Carrion Crawl

Carrion Crawl (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

"They'll never find me in all these bodies."

When hiding amongst corpses, as on a battlefield, the character can mask is body temperature by making it drop to match the corpses around him. He can also slow his pulse and heartbeat if necessary to appear to be dead upon closer examination.

1. Room Temperature: The character can drop his body temperature to mimic a corpse's if surrounded by at least five of them. He will not appear to have a heat signature on thermal sensors and will feel cold and clammy. His skin will also bloat and discolor, turning shades of gray and blue.

Range: Corpses must be touching the character's skin.

Duration: The character's PE attribute number in minutes, plus one minute per level.

Damage: The character loses 1 Hit Point per minute while his body temperature is this low.

Attacks: Lowering or raising the body temperature requires 2 melee attacks/actions and the character can perform no other actions while his body temperature is dropped, with the exception of stopping his vital signs (see below).

Bonuses:

Takes half damage and effects from cold and ice attacks.

+2d4 PE

2. Vital Signs: The character can stop his pulse and heartbeat for one minute per level of experience. The character suffers an additional 1 Hit Point damage each minute his pulse and heart are stopped. It takes one full melee round to slow his pulse and heartbeat to cause them to appear stopped, or to start them again and bring them to normal rate.

3. Other Bonuses:

+10% to save vs. coma/death