Amphibians Audit

[TheSaddestGoomba]

Summary

None

Purpose of change

To clean-up and update the frog and tadpole creatures and their implementation. I've learned quite a bit since my first PRs and plan to put that to use here. Please voice any suggestions for changes I can make with this PR. I don't frequent the discord but will search through for any additional feedback.

Describe the solution

• Move Zed Frogs to their own JSON
• Cleanup MONSTER_GROUPS
• Condense redundant tadpoles and eggs
• Update Flags:
  • KEENNOSE -Not applied, frogs have excellent olfactory abilities but do not hunt with them.
  • RANGED_ATTACKER -Applied, they always should have had this
  • WARM -Applied to all larger than natural frogs
  • CORNERED_FIGHTER -Applied to most (excludes treefrogs and 'big' frogs with other natural defenses)
  • EATS -Applied to all along with EAT_CARRION special attack, and a stomach_size
• Complicate factions for in-fighting/cannibalism
  • Now test it
• Adjust aggro/morale
• Individuate egg spoil times
• Add giant eggs to recipes
• Add 'Jumbo Frog's Legs' and recipes
• Recalculate volumes, weights, and densities
• Revisit descriptions and names
• Combat Tests and Adjustments
  • Convert cooldowns to 'math'
  • Audit special attacks & abilities
  • Combat Tests
  • Difficulty ratings
  • Tweak numbers
• More detailed spawning (seasons, biomes, group behavior, time since cataclysm)
• Give Z frogs some few direct spawns

Testing

None as of yet

Additional context

Relevant to: #67029

[worm-girl]

I notice a question mark next to cornered_fighter, did you have a question about how it's supposed to work or are you just not sure about adding it?

[TheSaddestGoomba]

I notice a question mark next to cornered_fighter, did you have a question about how it's supposed to work or are you just not sure about adding it?

I believe I understand it's function. I'm just unsure if/when it would be appropriate. Likely case-by-case, which ties into another thing I should include: aggro/morale.

'Warm' I just need to do some research. I presume there's a size threshold where they would produce more heat and be visible through thermal.

[worm-girl]

I believe I understand it's function. I'm just unsure if/when it would be appropriate. Likely case-by-case, which ties into another thing I should include: aggro/morale.

Aggro and morale are super finicky. If you look at the black bear, it's really badly set up and usually just stands there "tracking" while you slowly beat it to death until it gets to around 75% HP and tries to flee.

Cornered_fighter won't fix that issue. It only affects critters who are actually in the fleeing state. It's best used for monsters that are supposed to run under certain conditions, but could unintentionally be trivialized by this. A good example is roaches - I made most of them flee in light, but if a hostile comes close and they can't escape, they'll turn and fight back rather than continuing to run forever.