Variant Mutations Table

Base Perk Variant Mutation (Description) Build Points
Advanced Tail Tail does 1d4 bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage. (Pick one type; increased price.) Costs 3 BPs
Claws Single Limb Only. (Reduced price.) Costs 2 BPs
Gills Water-Breather. (Character cannot breathe air, treat as major flaw.) Grants 6 BPs
Gliding Membrane Limb Interference. (Character cannot use limbs while gliding, reduced price.) Costs 3 BPs
Overpowering Stench Affects Self. (Penalties affect character too, reduced price.) Costs 3 BPs
Pheremone Attraction Sex Appeal. (Pheremones only apply to one sex, reduced price.) Costs 2 BPs
Pincers Single Limb Only. (Reduced price.) Costs 2 BPs
Shriek Self-Injury. (Penalties affect character too, reduced price.) Costs 4 BPs
Sonic Blast Self-Injury. (Use of power inflicts 2d6 damage, reduced price.) Costs 4 BPs
Spike Growth Removable Spines. (Can use spines as daggers.) Costs 5 BPs
Swimmer Water-Dweller. (Character has no land movement, treat as major flaw.) Grants 6 BPs
Tentacle Tendril. (Acts as crude hand, no improved grab or reach; decreased cost.) Costs 3 BPs
Wings Limb Interference. (Character cannot use limbs while flying.) Costs 5 BPs

Base Flaw Variant Mutation (Description) Build Points
Atrophied Cerebellum Atrophied Body. (Penalties apply to Str, Con, and Dex instead; increased BPs.) Grants 6 BPs
Brachydactly Single Limb Only. (No melee penalty unless using gimp hand, reduce skill penalties by 1; reduced BPs.) Grants 2 BPs
Crude Hands Single Limb Only. (No melee penalty unless using gimp hand, reduce skill penalties by 2; reduced BPs.) Grants 2 BPs
Hermav Asexual. (Same game effects.) Grants 2 BPs
Heightened Metabolism Deviant Metabolism. (Standard food and water needs, but requires unusual 'supplements'; human brains or depleted uranium, for example.) Grants 2 BPs