Quills

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.199.1.

Quills

	Physical
	4
	Body
	no
	Carapace
	Quills
	no

Quills

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Hundreds of needle-pointed quills cover your body.

(level based) quills
May expel 10% of your quills in a burst around yourself (→(level based) 1d3)
Regenerate quills at the approximate rate of (level based) per round
+(level based) AV as long as you retain half your quills ((level based) AV otherwise)
Creatures attacking you in melee may impale themselves on your quills, breaking roughly 1% of them and reflecting 3% damage per quill broken.
Cannot wear body armor
Immune to other creatures' quills

Quills is a physical mutation that grants the {} natural equipment, providing the player with natural body armor, melee damage reflection, and the ability to manually discharge quills to deal damage around the player. The total amount of quills the player possesses, how quickly those quills regenerate, their penetration value, and the AV bonus provided by the {} are determined by the mutation level.

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Max Quills	Quill Penetration	Quill Regen / 10 rounds	AV Bonus (≥ 50% Quills)	AV Bonus (< 50% Quills)
1	300	→0
2	380 - 420	→0
3	460 - 540	→1
4	540 - 660	→1
5	620 - 780	→2
6	700 - 900	→2
7	780 - 1020	→3
8	860 - 1140	→3
9	960 - 1260	→4
10	1040 - 1380	→4

Formulas

The following formulas

Advantages & Disadvantages

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

Advantages

• Quills provide a moderate AV (as long as the player retains at least half of their quills) which scales with mutation level while also having no DV penalty or weight
• Quill burst hits all adjacent tiles
• Reflects melee damage
• Makes the player immune to other creature’s quills
• Hits flying creatures

Disadvantages

• High cost at character regeneration
• Quill burst has fairly poor damage and penetration at all levels
• Quills prevents the player from wearing any body Armor
• Quills lacks elemental resistance that normal high tier body armor provides