////Nema. A word meaning thread, related to the word needle or spinning (of thread). Bog as test encounter.
You trudge through the undergrowth until you hear a muffled [b:crunch]. Looking around, you can't immediately identify the source, and continue moving--wary. The bog remains alive with insects and inconsequential fauna; that sound could have been anything. Your eyes brush past a piece of wood then snap back to it. Half-submerged in bog water is a series of thick bark plates that definitely aren't normal.

The mass flexes and shrinks down as it moves, the rear coming back toward the center of mass when it stops. It must be some kind of enormous, man-sized slug. Grotesque, but no reason to think [i:you're] in danger. But the soaked, dark hair of a slender, androgynous humanoid rises out of the water just ahead of it! You naturally approach to see if something is going on worth intervening, and the gray-skinned person turns to look at you with baggy eyes.

They aren't calling out for help, and you nearly think they're about to attack the slug behind them as a scythe-like blade rises. This weapon, however, bends and sways like cartilage, and then soon after, their whole torso emerges horizontally, revealing they're an extension of that creature! You reel back, and the monster begins moving in to attack!
//Repeat encounters
Slithering sounds push aside water and mud, and you twist around to spot the wood-like carapace of a nema stalking you. Caught out, the humanoid half arches up from the bushes and brandishes its cartilaginous blades!
////Fight
You are fighting a nema.
Before you is a slender, slimy, gray-skin humanoid with dark wet hair obscuring their face and smooth chest. Its arms hang limply to the side, curving into long scythe-like blades, and where hips would be, it instead narrows into a ringed tube protruding from a segmented shell that slinks through the muck like a slug.
///STATS
High armor, decent toughness, average strength, sub-average speed and int, high corruption and low lust res, but doesn't lose at max lust.
Secondary bodies inherit the HP% of the main body at the time of split.
///Attacks. Where I don't put anything like hit/miss/block, just use generic text
//Slap. Melee, low chance to stun, reduces speed by 1 and decreases chance to gain distance or flee.
The nema raises up its arms and swings the flats of those cartilaginous blades at your head![if (hit) { The impact is a shock to the senses, and stringy mucus drags you as you stumble away.}]
//Impale. Melee, good damage, life-steal, decreases speed and distance/flee chance
The hump of the nema's carapace raises before it suddenly lurches forward--scythe-arms pointed squarely at your chest. [if (hit) {They land heavy, and a quick piston-like protrusion punctures you and drinks! {damage and enemy heal}}]
//Lick. Melee, lust damage
The nema warily comes in close, then swings its blades wide, [if (hit) {clasping behind you and holding you in an embrace. The creature's baggy eyes stare longingly into yours as its tongue extends lengthily over your [if (height < 66) {cheek|chest}]. You push off from them in a flurry, feeling rattled yet aroused|too hesitant and telegraphed to land}].
//Unspool. Changes nema to spool and spawns a thread with the same percentage of HP as the nema had, and inherits debuffs. May use it any time, always uses it at max lust. If lust is max, reduce to 0 and lose HP
The nema's spine gets longer, dragging strings of mucus as it goes, until soon dropping forward and splitting from its heavy carapace!
///Probably should call the "shell" a "spool" for theme.
You are fighting a spool.
Slowly pulsating in the muck is a segmented shell the color of wood. It moves like a slug and has a fleshy orifice where its former body was.
//STATS
Retain nema stats but reduced speed and intelligence, and is highly lust resistant.
//Attacks. Takes no action if conditions aren't met.
/Threading. The spool cannot do this until enough turns after it released the previous thread. Immediately on Extreme, 1 turn or immediate if all threads dead on nightmare, 1 turn on hard, 2 turns on normal, 3 on easy
The fleshy orifice of the spool writhes as the segments flex, stretch, and bunch back up. Moments later, the cartilaginous blades of a new thread bursts forth! The slick and slender humanoid extends out and the nema is ready to fight!
{reverts from spool back to nema}
///Threads
You are fighting a thread.
Squirming through the muck is a thin, gray-skinned humanoid coated in slime. Their dark hair sticks to their wet body, obscuring their androgynous face. The thread's smooth chest narrows down the ribcage until rapidly shrinking at the gut into a cross between a spinal cord and a worm the rest of the way. Their arms flatten out into scythe-like blades made of cartilage.
//STATS
No armor, low toughness, much higher speed than the nema, same otherwise. Lower HP of course, but retains the percentage of max that the nema had when splitting.
//Attacks
/Slash. Melee, low damage, debuffs speed, no fatigue cost.
The thread stands on their tail like a cobra and swings their sticky blades at you! [if (hit) {Strings of slime dig into your [if (isnaked) {body|[armor]}] as the blade strikes, holding you closer to your assailant.}]
/Feed. Melee, normal damage, life-stealing
Wriggling through the muck, the thread lunges up with scythes pointed squarely on you! [if (hit) {The tips slam hard onto you and pump their feeding tubes in for a brief moment, drinking you!{damage count, healed amount displayed}}]
/Climb. Charging, lust damage, does this instead of approach. If used in melee, no cost. Speed/escape/distance debuff
In a burst of movement, the thread leaps out of the muddy water and [if (hit) {collides with you! The androgynous creature's slimy, naked skin slides around as you try to push them off, and their flailing arms do their best to hold you as the monster nearly drags itself up for a kiss. However, the thread finally slips off, landing back into the muck|passes narrowly as you dodge}].

//////Victory!
[if (spool) {Overwhelmed, the wriggling, armored mass tries desperately to push out another foe, but the resulting figure can barely drag itself out before collapsing|The nema waves its blades around aimlessly before, finally, collapsing}]. Looking the creature up and down now, you find its face human-like, but hard to pin down as male or female, and the smooth, nippleless pecs powering its arms don't enlighten much. However, the nema's long hair and slender figure isn't without appeal.
///LOOT

//TF
"Taproot" "a fermented taproot" "A long and discolored root that has been fermented. Its lateral roots hang limply from the pickled vegetable like legs."
/use
Holding the root in your [hand], it seems to be a mix of firm and soft spots, and smells acidic. Already decided on this, however, you bring it to your mouth and bite, immediately being confronted with a pickled and earthy taste. There are many bumps and strange textures, though you don't find it all that unpleasant, just a little more bitter than you'd like.

/Decrease hip, butt, breast sizes. Reduce number of breasts if multiple rows. Skin adj smooth?
//nemaclaws. Weakest claws, but have lifesteal.
There's a swelling ache in your fingers as if they're about to pop, then it turns sharp and you realize the tops of your digits are forming a crest or fin on each one! You jolt in place as the pressure decreases suddenly, and the tips of your fingers now form [b:cartilaginous claws!]