Thrive Rules of Nature Competition

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uhh… You’re aware that this puts you at a great risk?

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Can you be more specific I am already hunted in the rivers by two predators one which relies on speed the other pure strength

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oh sorry, I misread what you were talking about in the previous message
I thought that you said “Also Nah I have no plan to adjusting the creature to threats as they come” and not “Also Nah I have no plan just adjusting the creature to threats as they come”.

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I guess that it may be a situation simmilar to the “No asking for more wishes” rule in wish-giving entities; Yes, a barrier exists, but there are many ways around it.

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Round 10 - 100 Million Years
Species on this planet have adopted distinct sexes in rapid succession, as though they were governed by unseen forces…

Species
doomlightning - Fulgurmortis coronafera - LC

  • Tiny Herbivore

  • Habitat: Lowlands

Mutations: Serial Hermaphroditism, Hydrostatic Leg Support (+1 Walking Speed)

Fulgurmortis has adopted an unusual reproductive strategy. While its members are divided between male and female sexes, they may switch from one to the other at any point in their lifecycle. These changes typically take place in dormant Fulgurmortis so that they are ready to mate once awakened. Unions between individuals of the opposite sex lead to more reproductive variety.

In addition, its tube-feet have become more robust, allowing it to traverse land more quickly.

Stats:

  • 2*3 = 6 Stealth

  • 2 Speed (Water), 3 Speed (Land)

  • 3 Strength (Venom-Resistant)

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Ulvopsis digitata, Kisthos thalassena, Marchantinella colliosa

Predated By: Minacia litorevenator

Mutation History

  • Rotifer-like Corona

  • Epidermis

  • Pharyngeal Slits

  • Cephalization

  • Silicone Scales (+1 Strength)

  • Water Vascular System

  • Closed Vascular System

  • Branchiostegal Gills

  • Radula

  • Mucus Glands (+1 Strength; counters Venom)

  • Internal Fertilization

  • Hibernation

  • Chemoreception

  • 7 Hydro-Pump Legs (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)

  • Nephridium (Salt Retention)

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Serial Hermaphroditism

  • Hydrostatic Leg Support (+1 Walking Speed)

fralegend015 - Legendicus transitorium - LC

  • Tiny Omnivore

  • Habitat: Rivers, Badlands

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, More Motor Ganglia (+1 Walking Speed)

Legendicus now vary between male and female, increasing genetic variety in the species. Its peripheral nervous system dedicated to gross motor functions has also become more powerful, improving the use of its fin-legs. Males rely on this newfound dexterity to mount females during copulation, during which both sexes let gametes loose into still bodies of water.

Stats:

  • 2*3 = 6 Stealth

  • 9/3 Speed

  • 2 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Fulgurmortis coronafera, * Hexapinna verrucosus *, Testificatus relictus

Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

  • Lateral Muscles (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Grinding Teeth

  • 8 Fins (+1 Speed)

  • Gills

  • Tail Muscles (+1 Speed)

  • Circulatory System

  • Omnivorism

  • Motor Ganglia (+1 Speed)

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Denser Tail Muscles (+1 Speed)

  • Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)

  • Structural Spine (+1 Speed)

  • Foregut

  • Enzyme Glands

  • Fin Bones (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)

  • Gill-Lung Spiracles

  • Kidneys (Salt Retention)

  • Leg Bones (+1 Walking Speed)

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • More Motor Ganglia (+1 Walking Speed)

aah31415 - Hexapinna verrucosus - LC

  • Tiny Herbivore

  • Habitat: Rivers

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, Fin Claws (+1 Strength)

In addition to anatomical features that differentiate the sexes, Sequentioscriptus has gained small, but sharp claws at the ends of its lobed fins. These are useful for fighting Legendicus and Minacia it cannot escape from. The fins also have just enough articulation to dig shallow burrows, like those dug by catfish. They serve as relatively safe places for males and females to deposit fertilized eggs together, but offer adults minimal protection for now. This creature has changed much over one hundred million years, enough to constitute a new genus, Hexapinna.

