Low Level Aberration - Ravenous, contributed
by TheFan
Novas already must consume far more food than a normal human to maintain metabolic
function. If it wasn't for efforts such as the Adis Ababba terraforming project,
they would have put a severe strain on world food supplies. However, some novas
exacerbate the problem, requiring more food than mid-sized American family each
year.
The sheer volume they must consume daily boggles the mind, churns the stomach,
and almost defies the laws of physics. Kikjak, the most famous nova to suffer
from this, gets a 20% bulk discount at Burger King, provided he calls in an
at least an hour in advance. This isn't simple gluttony, but an actual NEED
for more food, and going without fulfilling this need to feed can come with
severe consequences.
Simply missing an hourly meal can cause increasingly worse die pool penalties
from hunger pains, up to -5 dice. Prolonged malnutrition can reduce permanant
Willpower until a healthier diet is restored, and starvation causes unsoakable
health levels of lethal damage that can only begin to heal once you get enough
to eat. This might seem harsh, but it's not THAT bad until you get to higher
levels of taint.
