SR5:Bioware:Basic

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Head	Eye	Ear	Body	Limb	Limb Accessories	Weapon	Other	Basic Bioware	Cultured Bioware	Other Bioware

Bioware is subtler, more holistic, and less invasive than cyberware, at the cost of being substantially pricier. Instead of replacing body parts with machines, bioware augments the body’s own functions and integrates transplanted organs that function as natural features. The application of biotechnology is a tricky business, as the fine balance of homeostasis between the body’s organic systems must be maintained. In the last decade, bionics and bio-engineering techniques have taken bioware from cutting edge to commonplace. Bioware is more expensive monetarily, costs less Essence, and is much harder to spot. Also—and we’d like to think this goes without saying—bioware has no wireless capability at all.

Type	Device	Essence	Avail	Cost	Source
Basic	Adrenaline Pump (R 1-3)	Rating * 0.75	(Rating * 6)F	Rating * 55,000¥	Core
Basic	Bone Density Augmentation (R 1-4)	Rating * 0.3	Rating * 4	Rating * 5,000¥	Core
Basic	Cat's Eye	0.1	4	4,000¥	Core
Basic	Enhanced Articulation	0.3	12	24,000¥	Core
Basic	Muscle Augmentation (R 1-4)	Rating * 0.2	(Rating * 5)R	Rating * 31,000¥	Core
Basic	Muscle Toner (R 1-4)	Rating * 0.2	(Rating * 5)R	Rating * 32,000¥	Core
Basic	Orthoskin (R 1-4)	Rating * 0.25	(Rating * 4)R	Rating * 6,000¥	Core
Basic	Pathogenic Defense (R 1-6)	Rating * 0.1	Rating * 2	Rating * 4,500¥	Core
Basic	Platelet Factories	0.2	12	17,000¥	Core
Basic	Skin Pocket	0.1	4	12,000¥	Core
Basic	Suprathyroid Gland	0.7	20R	140,000¥	Core
Basic	Symbiotes (R 1-4)	Rating * 0.2	Rating * 5	Rating * 3,500¥	Core
Basic	Synthacardium (R 1-3)	Rating * 0.1	Rating * 4	Rating * 30,000¥	Core
Basic	Tailored Pheromones (R 1-3)	Rating * 0.2	(Rating * 4)R	31,000¥	Core
Basic	Toxin Extractor (R 1-6)	Rating * 0.2	Rating * 3	Rating * 4,800¥	Core
Basic	Tracheal Filter (R 1-6)	Rating * 0.1	Rating * 3	Rating * 4,500¥	Core
Basic	Amplified Immune System (1-4)	(Rating) x 0.1	(Rating) x 7	(Rating) x 4,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Chemical Gland	0.1	12R (or chemical)	20,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Exhalation Spray	0.1	12R	6,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Spit	0.1	12R	6,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Weapon Reservoir	0.1	12F	4,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Expanded Reservoir	0.1	12	2,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Elastic Joints	0.2	8	8,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Expanded Volume (1-4)	(Rating) x 0.1	(Rating) x 4	(Rating) x 2,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Gills	0.2	8	8,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Hand And Foot Webbing	0.05	8	1,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Hearing Enhancement	0.1	4	4,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Hearing Expansion	0.1	8	4,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Joint Replacement	0.05	2	1,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Nephritic Screen (1-6)	(Rating) x 0.05	(Rating) x 2	(Rating) x 4,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Nictitating Membrane	0.05	6	1,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Replacement Finger/Toe	-	2	1,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Replacement Hand/Foot	0.1	4	10,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Replacement Partial Arm/Leg	0.2	6	20,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Replacement Full Arm/Leg	0.4	8	40,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Spidersilk Gland	0.3	10	35,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Spinal Re-alignment	0.1	8	4,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Tactile Sensitivity	0.1	12	8,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Tail	0.25	4	2,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Tail (prehensile)	0.5	8	8,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Tailored Critter Pheromones (1-3)	(Rating) X 0.1	(Rating) X 4	(Rating) x 2,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Troll Eyes	0.2	8	10,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Vocal Range Enhancer	0.1	8	10,000¥	SR5:CF
Basic	Vocal Range Expander	0.2	12R	30,000¥	SR5:CF

