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[Azthor]

Is it just me or my blobs are slowly turning into spawns of Kyuss?

[Criptfeind]

Yes they are tasty thank you for the meal.

[kaian-a-coel]

little change on commoners/emperors ration, so I have less than half of them sieging in the high counsil. 5000 emperors and empress total.

Note that I am not made out of crystal: The flesh of Crymits look like red jelly, and their carapace may look like gems, but they are not.

Send soldiers to inspect troubles. Be careful, the rumors says it might be the legendary forgotten beasts, the Zjelldursins.
Yes, I decided to name the poltifar's blobbys "Zjelldursins".

Tale of the Cavern of Origins, the Adamant Hearth and the Rediamond Throne

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

   Deep inside the world's mantle, in a long-forgotten place, under even the labyrinthic lairs of the Zjelldursins, lay the Cavern of Origins. The mystical place where all began, where Souls first Flew.
It is a huge cavern, full of minerals of all kinds, some even unknown anywhere else, and blooming flora. But no fauna. Not a single animal live in the Cavern anymore, and this since a time before time.
All around the Cavern are scattered the titanic bodies of the 273 Titans of Crystal. Once some of the first and most powerful beings, they were godlike. Now they are long dead, and nothing more than mountains of invaluable jewels.
   At the exact center of the Cavern is a gigantic volcanic chimney, providing warmth and like straight from the world's core. Floating in the middle of this chimney is the Adamant Core, a titanic crystal. Its summit stand thirty meters above the Cavern's floor, and yet it is only a mere tenth of its height. No one can tell its colour, because it radiate pure magic.
The Adamant Hearth is well-named, for it is made from the very hearths of the 273 Titans, who sacrificied themselves to seal off their traitorous brother, the Evil Titan of Obsidian, and all of his demonic creations, forever. They did this hoping it will save their own creations: countless plants and animals, and of course the Crymitian race.
   The Adamant Hearth's top is flat, and support a pyramid made of 273 red diamonds, formed from the last drop of blood from each Titans. The last drop of the oldest and wisest of them all took the shape of a Throne, and stood before the pyramid ever since.
   Long after these events, when the Crymits still lived in the Cavern that saw their birth, one of their chiefs managed to climb the Adamant Hearth all the way up, and sat on the Rediamond Throne. He (or She, legends diverge on this point) was given a Crown, a Sword, and great Power. He took the title of Emperor, that all Crymitian leaders bear ever since.
   It is Unknow why Crymits leaved the Cavern of Origin, along every single animal. But they did so, and forgot its location. The Crown, the Sword and the great Power were lost. Some says that the First and True Emperor is still alive, and wait on the Rediamond Throne to be awakened. Other pretend that he is long dead, and that only the Cronw, the Sword and great Power are waiting for a new master.

[Criptfeind]

I'm fairly sure you don't pick your population numbers, but rather the GM does based on your multiplying factor.

[Azthor]

I'm fairly sure you don't pick your population numbers, but rather the GM does based on your multiplying factor.

Or you might be, ironically, measured by biomass. Such is the case for the blobs.

[Criptfeind]

Ah, but that is also based on your multiplying factor.

[kaian-a-coel]

the GM didn't precised the Emperors/commoners ratio. So I adjusted it in a way that reflect the view I have of it.
I will not modify it anymore.

[RulerOfNothing]

Ah, but that is also based on your multiplying factor.

The devourers don't have a multiplying factor.

the GM didn't precised the Emperors/commoners ratio. So I adjusted it in a way that reflect the view I have of it.
I will not modify it anymore.

Unfortunately the multiplying factor for your emperors is 1/1000, which means that for each population unit you have 10 emperors (and 10 million commoners). It might not be too late to change your multiplying factors though.

[zomara0292]

I want to join in with this. It looks, intreging. I want to take a role of one of the species and know I will have to wait for a new GM to enter before actually playing any roles,it would be good for this species, due to the way it is and my plans for it.

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Name
Hs’thee (Other races may feel free to call it other names)
 
Outline
They are between two inches in their juvenile stage to the maximum of five feet long in their adult stage. Their physical appearance is that of slimy leech, with three pairs of pro-legs aiding in its motion, though it tends to depend more on the muscular contraction of the center of its body for travel (it likes to move like a snake). They prefer to live in marsh and jungle like areas due to the abundance of food, reproducing opportunities, and the need to keep moist due to their constant secretion.

Breeding Factor
3(6 EP) [Viral asexual]

Multiplying Factor
1.75

Physiological traits

Pro-legs 2: 2 EP
it has three pairs of pro-legs that are used for maintaining position and allowing vertical travel.

syringe teeth 5: 9 EP
used for injecting viral matter into its pray, when it captures, but does not kill it.

