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{{Mutation
{{Mutation
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = none
| image = {{mutation page image}}
| type = Physical
| type = Physical
| cost = 2
| cost = 2
| exclusions = Albino, Carnivorous
| exclusions = Albino, Carnivorous
| id = PhotosyntheticSkin
| id = PhotosyntheticSkin
| code = br
| startingmutation = yes
| gameversion = 2.0.206.63
| desc = You replenish yourself by absorbing sunlight through your hearty green skin.
| desc = You replenish yourself by absorbing sunlight through your hearty green skin.


You can bask in the sunlight instead of eating a meal to gain a special metabolizing effect for (1, 2) days: +(20 + Level * 4)% to natural healing rate and +(1 + Ceiling(Level / 2.0) Quickness\n\nWhile in the sunlight, you accrue starch and lignin that you can use as ingredients in meals you cook (max (1,2,3) of each).\n\n+200 reputation with &Croots&y, &Ctrees&y, &Cvines&y, and &Cthe Consortium of Phyta
You can bask in the sunlight instead of eating a meal to gain a special metabolizing effect for &C(level based) days&y: +&C(level based)%&y to natural healing rate and +&C(level based)&y Quickness\nWhile in the sunlight, you accrue starch and lignin that you can use as ingredients in meals you cook (max &C(level based) servings&y each).\n+&C(level based) DV&y while occupying the same space as foliage.\n+200 reputation with &wroots&y, &wtrees&y, &wvines&y, and &wthe Consortium of Phyta
| realitydistort =no
| realitydistort = no
}}When low on food, rather than becoming famished, you wilt, giving -10% regeneration and -5 quickness. Additionally, mutants with {{Name}} can be harmed greatly by [[defoliant gas]].
}}
{{Name}} is a [[Mutations#Physical Mutations|physical mutation]] that allows the player to derive sustenance from the sun.
 
Photosynthetic Skin grants the "Bask" activated ability, which when used above ground during the day, will fully replenish the player's [[hunger]] and grant a [[metabolizing]] effect that boosts the player's natural healing rate and [[Quickness]] by mutation level-based amounts. Players with Photosynthetic Skin can still cook on {{favilink|campfire|plural}} to satisfy their hunger as normal.
 
When a player with Photosynthetic Skin is low on food, rather than becoming {{qud text|&rFamished!}}, they will become {{qud text|&rWilted!}}, reducing their natural healing rate by 10% and their [[Quickness]] by 5.
 
Every 6 hours (or 300 game ticks) under the sky and during the day, a player with Photosynthetic Skin will generate one serving of [[starch]] and [[lignin]], up to a maximum amount determined by mutation level. These items are intended to be used when [[cooking]] and cannot be used in meals unless the player has the [[Meal Preparation]] skill. They will not be present in the inventory and cannot be interacted with in any way except for when cooking. When used in a meal, starch and lignin will grant the Quickness and regeneration bonus of the "Bask" ability, respectively.{{XML Reference|object|ProceduralCookingIngredient_starch}}{{XML Reference|object|ProceduralCookingIngredient_lignin}}{{Code Reference|namespace=XRL.World.Parts.Mutation|class=PhotosyntheticSkin|method=FireEvent|name=Mutation}}
 
The player will receive a small bonus to their DV if they occupy the same space as foliage (up to a maximum of 6) similar to how {{Favilink|Vine-weave tunic}}, {{Favilink|Leafy vest}}, {{Favilink|Grassy yurtmat}} and {{Favilink|Leafy helm}} work.
 
Creatures with Photosynthetic Skin will bleed {{Favilink|sap}} as well as {{Favilink|blood}}, and will take damage from {{favilink|defoliant gas}}.
 
