Here we go, I drag away the ruins of my rest web, and the web that I had been using for food. I will have to remake them anyways, and now I need the room to move, especially if I am going to be practicing [Throw Web] it makes my nest look a bit bare, but with my new skills and body that shouldn't last long. Now I have been moving around I am starting to get a good idea of how big I am in comparison to before. It's about ten times larger, I could line up ten of my prior selves in any direction and my new form would just eclipse them.
Still I am so very small compared to the big creatures I have seen. I suspect the [Lagomorphs] are [Little] then the Serpent would be [Small]. If I had gone for the Gold Stalker I could have already been as large as the [Lagomorphs]... but it was too far from what I am already good at. I think the Scary [Unended] might be [Small] as well, but it could be Size 1. I am unsure of how fast it continues, but the Swatters are the biggest thing I have seen yet. Ol'me vague memories recall creatures even larger, but they are too unclear to determine what and where they are.
Now, time to try out [Greater Spinneret 5] I can just feel it itching to get to work. Wait... as I was focusing on it my instincts started pulling me towards the remnants of my old resting nest. Why... on, Oh, I can eat them. This is strange, and I don't feel my hunger falling, but I feel like... Ah ok, I can do this to absorb old web and use it for my next work. Well that's great, I will eat my old prey web and [Sarong] well what is left of them.
Good, all eaten, and I feel like that will give me more web to spin. I didn't feel that way before so it's probably a function of... wait, I never looked at [Greater Spinneret 5] and I should look at the other one I got with [Orb Weaver], what was it called. Right [Stabilimentum] that was even a few category of Trait, a [Feat]. I might as well look at [Throw Web] while I am at it.
[Greater Spinneret 5] [Racial Trait] [Arachnid] You have a Spinneret and can make standard web.
-Your Spinneret has improved and can make web with up to 5 of the following traits. Traits can be selected multiple times, this doubles the cost for every trait.
-[Sticky] [Durable] [Light] [Strong] [Hidden] [Tension] [Razor] [Elastic]
-You can create web by consuming your stamina at a moderate rate
-Your reserve can store 1 thread per level of this skill, this reserve is filled when stamina is full and you consume food.
Greater Spinneret
As a dedicated weaver spider your Spinneret is greatly improved
-Traits cost is calculated additive, and is slightly reduced for each level in this trait.
-The reserve that hold 1 thread per level, additionally doubles for every level of this still, it slowly fills when stamina is full.
-The reserve can be replentished by consuming web, at half the cost they would have cost, this improved by 5% per level of this trait.
-You can add the traits [Degrading] [Wound Tight] [Triple-strand] [Sensor] [Rigid] to Webs you can create
-You can create thread three times as fast if not adding a trait that granted by Great Spinneret, or Stabilimentum [Stabilimentum] [Feat Trait] [Arachnid] You have learned to create intricately detailed webs, and no pattern or shape is to difficult for you. At the cost of thread of web you can add Stabilimentum to your web. These can have a variety of functions, imbued in the web when you initially install the Stabilimentum.
[Trapdoor Stabilimentum] This adds a concealed door to the web
[Warning Stabilimentum] This warns creatures away from your web if they are too large to get caught
[Camouflaged Stabilimentum] This conceals the web from all creatures
[Stability Stabilimentum] This provides stability to the web, greatly reducing the damage done by prey
[Redundant Stabilimentum] This web can survive a creatures escape up to once per Spinneret level, even if destroyed it is simple to repair.
[Binding Stabilimentum] This binds prey that would normally be too large to catch, up to size 10 above your webs
[Attracting Stabilimentum] This causes more prey to be drawn into the web
[Breeding Stabilimentum] This alerts mates that you are ready for them.
[Tumble Stabilimentum] This converts the web into a mobile ball
[Thermal Stabilimentum] This causes the web to either heat or cool faster
[Audible Stabilimentum] This causes the web to make sound patterns in the wind.
