Chimera

Chaos THRESH_CHIMERA Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable

Point cost: 1

"You can't tell what you are anymore. Everything and yet nothing, like you weren't meant to exist. But you do, and you're a force, no matter what happens."

Super-Beast. You have pretty much every good offensive mutation, but you also have a ton of negative mutations and will probably die after a few days.

The threshold mutation of this category is called Chaos ingame.

Traits

Quick QUICK Possible Starting Trait BIRD FISH INSECT TROGLOBITE CHIMERA RAPTOR MOUSE

Point cost: 3

"You're just generally quick! You get a 10% bonus to action points."

Thick-Skinned THICKSKIN Possible Starting Trait LIZARD CATTLE CHIMERA RAPTOR

Cancels: Thin-Skinned Point cost: 1

"Your skin is tough. Cutting damage is slightly reduced for you. Slightly decreases wet penalties."

Terrifying TERRIFYING Possible Starting Trait BEAST INSECT CHIMERA

Point cost: 1

"There's something about you that creatures find frightening, and they are more likely to try to flee."

High Adrenaline ADRENALINE Possible Starting Trait BEAST CHIMERA

Point cost: 1

"If you are in a very dangerous situation, you may experience a temporary rush which increases your speed and strength significantly."

Sleepy SLEEPY Possible Starting Trait BEAST CHIMERA MOUSE

Cancels: Less Sleep, Very Little Sleep, Tireless, Very Sleepy Changes to: Very Sleepy, Rapid Metabolism Point cost: -1

"You need sleep more often, but still spend most of your time awake."

Bad Temper BADTEMPER Possible Starting Trait LIZARD URSINE CHIMERA

Cancels: Optimist Point cost: -2

"Things just keep getting you down. You tend to be unhappy, and it takes some doing to cheer you up."

Forgetful FORGETFUL Possible Starting Trait BEAST INSECT MEDICAL CHIMERA MOUSE

Cancels: Good Memory Point cost: -3

"You have a hard time remembering things. Your skills will erode slightly faster than usual, and you can remember less terrain."

Chemical Imbalance CHEMIMBALANCE Possible Starting Trait SLIME MEDICAL ELF-A CHIMERA

Point cost: -2

"You suffer from a minor chemical imbalance, whether mental or physical. Minor changes to your internal chemistry will manifest themselves on occasion, such as hunger, sleepiness, narcotic effects, etc."

Fast Metabolism HUNGER Possible Starting Trait BEAST SLIME MEDICAL ALPHA ELF-A CHIMERA RAPTOR RAT MOUSE

Cancels: Light Eater, Hyper-Metabolism, Very Fast Metabolism, Extreme Metabolism, Heat Dependent, Very Heat Dependent, Cold Blooded, Ectothermic Changes to: Very Fast Metabolism, Rapid Metabolism Point cost: -2

"You require more food than most people, but recover stamina slightly faster."

High Thirst THIRST Possible Starting Trait SLIME CEPHALOPOD ELF-A CHIMERA

Cancels: Metabolic Rehydration Changes to: Very Thirsty Point cost: -2

"Your body dries out easily; you need to drink more water."

Nomad NOMAD Possible Starting Trait BIRD FISH CHIMERA

Changes to: Antsy Point cost: -1

"You're too adventurous for your own good. The more time you spend somewhere, the unhappier it makes you to be there."

Normal Mutations

High Night Vision NIGHTVISION2 FISH BEAST LUPINE INSECT CHIMERA RAT MOUSE

Requires: Night Vision Cancels: Fey Vision, Fey Nightsight, Feline Vision, Ursine Vision Changes to: Full Night Vision Point cost: 4

"You can see incredibly well in the dark! Activate to toggle NV-visible areas on or off."

Fangs FANGS LIZARD FISH FELINE LUPINE CHIMERA

Cancels: Incisors, Saber Teeth, Mandibles, Folding Fangs, Proboscis, Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Hummingbird Beak, Shark Teeth Changes to: Saber Teeth, Shark Teeth Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 2 / Ugliness: 2

"Your teeth have grown into two-inch-long fangs, allowing you to make an extra attack when conditions favor it."

