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No way! That wombat is earthbending! Well… not quite, but it seems that the influence of element on Extinction have caused this Diprotodon to be able to move the earth just like your favourite Badgermoles from ATLA! Diprotodon would be the ultimate battlefield tactician and the perfect mount for dealing with an OSD! When I say earthbending wombat, I mean it! Diprotodon has the unique ability to throw up temporary walls, trap creatures and create protective suits of armour for its allies, all with the power of dirt! This would be invaluable in helping you keep the hordes of corrupted at bay, and keep your allies nice and healthy. Let’s dig into the concept! Table of Contents 1. Artwork 2. Dossier Text 3. Potential Base Stats and Spawning 4. Taming 5. Abilities and Controls - An Earthbending Wombat? - Controls - Saddle 6. Supplementary Links Dossier Text Common Name : Diprotodon Species : Diprotodon terraforma Time : Pleistocene Diet : Herbivore Temperament : Territorial Wild A giant relative of the wombat was too darn stubborn to keel over for the apocalypse? Yeah, that checks out. Diprotodon terraforma is a hulking marsupial that is commonly found in small herds, travelling across the wastelands to find enough plant matter to sustain their bulk. For most animals, the hordes of corrupted would make that kind of lifestyle impossible, but this behemoth quite literally fights dirty. Powerful forearms allow it to move enormous loads of soil with ease, and while this is impressive, it’d be a mere annoyance for the more dangerous members of the hivemind. Diprotodon isn’t just throwing sand though, its unique snot is what gives it the upper paw! Sounds disgusting, but its mucus is able to harden loose dirt into a form of organic concrete. With surprising finesse for its size, it shapes the earth into defensive walls, temporary suits of armour or even uses it as a way to entrap enemies! It’s amazing how life has adapted even in this desolate environment! Domesticated A small herd of these marsupials have proved highly effective in defending those orbital supply drops. Their natural defences against corrupted are invaluable in controlling crowds and ensuring their allies are well protected. We’ve found that fitting their saddles with shade cloths helps keep the foul weather of the wastelands at bay too! Potential Base Stats and Spawning Health: 900 Stamina: 300 Oxygen: 150 Food: 3000 Weight: 400 Melee Damage: See "Abilities and Controls" section for base damage values Torpidity: 650 Diprotodon would be found in small herds of around 5 members out in the wastelands, migrating to the Sanctuary and the desert dome to feed. Within these herds, there would be a mix of adult and young individuals, with young kept in the center to protect them from the dangers of a post-apocalyptic Earth. Hopefully the improved AI of ASA could make this herd dynamic possible! Taming With their very stubborn dispositions, it’s near impossible to tame an adult Diprotodon.Being hardened by endless hordes of corrupted, they treat anything foreign as a danger! However, in their tight knit herds, the babies tend to be much more friendly and inquisitive. It’ll be difficult to get past the wall that is their angry parents and relatives though… If you’re brave or foolish enough to sneak into the inner folds of the herd, simply passively feeding the babies Sweet Vegetable Cakes will cause them to follow you, and from there you can lead them away with even more sweet treats to have them join your tribe.Once you’ve raised up the giant pup you’ll have yourself a powerful war steed! Tamed Diprotodon eat berries like any other herbivore. No need to worry about a lavish and expensive diet! Abilities and Controls An Earthbending Wombat? So how exactly does this wombat earthbend?As mentioned in the dossier, it has to do with its snot! Element’s influence on its evolution means that its snot can harden dirt into a concrete-like material. But that’s just the flavour text, how does it work in game? Diprotodon has a dirt meter that is linked to its weight stat. Holding right click fills up this meter and pressing R cycles through three distinct abilities: Dirt Wall: Uses dirt to place temporary walls of dirt. Perfect for blocking off hordes of corrupted and drawing them into choke points. These walls can be destroyed by taking enough damage, or will disappear after a certain amount of time. Dirt Snare: Uses dirt to trap enemies in place, functioning much like how a netgun would Dirt Armour: Uses dirt to create temporary armour on allied tames that increases their damage reduction, but lowers speed significantly on targets smaller than the Diprotodon. Larger targets require more dirt to fully armour. A unique ability of the armour is that itreduces the effects of harmful elemental attacks (like fire damage and poison breath) by half! In terms of controls: Left Click: Bite. 40 Base Damage. Hits at a decent speed and harvests wood Right Click: Ground Slam. 55 base damage, good AOE, but slow Right Click (Hold): Refill dirt 😄 Use dirt ability. Different abilities have different dirt costs R: Cycle dirt ability In terms of saddle: Diprotodon’s saddle is fitted with a simple shade cloth/tent that prevents the player from suffering from the “Harsh Conditions” debuff. Mainly a way to not have to deal with annoying debuffs while fighting those hordes, but would also make Diprotodon a viable ground mount for those that like to stay in on the action. In addition, the saddle could function as a mobile feeding trough. Being almost like a mobile command tent and infirmary, keep your tames fed at range all from the comfort of your giant marsupial. Stock up the beast with veggie cakes to keep your herbivores fighting for longer! Supplementary Links Real World Diprotodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon The Badgermole Reference material: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Badgermole

