Talents
Talents are unique abilities that a chicken might use during a race. Does it have the spirit to fly? Fire a weapon? Cast magic? Utilise some marvellous technology?
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Talents are unique abilities that a chicken might use during a race. Does it have the spirit to fly? Fire a weapon? Cast magic? Utilise some marvellous technology?
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Frequency: High
Type: Weapon
Tagline: Where did this come from?
Description: Chickens on your tail and a weight slowing you down? Well pull that anvil out of your pocket and pass it on to your competitors. I’m sure it’s theirs anyway.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Magic
Tagline: But I already have wings.
Description: Feeling tired and low on energy? Drink a can of Blue Rooster energy drink, to make you feel alert and alive for 4 seconds.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Technology
Tagline: Order now and get a free ball of fire.
Description: In the 14th century, as a cheap alternative to carrier pigeons, the Chickenapult was used to send important messages long distances quickly. Few chickens survived. The modern Chickenapult covers a much shorter range but is 18% less fatal.
Frequency: High
Type: Weapon
Tagline: "I’ll be bawk."
Description: Capable of firing 600 7.62 x 39mm rounds per minute, the CK-47 is the weapon of choice for the modern chicken. Unleash a barrage of lead to slow down the competition.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Technology
Tagline: Ride with Coober.
Description: When running late, Coober is the fast and cheap way to get where you need to go. Our Coober cars can pick you up from anywhere, and then drop you off somewhere else.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Spirit
Tagline: If I just think happy thoughts.
Description: Long since bound to the ground, the chicken has known only dirt. But with enough belief, even the flightless can soar. Sometimes.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Magic
Tagline: I ordered the XL portion.
Description: Using a strange potion created by the deranged Dr. Droob, your chicken will quadruple in size, giving them a steady speed advantage that will trounce the competition.
Frequency: High
Type: Weapon
Tagline: Whose the headless one now!?
Description: The only thing scarier than a trained chicken with a knife, is an untrained chicken with a knife. Your chicken will wildly wield its machete, decapitating any opponents who dare get in the way.
Frequency: Low
Type: Spirit
Tagline: Why fly when you can glide.
Description: After strapping on their fashionable blades, your chicken will gain a burst of speed and shall glide forward with ease.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Technology
Tagline: The melting of the first test subject, was more of a learning experience than a problem.
Description: An early prototype from Dr. Droob, the short-range teleporter has the ability to instantly move a chicken up to 10 meters away. Funding was dropped when the teleporter was outperformed by a 12-year-old child with a cricket bat.
Frequency: High
Type: Weapon
Tagline: I’m a chicken, I'm a-gonna win.
Description: A hen exclusive ability, the Blue Egg will seek out a leading chicken and take them down in a devastating blast.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Spirit
Tagline: Thankfully, chickens are not a flying type.
Description: A talent gained by training with moles for 4 years, Dig will have your chicken burrowing through the ground to sneak up on the lead.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Spirit
Tagline: CHICKENZ NO.1 4EVA
Description: A flock of chicken-crazed fans storm the race track in a desperate attempt to get an autograph from their favourite racer. Your chicken will gain speed so as to escape the debauched devotees.
Frequency: High
Type: Weapon
Tagline: Charlie, Hotel, Kilo, November. Ready to deploy.
Description: Chickens can fly, with the aid of a C-22 Osprey. Your chicken will call down the metal bird that’ll safely airlift them forwards, while firing off a couple of homing missiles to take out the opposition.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Technology
Tagline: Chicken + Explosive Propulsion = Good
Description: This jetpack uses the latest high-speed poultry engine, with a top speed of 120mph. Includes a 2-year warranty and a life raft for water landings.
Frequency: High
Type: Magic
Tagline: Frostius-makit-coldus!
Description: A powerful spell that will send a chill to the tender bones of several nearby chickens. They’ll be frozen in their tracks, allowing your chicken to take the lead.
Frequency: High
Type: Magic
Tagline: 200 million years of evolution, for this.
Description: Unleash the wrath of your inner dinosaur. Your chicken will revert back to its prehistoric form and charge ahead, while calling on some help from the pack to hunt the opposition. This, is the land before chickens.
Frequency: Medium
Type: Technology
Tagline: Why are they only in airports?
Description: A crack construction crew will quickly turn your chicken's lane into a luxury moving walkway. Your chicken can recover their strength and glide past other racers with ease.
Frequency: Low
Type: Magic
Tagline: A hawk taught me this one.
Description: The most devastating force in the universe. Unleash a powerful black hole that’ll suck in your opponents, giving your chicken a chance, for victory.
Frequency: Low
Type: Spirit
Tagline: Make way for the Queen's Chicken!
Description: Roll out the red carpet as a golden horse-drawn carriage will guide your chicken to victory.
Hidden talents are only available to chickens with certain traits. Chickens with a hidden talent will still have a normal talent, but may sometimes use their Hidden talent instead. It is possible for a chicken to use both their normal talent and hidden talent in the same race.
Frequency: Low
Type: Weapon
Trait Required: Chicken's Color is Plucked
Tagline: Now you're truly plucked.
Description: A hail storm of feathers rain from the sky, piercing unsuspecting chickens like needles.
Frequency: Low
Type: Magic
Trait Required: Chicken's Color is Runic
Tagline: Blink and you'll miss it
Description: Summoning powers from its core, the chicken transforms itself into pure energy, to surge forward in the blink of an eye.
Frequency is how likely that a talent will be performed during a race. The high frequency talents will be seen more often than low ones. Though some chickens are more likely to perform their talents than others.
The longer the race, the more talents that can be performed during that race. The number will vary, but here are the upper limits.
Some talents can perform better depending on the situation, or the chicken performing them. Discovering these nuances can lead to more effective use of the talent.
Anvil
Chickens with the Weapon Talent Preference can't hit themselves with Anvil.
Chickens hit by an Anvil on Rock terrain are squashed for longer.
Blue Rooster
Chicken sprints longer on Track terrain.
Chickenapult
Robot Chickens are launched faster.
Cyclops Chickens are launched faster.
CK-47
Chickens with an Eyepatch fire longer.
Coober
Drive for longer on Road terrain.
Robot chickens drive for longer.
Flight?
Chickens with the Spirit Talent Preference always have a successful flight.
Chickens with Owl eyes can fly for longer.
Growth
Chickens with Lizard eyes remain enlarged for longer.
Machete
An additional chicken is decapitated on Grass terrain.
Rollerblades
The performing chicken will do an awesome trick on their preferred terrain.
Teleport
Chickens with the Technology Talent Preference will always teleport themselves forwards.
Robot Chickens teleport further.
Chickens with Alien eyes teleport further.
Blue Egg
Chickens with Button eyes launch two Blue Eggs.
Dig
Chicken digs for longer on Dirt terrain.
Fan Group
Chickens with Button eyes get an extra fan, causing a faster sprint when chased.
Helicopter
Chickens with an Eyepatch fire an additional rocket.
Jetpack
Robot body and Cyclopose eye Chickens fly faster.
Cold Snap
An additional chicken is frozen on Snow terrain.
An additional chicken is frozen if the performing chicken's Talent Preference is Magic.
Devolution
Chickens with Lizard eyes remain devolved for longer.
Moving Walkway
The Moving Walkway is longer on Sand terrain.
Robot chickens have a longer Moving Walkway.
Black Hole
A chicken is more likely to be consumed by the Black Hole if the performing chicken has Alien eyes.
Royal Procession
Chickens with Owl eyes get a longer speed boost
