I mean at least the mud will cover them and not hit their skin directly by the sun even if it will fracture and dry on them. Though both are not useful in a desert
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I can guess mud might be a bit better. But not enough for survival with just this method of heat moderation.
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Ya know I 100% believe the adult specimens lack the plumage or have very short one to not overheat. (My species that is)
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I wonder just how soon will we encounter the steel wall…
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my guess its somewhere in the ocean
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And probably close, as we’re approaching the shores already…
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Oh I see. So it’s not a biome afterall…
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Yes, it’s a wall, but not kilometres thick, like 100m thick. And it is almost fully constructed.
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How high does it stretch?
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150m tall currently, but as of this round, it is not yet finished, so I can only say what you can see now.
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What if my flying critters were to fly above the wall? Would they get shot down or smth?
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Well, no creatures have yet gone near the wall, so what will happen is unknown. But you would probably get shot if you tried to fly over.
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I can guess beyond the wall lie the grounds meant for human settlement…
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Round 6
@Cha @willow @aah31415 @AnthropocenianAge
The world
93% Complete…
The Drought
The clattering ceased. The dull groaning of machinery stopped. Ships stopped landing. The Steel Wall had been constructed. The site abandoned by all but the autonomous security drones, patrolling constantly.
It remained this way for many days and many nights, until something changed.
The wall shuddered, sealing of the land behind, but most importantly, the water. Within days the powerful river had halved in size, becoming a small stream. Within months the plants started to wilt from the drought. Within years, even the lake dried up. The Drought was upon this world, and there was no stopping it…
Lake A Becomes Dried-up Lakebed A
False Salamander: No extra food from eggs/endosymbiosis in temperate patches.
All creatures: -2 Sustainable population (increases each round)
The Fungus
The Fungus has only partially been weakened by the new immune systems, still being killing as many creatures as last round.
Fungus Health: 4/9 (-1 per round, -1 per immune system mutation)
The Fungus lowers your sustainable population depending on it’s health (9-7 is 3, 6-4 is 2, 3-1 is 1, 0 is 0)
Immune systems reduce The Fungus’s health, and reduces it’s damage to you by 1.
All creatures: -2 sustainable population.
Creatures
cha - Greater Ompard
A large grazer, with complex mating rituals using ultraviolet plumage.
The Greater Ompard’s large population was mostly unaffected by the drought, as it gained air sacs for swimming (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming), allowing it to spread to Lake C. It also gained a larger fermentation stomach (+1 Foraging), allowing it to process more food.
Massive Herbivore (Foraging Level 7)
Stats:
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Movement: 5*0.5 = 3 (Swimming 1)
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Strength: 1*1.5 = 2
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Stealth: 2
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Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)
Feeds on: Vegetation
Hunted by:
Suited for: Plains, Forest, Jungle
Population: 21.45
Sustainable population: 21.45 (+25.45 from food, -2 from the Fungus, -2 from the Drought)
Distribution: Plains A = 1.3, Plains C = 1.75, Forest A = 1.7, Forest B = 1.7, Jungle A = 6, Jungle B = 6, Jungle C = 6, Lake C = 1
Mutations:
Stats:
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Air sacs for swimming (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming)
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Hollow bones (+1 Movement)
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Unidirectional Air System (+1 movement)
*Throat sacs (+1 Movement)
*Ultraviolet vision (+1 Stealth)
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Tusks (+1 Strength)
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Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)
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Legs (+1 Movement)
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Eyes (+1 Stealth)
Size
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Bigger size (Massive size)
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Large plumage (Large size)
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Medium Size
Diet
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Larger Fermentation stomach (+1 Foraging)
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Longer neck (+1 Foraging)
Longer neck (+1 Foraging)
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Conical teeth (+1 Foraging)
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Longer neck (+1 Foraging)
*Fermentation stomach (+1 foraging)
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Herbivorous Diet
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Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)
Environmental Adaptions
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Thicker Skin (+1 Humidity)
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Temperate Climate Adaption
Willow - Pecuarius falsalamandra - False Salamander
An amphibious reptile that looks like a salamander. Lays slimy eggs that can digest food.
