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[Haika]

Greetings and salutations my fellow forumites.

For this, is a game of magic, building, civilization and war.

Rules will be made up as we go along, here is the map and the possible starting locations:

Starting Map:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

D6: Yellow Desert
H9: Seaside Forest
L8: Valley Shore
C13: River Jungle
H14: Spire Badlands
M15: Dandelion Plains

We will aim to run 36 turns. Each turn will one month of in game time, so the game will end at 3 years, and possibly restart with new players.

There will be random events, and I shall be running a 'npc' community in one of the starting locations above that are not chosen.

Each of the players will accumulate points as you play, these points can be used for bonuses and effect other players good or bad. The more creative you are in your posts the more points you will get. So think creatively, name things, write a little journal, all might give you enough points to cause a volcano to strike your enemy, or grow medicinal herbs near your home tile.

Points will also show your progress in the game and how well you are doing. They will be in an (##/##) type format, being current amount and total. The current amounts will be what you spend for extra events, while the other is your score.

I'm looking for 3 to 5 players. When signing up I need: a race type for your followers(kobold, dinosaur, elf, manticore, etc), and a magic type for your sphere of influence(fire, ice, nature, etc), and which of the starting areas you wish to play. Either of these can be anything you think of, the more creative the better. These two choices will give you four traits, two advantages and two weaknesses. I will list these in the first post after you've chosen your starting area.


Game Mechanics:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Terrain info:
Green hex: Grassland, Max basic pop 6, High Animals, Low Materials, High Food
Brown hex: Hills/cliffs, Max basic pop 4, Low Animals, Medium Materials, Medium Food
Grey hex: Mountain, Max basic pop 3, Low Animals, High Materials, Low Food
Yellow hex: Desert, Max basic pop 2, Low Animals, Low Materials, Low Food
*Blue hex: Ocean, Max basic pop 6, Medium Animals, Low Materials, Medium Food
* Ocean tiles require tools, vehicles, or special traits to traverse

Resource Rolls(based on terrain):
Mid resources:
(10)1-10 = 0
(30)11-40 = 1
(30)41 - 70 = 2
(20)71 - 90 = 3
(10)91 - 100 = 4
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Low resource:
50% yes/no
(40)1-40 = 1
(30)41-70 = 2
(20)71-90 = 3
(10)91-100 = 4
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High resource:
(30)1-30 = 1
(30)31-60 = 2
(30)61-90 = 3
(10)91-100 = 4


Terrain/Landscape Modifiers(note that a hex may only contain 5 modifiers maximum):
River: + 1 Food, + 1 Animals
Volcano: -1 Animals, -1 Food, -1 Materials, +1 Lava
Forest: + 1 Animals, + 1 Materials
Coast: + 1 Food
Medicinal Herbs: +1 Population on discovery, +1 healing tools
Crystal Deposits: +2 Mana storage on discovery, +1 MP per turn
Unclaimed Demonic Ritual: Starts countdown to demon attack, becomes demonic portal in 3 turns. [options: ignore, claim(uses 1 unit to attempt to take over the ritual), destroy(uses 1 unit to attempt to remove the ritual)]
Ancient Corpses: +2 MP per turn, may be investigated for changes.
Blessed Healers: +1 population chance each turn.
Draati Creep: +1 population limit for Draati, -1 population limit for everyone else
spices: +1 food processing yield
volcano ice dome: -1 lava, +1 ice gather yield
Gold Deposits: allows gold material to be gathered and used
Mushroom circle: has a chance of randomly attracting a sprite to cause mischief or boon to local populations.
mana depression: -1mp per turn on this hex
sleep poppies: can harvest poppies at risk, various uses
Gemstones - allow gems to be mined
Furs - allow high quality furs to be gathered


Magic and Research:
Every Unit of population that follows you will give you 1 magic power per turn.

