Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

Updated 06 August 2003

Index

Introduction
 

Although the first signs of the cataclysm appeared in the mid-1980s, it was not until a decade later that the extent of the geological and ecological disaster became apparent.  By the early 21st century, humankind had begun its retreat from an increasingly hostile surface to the safety of vast subterranean shelters.  By AD 2020, the churning, spitting earth came to a boil.  Billions died, and entire species were eradicated.  The few surviving humans huddled in their scattered iron and steel tombs and waited.

Four hundred and fifty years after it had sealed itself off, humanity returned to the daylight and was greeted by a radically altered world — a world that logically should not exist.  A world populated by creatures from all of earth's past geological eras.

  Character Generation
 

Background Skills

Careers

  • Criminal

  • Doctor

  • Engineer

  • Farmer

  • Guard (Warrior, Mercenary)

  • Hunter

  • Laborer

  • Manager

  • Nomad

  • Old Blood Mechanic

  • Politician

  • Sailor (Fisherman)

  • Scientist

  Equipment
 

Equipment

Food

  • Uncooked Produce

  • Wilderness Rations

  • Prepared Meal

  • Strong Drink

Explosives

  • Dynamite Stick

  • Plastic Explosive

  • Engineer Demolitions Kit

  • Full Kit

  • Tools (1 set)

  • Cap, Blasting, Electric

  • Cap, Blasting, Nonelectric

  • Wire, Electrical (2×100m Spools)

  • Wire, Trip (1×500m Spool)

  • Blasting Machine

  • Fuse, Instant (2 ×100m Coils)

  • Fuse, Time (2×100m Coils)

  • Igniter, Fuse (50)

  • Timer (5)

  • Igniter (5)

Generators

  • 1.5 Kilowatt

  • 5 Kilowatt

  • 10 Kilowatt

  • 60 Kilowatt

  • 100 Kilowatt

  • 500 Kilowatt

Heaters and Coolers

  • Freezer, Small

  • Freezer, Large

  • Portable Heater

  • 150-liter Water Heater

  • Refrigerator, Small

  • Refrigerator, Large

  • Field Cooker, Military

Hand Tools

  • Basic Tool Kit

  • Power Hand Tools

  • Wheeled Vehicle Tools

  • Excavating Tools

  • Construction Tools

  • Small Arms Tools

  • Electrical Repair

  • Electronic Repair

  • Arc Welder

  • Portable Machine Shop

  • Lockpick Tools

Radio

  • Long-Range

Vision Devices

  • 4×Binoculars

  • Telescopic Rifle Sight

  • IR Goggles

  • White Light Spotlight

Medical Supplies

  • Anesthetic, Total (100 Units)

  • Anesthetic, Local (100 units)

  • Antibiotic (100 units)

  • Antifever (100 units)

  • Pain-Reliever, Mild (100 units)

  • Sedative, Mild (100 units)

  • Sedative, Strong (100 units)

  • Blood, Whole (1 unit)

  • Plasma (1 unit)

  • Surgical Instruments

  • Personal Medical Kit

  • Doctor’s Medical Kit

Other Equipment

  • 20-liter Jerrycan

  • Four-man Tent

  • 10-man Tent

  • Horse Tack

  • Pack Saddle

  • Pack

  • Flashlight

  • Shelter Half

  • Sleeping Bag

  • Cold Weather Clothing

  • Parka

  • Aqualung

  • Air Tank, Aqualung

  • Rebreather

  • Rebreather Recharge Kit

  • Air Compressor

Melee Weapons

  • Knife

  • Bayonet

  • Spear

  • Club

  • Hatchet

  • Axe

  • Machete

Bows

  • Hunting Bow

  • Crossbow

Pistols

  • Zip Gun

  • Mauser M1896

  • .38 Special

  • .357 Magnum

  • .44 Magnum

  • 9mm Automatic

Rifles

  • .30-30 [$300 (Ammo:  $0.20 per round)]

  • .30-06

  • Parker-Hale

  • Mauser Bolt-Action Rifle

  • .460 Weatherby Magnum

  • Holland & Holland .600 Nitro Express Double Rifle

  • Winchester M70 African

  • .458 Tribal Express

  • M16A2: This weapon was the standard assault rifle of the U.S. and Canadian armies before the cataclysm.   Although the tribe has not recovered an of these, examples exist in the vaults, and contacts with the Moles might be able to secure one.[$1000 (Ammo:  $0.20 per round)]

Shotguns

  • Double-Barreled Shotgun

  • Pump-Action Shotgun

  • Semiautomatic Shotgun

  • Scattergun

Submachineguns

  • Submachinegun

Support Weapons

  • M60 Machinegun

  • M72A1 LAW

Vehicles

  • Cadillac

  • 1000-liter (one-tonne) Tank Trailer

  • Cargo Truck

  • One-Tonne Cargo Trailer

  • Horse (Broken)

  • Horse (Unbroken)

  • Mule

  • Cart

  • Wagon

  • Small Open Boat

  • Small Sailing Boat

  • Fishing Boat

  • Felucca

  • Small Motorboat

  • Medium Motorboat

 

Encounters

 

Animals

  • Cave Bear

  • Croc

  • Cutter (Allosaurus)

  • Hornbill (Saurolophus)

  • Mack (Ceratopsia)

  • Mammoth

  • Octopus

  • Quetzalcoatl

  • Rock Hopper (Camptosaurus)

  • Saber-Toothed Tiger:  An extrememly agile and powerful carnivorous quadrupedal mammal.  This predatory cat is native to the forests and highlands and is an extremely dangerous hunter.  It is generally eight to ten feet long and weighs as much as 1500 pounds.

  • Sailback (Dimetrodon):  A quadrupedal carnivorous dinosaur native to the swamps and jungles.  Sailbacks are 15 to 20 feet in length and weigh two to three tons.  They are mostly scavengers, but will attack if particularly hungry or provoked.

  • Sambuck (Sauropod)

  • Sea Shrank (Trucida velociraptor)

  • Sea Viper (Volaculcita)

  • Shark

  • Shilliwak (Protoceras)

  • Shivat (Tyrannosaurus Rex):  The largest of the carnosaurs, shivats are 40 or more feet long and weigh eight to 10 tons.  They are upright bipeds and are less common than the similar (except for size) cutters.

  • Skilk (Phobolocustus)

  • Stock Dog

  • Thresher (Mosasaurus)

  • Triton (Trilobite)

  • Widget (Icarosaurus)

  • Wohochuk (Stegosaurus)

  • Wonmug (Iguanodon)

  • Wild Dog

  • Zeke (Pteranodon)

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