HeroGM

Not stolen, sourced.

If I may (and I shall anyways), try to find a copy of GAZ3 - Principalities of Glantri. It details a full magic school where students are 10 years old at start. It also details mis-casting of spells due to them not being able to weild magic as well as a full grown adult.

Not stolen, sourced.

Yeah it was great. Going by the situation and the seat of your pants.

Probably still just me. 😜
 
I'm actually working on converting the rest of the creatures over and have a pretty fleshed out campaign.  Just this weekend I converted over some of the scenarios to work within my own campaign.  Note that I've based mine on 4e rules.
 
I started my players with 200 points and 35 points of complications.  Seems to have worked out nicely.  There's a good mix and the HERO system is absolutely perfect for Gamma World scenarios/campaigns.
 
Here's what I sent my players prior to starting:
 
"Here are the important things to remember and create your characters by:
   - Be original!  It's a radiated wasteland after all!    - Make several characters; combat is lethal (that being said, I'll adjust if it's getting ridiculous)    - 200 points to build with/35 points of complications           NOTE: Ensure you flesh out your character!  You may be a combat god...but if you don't know poison gas from swamp gas and/or you don't know how to find water...you're SOL    - Learn the Cryptic Alliances!  It may just save your life!  http://gammaworld.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Cryptic_Alliance           NOTE: You may belong to a Cryptic Alliance and it will come with positives (additional gear for example) and negatives (Hunted by members of other diametric alliances)    - You may be Pure Strain Human, Engineered Human, Mutated Human, Mutated Animal, Mutated Plant, or Android           NOTE: Your choice will only affect your character points if you choose the benefits associated with that choice (i.e.; Androids can choose to take "takes no stun")    - Everyone starts with the following "Everyman/woman/plant/animal/thing" skills:       - Climbing       - Conversation       - Language: Common       - Language: <Yours> (If you play something other than Human; Wolf Howls if playing a mutated wolf for example       - Knowledge Skill: <Starting City> (To be named later)       - Knowledge Skill: <Cryptic Alliance> (If you belong to one)       - Knowledge Skill: First Aid (Very basic)       - Knowledge Skill: Firestarting (Very basic)       - Professional Skill: <Pick Your Profession>       - Transport Familiarity: Horse and Wagon for Humans           NOTE: You must buy familiarities that you want (i.e.; polearms, modern firearms, laser weapons, tracked vehicles, etc.)    - The campaign starts in a port city regardless of what your origin is; plan accordingly           NOTE: the starting city has a fairly bustling trade industry based on commercial fishing; it also has a limited power source (in this case, natural gas); it is well defended; many cryptic alliances have set up recruiting centers; there is a great deal of political intrigue; the current "city council" consists of three major players      It's up to you if you want to say that you're all graduates of the same school in the port city (the militia school for instance), or if you want to have individual starts.  Let me know what you decide as a team.  If you decide to start individually, then I'll schedule time with each of you towards the end of the year to walk you through your initial creation and how you came to be in the starting city.    If there are any questions please feel free to let me know."    
 

I may have some notes around here somewhere... 168 pages in 11 point type. Stolen Sourced from every nook and cranny of Gamma Terra itself. 
 
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnjlOlt_p61acI2-Bsn-jy6sf-g?e=M6C0Wa
 
There's a lot of stuff in there that I forgot about stealing... wow. Any complaints and it comes out immediately. Or faster. 
 
EDIT: Looks like I posted this about 3 years ago. This is an updated file. 
 

Not a super-hero but Nixie is too cute not to post. That's her as Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider in my last post.

Not a super-hero but Nixie is too cute not to post. That's her as Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider in my last post.

Not a super-hero but Nixie is too cute not to post. That's her as Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider in my last post.

I haven't been able.to read these yet - given the content though.
I had one for a Red Panda book as well, can't find it.
 

I haven't been able.to read these yet - given the content though.
I had one for a Red Panda book as well, can't find it.
 

Notice: access, not design or change.

For world's I normally go with Mystara/The Known World. Fun to see my players squirm because they haven't memorized every little thing like they did for Forgotten Realms/Dragonlance/Etc...Greyhawk is the same way. Old enough and out of print enough to make it fun.

For world's I normally go with Mystara/The Known World. Fun to see my players squirm because they haven't memorized every little thing like they did for Forgotten Realms/Dragonlance/Etc...Greyhawk is the same way. Old enough and out of print enough to make it fun.