Adam Extraction: As an action, you can use the syringe to extract biological essence from a recently deceased creature within 5 feet of you. The creature must have died within the last minute. This process provides 1d4 Adam points for every size category above Tiny (Tiny creatures yield no Adam). A creature drained in this way cannot be resurrected unless by a wish or similar magic.
Adam Reservoir: The syringe can hold a maximum of 10 Adam points at a time.
Plasmid Injection: As a bonus action, you can inject yourself or a willing creature with Adam from the syringe, granting the ability to cast a spell of your choice from the following list for 1 hour:
Burning Hands (2 Adam)
Thunderwave (2 Adam)
Blur (3 Adam)
Lightning Bolt (5 Adam)
Dominate Beast (6 Adam)
Spells cast in this way use the wielder’s spellcasting ability modifier, or Intelligence if they don’t have one.
Mutation Risk: Each time you inject Adam, roll a d20. On a 1-5, you gain a random short-term madness. On a 6-15, nothing happens. On a 16-20, you gain a temporary mutation (chosen or rolled on a mutation table).
Mutation Table (Optional): Roll 1d6 to determine your mutation.
1. Electrified Skin: You deal 1d6 lightning damage to creatures that touch you for 1 hour.
2. Fire Breath: You can use your action to exhale flames in a 15-foot cone (3d6 fire damage, DC 13 Dex save).
3. Warped Vision: You have disadvantage on Perception checks but advantage on Insight checks.
4. Enhanced Reflexes: Your movement speed increases by 10 feet for 1 hour.
5. Glowing Eyes: You emit dim light in a 10-foot radius for 1 hour.
6. Unstable Form: You are considered under the effects of blur for 1 minute.
Cursed Nature:
The Adam Syringe is a cursed item. Once attuned, you feel an insatiable urge to use it, making Wisdom saving throws (DC 15) to resist extracting Adam when near fresh corpses. Removing the curse requires a Remove Curse spell or similar magic.
Notes: To attune to the Adam Syringe, you must spend a short rest holding the syringe, during which it hums faintly with an unsettling, rhythmic pulse. As the attunement completes, you feel an invasive warmth course through your veins, accompanied by fragmented whispers that hint at forbidden knowledge and power. A sense of exhilaration mixed with unease overtakes you as the syringe bonds with your very essence. You become keenly aware of the potential it holds—and the dangerous hunger it awakens within you. Once attuned, the Adam Syringe feels like an extension of yourself, almost sentient. You sense its craving for life essence and its capacity to reshape you in ways both wondrous and monstrous. Caution: Prolonged use of the Adam Syringe may blur the boundaries between what is morally acceptable and what is necessary for survival.
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