Adrenaline Pump (R 1–3)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.75 - (Rating x 6)F 55,000¥ x Rating Core
Trigger Pump Free Action Active Benefits Ignore Injury Modifiers Can't Fall Unconscious +Rating to STR, AGI, REA, WIL Active Duration Rating x 1D6 Combat Turns After Duration Duration amount of Stun Damage (Resist with Body + Willpower) Recharge Rate 1 Hour
This enhanced gland is implanted in the lower abdomen, connected to both supradrenal glands. When dormant, the pump is merely a reservoir for adrenaline. When activated, a small muscular sac contracts, sending a surge of concentrated adrenaline into the blood stream. Physical and emotional stress can force your pump to activate if you fail a Composure Test (p. 152); otherwise you can trigger it as a Free Action. While the pump is active, you ignore injury modifiers and don’t fall unconscious, even if your Stun Condition Monitor is filled. You can’t rest, but the adrenaline pump’s Rating is added to your Strength, Agility, Reaction, and Willpower attributes. The pump works for Rating x 1D6 Combat Turns (the pump can’t be switched off early). When time’s up, you crash and take Stun damage equal to the number of Combat Turns the pump was active (use your natural Body + Willpower to resist the damage).After the effects end, your attribute values return to normal and you stop ignoring injury modifiers or unconsciousness from Stun damage. After use, the pump requires 1 hour to regenerate its supply. During that time, it cannot be activated.

Bone Density Augmentation (R 1–4)

Rating	Unarmed Damage
1	(STR)P
2	(STR + 1)P
3	(STR + 2)P
4	(STR + 3)P

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.3 - Rating x 4 5,000¥ x Rating Core
The molecular structure of your bones is altered to increase density and tensile strength. Ligaments are strengthened, and the increased bone density increases your weight a bit. Your Body attribute is increased by the bone density Rating for the purpose of damage resistance tests. You also deal Physical damage in unarmed combat, based on the Rating of the augmentation (see the Bone Density Augmentation table). Bone density augmentation is incompatible with other augmentations to the bones, including bone lacing cyberware.

Cat’s Eye

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 4,000¥ x Rating Core
Vision LowLight
These transgenic vat-grown implants are very literally cats’ eyes with a modified DNA profile and occipital connecting structures. The structure of cat’s eyes amplifies light and enhances night vision, providing lowlight vision. Cat’s eyes are slit and reflective, just like, well, a cat’s. This bioware is obviously not compatible with cyberware eye enhancements or replacements.

Enhanced Articulation

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.3 - 12 24,000¥ x Rating Core
Escape Artist +1 DP Physical Limit +1
A number of procedures like joint-surface coating, re-lubrication, and tendon and ligament augmentation lead to more fluid muscle and joint action. Enhanced articulation provides you with a +1 dice pool modifier to your Escape Artist skill and a +1 increase to your Physical limit (cumulative with other limit modifiers).

Muscle Augmentation (R 1–4)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.2 - (Rating x 5)R 31,000¥ x Rating Core
Add Rating to Strength
This biological weaving treatment enhances existing muscle tissue, rather than replacing it with vat-grown muscles. Specially grown muscle cables are woven into existing muscle fibers, enhancing muscle mass and brute strength while providing a bulkier look. Muscle augmentation adds its rating to your Strength. This bioware is incompatible with augmentations that increase Strength, including the muscle replacements cyberware.

Muscle Toner (R 1–4)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.2 - (Rating x 5)R 32,000¥ x Rating Core
Add Rating to Agility
This treatment increases muscle fiber elasticity in existing muscle tension, resulting in increased muscle tension and flexibility while providing a smooth and ropy physique. Muscle toner adds its rating to your Agility. This bioware is incompatible with augmentations that increase Agility, including the muscle replacements cyberware.

Orthoskin (R 1–4)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.25 - (Rating x 4)R 6,000¥ x Rating Core
Add Rating to Armor
A web of biofibers in the skin provides the equivalent of personal armor while being virtually indistinguishable from natural skin. Orthoskin adds its Rating to your Armor Rating, and is cumulative with other Armor. Orthoskin cannot be combined with skin augmentations that give you Armor, including dermal plating.

Pathogenic Defense (R 1–6)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.1 - Rating x 2 4,500¥ x Rating Core
Add Rating to Disease Resistance
This enhanced spleen can produce more effective and aggressive white blood cells for combating pathogens. Pathogenic defense adds its Rating to Disease Resistance Tests.

