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Annual Ds Mutations Suggestion List
Infinitevox's Demonspawn Mutation Suggestion List!
We got Sturdy Frame out of the last list, cutesy of Chequers, and after much brainstorming, I've got another list ready to go!
[Slot-Loss Mutations]
Right now, there are 5 of these: Claws (Hands), Horns|Antennae (Head), Hooves|Talons (Feet)
Hooves is just a worse version of Talons. They both give you an aux-attack, but Hooves also gives you a Stealth malus.
[Changes to Old]
Claws: Perfectly fine as it currently stands.
Antennae: Perfectly fine as it currently stands.
Horns: Headbutt aux attack, prior to .17, applied a small stun. It did this at level 1 of the mutation. I propose we add the mini-stun to Horns 3 aux-attack, but only at level 3 of the mutation. (You're already losing 3+ AC, the Sinv or of Int egos, as well as potential artifacts)
Hooves: Hooves 3 now also gives -1 movement delay. (So you go from 10 -> 9) Noise can be upped slightly if this is felt to be too much of a buff, but once again you're already losing 3+ AC and the Running or Flying ego (not to mention possible artifact boots) I think this is a fair trade off. It would now not be worse than useless for a caster.
Talons: Talons 3 now gives a 25% chance to Poison on a successful hit. In reality this won't affect combat too terribly much, it's honestly more of a flavor addition to give the mutation some character. You're running around a nasty ass dungeon with talons, shit is going to get all up in those things, which would easily cause an infection in those who were slashed or punctured by them.
[New Slot-loss Mutations]
Wings (Cloak):
Level 1 - Gives EV +1
Level 2 - Gives EV +2, Evokable Flight, prevents use of a Cloak
Level 3 - Gives EV +3, grants the Flight ability as per "Big Wings"
Tail (Cloak):
Level 1 - Gives auxiliary tail slap attack, negated by cloak
Level 2 - Gives stronger auxiliary tail slap attack, prevents the use of a Cloak
Level 3 - No longer gives aux tail slap attack, instead allows Constriction vs 1 enemy, still prevents use of a Cloak
Tentacle Fingers (Hands)
Level 1 - Grants +1 weapon accuracy and +1 Dex, negated by Gloves
Level 2 - Grants +2 weapon accuracy and +2 Dex, prevents the use of Gloves
Level 3 - Grants +4 weapon accuracy and +3 Dex, prevents the use of Gloves
This gives us a total of 8 Slot-loss mutations, 2 for each auxiliary armor slot, rounding out the slot-loss mutations to be an even affair across the board. It also gives Mons Ds the ability to possibly use gloves instead of a cloak, as there are now 4 slots for mutations instead of 3.
[Scales Mutations]
Almost all of these are different enough to warrant not messing with them, however...
[Changes to Old]
Iridescent Scales
Old version was just straight AC (4,6,8 iirc), which to me, basically clashed with Black Scales.
New version would be like Molten, Icy Blue, Slimy Green, etc.. in AC progression, but level 3 would now also give MR+
More incoming, I apparently left page 2 of my pen & paper list at work...
Busy dying horrible deaths from chugging too many pots of Mutation.
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