Solar Sponge

Solar Sponge is a soak mutation which gives resistance against burn, radiation, and acid damage. It also lets you heal when you're hot (healing is determined on temperature), and gives a maximum bonus of +2 to Brawn/Brains while in the sun.

Location

Solar Sponge can be found at ground zero, in the Wasteland

Effects

This mutation grants:

    +1-3 burn resistance
    +2-2 radiation resistance
    +2-3 laser resistance
    Healing effect when hot
    +2 to Brawn/Brains when in the sun

Advantages

Apart from the bonus burn and laser soaks, you'll get a fairly good brains and brawn bonus at daylight when you're out in the open. You'll also get healed by heat, which can go up to +6-7 per tick in places like the ant colony or summertime coventry. While you'll be mostly immune to fire (but not to it's debuff), you won't get healed by itself - fire simply raises your temperature higher, so in cold places it's possible to still not being healed while burning.

You get a total of 3-6 radiation resistance too, which is pretty nice.

Disadvantages

Takes up a level-two soak slot. Despite being healed by heat, it is still possible to get TOO hot if you're on fire, debuffing you like normal and possibly even hurting you through your soaks. Note that this is the heat debuff, which is separate from and in addition to the sizeable on fire debuff, so don't go overboard.

Appearance

His/Hers/It's glowing skin has a bleached-white look to it.