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Kyle, the Symbiont - Command an Army Together

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

Normal Don't Starve version here; http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=392192141

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 said 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 Fight tab.

There are a total of seven different types of worm that can be crafted, each with different traits, sprites, stats, animations, and abilites. 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. You can amass your own personal army of wormspiders and just obliterize everything right up, should you get the resources.

The wormspiders will only follow Kyle, and will generally ignore other characters that aren't him, though other players can utilize non-follower benefits of the worms such as their sanity auras.

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. Also, all of the default Don't Starve characters have different lines when observing the worms, because why not?


~85 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, being forced to puppeteer a human corpse all the time has detrimental effects on one's sanity. I know, I'm shocked too. Fortunately, some worm spiders have a sanity aura that will help alleviate the sanity drain, and overall can be managed without too much difficulty... as long as you don't wander around without your worms too much.
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.


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: A summoner-type character? In multiplayer?
A: Yeah, I'm really curious to see how he plays out. The general scarcity of resources in DST will make things interesting, seeing as he's a character that requires a lot more resources to do well, but with good skill and cooperation can potentially become just irresponsibly powerful.
Heck, if you wanted to, you could probably try to make a rudimentary RTS-type server with him. Dunno.

Q: Why his name no start with 'W'? Don't you know that all Don't Starve characters start their names with W?
A: I was going to make his name start with W, but then I realized how many creatures I was adding that had W in their name, and also realized the frankly irresponsible amount of names the worms can have with W or M in the name, and so opted to change Kyle's name to prevent some sort of collapse in the fabric of reality.