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    Aurumvorax Growth
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    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
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