History TabletopGame / PathogenTheInfected

* ''Airborne'' - Infected through the air by a sneeze or in a crowded place.
* ''Bitten'' - Infected through the bite of a strange bug or wild animal.
* ''Endoparasite'' - Infected through a worm or some other creature burrowing into their body.
* ''Infused'' - Infected through an organ transplant or blood transfusion.
* ''Unborn'' - Infected through the womb from their mother.

* ''Dermis'' - the Infected's skin develops a rash and an affinity for water.
* ''Fever'' - the Infected's body temperature rises and they can no longer stand cold.
* ''Insomnia'' - The Infected has trouble sleeping, and are plagued by nightmares when they do.
* ''Paedomorphosis'' - The Infected "regresses" in age and retains child-like behaviors.

* ''[[ReligionOfEvil Annunaki]]'' - Infected who claim descent from ancient gods and worship {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
* ''[[EvilFeelsGood Cambions]]'' - Infected who revel in their new state, particularly bodily transformation and human predation.
* ''[[SocialDarwinist Jagda]]'' - Infected who believe they are the next stage of human evolution.
* ''[[{{Cyborg}} Neonates]]'' - Infected who believe that the future lies in technology and transhumanism.
* ''[[VampireRefugee Protectors]]'' - Infected who seek to protect normal people from the predations of other Infected.
* ''Stemmers'' - A term for Infected who are not part of any Wing, many of which are unaware of what exactly is going on.

* {{Blessed With Suck}}: Infected individuals can have various advantages over mere mortals if they don't mind constant torture caused by the virus, such as having quite serious problems with skin, having permanent fever, being nearly unable to sleep or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking turning into children]].

* {{Cyborg}}: Neonates
* EvilFeelsGood: Cambions
* HealingFactor: Regenerate is a Subversion which, on the highest level, not only allows the Infected to rapidly regrow their own, and other’s, flesh, but also near-instantly grow a new body from the remains of their old one when they die.

* {{Horror Hunger}}: ''Player characters'' can suffer from it.

* {{Our Zombies Are Different}}: ATP Zombies, one of the results of infection.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Annunaki

* SocialDarwinist: The Jagda

* VampireRefugee: Protectors

A topic here on Wiki/TVTropes to refine and finish this work can be found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r87xez4op0o7yo2e98djtopn&page=1 here]]. There is also [[http://pathogen-the-infected.wikidot.com/ a wiki]].

* TheVirus: Particularly mysterious one. Nobody knows from where it came and what it's capable of. Popular theories include infection from space, government experiment and [[EldritchAbomination ancient beastial gods]].

* TheVirus: Particularly mysterious one. Nobody knows from where it came and what it's capable of. Popular theories include infection from space, government experiment and [[EldritchAbomination ancient beastial gods]].

* SpiderSense: Evolution (level 2) power named, unsurprisingly, "Danger Sense". Described as an amplified "prey instincts".

* HealingFactor: Regenerate is a Subversion which, on the highest level, allows not only heal the Infected's flesh, but also instantly grow new body from the recently died one.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Infected have to eat triple as much as normal person, lest they will slowly Decay into zombie-like state.
* ImAHumanitarian: For player characters, this is one of the ways to restore ATP (not a nice one, through). ATP Zombies, on the other hand, need ATP just to continue living, and if there is a tasty human nearby, they would not hesitate.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: When the game lists ''Film/TheThing1982'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' as inspiration sources, you can imagine what kind of superpowers the protagonists have. Especially Incorporation. Mixing your flesh with inanimate objects in [[BodyHorror rather gruesome fashion]] can't be called healthy activity.
* {{Mana}}: ATP. However, it's not magical ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or is it?]]), and [[HealthFood comes from food]]. A lot of food.

* ShockAndAwe: Bioelectricity is capable of many things, from powering electrical devices[[note]]A few dots in Incorporation would be handy, too[[/note]] to causing rapid necrosis to shooting lighnings.

