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Stench

This mutation causes the character’s sweat, breath, and other similar sources of body odours to become extremely strong. While the Stench isn’t unbearable, it’s definitely unpleasant enough for people to avoid spending much time around the character if they can help it, and to maintain a bit of a distance when talking to her.   Type: Minor negative.   Effect: Whenever the character is attempting an action where the outcome depends on people’s reactions, she suffers a -2 penalty on the check. If she is meeting the other party for the first time (and thus making a first impression), the penalty is -4. If the character is communicating with someone at a distance—shouting to someone across a river or talking on the radio, for example—the penalty doesn’t apply.   Anyone trying to track the character by scent gets a +4 circumstance bonus for the Stench.   If the mutant already has the Stench, re-roll the mutation.   Biotech: Implant, Graft.


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