The Plant Hack

The Mutant class in The Rad Hack is pretty flexible — you can easily be a mutant animal, plant, or some other strange humanoid. Still, I’ve had friends, followers, and even my spouse talk about how they wished the “Mutant Plant” was a class on its own. I decided to homebrew my own variant Plant class by re-skinning powers that already existed in the game. Enjoy!

MUTANT PLANT

Starting HP: d6+4
HP Per Level/Resting: 1d6
Radiation die: d10
Weapons & Armor: All Ranged and up to Medium Melee if DEX is highest stat, the other way around if STR. Choose which is tied. Up to Medium Armor, Small Shields.
Attack Damage: 1d6 if Armed, 1d4 if Unarmed or Improvising.

PLANT MUTATIONS

Mutant Plants start the game with 2 randomly chosen Plant Mutations and an Ability Die of d4. This die is refreshed after a long rest. To use a Mutation, first test the attributes that corresponds with what you are attempting to do, then roll the Ability Die to check if it decreases a step.

Reactive Mutations (R) can be triggered even when it isn’t the targeted player’s turn, and counts as a free action. Depending on the power of the effect, such tests can be at a Disadvantage. If a roll of 20 is made while using a Plant Mutation, the effect permanently alters the Mutant Plant’s appearance, has the opposite effect, targets an ally etc.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Adaptive: Upon leveling up, a Mutant Plant can swap two attributes around.
Photosynthesis: Sunlight replaces the need for food. Water is still important.

LEVELING UP

Roll to see if attributes increase. Roll 1d6 to determine what attribute to roll twice for. Increase the Ability Die one step on even levels. Gain a random Plant Mutation on uneven levels, to a max of five. When gaining a sixth Plant Mutation, that one replaces an old one.