Round 131 - P.1
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~32.75 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Atroxian Period, Untrustolithic Stage
Season: Late Autumn (North), Late Spring (South)
Time of Day: Evening Twilight (West), Morning (East)
Event: None
Species: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ramXIxwYwggWj1bVH3zmZT-tlZSbQvW4PUZAEiVWYB8
Biomes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1079__KZqoqQ5PQkA5gr4rMSIGIHx1UN1RwMa__ZNPV8
Detailed Species Stats
- Tropical Shallows: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11KEK-JNK1FlG4WRRe65aQUAyT3hcp4NJkyGHyhtbk3c
- Temperate Shallows: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11YCAp29IBZ0RCdcYlCuu7-cSXSb7hXsH70Fnm5JLpyI
- Polar Shallows: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11s7f2BpFcDcdkXtt0qUU8neGnRPh4q7Aer0P-8FBnP0
- Tropical Upper Ocean: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ffJeKv4aqgN8zOWs_ZlazRyMF-j9yEDoUo0gOifASRw
- Temperate Upper Ocean: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17l1vfhXhXzQVDbCHkLzgoMhNeqPTGjNdfPF0yH0601c
- Polar Upper Ocean: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12btHKvM1jAxniMOoP743PDljDeDGsp3KLYCvO6czq90
- Lower Ocean: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NdoQrRZPdjaeCN_tbmP5gcXM8x2qStWVKrteRxjqM1Y
- Polar Lower Ocean: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ydzbHFV9-vNfWRwvVcxrtBdaNymVtGwoL9Q7F0ZF9M
- Tropical Rainforest: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15hJFPh0cJa4Uz2E-2GwPQTMD0hmOrqzGssjX_d3TU_I
- Tropical Monsoon Forest: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15vpZEJ-XhbVw1EuP5FJUWy-W6QtSBIN3fCESq30e4Mo
- Savannah: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17cx0Xi8cEoDFJU4f3JcZMxnrzyT1SJVFFcwygHBJB5o
- Hot Steppe: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17locmIHqakIgyVCQyd1cxn3Dt6ZR6m-8_ReAntxnX9w
- Subtropical Desert: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17qNpgcVUocSDc9_NRbwhjBGK2IcMlwzxFw2QCCTH9hA
- Chaparral: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1879OpE6sXPVx1r_RBiWldZ__JHOiwn7SYpQnEtgjpWQ
- Temperate Forest: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Lcm_MIycE7NBUldtwPrJg9iCB0ThpoIDSkYVbwJg2Q
- Maritime Tropical Rainforest:
- Maritime Temperate Rainforest:
- Tropical Steppe:
Eztaâs Natural History: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JOwzI4ZHorn8nrqEr62v2_uXXlbs7qSCudHc476qLMY
Reward Shop
Rewards are subject to change.
- Bonus Point: Get a + or -1 to use on the action roll of any player, yourself included. = 1pt
- Guaranteed Action: Use this on an action to definitely roll a 4 or higher. = 2pts
- Guaranteed Evolution: Use this during evolution to definitely roll a 4 or higher. You can save them up and use multiple at once. = 3pts
- High Roller: Get a guaranteed 6 for either action or evolution. = 4pts
- Call of the Wild: Summon an event that focuses on any specific area of the world you choose. However, the event is random and may be larger than you anticipate. = 5pts
- Evolution Explosion: Every species immediately gets a chance to evolve, including yourself. = 7pts
State of the World: The global temperature is at about 20c, and there is a high level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Very small moss-like plants exist on land, specifically only in rainy wetlands but most of it is still bare and rocky. Due to the minimal plant life, the atmosphere is oxygen-moderate. There are two supercontinents, Olympia in the north and Tartarus in the south, with the sea transgressing over a lot of land. The continents are surrounded by the superocean Uteenessa, and in-between lies a comparatively small ocean called the Gaia Ocean. The sea levels are high, about 200m above standard, which makes the continental slope begin about 400m below the surface. The ocean is acidic, and the lysocline sits at 2000m. The planet is very tectonically active.
