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[Alternatecash]

I'll take violet, if nobody objects.

[Tidal]

Uh, brownish-blue? Like purple? It has to be a solid color. This isn't your race's color, just the one I use on the map for your colonies and things.

EDIT EDIT: Map and Key are in first post. Bold your primary suggestions in further posts, it's very helpful. As for land, I got that worked out... But it's for me to know and you to find out. Also, you start with about twenty Smalls. I'll work out a mechanic for a breeding/food relationship, but I don't want to make population too much of a limiter. I still need a color from two of you, I think.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Blast! I missed out on this. If someone winds up MIA, could I perhaps be a runner-up?

[Tidal]

No problem. I can add a waiting list. Would you rather start as your own race (you'd be a little behind) or take over the MIA race (as a new leader)?

Btw, will be ever be able to evolve? I'd like to eventually go on land... I'd expect our species to be engineered to withstand air as well, as water is very rare in space. I'd like to find a cavern with an air pocket for a little bit of experimentation on my species' limitations and abilities.

Not evolution, per se, but there will be change. Trust me, they thought of that when they designed you. You may have to find out how though.

Could we scavenge metal from the pod for tools?

You could try, but it may be difficult. You would need to find a way to cut the metal into the right sizes then melt it down. I suppose you could use the pieces as is; however, you can't make anything extravagant without a smelter.

Medieval Era -> Can harvest and use metal effectively.

[micelus]

ok i want brown as my map colour

[Tidal]

Ehndras, what color would ye like to be?

[Ibid Straydrink]

No problem. I can add a waiting list. Would you rather start as your own race (you'd be a little behind) or take over the MIA race (as a new leader)?

Whichever you would prefer.

[Tidal]

Sorry for the wait guys, I was helping the library.

Since this is kind of a test to see where my skills as a GM lie, it would be cool if you could give feedback! I want to make sure people are actually having fun. I was wondering, what should I adjust? Do I have too much detail, too much text, or what?

While I was at the library, I tinkered a bit with coming up with a mechanic system. Of course, whether I implement it or how I implement it depends on you.

Here's a sample. I'll add more if you like this.

Population
Population is the number of people available to do tasks. Population is gained from a roll of a dice each turn. To increase population gain, extra Food may be consumed (feast). Different settlements give different amounts of population per turn, based on the number of smalls inhabiting them. Unless enough Food is supplied to feed all the Smalls in the inhabitance, it does not gain population for that turn.

Inhabitance		Minimum Smalls		Base Pop. Per Turn		Food Bonus		Base Food Storage
Camp		10		1d2		+1/2 per Food unit		20 units (5 OMU)
Village		40		1d6		+1/2 per Food unit		80 units (20 OMU)
Town		80		1d8		+1/2 per Food unit		160 units (40 OMU)
City		160		1d10		+1/2 per Food unit		320 units (80 OMU)
Metropolis		320		1d12		+1/2 per Food unit		640 units (160 OMU)

Food
Smalls eat light! Each Small consumes at least one unit of Food per turn (about one meal). If there is not a ready supply of Food in the area they live in, it is assumed that they are brought food by caravan. This food is subtracted from the closest place with surplus food (unless otherwise stated). Feasts may be held to raise morale and increase population gain for one turn by consuming Food (extended feasts are possible, but still consume the same amount of Food). Feasts lower production, however. Food can be stored indefinitely in Storage Areas (provided something bad doesn’t happen). A Food unit is equal to about ¼ OMU.

Travel
The base speed of a Small is two tiles per turn, though this may be influenced by terrain factors. Rough terrain decreases a Small’s speed to just one tile per turn. Easy terrain can be traversed at three tiles per turn. Travel lanes double the speed of anyone traveling them (regardless of terrain) but are more noticeable by predators. This can be countered by placing guard towers to protect travelers and caravans or somehow camouflaging the road (you can put it underground or come up with an even better way to defend it).

Is this good? I was thinking that each race would have "Easy", "Normal", and "Rough" terrain. Example: Snaug would be at home in the Mud or in Shallow Water, but deep-sea races like Lofani or Ul'mare might have trouble traversing shallow areas.

[rutsber]

I like it, but I think that the first few turns (3?) should be exempt from needing food for us to locate potential sources. Personally I think the detail is fine. It's like reading a story.

[Tidal]

We can assume that the storage compartment of the Pod contained rations that were tailored to your race, but only enough for 5 turns.

[rutsber]

Sounds good. How will reproduction work? Will it be like the tribal stage of spore or entirely different?

[Tidal]

Kinda like tribal stage. Depends on how much you want to go into that. Dealing with different age groups may be kinda difficult (keeping track of people's lifespans, when they are ready to work, etc.) I think I'm just going to have them come out of their eggs as mini-adults, ready to work and everything, unless otherwise stated.

I'm also going to decrease the Food Bonus to about 1/4 Small per Food Unit. It makes more sense this way, 4 Food is about 1 OMU.

For instance:
Feast starts and 40 Units of food is consumed. The population increases by 10 Smalls instantly in addition to regular pop growth.

[Tidal]

Merp. Still waiting.

[Ehndras]

Posting to watch updates.

Would be good if you'd delete posts as you add the posts' information onto character sheets and such, to conserve space and keep this a strictly FAQ/Info thread.

I'd appreciate it if you'd add the maps here.

[Tidal]

Didn't know I could delete posts.