>>21112076
If you're just joining us, welcome. This is a world-building/setting discussion of a planet called Fortune.

The game involves "evolving" various species of plants or animals. There is no win condition, so to speak, the goal is to create an interesting setting.

Various organisms are presented for the players in the form of images. The players can then change those organisms by editing the image and then posting it. A player can do one of two things with their new edited image. It can be posted as an evolution of the previous creature, meaning that the previous creature is now replaced by the new one; alternatively, the player can designate their new image as a newly emerged subspecies of the previous image, meaning the creatures in both images are now present on the world. This is called a split or a branch-off.

Once the edited image containing the creature is posted, and so long as no one raises any objections to it, the critter then becomes part of the developing "canon" of the game, and other players can edit and evolve it too. At various, arbitrary times, the GM (that's me) will respond with results of the adaptation, as well as introducing random effects in the world in the interest of "shaking things up". If you like, you could even include cause/effect and results in your post, if you like.

> (Continued...)

>>21112081
The better your justification and/or explanation for an evolution, the more we like it, so don't be afraid to go into great detail as to the ecological pressures that engendered such changes. This is by no means neccesary, but don't worry, we won't be tl;dr-ing anyone. Get as detailed as you like.
As a rule of thumb, go for small, subtle changes rather than big ones. Try not to "direct" the creatures towards some kind of end result (eg. I'm going to turn them into Pokemanz!), just let them become a sort of mish-mash created by everyone (eg. I imagine that the low temperatures would favor those creatures that possesed thick fur). Let the critters be a community effort, you know? If something feels cheesy or unrealistic to you, say so, we're all Anons here anyway, so enjoy the freedom to speak your mind. It'll engender discussion and help polish the world to a fine sheen (so to speak).

Now, while I encourage you all to be creative, there are a few things I'll just toss out from the get go.

Joke Creatures
> (Eg) This creature is so flexible, it can kiss it's own ass!

Fetish Fuel
> (Eg) These animals reproduce by rape.

Comic-Book Science
> (Eg) Fell from a meteor, exposed to cosmic rays.

Blatant Rip-Offs
> (Eg) Bikachu, the electromagnetic rodent is yellow becuase it eats the fruit of the Super Sayain plant, which produces orange fruits called Dragonballs.

There's plenty of leeway on the drawings, not everyone's an artist, we get that. But if you just gave a camel robotic wings and lazer vision? Well, somebody's gonna call you out. This *is* 4chan, after all. Write something that's readable and makes sense and there won't be any problems. Most creatures are accepted, so unless I say otherwise or someone objects, the lack of a response should be taken as approval.

> (Continued...)

>>21112094
If you want to know anymore, I've included my address in the e-mail field, or you can ask one of our players (I'm sure some of our regulars are lurking under the mask of Anonymous). They will likely be happy to answer your questions, assuming I don't get to them. We've also got a 1d4chan page, it includes a link to our previous threads. These are just there if you're curious, so don't feel like you need to read them to be able to play now. Relax, you don't.

> http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Fortune:_Evolution_Game

This is also where I'll post the scheduled dates (both month and day) for the next episode of the game. As soon as the current thread (Part 6-9) is over, the date for Part 6-10 will be posted at the top of the wiki page.

The whole thing is still a work in progress, so if you see something missing from the main article or subsections, don't be shy about lending a hand. This *is* only my downtime after all, and like most adults, I've only got so many hours in the day.

Lastly, do quote/link to the creature that you're evolving, if you're evolving critter A into critter B, then use that "quote" button and link the damn post, it makes it so much easier for me when I'm trying to follow the line of descent when time comes for the next game.

Well, I've rattled on long enough, so enough pussyfooting around, let's get this game started! As soon as I post the starting creatures, you can have at it!

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>>21112076
These two plants are the mainstay of the Pickle Island ecosystem. There are others but these are the ones I'm letting you evolve. The first is a tuberous root called a Spibush and the second is a giant blueberry surrounded by cabbage leaves called the Blubush.

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>>21112076
The tree-dwelling 8ft. long mammal called the silversnake is covered in soft, fine fur the colour of gleaming silver. While not good at camoflague the silversnake is good enough at ambushing land-bound critters that it's never developed a need. They bear live young and suckle them. They're also warm-blooded (endothermic). The males have cobra hoods to tell them apart from the females.

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>>21112076
An endothermic invertebrate, the Tiger Gwab uses the scissor-like appendage on its back to snip leaves and twigs off plants and then consume them.

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>>21112076
Unlike it's carnivorous relative the Silversnake, the Hunnilaur is an omnivorous and blind mammal, dwelling in subterranean tunnels that it digs with the strange "fingers" adorning its face. It's also known as the Howler, for it makes eerie hooting mating calls, similar to a Terran elk or caribou. They also possess hard clubs on their tails. These often accompany their songs, drumming out a rudimentary beat. They could also serve as defense in a pinch.

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>>21112076
A poodle-sized vicious predator, the endothermic Beirab is a close cousin to the Tiger Gwab. They use their hind claws (along with the one along their spine) to tear meat off the bone and then consume it. They lay eggs and mostly eat Tiger Gwabs but are also known to dine on Pygmy Blimpies and Hunnilaur.

