Biohacking: Mark a Stress to target a creature within Close range. Choose one Biohack:

Ally Biohacks

• Regenerative Surge: The target clears 1 HP.

• Adaptive Buffer: The target increases their thresholds equal to your Proficiency until end of scene.

Enemy Biohacks

• Metabolic Disruption: The target marks 1 Stress.

• Neural Interference: The target takes a -2 stackable debuff to damage.

Chain Modification: After Biohacking, you may spend 1 Hope to target a second creature within Close range of the original target.

• If the second target is an ally, they gain temporary HP equal to your Knowledge modifier.

• If the second target is an enemy, they mark 1 Stress, and they are temporarily Vulnerable.

Optimized Bioengineering: Apply all Biohack effects to both targets affected by Chain Modification. Additionally, when you use Biohacking apply the following upgrades:

• Perfected Regeneration: Until end of scene, Biohacked allies clear an additional HP when healed.

• Aggressive Mutation: When you target an adversary, your Enemy Biohack effects are doubled in value.

Genetic Override: When you change your active Genetic Trait, choose either an Ally Optimization or Congenital Maladaption.

Ally Optimization: Until end of scene, an ally in Far range gains your active Genetic Trait.

Congenital Maladaption: An adversary within Close range makes a Reaction Roll (13). On a failure, temporarily they gain one of the following:

• Atrophic Musculature: They Mark a stress to move. Their movements are halved.

• Neural Desync: -2 penalty to their action rolls and thresholds.

• Hemorrhagic Cascade: If they mark HP, they mark +1 HP.

• Sensory Collapse: Target is revealed and Vulnerable.

Devolution Protocol: When an enemy fails the Reaction Roll against your Congenital Maladaption, that enemy reduces their Difficulty by your Spellcast trait modifier until the end of their next action.

Corrective Rewrite: Choose one target you can touch, spend 2 Hope to clear a negative condition.

Group Selection: When you use Directed Evolution, you may target as many targets within Close range equal to your Knowledge modifier.

Hybridization: Directed Evolution also triggers a Hybrid Trait below until the end of the scene. Their appearance visibly reflects the hybridization.

• Draconic Integration: Your Melee attacks hit Very Close range and are fire damage. Gain immunity to fire.

• Giant Myofiber: The creature gains +2 Strength and double thresholds.

• Ooze Morphology: When a creature makes a melee attack against a creature with this trait, it must make a Reaction Roll (13) or become temporarily Restrained.

• Chimeric Instability: If an adversary attacks you or an ally in Very Close Range they make a Reaction Roll (13) or become temporarily Poisoned. While Poisoned, the target must roll a d6 upon taking the spotlight. On a result of 4 or lower, they must mark a Stress.