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.

that is. Most mutations add a layer to 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

layer of magic 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 create shields to

defence. What I need, are mutations that will help synergise with

gravity bolt,

finally, after all this time, I can make

holds an affinity for that type of energy, it’s only natural that there should be some

end, I find only three

gravitational energy to repair damage to

fine. There’s synergy there, sure. I want to use gravity mana in battle, which will generate gravitational energy, which will repair the damage

I can use my inner-plating for something like this, or rely on my

Hardening: Absorbs gravitational energy to further compress

extra layer onto my carapace, but toughening up what I already have whenever I use gravity magic, which I 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

Magnification: enhances the resonating properties of Gravity Compressed Diamond to provide a boost to any

get behind it. The more I reinforce this mutation,

the second I considered. Perhaps I should take both mutations and then fuse them in order to get the best of both worlds? My carapace makes my gravity magic more powerful, which in turn hardens my carapace, which in turn provides

I love it!

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

results is: Intensifying Compression Carapace (Gravity Compressed

that in and