Changeling Egg-Laying

[Schwicky_Schwag]

So, I've been thinking for a while about a new feature that we can add to changelings involving the hivemind and turns lings into hellish mixtures of the Thing and Xenomorphs.

Egg-laying.

So, when changelings absorb a victim, they get absorbed into the hivemind and a husk is made. For ~15-20 DNA points, you can select a member of the hivemind to prepare an egg. When there is a husk nearby (or a live human for the sadistic ones) you inject the egg inside their chest or a limb. (Except the head) The egg stays inside the body until it hatches in 10-20 minutes, and it bursts out of the selected area, either popping the selected limb off or doing moderate BRUTE damage. The egg can be removed using surgery. or by throwing the body into the gibber

After popping out of the host, the spawn is in some small insect-like form (haven't gotten a good original idea for what the young phase looks like) and is basically a handspider. In this form, they have a handful of abilities. 

Abilities: (feel free to change the names if they're kinda lame, and I don't know what would be cooldowns for the abilities that much either)

Spawn Form

Spoiler!

Bite
The basic melee attack of spawns.
Basically the harm intent interaction with humans.

Genome Leech
The way the spawn grows into the adult form.
When activated, you aim at a nearby human and then leap onto them, sucking out some blood. After the blood is absorbed, you gain 5 DNA points. Heals the spawn a bit.

Acerbic Spray
A basic ranged attack of the spawns.
Basically a weaker version of the changeling acid spit, but throws out less acid.
Slightly longer cooldown than the regular acid spit.

Tranquilizing Injection
A well-weakened version of the neurotoxin sting.
Injects the target with 10u of haloperidol.
Should have around the same cooldown as the neurotoxin sting.

Rapid Onset Metamorphosis
Requires 25-40 DNA points.
Forms a cocoon around the spawn, which has around the same health as a wooden barricade. After five to ten minutes, the spawn evolves into a bladeling and bursts out of the cocoon. If the cocoon is broken mid-metamorphosis, the process stops.

Bladeling Form

Spoiler!

In bladeling form, players are faster and have more health. Most of these are just upgraded Spawn abilities.

Slash
Basic harm intent attack. Causes bleeding.

Corrosive Discharge
In-the-middle acid attack. More powerful than Acerbic Spray, but less powerful than Acid Spit.

Barbiturate Needle
Injects the target with 10u of pancuronium bromide.

Chromosome Siphon
Upgraded Genome Leech. Absorbs 7 DNA instead of 5. Heals a bit more.

Blade Launch
Throws out an arm-blade that causes BRUTE and bleeding, and embeds in the target, and quickly regrows.
Requires 5 DNA. 

Advanced Synthesis
Requires 10 DNA. Drools some Strange Reagent onto a dead critter. 

Leave any suggestions, comments, or concerns in the thread, so the suggestion can be more refined and balanced.

TODO: Sprites for the Spawn and Bladeling forms.