(S7) Body Adaptation * (22-27)
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This is related to Life Support.

The hero's body automatically adapts its physiology to enable it to survive in hostile environments. Unlike many of the other Powers that also permit this, Body Adaptation physically changes the hero's body. This Power involves automatically functioning versions of Body Transformation and Shapeshifting. The Power changes the hero into a form that has primary abilities proportional to the new environment. Example: An Adapting hero in a heavy-gravity world might now possess Monstrous Strength, but so do all the natives.

Note: If the hero possesses a Strength rank greater than Typical, that CS is carried over into the new situation. In the above example, if the hero possessed Remarkable Strength on Earth, he possesses Shift-Y Strength on the heavy world.

The hero can completely adapt in one to ten turns, depending on the degree of difference between the new and home environments (Judge's discretion).

The adaptation may provide the hero with new ways to move. On a water world, the hero might sprout fins.

There is only one adaptation for each type of environment, and it is triggered automatically by the hero's entrance into the new environment. The Power cannot provide the hero with protection against hazards that suddenly occur; a prime example is the hero failing from a great height. This is a hazardous situation, but not a hazardous environment.