Change strange reagent failures

[Frank_Stein]

I feel like a good idea would be to turn the corpse into a horrid abomination that tries to kill people... it would feel thematic for strange reagent.

I get what you're saying—there's a certain dark thematic edge to turning someone into an abomination after using SR, especially if it's part of that high-risk, high-reward nature of the skill. The idea of gibbing the corpse and having it come back as something monstrous fits well with the creepy vibe that strange reagent (SR) tends to bring, making the consequences of failure more dire and interesting. It's not just a failed revival but a horrifying transformation that adds layers of danger.

I see Strange Regent as more analogous to Herbert West/The Reanimator while what's being described here as more like Resident Evil's various viruses and parasites.

Which isn't a bad idea. You could make a "Stranger Regent" or something that's traitor only and more aggressive like that, or maybe tie it into characters genetics where certain traits make you react to Strange Regent differently and mutate into something worse than a zombie