Cattle

Bovine THRESH_CATTLE Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable

Point cost: 1

"Civilization collapsed? Great! You and your kin will never have to worry about a slaughterhouse again."

You're a huge, lumbering herbivore with a lot of health, a powerful natural attack and the ability to eat bushes. Plays like a less restrictive version of Plant.

The threshold mutation of this category is called Bovine ingame.

Traits

Night Vision NIGHTVISION Possible Starting Trait BIRD CATTLE INSECT

Cancels: Fey Vision, Fey Nightsight, Feline Vision, Ursine Vision Changes to: High Night Vision Point cost: 2

"You possess natural night vision, and can see further in the dark than most. Activate to toggle NV-visible areas on or off."

Thick-Skinned THICKSKIN Possible Starting Trait LIZARD CATTLE CHIMERA RAPTOR

Cancels: Thin-Skinned Point cost: 1

"Your skin is tough. Cutting damage is slightly reduced for you. Slightly decreases wet penalties."

Disease Resistant DISRESISTANT Possible Starting Trait CATTLE MEDICAL RAT

Changes to: Disease Immune Point cost: 1

"It's very unlikely that you will catch ambient diseases like a cold or the flu."

Normal Mutations

Furry FUR BEAST CATTLE RAT

Requires: Lightly Furred Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Lightly Furred, Shaggy Fur, Gray Fur, Sleek Fur, Lynx Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark Changes to: Shaggy Fur Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 3

"Thick black fur has grown to cover your entire body, providing a marginal protection against attacks, and considerable protection from cold."

Mammal Pheromones PHEROMONE_MAMMAL BEAST CATTLE

Requires: Smelly Cancels: Weak Scent, Strong Scent, Insect Pheromones, Point cost: 2

"Your body produces low-level pheromones which put mammals at ease. They will be less likely to attack or flee from you."

Hooves HOOVES CATTLE CHIMERA

Cancels: Padded Feet, Toe Talons, Roots, Rooter, Chloromorphosis, Leg Tentacles Point cost: -4 / Visibility: 2 / Ugliness: 2

"Your feet have fused into hooves. This allows kicking attacks to do much more damage, provides natural armor, and removes the need to wear shoes; however, you cannot wear shoes of any kind. Reduces wet effects."

Ruminant RUMINANT CATTLE

Requires: Herbivore Cancels: Carnivore, Saprovore Changes to: Grazer Point cost: 2

"Your digestive system is capable of digesting cellulose and other rough plant material. You can eat underbrush and shrubs by activating this, standing over your target, and pressing E."

Horns HORNS CATTLE

Requires: Head Bumps Cancels: Curled Horns, Pointed Horns, Antlers, Antennae Changes to: Curled Horns, Pointed Horns, Antlers Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 3 / Ugliness: 1

"You have a pair of small horns on your head. They allow you to make a weak piercing headbutt attack."

Cattle Tail TAIL_CATTLE CATTLE

Requires: Long Tail Cancels: Stubby Tail, Tail Fin, Long Tail, Rodent Tail, Thick Tail, Raptor Tail, Fluffy Tail, Spiked Tail, Club Tail Point cost: -1 / Visibility: 6 / Ugliness: 2

"You have a long tail with a tuft on the end. You find yourself instinctively swatting away flies with it, though it's not as effective at balancing you as you'd like. Prevents wearing non-fabric pants."

Canine Ears CANINE_EARS BEAST CATTLE CHIMERA

Cancels: Lupine Ears, Feline Ears, Ursine Ears, Pointed Ears, Rodent Ears Changes to: Lupine Ears Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 1

"Your ears have extended into long, pointed ones, like those of a canine. They enhance your hearing, allowing you to hear at greater distances."

Inconveniently Large LARGE LIZARD URSINE CATTLE

Requires: Strong, Very Strong, Extremely Strong, Insanely Strong Cancels: Little, Tiny Changes to: Large, Freakishly Huge Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 1 / Ugliness: 1

"You have grown noticeably taller and broader. Much of it is useful muscle mass (Strength +2), but you find it throws off your balance and you get in your own way (+10 torso and arm encumbrance)."

