Mutations & Wounds

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Mutations

When a character suffers a Mutation:

The GM rolls 1d6 to choose the target nature & effects of the Mutation, shifting down the list if the rolled result is inapplicable:
- 1–3: The mutating effect’s description or source, if any.
- 4–5: The characteristics of the victim themselves.
- 6: The characteristics of the immediate environment surrounding the victim.
The GM rolls twice on the Mutations & Wounds Table (below) to determine Location, and chooses the most thematic of the two rolled results, discarding the other.
The GM determines the nature & effects of the Mutation based on the words & location & writes a description for the new Fact representing it.

Mutations are never inherently lethal & they shouldn’t prohibit continued play for PCs, but they can be very unpleasant … or quite helpful.

Wounds

When you receive a Wound, generate its location by rolling on the Mutation Location table. If you don’t have the location in question, stop; you don’t receive a Wound! Otherwise, perform an unmodified Wound Save (straight 2d6 with no modifiers).

Result	Wound Save
Crit ≥12	You don’t actually suffer a Wound. You’re fine!
Pass 8–11	The body part is merely injured & is unusable until the Wound heals.
Seven 7	You permanently lose half your capacity (i.e. weak/unsteady leg, half your breath).
Failure 3–6	The body part is destroyed.
Fumble ≤2	The body part is destroyed. Roll for a second Wound location.

If the body part of the Wound isn’t destroyed, then whenever you rest with the Rest Action, cross-reference the Rest Threshold. When you rest for a period longer than the Threshold, the Wound is healed.

Mutations & Wounds Table

d66	Body Location	Rest Threshold	If Location is Destroyed, You…
11	Entire head	1 month	Die.
12	Face	1 week	Die.
13	Arms	1 month	Lose 1 arm.
14	Hands or whatever	1 month	Lose 1 hand/whatever.
15	Legs	1 month	Lose 1 leg.
16	Feet or whatever	1 month	Lose 1 foot/whatever.
21–22	Torso	1 month	Die.
23–24	Entire body	1 season	Die.
25–26	Tail	1 week	Lose 1 tail.
31	Nose	1 week	Cannot smell.
32	Ears	1 week	Cannot hear.
33	Eyes	1 month	Cannot see.
34	Most thematic organ	1 month	5-in-6 chance of death.
35–36	Horns/other protrusions	1 week	Lose 1 horn.
41–42	Skin	1 week	Die painfully.
43–44	Mouth, tongue, or breath	1 month	Die.
45–46	Soul/aura	1 week	Die.
51–52	Voice	1 month	Cannot speak.
53–54	Mind/personality	1 season	Die.
55	Wings	1 month	Lose 1 wing.
56	Genitals	1 month	Can’t reproduce.
61–66	Gain additional (re-roll)	—	—

If you roll “Gain additional…” while checking for a Wound, the Wound affects two or more parts; make a Wound Save for each part’s destruction separately. If you roll it for a Mutation, the Mutation adds an additional body part (if applicable).
If you don’t have the named body part, a Mutation will add it while a Wound will do nothing & be negated.