Coglin

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Unlike most of their goblin kin, Coglins augment their tiny frames with charm-wrought steel. Their exoskeletons, capable of wielding weapons independently in each arm, are begun with hand-me-downs from their sprawling families. By the time they come of age, they are inseparable from their creations. Haphazard and jerry-rigged, Coglin exoskeletons lack the flexibility of natural bodies. Whenever their legs stop moving, they must be coaxed slowly back into action; and though their arms can fly in a whir of destruction, it takes quite a bit of swinging to rev them up to that speed. Even so, a true Coglin would never criticize their creation. They believe that spirits of steel and sandalwood come to rest within every thing that draws blood, slowly and carefully re-attuning their exoskeletons to those spirits whenever they wield or remove weapons. Never scorn the spirits!

Innate Abilities

• Off-hand Wielding: Coglins can wield a second one-handed weapon instead of a shield or orb. For more details, see below.
• Slow Wielding: Wielding or unwielding a weapon takes 5 decaAut instead of 0.5.
• Warmup Strikes: Weapon damage is reduced by 33%, but this penalty is reduced when making attacks. The penalty can be eliminated by attacking for about 4 decaAut worth of time. When not attacking, the penalty will be gradually restored, taking about 12 decaAut to go from 0% to 33%.
• Warmup Strides: Coglins take twice as long to move if their last action was not to move or rest.

Coglins have a base Strength of 8, Intelligence of 7, and Dexterity of 9 (before background modifiers).

Dual wielding

Coglins can wield two one-handed melee or ranged weapons and attack with both at the same time. Melee and ranged weapons cannot be mixed. The attack delay is the average of the two weapon delays (e.g. with Long Blades at 14 skill, a demon blade and a double sword would attack at a (0.6+0.8)/2 delay, or 0.7). When attacking with two weapons, the order of attacks is random. Only 1 set of auxiliary attacks will trigger when attacking with two weapons.

Preferred Backgrounds

• Warriors: Gladiator, Brigand
• Zealots: Cinder Acolyte
• Warrior-mages: Enchanter, Warper
• Mages: Alchemist

Level Bonuses

• +1 to a random stat every 4th level.
• Average HP and MP.
• +3 willpower per level.

Starting Skills and Equipment

Coglins start with the skills and equipment listed for their background.

Skill aptitudes

The higher the value, the better the aptitude.

Skill	Aptitude	Skill	Aptitude	Skill	Aptitude
Attack		Miscellaneous		Magic
Fighting	0	Armour	-1	Spellcasting	-2
		Dodging	-1
Maces & Flails	-1	Shields	-3	Conjurations	-1
Axes	0	Stealth	-1	Hexes	-1
Polearms	-1			Summonings	0
Staves	-1	Invocations	-2	Necromancy	0
Unarmed Combat	-1	Evocations	3	Translocations	0
Throwing	-1	Shapeshifting	-2	Alchemy	1
				Fire Magic	-1
Short Blades	-1			Ice Magic	-1
Long Blades	0			Air Magic	-1
Ranged Weapons	-1	Experience	0	Earth Magic	-1

History

• In 0.32, Coglins will be added to the game.