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[Magmacube_tr]

I got inspired by that gnome village game that died earlier. So I decided to make my own, but with a twist.


You play as a group of Shellfolk. They are as follows.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

An apex predatorial, true amphibious, sophont animal the size of a football with many long, hyperflexible, very muscular, skin penetrating, paralysing, sludgiboo-repellant venom-coated tendrils that also function as legs on land, a brain comparable to that of a modern human, an efficent, closed circulatory system, a carnivorous digestive tract with a set of sharp teeth and a very tough, calcified, isolative, very heavy shell. It's body is very regenerative. They swiftly jet around and launch up by pushing water off a powerful water siphon, and breathe by another, smaller siphon lined with water-retaining gills, which can also function on land for very long periods. They have a sense of smell and electrolocation, along with 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. Between their eyes is a short stalk that ends in a bioluminescent organ that they use to communicate. 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. They make simple tools such as spears from bones and rock, along with armor from animal hide.

For short, you play as sapient, carnivorous, walnut aliens with googly eyes, an anglerfish lure between those eyes and many electric and venomous tentacles that act as both arms and legs. You are quite small; only 30 centimeters or so in diameter. You are in late neolithic, which means you can craft weapons and clothes made of stone and leather.

Your objective is to survive.

You can do 3 things per turn. No dice will be rolled for mundane stuff like walking, eating or talking, but it will for things like hunting, foraging.

You join in by making Shellsona a character. You can name and describe it however you wish. It will not have an effect on gameplay.

Okay, you are good to go. People may join at any time as newcomers to the tribe, and you may get NPC migrants as well. You can order them around to do stuff without spending your own actions.

I will post the first turn once 3 people come in. Don't post any actions yet.

[Crystalizedmire]

Mollask

[A_Curious_Cat]

Mu Rex

[Maximum Spin]

Molloch the Devourer.

[Funk]

Molloch the Devourer.

+1

[A_Curious_Cat]

Molloch the Devourer.

+1

Maximum Spin already chose that one.  You’ll have to choose something else.

[Funk]

Molloch the Devourer.

+1

Maximum Spin already chose that one.  You’ll have to choose something else.

ah i missed the group bit.

Zark the red.

[Supernerd]

Okay fine. I guess I can try this. But only because I have this name stuck in my head.
Fish Sugarpants

[Magmacube_tr]

Okay, 5 people. Good enough to start.

As soon as I sleep and wake up.

[The Canadian kitten]

Shelbie

[King Zultan]

Walnut

[Magmacube_tr]

Alright, 7 Shellfolk.

[Magmacube_tr]

You have been walking for a day. Your journey has taken you to a rocky clifface of rouch basalt. You are exhausted, hungry and dehydrated in both ways, but you have managed to get to where you had planned to. You have some leftover food and water, but they won't last you much.

You put your almost empty leather sacks and tentatively observe around you with sharp bone spears at tentacle tips, using a mixture of echolocation and sight. Below the imposing cliff you are currently standing in front of, is a sparse, rocky, uneven grassland, filled with stray rocks and boulders and intersected with frozen streams of lava. This sloping area descends down to a churning, steaming, bubbling sea a hundred meters away. A bunch of Sacktrees are seen riding the wind, low to the ground. The sky is cloudy and is completely shrouded, but also as bright as it can be. It is hellishly hot and humid.

The scene would look primordial to a human. For a shellperson however, this is all they've ever known. This is their day-to-day world. The group starts their survival efforts by taking down those sacktrees they saw earlier and dry the corpses in the heat, gaining precious fuel in the process. They light a campfire with some of the fuel. The fire burns high, and so begins a new story.

The new lives of these seven shellpeople start here.

Long Live The Uch-Urum Tribe!


Alright now that the exposition is out of the way, we can clear a few things.

The game takes place sometime between the turns 34 and 35, when the volcanic hotspot was hyperactive. You play as the shellfolk of that era, and all the other creatures of that era also exist. You can drink both saltwater and freshwater.

A workshop, a fireplace and all things alike can only be used 3 times per turn, across all people. This is for individual workshops- if you have enough of them, you can do whatever.

You can now begin.

By the way, being able to permanently store resources in sacks is for the beginning only. Once you have storage for all resources, it won't happen. Think of it like the starter wagon.

_/The Uch-Urum Tribe\_

_/Population\_: 7/0

_/Resources\_
¤ Raw Meat: 0/0
¤ Dried Meat: 7/15 (+0 / -7)
¤ Bones: 0/0
¤ Raw Leather: 0/0
¤ Pelt: 0/0
¤ Stones: 0/0
¤ Water: 7/15 (+0 / -7)
¤ Fuel: 3/0 (-1)

_/Tools\_
10 Leather Sacks (6 used, 4 available)
7 Bone Spears (7 used, 0  available)
7 Leather Clothes (7 used, 0 available)

_/Buildings\_
1 Fireplace
0 Storage Caves
0 Cave Homes
0 Workshops

_/Toolmaking\_

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

¤ Sharp Stone: 1 Stone
A simple tool used for a variety of purposes. Doesn't requires a workshop to be made.

¤ Bone Spear: 1 Bone, 1 Sharp Stone
Spear made of animal bone. Used for hunting. Isn't necessary to hunt.

¤ Leather Clothes: 1 Pelt
Garments made of animal pelt. Increases armor.

¤ Leather Sack: 1 Pelt
Used to store, and transport resources more efficently. Can hold up to 3 units of resources. Can only hold 1 type of resource at a time. Necessary for storage caves to function.

_/Construction\_

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

¤ Cave Home: 1 Sharp Stone
Small housing carved into rock. Uses up 1 Sharp Stone.

¤ Storage Cave: 1 Sharp Stone
Small storage carved into rock. Uses up 1 Sharp Stone. Can contain 5 Leather Sacks. Can contain multiple kinds of resources.

¤ Workshop: 2 Stones
A small workbench used to craft tools and items.

¤ Fireplace: 1 Fuel
A communal fireplace. Used to cook food and dry animal skins. Consumes 1 Fuel every turn.

Players

Spoiler:  Mollask (click to show/hide)

Player: Crystalizedmire
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

Spoiler:  Mu Rex (click to show/hide)

Player: A_Curious_Cat
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

Spoiler:  Molloch the Devourer (click to show/hide)

Player: Maximum Spin
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

Spoiler:  Zark the Red (click to show/hide)

Player: Funk
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

Spoiler:  Fish Sugarpants (click to show/hide)

Player: Supernerd
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

Spoiler:  Shelbie (click to show/hide)

Player: The Canadian Kitten
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

Spoiler:  Walnut (click to show/hide)

Player: King Zultan
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear

[Maximum Spin]

We're going to need a lot of rocks. I'm going to go forage for rocks and woodfuel while hunting for food. That's three things

[A_Curious_Cat]

I’m going to gather water and rocks while I hunt for food.  That’s my three things.