Freakishly Huge HUGE URSINE CATTLE

Requires: Inconveniently Large, Large Additional requirement: Extremely Strong, Insanely Strong Cancels: Little, Tiny Changes to: Huge Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 4

"You have grown even more massive, to the point where you cannot usefully fit into human-sized clothing or vehicles. Much of it is powerful muscle mass (Strength +4), but it's a real pain to haul around."

Very Strong STR_UP_2 LIZARD CATTLE PLANT ALPHA

Requires: Strong Changes to: Extremely Strong, Prime Strength Point cost: 2

"Your muscles are stronger. Strength + 2"

Deformed DEFORMED FISH FELINE LUPINE CATTLE INSECT CEPHALOPOD

Requires: Ugly Cancels: Pretty, Beautiful, Very Beautiful, Glorious Changes to: Badly Deformed Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 4

"You're slightly deformed. Some people will react badly to your appearance."

Bovine Snout MINOTAUR CATTLE

Requires: Snout Cancels: Mandibles, Folding Fangs, Lupine Muzzle, Ursine Muzzle, Rodent Muzzle, Reptilian Muzzle, Proboscis, Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Hummingbird Beak Point cost: -4 / Visibility: 5 / Ugliness: 6

"Your face resembles that of a bull, with a significant snout. It looks fearsome but prevents wearing mouthgear."

Very Ponderous PONDEROUS2 CATTLE

Requires: Ponderous Cancels: Fleet-Footed, Slow Footed, Road-Runner, Ponderous, Extremely Ponderous Changes to: Extremely Ponderous Point cost: -5

"Your muscles are quite slow to move. You move 20% slower."

Post-threshold mutations

Grazer GRAZER Threshold Mutation CATTLE

Requires: Ruminant Cancels: Carnivore, Saprovore Point cost: 3

"You're accustomed to eating plants directly, and can get nutrition from grass as well as underbrush and shrubs. Eat either one by activating this, standing over your target, and pressing E."

Resilient MUT_TOUGH Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST URSINE CATTLE MEDICAL CHIMERA

Requires: Large, Huge, Extremely Strong, Insanely Strong, Pain Junkie Cancels: Flimsy, Frail, Fragile, Glass Jaw Changes to: Solidly Built Point cost: 2

"You can survive injuries that would incapacitate humans: you get a 20% bonus to all hit points. Stacks with Tough, etc."

Solidly Built MUT_TOUGH2 Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation URSINE CATTLE MEDICAL CHIMERA

Requires: Resilient Cancels: Flimsy, Frail, Fragile, Glass Jaw Changes to: TAAANK Point cost: 3

"Not much scares you. You get a 30% bonus to all hit points. Stacks with Tough, etc."

TAAANK MUT_TOUGH3 Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation URSINE CATTLE

Requires: Solidly Built Cancels: Flimsy, Frail, Fragile, Glass Jaw Point cost: 4

"You can simply take the punishment from lesser beings and keep going. You get a 40% bonus to all hit points. Stacks with Tough, etc."

Large LARGE_OK Threshold Mutation LIZARD URSINE CATTLE

Requires: Inconveniently Large Additional requirement: Strong, Very Strong, Extremely Strong, Insanely Strong Cancels: Little, Tiny Changes to: Freakishly Huge Leads to: Resilient Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 1

"You carry your rugged body with the dignity you deserve. Strength +2."

Huge HUGE_OK Threshold Mutation URSINE CATTLE

Requires: Freakishly Huge Additional requirement: Extremely Strong, Insanely Strong Cancels: Little, Tiny Leads to: Resilient Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 3

"Your cardiovascular system has caught up with your muscular physique, so who needs pathetic human cars? Strength +4."

Notes

The cattle mutation line may not be the flashiest of the options, but if you want to play a low-maintenance character that can survive pretty much anything and anywhere, it's hard to beat. By late threshold, those stacking HP bonuses add up to a character that shrugs off all but the worst fights, even without armor, and the strength boosts go a long way toward making them a melee brute.