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[TricMagic]

Why did everyone get so low all the sudden?

Foldable Turnip: Learn how to erase electric signature to hide.

Superjumper Turnip: Increase muscle density for stronger and more efficient killing machine.

That would be your thing. -40 to all.

Team X2
Merge Sarpesium back into one linage.  Fins added for control over their swimming, their segmented plates still allow for communication via vibration. True pack hunters, they use their brains and communication to perform quite well in this hostile zone. [SS Roll, second action consumed.]

[Magmacube_tr]

Merge Sarpesium back into one linage.  Fins added for control over their swimming, their segmented plates still allow for communication via vibration. True pack hunters, they use their brains and communication to perform quite well in this hostile zone. [SS Roll, second action consumed.]

Good, we needed more space.

[Knightwing64]

That effects my own species?

Didn’t I do a pheromone thing that stops them from targeting each other?

[Magmacube_tr]

That effects my own species?

Didn’t I do a pheromone thing that stops them from targeting each other?

Turnip is an obligate parasite. When its hosts go down, so does it.

[notquitethere]

May the rolling luck continue!

Split Crawly Nubnub into two sister species:

A: Mutate the front set of legs into digger claws to dig out dens in the ground for ambushing! [SS]
B: Develop sense of smell, specialising in sensing fresh corpses, so it can scavenge the mess made by the Turp's messy eating

Split Basking Sazan into two sister species:
A: Improve spines, mutating them into a thick coat of fur (to survive colder parts of the seabed, perhaps protect against some parasitism) [SS]
B: Improve digestion allowing the huge Sazan to opportunistically feed on anything

[TricMagic]

The Çay Uplift is at least normal. Perfectly balenced as all things should be, with one predator and many prey. There is a reason there is usually only one apex predator usually. This area has two, one of which hits even non-benthic targets.. I suspect the Sarpesium is about to mess with the Superjumper though. Need better eyes, though distress sounds should be enough.

[Magmacube_tr]

The Çay Uplift is at least normal. Perfectly balenced as all things should be, with one predator and many prey. There is a reason there is usually only one apex predator usually. This area has two, one of which hits even non-benthic targets.. I suspect the Sarpesium is about to mess with the Superjumper though. Need better eyes, though distress sounds should be enough.

Do you have hearing? I don't remember anything except one species of uncod having ears.

[TricMagic]

The Çay Uplift is at least normal. Perfectly balenced as all things should be, with one predator and many prey. There is a reason there is usually only one apex predator usually. This area has two, one of which hits even non-benthic targets.. I suspect the Sarpesium is about to mess with the Superjumper though. Need better eyes, though distress sounds should be enough.

Do you have hearing? I don't remember anything except one species of uncod having ears.

The method of communication was vibration. Sensing it and producing it via their wobbles. Water's really good at carrying sound, and sound is vibrations. Depends on how well they roll if they can keep it though, given a dialect change of shifting plates vs wobbling. Their bodies are still mostly liquid even with the muscles developing. Though better 'hearing' is probably a good thing to invest in.

[Magmacube_tr]

Turn 23


The Events

Power: 16 (AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-)
Temperament: N/A (uf)


The Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Team LGEM
notquitethere:
1:  Split Crawly Nubnub:
     A: Digging claws on frontmost limbs: 5+1+1= Capped at
     5
     B: Sense of smell: 1
2: Split Basking Sazan:
     A: Fur: 2+1+(-2)=1
     B: Omnivory: 1+1=2
SS: 5, 2



Team X2
TricMagic:
1 and 2: Merge Both Sarpesium species into one: N/A+4=4
S: 4


Team Perfect Predator
Knightwing64:
1: No electric signature for Foldable Turnip: 4
2: Improve muscles on Superjumper Turp: 3+1+(-2)=2
SS: 2

The World

Nothing happens. Again. The disgruntled clicks turn into frustrated ones.

Starting through just one fertile hybrid between the two branches of the Sarpesium tree, the once separate gene pools gradually reconnect and meld together into one once more.

Gambly Angranate and Furry Sazan are extinct.

The Guguli Shallows | Seaweed Meadow Biome | (15/15 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

A bottomfeeding animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, a snail foot and many long spines, open circulatory system connected to a flail of gills, and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth and a brain behind them. Its soft, gelatinous tissues output the ambient-like electric signals, which prevents the sludgiboo linage from detecting it. Both sexes has a specialised spine on their head. Males inject the females with sperm, and females inject Sludgiboos with their eggs.

An ambush  predatory animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, four pairs of stubby legs, many long spines, a pair of front claws to burrow into the seabed, open circulatory system connected to a flail of gills, and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth and a brain behind them, all encompassed by a skeleton. Its soft, gelatinous tissues output the same electric signals algea growths does, which both hides it and lures in lawnkeepers. Both sexes has a specialised spine on their head. Males inject the females with sperm, and females inject Sludgiboos with their eggs.