A Stabilimentum take ten times as long to install in a web than the entire web takes to weave. [Throw Web] [General Trait] [Arachnid] [Silkworm] [Chimeric] You gain proficiency in Web, as if it was a Improved Thrown Weapon, and can use any of it's intrinsic properties or the properties of a net. You do not gain the ability to control the web during or after the throw, but clever design can set it to trigger on touch or via similar contact.
Wow, just wow, [Stabilimentum] is so good. I mean so is [Greater Spinneret 5] But just... It is clear now that [Orb Weaver] is absolutely worth taking, [Delicate Exoskeleton] doesn't even half matter with how much I just got from those too. With [Throw Web] in the mix I can certainly make some good webs. The thing is though, can I mix these with the stuff [Artisan] gave me. I saw [Durable] earlier on something an artisan made, can I put a [Stabilimentum] on a [Sarong]?
Before I try that though, just a reminder of my other amazing web abilities.
[SilkWeaver 1] [Artisan] [Arachnid] Can weave webs and simple objects in a instant You can weave webs and other textiles objects much faster than normal in an emergency.
For ten times the normal stamina cost you can craft a web of your size, or a object of your size nearly instantly. You must still have the materials and the freedom to create the object. [Nimble Manipulator] [Artisan] [Arachnid] [Construct] [Agility] Your manipulators are incredibly agile. This let's you use them to emulate basic crafting tools or other simple tools so you don't take a penalty for not having tools.
It does not let you emulate quality tools of any sort, but higher quality toolkits can be stripped of the simpler tools to reduce their weight and bulk by 2/3rds. [Craft Textile 5] [Artisan] [Craft]
Upgraded from [Craft Thread Mastery] You can craft objects using threads, fibers and other woven products. These often come from plants, but some furs and special thread can be produced.
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-You can craft both basic and complex thread with any fibrous raw material on hand.
-You can craft textile by consuming your stamina at a very slow rate
-You must supply adequate raw materials
-You require tools to craft threads that require techniques greater than rolling.
You can weave together threads into many different types of cloth, and even simple garments or objects.
-You can weave cloth from thread or similar materials, giving it with up to 5 of the following traits. Traits can be selected multiple times, this doubles the cost for every trait.
-[Insulated] [Light] [Breathable] [Durable] [Strong] [Layered] [Elastic] [Dense]
-You can craft textile by consuming your stamina at a moderately slow rate
-You must supply adequate raw materials
-You require tools to craft textiles
Great, so [Craft Textiles 5] is great, but very very similar to [Greater Spinneret 5]. I should have read the details on all these sooner.... probably for my other skills too, but these are the essentials. Silkweaver lets me make some simple silk thing really really fast. I feel like a [Stabilimentum] is too much to ask, but maybe later. [Nimble Manipulator] is way way too good, but I am so glad it exists. I would have had so much trouble using [Craft Textiles 5] otherwise.
These are going to be useful, let's check how it feels now, just a basic web ball like when we jumped off the cliff, I won't even speed it up. Reach behind my thorax with my legs, grab the silk, let my [Greater Spinneret 5] start up. Oh, Oh wow, that feel so good, so... shiver... right. Not like when Little Dancer was touching me and dancing with me, but I see my instincts are very happy with me making silk. Ok, I will add sticky to this, it took a little more, but way way less than when I threw basically the same thing during Ol'me jump, that must be the Greater part kicking in. Time to throw!
Stick
Great, that worked just as expected, the throw was easier, and I didn't miss like last time... It was so much faster too, I could probably make this silk faster than my legs could pull it out of me. Maybe toss it too if I sped it up. I wish I could watch me making it, but my whole body is in the way... unless... I do have very high Agility.
