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[Imic]

Okay, I'll stay in, but most of my labour will consist of a 7 letter word spelt H-A-R-V-E-S-T

[Elvish Miner]

Hey guys. Seeing as how some people on the waitlist dropped, I might be next to join the game. Originally, I wanted to be a super efficient laborer/miner, but seeing as how we are barely keeping up with food demand, I wanted your take on what skills/abilities I should go with.

[S34N1C]

Meh, do what you want. We're this close to stabilizing our food supply, so a miner might be good for preparing for the future.

[Maegil]

Correction: this turn we'll have a harvest of five berries, and, with the plot I extended, six on the next turn. The surplus will be handy to finally being able to lay eggs and leave the menial work for the offspring.

[Elvish Miner]

I guess I'll go for some general labor boosting skills, to build up an army a labor force.

[vishdafish]

Easter Sunday uses 1 rope vine and two simple strings to make a size 3 pit trap cover. If he can, he places it on the pit trap. He then starts researching selective breeding again.

[Supernerd]

I'm going to go ahead and give you a tutorial that I am going to call: "How to Imic"

Spoiler: How to Imic (click to show/hide)

First of all, you should be aware of what your character is able to do. So lets take a look at a one of our players.

Imic (Imic). Alpha Male. Building, Born Leader, Dreams Big, Creative, Strong. 10 Health. G6

The bold text is the characters name, followed by the players name for GM convenience. In this case the two are the same. Next we look at the red text. These are the character's castes. To see what a caste can do, you go to the Gridland Encyclopedia on the first post and open the Castes Spoiler.

The Blue text is specific to the current situation, and is prone to constant change.

The Male class means that Imic cannot breed with a male character. (Or more accurately, cannot produce eggs with another male character. I support the LGBTTQ* community, but for the purpose of this game gender will be an obstacle for reproduction.)

The Alpha class is more in depth. This class has all of the characters stats, and comes with 5 very useful abilities.

Imic also has five other abilities which are exclusive to this character. Though it is not specifically stated in the character's info blurb, Imic also has access to the Natural Abilities which all members of your species has by default. Therefore Imic should be especially aware of the following bits of information.

Deep Thinking: A character may use this ability to double their research effect if they are not taking any other actions. While using this ability, that character will not notice incoming threats. Does not work with collaboration actions.
Farming: Reduces the odds that negative events will occur when farming. No effect on severe effects.
Natural Cover: Increased chance to go unnoticed by hostiles while in charted sections of the map. Much less effective in unknown lands.
Resilient: Chance to survive an otherwise fatal blow, remaining at 1 health.
Telekinesis: Can move nearby objects without touching them. Telekinetic attacks are much weaker than conventional ones, but can be used without breaking stealth and bypass certain obstacles. Requires mental stability to use.
Strong Opinions: This characters opinions cannot forcibly be altered, and has 100% loyalty to a specific player stated in the character list.
Free Research: Research is a free action for this unit, and does not need to relate to the task they are performing. Attempting to do an action you cannot do grants 1 free research point.
Boss: Immune to instant kill effects.
Causes Fear: Witnessing this character causes creatures to flee. This ability also grants immunity to fear and resistance to Terror. Does not negatively affect allies. Riding this character gives the rider the same fear and terror protection.
Fertile: May spend a turn with another creature of the same species to create eggs. This consumes both characters turns and cannot be used several turns in a row.
Building: Increases the quality of buildings made. This effect stacks
Born Leader: Increases the damage dealt by civilians on the same tile as you. Only one character with leadership abilities can buff someone at a given time. (Leadership skills can stack if on the same character).
Dreams big: This character may declare an action which is currently impossible. Gives a temporary bonus to that action when it becomes possible. Only one action may be declared at a time, and the longer it takes to realize, the better the bonus.
Creative: Improves the effects of researching something that was already researched.
Strong: Slightly increases damage and certain gathering actions.

This means you have access to a total of 15 abilities. Some of these abilities are passive. It is recommended that you always mention the ability when it is relevant so that the GM does not forget you have it, because that DOES happen sometimes. I'll highlight some of Imic's most powerful abilities and give you a hint on how to best utilize them.

Deep Thinking is a natural ability which can effectively double your research; however it turns research into an active ability, preventing you from taking another action simultaneously. I have previously mentioned that it does not trigger automatically so if you want to rush a tech, make sure you specify if you want to use this.

Telekinesis gives characters some versatility. It is not as effective as conventional techniques; but that doesn't mean it is useless. The game may look like an ugly calculator, but I actually give you many opportunities to think of clever ways to utlilize this very ability. I'll give you a hint. Think about this ability when something doesn't turn out very well.

Free Research. This is a huge one. This ability lets you research something and do something totally different with no penalty. This ability is the reason you keep getting nagged to research something, or to harvest something. Most Multi-actions have penalties, but using free research does NOT.

Building helps create a better quality building. You should be absolutely sure to mention this ability when you construct something, because the GM can and has forgot about it. Now excuse me while I add another plus to that Paddy Field.

Born Leader is sort of a passive thing, but you shouldn't be passive about its effects. If a fight is unavoidable you should insist that other players wait for you to arrive before the battle begins in earnest; as it can provide a significant increase in the damage a group can deal.

Dreams Big is an interesting ability which nobody even once thought about using. You're on your own for this one, read its effect and make it work for you!

[Maegil]

You might want to add that we should decide what to eat and what materials we are using to build whatever, and add this to the OP.

[Imic]

I farm. And research masonry, goddamit!

[Sprityo]

Didn't I also research Better tools? I'm pretty sure I did and thus so would make it a collaborative research

[Sprityo]

Scout/map the area for D6. Forage for food if possible. Move back to E6. Research Better tools.

(From Tips): "Not only is it possible to research previously researched things, Imic's "Creative" trait actually gives a bonus when doing exactly that."

Oh wow, how did I miss this. My apologies imic.

[Sprityo]

Quickly move to G6 and search for the "Monkey" with the gathering tool. (blessing of wind perhaps?)

ELSE


If that is not an option move to F5 and scout the area.

Research Better tools. (I'm just gonna keep researching this until someone gives me a good idea.)

[Supernerd]

Kindly re-read the research rules on the first post. Alternatively I guess you could cheat and read this paragraph.

Several members of your species can collaborate on research if they are in the same tile. Collaborating will reduce the amount of time it will take to complete a research. Note that if multiple civilians work on the same kind of research as individuals, you will unlock multiple similar techs.

[Imic]

SPIRITYO JOIN ME IN THE FARMLAND AND WE CAN COLLABERATE REASERCH.
Why didn't we think of this before?
I farm love berries and research better tools.

[helmacon]

Can we get a section in the OP for the current wait list? I would like to keep track of how close I am to entering the game.