Platelet Factories

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.2 - 12 17,000¥ x Rating Core
Reduce 2 or more Physical Damage by 1
Platelet factories increase your body’s ability to handle Physical damage by accelerating the production of platelets within bone marrow and their concentration in the blood, which helps stop bleeding faster. Any time you would take 2 or more boxes of damage to your Physical Condition Monitor, reduce the damage by one box.

Skin Pocket

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 12,000¥ x Rating Core
Add/Remove Object Complex Action Concealability -10 Size Small
This skin flap can be located anywhere on your body. A nerveless “sheath” of flesh concealed by the flap is perfect for hiding a small object—it’s the bioware version of a smuggling compartment. The skin pocket has a Concealability of –10. It takes a Complex Action to add or remove an item from a skin pocket.

Suprathyroid Gland

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.7 - 20R 140,000¥ x Rating Core
Pros +1 to AGI, BOD, REA, STR Cons LifeStyle Cost + 25%
Placed on top of your existing thyroid gland, the suprathyroid gland supersedes the metabolic functions of your thyroid. The enhanced metabolism produces more energy, supercharging you. While you’re supercharged, you might want to supersize—to fuel your optimized metabolism, you’ll need to eat twice as much as normal. You get a +1 to your Agility, Body, Reaction, and Strength, along with a 25 percent boost in lifestyle costs. And you might get a bit hyperactive.

Symbiotes (R 1–4)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.2 - Rating x 5 3,500¥ x Rating Core
Pros +Rating DP to Healing Tests Cons -Rating x 200 Nuyen per Month (Unless High Lifestyle or Better)
Tailored micro-organisms in your bloodstream greatly enhance your healing. Add the Rating of the symbiotes as a dice pool modifier on healing tests (Physical and Stun). However, the symbiotes have unusual dietary requirements that must be met to keep them alive. You need to pay (Rating x 200) nuyen per month for special symbiote food, although if you have a High Lifestyle or better it’s covered.

Synthacardium (R 1–3)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.1 - Rating x 4 30,000¥ x Rating Core
+Rating DP to Athletics Skill Tests
Artificially hanced myocardium allows cardiovascular functions to be performed more efficiently, enabling the heart to keep the blood better oxygenated. The synthacardium adds its Rating as a dice pool bonus to your tests using skills in the Athletics skill group.

Tailored Pheromones (R 1–3)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.2 - (Rating x 4)R 31,000¥ x Rating Core
+Rating DP to Acting and Influence Skill Tests +Rating to Social Limit
These pheromones are specially tailored to subtly influence others and can be released at will. Tailored pheromones add their Rating as a dice pool modifier to your skill tests for skills in the Acting and Influence skill groups, but only when the person you’re using them on is within a comfortable conversation range—if they can’t smell you, the pheromones don’t work. Tailored pheromones also work on you to make you feel better about yourself; increase your Social limit by the Rating. Tailored pheromones have no effect on magical abilities and tests.

Toxin Extractor (R 1–6)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.2 - Rating x 3 4,800¥ x Rating Core
+Rating DP to Toxin Resistance Tests
A specially cultivated cluster of cells in your liver improves its filtering capabilities. The toxin extractor adds its Rating as a dice pool modifier to all your Toxin Resistance Tests (Toxins, Drugs, and BTLs, p. 408).

Tracheal Filter (R 1–6)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE Rating x 0.1 - Rating x 3 4,500¥ x Rating Core
+Rating DP to Inhalation Toxin Resistance
Implanted at the top of your trachea, this organ can absorb airborne impurities and keep them from reaching your lungs. The filter adds its Rating as a dice pool modifier to Toxin Resistance Tests versus inhalation vector toxins (Toxins, Drugs, and BTLs, p. 408).

Amplified Immune System (1-4)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE (Rating) x 0.1 - (Rating) x 7 (Rating) x 4,000¥ SR5:CF