Stats:

  • 4*3 = 12 Stealth

  • 6/1 Speed

  • 3 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryodea nodula

Predated By: Legendicus transitorium, Minacia chirodropoides

Mutation History

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Bloodstream

  • Chemoreception

  • Gills

  • Six Fins (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Freshwater Adaptation

  • Neural Ganglia

  • Simple Heart

  • Basic Jaw

  • Improved Digestive System

  • Nostrils (+1 Stealth)

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Horizontal Tailfin (+1 Speed)

  • Coaxial Spinal Cords

  • Vertebra (+1 Swimming Speed)

  • Lobed Fins (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Scales (+1 Strength)

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • Fin Claws (+1 Strength)

Nonametoseehere - Aclaronomenus ascendilus - LC

  • Tiny Mixotrophic Herbivore

  • Habitat: Global Ocean, Coasts, Rivers, Badlands

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, Missile Cast (+1 Strength)

Aclaronomenus is now divided into male and female individuals. More specifically, producer blankets carry the role of female, letting loose countless eggs for other castes to fertilize. A complicated set of genetic triggers determines the role of fetal male Aclaronomenus as they develop. These triggers are partially epigenetic, induced by the observations of the archive castes.

In addition, the caste system of Aclaronomenus has evolved its newest member - the defensive missile caste. This caste bears an internal bladder rigged with high-pressure hydrogen. With an internal exothermic reaction, the hydrogen ignites, sealing its fiery doom - and that of its target. These suicide attacks are preceded by a threatening bioluminescent display as missiles drift down to threats to other Aclaronomenus. Missiles serve to escort groups of their species, whether centered around archivists or movers, and predators with any degree of intelligence have come to avoid these gatherings on sight. Only the exceptionally desperate risk raiding the vicinities of archivists with missiles standing watch, “winning” fatal burns for their troubles.

Stats:

  • 3*3 = 9 Stealth

  • 3 Speed (Water), 2 Speed (Air)

  • 2 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa

Predated By: Legendicus transitorium, Minacia labuntur

Mutation History

  • Swim Bladder

  • Tail (+2 Speed due to Algae Assimilation)

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Adhesive Tongue

  • Algae Habitation

  • Algae Assimilation

  • Simple Brain

  • Hydrogen Sack (+1 Flight Speed)

  • Neural Claws

  • Water-Storing Stem

  • Mover Caste (+1 Flight Speed)

  • Salt Retention

  • Manipulatory Caste

  • Bioluminescent Communication

  • Archive Caste (has Intermediate Brain)

  • Blanket-Forming Caste

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • Missile Cast (+1 Strength)

TeaKing - Evolumia analysia - NT

  • Tiny Omnivore

  • Habitat: Coasts

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, Vertebra (+1 Strength)

Evolumia individuals now vary between male and female. To ensure that gametes reach one another, copulation requires pairs to correctly orient their elongated bodies. To provide the structural stability and protect the nervous notochord that both make this gentle interaction possible, Evolumia now also has a column of ossified vertebra.

Stats:

  • 5*3 = 15 Stealth (Electric Organ)

  • 4 Speed

  • 5 Strength (Toxin Glands)

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryopsis digitata, Signumeris rugosus

Predated By: Signumeris rugosus

Mutation History

  • Elongation (+1 Speed)

  • Chemoreception

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Tail (+1 Speed)

  • Simple Brain

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Gills

  • Efficient Muscles (+1 Speed from gills)

  • Notochord

  • Open Circulatory System

  • Serrated Fins (+1 Strength)

  • Disruptive Camouflage (+1 Stealth)

  • Omnivorism

  • Jaws

  • Neurotoxin Glands (+1 Strength)

  • Nostrils (+1 Stealth)

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Electric Organ (+1 Strength, counters Electroreceptors)

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • Vertebra (+1 Strength)

UndyingHazard - Minacia chirodropoides - LC

  • Tiny Omnivore

  • Habitat: Coasts, Rivers

Mutations: Tentacle Teeth (+1 Strength), Tentacle Jaws

Minacia’s facial tentacles have modified to improve feeding. On the undersides of their bases may be found sharp teeth. In addition, the innermost areas above and below have fused and calcified on the inside, turning them into jaws. This has provided Minacia with a bite as a follow-up for its sting.