Despite the Drought, the False Salamander still has a large population, as it managed to spread to River C and plains C. It’s lung cells produce now lots of myoglobin (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming), allowing it to swim for longer. It also gained fins running down the sides of the torso, increasing surface area exposed to light (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch).
Medium Herbivore (Foraging Level 2)
Stats:
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Movement: 7*1 = 7 (Swimming 4) (Climbing 1)
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Strength: 1*1 = 2
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Stealth: 1*1 = 1
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Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)
Feeds on: Vegetation,
Hunted by:
Suited for: Plains, Lake, Forest, River
Population: 16.7
Sustainable population: 16.7 (+20.7 from food, -2 from the Fungus, -2 from the drought)
Distribution: Plains A = 0.4, Plains B = 0.5, Plains C = 1.2, Lake B = 2.6, Lake C = 2.6, Forest A = 0.5, Forest B = 0.5, River A = 5, River B = 5, River C = 5
Mutations:
Stats:
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Lung cells produce lots of myoglobin (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming),
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Better Swimming Muscles (+1 Swimming, +1 Movement)
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Pointy teeth (+1 Strength)
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Sticky feet (+1 Movement, +1 Climbing)
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Swimming tail (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming)
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Swimming legs (+1 Movement, + 1 Swimming)
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Lung sacs (+1 Movement)
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Tusks (+1 Strength)
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Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)
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Legs (+1 Movement)
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Eyes (+1 Stealth)
Size
- Medium Size
Diet
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Instinct to lay eggs on moss and algae (+1 Foraging)
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Herbivorous Diet
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Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)
Environmental Adaptions
- Temperate Climate Adaption
Egg
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Fins running down the sides of the torso, increasing surface area exposed to light (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch)
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Endosymbiosis an algae Endosymbiosis a small algae (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch)
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Ditch sexual different ion (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch.)
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Ability to lay eggs in small pockets of water (+0.25 food in temperate humidity and+0.5 food in humid humidity)
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Thin, sticky egg membrane + phagocytic eggs (+1 food in aquatic patches, slight chance of endosymbiosis)
aah31415 - Pecuarius Maxillaavis - Two-Headed Ompard
An aerial, duel-headed scavenger.
The Two-headed Ompard has massively gained in it’s population, as it gained wings (+2 movement, +2 flight), allowing it to inhabit forests and spread to far-off patches.
Medium Herbivore/Scavenger (Foraging Level 7)
Stats:
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Movement: 4*1 = 4 (Flight 2)
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Strength: 1*1 = 1
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Stealth: 1*1 = 1
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Intelligence: 2 (Tier 1)
Feeds on: Vegetation, Scavenged Corpses
Hunted by:
Suited for: Plains, Forest
Population: 6.5
Sustainable population: (+9.5 from food, -1 from the Fungus, -2 from the drought)
Distribution: Plains A = 2, Plains B = 2.5, Forest A = 2.5, Forest B = 2.5
Mutations:
Stats:
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Wings for flight X 2 (+2 movement, +1 flight)
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More neurons (+1 intelligence)
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Better heart (+1 Movement)
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Tusks (+1 Strength)
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Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)
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Legs (+1 Movement)
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Eyes (+1 Stealth)
Size
- Medium Size
Diet
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Longer neck (+1 Foraging)
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Rudimentary grasping limbs (+1 Foraging)
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Grinding teeth (+1 Foraging)
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Fermentation Stomach (+1 Foraging)
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Separate digestive tracts X 2 (+2 foraging)
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Herbivorous Diet
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Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)
Scavenging
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Scavenging beak (+0.25 food per patch)
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Different heads for scavenging (+0.5 food per patch)
Environmental Adaptions
- Temperate Climate Adaption
Immune System:
- Basic Immune system (-1 pop damage from The Fungus)
AnthropocenianAge - Precuarius taurum - Bull Ompard
A stealthy, horned forager.
The Bull Ompard has gained an adaptive immune system (-1 damage from the Fungus), which completely defends this species from the Fungus, along with the instinct to create mud wallows (+1 Heat resistance) to escape the heat. It still has a high population despite the Drought.