@RoboTrannic - Points Stored = 0
Xirnikrozz crusherei (VU)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Spring, Evening Twilight
Itâs warm and bright in the quiet murky water. You follow the smell of some prey along the sea and the smell gets stronger. Eventually, you can see a Phyoskulus at the edge of your vision. It also detects you. When you get close, it swims in the other direction but you continue to chase. Soon, it tires and you move in, but when you get close, you discover itâs much bigger than you. You try to attack it, but itâs tail which it whips at you is too long and you are forced to back off. (2)
Stats
Maturity: 35% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 10.9cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 53.9/93.7 (57.5%)
Stamina: 60%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25
Xirnikrozz crusherei
Status: VU
Temporal Range: R.117 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 86/10 x 31 = 266.6NP
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz ikrkinkarnikirkn
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can see well in low light, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can accurately smell odours up to tens of metres away
Latest Mutations: Muscles = 6, Olfaction = 6, Jaw = 6
Info: Arising to compete against Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk, Xirnikrozz crusherei is fairly similar with strong, energy-efficient muscles, although it has an edge; as the name suggests it has more powerful, reinforced jaws that can crush through cartilage or calcium carbonate shells if it needed two. Substances like bone and chitin are still too tough but it does not need this much power. It can also find prey from further away as it has olfactory receptors which can pick up smells from tens of metres away and follow them fairly accurately to their source. This means that this slinky predator has usurped Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk.
Anatomy: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. Itâs muscular jaw is made of cartilage but reinforced with a layer of tessarae and it has serrated teeth here. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye and olfactory receptors are also found on the head. Behind the retina is a layer of cells containing reflective crystals called a choroidal tapetum cellulosum. Along the side of the body, are three gill slits near the front, and line of electroreceptors. There are four paddle-like limbs of flesh, cartilage and muscle. Inside, they have a gut with a stomach containing carnivorous digestive enzymes, and connected to the gut is a swim bladder. Itâs brain also contains an olfactory lobe. The muscles are strong and energy-efficient. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, Xirnikrozz always try to be vigilant of their surroundings, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.
Discoverer: Robotrannicrex
@Agenttine - Points Stored = 1
Dentaskulus pigerai_ (CR)
SOUTHERN OLYMPIA SHELF (Tropical Shallows)
Late Autumn, Evening Twilight
It is now quite dark in the hot, clear water. You continue resting on the seafloor and recover a lot of energy. When you wake up, you see a morsel of food from another animal, drifting in front of you and eat that. It is enough to keep you from getting any hungrier. It is becoming even darker. (6)
Stats
Maturity: 100% (2/8 - Young Adult)
Current Size: 22.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 102.1/170.2 (60%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5
Dentaskulus pigerai
Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.125 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 22.4cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 76/10 x 12.8 = 170.2NP
Predecessor: Stellingus ubivus
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on one side, can use electroreception up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Larger = 5, More Perceptive Eyes = 2, Bigger Brain = 1
Info: Although larger than its predecessor, this species of Thanostomine is very rare due to its multiple deficiencies; it only has a pinhole eye on one side of the head, the other regressing to a cup eye, and itâs brain is smaller and contains less neurones than most other animals. As a result, it interprets signals much slower and can only focus on one sense at a time. These probably came about as an unlucky mutation, and as quickly as it appeared, this species is going extinct.
Anatomy: Dentaskulus has a long, blue tapering body, skirted by a ribbon on the top and underside, ending in a spiked whip-like tail. It has a cartilage jaw and two venomous canines surrounded by rather primitive teeth. One side of its head has a swivelling pinhole eye, the other has a cup eye. It also has three gill slits, and a line of electroreceptors running down its body. Internally, a gut leads to a stomach containing carnivorous digestive bacteria and cartilage vertebrae runs down the spine. It has a swim bladder, centrally located in its body. A simple heart pumps the blood through its closed circulatory system, which supports organs such as muscles. It also has a nervous system composed of two nerve cords and rungs of nerves connected to a brain in the head.
Behaviour: This species is capable of slowly processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings, although only one sense at a time. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
Discoverer: AgentTine
@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 0
Aspondylus flexibilus (VU)
AN OLYMPIAN ESTUARY (Temperate Forest)
Late Autumn, Evening Twilight
It is now cool and dark. With the large adults still detected above, you focus your efforts on scrounging from the estuary floor. You detect a strange electrical signal that youâve never experienced before - a Pensaspidus aquadulciensis. It approaches your area, so you turn and swim further upriver, towards the freshwater edge of the estuary. You now longer detect it. In the meantime, you are not able to find food. It is getting colder still. You are getting hungry. (2)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Hungry
Nutrition: 0.5/1.8 (27.5%)
Stamina: 70%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None
Aspondylus flexibilus
Status: VU
Temporal Range: R.122 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Taiga Estuary
Distribution: Northern Olympia
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Nutritional Worth: 46/10 x 7 = 32.2NP
Size: 7cm (length)
Predecessor: Icthyotelus sinspica
Classification: Aspondylusinae (sf), Brevicauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Can sense electrical signals within ten metres, and can see and detect the direction of light.