Stats:

  • 5*3 = 15 Stealth

  • 4 Speed

  • 5 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, * Hexapinna verrucosus *, Testificatus relictus, Signumeris rugosus

Predated By: Signumeris rugosus

Mutation History

  • Elongation (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Chemoreception

  • Nematocysts (+1 Strength)

  • Sharp Teeth

  • Paired Single-Chambered Hearts

  • Gills

  • Undulating Flaps (+1 Speed)

  • Venomous Tentacles (+1 Strength)

  • Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)

  • Compartmentalized Gut

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Nostrils (+1 Stealth)

  • Neural Ganglia

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Electroreceptors (+1 Stealth)

  • Freshwater Tolerance

  • Simple Brain

  • Tentacle Teeth (+1 Strength)

  • Tentacle Jaw

Chiori - Nomenchiori echinoides - LC

  • Tiny Herbivore

  • Habitat: Coasts

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, Sharper Pincers (+1 Strength)

The now sexually-deliniated Nomenchiori have evolved sharper pincers to drive off their enemies with.

As of late, Nomenchiori have become vigilant to the point of aggression against other animals, be they threats or mere rivals. They guard productive fields of Ulvopsis and even Chlorogyra algae jealously, driving off omnivorous intruders seeking to feed on them and young Nomenchiori. Most aggressive of all are the broody females and males in breeding condition.

Stats:

  • 4*3 = 12 Stealth

  • 4 Speed

  • 7 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Ulvopsis digitata

Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

  • Lateral Muscles (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Grinding Teeth

  • 8 Fins (+1 Speed)

  • Spines (+1 Strength)

  • Digestive System

  • Bloodstream

  • Gills

  • Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Defensive Pincers (+1 Strength)

  • Simple Brain

  • Auditory System (+1 Stealth)

  • Vertebra (+1 Strength)

  • Notochord

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Chitinous Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)

  • Chemoreceptor

  • Intermediate Brain

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • Sharper Pincers (+1 Strength)

willow - Salixelysia aurata - LC

  • Tiny Mixotrophic Herbivore

  • Habitat: Global Ocean, Coasts

Mutations: Hermaphroditism, Natural Selection Awareness (Salixelysia Nests)

Salixelysia has developed a remarkable level of intuition regarding life on this planet. It is able to able to evaluate other organisms for their traits - traits that could pass to the next generation, if allowed. Furthermore, it is able to identify what traits could be beneficial for it, and therefore which organisms bearing them to promote the survival of. Perception of beneficial traits is innate to Salixelysia - it does not reach conclusions based on its own observations, as it lacks the mental sophistication. Still, this is a very versatile ability. For now, Salixelysia individuals select for Kisthos with the greatest structural integrity and most stable buoyancy, instead preferring to eat flimsier instances. Over countless generations, this has led to a cultivar that makes excellent nests for Salixelysia’s eggs.

Another recent development is Salixelysia’s increased proneness to mutations. The mechanism behind this is unknown.

(All species were already hermaphrodites, but I didn’t want to change your vote. Just assume life finds a way.)