Keen sense of touch 5: 9 EP
It notes its environment through vibrations via its sense of touch

Viral Reproduction 3: 4 EP
reproduces virally (affects biological creatures with nervous systems)

Flexibility 3: 4 EP
its body is made up of a fixable cartilage, allowing it to move into/through tight spaces

Viral sack 5: 9 EP
located near the back part of its mouth. The virus infects the biological host, attacks the nerve and brain tissue, and converts them into juvenile (in the since that it lacks reproductive capabilities) Hs’thee which then hijacks and consumes the body until it reaches two inches and eats its way out of the host.

Natural adhesive 2: 2 EP
The slime it secretes tends to act as an adhesive, gluing small pieces of the landscape to it body, creating a natural camouflage.

communication bladder 3: 4 EP
A sack containing fluid and gases that mix together to create vibrations.

Civil traits
Animal Tamer 3: 4 EP
Due to the way they multiply, they have grown accustomed to taming and herding animals for reproductive purposes

Communication 2: 2 EP
communicates fairly well using its communication bladder and is able to express complex ideas

Supernatural traits

Special traits

Technologies

EP left: 0

[Criptfeind]

Ah, but that is also based on your multiplying factor.

The devourers don't have a multiplying factor.

Ah. Good point. I am thinking that is more of a oversight though then a exception to the established game mechanics.

I use the word mechanic lightly because the way the game is set up I don't believe that they have anything to do with the actual game per say, and they are just a RP tool. At this point at least. A tool no one uses and it seems quite a few misunderstand (Looking at you guy who said his tentacle crabs are about as big as a head but have the physical powers of a fruit fly.)

[Azthor]

Ah, but that is also based on your multiplying factor.

The devourers don't have a multiplying factor.

Ah. Good point. I am thinking that is more of a oversight though then a exception to the established game mechanics.

I use the word mechanic lightly because the way the game is set up I don't believe that they have anything to do with the actual game per say, and they are just a RP tool. At this point at least. A tool no one uses and it seems quite a few misunderstand (Looking at you guy who said his tentacle crabs are about as big as a head but have the physical powers of a fruit fly.)

That is note quite it. Due to their insane rate of reproduction and diet, as well as how utterly weak a single individal is in and of itself, they are measured through biomass, not population.

[Criptfeind]

Yeah I will believe that when the actually GM tells me that and not the guy that just put a question mark in that section.

[Azthor]

Yeah I will believe that when the actually GM tells me that and not the guy that just put a question mark in that section.

I can screenshot his PM, but is that really necessary? The ? was, initially, simply due to my uncertaintity as in to what an appropriate multiplier would be, but we ultimately settled for mass. Just check the GM's post on my race, it specifically defines its current value -.-

[Wimdit]

Yeah, me and Azthor came to the conclusion that it's not really possible to assign a population to his species given how it works. I actually came up with the one kiloton to one population point value by guessing that RulerOfNothing's Retha had a mass of about eighty kilograms, working it out from there, and rounding it up. Of course, that method isn't exactly reliable. One of Poltifar's blobs clearly doesn't weigh one million kilograms. Well, probably.

I also found it amusing to measure his population in kilotons because that unit is usually used for measuring the yield of nuclear weapons.

Criptfeind is correct in that population doesn't really matter. My main concern is to maintain some kind of balance, and the only thing that affects game mechanics is population points. Feel free to change your ratios.

I want to join in with this. It looks, intreging. I want to take a role of one of the species and know I will have to wait for a new GM to enter before actually playing any roles,it would be good for this species, due to the way it is and my plans for it.

Excellent. Adding you to the waiting list.

I believe everyone's posted. I'll resolve the turn in the next couple of days.

[Grek]

When Niklas wandered the world, spreading terror throughout all that lived, the Calx did not recognize him for what he was. He was great and terrible, but also so very distant, far above the waves. The sparks of bravery that the Calx showed could not be missed, however: They were a race born in terror that could not survive without courage:

From birth to change to death, each of them was utterly alone in the world, without lords or champions, with neither mother nor father known to them, only the vast emptiness of the stormy sky above. Without any comforting voices, they carried on, living as well as they could in utter isolation.

Their flesh was weak, made of jelly and slime. With neither claw nor shell nor bone nor even the sting of the true jellyfish, the children of calx were utterly unable to protect themselves from the terrors of the deep. And yet they explored the waters, heedless of the danger.

As they grew older, the children began to feel the call of the sands, an urge to nestle down upon the floor and cease to move. They knew not whether it would kill them, destroying their minds as their bodies were petrified, and feared it. And yet they changed anyways, unwilling to let their people die out entirely because they themselves feared death.

They knew not whether the Gods watched, nor even if there were any. But perhaps the gods knew of them? Perhaps even one smiled down on such a brave species?