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| + | Octopodes have eight tentacle-shaped legs, and need four of them to move. While a tentacle lacks fingers, two tentacles are a rough equivalent of a human's arm where item manipulation is concerned - including wielding two-handed weapons with four. They can use no armour other than loose hats, but can handle shields just fine. Another peculiarity they have is the ability to wear eight rings, one on each tentacle. | ||
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| + | Their natural camouflage makes them excel at stealth, and they have good knowledge of poisons as well. They are also able to use their tentacles to constrict enemies - potentially several at a time!}} | ||
==Innate Abilities== | ==Innate Abilities== | ||
| − | Octopodes | + | *Octopodes cannot use any type of armour other than [[shields]] and hats. |
| − | + | *Octopodes can wear up to eight rings at the same time. | |
| − | * | + | *Octopodes are amphibious. While in water, they can swim with no penalties, and receive a large [[stealth]] boost, equivalent to [[merfolk]]. Unlike merfolk, they don't get the [[EV]] or speed boost. |
| − | * | + | *[[Jiyva mutations#Gelatinous Body|Gelatinous Body 1]]: Octopodes have AC +1. |
| − | * | + | *[[Good mutations#Camouflage|Camouflage 1]]: Octopodes have +40 Stealth. |
| − | * | + | *Octopodes have eight tentacles, each of which may be used to [[constrict]] an enemy. |
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===Constriction=== | ===Constriction=== | ||
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==Level Bonuses== | ==Level Bonuses== | ||
| − | *Octopodes gain 1 Strength, Intelligence, or Dexterity every 5 levels. | + | *Octopodes gain 1 Strength, Intelligence, or Dexterity every 5 levels starting at level 5. |
*Octopodes have 10% less HP than average. | *Octopodes have 10% less HP than average. | ||
*Octopodes have average MP. | *Octopodes have average MP. | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 11 June 2013
- This page is about the player species. For the monster, see Octopode (monster).
| These land-capable relatives of common octopuses can move about as fast as humans and yet retain the ability to swim underwater, although their dual adaptation is not as good as that of the shapechanging merfolk.
Octopodes have eight tentacle-shaped legs, and need four of them to move. While a tentacle lacks fingers, two tentacles are a rough equivalent of a human's arm where item manipulation is concerned - including wielding two-handed weapons with four. They can use no armour other than loose hats, but can handle shields just fine. Another peculiarity they have is the ability to wear eight rings, one on each tentacle. Their natural camouflage makes them excel at stealth, and they have good knowledge of poisons as well. They are also able to use their tentacles to constrict enemies - potentially several at a time! |
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Innate Abilities
- Octopodes cannot use any type of armour other than shields and hats.
- Octopodes can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
- Octopodes are amphibious. While in water, they can swim with no penalties, and receive a large stealth boost, equivalent to merfolk. Unlike merfolk, they don't get the EV or speed boost.
- Gelatinous Body 1: Octopodes have AC +1.
- Camouflage 1: Octopodes have +40 Stealth.
- Octopodes have eight tentacles, each of which may be used to constrict an enemy.
Constriction
The octopode's constriction ability is passive. When attacking an adjacent foe in melee (barehanded or with a weapon), a constriction attack is automatically attempted with one of your free tentacles and, if successful, will continue for as long as you remain on your current tile. If you were to attack a different target, a new constriction attack would be initiated while your previous constrictions continue. All constricted enemies will take damage each turn and be unable to move away from their current tile until they escape or are released. This effect continues even if you are just resting on the tile or casting spells. Once you leave the tile, however, all constrictions are lost. Technically, wielding a weapon or wearing a shield decreases the number of total possible constrictions; but unless you're fighting bats, attempting to constrict too many enemies at one time is unwise.
Preferred Backgrounds
Octopodes' near-complete inability to wear armour makes them poorly suited to melee combat. They thus prefer to dabble in magic as Transmuters, Wizards, Conjurers, Summoners, Necromancers, Fire Elementalists, Ice Elementalists, Air Elementalists, Earth Elementalists, or Venom Mages.
Level Bonuses
- Octopodes gain 1 Strength, Intelligence, or Dexterity every 5 levels starting at level 5.
- Octopodes have 10% less HP than average.
- Octopodes have average MP.
- Octopodes gain 3 magic resistance per level.
Starting Skills and Equipment
Octopodes receive the skills and equipment listed for their background, save that body armour is removed.
Difficulty of Play
| Simple • Intermediate • Advanced |
Octopodes are a difficult race to play. While the prospect of an octopode wearing eight artefact rings with multiple intrinsics, stats boosts and bonuses sounds nice, getting there is another matter entirely. The lack of armour makes the early game risky; later on, their lack of HP gives them the semblance of being deep elves, but without the awesome magical aptitudes. Without good EV, SH, and careful avoidance of monsters you aren't ready for, engaging in melee isn't so much a last resort as disguised suicide.
On the other hand, octopodes level nearly as quickly as humans, are quite versatile thanks to their average or better aptitudes in everything (save Armour), and can make great use of deep water to avoid monsters.
Skill aptitudes
The higher the value, the better the aptitude.
| Skill | Aptitude | Skill | Aptitude | Skill | Aptitude |
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| Attack | Miscellaneous | Magic | |||
| Fighting | 0 | Armour | N/A | Spellcasting | -1 |
| Short Blades | 0 | Dodging | 0 | Conjurations | 0 |
| Long Blades | 0 | Stealth | 4 | Hexes | 0 |
| Axes | 0 | Stabbing | 0 | Charms | 0 |
| Maces & Flails | 0 | Shields | 0 | Summonings | 0 |
| Polearms | 0 | Traps | 1 | Necromancy | 0 |
| Staves | 0 | Translocations | 0 | ||
| Unarmed Combat | 0 | Transmutation | 0 | ||
| Fire Magic | 0 | ||||
| Throwing | 0 | Ice Magic | 0 | Invocations | 1 |
| Slings | 0 | Air Magic | 0 | Evocations | 2 |
| Bows | 0 | Earth Magic | 0 | ||
| Crossbows | 0 | Poison Magic | 2 | Experience | 0 |
