V&V ORIGINS AND BACKGROUND

This house rule was inspired by a DC Heroes (1st edition) article in Dragon Magazine #132. I basically changed the original chart to fit a V&V campaign.

ROLL	ORIGIN BACKGROUND	NOTES
01 - 05	No Extraordinary Origin	Roll for powers as per the normal rules.
06 - 10	Unexplained Origin (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Powers' or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list.
11 - 16	Unexplained Origin (B)	Add 1d3 bonus rolls from either the 'Powers' or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list.
17 - 22	Multi-Origin (Special)	Roll 1d4, then roll that many times on this table and combine the effects.
23 - 28	Crime Victim (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Devices', or the 'Skills' Super-Powers list.
29 - 32	Crime Victim (B)	Add 1d3 bonus rolls from either the 'Devices', or the 'Skills' Super-Powers list, and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
33 - 37	Mutation (A)	Add class="txt04" one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Powers', 'Skills', or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list.
38 - 42	Mutation (B)	Add 1d4 bonus rolls from either the 'Powers', 'Skills', or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list, and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
43 - 47	Archaeological Origin (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Magic/Psionic Items', 'Skills', or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list.
48 - 51	Archaeological Origin (B)	Add 1d3 bonus rolls from either the 'Magic/Psionic Items', 'Skills', or 'Magic/Psionics', and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
52 - 55	Personal Injury (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Powers', or the 'Skills' Super-Powers list.
56 - 59	Personal Injury (B)	Add 1d3 bonus rolls from either the 'Powers', or the 'Skills' Super-Powers list, and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
60 - 63	Serendipitous Origin (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from any of the Super-Powers lists.
64 - 67	Serendipitous Origin (B)	Add 1d4 bonus rolls from any of the Super-Powers lists.
68 - 71	Industrial Accident (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Devices', or 'Skills' Super-Powers list.
72 - 75	Industrial Accident (B)	Add 1d3 bonus rolls from either the 'Devices', or 'Skills' Super-Powers list, and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
76 - 79	Scientific Origin (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Powers', 'Devices', or 'Skills' Super-Powers list.
80 - 83	Scientific Origin (B)	Add 1d4 bonus rolls from either the 'Powers', 'Devices', or 'Skills' Super-Powers list, and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
84 - 87	Mystic Heritage (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from either the 'Magic/Psionics Items', 'Skills', or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list.
88 - 91	Mystic Heritage (B)	Add 1d4 bonus rolls from either the 'Magic/Psionics Items', 'Skills', or 'Magic/Psionics' Super-Powers list, and roll for an extra weakness (which may be dropped at the cost of one power).
92 - 95	Other-world Origin (A)	Add one (1) bonus roll from any of the Super-Powers lists.
96 - 00	Other-world Origin (B)	Add 1d6 bonus rolls from any of the Super-Powers lists.