Endurance (S), Tough (5), Undead (7)

DeliriumThe virus damages or suppresses the operation of th

Cerebellum. Each Viral point adds 1 Difficulty to all ski

checks with Willpower as a primary attribute and will no

allow anyWBto be claimed for any other checks.

Advanced Weaponry (S), Panicked (4), Enthralled (6)

Hemorrhagic

When healing damage during Natural Healing, prevent th

Healing of 1 damage per Viral point. NoSBcan be claime

to see how much damage is healed during natural healin

Vicious (S), Hematophagy (4)

Nausea/Diarrhea

A character is constantly nauseous and will vomit u

whatever they attempt to eat or drink. Each point of Vir

will require that a character ingest an additional Food o

they will begin to starve.This lack of nutrition will sap th

Strength of a character, so all skill checks with Str as

primary attribute will have +1 to the required Momen

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per Viral point. Intravenous nutrition solutions and other

medicines can prevent this to a certain degree. A character

afflicted with this will also reduce the amount of Labor

they produce in an amount equal to the Viral total.

Evacuation (5)

Photosensitivity

A character is easily disoriented and dazzled by bright

lights. While in normal or brightly lit areas, a character

will add +1 to the required Moments for all Actions per

Viral point to all checks with Per as a primary attribute.

Photophobia (7)

Septic

Each period of Time, characters take 1 damage per Viral

point and any Environmental Modifiers for Unsanitary.

A Toughness check will reduce this damage by 1 per DoS.Antiseptic medicine and {AMed, FAid} can also contribute

DoS to prevent this damage.

Highly Infectious (7)

succumbingSuccumbing will require that the Viral total is equal to or

greater than the SPEW attribute bonus the Virus affects

based on its symptoms. If no attribute is affected, then the

character will require they reach 0 - 1 Health points until

they succumb.

Note: There are some Abilities or gear in the form of

vaccines that can artificially increase the threshold where

an afflicted character will Succumb.

A Symptom may be determined by, or give insight into

the Horror Traits that result from infection, for instance,

Nausea/Diarrhea may indicate the early stages of the

Virus that gives the standard zombie their Evacuation

Horror Trait.

A Symptom will be a negative status affliction against

characters that are infected and will serve as Horror

Traits to those opponents that have succumbed or turned.

In the Horror Traits section will be a section dedicated to

Symptoms of the Virus.

Some Horror Traits will not manifest unless the opponent

is suitably infected. For instance, should a Virus have

symptoms that have Endurance (S), and Undead (6),

that means that upon succumbing, the opponent has the

Endurance Horror Trait, but only after the Viral: 6 is

reached will the opponent count as being Undead. If the

Virus has a combination of symptoms that overlap in

sort of Horror Trait results, always use the lowest

total to determine when such a Horror Trait will man

It is possible for Horror Traits to manifest before a char

Succumbs. They will take the form as handicaps or

other penalty. This situation arises if a characters V

high enough to manifest a Horror Trait, but they hav

yet Succumbed.

If a character manages to be strong enough or medi

heavily enough to prevent Succumbing at a Viral tota

normally indicates a Horror Trait manifests, the H

Trait is ignored until a character actually Succu

although the other Symptoms will get noticeably

violent.

If opponents in an Encounter are randomly generat

GM can automatically increase the Viral of the chara

opponents by up to the current OL for purpos

determining what Horror Traits can be manifested w

any Risk cost.The Biologically Alive opponents that were once hu

or animals that succumb to the Virus no longer s

the debilitation that the Virus infected. They will be

what opponent is considered Standard along wit

Horror Traits the Virus causes based on its Symptom

corresponding Horror Trait can be found on Table X.

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INFECTED

The rank and file zombie, the undead serve as a ba

opponent that most characters face. They can

tremendously by the morphology of the infected hos

they all have additional versatility based on the sympto

the virus they carry. They have another important feat

common: they are very very deadly, especially in g

numbers.

Opponent - (Zombie)Size: 1

Strength: 25

Perception: 20

Empathy: 0

Willpower: special

Movement: 10

Speed: 2d6 Moments

Skill Checks {SC%}/Attacks

{Bal 30%, Do 25%, Grpl 25% [1d6 Sl], Brl 30%


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Bl]}

Vitality

Health- (1)

Defense- 5

DT- 12

Viral- 3 + OL

Symptoms- Necrosis, Rage, Nausea/Diarrhea

Special

Bite- [1d6 Sl] per DoS in a Grapple check. Each DoS in a

Save Throw can convert 1 DoS worth of Bite Attack into

Unarmed attack.

Unarmed- [1d6 Bl] per DoS in a Brawl check. Minimum

1 damage per Size.

Undead

Infected Upgrades

Armored

(2 Risk)

Speed: +1 Moment

Special

Defense +1

Multiple Upgrades- This upgrade can be taken multiple times

up to a maximum of +5 Defense.