No way! That wombat is earthbending! Well… not quite, but it seems that the influence of element on Extinction have caused this Diprotodon to be able to move the earth just like your favourite Badgermoles from ATLA! Diprotodon would be the ultimate battlefield tactician and the perfect mount for dealing with an OSD! When I say earthbending wombat, I mean it! Diprotodon has the unique ability to throw up temporary walls, trap creatures and create protective suits of armour for its allies, all with the power of dirt! This would be invaluable in helping you keep the hordes of corrupted at bay, and keep your allies nice and healthy. Let’s dig into the concept! Table of Contents 1. Artwork 2. Dossier Text 3. Potential Base Stats and Spawning 4. Taming 5. Abilities and Controls - An Earthbending Wombat? - Controls - Saddle 6. Supplementary Links Dossier Text Common Name : Diprotodon Species : Diprotodon terraforma Time : Pleistocene Diet : Herbivore Temperament : Territorial Wild A giant relative of the wombat was too darn stubborn to keel over for the apocalypse? Yeah, that checks out. Diprotodon terraforma is a hulking marsupial that is commonly found in small herds, travelling across the wastelands to find enough plant matter to sustain their bulk. For most animals, the hordes of corrupted would make that kind of lifestyle impossible, but this behemoth quite literally fights dirty. Powerful forearms allow it to move enormous loads of soil with ease, and while this is impressive, it’d be a mere annoyance for the more dangerous members of the hivemind. Diprotodon isn’t just throwing sand though, its unique snot is what gives it the upper paw! Sounds disgusting, but its mucus is able to harden loose dirt into a form of organic concrete. With surprising finesse for its size, it shapes the earth into defensive walls, temporary suits of armour or even uses it as a way to entrap enemies! It’s amazing how life has adapted even in this desolate environment! Domesticated A small herd of these marsupials have proved highly effective in defending those orbital supply drops. Their natural defences against corrupted are invaluable in controlling crowds and ensuring their allies are well protected. We’ve found that fitting their saddles with shade cloths helps keep the foul weather of the wastelands at bay too! Potential Base Stats and Spawning Health: 900 Stamina: 300 Oxygen: 150 Food: 3000 Weight: 400 Melee Damage: See "Abilities and Controls" section for base damage values Torpidity: 650 Diprotodon would be found in small herds of around 5 members out in the wastelands, migrating to the Sanctuary and the desert dome to feed. Within these herds, there would be a mix of adult and young individuals, with young kept in the center to protect them from the dangers of a post-apocalyptic Earth. Hopefully the improved AI of ASA could make this herd dynamic possible! Taming With their very stubborn dispositions, it’s near impossible to tame an adult Diprotodon. Being hardened by endless hordes of corrupted, they treat anything foreign as a danger! However, in their tight knit herds, the babies tend to be much more friendly and inquisitive. It’ll be difficult to get past the wall that is their angry parents and relatives though… If you’re brave or foolish enough to sneak into the inner folds of the herd, simply passively feeding the babies Sweet Vegetable Cakes will cause them to follow you, and from there you can lead them away with even more sweet treats to have them join your tribe. Once you’ve raised up the giant pup you’ll have yourself a powerful war steed! Tamed Diprotodon eat berries like any other herbivore. No need to worry about a lavish and expensive diet! Abilities and Controls An Earthbending Wombat? So how exactly does this wombat earthbend? As mentioned in the dossier, it has to do with its snot! Element’s influence on its evolution means that its snot can harden dirt into a concrete-like material. But that’s just the flavour text, how does it work in game? Diprotodon has a dirt meter that is linked to its weight stat. Holding right click fills up this meter and pressing R cycles through three distinct abilities: Dirt Wall: Uses dirt to place temporary walls of dirt. Perfect for blocking off hordes of corrupted and drawing them into choke points. These walls can be destroyed by taking enough damage, or will disappear after a certain amount of time. Dirt Snare: Uses dirt to trap enemies in place, functioning much like how a netgun would Dirt Armour: Uses dirt to create temporary armour on allied tames that increases their damage reduction, but lowers speed significantly on targets smaller than the Diprotodon. Larger targets require more dirt to fully armour. A unique ability of the armour is that it reduces the effects of harmful elemental attacks (like fire damage and poison breath) by half! In terms of controls: Left Click: Bite. 40 Base Damage. Hits at a decent speed and harvests wood Right Click: Ground Slam. 55 base damage, good AOE, but slow Right Click (Hold): Refill dirt 😄 Use dirt ability. Different abilities have different dirt costs R: Cycle dirt ability In terms of saddle: Diprotodon’s saddle is fitted with a simple shade cloth/tent that prevents the player from suffering from the “Harsh Conditions” debuff. Mainly a way to not have to deal with annoying debuffs while fighting those hordes, but would also make Diprotodon a viable ground mount for those that like to stay in on the action. In addition, the saddle could function as a mobile feeding trough. Being almost like a mobile command tent and infirmary, keep your tames fed at range all from the comfort of your giant marsupial. Stock up the beast with veggie cakes to keep your herbivores fighting for longer! Supplementary Links Real World Diprotodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon The Badgermole Reference material: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Badgermole