Mutations

'''Originally, I was going to do this entire system randomly, but in light of bigger and better ideas, I have decided you may choose what infection you get. On the contrary, there is a catch: each infection racks up more risks, and each risk leaves you vulnerable. Think of it as cause and effect staked in your life but balanced on positive and negatives.'''

What is the infection?
The infection is extreme forms of radiation poisoning plaguing the bodies and minds of the humans surviving, and external contact and inhaling of tainted air causes rapid expansion or destruction in the body. What occurs is entirely unknown, but known examples have been documented. As for the creation of the infection, origins are currently excluded from public eyes. All that matters is that it kills, yet prevents your body from decaying; you truly have multiple lives at the cost of withering.

Infection Locations
''“Each area is shaded based on how lethal the area is known to be. Grey is capable of sustaining all lives, orange is an area of high radiation, and red holds a severe risk of death.''

''Each hot-spot is known to be where heavy nuclear warfare and testing had occurred, the effects being incredibly lasting in terms of fallout. ''

''Not to say they are not inhabitable, they are known to be irradiated and may cause infection. ''

Travel at your own risk.”  -Sevastian Pasternak, Scouts of the Silver Claw

'''The infection lives in every country aside from the United States, which occupies its mainland and Canada. Australia is notably deadly by some means as no scouts have returned any intel on the area. Mexico is moderately infected and actively being purged to be claimed by the US. '''

Infection Symptoms
Plain and simple, if you’re infected, you experience symptoms of radiation poisoning. What turns sour is when the infection begins to mutate your body, which can apply within days, weeks, years, or just mere minutes or seconds. It’s unpredictable as is.

Symptoms are, but are not limited to:
 * Loss of white blood cells
 * Nausea
 * Vomiting
 * Headache
 * Hair loss
 * Sloughed skin
 * Spontaneous blood loss
 * Intestinal tract damage
 * Severe fatigue
 * Ulcers within the mouth
 * Increased risk and development of other diseases
 * Temporary vision loss
 * Temporary total organ failure.

Mutations List
There will be positive and negatives attributes with different values, being marked with + or -. Optimal mutations balance out. Any mutations swaying over one end will have its own effects. Typically, going over on the positive end of the spectrum will cause more radiation sickness symptoms to appear, particularly the more extreme cases. While going over the negative end can entirely wipe out radiation poisoning. Neutral mutations are essentially minor effects that do not exist for any purpose other than envelopment in the environment or character development.

For the mutations, see the positive, negative, and neutral pages for them.