Carapace

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Carapace

	Physical
	3
	Body
	no
	Quills
	bc
	Carapace
	no

Carapace

You are protected by a durable carapace.

+(level based) AV
-2 DV
+(level based) Heat Resistance
+(level based) Cold Resistance
You may tighten your carapace to receieve double the AV bonus at a -2 DV penalty as long as you remain still.
Cannot wear armor.
+400 reputation with tortoises

Carapace is a physical mutation that grants the Carapace natural equipment, granting bonus AV, heat resistance, and cold resistance at the cost of decreased DV.

Carapace grants the "Tighten Carapace" ability, which allows player to tighten their carapace, doubling their AV bonus but decreasing their DV by an additional 2 points. Tightening one's carapace is an action that takes one standard turn length. Taking most actions other than passing the turn will loosen the carapace, causing the player's AV and DV to return to standard values; however, most mental mutations can be used without loosening the carapace.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine AV bonus (rounded down), heat resistance, and cold resistance by mutation level.

AV Bonus	3 + (Level / 2)
Heat Resistance	(5 + Level × 5)
Cold Resistance	(5 + Level × 5)

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	AV Bonus	Heat Resist	Cold Resist
1	3	+10	+10
2	4	+15	+15
3	4	+20	+20
4	5	+25	+25
5	5	+30	+30
6	6	+35	+35
7	6	+40	+40
8	7	+45	+45
9	7	+50	+50
10	8	+55	+55

Mutation Level	AV Bonus	Heat Resist	Cold Resist
11	8	+60	+60
12	9	+65	+65
13	9	+70	+70
14	10	+75	+75
15	10	+80	+80
16	11	+85	+85
17	11	+90	+90
18	12	+95	+95
19	12	+100	+100
20	13	+105	+105

Mutation Level	AV Bonus	Heat Resist	Cold Resist
21	13	+110	+110
22	14	+115	+115
23	14	+120	+120
24	15	+125	+125
25	15	+130	+130
26	16	+135	+135
27	16	+140	+140
28	17	+145	+145
29	17	+150	+150
30	18	+155	+155

Advantages & Disadvantages

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

Advantages

• Gives excellent armor which scales well with level
  • Is naturally sturdy, preventing it from being cracked
• 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 an unmodified zetachrome lune with a higher heat and cold resistance, though no acid/electric resistance
• If Rapid Advancement is used on the Carapace mutation, it can exceed the best armor in the game in effectiveness

Disadvantages

• At low levels, the DV penalty is strong enough to outweigh the AV bonus
• Permanently takes up the player's body slot
• Can't be modded, unlike regular body armor
• In the very late game, a modded suit of zetachrome lune will be superior to even level 10 Carapace in most respects, without costing any mutation points

Creatures with Carapace

• electric snail(Level 3)
• snailmother(Level 3)
• irritable tortoise(Level 5)
• great saltback(Level 5)
• tortoise cherub(Level 5)
• mechanical tortoise cherub(Level 5)
• Doyoba(Level 6)
• Dadogom(Level 6)
• Gyamyo(Level 6)
• Yona(Level 6)
• Agyra(Level 6)
• Lebah(Level 6)
• mopango charioteer(Level 6)
• mopango pilgrim(Level 6)
• mopango tombdweller(Level 6)
• mopango watcher(Level 6)
• enigma snail(Level 10)
• n-dimensional starshell(Level 15)