Stigmata
Note: Characters with Stigmata will have additional rule systems to contend with and may not be for those who dislike more complexity with their characters, nor are they for those players who dislike wearing face-paint or prosthetics.
When creating a character, you may opt for your character to bear an Bloodline Stigmata or a Grafted Stigmata. Stigmata (singular and plural), which comes from an ancient Hellenic word for “Marked”, are special mutations or alterations that some characters sport. Some of these “gifts” are inherited, meaning that they are born with it. Others are Grafted, which means that these characters have been subject to these after they are born.
Additional abilities from one's Stigmata may be unlocked through Milestones or through XP.
Bloodline Stigmata
Those with Bloodline Stigmata are blessed and accursed with appearances and abilities from one or both of their parents, both of whom were considered unnatural by humanity before the Long Fall. Very rarely, a character will be born with said Stigmata without their parents carrying said Stigmata -- as was the case after the Long Fall, much to their family's horror.
Those with Chimeric Stigmata are called Chimera or Grel. They bear bestial or animalistic characteristics, usually from multiple types of terrestrial animal types.
Called Psions or Tellurians, these folk are gifted with powers of insight and intellect. They are marked by a third-eye they call a "Kha", which resembles a gem upon their brow with colorations around or outward from it.
Sometimes called Nephalem, or Cambions, the these individuals have eldritch, otherworldly features that include blue/grey skin, gills, horns, and even facial tentacles.
GRAFTED Stigmata
You may also choose a Grafted Stigmata or a Graft. These are technological implants or magical investitures upon a character. Grafted Characters can endure mortal wounds and the encroachment of Grave Scars more easily than other Humans.
Characters in play can work towards becoming a Grafted Stigmata if they have not had one yet.
Eidolons or Steeds have been implanted with an alien spore, gaining eldritch power along fungal spores or shadowy limbs.
The Forged are part Human, part Machine, and part Energy, losing some of their memories and their emotions in the process.
Called the Risen or Los Friyos (the cold folk), but more pejoratively, Graveborn — these folks have risen from the dead and can appear corpse-like.