Summers were hotter, winters colder with more snow, fall would become a windy nightmare where a tornado could appear at any moment, and spring would become a wet season with no relief.
The reward also depended on how you survived. Surviving at all gave a small and general boost, but by tailoring your actions, you could get more of a bonus in targeted areas. Various tactics would lead to the resulting physical empowerment manifesting more in specific areas. Overcoming ‘tremendous odds’ resulted in an increase in strength, making it the most common reward. Meanwhile, turtling up and hunkering down through the extreme weather would increase someone’s durability.
If he decided to leave a single place and roam around, Matt could get a boost to his flexibility. If he hunted predators directly,
