MUTATING TOUCH | Su

Gene Pool -10 | Disguise DC Modifier +0

This mutant can deliver an enormous dose of radiation with a touch, triggering sudden mutations and pain in living creatures. With a successful attack against a living creature’s KAC, the mutant causes the target to sprout tumors that erupt at the beginning of its next turn, causing a random deformity and mutation, or a deformity and mutation of GM’s choice, or with GM’s permission a mutation of the player’s choice.  The Gm can also force the player to select a mutant template at this time.  An affected creature can negate this transformation with a successful Fortitude saving throw (DC = 11 + mutant’s CR).  If a creature fails this save it gains the deformities and mutations as specified. The mutations can still be treated and reversed by a retrograde retrovirus in the first 24 hours.  Once 24 hours has passed the mutations become permanent. 

For additional information on retrograde retroviruses, see "Gene Therapy" in Section 2 of the Gravity Age: Bioware Emporium.  To determine the price of the retrograde retrovirus the GM should use the creatures CR as the required item level and estimate the price by comparing a retrograde virus of equal level.

Once a creature has been affected by mutating touch, it becomes immune to additional mutating touch attacks for 24 hours.  Any creature already possessing a mutant template is immune to mutating touch.