Spell

Hideous Mutation

Created by Nagarn

When this dreadful incantation takes hold, the target's body convulses as flesh ripples and warps with unnatural growth. Between one and four additional limbs erupt from the victim's torso, each one a grotesque mockery of human anatomy, complete with sinew, bone, and writhing muscle. With each pair of these aberrant appendages, the target gains an additional action during combat, allowing them to strike, move, or cast with horrifying efficiency. However, the mutation comes at a terrible price—the target's body becomes grotesquely malformed and bloated, their skin stretching taut and translucent as it struggles to contain the excess flesh and bone. This horrific transformation paradoxically grants them exceptional resilience, as their mutated form can withstand damage that would obliterate a normal body, reducing all harm inflicted upon them by half. The spell's effects persist until dispelled, leaving the victim trapped within their nightmarish new form, a walking monument to eldritch corruption.