Stats:

  • 3*3 = 9 Stealth

  • 5 Speed (Water), 2 Speed (Air)

  • 2 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa Kisthos thalassena

Predated By: Minacia labuntur

Mutation History

  • Swim Bladder

  • Tail (+1 Speed)

  • Algae Assimilation

  • Metallic Teeth

  • One-Way Heart

  • 10 Fins (+2 Speed due to Algae Assimilation)

  • Algae Absorption

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Chloroplast Assimilation

  • Simple Brain

  • Gliding Wings (+1 Flight Speed)

  • Hemocyanin

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Ovoviviparity

  • Glass Pincers (+1 Strength)

  • Wing Muscles (+1 Swimming and Flight Speed)

  • 4 Legs

  • Black Chloroplasts

  • Hermaphroditism

  • Natural Selection Awareness (Salixelysia Nests)

zenzonegaming - Iocusis myriadus - NT

  • Tiny Omnivore

  • Habitat: Coasts

Mutations: Absorption Stings (+1 Strength), Improved Muscles (+2 Speed due to cerebellum), Cerebellum

Now that beneficial mutations can take hold more quickly, several new traits have emerged among Iocusis. Before, the stings of Minacia and even the blood-soluble toxin clouds of Evolumia were identified and contained by this species’s immune response. Now, however, assimilated toxins are transported to ducts beneath the tentacles’ hooks. By flexing them, Iocusis is able to inject the toxic weapons of other species into its own victims.

In addition, Iocusis has strengthened the muscles along its body. Their ability to provide motor functions is now also governed by a new structure in the brain - a cerebellum. Iocusis now bats its broad, mineral-plated tail fin with greater speed and agility.

Stats:

  • 2*3 = 6 Stealth

  • 5 Speed

  • 4*1.5 = 6 Strength (Poisonous, Venom-Resistant)

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Evolumia analysa, Signumeris rugosus

Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Bloodstream

  • Chemoreception

  • Gills

  • Fecundity

  • Movement Tentacles (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Ciguatera Poisoning

  • Improved Digestive Tract

  • Simple Brain

  • Simple Heart

  • Corrosive Stomach Acids

  • Silicate Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)

  • Hooked Tentacles (+1 Strength)

  • Tailfin (+1 Speed)

  • Nostrils (+1 Stealth)

  • Venom Absorption (counters Venom)

  • Two Sexes

  • Swarming (*1.5 Strength)

  • Absorption Stings (+1 Strength)

  • Improved Muscles (+2 Speed due to cerebellum)

  • Cerebellum

Cha - Testificatus relictus - EN

  • Small Herbivore

  • Habitat: Rivers

Mutations: Increase Size (Small), Increased Clutch Size (Sexual Reproduction substitute)

Testificatus has responded to the threat of predation by increasing the size of its body. Where it once compared to a crayfish in size, it now surpasses a horseshoe crab. Testificatus’s eggs, however, have not gotten so much larger. Instead, pregnant adults use their larger uteri to hold more eggs. Now that more individuals are born each generation, the mutation rate of this species has increased.

Unfortunately for Testificatus, its increased bulk makes it near impossible to hide from Minacia’s keen senses. Furthermore, its predator’s new and improved bite can overcome this herbivore’s armor, even with it thickened in proportion to size. Only its speed, which has remained unchanged due to its new musculature balancing out its mass, keeps prey even with predator. It must adapt quickly.

Stats:

  • 3*2.5 = 7.5 Stealth

  • 4/1 Speed

  • 2*1.5 = 3 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryodea nodula

Predated By: Legendicus vigorosus, Minacia chirodropoides

Mutation History

  • Symbiotic Camouflage

  • Elongated Mouth

  • Freshwater Adaptation

  • Cephalization

  • Hairy Tongue

  • 10 Crawling Legs (+2 Speed due to Gills)

  • Open Circulatory System

  • Book Gills

  • Chitinous Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)

  • Fecundity

  • Simple Brain

  • Mandibles

  • Compound Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Exoskeletal Muscles (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)

  • Increase Size (Small)

  • Increased Clutch Size (Sexual Reproduction substitute)

sci0927 - Signumeris rugosus - NT

  • Tiny Omnivore

  • Habitat: Coasts

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, Electricity Resistance

Signumeris has evolved to keep pace with Evolumia by safeguarding its body from the latter’s electric shocks. Its nerves are remarkably resilient to the interference that intense discharges generate, preventing young Signumeris from being stunned and devoured by their bioelectric predators. This species has also acquired sexual reproduction - members of opposing sexes use their sharp eyes and recently-evolved nostrils to locate each other by sight and smell.