Chemical Gland

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 12R (or chemical) 20,000¥ + (100X Chemical) SR5:CF
While chemical glands were originally intended to produce insulin for diabetics, megacorporations soon learned that there was a market for any number of unusual natural pharmaceuticals and organs that could produce them, and the streets quickly followed suit. The chemical gland is a small organic sac that produces a single substance. Often implanted in place of the appendix, the chemical gland can also be located in many other spots inside the body, such as the roof of the mouth so it can be used with fangs, or perhaps near an internal weapon system to provide a coating of venom. Even more unusual placements have been dreamed up. Each gland can only produce a single compound, chosen when purchased, and the selection cannot be changed. These compounds must be naturally occurring and not synthetic. The gland produces a single dose every twenty-four hours and can hold as many as four doses at once. An expanded reservoir is, of course, available. Note that the implantation of a chemical gland in no way provides immunity, or even improved resistance, from the substance for the user. The gland’s protective sac keeps the compound from leaking into the body naturally, but if introduced in another way (such as biting one’s self with fangs), the user can be exposed to it. In addition to the base price, the chemical gland’s cost is further increased by an amount equal to the cost of one hundred doses of the chemical compound it produces. The Availability of the chemical gland is 12, or equal to the compound created, whichever is higher, and is Restricted or Forbidden if the chemical carries such a flag. A user may have several chemical glands. The chemical gland may be connected to a cybernetic reservoir, or have a release methodology chosen from below.

Gradual Release

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -¥ SR5:CF
Benefits User under the effect of the chemical at all times
A chemical gland can be used to leak its substance continuously into the body, ensuring that a dose is present at all times. This leaves the user under the effect of the chemical at all times and eliminates any reserve. This can easily lead to terminal addiction for certain chemicals.

Exhalation Spray

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 12R 6,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefits:Gain an Exotic Ranged Weapon (Sprayer) attack OR inhale a dose of inhalation vector drug or poison
Implanted in the neck and sealed off via a sphincter, the exhalation spray is triggered by an active learned reflex, where the user first takes a deep breath, then hand pressure against the throat opens the inner sphincter, which disperses into a strong exhalation, expelling the chemical in an aerosol spray. Only contactor inhalation-vectored chemicals are of much use in this method, and the user must be careful not to inhale until the dose is fully discharged. Alternately, the user can manually activate the sphincter and inhale a dose themselves, a popular approach for many asthmatics. When exhaled, the dose expands in a cone two meters long and two meters wide at its widest point, which may catch multiple targets if they’re placed closely enough. The Exotic Ranged Weapon (Sprayer) skill is used for any attacks with this augmentation. A user may only have one exhalation sprayer.

Internal Release

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -¥ SR5:CF
Benefits Inject chemical with an action
The most common method is a simple internal release, triggered by mental command not terribly different from flexing a muscle. In this way, it serves as a sort of biological auto-injector. This is the default method of release and is included in the cost of the gland.

Spit

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 12R 6,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefit Gain access to a Exotic Ranged Weapon (Spitter) attack
An unusual choice as it always exposes the user to the chemical, spitting involves a sphincter added to the mouth that can be opened by contraction of facial muscles or continuous tongue placement, unlocking a single dose of the substance for use. Metahuman spit with a concentrated chemical core can be launched up to 5 meters. A user may only have one implant, and they use the Exotic Ranged Weapon (Spitter) skill to employ it.

Weapon Reservoir

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 12F 4,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefit Coat bioware/cyberware weapon in a chemical
By connecting the chemical gland directly to the root system of a weapon augmentation, the weapon can be coated with a single dose each time it’s extended. Alternately, it can be connected to fangs or a stinger, allowing for injection only upon penetration. If used as an injector, a natural weapon attack must score two additional hits, which must be used for an injection rather than used to increase damage.

Expanded Reservoir

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 12 2,000¥ + (cost of compound x 4) SR5:CF
Benefits Chemical gland gains four extra doses (up to a maximum of 20 doses per gland)
A chemical gland may have up to four additional reservoirs attached to it, each holding up to four more doses of the chemical in question. While a character may have multiple chemical glands, they may not share reservoirs.

Elastic Joints

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.2 - 8 8,000¥ SR5:CF

Expanded Volume (1-4)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE (Rating) x 0.1 - (Rating) x 4 (Rating) x 2,000¥ SR5:CF

Gills

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.2 - 8 8,000¥ SR5:CF

Hand And Foot Webbing

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.05 - 8 1,000¥ SR5:CF

Hearing Enhancement

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 4,000¥ SR5:CF

Hearing Expansion

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 8 4,000¥ SR5:CF

Joint Replacement

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.05 - 2 1,000¥ SR5:CF

Nephritic Screen (1-6)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE (Rating) x 0.05 - (Rating) x 2 (Rating) x 4,000¥ SR5:CF