Scales SCALES LIZARD CHIMERA RAPTOR

Requires: Rough Skin Cancels: Rough Skin, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Lightly Furred, Furry, Shaggy Fur, Gray Fur, Sleek Fur, Lynx Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark Changes to: Thick Scales, Sleek Scales Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 3

"A set of flexible green scales has grown to cover your body, acting as natural armor. Somewhat reduces wet effects."

Lightly Furred LIGHTFUR SPIDER CHIMERA MOUSE

Requires: Rough Skin Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Furry, Shaggy Fur, Gray Fur, Sleek Fur, Lynx Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark Changes to: Furry, Sleek Fur, Gray Fur, Shaggy Fur, Hairy Chitin Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 6 / Ugliness: 2

"Light fur has grown to cover your entire body, providing slight protection from cold."

Large Talons TALONS LIZARD BIRD CHIMERA

Requires: Long Fingernails Cancels: Tentacle Arms, 4 Tentacles, 8 Tentacles, Long Fingernails, Claws, Rat Claws, Stainless Claws, Retractable Claws, Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 3

"Your index fingers have grown into huge talons. After a bit of practice, you find that this does not affect your dexterity, but allows for a deadly unarmed attack. They also prevent wearing gloves."

Parasite Immune PARAIMMUNE SLIME MEDICAL ELF-A CHIMERA

Requires: Disease Resistant Additional requirement: Infection Resistant Point cost: 1

"Your body is unusually inhospitable to parasitic lifeforms. You will never become infested with internal parasites."

Hooves HOOVES CATTLE CHIMERA

Cancels: Padded Feet, Toe Talons, Roots, Rooter, Chloromorphosis, Leg Tentacles Point cost: -4 / Visibility: 2 / Ugliness: 2

"Your feet have fused into hooves. This allows kicking attacks to do much more damage, provides natural armor, and removes the need to wear shoes; however, you cannot wear shoes of any kind. Reduces wet effects."

Saprovore SAPROVORE TROGLOBITE CHIMERA

Cancels: Herbivore, Ruminant Point cost: 2

"Your digestive system is specialized to allow you to consume decaying material. You can eat rotten food, albeit for less nutrition than usual."

Curled Horns HORNS_CURLED CHIMERA

Requires: Horns Cancels: Horns, Pointed Horns, Antlers, Antennae Point cost: -3 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 2

"You have a pair of large curled horns, like those of a ram. They allow you to make a strong bashing headbutt attack, but prevent wearing any headwear."

Club Tail TAIL_CLUB CHIMERA

Requires: Thick Tail Cancels: Stubby Tail, Tail Fin, Long Tail, Cattle Tail, Rodent Tail, Thick Tail, Raptor Tail, Fluffy Tail, Spiked Tail, Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 7 / Ugliness: 2

"You have a long tail that ends in a heavy, bony club. It does not improve your balance at all, but allows for a powerful bashing attack. Prevents wearing non-fabric pants."

Canine Ears CANINE_EARS BEAST CATTLE CHIMERA

Cancels: Lupine Ears, Feline Ears, Ursine Ears, Pointed Ears, Rodent Ears Changes to: Lupine Ears Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 1

"Your ears have extended into long, pointed ones, like those of a canine. They enhance your hearing, allowing you to hear at greater distances."

Extremely Strong STR_UP_3 LUPINE TROGLOBITE CHIMERA

Requires: Very Strong Changes to: Insanely Strong Leads to: Resilient Point cost: 4 / Visibility: 1

"Your muscles are much stronger. Strength + 4"

Very Dextrous DEX_UP_2 LIZARD SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR MOUSE

Requires: Dextrous Changes to: Extremely Dextrous Point cost: 2

"You are nimbler. Dexterity + 2"

Very Perceptive PER_UP_2 ALPHA CHIMERA

Requires: Perceptive Changes to: Extremely Perceptive, Prime Perception Point cost: 2

"Your senses are keener. Perception + 2"

Mouth Flaps MOUTH_FLAPS CHIMERA

Leads to: Mouth Tentacles, Mandibles Point cost: -1 / Visibility: 7 / Ugliness: 6

"Skin tabs and odd flaps of skin surround your mouth. They don't affect your eating, but are unpleasant to look at."