Each turn you will have the choice of splitting your magic power between three uses. Research, and Spell Power, and Mana Reserve.
Unfocused MP at the end of a turn will go into Mana Storage

Research levels will decide how much you give towards learning new magic. You start off with simple and low spells, and branch off to more advanced stuff. Each spell will cost an amount of spell points based on how strong the spell is. You may only research one spell per turn, any surplus after you learn it is added to your Mana.

Spell Power is a boost for any spells you cast during that turn. If you case grow forest with +5 spell power, you will get a bigger forest than if you only cast the spell alone.

Mana Reserve is your magic stockpile. There is no limit to this, but you consume the mana here when you cast spells, pay maintance for summoned creatures, or trade with other mages(must have contact no further than 1 hex on the map)

You may never have more summons in play than half your population in the current hex(this only applies to heavily populated hexes, the first is free).
Summoned units may travel on to empty squares, but they do not increase the territory of the summoner.
Summon spells may only be cast within your currently controled territory.
Spells will default target your home tile when cast unless you specify otherwise.


Food and Starvation:
Population units need to be fed, and every even turn will end with a food consumption from your stockpile. Extra food aids in population growth, lack of food during these times may strike your population with starvation and lower your useable units.

Most population units require 1 food per unit, with modifications.
Summons require no food.
Food will last unprotected for three turns, after that it will rot and be unavaliable.


Gathering:
Units that gather will bring back 0-4 units of the item gathered before modifications.
Ice will melt if moved to any non-mountain tile.


Population Growth:
Each turn, a hex with at least 1 population unit will have a chance to grow in population. Unmodified this chance will give 0-3 units of population if the terrain allows.

If a population exceeds the limit of a hex after a population increase, you have 1 turn to return that hex to the limit or lower, or turmoil and angry infighting will lower the number of units to the limit at the end of next turn.

Animal Units:
A group of your population that has specialized in controling a tamed group of animals. Limited actions are avaliable, mostly the actions this unit takes must be in connection to it's animal.(build farms, gather milk, possibly hunt, or attack, it all depends on the animal tamed, have an idea? try it and see, if it dosen't work, I'll have it do something else basic like gather food)
Animal Units will require one food paid on a hunger turn, or they will disband. Population units will always be fed first, then Animal units.
Animal units do not require another unit to train into a new form.

Units not given an action will fall under AI control and I move them as I think is best.

Buildings:
To create a building you need at least one material to build with, and a free unit to build it.
Max of 10 buildings per hex.
All buildings require maintance or bad things may happen. You only need 1 maintanance unit per hex, for all the buildings on that tile.
You may destroy up to four buildings at any time using one population unit's action.
Mountain and Desert farms will only yield half the amount of hill or grassland farms.
Farm production will now happen AFTER food decay is tallied.
Farm building will now create the same amount of farms as any other building, except without materials needed(no more 6 farms in one turn with only a couple units).
Mines built without a resource specified will be given a random possible resource type.

Farm: +1 food per turn, while maintained.
Home: Homes raise population limit by 3, however, you must have a home for each population unit on the hex for them to function.
Grove: Sylvan unique, counts as both farm and home, but only gives half as much  output(requires 2 to obtain 1 food per turn, and double the amount of the population units in a hex to raise the limit).
LumberMill: Allows processing of wood into lumber.
<type> mine - building that will increase yield of mine type actions for the particular resource.
Granary - A hex with a granary will only decrease the freshness of food during a hunger turn, effectively doubling food duration.
StatFac-melter-auto-magma-01 is a golem specific building, that will smelt an unlimited number of ore with only one unit action(to feed the ore into the machine), requires a volcano hex to work.
Fruit Plantation - An advanced farm, taking two material per building, these food production buildings produce only every other turn(non hunger turn), three food per building.
Railway - Allow wheeled objects to move between hexes with rails at half movement cost.
Smelter - Allow refinement of ore resources
Factory - Advanced building that allows item construction from metal bars.
StatFac-metCrtFrg-auto-magma-01 - Automated factory, Golem Specific, volcano hex required

Point Shop:
Crystal deposits may be added to any hex you control for 10 points.
a mushroom circle may be added to any hex you control for 5 points.