Yay, I am way more flexible than before. It's hard to see bending in an arc like this, and even with my longer legs it is hard to stand like this, but I can see my [Greater Spinneret 5] now. This is such an important part of Kysa... of my life. I watch where the silk comes from, and it comes from six moving little... I want to call them Pedipalps, they seem to flex and move almost as much, but that's wrong. I guess Spinneret is the right thing to call them. The silk it-self is coming from what appears to be small hairs. I can see that some are larger and some are smaller. [Arachnid Knowledge] is letting me know how to draw out the different types of web. I watch them move as I draw out a single thread first, then they shift as I shift back to the [Sticky] silk I usually use to wrap prey. Today I draw it out and with my rear legs I wrap it into a little ball, not unlike the first.
Again I toss the ball, I even aim for the first.
Stick
Perfect, I return to the eyes watching me weave.
This time I enjoy myself, speeding it up with [SilkWeaver 1] to make another Ball, my Spinnerets themselves whirl into action, and by the time my leg reaches them I have a ball ready to grab. This one I don't toss, instead I see if I can consume it with my Spinnerets. My first failure unfortunately, and my instincts are very confused... instead I eat the ball, and feel it rejoin my reserve.
Fantastic, I am so happy I can see myself work now. I draw out a small thread of each type, just to make sure I have not missed anything.
Now, with the new knowledge at hand, let's try making a new [Sarong] I will have to go find food eventually, and I do not want to risk my [Delicate Exoskeleton] To start, let's make a good thread. I think it's going to be [Durable] [Durable] [Strong] [Light] [Elastic]. I want it to be able to take hits, and be light enough that it doesn't hamper my really good agility.
I realize this is going to take a while as I start drawing out the silk, but it is very very important. I will not risk using up my reserve and stamina with [Silkweaver] right now. I will however, install a simple [Stability Stabilimentum]. In this case it appears to be a second set of strands wrapping around the thick and strong threads I am using.
The result is a interesting pattern, the silk forming what appears to be a quite stretchy yet very strong and light silk. Now I have made a [Sarong] before, but I hadn't read what I could do with it, so I am going to do a better job this time. [Durable] [Durable] [Strong] [Light] as before, but this time, I want to make a layer. I add [Layered] and that let's me make a second layer. For the first I add the [Elastic] trait, over most of the [Sarong] but the inner layer is where nothing needs to move. Here I add a layer of [Dense] instead.
Looking at the final [Sarong] I am quite proud. It looks better than my first, and looks more like the amazing bolts of [Textiles] I saw in the swatters nest. I did unfortunatly use most of my silk to make it, so I will have to go use the last silk I have to catch something... likely with a web. Still, this looks quite nice.
Body [Armour] [Layered Sarong] Craft: Apprentice [Mini] [Layered Spider Silk Full length Sarong] Bonus +10 Toughness vs Physical damage, [Flammable] (Enchantment Capacity 0/5)
+10 extra Toughness vs Physical Critical Damage This stylish Sarong is crafted from white silk of a Orb Weaver Spider, and crafted with the skill of an Apprentice Weaver.
-It is unenchanted, but thick and durable, it can take quite a few hits, but is quite [Flammable] and will combust shortly if exposed to fire.
-It is unmarked, but has a twisting pattern
-It is layered, and vital organs are protected
-Sarong are in Style
-This Sarong in in perfect condition 50/50
-This Sarong has not be hit
-This Sarong look moderately priced
YES! Look at that, [Apprentice] Oh, that is a special thing. Nice, and the other abilities all went up. Fire is still a threat, but the only Fire I saw was in the Swatter nest, where the smoke came from. I don't know how tough this makes me, but I can survive a few [Spidereater Wasps]
Now, I want to acquire food, set up a web to catch food, and find something to help me make a weapon. I will put my old [Cocoon Backpack] in reach of my Pedipalp... I guess I can just wrap it right to my leg since it is so [Tiny] now. Still, I doubt it will be useful to me anymore, at least it warded off the Swatters a little. Ok Ol'me, did you get that.