Anomaly Field (Nerve Mushrooms)

Anomaly Field is a scripted random encounter that the player character may come across while travelling throughout the wilderness of Arkham. There are three possible Anomaly Field encounters. The encounter discussed here concerns nerve mushrooms.

Script
''On your travels, you pass through an area filled with nerve mushrooms. The ugly growths sprout from every crevice like cancerous tumors. An abysmal odour assaults your nose, followed by symptoms of vertigo. It’s too late to turn back…''


 * 1) Put on your gas mask.
 * 2) * Note: This option is only available if the character has a Gas Mask in their inventory
 * 3) Soak a rag in alcohol and breathe through it. (Survival)
 * 4) Leave the area as fast as you can.

Option 1 (Put...)
''You equip your gas mask just in time. Although toxic spores cloud the mask’s goggles, you’re able to make it through safe and sound.''

Option 2 (Soak...)
''This quick measure is partially successful, but the mushrooms’ toxic spores still take their toll. Your lungs burn in your chest.''


 * Gain 15 Experience (Survival)
 * Lose 3 Health

Option 3 (Leave...)
''You hold your breath and run as far as you can, but the invisible spores of the alien fungi soon fill your lungs. The world begins to pulsate with dazzling colors, colors you’ve never seen before… Your body hits the ground, yet you feel nothing. In your last moments of consciousness, all you can see or feel are the colors... When you come to your senses, you are certain something is not quite right. You mouth tastes like animal carcass and your bones feel like glass.''


 * Acquire negative state: Spore-ridden