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Corpse Children 1.6

Originally made by Kayesh: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2682573155

Updated to 1.5 by swatblack: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3379940136

Corpse children, for when you're tired of not making new colonists from the bodies of the fallen. Corpse child is a backstory that forces a trait; pawns with the trait allow new menu options when right-clicking on downed or dead pawns. There are a few options:

1.) Creating a new corpse child from a corpse.
This is time consuming. This requires that the dead pawn has all vital parts still intact and in a "good enough" state. Pawns created in this fashion will have the corpse child backstory and trait, will retain the gender, melanin, non-conflicting traits, and injuries converted to permanent. This will consume the corpse.

2.) Stealing body parts.
If the corpse child has a missing or damaged body part, he can steal natural body parts from a dead or downed pawn. Note that the replacement body part will be in the same state that it was on the donor pawn: if a corpse child steals a shoulder with a missing arm, the corpse child will end up with a missing arm. The corpse child can not steal and attach bionics directly in this manner. Corpse children can not replace vital body parts: a corpse child can not remove their brain or torso to replace it with a donor pawn's.

3.) Consuming skills.
If the dead or downed pawn has a brain and has higher skills than the corpse child, the corpse child can consume their brain for a skill boost. This is much more effective when the donor pawn is alive.

4.) Stealing traits.
A corpse child can steal certain traits from a dead or downed pawn. If a donor pawn is more attractive or tougher than the corpse child, the corpse child can choose to steal the parts necessary to replicate that trait.

Corpse children are different:
1.) They still feel pain, but will never fall to pain alone.
2.) They are largely indifferent to harvesting pawns or corpses, unless the donor is a fellow colonist.
3.) Their hastily constructed forms lead them to be hideous individuals, misshapen and scarred.

Additional mods
Corpse Children: Ghoulish Body Enhancement