Lupine

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Wolf THRESH_LUPINE Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable
Point cost: 1
"You're the perfect candidate to lead a pack."

Basically just a doglike or wolflike variant of Beast.

The name of this mutation category comes from the latin word for wolf, lupin.

The threshold mutation of this category is called Wolf ingame.


Traits

Indefatigable GOODCARDIO Possible Starting Trait Targeted Mutation Only FISH LUPINE INSECT MOUSE
Cancels: Languorous
Changes to: Hyperactive
Point cost: 2
"Whether due to exercise and good diet, or due to a natural propensity to physical endurance, you tire due to physical exertion much less readily than others. Your maximum stamina is 25% higher than usual."
Gourmand GOURMAND Possible Starting Trait Targeted Mutation Only LUPINE MOUSE
Point cost: 2
"You eat faster, and can eat and drink more, than anyone else! You also enjoy food more; delicious food is better for your morale, and you don't mind unsavory meals as much. Activate to skip prompt for overeating."
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."
Heavy Sleeper HEAVYSLEEPER Possible Starting Trait LUPINE INSECT PLANT MEDICAL
Changes to: Very Heavy Sleeper
Point cost: -1
"You're quite the heavy sleeper. Noises are unlikely to wake you up."
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."
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

High Night Vision NIGHTVISION2 FISH BEAST LUPINE INSECT CHIMERA RAT MOUSE
Requires: Night Vision
Cancels: Fey Vision, Fey Nightsight, Feline Vision, Ursine Vision
Changes to: Full Night Vision
Point cost: 4
"You can see incredibly well in the dark! 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."
Gray Fur LUPINE_FUR LUPINE
Requires: Lightly Furred
Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, Thick Scales, Sleek Scales, Feathers, Down, Lightly Furred, Furry, Shaggy Fur, Sleek Fur, Lynx Fur, Chitinous Skin, Chitinous Armor, Chitinous Plate, Hairy Chitin, Furred Chitin, Furred Plate, Phelloderm, Bark
Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 3
"Dense gray fur has grown to cover your entire body, providing a marginal protection against attacks, and considerable protection from cold."
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."
Fluffy Tail TAIL_FLUFFY BEAST LUPINE
Requires: Long Tail
Cancels: Stubby Tail, Tail Fin, Long Tail, Cattle Tail, Rodent Tail, Thick Tail, Raptor Tail, Spiked Tail, Club Tail
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 7
"You have a long, fluffy-furred tail. It greatly improves your balance, making your ability to dodge much higher. Prevents wearing non-fabric pants."
Lupine Ears LUPINE_EARS LUPINE
Cancels: Canine Ears, Feline Ears, Ursine Ears, Pointed Ears, Rodent Ears
Point cost: 1 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 1
"Your hearing has evolved further and is now on par with wolves. You can hear things significantly farther away."
Extremely Strong STR_UP_3 LUPINE TROGLOBITE CHIMERA
Requires: Very Strong
Changes to: Insanely Strong
Leads to: Resilient
Point cost: 4 / Visibility: 1
"Your muscles are much stronger. Strength + 4"
Pale Skin PALE LUPINE
Cancels: Albino, Phelloderm, Bark, Solar Sensitivity
Changes to: Albino
Leads to: Light Sensitive
Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 3 / Ugliness: 1
"Your skin is rather pale."
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."
Lupine Muzzle MUZZLE BEAST LUPINE
Requires: Snout
Cancels: Mandibles, Folding Fangs, Bovine Snout, Ursine Muzzle, Rodent Muzzle, Reptilian Muzzle, Proboscis, Beak, Woodpecker Beak, Hummingbird Beak
Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 5 / Ugliness: 4
"Your jaw and nose have extended into a wolfish muzzle. It lends itself to biting in combat and looks impressive, but prevents wearing mouthgear."
Very Heavy Sleeper HEAVYSLEEPER2 Targeted Mutation Only BEAST LUPINE
Requires: Heavy Sleeper
Point cost: -2
"You could probably sleep through a firefight."
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."
Growling Voice GROWL LUPINE URSINE RAT
Changes to: Snarling Voice
Point cost: -1
"You have a growling, rough voice. Persuading NPCs will be more difficult, but threatening them will be easier."
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."
Howler SHOUT3 LUPINE CHIMERA
Requires: Screamer
Point cost: -4
"You frequently let out a piercing howl."

Post-threshold mutations

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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