Corrosive Gas Generation

Corrosive Gas Generation

	Physical
	3
	CorrosiveGasGeneration
	no
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Corrosive Gas Generation

You release a burst of corrosive gas around yourself.

Releases gas for (level based) rounds
Cooldown: 40 rounds

Corrosive Gas Generation is a physical mutation generates corrosive gas. For each round that this mutation is active, the user releases a total density of 800 units of corrosive gas, spread evenly into the tiles surrounding the user. Generally this results in 100 density units of gas in each tile (in the 8 surrounding tiles), unless the user is at the edge or corner of a zone, in which case the gas release density will be slightly higher due to the reduced number of surrounding cells.

Creatures with this mutation are immune to all sources of corrosive gas. They are not immune to acid or poison gas.

Released gas inherits the phase of its owner.

Gas damage is highly variable due to the way that gas spreads and dissipates, but the damage caused by high-level Corrosive Gas Generation, with all gas being released from the same cell, can deal upwards of 50 damage per round.

Advancement Table

This table shows only the mutation duration (the number of rounds during which the user will release corrosive gas) and the level of gas released.

For details about corrosive gas damage, refer to the corrosive gas article.

Mutation Level	Gas Level	Active Duration
1	1	3 rounds
2	2	4 rounds
3	3	5 rounds
4	4	6 rounds
5	5	7 rounds
6	6	8 rounds
7	7	9 rounds
8	8	10 rounds
9	9	11 rounds
10	10	12 rounds

Mutation Level	Gas Level	Active Duration
11	11	13 rounds
12	12	14 rounds
13	13	15 rounds
14	14	16 rounds
15	15	17 rounds
16	16	18 rounds
17	17	19 rounds
18	18	20 rounds
19	19	21 rounds
20	20	22 rounds

Mutation Level	Gas Level	Active Duration
21	21	23 rounds
22	22	24 rounds
23	23	25 rounds
24	24	26 rounds
25	25	27 rounds
26	26	28 rounds
27	27	29 rounds
28	28	30 rounds
29	29	31 rounds
30	30	32 rounds

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine gas level and release duration.

Gas Level	Level
Emission Duration	Level + 2

Ability Cooldown

Corrosive Gas Generation's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	54	15	42	21	30	27	18
10	52	16	40	22	28	28	16
11	50	17	38	23	26	29	14
12	48	18	36	24	24	30	12
13	46	19	34	25	22	31	10
14	44	20	32	26	20	32	8

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Deals extremely high damage to walls and doors, even at low levels (this includes force walls)
• Can be used to break through walls and explore areas more easily, similar to Burrowing Claws
• Does not damage "loot" items, such as weapons, armor, or artifacts
• At high mutation levels, can also deal significant damage per turn to creatures
• Synergizes well with other gas-generating mutations and abilities, such as Sleep Gas Generation
• Most enemies will usually avoid entering corrosive gas cloud, making this mutation a powerful zoning tool, especially in early game

Disadvantages

• Can damage friendly creatures, turning them hostile toward you
• The spread of gas cannot be easily controlled, so it's hard to target specific enemies or walls without affecting other things nearby
• Desecrates shrines that it comes into contact with

Creatures with Corrosive Gas Generation

• honey skunk