== Formulas ==
The following formulas are used to determine bask bonus duration (rounded down), regeneration bonus, Quickness bonus, and max starch/lignin servings (rounded down) based on mutation level.{{Code Reference|namespace=XRL.World.Parts.Mutation|class=PhotosyntheticSkin}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Bask Bonus Duration
| {{simple formula | (Level - 1) / 4 + 1 }}
|-
! Regeneration Bonus
| {{simple formula | 20 + (Level * 10) }}
|-
! Quickness Bonus
| {{simple formula | 13 + (Level * 2) }}
|-
! Max Servings
| {{simple formula | (Level - 1) / 4 + 1 }}
|-
! Max Servings
| {{simple formula | Min ((Level - 1) / 4 + 1, 6)}}
|}
 


== Advancement Table ==
== Advancement Table ==
<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;">
<div style="margin-right: 2.5em;">
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Mutation Level
!Mutation<br>Level
!Bask Bonus
!Bask Bonus<br>Duration
Duration
!Regen<br>Bonus
!Regeneration Bonus
!Quickness<br>Bonus
!Quickness Bonus
!Max<br>Servings
!Max Starch / Lignin
!DV<br>Bonus
|-
| 1
| 1 day
| +30%
| +15
| 1 serving
| +1
|-
|-
|1
| 2
|1 day
| 1 day
| +24%
| +40%
| +17
| 1 serving
| +1
|-
| 3
| 1 day
| +50%
| +19
| 1 serving
| +1
|-
| 4
| 1 day
| +60%
| +21
| 1 serving
| +1
|-
| 5
| 2 days
|  +70%
|  +23
| 2 servings
| +2
|-
|6
| 2 days
|  +80%
|  +25
| 2 servings
| +2
|-
|7
| 2 days
|  +90%
|  +27
| 2 servings
| +2
| +2
|1 serving
|-
|-
|2
|8
|1 day
| 2 days
| +28%
| +100%
| +29
| 2 servings
| +2
| +2
|1 serving
|-
|-
|3
|9
|1 day
| 3 days
| +32%
|  +110%
|  +31
| 3 servings
| +3
|-
|10
| 3 days
| +120%
|  +33
| 3 servings
| +3
|}
 
</div>
 
<div style="margin-right: 2.5em;">
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Mutation<br>Level
!Bask Bonus<br>Duration
!Regen<br>Bonus
!Quickness<br>Bonus
!Max<br>Servings
!DV<br>Bonus
|-
| 11
| 3 days
| +130%
| +35
| 3 servings
| +3
| +3
|1 serving
|-
|-
|4
| 12
|1 day
| 3 days
| +36%
| +140%
| +37
| 3 servings
| +3
| +3
|1 serving
|-
|-
|5
| 13
|2 days
| 4 days
| +40%
| +150%
| +39
| 4 servings
| +4
|-
| 14
| 4 days
| +160%
| +41
| 4 servings
| +4
|-
| 15
| 4 days
| +170%
| +43
| 4 servings
| +4
| +4
|2 servings
|-
|-
|6
| 16
|2 days
| 4 days
| +44%
| +180%
| +45
| 4 servings
| +4
| +4
|2 servings
|-
|-
|7
| 17
|2 days
| 5 days
| +48%
| +190%
| +47
| 5 servings
| +5
|-
| 18
| 5 days
| +200%
| +49
| 5 servings
| +5
|-
| 19
| 5 days
| +210%
| +51
| 5 servings
| +5
| +5
|2 servings
|-
|-
|8
| 20
|2 days
| 5 days
| +52%
| +220%
| +53
| 5 servings
| +5
| +5
|2 servings
|}
 
</div>
 
<div style="margin-right: 2.5em;">
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Mutation<br>Level
!Bask Bonus<br>Duration
!Regen<br>Bonus
!Quickness<br>Bonus
!Max<br>Servings
!DV<br>Bonus
|-
| 21
| 6 days
| +230%
| +55
| 6 servings
| +6
|-
| 22
| 6 days
| +240%
| +57
| 6 servings
| +6
|-
| 23
| 6 days
| +250%
| +59
| 6 servings
| +6
|-
| 24
| 6 days
| +260%
| +61
| 6 servings
| +6
|-
| 25
| 7 days
| +270%
| +63
| 7 servings
| +6
|-
| 26
| 7 days
| +280%
| +65
| 7 servings
| +6
|-
| 27
| 7 days
| +290%
| +67
| 7 servings
| +6
|-
| 28
| 7 days
| +300%
| +69
| 7 servings
| +6
|-
|-
|9
| 29
|2 days
| 8 days
| +56%
| +310%
| +71
| 8 servings
| +6
| +6
|3 servings
|-
|-
|10
| 30
|2 days
| 8 days
| +60%
| +320%
| +73
| 8 servings
| +6
| +6
|3 servings
|}
|}
</div>
</div>


