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Mara's Size Variety Traits

*Note - For those wondering, this mod was hidden for the last year or so due to severe issues with the illustrator who originally created the icons for the mod. Namely deciding that harassing people with like-minded friends was an appropriate response to getting banned from a Discord server for saying racial slurs following multiple warnings. Placeholder icons are being used in the meantime until proper replacements can be found.


This is a relatively simple mod adding four size related traits to the game. They have a sliding scale of advantages and disadvantages, not to mention unique quirks for flavor. They don't cost any trait points, hence why they're yellow.

However...

You can only choose one.

They are meant to be balanced with the vanilla traits. Each trait has a unique but mostly useless quirk for fun, but it technically makes a species ever so slightly better or worse than a species without a size related trait. Randomly generated empires can have species with these new traits, but it's somewhat uncommon. The new traits can only be gene-modded by the player to prevent the AI from going insane, and size categories are deliberately kept vague with humans being used as a general baseline.

Credit for the scripting goes to RetroInferno.

Trait values:

Macro
This species is gigantic! They're extremely dangerous in a ground battle and prone to causing collateral damage. They need far more food and living space, however.
Army Damage: +40%
Army Health: +20%
Army Collateral Damage: +200%
Pop Housing Usage: +20%
Pop Food Upkeep: +40%

Bigger
This species is larger than others. They're more physically powerful and intimidating as a result, but they need more resources and tend to depend on brute force.
Army Damage: +20%
Army Health: +10%
Army Morale Damage: +10%
Pop Housing Usage: +10%
Pop Food Upkeep: +20%

Smol
This species is smaller than others. They consume less resources, but they're more brains than brawn, resulting in finesse to compensate for fragility.
Army Damage: -20%
Army Health: -10%
Defense Army Damage: +25%
Pop Housing Usage: -10%
Pop Food Upkeep: -20%

Micro
This species is... tiny. Their physical prowess is laughable, making them easy prey for most. However, they can achieve high population densities.
Army Damage: -40%
Army Health: -20%
Food From Being Livestock: +1
Pop Housing Usage: -20%
Pop Food Upkeep: -40%