Mental Degeneration

Radiation is not a gentle mistress, and it tends to take its toll. A mutant who suffers from this mutation has his brain so completely scrambled that he is only barely capable of abstract reasoning, and while he still retains his memories and skills, forming any even remotely complex thought is a painfully slow and laborious process for him. His personality, while basically intact, suffers a great deal; nearly all of his processing power is now devoted to comprehending the suddenly intimidating complexities of everyday situations. Much like a child, the mutant often asks questions that are completely obvious to people with normal intelligence.   Type: Major negative.   Effect: The character’s Intelligence immediately drops to 3. While the game mechanical results of this are obvious, the player should also roleplay the results of this mutation—it should be a frightening experience to suddenly be unable to comprehend things, particularly so when your memories indicate that this should not be the case.   Ordinarily, this condition can only occur once to the character—if it happens again, re-roll and pick another mutation. However, if the character regains his normal Intelligence, he once again becomes susceptible to this mutation.   Biotech: Implant.


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