More to come later...

Mechanics changes and additions(turn 5):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Gemstones - allow gems to be mined
Furs - allow high quality furs to be gathered


You may never have more summons in play than half your population in the current hex(this only applies to heavily populated hexes, the first is free).
Summon spells may only be cast within your currently controled territory.

Farm production will now happen AFTER food decay is tallied.
Farm building will now create the same amount of farms as any other building, except without materials needed(no more 6 farms in one turn with only a couple units).
Mines built without a resource specified will be given a random possible resource type.

Fruit Plantation - An advanced farm, taking two material per building, these food production buildings produce only every other turn(non hunger turn), three food per building.
Railway - Allow wheeled objects to move between hexes with rails at half movement cost.
Smelter - Allow refinement of ore resources
Factory - Advanced building that allows item construction from metal bars.
StatFac-metCrtFrg-auto-magma-01 - Automated factory, Golem Specific, volcano hex required

[100killer9]

Creative? Hmm... That's hard for me. I'll just make a Zerg-like race. I'll have it later today.

[KineseN]

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Interested. Just going to take me some time to write something creative.

Race: Human
Magic: Fire
Starting location: C13

Backstory: The humans have always been a race known for their tendency to expand beyond their habitat and with it the passive-aggressive destruction to the environment.

The human had since long abandoned magic and with it it's knowledge, though once in a decade several children would be born gifted with it. Many of these children would have a hard time mastering the wild magic, but those precious few that could would be a force to be reckoned with, either as a tactian(sp?), battle mage or a researcher.

This certain group of humans was sent to scout for a new settlement, the old city wasn't large enough anymore to hold all the people. As they struggled their way over mountains and oceans, though deserts and plains they finally settled down in a lush jungle with a river right though it.
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Would this work?

[ed boy]

same here. Something'll be up in a while.

[Faden]

I'm in, and I call M15. 

[Faden]

Race: Dandy Lions
       A race of sentient lions with yellow flower petals in place of fur and the ability to grin. Their main weapons are a false sense of security and razor sharp claws. They are vicious, bloodthirsty and absolutely Adorable.
Starting point: M15
Magic: Adorability
       A form of deception and enhancement magic. The colors yellow, pink, baby blue, and lime green gain a boost in utility. The deadliness of an Adorable weapon is inversely proportional to how deadly it looks.

(If this is too silly I'll make a different one, but I think it'd be fun. )

[100killer9]

Oh, and I call L8.

[Haika]

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Interested. Just going to take me some time to write something creative.

Race: Human
Magic: Fire
Starting location: C13

Backstory: The humans have always been a race known for their tendency to expand beyond their habitat and with it the passive-aggressive destruction to the environment.

The human had since long abandoned magic and with it it's knowledge, though once in a decade several children would be born gifted with it. Many of these children would have a hard time mastering the wild magic, but those precious few that could would be a force to be reckoned with, either as a tactian(sp?), battle mage or a researcher.

This certain group of humans was sent to scout for a new settlement, the old city wasn't large enough anymore to hold all the people. As they struggled their way over mountains and oceans, though deserts and plains they finally settled down in a lush jungle with a river right though it.
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Would this work?

Looks good to me.

Race: Dandy Lions
       A race of sentient lions with yellow flower petals in place of fur and the ability to grin. Their main weapons are a false sense of security and razor sharp claws. They are vicious, bloodthirsty and absolutely Adorable.
Starting point: M15
Magic: Adorability
       A form of deception and enhancement magic. The colors yellow, pink, baby blue, and lime green gain a boost in utility. The deadliness of an Adorable weapon is inversely proportional to how deadly it looks.

