Quarantine
☐ get +1 hard (max hard +2) ☐ unlock a stasis facility
☐ get +1 sharp (max sharp +2) ☐ get followers (detail) and fortunes
☐ get +1 weird (max weird +2) ☐ get a move from another playbook
☐ unlock a stasis facility ☐ get a move from another playbook
☐ unlock a stasis facility ☐ get a move from another playbook
QUARANTINE
Introducing
It’s possible, when the Golden Age of Legend fell, that no one saw it coming. It’s possible that it came upon them unprepared and unsuspecting. Maybe they, like we, were simply fucked.
It’s also possible that they knew.
CREATING QUARANTINE
To create your quarantine, choose name, look, stats, moves, gear, past, stasis, and Hx.
NAME
Specialist [ ], [ ] []. Maybe everyone calls you Quarantine, though.
LOOK
man · woman
ancient fatigues · scrounge wear
young face
scared eyes · shadowed eyes · lively eyes · clear eyes · steady eyes · lost eyes · eager eyes
athletic body · stocky body · thin body · compact body · rangy body
STATS
Choose one set:
When you emerged from stasis, the world’s psychic maelstrom rushed in on you.
Roll+hard. On a 10+, you were able to receive it without succumbing to it; you have weird−1. On a 7–9, you were able to hold it off; you have weird‑nil. You are unable to open your brain to the world’s psychic maelstrom; getting +1 weird will give you weird=0.
On a miss, it overcame you; you have weird+1, and in addition choose 1:
MOVES
You get all the basic moves. You get 3 quarantine moves.
GEAR
In addition to your stasis, you get: an assault rifle (3‑harm close loud autofire); a 9mm sidearm (2‑harm close loud); military body armor (2‑armor valuable hi‑tech); your fatigues and scrounge; but no jingle.
HX
Everyone introduces their characters by name, look, and outlook. Take your turn. List the other characters’s names.
Go around again for Hx. On your turn, On your turn:
• Who was the first person you met on emerging from stasis? Tell that player Hx+2.
• Tell everyone else Hx+1.
On the other characters’s turns, whatever number everyone tells you, give it −1 and write that next to their character’s name. You are not from here and you do not understand..
At the end, find the character with the highest Hx on your sheet. Ask that player which of your stats is most interesting, and highlight it. The MC will name another stat for you to highlight too.
Cool+2 Hard+1 Hot=0 Sharp+1 Weird—
Cool+2 Hard=0 Hot+1 Sharp+1 Weird—
Cool+2 Hard−1 Hot=0 Sharp+2 Weird—
Cool+2 Hard+1 Hot+1 Sharp=0 Weird—
Whenever you act under fire, you open your brain as well (roll+weird as always).
Whenever you read a person, you open your brain as well (roll+weird as always).
The MC must always highlight your weird.
You haven’t managed yet to fit yourself into any local barter economy. If you need some jingle, you’re going to have to figure that shit out.
QUARANTINE
IMPORTANT NOTE
This playbook makes some assumptions about the apocalypse and the history of Apocalypse World that may not otherwise hold. If this playbook is not in play, do not consider any of its ideas binding.