Hyperplasic Muscle

Dense, hyperplasic musculature: more fibres per fibre, raw strength written into the meat.

A muscle suite engineered for raw force: hyperplasic fibres that multiply where baseline fibres only thicken, anchored to a skeleton reinforced to hold them. The bearer is visibly dense, hits hard, and carries loads that would buckle baseline stock. The same density sinks in water and lands heavy -- a hyperplasic frame cannot sneak well and cannot swim well, and both have killed bearers who forgot.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Effect Text	+1 STR; +1 to melee damage; treat Strength as 2 higher for carry capacity. -10 ft Swim speed and -2 to Stealth checks.
Category	physical
Conflicts	GENE-SPAR-FRAMED, GENE-FRAIL-CONSTRAINT
Engineering Lineage	Helix military biotechs (Thrax combat gene-stock)
Point Cost	3
Point Direction	cost

Notes

Lore Note: The defining trait of the Thrax line, engineered by Helix military biotechs who wanted bodies that would not break. It outlived its original programme and now breeds true across free Thrax populations and licensed Helix security lines grown from the same stock. The Vatspire still runs Thrax-adjacent batches, and the standing warning is the swim and sneak penalty -- the line is strong in a fight and a liability in water or a quiet corridor.

Trait Id: Hyperplasic Muscle

Mechanical Effects

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	+1
target	STR

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	+1
target	melee damage

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	+2
target	carry capacity (Strength for load only)

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	-10 ft
target	Swim speed

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	-2
target	Stealth checks