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In a brainstorming session with Kay, we've come up with a potentially game-changing idea that could be a whole lot of fun. But before we set anything in stone, we wanted to get opinions from everyone else.

Sometime next month, we're going to be introducing an NPC who has toyed with the virus enough to make himself superhuman. The plan is for him to serve as something of an antagonist for the PC's, but we expanded on the idea after speaking with Kay, to suggest that maybe he drugs the compound's water supply with some sort of drug. This drug would awaken latent abilities in the virus to those who are immune, giving them physical or mental based abilities. We aren't talking moving air or flying or whathaveyou, but physical things like regeneration, enhanced strength, dexterity, speed, etc., or mental things like telepathy, telekinesis... the base sci-fi powers.

There was even mention of making the abilities temporarily available to non-immune characters, albeit much weaker.

This is a vague rundown, really, and the discussion had a lot more detail in it, but we wanted to see how all of you felt about introducing something like this into the mix. It's a big deal, and we wouldn't want to just spring it on you. If there's enough interest, we'll make a more detailed post, giving more detail.

If you have any questions or thoughts on the situation, let us know, and we'll do what we can to answer!

( Current list of acceptable abilities. )