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Postosuchus (The World Eater) There was a new Apex Predator spotted in the Wasteland. One that was worse than all I ever encountered. The waste is filled with corruption, but this seems not to matter to a Monster that devouers all that stand in it's sight. I am talking about a Postosuchus and let me tell you, you don't want it to see you first. I only ever spotted one, which I am quite thankful for, because this beasts has grown quite large rivaling Allosaurus in length. And it seems their appetite has grown endlessly. The Postosuchus will attack and eat everything it sees as if it was driven mad. These beasts don't seem to care how large or dangerous their next meal is, almost like they don't have the leeway to care? Something as strong as a Postosuchus is highly sought after by tribes that want to go to war. But could a creature that has lost it's sanity really be tamed? Well, someone who could archieve this feat would have a force to be reckoned with on their side but also a massive jaw that needs to be kept fed. Wild: Constantly on the look out for the next meal a Postosuchus will not shy away from attacking whatever comes near it. These beasts seem to always have a "Growling Belly". Abilities: Rapidly looses food, even faster when it gets attacked. But while in the range of a feeding through they will lose food slower because they don't have to be on edge constantly. They may even lay down and start to drowse which reduces their energy consumption and therefore their food consumption even more (Can also be told to rest). Their saddle has a feeding trough function that can be toggled to enable a food consumption reduction for the Postosuchus. There will be 3 Tiers of saddles, a Primitive one which will reduce food consumption by about 20%, a Metal saddle that will reduce food consumption by 50%, and a Tek version which will reduce the food consumption to about the normal rate of other creatures. As it constantly is looking for food it smells creatures nearby. It will always look in the direction of the largest (highest dragweight) creature nearby but it can be told to look out for specific creatures too. Their normal bite (left click) grants them health regeneration and gathers resources (increased gathering rate of Corrupted Nodules). Whilst their secondary bite (right click) lets them feast on a corpse to regain food (as a flat value, depending on the drag weight of the corpse) though gathering far less resources as the Postosuchus is eating most of them. If they use their secondary attack on a living target it applies the "Flesh Wound" effect. A creature that has the "Flesh Wound" effect and is below 50% HP causes all Carnivores that attack it to recover HP depending on their attack damage and the dragweight of the afflicted creature. It has a terrifiying loud Roar (c key) that let's them stun smaller Creatures (low dragweight) and scares Creatures with the "Flesh Wound" effect that are under 50% of their HP. If a Creature that is affected by the effect of this roar is attacked the health regenerating effects of the Postosuchus attacks are increased. With it's thick skin it is highly resistant to most bleeding effects. Because it's only motivation is to feed it fears no roar how mighty it may be. And as it cares little about hurting itself to get to prey, even beartraps cannot stop it. The Postosuchus will gain momentum when it charges and with sufficient speed will damage and even stun the largest creatures and up to metal structures if it runs into them though it will receive recoil damage if it runs into something heavy. Hunger/Starvation Mechanic (It gets more savage as it gets hungrier) 100 - 75% food --> -10% dmg, -20% movement speed (Full Bellie effect) 74 - 50% food --> normal stats 49 - 25% food --> 25% more dmg, 5% resistance and 25% higher movement speed (Growling Belly effect) 24 - 1% food --> 50% more dmg, 10% resistance and 50% higher movement speed (Starving Madness effect) <1% food --> 100% more dmg, 20% resistance and 100% higher movement speed, but will rapidly lose health (Savage Frenzy effect) When it's Health falls below 15% whislt starving it will throw off it's rider and attack anything nearby whether friend or foe. Though loosing health rapidly while starving its a big pay off to keep him as close to starvation as to prey to kill in a pinch. Taming: One first needs to calm the mad hunger of a Postosuchus by letting it feast on enough corpses (you have to kill them for them to count) until it has the "Full Bellie" effect. Once the Postosuchus has regained it's sanity it will react calmer. You then have to drag corpses near to gain it's trust, but it will not attack you! When you feed it enough it may even let you ride it but if you try to hop on too early it will kick you off and lose taming progress and affinity. Once it let's you ride it, it will start to lose hunger and you have to keep it from reaching the "Growling Bellie" effect. If it does however it will kick you off and go on a rampage again, so you have to calm it once more. When you're on it: Just keep munching! Eat corpses with right click to regain food depending on the dragweight of the corpse. And soon you'll have your hands full keeping it from starving and eating you in your base!