Ecosystem Effects: -10 population to Glidee lineage.

An ambush  predatory animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, five pairs of stubby legs and many long spines, open circulatory system connected to a flail of gills, and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes and a patch of chemoreceptive cells near the mouth and a brain behind them, all encompassed by a skeleton. Its soft, gelatinous tissues output the same electric signals algea growths does, which both hides it and lures in lawnkeepers. Both sexes has a specialised spine on their head. Males inject the females with sperm, and females inject Sludgiboos with their eggs.

Ecosystem Effects: -5 population to Glidee lineage.

An ambush  predatory animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, five pairs of weak nubs that each end in a long spike and many long spines, open circulatory system connected to a flail of gills, and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth and a brain behind them. Its soft, gelatinous tissues output the same electric signals algea growths does, which both hides it and lures in lawnkeepers. Both sexes has a specialised spine on their head. Males inject the females with sperm, and females inject Sludgiboos with their eggs.

Ecosystem Effects: -10 population to Glidee lineage.

A plantimal-eating animal the size and shape of a medium fish and the niche of a deer, with spiny hardened skin, skeleton, liver, open, immunised circulatory system that self-oxygenates from its mouth and esophagus, a pair of fish-like eyes and a tiny chemoreceptive third one in the middle, connected to a simple brain, and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It lives in groups up to dozens of its kin. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its fins. It reproduces by laying eggs that must be fertilised. It feed exclusively on the Coralloo, with a resistance to its poison.

Ecosystem Effects: -10 population to Coralloo lineage.

A mostly filterfeeding, opportunistically omnivorous animal the size and shape of a very large, round fish, with spiny hardened skin with saggy blubber underneath, skeleton, open, immunised circulatory system that both self-oxygenates from its mouth and esophagus, a pair of fish-like eyes and a tiny chemoreceptive third one in the middle, connected to a simple brain, and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its fins. It reproduces by internally hatching eggs that must be fertilised.

A filterfeeding animal the size and shape of a large, round fish, with spiny hardened skin with saggy blubber underneath, robust skeleton, open, immunised circulatory system that both self-oxygenates from its mouth and esophagus, a pair of fish-like eyes and a tiny chemoreceptive third one in the middle, connected to a simple brain, and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its fins. It reproduces by laying eggs that must be fertilised.

A bottomfeeding, apex predatory animal that is a 20 centimeter long cylinder with many interlocking bony plates. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its slime skin that has a round, engulfing mouth in their middle and smallish brain on the back of them, along with many small eyespots on its face that allows it to vaguely see. It has gills under its armor plates, and a circulatory system thay connects them to a heart. It moves around by a water siphon at its back and glides in the water with a pair of extended plates on its sides, and lives in groups numbering up to thirty, using a body language of wobbles to communicate. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores.

Ecosystem Effects: -35 population to all benthic animals.

A coral-like plantimal, that is akin to an amorphous mass of hard green tissue that is 75 centimeters in its dimensions, with a beating heart and a small clump of nerves at its center. It has a sense of electrolocation, provided by two large sensitive eyepots on its chloroplast-filled, poison-infused slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores. It lives in multi-generational clusters and is endemic to higher places of the seamount, where there is enough light to photosynthesize.

A mobile plantimal, that is akin to a veiny, gelatinous flat disc with wispy roots, that is 75 centimeters in diameter, with a beating heart and a small clump of nerves at its center. It has a sense of electrolocation, provided by two large sensitive eyepots on its chloroplast-filled slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores. It clings to the ocean surface and has ground-holding tentacles that acts as roots. It forms large mats which pinecovy and sazans usually get away on nibbling at.

A herbivorous, partially photosynthetic proto-animal analogous to wild bees. It is a veiny, gelatinous UFO-shaped disc that is 30 centimeters in diameter, with a beating heart and a small clump of nerves at its center. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its chloroplast-filled slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores using a sack on its underside. This sack also carries seaweed spores from one plant to another like a bee, fertilising them in the process. It floats using the gasses that the algea inside its body produce, swimming by rippling its slimy tissues.

A photosynthesizing, predatory, spherical animal 15 centimeters in diameter, with a cluster of nerves and a beating heart at the center and a ring of long gill extensions on its equator. It finds prey and its way through the water via crude electrolocation by many sparkly dots in its slime skin, moving by flagellating its slime tendrils. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores, producing planktonic embryo and even sometimes even mostly unviable hybrids with others of the sludgiboo lineage. It is a nocturnal hunter, detecting the night via a small cluster of photosensititive dots on its top.

Ecosystem effects: -15 population to all animals

A parasitic proto-animal with many long, muscular, skin penetrating feeding tendrils that end in keratin hooks, a net of nervous cells and an acid resistant, hardened shell of flesh. They jet around by pushing water off their gills, and have a sense of smell to detect things around. They anchor themselves to their hosts via their tendrils, using a moderate electric shock to stun and control the movements of the host to burrow in it and direct it to better feeding grounds. It does this with very little electric footprint, making it unobvious to predators.

