Extend the tail end with another Segmented Ribcage

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It fits neatly behind the existing torso.

Game Instructions: This will add two more joints to your skeleton. It will still need a tail. The required amount of brass will increase as you add more segments.

Unlocked with ,  exactly 45, ,

Locked with


Wiki note: The cost in is 50 * Segments3 where Segments is simply the current level of . Your skeleton can only gain Segments when starting with a as a torso (which sets it to 1). After that, all additions of (be it as head or as tails) will increase the number of segments. The head can only be added once, but the tails can be limitless. However, since this option increases the number of segments, the cost also increases every time you take it. See the table below for scale.


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With a pair of pliers, you cut and twist brass wire into an armature to hold your expanding creation together. […]

Description summary:
The description varies based on the number of Segments that have been added.

SegmentsDescription
2Your skeleton now has as many limbs as a tetrapod.
3With so many joints it's starting to take on an arthropod body plan.
4Arranging such a long spine will require a great deal of it.
5 - 6Perhaps this is a primordial centipede, or some sort of deviant anomalocarid.
7+So, so much brass. What could possibly need, or want, this number of limbs?

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Segments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Brass 50 400 1350 3200 6250 10800 17150 25600 36450 50000 ...
Cumulative Brass 50 450 1800 5000 11250 22050 39200 64800 101250 151250 ...