Stinger (Confusing Venom)

Stinger (Confusing Venom)

	Physical
	3
	Back
	Stinger (Paralyzing Venom), Stinger (Poisoning Venom), Wings
	StingerConfuse
	no

Stinger (Confusing Venom)

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You bear a tail with a stinger that delivers confusing venom to your enemies.

20% chance on a melee attack to strike your opponent with your stinger →(Ceiling(Level/2)+3) 1d(Floor(Level/2)+3)
Stinger venom confuses opponent
Confusion duration: (Level / 2 + 3)d3 rounds
Confused creature acts randomly and receives a mental penalty
May Sting to guarantee a strike with your stinger at +4 to hit and +2 penetration
Cooldown: 25 (you will not strike with your stinger while this ability is cooling down)
Cannot wear equipment on back
+200 reputation with arachnids

Note that for easier wiki use, ID has its Class constructor appended to it. The ingame id is Stinger with constructor="Confuse".

When striking, the stinger has a chance of injecting confusion venom with a toughness save of (14+Level).

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Stinger Attack	Confusion Duration
1	→4 1d3	3d3 rounds
2	→4 1d4	4d3 rounds
3	→5 1d4	4d3 rounds
4	→5 1d5	5d3 rounds
5	→6 1d5	5d3 rounds
6	→6 1d6	6d3 rounds
7	→7 1d6	6d3 rounds
8	→7 1d7	7d3 rounds
9	→8 1d7	7d3 rounds
10	→8 1d8	8d3 rounds

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Grants a "free" attack each round in melee, assuming that the stinger is off cooldown.
• Confusion venom effectively neutralizes a given enemy for its duration, allowing for easier victories or safer getaways.
• Confused enemies are more susceptible to mental attacks.
• Synergizes extremely well with builds focused on making multiple attacks per round.
• Grants bonus reputation with arachnids, though not enough to make them neutral by default.

Disadvantages

• Prevents the player from wearing any back-slot equipment.
• Moderately expensive.
• Confusion venom has a much shorter duration than the Confusion mutation at equivalent levels, though multiple stings can theoretically keep a creature confused for longer.
• Confused creatures may wander away from combat, possibly making battles take longer.