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[Unraveller]

(( Not certain the exact post architecture, so correct me If I screw up. Also I'm going on the assumption that multiple points can be spent on single niches? I'm going to attempt making some flavour to go along with my posts, but as we don'tstart with a ton to work with, this one will likely be brief until our clades begin to solidify.))

As life undulates and morphs across the Savannah, cradle of this world's future as it is, some beings amongst the common vertebrates that roam the tall grasses begin to adapt, seeing food in all forms. . .

Clade: ' Graspers '
#ffcc33

Two points to fill the niche of Large Omnivore in the Cradle Savannah.

Amid the Cradle Savannah they are known as ' Rotund Graspers ' for their prodigious stomachs!

Three points are spent filling the niche of Large Omnivore in the Shielded Jungle!

Competition grew and grew among the Graspers, for they became fiercely territorial even among their own kind. This began to push some of their kind to the dense humid maze of trees just beyond the grass. The Graspers that came to adapt therein became mottled by spots of brown, yellow, and sickly green, these were then known as 'Bespeckled Graspers'.

(( Hope this is all okay, not sure if I went to far in making all these specific flavours, if all is well, I'll probably go into deeper detail next turn. Just let me know if I need to fix anything! ))

[A_Curious_Cat]

Claude:  ‘Climbers’
Color:    #F8DE7E

Spend 2 points to become small omnivore of the Cradle Savanna.
Spend 3 points to become frugivore of the Shielded Jungle.

((Please correct me if I’ve done anything wrong.))

[Mercur]

Clade: long necks

Spend 3 points to fill the browser niche in the shielded jungle (short legged long necks)

Spend 2 points to fill the grazer niche in the cradle savanna (long legged long necks)

The long necks are small bird like creatures that have small wings, broad beaks, large eyes and of course, long necks, which are used to reach food, they are agile runners and use their speed to escape

They are divided to two distinct species, the short legged species and the long legged species

The short legged long necks have short legs (surprising, I know), but have longer necks than their kin, allowing them to feed on small shrubs

While the long legged long necks have long legs (again, surprising, I know), which allows them to escape from predators better then their kin

[Shadowclaw777]

Clade: Death Wyrms
Hex Color: #000000

Spend 1 Point on Apex Predator in Cradle Savannah
Spend 1 Point on Osteophage in Cradle Savannah
Spend 1 Point on Apex Predator in Shielded Jungle
Spend 1 Point on Kleptopredator in Shielded Jungle
Spend 1 Point on Carnivorous Burrower in Shielded Jungle

[Magmacube_tr]

I never said about boosting your initial dices, I suppose. Then each extra point you spend means you get a +2 on your E.S dice.

[Strongpoint]

I'll use #1b37a8

Clade: Triangle-Clawed

Spend 1 point on Herbivorous Burrower in Cradle Savanna (Species name: Eastern Rootgnawers)
Spend 1 point on Herbivorous Burrower in Shielded Jungle (Western Rootgnawers)
Spend 1 point on Small Omnivore in Shielded Jungle  (Pseudo-Rootgnawers)
Spend 1 point on Necro-Scavenger in Shielded Jungle  (Short-tailed Bonegnawers)
Spend 1 point on Small Predator in Cradle Savanna (Long-tailed Bonegnawers)


Triangle-Clawed were an interesting early offshoot from the LUCA, their most prominent feature was a set of triangle-shaped claws well-suited for digging. Almost immediately they diverged into several species. Two of them, apparently, were burrowing Herbivores: Western and Eastern Rootgnawerr. Western Rootgnawers, ones living in the ancient jungles, were noticeably larger.

During recent years new fossils were found indicating a possibility of 3rd line of ancient Triangle-clawed, small omnivores who are believed to have a way more varied diet than the two previously known species and may have spent way less time underground (if any)

Short-tailed Bonegnawers, scavenging species of the era share many similarities with Rootgnawers but have teeth well adapted to break bones and their toothmarks are often found on the bones of other species of early Triangle-Clawed

Finally, there are Long-tailed Bonegnawers. It was long believed that they were  burrowing scavengers, but recent studies proved that they spent most of their lives above the ground and were quick predators, who likely used their limited digging ability only to hunt on their cousins: Eastern Rootgnawers




Is this OK?

[Magmacube_tr]

Is this OK?

Yes it is. I also like these explanations.

[Magmacube_tr]

I am posting the first turn as soon as I can. And remember, after this, penalties of all kinds apply. So be sure to check the initial post to know them.

Also...

Are you still there? You haven't made a new post, so I didn't count you in. You can still act, if you wish. Or just join the next turn.

[Magmacube_tr]

Round 1
The starting round of the game, and as such, penalties will not applied.

The global climate is temperate, and the particular landmass you are in provides a bounty of niches.

The results
I will quote your actions post(s), and then add the dice rolls under them. From up to down.