Smelly SMELLY2 FISH BEAST URSINE SLIME CHIMERA

Requires: Strong Scent Leads to: Insect Pheromones, Mammal Pheromones Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 5

"You smell awful. Monsters that track scent will find you very easily, and humans will react poorly."

Grotesque DEFORMED3 SLIME CHIMERA RAT

Requires: Badly Deformed Cancels: Pretty, Beautiful, Very Beautiful, Glorious Point cost: -4 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 10

"Your visage is disgusting and liable to induce vomiting. People will not want to interact with you unless they have a very good reason to."

Extreme Metabolism HUNGER3 CHIMERA

Requires: Very Fast Metabolism Cancels: Light Eater, Hyper-Metabolism, Fast Metabolism, Very Fast Metabolism, Heat Dependent, Very Heat Dependent, Cold Blooded, Ectothermic Leads to: Hyper-Metabolism Point cost: -2

"You consume three times as much food as the average human to maintain your truly superhuman endurance."

Deterioration ROT2 CHIMERA

Requires: Weakening Cancels: Fast Healer, Slow Healer, Poor Healer, Imperceptive Healer, Very Fast Healer, Regeneration, Rapid Metabolism, Weakening, Disintegration Changes to: Disintegration Point cost: -8

"Your body is very slowly wasting away."

Genetically Unstable UNSTABLE SLIME MEDICAL CHIMERA

Changes to: Genetic Chaos Point cost: -2

"Your DNA has been damaged in a way that causes you to continually develop more mutations."

Genetic Chaos CHAOTIC Not purifiable CHIMERA

Requires: Genetically Unstable, Metallassomaiphile Point cost: -4

"Your body alters itself rapidly, and without your intervention or conscious control."

Carnivore CARNIVORE LIZARD BEAST FELINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR

Cancels: Meat Intolerance, Herbivore, Ruminant, Grazer Leads to: Saprovore Point cost: -4

"Your body's ability to digest fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts is severely hampered. You cannot eat anything besides meat."

Snarling Voice SNARL BEAST FELINE LUPINE CHIMERA

Requires: Growling Voice Point cost: -2

"You have a threatening snarl in your voice. Persuading NPCs will be near impossible, but threatening them will be much easier."

Howler SHOUT3 LUPINE CHIMERA

Requires: Screamer Point cost: -4

"You frequently let out a piercing howl."

Antsy NOMAD2 BIRD FISH CHIMERA

Requires: Nomad Changes to: Restless Point cost: -2

"You can't bear to stay still for long. Your morale will suffer unless you constantly explore new territory."

Restless NOMAD3 CHIMERA

Requires: Antsy Point cost: -4

"Spending any amount of time in familiar places makes you miserable. Must. Keep. Moving."

Post-threshold mutations

Intestinal Fortitude EATPOISON Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation TROGLOBITE CHIMERA RAPTOR RAT

Requires: Nausea, Vomitous, Poison Resistant, Venomous Additional requirement: Saprovore, Substance Tolerance Changes to: Eater Of The Dead Point cost: 3

"Your guts have developed the ability to handle poisonous food. Mostly."

Eater Of The Dead EATDEAD Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation CHIMERA RAT MOUSE

Requires: Intestinal Fortitude Point cost: 4

"Eating rotting, long-dead flesh is good for the struggle, and safe--if still completely unappealing--for you."

Saber Teeth SABER_TEETH Threshold Mutation FELINE CHIMERA

Requires: Fangs Cancels: Fangs, Incisors, Mandibles, Folding Fangs, Proboscis, Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Hummingbird Beak, Shark Teeth Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 8

"Your fangs have grown extremely large and incredibly sharp. They make it impossible to wear mouthgear and difficult to eat… but leave nasty wounds when you bite."