Stats:

  • 5*3 = 15 Stealth

  • 5 Speed

  • 3 Strength (Electricity Resistance)

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Ulvopsis digitata, Evolumia analysia

Predated By: Minacia chirodropoides, Evolumia analysia, Iocusis myriada

Mutation History

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Bloodstream

  • Chemoreception

  • Gills

  • Four Fins (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Rough Skin (+1 Strength)

  • Notochord

  • Improved Digestive System

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Tail (+1 Speed)

  • Simple Brain

  • Skeleton (+1 Strength)

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Jaws

  • Omnivorism

  • Dorsal Fin (+1 Speed)

  • Color Vision (+1 Stealth)

  • Nostrils (+1 Stealth)

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • Electricity Resistance

TwilightWings21 - Minacia labuntur - LC

  • Tiny Omnivore

  • Habitat: Coasts

Mutations: Sexual Reproduction, Spinal Cord (+1 Flight Speed)

To enhance motor control while gliding, Minacia labuntur has evolved a notochord analogous to the one found in its distant cousin, Evolumia. Together with the patchwork of neural ganglia, M. labuntur can better orient itself with oncoming winds, enough to catch up with a low-soaring Salixelysia. It has also developed sexual reproduction at the same time as its relative.

Stats:

  • 3*3 = 9 Stealth

  • 5/2 Speed

  • 4 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Fulgurmortis coronafera, Aclaronomenus ascendilus, Salixelysia aurata, Salixelysia radicatus

Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

  • Elongation (+2 Speed due to gills)

  • Chemoreception

  • Nematocysts (+1 Strength)

  • Sharp Teeth

  • Paired Single-Chambered Hearts

  • Gills

  • Undulating Flaps (+1 Speed)

  • Venomous Tentacles (+1 Strength)

  • Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)

  • Compartmentalized Gut

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Grinding Teeth

  • Nostrils (+1 Stealth)

  • Neural Ganglia

  • Low Mucus Adhesion (counters Mucus Glands)

  • Closed Cardiovascular System

  • Air Gills

  • Gliding Flaps (+1 Swimming and Flight Speed)

  • Sexual Reproduction

  • Spinal Cord (+1 Flight Speed)

willow - Salixelysia radicatus - LC

  • Small Mixotrophic Herbivore

  • Habitat: Global Ocean, Coasts

Mutations: Fin-Leaf Bladders, Heart-Facilitated Size Increase (Small)

Salixelysia radicatus has increased its drifting capabilities with the addition of hydrogen bladders at the end of its second and fourth pairs of fins. These are the fins just in front of and behind the wings, which are mostly used as sails nowadays. In contrast to the legs of its sister species, the bladdered fins have broadened to function like leaves. At their thinnest, the characteristic blue of Salixelysia blood shows through.

In addition, S. radicatus has increased in size; its length has increased from a human hand to a human arm. While its larger form is much easier to see from below, it has the bulk to wrench itself free from overambitious young Minacia labuntur should they cross paths.

