Feline

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Feline THRESH_FELINE Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable
Point cost: 1
"Stalking prey, eating well, and lying in the sun. Mmm, all you could ever desire."

Basically just a catlike variant of Beast.

The threshold mutation of this category is called Feline ingame.


Traits

Light Step LIGHTSTEP Possible Starting Trait BIRD FELINE ELF-A
Cancels: Clumsy
Point cost: 1
"You make less noise while walking. You're also less likely to set off traps."
Pretty PRETTY Possible Starting Trait FELINE LUPINE ALPHA
Cancels: Ugly, Deformed, Badly Deformed, Grotesque
Changes to: Beautiful
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 1 / Ugliness: -2
"You are a sight to behold. People who care about such things will react more kindly to you."
Strong Scent SMELLY Possible Starting Trait FELINE LUPINE MOUSE
Cancels: Weak Scent, Insect Pheromones, Mammal Pheromones
Changes to: Smelly
Point cost: -1
"Your scent is particularly strong. It's not offensive to humans, but animals that track your scent will do so more easily."
Ugly UGLY Possible Starting Trait FELINE LUPINE RAPTOR
Cancels: Pretty, Beautiful, Very Beautiful, Glorious
Changes to: Deformed
Point cost: -1 / Visibility: 1 / Ugliness: 2
"You're not much to look at. People who care about such things will react poorly to you."

Normal Mutations

Feline Eyes FEL_EYE BEAST FELINE
Cancels: Fey Eyes, Reptilian Eyes, Avian Eyes, Ursine Vision, Compound Eyes
Leads to: Feline Vision
Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 2 / Ugliness: 1
"Your eyes have mutated, now having a slitted pupil and glittering in light, much like those of cats. This is visually striking, but it isn't helping you see at night."
Feline Vision FEL_NV FELINE
Requires: Feline Eyes
Cancels: Fey Vision, Fey Nightsight, Reptilian IR, Night Vision, High Night Vision, Full Night Vision
Point cost: 4
"Your optic nerves and brain caught up with your eyes. Now you can see pretty well at night. Activate to toggle NV-visible areas on or off."
Fangs FANGS LIZARD FISH FELINE LUPINE CHIMERA
Cancels: Incisors, Saber Teeth, Mandibles, Folding Fangs, Proboscis, Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Hummingbird Beak, Shark Teeth
Changes to: Saber Teeth, Shark Teeth
Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 2 / Ugliness: 2
"Your teeth have grown into two-inch-long fangs, allowing you to make an extra attack when conditions favor it."
Sleek Fur FELINE_FUR BEAST FELINE MOUSE
Requires: Lightly Furred
Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Lightly Furred, Furry, Shaggy Fur, Gray Fur, Lynx Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark
Leads to: Lynx Fur
Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 3
"You've grown sleek brown fur, providing some protection from cold."
Lynx Fur LYNX_FUR FELINE
Requires: Sleek Fur
Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Lightly Furred, Furry, Shaggy Fur, Gray Fur, Sleek Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 1
"Your fur has grown out significantly around your cheeks and neck. It provides minor protection against attacks."
Retractable Claws CLAWS_RETRACT FELINE
Requires: Claws
Cancels: Tentacle Arms, 4 Tentacles, 8 Tentacles, Long Fingernails, Claws, Rat Claws, Stainless Claws, Large Talons
Point cost: 2 / Ugliness: 1
"You have claws on the ends of your fingers, and can extend or retract them as desired. Gloves will still get in the way, though."
Padded Feet PADDED_FEET BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE
Cancels: Toe Talons, Hooves, Roots, Rooter, Chloromorphosis, Leg Tentacles
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 1
"The bottoms of your feet are strongly padded. You receive no movement penalty for not wearing shoes, and even receive a 10% bonus when moving barefoot."
Long Tail TAIL_LONG FELINE
Requires: Stubby Tail
Cancels: Stubby Tail, Tail Fin, Cattle Tail, Rodent Tail, Thick Tail, Raptor Tail, Fluffy Tail, Spiked Tail, Club Tail
Changes to: Fluffy Tail, Spiked Tail, Club Tail, Cattle Tail, Rodent Tail
Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 6 / Ugliness: 2
"You have a long, graceful tail, like that of a big cat. It improves your balance, making your ability to dodge higher, but prevents wearing non-fabric pants."
Feline Ears FELINE_EARS FELINE
Cancels: Canine Ears, Lupine Ears, Ursine Ears, Pointed Ears, Rodent Ears
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 4
"Your ears have extended into long, pointed, velvety ones, like those of a feline. You find it easier to tune in on sounds from afar."
Whiskers WHISKERS FELINE
Cancels: Wiry Whiskers
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 3 / Ugliness: 1
"You have a handsome set of feline whiskers around your mouth. These make you more aware of vibrations in the air, and improve your ability to dodge very slightly."
Extremely Dextrous DEX_UP_3 BIRD FELINE ELF-A
Requires: Very Dextrous
Changes to: Insanely Dextrous
Point cost: 3
"You are nimble and quick. Dexterity + 4"
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."
Snout SNOUT FELINE
Changes to: Beak, Hummingbird Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Proboscis, Bovine Snout, Lupine Muzzle, Ursine Muzzle, Reptilian Muzzle, Rodent Muzzle
Point cost: -1 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 3
"Your face and jaw have begun… changing. Masks and such fit OK, but you're noticeably mutated."
Very Sleepy SLEEPY2 FELINE
Requires: Sleepy
Cancels: Less Sleep, Sleepy, Very Little Sleep, Tireless,
Point cost: -3
"You find yourself needing to sleep quite often. You'll spend about half of your time in or around bed."
Paws PAWS FELINE LUPINE RAT
Requires: Claws, Retractable Claws, Rat Claws
Cancels: Large Talons, Broad Paws, Insect Limbs, Insect Arms, Arachnid Limbs, Arachnid Arms, Tentacle Arms, 4 Tentacles, 8 Tentacles
Changes to: Broad Paws
Point cost: -3 / Visibility: 3 / Ugliness: 2
"Your hands have fused into quasi-paws. Fine manipulation is a challenge: permanent hand encumbrance of 10, difficulty with delicate craftwork, and your gloves don't fit. But they handle water better."
Carnivore CARNIVORE LIZARD BEAST FELINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR
Cancels: Meat Intolerance, Herbivore, Ruminant, Grazer
Leads to: Saprovore
Point cost: -4
"Your body's ability to digest fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts is severely hampered. You cannot eat anything besides meat."
Snarling Voice SNARL BEAST FELINE LUPINE CHIMERA
Requires: Growling Voice
Point cost: -2
"You have a threatening snarl in your voice. Persuading NPCs will be near impossible, but threatening them will be much easier."

