Plant

Plant THRESH_PLANT Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable

Point cost: 1

"Well, you still have those other walking flowers-and the mushrooms too-to deal with. But you'll manage."

You're a slow, thorny tank that uses very little in the way of supplies. Great for turtling, not so great for raiding dungeons.

The threshold mutation of this category is called Plant in-game.

Traits

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."

Poor Hearing BADHEARING Possible Starting Trait PLANT

Cancels: Good Hearing Changes to: Deaf Point cost: -2

"Your hearing is poor, and you may not hear quiet or far-off noises."

Normal Mutations

Very Fast Healer FASTHEALER2 PLANT

Requires: Fast Healer Cancels: Fast Healer, Slow Healer, Poor Healer, Imperceptive Healer, Regeneration, Rapid Metabolism, Weakening, Deterioration, Disintegration Changes to: Regeneration Point cost: 4

"Your flesh regenerates slowly, and you will regain HP even when not sleeping."

Phelloderm PLANTSKIN PLANT ELF-A

Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, 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, Bark, Albino, Bark, Pale Skin, Solar Sensitivity Changes to: Bark Leads to: Thorns, Leaves Point cost: 3 / Visibility: 3 / Ugliness: 2

"Your skin is light green and has a slightly woody quality to it. This provides a weak armor, and helps you retain moisture, resulting in less thirst. Greatly decreases wet penalties."

Bark BARK PLANT

Requires: Phelloderm Cancels: Rough Skin, Scales, 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, Albino, Pale Skin, Solar Sensitivity Point cost: 5 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 3

"Your skin is coated in a light bark, like that of a tree. This provides resistance to cutting damage and minor protection from fire. Greatly reduces wet effects."

Thorns THORNS PLANT

Requires: Bark Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 4

"Your skin is covered in small, woody thorns. Whenever an unarmed opponent strikes a part of your body that is not covered by clothing, they will receive minor damage. Your punches may also deal extra damage."

Leaves LEAVES PLANT ELF-A

Requires: Phelloderm, Bark Changes to: Lush Leaves Point cost: 3 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 3

"All the hair on your body has turned to long, grass-like leaves. Apart from being physically striking, these provide you with a minor amount of nutrition while in sunlight when your head is uncovered. Slightly reduces wet effects."

Disease Immune DISIMMUNE PLANT SLIME TROGLOBITE

Requires: Disease Resistant Point cost: 2

"Your body is simply immune to diseases. You will never catch an ambient disease."

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"

Badly Deformed DEFORMED2 BEAST URSINE PLANT

Requires: Deformed Cancels: Pretty, Beautiful, Very Beautiful, Glorious Changes to: Grotesque Point cost: -3 / Visibility: 7 / Ugliness: 7

"You're hideously deformed. Some people will have a strong negative reaction to your appearance."

Extremely Ponderous PONDEROUS3 PLANT

Requires: Very Ponderous Cancels: Fleet-Footed, Slow Footed, Road-Runner, Ponderous, Very Ponderous, Point cost: -6

"Your muscles are very slow to move. You move 30% slower."

Sunlight Dependent SUNLIGHT_DEPENDENT PLANT

Cancels: Light Sensitive, Very Light Sensitive, Troglobite Point cost: -5

"You feel very sluggish when not in direct sunlight. You suffer a 5% drop in speed when in shade, and a 10% drop in speed when in the dark."

Vines VINES1 PLANT

Requires: Phelloderm, Bark Cancels: Bird Wings, Insect Wings, Bat Wings, Butterfly Wings, Vine Limbs, Vine Sprouter Changes to: Vine Limbs Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 5

"You have developed several vines sprouting from your shoulder area. They're bulky and get in the way."

Vine Limbs VINES2 PLANT

Requires: Phelloderm, Bark Additional requirement: Vines Cancels: Bird Wings, Insect Wings, Bat Wings, Butterfly Wings, Vines, Vine Sprouter Changes to: Vine Sprouter Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 8 / Ugliness: 5

"You've developed the ability to control your vines; they make good lashes. You can even rappel down sheer drops using them, but disconnecting HURTS."

Hair Roots HAIRROOTS PLANT ELF-A

Requires: Leaves Point cost: 0 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 2

"Roots have started growing from your leaf like hair, they don't seem to do much."

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."

Post-threshold mutations

Lush Leaves LEAVES2 Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Leaves Additional requirement: Transpiration Changes to: Verdant Leaves Point cost: 6 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 5

"Your leaves have grown in size and prominence, with additional leaves sprouting along your arms. While your arms and head are uncovered, you will photosynthesize additional nutrients while in sunlight. Reduces wet effects."

Verdant Leaves LEAVES3 Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Lush Leaves Additional requirement: Transpiration Point cost: 9 / Visibility: 12 / Ugliness: 6

"You leaves are vibrant, large, and green, and have become a major source of nutrition for your body. Whenever your arms and head are uncovered you will gain a large amount of nutrition by standing in the sunlight. Reduces wet effects."

