The world of ALIEN contains many places where you will be exposed to hard radiation—on a spacewalk near a dying star, for example, or when you try to repair your ship’s leaking reactor core.
RADIATION LEVEL: When you are exposed to radiation, you gain Radiation Points, or Rads, that accumulate in your body. Check off the Rad boxes on your character sheet. The area’s Radiation Level determines how often you get Rads.
- Weak Radiation: 1 Rad per Shift
- Strong Radiation: 1 Rad per Turn
- Extreme Radiation: 1 Rad per Round
EFFECTS: Every time you gain a Radiation Point, you must roll a number of dice equal to your total current number of accumulated Rads. For every in the roll, you take one point of damage.
If you are Broken by radiation damage, you must make a Death Roll each time you get another Rad, until you are removed from the radiation hotspot. As long as you remain inside a hotspot, you cannot recover Health in any way.
RECOVERY: After you leave the irradiated area, you heal one Rad per Shift.
PERMANENT RADIATION: There is a risk that the radiation will permanently stay in your body. Every time you are about to heal a Rad, roll a Stress Die. If it shows , the Rad is not healed but instead becomes permanent. Mark this by filling in the Rad box fully on your character sheet. Permanent radiation can never be healed.