'''Pathogen: The Infected''' is a fan gameline for the ''TabletopGame/{{New World of Darkness}}'' setting, detailing the (mis)adventures of "the Infected," normal people infected with TheVirus that grant them {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s. The theme of the game is, [[CaptainObvious obviously]], BodyHorror.

* ImAHumanitarian: For player characters, this is one of the ways to restore ATP ([[CaptainObvious not a nice one, through]]). ATP Zombies, on the other hand, need ATP just to continue living, and if there is a tasty human nearby, they would not hesitate.

'''Pathogen: The Infected''' is a fan gameline for the ''TabletopGame/{{NewWorld of Darkness}}'' setting, detailing the (mis)adventures of "the Infected," normal people infected with TheVirus that grant them {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s. The theme of the game is, [[CaptainObvious obviously]], BodyHorror.

A topic here on TVTropes to refine and finish this work can be found [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r87xez4op0o7yo2e98djtopn&page=1 here]]. There is also [[http://pathogen-the-infected.wikidot.com/ a wiki]].

* {{Blessed With Suck}}: Infected individuals can have various advantages over mere mortals if they don't mind constant torture caused by the virus, such as having quite serious problems with skin, having permanent fever, being nearly unable to sleep or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking turning into child]].

* ImAHumanitarian: For player characters, this is one of the ways to restore ATP ([[CaptainObvious not a nice one, through]]). ATP Zombies, on the other hand, need ATP just to continue living, and if there is tasty human nearby, they would not hesitate.

* ''[[ReligionOfEvil Annunaki]]'' - Infected who claim descend from ancient gods and worship {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

* ShockAndAwe: Bioelectricity is capable of many things, from powering electrical devices[[note]]A few dots in Incorporation would be handy, too[[/note]] through causing rapid necrosis to shooting lighnings.

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* ShockAndAwe: Bioelectricity is capable of many things, from powering electrical devices[[hottip:*: A few dots in Incorporation would be handy, too]] through causing rapid necrosis to shooting lighnings.

* SuperStrenght: Vigor, one of the powers available to Infected. It works by pushing the limits of muscle capacity a little bit higher.

* SpiderSense: Evolution (level 2) power named, unsurprisingly, "Danger Sense". Described as an amplified "prey sense".

* ShockAndAwe: Bioelectricity is capable of many things, from powering electrical devices[[hottip:*: A few dots in Incorporation would be handy, too]] through causing rapid necrosis to shooting lighnings.

* ShockAndAwe: Bioelectricity is capable of many things, from powering electrical devices[[hottip: A few dots in Incorporation would be handy, too]] through causing rapid necrosis to shooting lighnings.

* LovecraftianSuperpower: When the game lists ''Film/{{The Thing}}'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' as inspiration sources, you can imagine what kind of superpowers the protagonists have. Especially Incorporation. Mixing your flesh with inanimate objects in [[BodyHorror rather gruesome fashion]] can't be called healthy activity.

* LovecraftianSuperpower: When the game lists ''Film/{{The Thing}}'', ''{{Resident Evil}}'' and ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' as inspiration sources, you can imagine what kind of superpowers the protagonists have. Especially Incorporation. Mixing your flesh with inanimate objects in [[BodyHorror rather gruesome fashion]] can't be called healthy activity.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Infected have to eat triple as much as normal person, lest they will slowly [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Decay into zombie-like state]].

* LovecraftianSuperpower: When the game lists ''Film/{{The Thing}}'', ''{{Resident Evil}}'' and ''{{Parasite Eve}}'' as inspiration sources, you can imagine what kind of superpowers the protagonists have. Especially Incorporation. Mixing your flesh with inanimate objects in [[BodyHorror rather gruesome fashion]] can't be called healthy activity.

A topic here on TVTropes to refine and finish this work can be found [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r87xez4op0o7yo2e98djtopn&page=1 here]].