Brute

(5 Risk)

+10 Strength

SpecialMultiple Upgrades- This upgrade can be taken multiple times

up to a maximum of +50 Strength.

Crawler

(0 Risk)

-10 Strength

Speed: 3d6 Moments

Special

Crawl - Crawlers can move by crawling, so get +1 Structure

for cover when Ranged Attacks are made against them.

They can also be deployed without any minimum distance

restrictions.

Ghoul

(10 Risk -2 per OL)

+10 Strength. Attacks have Deadly: 1.

Speed: 1d6 Moments

Grotesque

(5 Risk)

- 10 Strength

Special

Fear- Grotesque will allow the Fear Hazard to the GM

Drowned

(5 Risk - 1 per Aquatic Environmental Modifier)

Special

Waterlogged - Difficulty to make {Spt/Li} to avo

Encounters with this opponent is increased by 1.

Dragged to the Depths - This zombie can attack characte

that are making a {Swim%} check. The Drowned will on

get a single attack and the GM must pay 5 Risk - 1 per Do

in the {Swim%}.

Evacuation-

Familiar Face

(10 Risk + 5 per OL)

Special

All actions against this opponent by one character will tak

+4d6 Moments. This can be reduced by the characterWBand DoS in a {Cmps%} save throw.


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Fear

(Risk = Combined WBof all characters in Encounter)

Affected targets must make a {Cmps%} check. Characters

that fail this check will Panic. This can be triggered at the

start of any phase. Using Fear requires that the number of

affected targets be declared as the Risk cost is paid. The

available targets are as follows: All opponents in melee or

grapple range, all targets in an encounter.

Frozen

(5 Risk - 1 per Cold Environmental Modifier)

DT - 20

Special

Thaw- Bane [Th]

Frozen- Does not increase Viral with a Bite attack

Husk

(5 Risk - 1 per Arid Environmental Modifier)DT - 10

Special

Brittle- Bane [Bl]

Fear- Husk will allow the Fear Hazard to the GMs.

Infectious

(1 Risk per Viral)

This infected opponent is further along in their infection

than others. This opponent has 1 higher Viral than normal.

This may manifest additional Horror Traits based upon

whatever Symptoms the Virus indicates. It also increases

the Difficulty of Save Throws versus [Vi] damage by 1.

Sleeper

(5 Risk)

Special

Awaken- Characters must identify corpses as Sleepers by

making a {Spt/Li%} check or the Infected get a surprise

round and can be deployed without minimum distance

restrictions.

Urchin

(1 Risk)

Size: 0

Strength: 10

Special

Child Abuse - Characters whose Intent is attacking an

Urchin must pass a {Cmps%}. Failing to do this will force

a character to roll an extra Speed Die and increase the

Difficulty by 1.

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GLUTTON

Some humans are incredibly obese and unhealthy

strained physiology and their obvious susceptibility to

early victims of zombies means that the virus progres

them in a very different fashion and for a longer p

of time than most zombies. The larger zombies ha

ability to shove smaller ones out of the way as they

on corpses, which in turn makes them even larger

Those incredible specimens called Gluttons are s

of masticated flesh and bone shards that their a

stomach has long since ruptured and has filled almo

entirety of their body cavities. Their crushing weigh

their ability to regurgitate the indiscriminately cons

contents of their stomach makes them unbelievably

(and disgusting) target to kill in close quarters.

Opponent - (Zombie)

Size: 2

Strength: 35

Perception: 20

Empathy: 0

Willpower: special

Movement: 10

Speed: 3d6 Moments


{Bal 30%, Do 25%, Grpl 25% [1d6 Sl], Brl 30%

Bl]}

Vitality

Health: (1)

Defense: 5

DT: 15

Viral: 3 + OL

Symptoms: Necrosis, Rage, Nausea/Diarrhea

Special

Bite- [2d6 Sl] per DoS in a Grapple check. Each Do

Save Throw can convert 1 DoS worth of Bite Attac

Unarmed attack.Disembowel - Any Melee Attack that deals [Sl] da

but fails to inflict a Health point worth of damag

burst open the contents of the Gluttons body. The att

and all other characters in Melee range will cou

having been Evacuated upon as if the Glutton had w

1d6 DoS. The Glutton can no longer perform Evacu

attacks.

Evacuation- A Glutton has an Evacuation that trigg

any successful {Grpl%}.

Fear- Infected will grant the Fear Hazard to GMs if


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Opponents outnumber characters in an encounter.

Huge - The Glutton automatically passes a {Bal%}

check save throws against attacks made by Size 1 or less

attackers.

Clumsy- The Glutton will add +1 Difficulty to attack any

Size 1 targets, they will add +2 Difficulty to attack any

Size 0 targets.

Squishy- The Glutton has +10 Defense against {Bl} damage.

Unarmed- {2d6 Bl} per DoS in a Brawl check. Minimum

1 damage per Size.

