Bark

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>"Man takes into death only what he renounced possessing in life. In truth, all we leave here is an empty shell. What makes this treasure valuable lies within ourselves." ~ Auguste Villiers De L'Isle-Adam

About this chip

This chip covers the skin of your bulbs with a protective bark, which increases their Resistance. As you already know, Resistance increases the effectiveness of the protection spells cast by the entity. So it's best to use this chip on the Bulbs that can cast such spells, namely the Metallic Bulb, the Rocky Bulb or the Puny Bulb. Although for the Puny Bulb, I don't think it's really worth it. Up to you...

This chip only works on allied summons: even if your teammates have the AI of a bulb, this chip can't help them. For tougher leeks, I recommend Solidification.

Your leek's Science increases the effectiveness of this spell. Science gives you a green thumb in this game. There are countless Science chips that boost your adorable summons. Whether it's Ferocity and Doping for Strength, Whip for TP, Acceleration for MP or Collar for Wisdom, you have all the tools to boost your summons however you like.

Tree protection

Some barks grow hard, protective thorns for the tree. After a wound, the bark heals and forms ridges around it (covering the wood if the wound was small). Tree bark is often rich in toxins (phenols) and bitter compounds (tannins), which makes it more protective, but also makes it a source of medicinal compounds that some animals have learned to use too (e.g. aspirin from willow Bark grazed by animals). See, we told you Science lets you pick the best barks! Cannibal vegetarian leeks won't get any healing from killed leeks and Bulbs, whatever their bark... well... none beyond the natural Life steal from Wisdom.

Biomechanical functions

By thickening unevenly, the bark, together with the internal forces of the wood, also helps straighten a stem that leans away from the vertical (experimentally in the laboratory, or in nature after a ground movement or poor anchoring in the soil). Slowly, the bark plays a role for the tree that has been compared to that of muscles in animals, thanks to its fibers being organized in a lattice. Luckily, our modern leeks have developed faster and more efficient muscles, which let us watch fights over 64 turns.