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Terrigen Mist |
This substance can be used to mutate characters into super-powered beings, often with deformities but also with possible great powers.
The Mist can be used on any character with an Endurance lower than Monstrous, that character may attempt a In Endurance check to avoid the effect.
Effects:
Physical stats are affected by rolling on the following table (no stat can be raised above Unearthly):
Roll |
Physical Effect |
Mental Effect |
Powers |
Power Rank |
01-05 |
-2CS |
-3CS |
1 Power |
Typical |
06-15 |
-1CS |
-2CS |
1 Power |
Good |
16-60 |
No Effect |
-2CS |
2 Powers |
Excellent |
61-80 |
+1CS |
-1CS |
2 Powers |
Remarkable |
81-95 |
+2CS |
-1CS |
3 Powers |
Incredible |
96-00 |
+3CS |
No Effect |
4 Powers |
Amazing |
The mental stats are affected as shown in the second column. Intuition is affected somewhat differently:
01-30
: -1CS
31-60
: No Change
61-00
: +1CS
Then roll again to see how many powers the character gains. The powers are rolled on the powers table.
They should have at least 1 physical power. The power rank is gained from the last column and then modified (not above Unearthly) by rolling again on the first column.
Finally this process affects the characters memory of his previous life but this can be regained, slowly.
The Terrigen Mist is a fictional substance from the Marvel Comics universe. It plays a prominent role in the stories of the Inhumans, a fictional race of super- humans. The Terrigen Mists were first referenced in the Fantastic Four comic book series[issue # needed].
The Terrigen Mist is a natural mutagen, arising as a vapor from the Terrigen Crystals, which is able to alter Inhuman biology. The Mists were discovered by the Inhuman geneticist Randac approximately 25,000 years ago; he immersed himself in the Mists and gained mental powers comparable to the Eternals (Thor 146-147, 1967). Sometimes the mutated subjects gain superhuman abilities; Medusa and Black Bolt are two examples of this. However, in the past, uncontrolled exposure to the Mists (due in part to Randac wishing for all the Inhumans undergo Terrigen treatment, or Terrigenesis) mutated the majority of the Inhuman population in hideously deformed monsters. After centuries of eugenics and birth control, the Inhumans managed to mitigate the genetic damage and cultivated a more responsible use of the Terrigen Mists. The practice they developed was to let only genetically perfect specimens undergo the random mutations provoked by the Mists. Their theory was that genetic screening could avoid the risk of hideous and animal mutations in an individual. However, there are examples throughout the Inhumans' canon where an exposed Inhuman became a devolved, sometimes mindless, evolutionarily inferior throw-back. The term "Alpha Primitives" was coined for these unfortunates, and they are outcasts of Inhuman society, who would for centuries become the breeding stock of a slave race. Resentment at this caste system sometimes bubbles up and the Alpha Primitives have tried to overthrow their rulers in multiple storylines, often as a result of manipulation by a third party.
Since the introduction of the Terrigen Mists, the inhabitants of the Marvel Comics universe have believed that Terrigen Mists were toxic for regular Homo sapiens. When the depowered Mutant Quicksilver subjects himself to the Mist, he gains the ability to time-travel as a surrogate for his former super-speed. Luna, his human offspring, gains psychic abilities from the Mists. It is also stated in this series that depowered Mutants, if exposed to the Terrigen Mists, gain an uncontrollable version of their former mutations. For example, the Mists restore the hyperacute senses of Callisto, but this causes her constant pain. However, this effect is only temporarly; the obtained powers fade after a short while. At the end of the series, the U.S. government confiscates the Terrigen Crystals, which leads Black Bolt, the leader of the Inhumans, to declare war on the United States. |
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