Post-threshold mutations

Saber Teeth SABER_TEETH Threshold Mutation FELINE CHIMERA
Requires: Fangs
Cancels: Fangs, Incisors, Mandibles, Folding Fangs, Proboscis, Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Hummingbird Beak, Shark Teeth
Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 8
"Your fangs have grown extremely large and incredibly sharp. They make it impossible to wear mouthgear and difficult to eat… but leave nasty wounds when you bite."
Culler PRED1 Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR
Requires: Carnivore, Bear
Cancels: Pacifist
Changes to: Hunter
Point cost: 2
"You've had a revelation: by killing the weaker creatures, who would only die anyway, you preserve resources for those better able to survive. You are less bothered by the deaths of others: their own weakness invited these fates upon them."
Hunter PRED2 Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR
Requires: Carnivore, Bear
Additional requirement: Culler
Cancels: Pacifist
Changes to: Predator
Point cost: 3
"Your brain has a lot more in common with a predatory animal than a human, making it easier to control misplaced reactions to the death of your prey. Additionally, combat skills, which you use to hunt, are easier to learn and maintain."
Predator PRED3 Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST FELINE LUPINE URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR
Requires: Carnivore, Bear
Additional requirement: Hunter
Cancels: Pacifist
Changes to: Apex Predator
Leads to: Sapiovore
Point cost: 3
"You consider yourself something other than human and no longer empathize with them. Combat skills are easy to learn and maintain, but your critical thinking, so characteristic to these creatures, suffers."


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