(If this is too silly I'll make a different one, but I think it'd be fun. )

Not too silly I think. Your magic will probably be 'charm' based. 





Seems we have 4 people interested, as soon as 100killer and Ed get some details up, I can plot out the first intro post, and take actions for the first month

[Faden]

In the beginning, there were many creatures. Some were fierce, others were meek, but none were loved as much as the Dandy Lion. So lovely and adorable was the Dandy Lion, that not even the most skittish of creatures feared to lie down beside it.

And that was their undoing.

As time passed, many species vanished mysteriously. The prey animals were puzzled, but were not intelligent enough to link it to the culprits, the Dandy Lions, who continue to grow fat on the animals of the plains to this day.

[100killer9]

Alright.
The Draati
They are spawned by the most successful female Draati from another hive that wanted to expand. This draati plants itself in the ground ang grows to a huge size. It spawns Draati of both genders (unlike bees or ants), and these Draati count as adults in all ways but size. They collect food for the Mother Draati, and do tasks that she tells them to do. However, these worker Draati actually have individuality, and talk amongst each other, and do tasks that they want to do if the Mother Draati isn't telling them to do anything. They eat enough food to survive while working, and give the rest to the Mother Draati. The Mother rations any excess food to those who can't work for one reason or another. The Draati can reproduce sexually, much like humans, and often do so after the first Mother Draati spawning, as it takes much energy for her to spawn more Draati. They can go from one Mother Draati to another if they choose. They look like giant ants, but with a torso on the thorax that is actually another segment. These have arms with clawed hands with four "talons", and a head like an ant's. They are larger (6 feet long, 5 1/2 feet tall), and have brains. The females are slightly larviform, having segments connected with webbing, though this is just looking like the larva.
Magic: Disease. They can spawn viruses of multiple severities if they have absorbed sone flesh of the species they are casting it on. Only a microscopic amount is required, and they can do this through quick contact. The viruses can only harm that species, and they can't cast viruses on each other.

Is this good?

[Haika]

Alright.
The Draati
They are spawned by the most successful female Draati from another hive that wanted to expand. This draati plants itself in the ground ang grows to a huge size. It spawns Draati of both genders (unlike bees or ants), and these Draati count as adults in all ways but size. They collect food for the Mother Draati, and do tasks that she tells them to do. However, these worker Draati actually have individuality, and talk amongst each other, and do tasks that they want to do if the Mother Draati isn't telling them to do anything. They eat enough food to survive while working, and give the rest to the Mother Draati. The Mother rations any excess food to those who can't work for one reason or another. The Draati can reproduce sexually, much like humans, and often do so after the first Mother Draati spawning, as it takes much energy for her to spawn more Draati. They can go from one Mother Draati to another if they choose. They look like giant ants, but with a torso on the thorax that is actually another segment. These have arms with clawed hands with four "talons", and a head like an ant's. They are larger (6 feet long, 5 1/2 feet tall), and have brains. The females are slightly larviform, having segments connected with webbing, though this is just looking like the larva.
Magic: Disease. They can spawn viruses of multiple severities if they have absorbed sone flesh of the species they are casting it on. Only a microscopic amount is required, and they can do this through quick contact. The viruses can only harm that species, and they can't cast viruses on each other.

Is this good?

Looks good. however, note that your magic needs to be general. As you will use it for both benificial magic and attack magic. Plague Sphere is fine though.

[100killer9]

Alright. Disregard the description, just keep the disease/pestilence/plague sphere.

[Haika]

I decided to write out some mechanics that will be here from the start of the game. I'm going to add to this over time, as we go along and more items and notes are needed.

