Lunatics

Rule Type: Homebrew
Animals, plants, and even people can be corrupted by enough exposure to Moon Dust, doubly so for the less pure New Moon. Not all of those who use Moon Dust will become Lunatics, but those who do take on a certain unquenchable and often violent thirst for magic and Moon Dust.

Living Adversaries in a Moonfall City Blues game can have an additional type added to them, making them Lunatics. Their bodies are often twisted a bit and have extra boney growths that might glow and protrude from unusual places on their body. As a GM you should describe the nature and severity of this twisting so the players understand how far gone the Lunatic is. Adversaries which are Lunatics gain the following features in addition to any features they already have.

• Maddening Hunger (Passive) – Lunatics can detect magic innately. They try to consume unhidden magical items, plants, animals, or people, even if inedible. A magical object small enough to conceal may be hidden or magic in one’s self suppressed, the character hiding it or suppressing their own magical nature must make a Reaction Roll appropriate to their method of concealment against the Adversary’s difficulty.
• Ravenous Consumption (Reaction) – If a Lunatic is able to spend an action consuming a magic object or has attacked a magic person with a natural attack (bite, kick, punch, claw, tail, etc.) and the target lost HP, the Lunatic clears a Stress.

Lunatics are not completely mindless, if they were intelligent before becoming one they will retain some of that intellect, but their hunger for magic drives all reason from them and the longer they mutate from Dust exposure the more they lose themselves. One could have a conversation with a sentient Lunatic if no magic is present, though the Lunatic would have a hard time focusing and would think almost exclusively of getting their hands on more magic to consume. The longer they’ve been a Lunatic, the worse this distraction would be.

Lunatics might be able to be treated, but it would be a dangerous and difficult process for both the Lunatic and those treating them. Unfortunately, that means it’s expensive and that kind of research and effort is not common. And it is far more likely they would be killed for New Moon, locked up, or even trained since they have a one track mind.