Spider talisman

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A strange charm made from shed arachnid exoskeletons bound together with silk. Transforms the user into an agile jumping spider who can move swiftly towards foes and inflict grievous damage on any it catches unaware. Its attacks can also ensnare its enemies in webs and it can leap briskly away from many dangers.

A spider talisman is a talisman that transforms you into a jumping spider.

Useful Info

When eVoked, a spider talisman puts you into Spider Form, which lasts until you end the form. Entering or exiting a form takes 5 turns.

Spider Form has the following effects:

Offensive traits

• Unarmed Combat: 3 base damage (no bonus)
  • Unarmed attacks gain short blade-tier stabbing bonuses
  • Small chance to ensnare enemies in a web on hit (20% - 40%, depending on the Shapeshifting skill)
• Rampaging
• +5 dexterity

Defensive traits

• Poison vulnerability (rPois-)
• Innate EV: +5-15 EV, scaling with Shapeshifting skill
• Tiny size (+6 base EV compared to a medium-sized species)
• Stealth+
• Jump ability, which functions like the Blink spell, with no cost other than a cooldown
  • Jumping will effectively set your EV to infinity for one turn (all attacks that can miss will miss) and enemies have a chance to lose track of you

Restrictions

• Melded Gear: All weapons and armor
• Suppressed mutations: Anatomy, blood, bones

Spider Form has a minimum Shapeshifting skill of 12, below which you get an HP penalty. Maximum skill is 20.

Strategy

Spider Form

History

• Spider talismans will be added in 0.33.