Nuclear Autumn

Nuclear Autumn is the Autumn 2016 special challenge path, introduced on August 15, 2016. This path adds variant rules and restrictions to an ascension run. Its description in The Bureau of Reincarnation reads "The rest of the planet was very recently destroyed by nuclear war, and the Kingdom is experiencing the very early stages of the apocalypse.."

Restrictions

• Stomach and Spleen are limited to 3 each, and Liver is limited to 2 (you become overdrunk at 3.)
• You may only consume size 1 foods, booze and spleen items. Trying to consume any larger items results in this message:

Your mutated throat is too narrow to swallow that much. Try something smaller.

• Your Fallout Shelter replaces The Campground. As a result, you are unable to access your Garden, Workshed, Telescope, etc.
  • However, your Source Terminal will appear in your shelter, if you have one.
• The Meatsmith, The Armory and Leggery, The General Store, Doc Galaktik's Medicine Show, The Hermitage, The Bugbear Bakery, and the three Guild Halls are all unavailable.
• Standard restrictions apply while Nuclear Autumn is the current challenge path. These restrictions will be lifted on November 15, 2016.

Skills

• Permanent skills are not available.

Divergences

• On ascending into Nuclear Autumn, the player encounters War Apparently Changed.

Skills

Players begin the path with two skills, dependent on class

• Seal Clubbers start with Extra-Thick Skin and Comically Oversized Fist.
• Turtle Tamers start with Overactive Pheromones and Dislocatable Jaw.
• Pastamancers start with Aluminum Nerves and Noodly Arms.
• Saucerors start with Self-Lubricating Feet and Hollow Canines.
• Disco Bandits start with Two Right Feet and Finger Knives.
• Accordion Thieves start with Double-Eidetic Memory and Ultrasonic Ululations.

Additional skills may be acquired by mutating rads that drop from combat.

Rad Sickness

Unfortunately, the nuclear annihilation world is only the start of your problems, as you're left to deal with the fallout - figuratively and literally. As you fight monsters, you'll gradually accumulate Rad Sickness, which reduces your stats.

• Winning a fight against a monster will increase your level of Rad Sickness.
• The amount of Rad Sickness you accrue per fight is based on the number of turns you've spent this given ascension. Fights start giving 0 Rad Sickness, and the number increases by 1 for every 50 adventures thus far spent. For example, if you've played 210 adventures in this particular run, you'll be gaining 4 Rad Sickness per fight.
• Each point of Rad Sickness reduces your buffed Muscle, Mysticality and Moxie by 1 point.
• Rad Sickness can be cured by resting in your Cryo-Sleep Chamber, located in your Fallout Shelter, or by consuming a bottle of Rad-B-Gone.
• Rad Sickness gain can be prevented entirely through use of Rad-Pro or a lead umbrella.

Rads

On the bright side, not all of the radiation is strictly bad. Winning combat against monsters also grants you rads, which can be used to purchase various skills. You'll acquire (1+X) rad from every fight, where X is floor((total fights this run)/50).

Name	Type	Price	Effect
Boiling Tear Ducts	Combat 10 MP	30	Hot damage
Projectile Salivary Glands	Combat 10 MP	30	Sleaze damage
Translucent Skin	Combat 10 MP	30	Spooky damage
Skunk Glands	Combat 10 MP	30	Stench damage
Throat Refrigerant	Combat 10 MP	30	Cold damage
Steroid Bladder	Buff 30 MP	60	+50% Muscle
Extra Muscles	Passive	90	+50% Muscle
Magic Sweat	Buff 30MP	60	Damage Absorption +100 Damage Reduction: 10
Flappy Ears	Buff 30MP	60	+2 resistance to all elements
Adipose Polymers	Passive	90	Damage Absorption +100 Damage Reduction: 10
Metallic Skin	Passive	90	+2 resistance to all elements
Hypno-Eyes	Passive	90	+50% Moxie
Self-Combing Hair	Buff 30 MP	60	+50% Moxie
Intracranial Eye	Buff 30 MP	60	+50% Mysticality
Mind Bullets	Combat 10 MP	60	Stuns opponent
Extra Brain	Passive	90	+50% Mysticality
Internal Soda Machine	Passive	30	Spend 20 meat to recover 10 MP
Extra Kidney	Passive	60	+100% Adventures from booze
Extra Gall Bladder	Passive	60	+100% adventures from food

References

• The name of this path is a play on nuclear winter.
• The intro adventure, path reward, and new campground are all references to the videogame series Fallout.

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