Ecosystem effects: -25 population to all other animals.

An apex predatorial animal with many long, hyperflexible, muscular, skin penetrating, venom-coated tendrils, a large and well developed brain, an efficent, closed circulatory system, a carnivorous digestive tract and a very tough, calcified shell. They swiftly jet around and launch up by pushing water off a powerful water siphon, and breathe by another, smaller siphon lined with gills. They have a sense of smell, and movement-based, frog-like eyes, and a sense of echolocation to detect things around. They anchor themselves to their prey via their tendrils, using a moderate electric shock to stun the it, then using the tendrils to tear it into pieces. They mimic the electrical signature of Sarpesium to not be noticed, even though that usually attracts the said predator. They reproduce much like flatworms, with the duels and all, using a single specialised tendril as a weapon.

Ecosystem effects: -40 population to all other animals.

The Çay Uplift | Algea Prairie Biome | (7/7 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

A filterfeeding animal the size of a small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system, a pair of fish-like eyes and a simple brain, and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. There is a ring of keratin plates around its mouth that forms a shield. It has a swim bladder and a simple lung that breathes air, along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins. It reproduces by laying eggs that must be fertilised.

A filterfeeding animal the size of a medium-small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system, a pair of fish-like eyes and a simple brain, and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. There is a set of keratin baleen in its mouth that it uses to rake algea. It has a swim bladder and a simple lung that breathes air, along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins. It reproduces by laying eggs that must be fertilised.

A filterfeeding animal the size of a fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system, a pair of fish-like eyes and a simple brain, and a suction-powered, long, herbivorous digestive canal with gut flora that runs through it. It has a swim bladder and a simple lung that breathes air, along with a set of muscles that control its piscine body and fins. It reproduces by laying eggs that must be fertilised.

A filterfeeding animal the size of a fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system, a pair of fish-like eyes, fish ears, and a simple brain, and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder and a simple lung that breathes air, along with a set of muscles that control its piscine body and fins. It reproduces by laying eggs that must be fertilised.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that run through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins and a small organ that conceals its electric emmisions.  It has a brain and a tuff of electroreceptive whiskers that cover its face.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that run through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins and a small organ that conceals its electric emmisions. It has a brain and has small heat-sensitive crevices on its face.

An apex predatory, weakly photosynthetic animal that is akin to a giant, 15 centimeter big, veiny and fluffy amoeba with a beating heart and a small brain at its center, along with many short, stocky tendrils on its underside. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its slime skin, along with many small eyespots that allows it to vaguely see. It has a swim bladder on the center of its body. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores.

Ecosystem Effects: -15 population to all animals.

[TricMagic]

Team X2
Plated Barbesium improves it's brain, better able to recognize patterns and adapt. SS Roll
Plated Barbesium refines it's brain, better able to see through deceptions and counter. SS Roll

Battle of the apex brains. Also, is this option vestigal now?

●Sacrifice your vote to support one of   
       your teammates vote, granting the   
       said vote a +1 in dice points. (This
       function can only be used once per
       vote to prevent over-supporting with
       everyone hogging over one vote,
       and neither can you support your own
       vote with the other. Come up with
       your own ideas.)

[Magmacube_tr]

Battle of the apex brains. Also, is this option vestigal now?

No.You can't support your own action. Yes, that makes it de-facto vestigial because none of you three have a teammate to support or get supported by. If there were more players this wouldn't happen.

[notquitethere]

Behold, a readable diagram of the different species!



Let me know if there are any mistakes- the sludgie lineage is particularly confusing with the cross-pollination.

Shows the clear split in my species between fish-like creatures and snail-like creatures. Thanks goes to Knightwing for being helpful and not believing in speciation, keeping his side of the diagram nice and straightforward. Expand your own copy if you like.


Improve Unsmelt Nubnub's terrible sense of smell [SS]

Split Basketing Sazan into two sister species:
A. Improve intelligence, focusing on trickery [SS]
B. Develop milk-ducts to feed newborn young 

[Magmacube_tr]

Behold, a readable diagram of the different species!



Let me know if there are any mistakes- the sludgie lineage is particularly confusing with the cross-pollination.

Shows the clear split in my species between fish-like creatures and snail-like creatures.

Yeah, pretty cool ancestry diagram. It is legible,  don't worry.

[Magmacube_tr]

And you just updated it. Cool.

[notquitethere]

Yeah I just coloured in the taxons which are now extinct. Also the hexagonal boxes indicate taxons with 2+ offshoots.

That raises the question, are these groups like Pinecovy, Roomboo etc genera or families? I understand the specific creations like "Foldable Turnip" as species in the Turnip family/genus.