#story_event #Frogdog A freshly empty spawning pool signals the rite. Euphoric celebrations of change. The enfeebled and battle-weary lower themselves into the roiling metabolic soup. Up to 3 survivors with the highest Hunt XP (retired if possible) **Harvest the Pool**. On the shore, youths breathlessly anticipate the change. Up to 3 survivors with the lowest Hunt XP (0 Hunt XP if possible) are **Wrapped Alive**. ### Harvest the Pool They disappear under the murky waters, then emerge, heaving strands of hydrophytes up from the depths. Even as they haul the plants out, the leaves continue to grow vigorously before their eyes. The fizzing waters clings to skin, depositing radical hormonal remnants. | Roll 1d10 | Roll Results Table | | :-------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | 1 | Fluids fill your flesh, erasing wrinkles and scars until the once sagging skins tretches taut and vursts. A final gasp of horror issues from your plump lips before your lungs dissolve inside your body. Dead. | | 2 - 5 | Warmth flows from the rapidly expanding fronds spooled from the depths. The metabolic heat flows up your arms, elongating your reach and fortifying your grip. Gain +1 strength and the [[Extra Long Arms]] ability.<br><br>![[Extra Long Arms]] | | 6 - 9 | Skin sags, flesh melts, then springs back painfully as it re-forns. Roll a hit location dice twice; heal all permanent injuries at these hit locations. If you are retired, roll 1d5 and remove the resulting amount of Hunt XP. If you healed no permanent injuries the metabolic overreactions grips your body. Suffer two random severe injuries. | | 10+ | A sharp thorn pierces your skin. You cry out, gulping mouthfuls of fizzing pool water. Instantly, your eyes bulge out of your head, straining at the sockets. Suffer the **Chimeric Delusion**. If you are retired, set your Hunt XP to 0 and gain +1 strength and +1 luck. | ### Wrapped Alive Cries of delight and horror escape from between the strangling layers of swollen leaves. The tingling starts at the skin, spreading to the core.Fatigue slackens the squirming body within, Hormonal upheaval begins. | Roll 1d10 | Roll Results Table | | :-------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | 1 | A violent electrochemical storm descends from the top of your head to the tips of your toes, searing away the contents of your mind and scarring your muscles with a lifetime of wear. Gain 8 Hunt XP and lose your lifetime reroll. You may not use fighting arts. | | 2 - 5 | Painful acne erupts atop every surface wrapped by the quivering leaves. The pustules grow over each other until they form a painful weeping carapace. Gain the [[Pubescent Vestment]] ability.<br><br>![[Pubescent Vestment]] | | 6 - 9 | Your youthful vigor dissipates in patchy maturations. Roll a hit location dice twice.<br>Head: +1 accuracy<br>Arms: +1 strength<br>Body: +1 speed<br>Waist: +1 evasion<br>Legs: +1 movement | | 10+ | Your youthful face is frozen forever; age and wisdom leave no trace. Your body surges to massive proportions. Gain +2 strength and +1 luck. |