I had a god damn ball. I was a little miffed at using the more random design for special abilities but I ended up loving the character and would encourage others to do so as well. As an added bonus, every time we didn't know if the squirrels could do a thing we googled it and I had a drink every time I learned a new squirrel factoid. Just a fantastic set up from the mechanics to the bizarro world of super intelligent rodents.
I strongly reccomend.
I'm so happy to hear about your experience with it! That sounds like a really fun time!
I'm glad the randomly assigned mutation grew on you! Obviously, people can cheat if they want with that, especially for the sake of variety at the table, but I think they all have fun things about them that are worth exploring (and there are other great options in the Wastelander's Toolkit).
Thanks for sharing!