Cytolytic Pact
AltarTrade toughness for power.
- −25% max HP
- +40% damage
From the Codex
Highly virulent strains often burn out fast, damaging their host before they can spread.
Glass Cannon in the CodexEvery gift has a price
Trade-off Altars
Trade-off Altar Offers
Each Trade-off Altars room shows 2–3 of these 5 bargains. Take one and the rest vanish. Max HP can never drop below 30.
Hypermutation
AltarTwo random traits at once, for a chunk of health.
- 2 random traits
- −15 max HP
From the Codex
A change in a genome's sequence. Most are harmless or harmful, and a few help the organism survive.
Fun fact: Flu's RNA polymerase doesn't proofread, so it makes errors constantly.
Mutation in the Codex
Dormancy
AltarA full heal that gets you noticed.
- Heal to full
- Detection +30
From the Codex
A dormant state where a virus hides inside a cell without making new copies, invisible to the immune system.
Fun fact: Latent HIV reservoirs are the main reason the infection can't yet be cured.
Viral Latency in the Codex
Thin Envelope
AltarFaster but more fragile.
- +25% move speed
- −20 max HP
From the Codex
Small genomes copy faster but offer less protection.
Lean Genome in the Codex
Scavenge Debris
AltarGrab a pile of nucleotides and raise the alarm.
- +40 nucleotides (10 of each base)
- Detection +25
From the Codex
The building block of DNA and RNA: a sugar, a phosphate and a base (A, T, C, G in DNA; A, U, C, G in RNA).
Fun fact: Influenza stores its genes as RNA, so it uses U in place of T.
Nucleotide in the Codex