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Naturegirl

Spend 1 point to become an endoparasite in the Cradle Savanna
Spend 1 point to spectate into a Necro-Scavenger in the Crasle Savanna
1 point bark eater Sheild Jungle
1 point Granvore Shield Jungle
1 point Nectarvore Cradle Savanna

1: 10
2: 14
3: 9
4: 20
5: 9

Knightwing

Spend one point to be a Kleptopredator in the Cradle Savanna.
One point: Carnivorous Burrower: cradle savanna
One point: Lithe predator in cradle savanna.
One point: Endoparasite in The Shielded Jungle
One point: Ambush Predator in the shielded jungle.

1: 11
2: 15
3: 8
4: 3
5: 14

Unraveller

Clade: ' Graspers '
Two points to fill the niche of Large Omnivore in the Cradle Savannah.
...
' Rotund Graspers'

Three points are spent filling the niche of Large Omnivore in the Shielded Jungle!
...
'Bespeckled Graspers'.

1: 9+2= 11
2: 19+2+2= Capped at 20

Curious Cat

Clade:  ‘Climbers’
...
Spend 2 points to become small omnivore of the Cradle Savanna.
Spend 3 points to become frugivore of the Shielded Jungle.

1: 16+2= 18
2: 13+2+2= 17

Mercur

Clade: long necks

Spend 3 points to fill the browser niche in the shielded jungle (short legged long necks)

Spend 2 points to fill the grazer niche in the cradle savanna (long legged long necks)

1: 10+2+2= 14
2: 19+2= Capped at 20

Shadowclaw

Clade: Death Wyrms
...
Spend 1 Point on Apex Predator in Cradle Savannah
Spend 1 Point on Osteophage in Cradle Savannah
Spend 1 Point on Apex Predator in Shielded Jungle
Spend 1 Point on Kleptopredator in Shielded Jungle
Spend 1 Point on Carnivorous Burrower in Shielded Jungle

1: 15
2: 18
3: 20
4: 16
5: 10

Strongpoint

Clade: Triangle-Clawed
...
Spend 1 point on Herbivorous Burrower in Cradle Savanna (Species name: Eastern Rootgnawers)
Spend 1 point on Herbivorous Burrower in Shielded Jungle (Western Rootgnawers)
Spend 1 point on Small Omnivore in Shielded Jungle  (Pseudo-Rootgnawers)
Spend 1 point on Necro-Scavenger in Shielded Jungle  (Short-tailed Bonegnawers)
Spend 1 point on Small Predator in Cradle Savanna (Long-tailed Bonegnawers)

1: 10
2: 10
3: 13
4: 7
5: 14

From now on, write which species you are speciating out of too. It wasn't necessary this time as there was only one species prior, but it will cause confusion after this.

Map

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Niches
Each niche has the species occupying it listed with it. With color.

Cradle Savanna

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Apex Predator: Sterlo:15
Lithe Predator: Uhter:8
Kleptopredator: Desrit:11
Osteophage: Crass:18
Terrestrial Insectivore:
Small Predator: Long-tailed Bonegnawers:14
Endoparasite: Pebgh:10
Carnivorous Burrower: Color: Balmamamba:15
Necro-Scavenger: Flama:14
Nectarivore: Copi:9
Decomposer:
Small Omnivore: Pam:18
Large Omnivore: Rotund Grasper:11
Cleaner:
Terrestrial Granivore:
Small Grazer:
Herbivorous Burrower: Eastern Rootgnawers:10
Grazer: Color: long legged long necks:20
Large Grazer:

The Shielded Jungle

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Apex Predator: Cyert:20
Ambush Predator: Poer:14
Kleptopredator: Lamionen:16
Osteophage:
Arboreal Insectivore:
Small Predator:
Arboreal Predator:
Endoparasite: Reca:3
Carnivorous Burrower: Defril:10
Necro-Scavenger: Short-tailed Bonegnawers:7
Nectarivore:
Frugivore: Pim:17
Decomposer:
Small Omnivore: Pseudo-Rootgnawers:13
Large Omnivore: Bespeckled Grasper:20
Cleaner:
Arboreal Granivore:Heer:9
Small Grazer:
Small Browser:
Herbivorous Burrower: Western Rootgnawers:10
Slow-moving arboreal leaf-eater:
Browser: short legged long necks:14
Grazer:
Large Browser:
Bark Eater:Oolu:20

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Cladogram

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Here!

More players are always welcome.

[Strongpoint]

My rolls are so perfectly average... I find it hilarious how Eastern and Western Rootgnawers got the same score.

Shadowclaw got a remarkable start, Those poor trees in the jungle will have no bark. And those Recas must be kinda pathetic parasites.

[Magmacube_tr]

Cladogram has been added to Round 1's post. Its design is also changed.

