Surviving Supers (Inspired by Surviving Earth)

For now, they will simply be able to feel and possibly temporarily control another creature. When we all eventually get nervous systems (or their equivalent), things will become more interesting.


Also, update on the Unexpected Favorite Species FG. I am still working on the next round. I thought I would go to work in the lab today, but the car literally started smoking.

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I will join as β€œFlabellophyton Mystificus”
Powers:
1 Attraction force (to catch food easier)
2 Sediment Manipulation (kind of like earth bending ig)
3 Being very effiecient with food (so it can eat less for the same length of survival for instance)

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Nevermind, lantian biota was just a fossil collection in china, (PDF) The Lantian Biota (θ“η”°η”Ÿη‰©ηΎ€), so we should be able to pick any species in the early Ediacaran period (aprx. 602mya)

@aah31415 is right, we get a choice of either algae colonies or worm/coral creatures.

I’m choosing Lantianella laevis because it seems to be the only metazoan of the bunch and the most structurally advanced.

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I think AA said we need to choose stuff specifically from the Lantian Biota formation?

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I will choose Xiuningella rara.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.12242

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Will you give it any powers immediately?

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Okay, change of species from the one I made up to Spriggina floundersi. Same powers as before except the last one is changed to toxic chemical emission.

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Why am I having a sense of deja vu right now…?

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RNG roll … 1. Your organism gets the power of Hyper-camo (Invisibility).

RNG roll … 1. Your organism gets the power of Attraction Force.


Finally figured out how to make a table!

Player Organism Type Organism Name Super Power
GodOfKnowledge Ediacaran Lantianelle laevis Sensory Possession
AnthropocenianAge Ediacaran Xinuiningella rara Pyrokinesis (Firebending)
JustaDumbThriver Ediacaran Spriggina floundersi Hyper-camo (Invisibility)
aah31415 Ediacaran Flabellophyton Mystificus Attraction Force
doomlightning Ediacaran

Current list of potential Super Powers for Bosses:

Hydrokinesis (Water bending), Earthkinesis (Earth/metalbending), Boil, Split, Freezing, Toxic Chemical Emission, Sediment Manipulation, High Food Efficiency

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Is it just me or have there been strangely many rolls of 1?

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That is what I rolled due to RNG. If this was my other FG, all of these 1 rolls would be a bad thing.

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Well fortunately the first power isn’t always the worst…

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Let me see
the base: Vendoconularia triradiata
p1: Hydro bending
p2: Forging materials
p3: Echolocation

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Is echolocation really a superpower if many ordinary species of our time already have it?

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May I step in here?

Arborea elegans

  1. Electric generation
  2. Hardening
  3. Light control
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Yea I think people are still free to join

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RNG Roll … 3. Your organism gets the power of Echolocation. Would it be something like a toned down version of the sonic scream by the X-Men Banshee?

RNG roll … 3. Your organism gets the power of Light Control. Could you provide a link to Arborea Superstes, since I cannot find that particular Arborea species. There is the recently discovered Arborea elegans.


Player Organism Type Organism Name Super Power
GodOfKnowledge Ediacaran Lantianelle laevis Sensory Possession
AnthropocenianAge Ediacaran Xinuiningella rara Pyrokinesis (Firebending)
JustaDumbThriver Ediacaran Spriggina floundersi Hyper-camo (Invisibility)
aah31415 Ediacaran Flabellophyton Mystificus Attraction Force
doomlightning Ediacaran Vendoconularia triradiata Echolocation (Sonic Scream)
MisterMustachio Ediacaran Arborea elegans Light Control

Current list of potential Super Powers for Bosses:

Hydrokinesis (Water bending), Earthkinesis (Earth/metalbending), Boil, Split, Freezing, Toxic Chemical Emission, Sediment Manipulation, High Food Efficiency, Forging Materials, Electric Generations, Hardening


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The bosses will only have 1 power each right?

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Yes. Just like us.

I wonder if anyone is going to evolve into a sentient plant? I am planning on becoming a sentient fungi, since Paleontologists are still not 100% sure of the nature of the Lantian biota.

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Well I think I’ll evolve into a sentient animal, since I think my organism is like a proto-animal?

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