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[TricMagic]

Just noting electric signaling isn't really what I'm going for. That's not too useful given I want them to hunt something that stuns with electricity.

[Knightwing64]

Majoral Turp: EVEN MORE BRAIN

Silent Turp: Use synthesized chemicals to I,prove the strength of the creatures they control.

[Magmacube_tr]

Just noting electric signaling isn't really what I'm going for. That's not too useful given I want them to hunt something that stuns with electricity.

You want electric absorbing armor, as I understand?

[Magmacube_tr]

Team LGEM
notquitethere:
1: Split Dimwit Sazan:
    A: Improve brain (SS)
    B: Improve brain and migrate to the Çay Uplift
2: Split Bovine Sazan:
    A: Parental drive
    B: More blubber (SS)

Team X2
TricMagic:
1: Electric absorbing armor (SS)
2: Better and sharper shell

Team Perfect Predator
Knightwing64:
1: Better brain for Majoral Turp (SS)
2: Strenght increasing chemicals for Silent Turnips hosts

[notquitethere]

    B: Improve brain and migrate to the Çay Uplift (SS)

Once again: please no reproduction roll for the Çay Uplift Sazan unless I have to!

[Magmacube_tr]

    B: Improve brain and migrate to the Çay Uplift (SS)

Once again: please no reproduction roll for the Çay Uplift Sazan unless I have to!

Okay, okay. I didn't forget that. I just forgot to edit the list.

[TricMagic]

Just noting electric signaling isn't really what I'm going for. That's not too useful given I want them to hunt something that stuns with electricity.

You want electric absorbing armor, as I understand?

Yeah.

[Knightwing64]

Just noting electric signaling isn't really what I'm going for. That's not too useful given I want them to hunt something that stuns with electricity.

You want electric absorbing armor, as I understand?

Yeah.

I was looking to increase my combat options anyway. But with any luck you’ll roll a one and become extra electric weak

[Magmacube_tr]

Turn 25


The Events

Power: 88 (YES)
Temperament: 7 (...I suppose I can work with this.)


The Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Team LGEM
notquitethere:
1: Split Dimwit Sazan:
    A: Improve brain: 3+1+1=5
    B: Improve brain and migrate to the Çay Uplift: 1+1=2
2: Split Bovine Sazan:
    A: Parental drive: 4
    B: More blubber: 2+1+1=4
SS:5, 5


Team X2
TricMagic:
1: Electric absorbing armor: 5+1+(-3)=3
2: Better and sharper shell: 2+1=3
SS: 1


Team Perfect Predator
Knightwing64:
1: Better brain for Majoral Turp: 1+1+3= 5
2: Strenght increasing chemicals for Silent Turnips hosts: 5
SS: 7

The World

The periodic torrents of clicks finally cease.

Then the rumbles start. From everywhere.

Lava emerges in small surges from the volcanoes sides, and the seafloor along the Guguli shallows start to rise and expand. This is almost unperceptable in the lifespan of a single creature. In the next eon, the smal islet on the Guguli Shallows became a whole island, while the seafloor that once was there got replaced by the new underwater terrain.

This is the start of new era. And a new, terrestrial habitat; The Lauv Island.

The ecosystem balance is the same: The changes were too gradual to knock it off-course. It has reached a fragile equiblirium once more. If one predator outbests the other, this balance will be broken. Turp almost always outsmartedly dodges the Barbesium before they can attack, but Barbesium usually wins if the Turp is caught offguard and fails to fight back.

Turnips seem to have become less of a parasite and more of a symbiote.

Paintbrush Pinecovy is extinct. Only one basal pinecovy species left. And only two proto-animals still stand.


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.

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. Females' parental drive extends to the young of others, which causes them to stick together in herds up to hundreds. It reproduces by internally hatching eggs that must be fertilised, and feeds its young via milk from its belly teats.

A mostly filterfeeding, opportunistically omnivorous animal the size and shape of a giant, almost spherical fish, with spiny hardened skin with sevwral layers 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, and feeds its young via milk from its belly teats.

