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Command an Army - Kyle, the Symbiont

Adds the character 'Kyle', the human-worm symbiont and commander of the army of Worm Spiders, to your game.

Is Reign of Giants compatible, if the purple didn't give that away. Should also work without the DLC, though if you don't have it, you really need to ask yourself some questions about what you're doing with your life.

Get the Don't Starve Together version here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406913232


FEATURES
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-UNIQUE PLAYSTYLE: Kyle's entire playstyle centers around the wormspiders he can create and command. Other mods may add pets or whatever, sure, but I have yet to see a character whose core mechanic revolves around managing set pets.

-PRETTY NEAT ART: I don't mean to brag, but then again, I do. The character art looks nice, and each of the seven different types of wormspider have their own unique sprites and animations, which also look nice.

-WAY TOO MUCH DIALOGUE: You never really appreciate how much dialogue these characters have until you decide to write your own. Every line he says has been rewritten, so that's over 1,000 lines of sweet, sweet words you can read when you click on things.


SPECIFICS
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~SPECIAL ABILITY: Worm Spiders
Kyle has the ability to craft Worm Spiders, little worm creatures that will follow him all over the place and fight things for him. The recipes for crafting them can be found in the Worm Eggs tab, which is exclusive to Kyle.

There are a total of seven different types of worm that can be crafted, each with different traits, stats and abilites (which I am not going to give away here. Part of the fun is finding out what exactly each of them do). He starts with just one worm recipe, and unlocks more through science machines and whatnot.

Kyle can have more than one worm follow him at a time, and, in fact, he can have as many worms follow him at once as he likes, limited only by how many he can craft (I've had upwards of 50 following me at once, which is way, way more than you can probably have legitimately, practically speaking). You can amass your own personal army of wormspiders and just slaughterize everything up, should you get the resources.

Also, just a fun extra tidbit, each individual wormspider will have its own unique name, similar to pigs and bunnymen. Nothing too huge, but it should make your little pack of worms feel a little more special.

~100 Max Health, 1/2 Damage Output and Slow Attacking Speed
With wormspiders at his side, Kyle can be a nigh-unstoppable force, but without them, he's really, really terrible. His ability in combat is atrocious; he can't stand up to much more than one or two spiders on his own. It's best to avoid combat altogether if all by your lonesome.

~Naturally Drains 5 Sanity per Minute.
As it turns out, having a huge worm fused to your brain has detrimental effects to one's mental well-being. I know, I'm shocked too. Fortunately, wormspiders are super friendly and great, so most of them have a small sanity aura. It's pretty easily manageable, overall, and you should be fine, as long as you aren't wandering around by yourself.
That said, it is still there, and can become problematic if left unchecked. Remember, all the worms in the world can't help you against the shadow creatures...

~175 Base Hunger
There is literally no reason for this. I just wanted him to have one stat that wasn't terrible.

That's about it. Good luck. Don't die.


FUTURE UPDATES:
This mod is pretty much done. Any future updates will probably just be stuff like touching up on animations or minor stat tweaks or something, or other relatively small things.


FAQ
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Q: Why are the worm spiders exclusive to this character?
A: There's a million mods that give you pets you can use with every character. I thought it'd be more interesting to see a character who was balanced around these pets, than it would to make all your characters more overpowered.

Q: Will you add this to Don't Starve Together?
A: I already have!