Carapace

Carapace

	Physical
	4
	Body
	Quills
	Carapace
	no

Carapace

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+(3 Floor(Level / 2)) AV
-(7 - Ceiling(Level / 2)) DV
+(5 + 5 * Level) Heat Resistance
+(5 + 5 * Level) Cold Resistance
You may tighten your carapace to receive double the AV bonus
Cannot wear armor
+400 reputation with tortoises
(35 - Level * 2)% chance of becoming immobilized when knocked prone

Tightening one's carapace is an action that takes one standard turn length, doubling the AV bonus the carapace gives (at the base level, this will add an additional 3 AV); however, most non-mental actions (e.g. moving, attacking, using Sting or applying injectors; oddly, beginning sprinting is excluded from this) and some mental actions (including but not limited to use of Teleportation) will loosen the carapace, as will waiting more than one turn.

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Advancement Table

Mutation Level	AV Bonus	DV Penalty	Heat Resist	Cold Resist	Immobilization Chance
1	3	-6	+10	+10	33%
2	4	-6	+15	+15	31%
3	4	-5	+20	+20	29%
4	5	-5	+25	+25	27%
5	5	-4	+30	+30	25%
6	6	-4	+35	+35	23%
7	6	-3	+40	+40	21%
8	7	-3	+45	+45	19%
9	7	-2	+50	+50	17%
10	8	-2	+55	+55	15%

Advantages & Disadvantages

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

Advantages

• Gives excellent armor which scales extremely well with level.
• Gives heat resist and cold resist which scale well with level.
• Completely weightless.
• Causes members of the Tortoise faction to start friendly to the player.
• At 10th level, is equivalent to a zetachrome lune with a higher heat and cold resistance and no acid/electric resistance.

Disadvantages

• At low levels, the DV penalty is strong enough to outweigh the AV bonus.
• Recovering from prone may take longer.
• Permanently takes up the player's body slot.