Game Mechanics:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Terrain info:

Green hex: Grassland, Max basic pop 6, High Animals, Low Materials, High Food
Brown hex: Hills/cliffs, Max basic pop 4, Low Animals, Medium Materials, Medium Food
Grey hex: mountain, Max basic pop 3, Low Animals, High Materials, Low Food
Yellow hex: Desert, Max basic pop 2, Low Animals, Low Materials, Low Food


Terrain Modifiers(note that a hex may only contain 5 modifiers maximum):
River: + 1 Food, + 1 Animals
Volcano: -1 Animals, -1 Food, -1 Materials, +1 Lava
Forest: + 1 Animals, + 1 Materials
Coast: + 1 Food


Magic and Research:

Every Unit of population that follows you will give you 1 magic power per turn.

Each turn you will have the choice of splitting your magic power between three uses. Research, and Spell Power, and Mana Reserve.

Research levels will decide how much you give towards learning new magic. You start off with simple and low spells, and branch off to more advanced stuff. Each spell will cost an amount of spell points based on how strong the spell is.

Spell Power is a boost for any spells you cast during that turn. If you case grow forest with +5 spell power, you will get a bigger forest than if you only cast the spell alone.

Mana Reserve is your magic stockpile. There is no limit to this, but you consume the mana here when you cast spells, pay maintance for summoned creatures, or trade with other mages(must have contact no further than 1 hex on the map)


More to come later...

Will also paste these into the first post, and we will wait on Ed to finish until around 5pm my time tonight, if he isn't ready by then, I will start the game. There is still one open spot if anyone is reading and wants to join, I will take 5 civs, and accept applications until we have 5 civs, even if the game has already started(you start as soon as you join whenever that may be)

After the initial 5, do go ahead and post your ideas on your civ. If I find it really interesting I may allow you to join as a special case. More on this if it happens.

[ed boy]

Race: Chot
Magic:resurgence/regeneration
Starting location: H14

The best way that a Chot can be described by comparing it to a centaur. If a centaur is a mix between a horse and a human, a Chot is a mix between a spider and a human. From the waist up, they are like humans. Below the waist, they have a thorax, and abdomen and eight legs. The males outnumber the females hugely, but are subservient to them. The females are larger than the males, and lay eggs.

The dwellings are ornate structures, constructed from layer upon layer of web. Each dwelling is presided over by a single female. Practicing magic is limited to the females and a few males. Their god is called Guth'okto. There are many tales about Guth'okto. She is often depicted as a giant spider, with many more legs than normal. She also has one large human torso (with attatched arms and head), and several smaller torsos. Tales about Guth'okto often focus on her immortality. Even when dismembered and apparently killed, Guth'okto regenerates, often more powerful than before, and defeats her foes.

[Haika]

KineseN:

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Race: Human
Magic: Fire
Starting location: C13

Backstory: The humans have always been a race known for their tendency to expand beyond their habitat and with it the passive-aggressive destruction to the environment.

The human had since long abandoned magic and with it it's knowledge, though once in a decade several children would be born gifted with it. Many of these children would have a hard time mastering the wild magic, but those precious few that could would be a force to be reckoned with, either as a tactian(sp?), battle mage or a researcher.

This certain group of humans was sent to scout for a new settlement, the old city wasn't large enough anymore to hold all the people. As they struggled their way over mountains and oceans, though deserts and plains they finally settled down in a lush jungle with a river right though it.

+2 points gained from background.

C13: grassland, +forest(jungle), +river, +coast
Starting population: 4

As Humans you gain the ability of innovation. Humans are masters of invention, and as such actions that your population takes to make new tools and new buildings will have a bonus to the outcome when they are first completed.

However, Humans are physically weak. Compared to almost any other creature humans have a very limited eyesight, spend most of their life asleep, and take longer than most to grow into adulthood. As such, you recieve a negative on resistance or strain rolls against population.


Masters of Fire have harnessed the raw energy of this chemical reaction. Fire is known to be one of the best offensive magics, and as such you will recieve a bonus to any direct damage spell cast.

Allies to Fire are Heat, Sun, Air
Enemies to Fire are Cold, Water, Sand

Fire is a powerful attack magic, but it lacks the subtly of other magics. Building and Resource spells cast by a fire mage will recieve a moderate negative(usually due to splash damage).

