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Aurumvorax Growth ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASICS: An Aurumvorax NEEDS to consume gold to have any chance of surviving in the harsh reality that is Tsunami. The consumption of gold has the immediate effect of healing the Aurumvorax, but its long term effects are what are most important. An Aurumvorax can view its current consumed status by typing 'consumed'. Aurumvorae CANNOT GIVE NOR DROP GOLD, it's their lifeblood. This is not to say that they never spend gold, as their primal instinct will make the beasts do whatever is required of them in order to survive. Nonetheless, spending one's food is not usually a sound plan. GROWTH: Just as an Aurumvorax gains levels by gaining experience, so does it grow in prowess (and weight) by consuming gold. Each player level the Aurumvorax has obtained allows for the potential achievement of one growth stage. For example, a level 4 Aurumvorax could potentially achieve growth stage 4. For now, the maximum growth stage is level 32. The growth process follows this pattern... 1. The beast uses the consume skill to ingest gold. 2. The gold is immediately digested and absorption slowly begins to take place OR if 'do consume store' was used in any manner, the growth-granting gold ions are still immediately digested, while the regenerative ions are stored until needed. 3. Once 100 percent absorption is reached, a new growth stage is achieved, and the beast's body will randomly improve one attribute (read below). OVER-EATING: Marisil has removed over-eating. Any gold that could not be used for growth used to be wasted unless it healed the beast, increased the vein bonus, or was added to the beast's reserves for later healing. Rather than the gold being wasted, it is added to the beast by being utilized to increase the Aurumvorax's bone density (thus, no new growth occurs). This results in a weight increase, and will affect certain skills ('help skills consume' has an explanation). ATTRIBUTES: There are 4 attributes that are improved by reaching new growth stages. Each attribute has 8 levels of development, ranging from Newborn Aurumvorax to Grand Elder Aurumvorax. The attributes themselves are... Weaponry - The Aurumvorax's teeth and claws. Their current development level directly determines the Aurumvorax's weaponry skill level. Hide - Obviously, the beast's dense, gold fur coat. Its current development significantly affects the Aurumvorax's armor class. Senses - Once again, obviously, the beast's means for detecting prey and foes. Their development level affects awareness, and gives a small bonus to the beast's ability to locate gold veins ('help skills dig'). Healing - The strength of the Aurumvorax's regenerative system. Its level directly affects the beast's healing rate and the healing it receives from corpses. Also, it is a factor in how well the beast heals from consumed gold. Weaponry will always improve first when the choice is between all four attributes. The reason for this lies in that the beast's genetic encoding is extremely biased towards survival through engaging in combat. NOTES: The growth stage starts at level 0 regardless of what level you started at as an Aurumvorax. Reincarnating will thus require you to take extra time to consume the necessary gold needed to achieve all the growth stages up to, and including, your current player level. SEE ALSO: help consumed -------------------------------------------------------------------------