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Force physical when early Claws, Jaws, Carnivore, or Muscular Tissue appear; force poison only after Stinger, Poisonous Saliva, Spores, Cortex, or Synapse show up; and force a non-poison Ability route only when ranged uptime tools such as Spit, Beak, or Bullseye-supported hybrids are already keeping you out of bad contact.
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