Corruption and Mutations

The depths change those who linger too long.

Corruption Triggers

You might gain a mutation when:

• You spend a month without seeing the sun
• You’re reduced to 0 HP
• You consume certain substances (corrupted food, strange fungi, cannibal feast)
• You experience specific trauma (long fall in darkness, exposure to void)
• You learn languages of alien entities
• You abandon wealth for survival
• You try to convince others to embrace darkness (Rapture)
• The GM decides the situation warrants it

Mutation Effects

Mutations can be:

• Beneficial: Extra senses, natural weapons, damage resistance
• Detrimental: Physical deformities, mental instability, chronic pain

• Some can be removed with powerful magic
• Others are permanent
• Accumulating too many can change you fundamentally

Managing Mutations

• Some can be removed with powerful magic
• Others are permanent
• Accumulating too many can change you fundamentally

• This is optional in some campaigns – discuss with your GM