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Barefooter Trait

This mod adds a trait called Barefooter.

This does not enable going barefoot with any more ease than the vanilla game.

Rather, it adds a trait that gives you some compensation for committing your character to remaining barefoot in virtually all situations, and motivation for eschewing that desire as little as possible.

You will still suffer all the normal disadvantages from being barefoot; you'll still cut your feet, scratch them, have relatively little stomp power, need to wear more heavy clothing to compensate in winter, or occasionally even don boots at the cost of unhappiness.

+4 Trait Points (bonus in exchange for the limitations inherent in being barefoot in PZ)
+2 Lightfooted (because bare feet are much quieter than shoes, and there's no other implementation of that yet)
+2 Nimble (because the ability to feel the ground as you move in combat lets you keep your eyes on the target but still move efficiently, a.k.a. better situational awareness through another sensory input path)

Constantly gain unhappiness while wearing anything on your feet. Shoes are uncomfortable!
Gradually lose unhappiness once you are barefoot again. Ahhh, such relief!

Happiness gain and loss are calibrated to be impactful but not over-the-top. You should see the first tier of Unhappy moodle hit within 3-5 minutes real-time, or a couple of hours game-time. I kept the unhappiness loss to a level at which it will help mitigate other sources of unhappiness, but hopefully not make unhappiness an irrelevant thing. May need some further calibration... if so, let me know!

Workshop ID: 3234095603
Mod ID: BarefooterTrait