Medium Herbivore (Foraging Level 5)
Stats:
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Movement: 4*1 = 4 (Swimming 1) (Mud walking 1)
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Strength: 2*1 = 2
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Stealth: 3
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Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)
Feeds on: Vegetation
Hunted by:
Suited for: Plains, Lake, Swamp, Forest
Population: 12.75
Sustainable population: 12.75 (+15.75 from food, -0 from the Fungus, -2 from the Drought)
Distribution: Plains A = 1, Plains B = 1.75, Plains C = 2.8 , Lake B = 1.4, Lake C =1.4, Swamp A = 5, Forest A = 1.2, Forest B = 1.2
Mutations:
Stats:
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Mud walking (+1 movement, +1 mud walking)
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Webbed feet (+1 swimming, +1 Movement)
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An extra tail to warn and communicate (+1 stealth)
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An extra pair of legs (+1 Movement)
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Eyes on the top of it’s head (+1 stealth)
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Bull horns (+1 strength)
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Tusks (+1 Strength)
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Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)
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Legs (+1 Movement)
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Eyes (+1 Stealth)
Size
- Medium Size
Diet
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Longer Neck (+1 Foraging)
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Longer Neck (+1 Foraging)
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Ruminant Chamber to the left of the the main stomach (+1 Foraging)
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More teeth (+1 Foraging)
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Herbivore teeth (+1 Foraging)
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Herbivorous Diet
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Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)
Environmental Adaptions
*Instinct to create mud wallows (+1 Heat resistance)
- Temperate Climate Adaption
Immune
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Innate Immune system (-1 pop damage from The Fungus)
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Adaptive Immune system (-1 damage from the Fungus)
Patches
Key
Pale Green-Yellow: Plains
Light Grey: Cliffs
Light Green: Forest
Teal Green: Swamp
Light Blue: River
Blue: Lake
Yellow: Desert
Dark grey: Mountains
Dark green: Jungle
Light Beige: Coast
Light Pink: Coral Reef
Dark Orange: Snow Fields
Light Orange: Dried-up lakebed
New patches
Coral Reef
A vibrant coralreef.
Needs: Swimming 6
Unexplored
Snow fields
A white expanse
Needs: Cold Resistance 5
Unexplored
Dried-up Lakebed
The old lake.
Needs: Drought Resistance 3
Unexplored
Explored patches
Plains A
Food: 4 Vegetation
Creatures: Greater Ompard (1.3), False Salamander (0.4), Two-Headed Ompard (2), Bull Ompard (1)
Plains B
Food: 4 Vegetation
Creatures: Bull Ompard (1.75), False salamander (0.5), Two headed Ompard (2.5)
Plains C
Food: 4 Vegetation
Creatures: False salamander (1.2), Bull Ompard (2.8)
Lake B
Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)
Creatures: False Salamander (2.6), Bull Ompard (1.4)
Lake C
Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)
Creatures: Greater Ompard (1), False Salamander (2.3), Bull Ompard (0.7)
Swamp A
Food: 5 Vegetation
Bull Ompard (5)
Forest A
Food: 5 Vegetation
Greater Ompard (1.7), False Salamander (0.5), Two headed Ompard (2.5), Bull Ompard (1.2)
Forest B
Food: 5 Vegetation
Greater Ompard (1.7), False Salamander (0.5), Two headed Ompard (2.5), Bull Ompard (1.2)
Jungle A
Food: 6 Vegetation
Creatures: Greater Ompard (6)
Jungle B
Food: 6 Vegetation
Creatures: Greater Ompard (6)
Jungle C
Food: 6 Vegetation
Creatures: Greater Ompard (6)
River A
Food: 3 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)
Creatures: False Salamander (5)
River B
Food: 3 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)
Creatures: False Salamander (5)
River C
Food: 3 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)
Creatures: False Salamander (5)
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M1: Better Eyesight
M2: “Mesothermy”, allowing the creatures to warm up their bodies via metabolism if needed (for instance during a fungal infection, as fungi don’t fare well in high temperatures)
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Mutation Uno: broad circular feet to spread the weight evenly out and not sink into the ground or just longer legs so even if they do sink they can just walk past without much problem.
Mutation dos: A hump/fat storage at where the tail and hind legs meet to endure harsh times without food and water.
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Shouldn’t you also need the adaptation of turning fat into water efficiently?
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Maybe? I guess for the time it’s just a food storage hump until the water mutation.
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Water conversion sure does make humps more useful.
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