Bum Leg

One of the character’s legs is weakened by mutation, causing her to move more slowly. The mutation tends to manifest as slightly shrivelled muscles on one of her legs, but may also appear to be a tumour or some other impediment that causes her to limp.   Type: Minor negative.   Effect: The character’s speed is decreased by -5 ft. There are no combat penalties, but the GM may wish to impose a -2 circumstance penalty on any check or action where a bad leg would clearly be an impediment, including certain types of Climb checks, or Disguise, if the character is attempting to fool people who know that she has a limp (or that the person she’s impersonating doesn’t).   If the mutant gets two Bum Legs, her movement speed is cut in half, and the penalty on appropriate checks is -4. Unless the mutant has more than two legs, she can only be hit by this mutation twice. If the mutation comes up a third time, simply re-roll it.   Biotech: Implant.


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