==Advantages & Disadvantages==
==Advantages & Disadvantages==
{{Opinion}}
=== Advantages ===
* Grants the same amount of regeneration and quickness as the mutations {{favilink|Regeneration}} (without the combat regen bonus) and {{favilink|Heightened Quickness}} for a mere 2 points
* Gives bonus reputation with [[:Category:Roots (faction)|roots]], [[:Category:Trees (faction)|trees]],  [[:Category:Vines (faction)|vines]], and the [[:Category:Consortium of Phyta (faction)|Consortium of Phyta]]
* Creatures occasionally get [[stuck]] in your sappy blood, helping you escape after critical hits
* Good synergy with {{favilink|Adrenal Control}}: basking while your {{name}} level is boosted lets you keep the increased metabolic bonus until you get [[hungry]]
* Grants a small bonus to DV when in foliage


=== Advantages ===
=== Disadvantages ===
* Characters with {{Name}} take high damage from {{favilink|defoliant gas}}
* Basking is only possible during the day and above ground
* Basking bonuses are considered cooking effects and are split into 2 ingredients, so it can be hard to use both quickness and healing bonuses alongside other cooking effects
* You occasionally get stuck in your sappy blood, making it harder to get away after critical hits
* Sappy blood can not be used to fuel {{Favilink|biodynamic cell|plural}}
* The DV bonus can be hard to utilize in areas with spare vegetation, unless using {{favilink|Burgeoning}} or deploying a {{favilink|Plastic tree}}


* Grants bonus regeneration and quickness at a relatively low cost.
==Creatures with Photosynthetic Skin==
* Gives bonus reputation with [[:Category:Roots (faction)|roots]], [[:Category:Trees (faction)|trees]],  [[:Category:Vines (faction)|vines]], and the [[:Category:Consortium of Phyta (faction)|Consortium of Phyta]].
{{Creatures with the mutation|Photosynthetic Skin}}
* Gives free lignin and starch.


=== Disadvantages ===
== See Also ==
* [[Photosynthetic Skin-based cooking effects]]


* Characters with {{Name}} take high damage from [[defoliant gas]].
{{References}}
* The bonuses granted by basking are relatively weak.
* Basking is only possible during the day.
{{Mutation Navbox}}
{{Mutation Navbox}}

Latest revision as of 23:59, 3 February 2024

Photosynthetic Skin
Photosynthetic skin mutation.png
Category

Physical

Cost

2

ExclusionsOther mutations that cannot be
selected with this mutation

Albino, Carnivorous

ID?Use this ID to wish for the mutation
(example: mutation:PhotosyntheticSkin)

PhotosyntheticSkin

Reality DistortingReality distorting mutations
cannot be used under
the effects of normality.

no

Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63
Photosynthetic Skin

You replenish yourself by absorbing sunlight through your hearty green skin.

You can bask in the sunlight instead of eating a meal to gain a special metabolizing effect for (level based) days: +(level based)% to natural healing rate and +(level based) Quickness
While in the sunlight, you accrue starch and lignin that you can use as ingredients in meals you cook (max (level based) servings each).
+(level based) DV while occupying the same space as foliage.
+200 reputation with roots, trees, vines, and the Consortium of Phyta

Photosynthetic Skin is a physical mutation that allows the player to derive sustenance from the sun.

Photosynthetic Skin grants the "Bask" activated ability, which when used above ground during the day, will fully replenish the player's hunger and grant a metabolizing effect that boosts the player's natural healing rate and Quickness by mutation level-based amounts. Players with Photosynthetic Skin can still cook on campfires to satisfy their hunger as normal.

When a player with Photosynthetic Skin is low on food, rather than becoming Famished!, they will become Wilted!, reducing their natural healing rate by 10% and their Quickness by 5.

