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New Mutations for 5th
Colin Chapman

Physical Mutations

Foot Pads
Ordinary, Permanent, DEX
The mutant's feet are padded and quiet, giving them a -2 step Bonus to their Stealth-sneak Skill checks when moving barefoot.

Leap
Ordinary, Automatic, STR
The mutant is capable of truly prodigious leaps and bounds. Use the following table instead of that on page 51 of Gamma World 5th:

Standing
Jump
Running
Jump
Vertical
Leap
Ordinary  3 6 2
Good  5 9 3
Amazing  7 12 4

360 Degree Vision
Good, Permanent, WIL
The mutant has eyes, multiple, or large and compound, for example, that gives it a 360o field of vision, preventing the mutant from being blindsided, and enabling them to remain aware of events going on all around them.

Wallcrawling
Amazing, Permanent, DEX
The mutant is capable of crawling up walls, other vertical surfaces, and even across ceilings, in the same way as a spider or fly might. However, the mutant must be barefoot and barehanded in order to do so, and requires at least three limbs to support them. Speed while wallcrawling is only half that of the mutant's usual walking speed.

Water Walking
Amazing, Permanent, DEX
The mutant is capable of crossing water, quicksand, loose sand, mud, thin ice, and similar yielding surfaces without sinking into them, at its full movement rate. However, such surfaces must be reasonably calm and stable for this mutation to operate.

Webspinning
Amazing, Activated, CON
The mutant has a gland which enables them to generate silk webbing, much the same as a spider does. The mutant can spin 1 meter of webbing per round. The webbing is strong and adhesive, and requires a normal Strength feat to break. A creative mutant can find many inventive uses for such webbing.

X-Ray Vision
Amazing, Activated, WIL
The mutant can generate radiation from their eyes that enables them to see through objects up to 10 meters away. The mutant must make an Awareness-perception Skill check to focus his vision, and can see through materials up to 3"/6"/12" thick, depending on the success of their roll (Ordinary, Good, Amazing). Materials that actively block radiation, such as lead, may not be penetrated with x-ray vision.