Nictitating Membrane

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.05 - 6 1,000¥ SR5:CF

Replacement Limbs

Replacement Finger/Toe

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE - - 2 1,000¥ SR5:CF

Replacement Hand/Foot

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 10,000¥ SR5:CF

Replacement Partial Arm/Leg

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.2 - 6 20,000¥ SR5:CF

Replacement Full Arm/Leg

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.4 - 8 40,000¥ SR5:CF

Spidersilk Gland

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.3 - 10 35,000¥ SR5:CF

Spinal Re-alignment

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 8 4,000¥ SR5:CF

Tactile Sensitivity

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 12 8,000¥ SR5:CF

Tail

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.25 - 4 2,000¥ SR5:CF

Tail (prehensile)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.5 - 8 8,000¥ SR5:CF

Tailored Critter Pheromones (1-3)

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE (Rating) X 0.1 - (Rating) X 4 (Rating) x 2,000¥ SR5:CF

Troll Eyes

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.2 - 8 10,000¥ SR5:CF

Vocal Range Enhancer

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 8 10,000¥ SR5:CF

Vocal Range Expander

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.2 - 12R 30,000¥ SR5:CF

Orthoskin Upgrades

Chemical Repulsion

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.25 - 12R 20,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefits Immunity to DMSO substances +2 against Contact Poisons Penalties -2 Body on Fatigue tests Hot environments increase in everity by one step
By sealing the skin tightly, the user trades natural cooling via sweating for a sealed system, allowing them to resist chemical attacks more easily, including complete immunity to DMSO. Not recommended for athletes or others who regularly indulge in endurance-based activities, as the lack of a cooling system other than panting is quite dangerous for metahumans! Drink fluid often. In addition to immunity to any DMSO-carried substance, the user gains +2 Body to resist any contact-vector toxin. The user also suffers a penalty of –2 Body for any Fatigue test and suffers an increase in severity by one step from any hot environment. (p. 172, SR5); for example, a Moderate situation for others is Harsh for the user.

Dragon Hide

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 2,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefits +2 Bidy against Fire Damage Penalties -2 to Perception tests for heat detection
While many expect this mod to involve scales, that would be a simple cosmetic modification unconnected to the actual upgrade. Dragon Hide weaves flame-retardant materials into the orthoskin, which distributes thermal impact, prevents blistering, and reduces overall burning as energy dissipates across the larger surface. The user gains +2 Body for resisting Fire damage, but also has a –2 penalty on Perception Tests involving heat detection.

Electroshock

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.25 - 8 8,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefit +4 to resist own electrical discharge Penalty -2 to all other elecrtical attacks Not compatible with Insulation
Use of conductive materials allows the user to channel any internal electrical weapon throughout their entire body—quite a surprise for someone who thought they were safe while grappling a target! Note that electrical weaponry is sold separately. The user gains +4 Body to resist their own electrical discharge, due to passing the shock outwards, but suffers a –2 Body penalty to resist other electrical attacks as their skin transmits the shock into their organs more efficiently. This augmentation is not compatible with the insulation augmentation.

Insulation

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 8 8,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefits +2 Body for resisting Electrical damage Penalty:Not compatible with electroshock
Use of non-conductive materials leaves the user more resistant against electrical discharges, keeping the vulnerable organs inside safer than before. The user gains +2 Body for resisting electrical damage. This is not compatible with electroshock.

Penguin Blubber

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 2,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefits +2 Body for resisting Cold Damage x5 time interval for harsh cold for Fatigue damage
Thicker than normal orthoskin, penguin blubber produces a protective oil that prevents skin from drying and cracking in sub-freezing temperatures while protecting internal organs against the cold. It also gives the user a somewhat tubby look. Users with penguin blubber can happily frolic barefoot on snow or take a dip in freezing water, enjoying temperatures as low as –10 degrees Celsius without long-term effect. Adding insulating material over this can result in a toasty-warm explorer in even the harshest Antarctic temperatures. The user gains +2 Body for resisting cold damage and can quintuple the time exposed to harsh cold environs for purposes of Fatigue damage.

Sealskin

ESSENCE CAPACITY AVAIL COST SOURCE 0.1 - 4 2,000¥ SR5:CF
Benefit:No penalties for moving in water
This simple skin is coated with naturally refreshing water-repelling oils that allow the user to cut through the waves with ease. The user’s skin retains a somewhat moist appearance at all times. Sealskin removes all penalties associated with moving through water, allowing the user to operate underwater as easily as in air. Note that this does not include either water breathing functionality or swimming ability (those are sold separately).

Sharkskin

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