Latest Mutations: Eel-like fins = 2, Cartilage Skeleton = 2, Feeding tendrils = 3
Info: This species has seen a regression during evolution in which it has lost its cartilage vertebrae almost entirely; all that remains is a single rod, a notochord. It also has smaller pectoral fins than its predecessors. It is not a very successful species, living only in one estuary in the world, where it is still less common than Icthyotelus sinspica, the cold north of Olympia.
Anatomy: It has a tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side. It has two small pectoral ray-fins and a pair of forward-facing cup eyes on the head. An oily liver helps to maintain buoyancy. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back is a notochord. In the gut, is a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
@soundwave - Points Stored = 1
Sanelectrophorus electricus (LC) - Male
WESTERN OLYMPIA SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Autumn, Evening Twilight
It is cool and quite dark in the fairly murky water. You can barely see. You send out a pulse of weak electricity and find that a recent corpse lies not far away. You move from the Asposomus to sand where you find the corpse. It comes into your small field of vision and you tuck in on the free prize. Itâs now getting even darker. (6 + 1 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point! See the reward shop at the top of the round.)
Status:
Maturity: 22.5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 4.5cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 38.9/38.9 (100%) (+17.5% left over for growth)
Stamina: 70%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25
Sanelectrophorus electricus
Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.123 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 20cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 86.5/10 x 20 = 173NP
Predecessor: Soundwavia amazonus
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Latest Mutations: Gender = 5, Better electroreception = 6
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception up to tens of metres away.
Info: One of the strangest Thanostomines up to this point, not only can this species monitor a very large area for electrical signals, it can also generate its own field and use electricity as a weapon. Most of the abdomen is taken up by large organs that produce the electrical discharge, that can give other animals a little shock. These organs also allow the animal to continuously create it own own electric field and discover its surroundings through disturbances in the field. It has also developed male and female genders.
Anatomy: It has a blue, tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side, ending in a long whip-tail complete with venomous spikes. Two eyes, with cornea supported by vitreous humour and the retina at the back, sit on the side of the head and itâs mouth is full of small teeth, with a pair of venomous fangs embedded in its cartilage jaw. Supported by rays of cartilage, it has a pair of small pectoral flippers, as well as a tiny dorsal fin on the back. The omain electric organ stretches across the dorsal portion of the body, mirrored by the Hunterâs organ at the bottom and the Sachâs organ towards the rear; all three contain electrocytes. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is dcontrolled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae. In the gut, was a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter. It has a swim bladder connected to the gut. There are both male and female castes.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
@blackink - Points Stored = 0
Edentulae edentulae (NT) - Male
TROPICAL NORTHWEST UTEENESSA (Tropical Upper Ocean)
Late Autumn, Evening Twilight
You hatch out in hot water where it is dark. You can sense a couple of siblings and smell a little marine snow. Other than that it is empty. (4)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.6cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 3.1/3.9 (80%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5
Edentulae edentulae
Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.126 - Present (Untrustolithic)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 11.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (65/10 X 11.5 =) 74.8NP
Predecessor: Lampsichelus paladarus
Classification: Skelechelusinae (sf), Brevicauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Can detect the presence of light above, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Serrated teeth in upper jaw = 2, Closed circulatory system = 5, Improved Gut = 4, Kidneys = 3
Info: The mouth of Edentulae is completely toothless, making it more suited to filtering than its predecessors. It has a closed circulatory system, with vessels carrying red blood throughout the body that increases the animals, oxygen distribution among other things, giving it better stamina. Furthermore, itâs intestine is not shrunken and small like its predecessors but about the same size as the gut of species before that development. Edentulae is a pelagic filter-feeder, found quite commonly across much of the shallow oceanic areas.
Description: All over the black body tapering to a short, spiked tail are light blue bioluminescent spots, as well as a line of electroreceptors and three gills on each side. The two spikes are venomous. At the front, above the cartilage-jawed, toothless mouth are olfactory receptors and facing forwards are a pair of cup eyes. A cartilage barbel protrudes out and down from the lower jaw, and has a light blue bioluminescent bulb and a hinging muscle at its base. A pair of oval fins, supported by rays of cartilage are attached vertically just behind the gills and there is a fatty hump on the back. Inside, a closed circulatory system pumps red blood around the body. All the muscles contin a vacuoles. A gut runs from the mouth and features a stomach of carnivorous digestive bacteria in the middle. There is also a liver, which is filled with oils. The body has cartilage vertebrae running down the back and is controlled by two nerve cords and a rung of nerves. The tiny brain in the head controls this.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
Discoverer: BlackInk