Transpiration TRANSPIRATION Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Phelloderm, Bark Additional requirement: Leaves Point cost: -5

"You body has begun moving nutrients via the evaporation of water. This increases your thirst when it's hot, but reduces it when it's cold."

Flowering FLOWERS Threshold Mutation PLANT ELF-A

Requires: Phelloderm, Bark Additional requirement: Hair Roots Cancels: Strong Scent, Smelly Changes to: Rosebuds Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: -4

"You've started blooming where your scalp used to be. Your blossoms have a pleasant aroma, are visually striking, and are quite sensitive."

Rosebuds ROSEBUDS Threshold Mutation PLANT ELF-A

Requires: Flowering Cancels: Strong Scent, Smelly Point cost: 3 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: -6

"The top of your head is blooming with rosebuds. They're eye catching, and have a strong fragrance that makes you pleasant to be around."

Saprophage SAPROPHAGE Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Roots Additional requirement: Leaves Cancels: Herbivore, Carnivore, Grazer Leads to: Chloromorphosis Point cost: -3 / Visibility: 5 / Ugliness: 9

"You prefer to sustain yourself using your roots and direct nutrient extraction/synthesis. You can still consume 'food', though, if you have to: you merely prefer it aged a little."

Vine Sprouter VINES3 Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Phelloderm, Bark Additional requirement: Vine Limbs Cancels: Bird Wings, Insect Wings, Bat Wings, Butterfly Wings, Vines, Vine Limbs, Point cost: 5 / Visibility: 10 / Ugliness: 6

"You have full control of your vines, and can grow new ones and detach old ones more or less at will."

Toe Roots ROOTS1 Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Phelloderm Cancels: Leg Tentacles, Hooves Changes to: Roots Point cost: -2 / Visibility: 1 / Ugliness: 5

"Your toes have grown wriggly, and you can't imagine why you wear that stuff on your feet. Take it off. It's in the way."

Roots ROOTS2 Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Toe Roots Cancels: Padded Feet, Toe Talons, Hooves, Rooter, Chloromorphosis, Leg Tentacles Changes to: Rooter Point cost: 2 / Visibility: 4 / Ugliness: 5

"It's about time you started developing a root system. When reading, fishing, waiting, or otherwise being stationary for a while on diggable terrain, you'll extract nutrients and water from the soil."

Rooter ROOTS3 Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Roots Additional requirement: Saprophage Cancels: Padded Feet, Toe Talons, Hooves, Roots, Chloromorphosis, Leg Tentacles Point cost: -3 / Visibility: 5 / Ugliness: 5

"You find it difficult not to sink roots when able. You extract nutrients and water whenever on diggable terrain, but move more slowly."

Chloromorphosis CHLOROMORPH Targeted Mutation Only Not purifiable Threshold Mutation PLANT

Requires: Roots, Rooter Additional requirement: Saprophage Cancels: Strong Scent, Smelly, Padded Feet, Toe Talons, Hooves, Roots, Rooter, Leg Tentacles Point cost: 10 / Visibility: 7 / Ugliness: 1

"Every inch of your skin is packed with chlorophyll and you have strong roots. Sleeping on diggable soil will satisfy any hunger or thirst you might have."

Mycorrhizal Communion TREE_COMMUNION Threshold Mutation PLANT ELF-A

Requires: Hair Roots, Roots, Rooter Point cost: 2

"You have gained the ability to commune with trees and comprehend their ancient wisdom. Activate next to a tree to gradually gain overmap vision through connected forests."

Ectothermic COLDBLOOD4 Not purifiable Threshold Mutation LIZARD PLANT

Requires: Cold Blooded Cancels: Light Eater, Hyper-Metabolism, Fast Metabolism, Very Fast Metabolism, Extreme Metabolism, Heat Dependent, Very Heat Dependent, Cold Blooded, Point cost: 0

"Your body has become permanently cold-blooded. Your speed lowers or raises 1% for every 2 (1.1) degrees below or above 65 F (18.3 C). You only need to eat half as much as an average human."

Notes

• Photosynthesis, one of the major perks of this line, relies on having some combination of the Leaves and Phelloderm mutations, exposure to sunlight, and temperature. Any of the vines mutations will also help. As long as you're outdoors, any exposed skin or leaves that can photosynthesize will passively give you calories. If you have Chloromorph and are asleep in some soil (you'll get a message about putting down roots), you will gain additional calories. This means the best way to maximize your photosynthesis is by sleeping outdoors during the day, fully nude.

• No matter how much sunlight you eat, your animal parts will still need some food. Saprophage means you can only really eat rotten stuff, and this can be hard to manage. Ideally you'll use your photosynthesis to support yourself in spring and summer, during which time you'll set up a food stockpile. Leave food out, let it become rotten, then freeze it. Come winter, your leaves will fall off and you won't be able to photosynthesize as much, so you'll heavily rely on what you have stored. Remember that it's difficult to find rotten food in wintertime because the low ambient temperatures will mostly prevent foods from going bad!

• Despite winter making you very slow and cutting off your food supplies, you're pretty much immune to taking damage from the cold. You don't really need to worry about gear as a Plant. As long as you have rotten things to eat, you'll have a pretty laid-back time.