Chrysalis

These menus are always intimidating due to their sheer size, but I’m prepared to go the distance on this one, I can’t afford to make a mistake and pick the wrong options. There’ll be no reset after this one.

I suppose it’s technically possible to do one, but that would be a criminal waste of evolutionary energy. Basically a punch straight into my own face.

So I have to be careful, no yahoo off the cuff stuff. I’m going to peruse these menus with extreme focus.

Focus….

Focus….

Zzzzzzzzzzz….

Hah!

Wazzat?! Curse these damn lists! Despite having so many brains and such a high Cunning score, how is it possible my attention span and capacity to look at fine details remain so terrible?

But I can’t give up, I won’t!

With renewed determination, I begin to scroll once more. Most of these, I’m not interested in, obviously. Long ago, I decided against using mutations for specific resistances. I want my improvements to be as broadly applicable as possible. Naturally, that means I have to settle for a bit of oomph in many areas rather than a huge shazam in one. It’s the wiser tradeoff.

the outside of the carapace, like my diamond mutation which coated my exo-skeleton in a fine layer of the precious gem. That worked great, since the outer coating was harder than my carapace and helped protect it from harm. What am I going to coat my new carapace in? Something even harder? There’s barely anything harder than this, and what’s the point of layering something ultra tough on top of

resistant material for the ultimate defensive combo I suppose, but I’ve already invested heavily in solving that issue with my own mana skills. I can

need, are mutations that will help synergise with what I hope

captivated me the first time I saw it, and I’ve yearned to better harness that absurd power. The humble gravity bolt,

a gravity ant! Now, finally, after all this

natural that there should be some specific mutations for it attached. I eagerly scroll through thousands of different mutation options,

I find only three that

Regeneration: Harnesses gravitational energy to repair damage to

this is fine. It’s… it’s fine. There’s synergy there, sure. I want to use gravity mana in battle, which will

just… not what I’m looking for. I can use my inner-plating for something like this, or rely on

Hardening: Absorbs gravitational energy to further compress and harden

intend to do, all the time. I can already see myself floating gracefully through the air, carapace absorbing that sweet energy from the well, making me invulnerable

to provide a boost to any

is also quite sweet. Turn my defence into offence! I can get behind it. The more I reinforce

fuse them in order to get the best of both worlds? My carapace makes my gravity magic more powerful, which

I love it!

+30, selecting Magnification at +5, Hardening at +10, fusing at +15, then repeating the process for +20, +25

Compression Carapace

in and