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 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 predatory animal that is a 20 centimeter long cylinder with many interlocking bony, electrode plates that culminate in a sharp point at the head. 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 a well developed brain on the back, 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 and electric outlines to indetify eachother. 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

An obligate symbiote 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. They also.secrete a chemical cocktail to boost the hosts strenght. It does this with very little electric footprint, making it unobvious to predators.

Ecosystem effects: -15 population to all other animals.

An apex predatorial animal the size of a football with many long, hyperflexible, muscular, skin penetrating, venom-coated tendrils, a brain comparable to that of a parrot, 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, which doesn't work anymore. They reproduce much like flatworms, with the duels and all, using a single specialised tendril as a weapon.

Ecosystem effects: -50 population to all other animals.

Lauv Island | Terrestrial Island | (0/5 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

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 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 small 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 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.

I am closing joins as of now. I guess I am stuck with you three.

Speaking of three, You each have three votes from now on.

[Knightwing64]

YES

MORE VOTE MORE POWER

[notquitethere]

Wonderful. Before I make a dumb mistake, am I right in thinking the things needed to live on land are basically:
- Air breathing
- Some kind of way of moving on land (like legs)
- The ability to eat whatever is currently on land (presumably some sort of plantmatter at the moment?)

Anything else?

[Magmacube_tr]

Wonderful. Before I make a dumb mistake, am I right in thinking the things needed to live on land are basically:
- Air breathing
- Some kind of way of moving on land (like legs)
- The ability to eat whatever is currently on land (presumably some sort of plantmatter at the moment?)

Anything else?

The requirements are:

Air-breathing
Impermeable skin
Terrestrial locomotion

Well, there is seagrass and none of you eats it, so you may need better mouths to digest land plants. Not that there any right now. The island is barren.

[TricMagic]

With the emergence of an island, the Toxic Coralloo is the first to really 'notice', for a given value of notice in a such spans of time. It is one of the closest to the prime sludgiboo ancestor, and like it's ancestor, it adapts.

Team X3
Toxic Coraloo evolves. The Poison Slime crawls up onto land, slowly but surely. Freed of the water, it sucks in the air through it's skin, photosynthesizing vital nutrients, drinking of the occasional rains. The first "Plant"imal of Lauv Island. [SS Roll]
Meanwhile the Vibrate Blimpie takes note of the land, specifically the seas. With the lower layers becoming more difficult to hunt in successfully, it develops lighter than air gases to become the first airborne creature, hunting the lake's Falselily. They can occasionally be found on the water's surface swimming along and absorbing water to break down into more gas, as their movement through the air is more like a balloon. [SS Roll]
Plated Barbesium meanwhile find something... interesting. Symbiote Turnips are capable of generating electricity and improving physical strength. They've therefore taken to cultivating them, gaining an ability to direct electrical energy smoothly through a circuit system. [SS Roll]


To Magmacube. Barbesium are taking in Symbiotes as they are and merging them with their species, developing electrical circuits to harness them. (The result being a species that lives in harmony. Turnips get food, and Barbesium get strength and electricity.) They also occasionally eat excess of them if the food costs are too great. Let's see what happens, yeah?


Ninja. Ironically, slimes mostly have that given how they move. Coraloos have mostly taken to being sedimentary creetures, but they can still move.
Nin3: The Magma Pillows. Coraloo have a hard mass of tissue, so they're mostly likely to act like plants without any competition. Ambush predators' eventually.

[Magmacube_tr]

...specifically the -lake-. With the lower layers becoming more difficult to hunt in successfully, it develops lighter than air gases to become the first airborne creature, hunting the -lake's- Falselily. They can occasionally be found on the -lake's- surface...

You mean the ocean right? There isn't a lake on Lauv island.

[TricMagic]

...specifically the -lake-. With the lower layers becoming more difficult to hunt in successfully, it develops lighter than air gases to become the first airborne creature, hunting the -lake's- Falselily. They can occasionally be found on the -lake's- surface...

You mean the ocean right? There isn't a lake on Lauv island.

Occasionally get confused by geometry.

Lay of the land, specifically the seas.
Vibrate Blimpie's still hunting the Shallows. Just not the lower layers, they can just float off if anything attacks them. (That may change if they ever mange fulltime float.) This also means they've mostly escaped the Turnips's hunting range. Bit difficult to hunt something airborne.