Animals

The wildlife in the wastelands had to adapt or die. Most animals, wild and otherwise, show signs of mutation.

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Variant: wild mutations. Almost every single animal in the wasteland has received strange mutations due to radiation exposure. Choose or randomly determine mutations from the following table. The animal's level increases by half the number of mutations it has:

d20	Mutation
1	Ghoulish fortitude.. The animal is immune to radiation, and whenever damage would reduce the animal to 0 hit points, the animal can make a DC 10 Vigor check. On a success, it drops to 1 hit point instead.
2	Glowing.. Whenever a creature starts its turn within 3m of the animal, it takes 1d4 radiation damage.
3	Eye stalks.. The animal cannot be surprised, and has +2 on contested rolls it makes against a hidden creature.
4	Overgrown.. The animal's size increases by one category. Its Vigor is increased by 2 (as a result, its max hit points are increased by 4, and its melee damage is increased by 2).
5	Dwarvish.. The animal's size decreases by one category. Its Vigor is decreased by 2, to a minimum of 0 (as a result, its max hit points are decreased by 4, and its melee damage is decreased by 2), and its Speed is increased by 2 (as a result, its Initiative and Action Points are increased by 2).
6	Luminous eyes.. The animal's eyes emit light in a 5m cone.
7	Stubby wings.. The animal can fly, but doing so costs it 2 additional AP per meter of movement.
8	Thick scales.. The animal's damage threshold is increased by 5.
9	Boney Spikes.. The animal gains a new ranged attack: 5 AP, 1d4 piercing damage plus 1d4 poison damage, range (5/20), rare ammo (3 per day)
10	Chameleon.. The animal has advantage on Stealth checks.
11	Black eyes.. The animal can see in the dark.
12	Pustules.. When the animal dies, each creature within 3m of it takes 2d6 acid damage.
13	Mimicry.. The animal can imitate sounds it has heard. A successful DC 10 Presence check lets a creature determine the subterfuge.
14	Gills.. The animal can breathe air and water, and swimming doesn't cost it extra AP. It must be fully submerged at least once per day or suffer a wound.
15	Extra limbs.. The animal's melee attacks cost 1 less AP.
16	Hive Mind.. The animal can telepathically speak with animals of the same kind within 100m of it that it can see.
17	Skin flaps.. The animal does not take fall damage, and can move in the air in any direction except upwards.
18	Unstable.. Each day, roll a random mutation on this table.