Stats:

  • 3*2.5 = 7.5 Stealth

  • 5 Speed (Water), 3 Speed (Air)

  • 2*1.5 = 3 Strength

Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa Kisthos thalassena

Predated By: Minacia labuntur

Mutation History

  • Swim Bladder

  • Tail (+1 Speed)

  • Algae Assimilation

  • Metallic Teeth

  • One-Way Heart

  • 10 Fins (+2 Speed due to Algae Assimilation)

  • Algae Absorption

  • Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)

  • Chloroplast Assimilation

  • Simple Brain

  • Gliding Wings (+1 Flight Speed)

  • Hemocyanin

  • Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

  • Ovoviviparity

  • Glass Pincers (+1 Strength)

  • Wing Muscles (+1 Swimming and Flight Speed)

  • Pectoral Gill-Strainers

  • Hydrogen Bladder (+1 Flight Speed)

  • Fin-Leaf Bladders

  • Heart-Facilitated Size Increase (Small)

…

NPC Plants

NPC - Chlorogyra filamentosa - LC

  • Tiny Producer

  • Habitat: Coasts, Rivers

Chlorogyra grows in fresh and salt water with plenty of sunlight. Its box-shaped cells line up in long filaments, their chloroplasts forming distinctive spirals. While colonies can survive anywhere in the water column, they form clusters at the surface and floor when undisturbed. In still waters, Chlorogyra can form a green carpet over rock and silt alike.

NPC - Ulvopsis digitata - LC

  • Small Producer

  • Habitat: Coasts

Ulvopsis is a marine alga that forms a thin, vertical sheet. It sprouts from well-lit sands swept by gentle currents, where entire fields of it sway. Its stern structure protects it from herbivores that lack jaws or mandibles.

NPC - Bryodea nodula - LC

  • Small Producer

  • Habitat: Rivers

Bryodea is a freshwater alga that grows in long, thin strands. It grows near the edges of rivers and lakes, where more sunlight can reach the bottom. If allowed to grow, its colonies weave together into tangled messes that are difficult to pull apart.

NPC - Kisthos thalassena - LC

  • Small Producer

  • Habitat: Global Ocean

Kisthos is a free-floating relative of Ulvopsis. Its “leaves” are much smaller and grow in chains. With the aid of minute air bladders, this alga resembling green Sargassum can maintain buoyancy at the ocean surface. This has allowed it to expand into the global ocean, where the seafloor is too deep for light to reach. Great mats of it can form wherever the currents converge.

NPC - Marchantinella colliosa - LC

  • Tiny Producer

  • Habitat: Rivers (Shoreline), Badlands

Marchantinella grows in thin, fine strands. This plant is adapted to survive outside of water, and individuals coil together into a soft bed wherever they grow. Dense masses are able to cover the ground beneath them from the sun, slowing down the evaporation of water. However, they still need water to transfer gametes, so they can only grow on soils regularly saturated with water.

NPC - Porcusetum convolutus - LC

  • Small Producer

  • Habitat: Badlands

The stalk of Porcusetum houses vessels of xylem and phloem, allowing it to grow taller. About as thick as a grass stalk, individuals grow in wide curves that readily coil together. Their specialized roots are shallow and weak, so individual Porcusetum use this curving growth pattern to support one another. Hip-high thickets of this plant form in much less strict conditions than Marchantinella, even on hilltops whose soil collects little rain. Porcusetum allows its leaves to grow longer at the top when it finds support, but its stalk always has a spore-bearing head.

Habitats

Global Ocean: A vast ocean spanning the entire world.

  • Flora: Chlorogyra, Kisthos

  • Fauna: Salixelysia, Aclaronomenus, S. radicatus

Coasts: Warm, saline waters surrounding the supercontinent. The floor lies as deep as 150 meters beneath the surface.

  • Flora: Chlorogyra, Ulvopsis, Kisthos

  • Fauna: Aclaronomenus, Chemorecepta, Minacia, Nomenchiori, Salixelysa, Iocusis, Signumeris, M. litorevenator, S. radicatus

Rivers: A network of waterways found all over the supercontinent, but especially the West and South.

  • Flora: Chlorogyra, Bryodea

  • Fauna: Hexapinna, Testificatus, Aclaronomenus, Legendicus, Minacia

Lowlands: Flat plains and rolling hills spanning much of the supercontinent.