Undead

Glutton Upgrades/Abilities

Lord of the Flies

(15 Risk)

The Glutton is so putrid that they are followed at all times

by a buzzing swarm of biting flies. This obscures it from

immediate view. The Ranged Descriptor cannot be usedto generate any bonus against the Lord of the Flies.

Rat King

(15 Risk)

The glutton is little more than a mobile rat nest, its gigant

body host to hundreds of infected rats. The Rat King n

longer has an Evacuation attack, but attacking the Ra

King in Melee or Grapple range will provoke the swarm o

Vermin to attack.

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BANSHEE

A Banshee is a zombie that has some resilience to th

necrotic effects of the virus, but is very prone to th

psychological effects. As a result, their bodies loo

relatively normal, but their minds are just as far gone a

any other zombie, but in a different fashion. Their fraye

frontal lobes still remember fragments of sentence

phrases and words. Some even preserve a shred osentience, but are nonetheless incurable. They are hype

sensitive to light and sound and react to any sudden change

in their environment with primal screams. These scream

vary tremendously in their coherency, and some example

are even convincing enough to be easily mistaken for crie

for help.

Opponent - (Zombie)

Size: 1

Strength: 20

Perception: 30

Empathy: 0Willpower: special

Movement: 10

Speed: 2d6 Moments


{Bal 30%, Do 25%, Grpl 25% [1d6 Sl], Brl 20% [1d

Bl]}

Vitality

Health: (1)

Defense: 5

DT: 15

Viral: 3 + OL

Symptoms- Delirium, Hallucination, Rage

Special

Sneak - Characters that avoid being seen by a Banshee b

means of a {Snk%, Hide%} will be able to avoid the Shrie

rule, as they only Shriek when they detect characters.

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Alarm Scream

(1 Risk)

3d6 Moments

The Banshee screams, alerting nearby zombies. Alarm

Scream is a Sustained Action. Each Moment this Action is

maintained will add 1 Risk per OL.

Battlecry

(5 Risk)

All Opponents - Zombie in an Encounter can reduce the

Moments required by all their Actions equal to their Viral

total. This is a Sustained Action.

Shriek

(5 Risk)

A Banshee shrieks with such an ear-piercing noise will

it will both stun nearby characters and draw more

attention to the fight. All characters in an Encounter

with a Banshee roll a Speed Die and add it to theircurrent Initiative roll. Add +d6 Risk. The Risk cost can

be ignored if a character fails a {Snk%, Hide%} check

to avoid the Banshee.

Siren

(10 Risk)

The Banshee is not shrieking incoherently. It has every

indication that it is a victim of attack needing help. The

Banshee cannot be targeted unless the attacker makes a

Save Throw that is either {Cmps%, D-DM%, RDip%}.

Characters not able to do either of these will not be able

to target the Banshee with any attack. All Actions notdedicated to attempting to help the Banshee will take a

penalty of requiring an additional Speed Die to be rolled.

Another character can make a {D-Cd%} check to snap

another character out of it.

Sobbing

(5 Risk)

Characters can hear a Banshee wail as they approach.

Characters must make a {Spt/Li%} check or the Banshee

gets a surprise round and can and use any Ability that

requires up to 10 Risk for free during this round.

Wail

(10 Risk)

The Banshee unleashes an unexpectedly specific torment

on a character in Close Range. This character must make

a {RDip%, Cmps%} check or lose 1 Morale.

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FEEDER

The dreaded feeder is one that maintains an incre

amount of intellect, except they have become w

cannibals. Unlike other kinds of opponents, the fee

one that is still biologically alive and very alert. The

little pain and are averse to many things that a no

uninfected human can tolerate without problem. So

are exploitable advantages that one can take to d

against these otherwise very formidable opponents.

Opponent - (Living), Dark

Size: 1

Strength: 30

Perception: 30

Empathy: 0

Willpower: special

Movement: 15

Speed: 1d6

Skill Checks {SC%}/Attacks{Bal 30%, Do 25%, Grpl 25% [1d6 Sl], Brl 20%

Bl]}

Vitality

Health: 3

Defense: 5

DT: 10

Viral: 3 + OL

Symptoms: Hemorrhagic, Rage

Special

Nocturnal - The Feeder is extremely repulsed by Being forced to attack while being subjected to ultra

light will reduce their Perception to 10 and they will n

able to claim PBon any other checks. Their Speed wi

be decreased to 4d6.

Feeder Upgrades

Hematopagy

(10 Risk -2 per OL)

The feeder is one that feeds on blood specifically. Th

increase their Perception by 10.

Weak Spot- A feeder will be incredibly resistant to dam

but has a very exploitable weakness. The Feeder ha

1 Health point, but they have +10 DT and +5 Defen

character knowing this weakness can make a Called

Tactic against it, overriding the DT and Defense bonu

the Attack has +3 Difficulty.

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