Physical Mutation Drawback: Dietary Requirement Change

A new physical defect for your OSR game.

The epidermal layer of the mutant exudes a glowing substance. The light produced is strong enough to give opponents a better chance of striking the mutant in dim or poor light, but on the other hand have a more difficult time striking the mutant during the day, as the same substance makes the mutant appear fuzzy or slightly out of focus.  In low-light conditions opponents gain two plus the power score modifier to hit, but in light suffer the same as a penalty instead of a bonus. This produces the same level of torch-light.

Mutation Index

Glowing Secretion (drawback)

Type: Plant

Frequency: Rare

Power Score: Yes

Range: Power score in feet

Duration: Permanent

AI Recognition: +2

Damage: None

Uses: Constant

Aging Field

Type: Plant

Frequency: Rare

Power Score: Yes

Range: Power score in feet

Duration: Power score in minutes. Effect is permanent.

AI Recognition: None

Damage: None

Uses: One plus power score modifier per 72 hours.

Acute Dyslexia (drawback)

Type: Mental

Frequency: Very common

Power Score: Yes

Range: Personal

Duration: Permanent

AI Recognition: None

Damage: None

Uses: Constant

Acute Hyper Healing

Type: Mental

Frequency: Common

Power Score: Yes

Range: Personal

Duration: Instant

AI Recognition: None

Damage: None

Uses: One plus power score modifier per day.

Atrophied Natural Weapon (drawback)

Type: Physical

Frequency: Very common

Power Score: Yes

Range: Personal

Duration: Permanent

AI Recognition: +1

Damage: None

Uses: Constant

Acute Lysosomal Function

Type: Physical

Frequency: Uncommon

Power Score: Yes

Range: Personal

Duration: Permanent

AI Recognition: None

Damage: None

Uses: Constant

Dietary Requirement Change (Drawback)

Type: Physical

Frequency: Very common

Power Score: Yes

Range: Personal

Duration: Permanent

AI Recognition: None

Damage: None

Uses: Constant

Roll on the chart below for the type of dietary change:

Dietary requirement change table

Roll	Dietary Requirement	Effect
1	Blood	The mutant must consume the power score in hit points of blood, or 2 quarts.
2	Bone	The mutant requires bone (or calcium) to survive, and has to consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound) of bone per feeding.
3	Cannibal	The mutant must consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound) worth of flesh of its own species per feeding. +6 to reaction if this is discovered.
4	Carrion	Any type of clearly rotting flesh will do, one plus the power score modifier to Charisma due to the scent of decay that surrounds the mutant.  The flesh to be consumed must be at least seven days old. Anything less and the mutant will not gain any benefit. The mutant must consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound).
5	Cerebellum	The mutant has a horrible need to consume the nervous centers of sentient creatures. This requires the mutant to kill and eat the brains of sentient creatures, which will make it an outcast in almost every society.
6	Chitin	The mutant needs to consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound) of chitin or crustacean shells per feeding.
7	Fungal	The mutant must consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound) of fungal matter per feeding.
8	Living Flesh	The mutant cannot consume dead flesh. The food must be consumed right off the still living creature. The mutant must consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound) to a living creature. Flesh more than the power score in minutes old provide no nutritional value.
9	Metal	The mutant must consume at least one pound of metal. Most mutants will be forced to ‘shave’ down metal into filings or something it can consume easily. Rust will do as well.
10	Parasite	The mutant must physically attach itself to another living creature. It will drain the power score in hit points per day from the creature in order to survive. Another drawback is that the mutant with this dietary requirement cannot heal naturally; it has to be attached to another creature in order to regain hit points via feeding, or use the host’s natural healing capability. When this is happening, the host cannot heal damage naturally!
11	Petroleum	The mutant must consume one plus the power score modifier in quarts of any type of petroleum. This can be raw oil, refined fuel, propane, any type of petroleum product.
12	Plastics	The mutant must consume one plus the power score modifier in pounds worth of any type of plastic.
13	Poison	The mutant must consume at least two plus the power score modifier of destructive poison per feeding. The upside is the mutant is also immune to destructive poison.
14	Radiation	The mutant must bathe in radiation for 10 hours minus the class of radiation (so class 5 radiation would require the mutant to bathe in the radiation for 5 hours), with the mutant always having to spend at least one hour in the radiation. The mutant is likewise immune to the effects of radiation.
15	Silica	In order to survive the mutant must consume one plus the power score modifier in pounds of sand, crystals, glass, quartz or any other similar substance.
16	Textiles	The mutant has to eat artificial fabrics such as cotton, polyester or other such fabrics. One plus the power score modifier must be consumed to gain any nutritional benefit.
17	Vegetable	The mutant must consume the power score in hit points (or 1 pound) of vegetable matter per feeding. This can be anything from grass to wood to sentient plants, it does not matter.
18-20	Choose	Choose one type of dietary requirement change from the above list.