  • Flora: Marchantinella, Porcusetum

  • Fauna: Fulgurmortis, Legendicus, Aclaronomenus

Great Mountains: A jagged wall of mountains at the heart of the supercontinent.

Eastern Desert: A vast rain shadow desert on the eastern half of the supercontinent.

In the original competitive forum game, mutations had a chance to fail or even backfire. You only had one vote per round, but evolving sexual selection would give you a second vote, thus you’d risk making no progress (or worse) in future rounds less. Since mutations in this game always succeed, probably the best way to balance sexual reproduction in future games would be to start with only one vote.

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Mutation uno: Improved leg muscles

Mutation dos: retractable lower mandibels (They are retracted under the real mandibels and when triggered propel forward to most likely impale a threat or dying food.)

(In case relicus has a extra mutation) Sub mutation: poison glands attached to the retractable mandibels to deal with predators that survive the initial hit

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mutant 1 - liver
mutat 2 - hearing organs

3 (if have) - Chelicerae mandibles mouths

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Vote 1: Eyespots all down it’s sides for much better vision

Vote 2: All eyespots turn into lensed eyes

Vote 3: Sharp, lightweight, defensive scales, to protect it from the retaliation of prey and keep moisture within it’s body to allow it to stay on land or in the air even longer than it could before

Edit: New scientific name: Minacia armataevigil (Threatening armored-watcher)

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now we can make mutations that improve each stat separately!!!
but would i really do that?
lets see…

M1: thicker skin to better help protect them from attacks develops
M2: Evolumia’s gills become much more efficient and capable of providing more oxygen from the water, giving a boost to their muscles and their speed
M3: a new set of bony fins, separate from their serrated fins, develops at the front of Evolumia, that are more focused on providing speed rather than harming creatures that try to get close

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Mutation 1: a two chamber heart allowing for better blood Circulation.

Mutation 2: bigger size

Sub Mutation: a respiratory system wich makes use of the enhanced flow of oxygen in the blood.

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Mutations:

Rain collection on the producer blankets, so it doesn’t have to go down for water.

8 wings that have spikes on them.

Cerebellum, on the normal caste, that’s used for muscle coordination, a more speed oriented version on the mover caste, and a specialized version on the archives for boid coordination.

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Salixelysia aurata:

  • dual hydrogen bladders along the back
  • cone cells for increased photoreception abilities
  • pluripotent stem cell storage(increases chance of survival when wounded)

S. raticatus

  • genetic reshuffling in gamete producing cells
  • active water retention(what lets aloe survive in humid rainless deserts) to reduce the need to go down
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Vote 1: Legs more adapted for running on land

Vote 2: the 3 pairs of posterior legs fuse togheter, making a singular pair of legs with the bones and muscles of 3 legs, allowing for faster running.

Vote 3: Becomes bipedal, allowing the use of tail muscles to further power it’s legs and be faster.

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Vote 1: improved digestion system.
Vote 2: improved brain.
Vote 3: more social skills (with actual packs forming (this would also increase mutations)).

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Why would the formations of packs increase mutation number?

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Because of competition, with the most dominant of the group getting primary mating rights.

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That could happen with or without packs, males/females competing. I don’t think it would increase vote numbers.

Ultimately up to Mitobox, but they already said sexual reproduction increasing mutation number made starting with two votes powerful, and sexual reproduction pretty much required to keep up with competition, so I doubt they’ll add such an easy way to get even more mutations

Edit: looking back, they didn’t say exactly that, however their comments on lowering vote numbers in future games and competition could be seen similarly to that. Regardless, I doubt such an easy way to get even more mutations will be added

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Mutant 1: Scales now have a basic ability of changing colour, allowing colour adaptation to surroundings
Mutant 2: Colour-seeing eyes
Mutant 3: Proper claws, allowing for digging of tunnels (are also stronger)

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Sorry, but four mutations will be too chaotic (not that it wouldn’t be fun, just more work for twelve players).

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