Every 6 hours (or 300 game ticks) under the sky and during the day, a player with Photosynthetic Skin will generate one serving of starch and lignin, up to a maximum amount determined by mutation level. These items are intended to be used when cooking and cannot be used in meals unless the player has the Meal Preparation skill. They will not be present in the inventory and cannot be interacted with in any way except for when cooking. When used in a meal, starch and lignin will grant the Quickness and regeneration bonus of the "Bask" ability, respectively.[1][2][3]

The player will receive a small bonus to their DV if they occupy the same space as foliage (up to a maximum of 6) similar to how vine-weave tunic, leafy vest, grassy yurtmat and leafy helm work.

Creatures with Photosynthetic Skin will bleed sap as well as blood, and will take damage from defoliant.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine bask bonus duration (rounded down), regeneration bonus, Quickness bonus, and max starch/lignin servings (rounded down) based on mutation level.[4]

Bask Bonus Duration
(Level - 1) / 4 + 1
Regeneration Bonus
20 + (Level × 10)
Quickness Bonus
13 + (Level × 2)
Max Servings
(Level - 1) / 4 + 1
Max Servings
Min ((Level - 1) / 4 + 1, 6)


Advancement Table

Mutation
Level 		Bask Bonus
Duration 		Regen
Bonus 		Quickness
Bonus 		Max
Servings 		DV
Bonus
1 1 day +30% +15 1 serving +1
2 1 day +40% +17 1 serving +1
3 1 day +50% +19 1 serving +1
4 1 day +60% +21 1 serving +1
5 2 days +70% +23 2 servings +2
6 2 days +80% +25 2 servings +2
7 2 days +90% +27 2 servings +2
8 2 days +100% +29 2 servings +2
9 3 days +110% +31 3 servings +3
10 3 days +120% +33 3 servings +3
Mutation
Level 		Bask Bonus
Duration 		Regen
Bonus 		Quickness
Bonus 		Max
Servings 		DV
Bonus
11 3 days +130% +35 3 servings +3
12 3 days +140% +37 3 servings +3
13 4 days +150% +39 4 servings +4
14 4 days +160% +41 4 servings +4
15 4 days +170% +43 4 servings +4
16 4 days +180% +45 4 servings +4
17 5 days +190% +47 5 servings +5
18 5 days +200% +49 5 servings +5
19 5 days +210% +51 5 servings +5
20 5 days +220% +53 5 servings +5
Mutation
Level 		Bask Bonus
Duration 		Regen
Bonus 		Quickness
Bonus 		Max
Servings 		DV
Bonus
21 6 days +230% +55 6 servings +6
22 6 days +240% +57 6 servings +6
23 6 days +250% +59 6 servings +6
24 6 days +260% +61 6 servings +6
25 7 days +270% +63 7 servings +6
26 7 days +280% +65 7 servings +6
27 7 days +290% +67 7 servings +6
28 7 days +300% +69 7 servings +6
29 8 days +310% +71 8 servings +6
30 8 days +320% +73 8 servings +6

Advantages & Disadvantages

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

Advantages

  • Grants the same amount of regeneration and quickness as the mutations Regeneration (without the combat regen bonus) and Heightened Quickness for a mere 2 points
  • Gives bonus reputation with roots, trees, vines, and the Consortium of Phyta
  • Creatures occasionally get stuck in your sappy blood, helping you escape after critical hits
  • Good synergy with Adrenal Control: basking while your Photosynthetic Skin level is boosted lets you keep the increased metabolic bonus until you get hungry
  • Grants a small bonus to DV when in foliage

Disadvantages

  • Characters with Photosynthetic Skin take high damage from defoliant
  • Basking is only possible during the day and above ground
  • Basking bonuses are considered cooking effects and are split into 2 ingredients, so it can be hard to use both quickness and healing bonuses alongside other cooking effects
  • You occasionally get stuck in your sappy blood, making it harder to get away after critical hits
  • Sappy blood can not be used to fuel biodynamic cells
  • The DV bonus can be hard to utilize in areas with spare vegetation, unless using Burgeoning or deploying a plastic tree

Creatures with Photosynthetic Skin

See Also

References

  1. ↑ ObjectBlueprints.xml, object name ProceduralCookingIngredient_starch
  2. ↑ ObjectBlueprints.xml, object name ProceduralCookingIngredient_lignin
  3. ↑ XRL.World.Parts.Mutation.PhotosyntheticSkin, method FireEvent
  4. ↑ XRL.World.Parts.Mutation.PhotosyntheticSkin
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