Feline

“ "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."