System Agnostic Body Horror Compendium

Designed by Cat War Games

Not far from here is a hidden, thousands of long, sharp

abandoned alien craft. The quills that still cling to the

interior is a series of rotting corpse of a slick,

massive chambers, hundreds of scaly biped. In his hand, a

meters tall and wide. Upon tool. It appears he was using

entering, the air is thick and it to fuse the spikes to the

damp but suitable enough for creature's dorsal exoskeleton.

human life. An amber glow There's only enough power left

emits from organic, bulbous for a handful of uses, but the

lights that emerge seamlessly controls look simple enough.

from leathery interior walls. Are you willing to sacrifice a

In the dim, never-ending limb and fuse your body with

twilight, the tanks lining the unknown and untested genetics?

walls remind you of a stout Combine them in any order and

beer in a clear, cold glass, quantity deemed reasonable by

bubbling slightly. Only the game master. Combine too

contained within these thick many though, and there may be

glass vats are more bizarre unintended side effects.

creatures than you can

recognize. Brightly lit, in

the center of the room is a

massive humanoid. He's not

moving, no breath. His chest

is pierced by one of the

1.Spinal Flesh Whip

35% Hominid / 15% Rodentia / 50% Unknown

Ability: Strangle, one enemy within grabbing range,

disabling them until an opposed roll.

2. Segmented Araneae Leg

10% Araneae / 90% Unknown

Ability: Climb, can cling to surfaces for one round.

3. Massive Sturdy Leg

75% Rhinocerotidae / 10% Anura / 15% Unknown

Ability: Stomp, knocks opponents down or back.

4. Hooved Reflex Leg

95% Capra / 5% Unknown

Ability: Quick Kick, damage as a kick, once per round to

any close enemy, no cost.

5. Dorsal Pincers

25% Serpentes / 25% Caimaninae / 50% Unknown

Ability: Rake, wildly lash out at any close flanking enemy,

forcing them to retreat or take damage as a three small
knives.

6. Armored Wing

45% Corvus / 15% Chelonioidea / 40% Unknown

Ability: Shield, prevent damage as a large shield for one

round, two round cool down.

7. Primal Long Arm

80% Hylobatidae / 20% Unknown

Ability: Super Strength, the strength of two men, but only

in one arm.

8. Vital Exoskeleton

67% Asteroidea / 23% Anthozoa / 10% Unknown

Ability: Regenerate, one use per day, prevent a fatal

physical blow, and regain half of max health. Lose heath
permanently.
Potential Side Effects
1. Genetic Rot
Your DNA is coming apart at the
seams. Each time you lose more
than half your lifeforce, roll
for a new side effect upon
healing.
1. Boils: They cover your whole
body now. Nasty.
2. Enpuddlement: Each day, roll
1d6. Lose that % of bone mass and The alien DNA has reversed your
replace it with cartilage.
3. Mouths: Every few months,
another mouth starts to grow at a explicit pleasure. The most
random location on your body.
They speak from your
subconscious, and you can't
control them.
4. The Pops: All of your joints
and bones now crack non-stop
whenever you move. Very
satisfying for you only.
5. Regression: You're getting
younger, age backward.
6. Soft Glow: You glow with dull The damage is damage.
amber light. Awful for stealth,
great for those scared of the
dark.
2. Alien Identity
After the procedure, you started
to hear the voice. It slowly
learned the common language and
then revealed itself. The entity
says it wants your body. The
struggle to maintain control
becomes difficult. Flip a coin when has a healing effect. Drinking
speaking, tails then the entity
controls the dialogue.
3. Slow Rejection
The graft worked, for now. Each
day, roll 1d6 under 3. Add one
rejection counter until you make
the roll for that day. 10
counters and the graft falls
right off for major damage.
4. Pain Addiction
pain receptors. Pain is now an
exotic pharmaceuticals pale in
comparison to a deep wound.
Unfortunate side effect: Healing
yourself is agonizing. You're
dazed for three rounds after
using any healing effect. But, all
combat penalties inflicted by
enemies are reversed into buffs.
5. General Nausea
You always feel sick. It ruined
your aim.
6. Blood Thirst
Clamato? Tomato soup? You have
the strangest craving for
something. It's on the tip of
your tongue. Drinking clean blood
tainted blood is the opposite. It
must be warm, or you don't want
it.