MP: 4
Options for Starting research(note, you can only research one spell at a time, surplus mp is then added to your Mana pool):
Flame Arrow(3 pts) - Basic fire attack, limited damage, medium range.
Burning Loins(1 pts) - Increased population growth for next turn when cast
Ashes to Ashes(2 pts) - Resource production, summons at random: charcoal, ashes, soot.
Flame Whisp(3 pt) - Basic Fire summon, produces 1 unit of Flame Whisps who act as a population unit with increased attack. Costs 2mp per turn to maintain.

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Faden:

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Race: Dandy Lions
       A race of sentient lions with yellow flower petals in place of fur and the ability to grin. Their main weapons are a false sense of security and razor sharp claws. They are vicious, bloodthirsty and absolutely Adorable.
Starting point: M15
Magic: Adorability
       A form of deception and enhancement magic. The colors yellow, pink, baby blue, and lime green gain a boost in utility. The deadliness of an Adorable weapon is inversely proportional to how deadly it looks.

+3 points gained from background

M15: grassland, +coast
Starting Population: 4

Dandy Lions are inherintly cute and cuddly. No sane creature would attack or even run away from such adorable creatures. As such, you will never be the recipiant of a first strike, and hunting has a major bonus.

However, being cute takes its cost. The DL's need twice as much food as a less cute species, to be able to maintain their aura of cuteness.



Master of charm magic are powerful illusion and mental users. As such they recieve a large boost to population based spells. Effecting either your own population or those of other civs.

Allies of charm magic: Illusion, Psychic, Puppetry
Enemies of charm magic: Shield, Passion, Darkness

Charm magic is strong in many areas, however, attacking directly goes against what charm masters believe in. As such, Masters of Charm magic recieve NO direct damage spells.


MP: 4
Options for Starting research(note, you can only research one spell at a time, surplus mp is then added to your Mana pool):
Hunting Charm(2pts) - Basic hunting blessing, will increase food yields from hunting
Wood Grin(4pts) - charm the trees themselves into growing logs and seperating them for you to use.
Summon Fluff(3pts) - basic charm summon, calls upon a bit of fluff to act as a unit for the summoner, costs 1mp per turn to maintain

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100killer9:

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The Draati
They are spawned by the most successful female Draati from another hive that wanted to expand. This draati plants itself in the ground and grows to a huge size. It spawns Draati of both genders (unlike bees or ants), and these Draati count as adults in all ways but size. They collect food for the Mother Draati, and do tasks that she tells them to do. However, these worker Draati actually have individuality, and talk amongst each other, and do tasks that they want to do if the Mother Draati isn't telling them to do anything. They eat enough food to survive while working, and give the rest to the Mother Draati. The Mother rations any excess food to those who can't work for one reason or another. The Draati can reproduce sexually, much like humans, and often do so after the first Mother Draati spawning, as it takes much energy for her to spawn more Draati. They can go from one Mother Draati to another if they choose. They look like giant ants, but with a torso on the thorax that is actually another segment. These have arms with clawed hands with four "talons", and a head like an ant's. They are larger (6 feet long, 5 1/2 feet tall), and have brains. The females are slightly larviform, having segments connected with webbing, though this is just looking like the larva.
Magic: Disease.

+3 points from background

L8: grassland, +forest, +coast
Starting population: 4


The Draati are a hive creature, and as such they live on a living flesh creep. This infection of the land increases the max population of any square that the Draati are inhabiting by one.

However, at the same time, Draati will begin to loose connection to the hive mind, and go insane without a creep present. It takes one turn and one population unit working to make a creep, each turn a population is on a hex without creep will be strained and have a chance of loosing a unit to insanity.