Does anyone knowhow to have a spoiler section inside of another spoiler section without it getting messed up? I was originally gonna make the niche tables like that so they wouldn't take much space. All of them in plain sight will be ugly.

[Strongpoint]

What biomes New Zealand Lite and Isolated Serenities have? Yes, I am considering a yolo jump over the ocean.

Also, are you sure that you want an Endoparasite and not an Ectoparasite niche?
I hardly imagine an internal tetrapod parasite...

[Shadowclaw777]

If you try to change the adapted niche of a species when trying to speciate from it, you will get a -3 unfitness penalty to your new species' initial E.S dice roll for every individual movement in the niche spectrum. There will be an additional -5 if you are ascending or decending through the niche categories while doing so.

So speciating will be important for this future turn as a new biome hasn’t showed up, so it would be a -8 to the dice roll if a species from a 1 niche tries to go to a empty 0 niche then?

As well for attacking species, when you spend more ES on it, does it mean the invading and taking over a niche get a +2 bonus per point?

[Strongpoint]

- Spend 1 point to speciate from Herbivorous Burrower(Eastern Rootgnawers) into Small Grazer(Jumping Rootgnawers) Both from the Cradle Savanna
- Spend 1 point to speciate from Small Predator (Long-tailed Bonegnawers) into Terrestrial Insectivore (Archgnawer) Both from the Cradle Savanna
- Spend 1 point to speciate from Herbivorous Burrower (Western Rootgnawers) to
Small Browser (Branchgnawers)  Both from the Shielded Jungle
- Spend 1 point to speciate from Herbivorous Burrower (Western Rootgnawers) to
Slow-moving arboreal leaf-eater (Leafgnawers)  Both from the Shielded Jungle
- Spend 1 point to speciate from Necro-Scavenger (Short-tailed Bonegnawers) to Ectoparasite (Skingnawers) Both from the Shielded Jungle, attack on Reca
 [/b]
 

Modern paleontologists believe that Jumping Rootgnawers were a result of evolutionary pressure on Eastern Rootgnawers caused by Long-tailed Bonegnawers. Those new species left their burrows and resisted predation using their supreme agility instead. Nowadays we have little reason to assume that Jumping Rootgnawers ate mostly roots, on contrary, they seem to be rather typical grazers but the traditional name is still in use.

There is an ongoing debate on the evolutionary past of Archgnawers, species from the Triangle-Clawed clade. Some scientists still believe that they evolved from Eastern Rootgnawers who moved from a herbivore diet to an insectivore one but the majority of paleontologists are confident that Archgnawers evolved from Long-Tailed Bonegnawers who lost their teeth and started consuming archs and other ancient eusocial burrowing insects.

Leafgnawers are, most likely, an offshoot of Western Rootgnawers who found treetops safer than the underground. They used their claws not to dig but to attach themselves to high branches, staying safe from the mighty Cyert, terrible predators of the era.

Branchgnawers is another species that diverged from Western Rootgnawers. Unlike their cousins, Leafeaters, they stayed close to the ground and were far more nimble and capable to outrun Cyerts benefiting from a lack of proper small predators during the early years of Branchgnawers' evolution. Yet, according to modern data, they had poor eyesight that made them vulnerable to Poers

Skingnawers were creatures from nightmares. They evolved into really small tetrapods that used their characteristic Triangle claws to attach themselves to larger animals and consumed their skin and muscle tissues. It is believed that they fed mostly on two of the most successful species of the era: Bespeckled Grasper, Oolu, and Cyeta.


Will edit in the remaining point later, after the answer to my questions
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Added

[Magmacube_tr]

What biomes New Zealand Lite and Isolated Serenities have? Yes, I am considering a yolo jump over the ocean.

Also, are you sure that you want an Endoparasite and not an Ectoparasite niche?
I hardly imagine an internal tetrapod parasite...

The Isolated Serenity is an island, so it only has two niches, a carnivore and a herbivore. But New Zealand Lite is a microcontinent with a a normal forest biome, and has all the niches available to it.

There are endoparasitic tetrapods, like vampire bats, or bloodpeckers. I intentionally choose against internal parasite niche

If you try to change the adapted niche of a species when trying to speciate from it, you will get a -3 unfitness penalty to your new species' initial E.S dice roll for every individual movement in the niche spectrum. There will be an additional -5 if you are ascending or decending through the niche categories while doing so.

So speciating will be important for this future turn as a new biome hasn’t showed up, so it would be a -8 to the dice roll if a species from a 1 niche tries to go to a empty 0 niche then?

As well for attacking species, when you spend more ES on it, does it mean the invading and taking over a niche get a +2 bonus per point?

Yes. This is to keep the players from rapidly expanding and covering everywhere.

Yes attacking side can boost their attack, but they probably won't spend all their points boosting their attack up, there are other things to worry.