Hyper-Metabolism EATHEALTH Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation CHIMERA

Requires: Extreme Metabolism Cancels: Light Eater, Fast Metabolism, Very Fast Metabolism, Extreme Metabolism, Heat Dependent, Very Heat Dependent, Cold Blooded, Ectothermic Point cost: 15

"You metabolize nutrients so rapidly that you can convert food directly into useful tissue. Excess nutrition will convert to HP, rather than being wasted. Activate to skip prompt for overeating."

Resilient MUT_TOUGH Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST URSINE CATTLE MEDICAL CHIMERA

Requires: Large, Huge, Extremely Strong, Insanely Strong, Pain Junkie Cancels: Flimsy, Frail, Fragile, Glass Jaw Changes to: Solidly Built Point cost: 2

"You can survive injuries that would incapacitate humans: you get a 20% bonus to all hit points. Stacks with Tough, etc."

Solidly Built MUT_TOUGH2 Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation URSINE CATTLE MEDICAL CHIMERA

Requires: Resilient Cancels: Flimsy, Frail, Fragile, Glass Jaw Changes to: TAAANK Point cost: 3

"Not much scares you. You get a 30% bonus to all hit points. Stacks with Tough, etc."

Culler PRED1 Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR

Requires: Carnivore, Bear Cancels: Pacifist Changes to: Hunter Point cost: 2

"You've had a revelation: by killing the weaker creatures, who would only die anyway, you preserve resources for those better able to survive. You are less bothered by the deaths of others: their own weakness invited these fates upon them."

Hunter PRED2 Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR

Requires: Carnivore, Bear Additional requirement: Culler Cancels: Pacifist Changes to: Predator Point cost: 3

"Your brain has a lot more in common with a predatory animal than a human, making it easier to control misplaced reactions to the death of your prey. Additionally, combat skills, which you use to hunt, are easier to learn and maintain."

Predator PRED3 Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR

Requires: Carnivore, Bear Additional requirement: Hunter Cancels: Pacifist Changes to: Apex Predator Leads to: Sapiovore Point cost: 3

"You consider yourself something other than human and no longer empathize with them. Combat skills are easy to learn and maintain, but your critical thinking, so characteristic to these creatures, suffers."

Apex Predator PRED4 Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation BEAST URSINE CHIMERA RAPTOR

Requires: Carnivore, Bear Additional requirement: Predator Cancels: Pacifist Point cost: 2

"Your mind and brain have adapted to your new place in the world: as one on top of the food chain. You can effortlessly master and maintain combat skills, but your critical thinking has atrophied further."

Sapiovore SAPIOVORE Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR

Requires: Carnivore Additional requirement: Predator, Apex Predator Point cost: 1

"The hairless apes make as good eating as any other meat."

Metallassomaiphile MUT_JUNKIE Threshold Mutation MEDICAL CHIMERA

Point cost: -1

"Just thinking of mutagen (such a lovely word! 'Mutagen'. Perfect!) makes you thirsty. And you so love your new parts. You simply must have more mutagen!"

Acidproof ACIDPROOF Threshold Mutation INSECT SLIME MEDICAL CHIMERA

Point cost: 3

"Your mutated flesh is immune to the damaging effects of acid."

Acid Blood ACIDBLOOD Threshold Mutation INSECT SLIME MEDICAL CHIMERA

Requires: Acidproof Point cost: 4

"Your body has developed a wonderful defense mechanism. Instead of normal blood, you bleed a strong molecular acid which will damage any creature foolish enough to harm you."

Notes

• A great edge against their disadvantages Chimeras can have is the ability to eat any creature whole, even zombies, due to Intestinal Fortitude, then Eater Of The Dead they can also drink water from anywhere without getting poisoned.
• You want a better chance at survival? Your offensive abilities are well suited for cities, as you can eat zombies and drink out of the toilets, gross.. we know... but you'll be glad that all those zombies are wiped out and you are well fed from annihilating them. Any city can be cleared by a Chimera much easier than other mutants. Just don't get too cocky against those Hulks.