Plague Masters are feared by almost any living thing. They are Bringers of disease for their enemies, and masters of internal life. As such, Plague masters work on a smaller scale than many magics, but the spread of their magic is much easier. Spell Power is doubled when used in conjunction with a cast spell.

allies of Plague Magic: Death, Fear, Darkness
enemies of Plague Magic: Life, Nature, Purity

With dangerous magic come dangerous side effects. A plague spell will almost always damage the caster or any other being or item in the location of the spell. The amount of damage is always on level with the power of the spell.


MP: 4
Options for Starting research(note, you can only research one spell at a time, surplus mp is then added to your Mana pool):
Summon Locusts(4pts) - basic plague summon, will summon a cloud of insects that acts as a unit for the caster, costs 2 mp per turn to maintain
Common Cold(2pts) - basic plague attack spell, will cause a target population unit to break down into sneezing and coughing, and otherwise paralyze it for one turn.
Micro cure(1pt) - Plague Healing spell, heals minor damage and gives a bonus for one turn to resistance on a single population unit.
Termite Strain(2pts) - Resource summoning, creates a cloud of microscopic organisms who seek out sources of wood and bring back half they find to the caster(they eat the other half)

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ed boy:

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Race: Chot
Magic:resurgence/regeneration
Starting location: H14

The best way that a Chot can be described by comparing it to a centaur. If a centaur is a mix between a horse and a human, a Chot is a mix between a spider and a human. From the waist up, they are like humans. Below the waist, they have a thorax, and abdomen and eight legs. The males outnumber the females hugely, but are subservient to them. The females are larger than the males, and lay eggs.

The dwellings are ornate structures, constructed from layer upon layer of web. Each dwelling is presided over by a single female. Practicing magic is limited to the females and a few males. Their god is called Guth'okto. There are many tales about Guth'okto. She is often depicted as a giant spider, with many more legs than normal. She also has one large human torso (with attatched arms and head), and several smaller torsos. Tales about Guth'okto often focus on her immortality. Even when dismembered and apparently killed, Guth'okto regenerates, often more powerful than before, and defeats her foes.

+4 points from background(drider powah)

H14: Hills, +coast
Starting population: 4


The Chot are legendary web spinners. the sparkling gossamer threads they all can spin are a very impressive sight to anyone arriving on Chot lands. Due to this natural skill they use no building materials to construct basic buildings.

Chot females are very territorial. The lead female of a household will eat, or crush her own offspring to keep other females from encroaching on her claim. With a powerful limitation on how many females are allowed in each area, population growth is half that of other species.


Regeneration Masters are powerful healers, drawing upon the magic of the ether to grow limbs, organs, cells. They recieve a bonus to healing on any unit.

allies to regen: Life, Nature, Water
enemies to regen: Time, Destruction, Fire

With skill regeneration can heal, if luck is against the caster the regeneration is only a step away from mutation and cancer. Regeneration spells have a low chance of drastic misfire every time they are used intentionally.

MP: 4
Options for Starting research(note, you can only research one spell at a time, surplus mp is then added to your Mana pool):
Leg Enhance(2pt) - basic regen movement, allows a unit to move 2 hexes during a turn, instead of just a single hex
Regenerate Meat(4pt) - Food resource spell, makes a unit of food grow and increase in number.
Minor Mutation(3pt) - Attack spell, cause a target unit to mutate and take damage from skin cancers.
summon drone(2pt) - basic regen summon, summons a small spider grown from the caster's own body to count as a population unit, costs 2mp per turn to maintain.

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Ok, and Game start! Map has been updated in the first post, be sure to refresh your cache as I didn't save new for this first update.

You need to choose a spell to research, decide where to put each of your MP(research, power, or mana), and then think up actions for each of your population units. note: You cannot cast magic until you have researched a spell.

suggested unit actions: gather food, gather building materials, explore current hex, survey adjacent hex(moves the unit), etc. Anything goes really, Note the rules on Food and Starvation added to the mechanics on the first post. Gotta eat at the end of every even turn.