Raptor

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Raptor THRESH_RAPTOR Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable
Point cost: 1
"The chance to undo not one but TWO extinction events. You're confident you'll do fine."

High speed predator. Somewhat like an assassin goes quickly into melee, kills and can flee fast on the first sign of danger. Not as durable as other melee mutations though.

The threshold mutation of this category is called Raptor ingame.


Traits

Quick QUICK Possible Starting Trait BIRD FISH INSECT TROGLOBITE CHIMERA RAPTOR MOUSE
Point cost: 3
"You're just generally quick! You get a 10% bonus to action points."
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."
Deft DEFT Possible Starting Trait BIRD BEAST RAPTOR MOUSE
Point cost: 1
"While you're not any better at melee combat, you are better at recovering from a miss, and will be able to attempt another strike faster."
Junkfood Intolerance ANTIJUNK Possible Starting Trait BEAST ALPHA ELF-A RAPTOR
Cancels: Sweet Tooth
Point cost: -1
"Something in those heavily processed foods doesn't agree with you. It's possible for you to eat them, but you will suffer morale penalties and obtain less nutrition from them."
Glass Jaw GLASSJAW Possible Starting Trait BIRD RAPTOR
Cancels: Tough
Point cost: -2
"Your head can't take much abuse. Its maximum HP is 20% lower than usual."
Animal Discord ANIMALDISCORD Possible Starting Trait BEAST LUPINE INSECT RAPTOR
Cancels: Animal Empathy
Changes to: Prey Animal
Point cost: -1
"Most animals don't like you, and aggressive animals are more likely to attack you. This only applies to natural animals such as woodland creatures."
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

Reptilian Eyes LIZ_EYE LIZARD RAPTOR
Cancels: Fey Eyes, Feline Eyes, Ursine Vision, Avian Eyes, Compound Eyes
Leads to: Reptilian IR
Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 2 / Ugliness: 1
"Your eyes have mutated, with a brilliant iris and slitted pupil similar to that of a lizard. This is visually striking, but doesn't seem to affect your vision."
Reptilian IR LIZ_IR LIZARD RAPTOR
Requires: Reptilian Eyes
Cancels: Fey Vision, Fey Nightsight, Feline Vision, Infrared Vision
Point cost: 5
"Your optic nerves and brain have mutated to catch up with your eyes, allowing you to see in the infrared spectrum."
Scales SCALES LIZARD CHIMERA RAPTOR
Requires: Rough Skin
Cancels: Rough Skin, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Lightly Furred, Furry, Shaggy Fur, Gray Fur, Sleek Fur, Lynx Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark
Changes to: Thick Scales, Sleek Scales
Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 3
"A set of flexible green scales has grown to cover your body, acting as natural armor. Somewhat reduces wet effects."
Long Fingernails NAILS RAPTOR
Cancels: Tentacle Arms, 4 Tentacles, 8 Tentacles, Claws, Rat Claws, Stainless Claws, Retractable Claws, Large Talons
Changes to: Claws, Large Talons
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 1
"Your fingernails are long and sharp. If you aren't wearing gloves, your unarmed attacks deal a minor amount of cutting damage."
Toe Talons RAP_TALONS Targeted Mutation Only RAPTOR
Cancels: Padded Feet, Hooves, Roots, Rooter, Chloromorphosis, Leg Tentacles
Point cost: -1 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 2
"You have grown large, curved, and wickedly sharp talons in place of your big toes. Fortunately, they don't get in the way of your movement. Unfortunately, they do prevent wearing footgear."
Raptor Tail TAIL_RAPTOR RAPTOR
Requires: Stubby Tail
Cancels: Stubby Tail, Tail Fin, Long Tail, Cattle Tail, Rodent Tail, Thick Tail, Fluffy Tail, Spiked Tail, Club Tail
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 2
"You have a long and semi-stiff lizardlike tail. You can't effectively lash it in combat, but it significantly improves your balance. Prevents wearing non-fabric pants."
Strong STR_UP INSECT ELF-A RAPTOR
Changes to: Very Strong
Point cost: 1
"Your muscles are a little stronger. Strength + 1"
Very Dextrous DEX_UP_2 LIZARD SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR MOUSE
Requires: Dextrous
Changes to: Extremely Dextrous
Point cost: 2
"You are nimbler. Dexterity + 2"
Extremely Perceptive PER_UP_3 ELF-A RAPTOR
Requires: Very Perceptive
Changes to: Insanely Perceptive
Point cost: 3
"Your senses are much keener. Perception + 4"
Slit Nostrils SLIT_NOSTRILS LIZARD CEPHALOPOD RAPTOR
Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 7 / Ugliness: 4
"You have a flattened nose and thin slits for nostrils, giving you a lizard-like appearance. This makes breathing slightly difficult and increases mouth encumbrance by 10."
Forked Tongue FORKED_TONGUE LIZARD RAPTOR
Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 1 / Ugliness: 3
"Your tongue is forked, like that of a reptile. This has no effect."
Very Fast Metabolism HUNGER2 BEAST SLIME RAPTOR
Requires: Fast Metabolism
Cancels: Light Eater, Hyper-Metabolism, Fast Metabolism, Extreme Metabolism, Heat Dependent, Very Heat Dependent, Cold Blooded, Ectothermic
Changes to: Extreme Metabolism
Point cost: -2
"You need about twice as much food as the average human to maintain your expanded cardiovascular and respiratory systems. On a plus side, it doesn't take you much time to recover from any strenuous activity."
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."
Very Heat Dependent COLDBLOOD2 PLANT RAPTOR
Requires: Heat Dependent
Cancels: Light Eater, Hyper-Metabolism, Fast Metabolism, Very Fast Metabolism, Extreme Metabolism, Heat Dependent, Cold Blooded, Ectothermic
Changes to: Cold Blooded
Point cost: -2
"Your muscle response is highly dependent on ambient temperatures. You lose 1% of your speed for every 3 (1.7) degrees below 65 F (18.3 C), but your slow metabolism requires much less food."
Hissing Voice HISS LIZARD RAPTOR
Point cost: -1
"You hiss when speaking. Persuading NPCs will be more difficult, but threatening them will be easier."
Shouter SHOUT1 RAPTOR
Changes to: Screamer
Point cost: -2
"You occasionally shout uncontrollably."
Feathered Arms ARM_FEATHERS RAPTOR
Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 2
"Your arms have grown vibrantly colored feathers. They effectively waterproof your arms and take the edge off hits, but really get in the way. They're simply too small to help you in the air."

Post-threshold mutations

Intestinal Fortitude EATPOISON Targeted Mutation Only Threshold Mutation TROGLOBITE CHIMERA RAPTOR RAT
Requires: Nausea, Vomitous, Poison Resistant, Venomous
Additional requirement: Saprovore, Substance Tolerance
Changes to: Eater Of The Dead
Point cost: 3
"Your guts have developed the ability to handle poisonous food. Mostly."
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."
Apex Predator PRED4 Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation BEAST URSINE CHIMERA RAPTOR
Requires: Carnivore, Bear
Additional requirement: Predator
Cancels: Pacifist
Point cost: 2
"Your mind and brain have adapted to your new place in the world: as one on top of the food chain. You can effortlessly master and maintain combat skills, but your critical thinking has atrophied further."
Sapiovore SAPIOVORE Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD BEAST URSINE SPIDER CHIMERA RAPTOR
Requires: Carnivore
Additional requirement: Predator, Apex Predator
Point cost: 1
"The hairless apes make as good eating as any other meat."


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