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>>21112076
The cold-blooded (ectothermic) migratory elephant-like critters are known as Blimpies. They visit Pickle Island during breeding seasons, having adapted from relative common to Volcano Island and the Wildwood to the North. They hover a few feet above the ground using lighter-than-air gasses. They feed on plankton by skimming the tops of the ocean (or lakes) but can also eat small amounts of macroscopic plants. They also lay eggs.

That's the lot, gang. Now get going. Have fun!

>>21112121
The Spibush evolves a new migratory locomotion similar to dandelions. It grows a parasol-like tuft that allow it to move with air currents when it goes to seed.

(new to this, apologies if it isn't to specification)

>>21112564
You're doing just fine, don't even worry about it, mate.

>>21112314
Request explanation of the hover mechanic. Do the gasses make them lighter than air, or are they propelling themselves through the air with said gasses? Is that what that thing that looks like it could be either a tube or a leg is for?

also, are tiger gakrab herbivores or omnivores? It seems odd that they'd be pure herbivore considering their close relation to carnivorus beirab.

How far below the ground do Hunnilaur live? do they have any interaction with the other animals? is there any sort of visual interaction map for all these creatures?

>>21112787
Alright, one at a time.
> Explanation of the hover mechanic
> Do the gasses make them lighter than air?
Yes
> propelling themselves through the air with said gasses?
Also yes. It keeps them afloat and they shoot more out tubes to move forward.

> Is that what that thing that looks like it could be either a tube or a leg is for?
It's a tube, and yes, it shoots the gas to propel them forward.

> also, are tiger gakrab herbivores or omnivores? It seems odd that they'd be pure herbivore considering their close relation to carnivorus beirab.
Herbivores. As for close relation to the Beirab, well, all mammals are descended from a carnivore, and that includes cows and sheep. These kinds of things do happen, and often.

> How far below the ground do Hunnilaur live? do they have any interaction with the other animals? is there any sort of visual interaction map for all these creatures?
That's up to you. In the past I detailed such things out, but players felt like that was too restrictive, so now I leave it up to you folks.

ITS FORTUNE TIME, FORTUNE TIME, SO WON'T YOU HAVE SOME EVOS OF MINE

That spibush is much too short! Imma turn it into a tree!

>>21114059
I read that in the voice of Ollie Williams and I have no idea why.

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>>21114111
>Ollie Williams
>Not J.D. from Scrubs
>I am dissapoint

Also, I'm having trouble angling leaves on this thing. I want to add more of the broadleafs to turn this into a proper tree, but microsoft paint and paint.net are only offering 90 and 180 degree rotations. Can summon help me out?

>>21114231
Never got into Scrubs. As for the rotations, in Paint.NET, select an area and hold down right click and you can now rotate by moving the mouse in either direction. When you let go of the right-click it'll plop it in that angle.

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>>21114268
Thanks. I present the Spitree, the cousin of the Spibush. Spitrees try to outgrow each other, to get as much sunlight as possible. Also, they're a new food source for herbivores.

>>21114448
Blimpies now dine almost exclusively on these plants, why go near the ground for Blubushes when it exposes one to predators? Tiger Gwabs are now too short to eat the Spitrees. They must rely on Blubushes to sate their hunger.

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>>21112224
The Hunnilar gains long hairs on its face, to help it feel around in its tunnels

>>21114757
Well, I don't know about getting rid of the spibush completely. In fact, I've just gotten an idea for it

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>>21114770
Here we are. The Sandbush

Regular spibushes remain in the shadows of the Spitrees, but not as in great as numbers before. One strain develops to take advantage of the rocky areas and beaches of Pickle island: The Sanbush. The Sanbush has root system more suited to life in rocky soil or sand areas.

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>>21114920
I should have mentioned this before, but Pickle Island doesn't have much in the way of beaches. That's what I meant by "coast of Ireland". Here we have the Cliffs of Moher. A good approximation. I can imagine sandbushes clinging desperately to the sides of these rocky outcroppings. Hmm, that'd actually be kind of cool, a vertical ecosystem.

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>>21114953
well, lets fix taht

>>21114991
I have no idea why, but that just made me lol my ass off.

>>21115010
Spider bush, spider bush, does whatever bush spider can. Climbs up cliffs, any size, catches rays, everydays. Look out, here comes the spider buuuuuush

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>>21115057
note quite a spider bush. The humble paribush is a subtle predator. Covered in a sticky sap it constantly weeps out, the paribush will either get blown away, and reattach to a new surface, animal, or plant. depending on its new terrain, it may become parasitic, though as it grows it does provide shade, and its not too demanding of it's host.

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>>21112121
an offshoot of the spibush is the catchleaf. It is very spongy and soaks up vast amounts of water. Creatures can stay hydrated just from eating these. They contain naturally occurring pain killing compounds.

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>>21112314
The pygmie blimpie gains a nocturnal offshoot. Glow wings are a bad word pun, as well as night time foragers.

Are these evolutions eventually going to become sentient? Cuz I'm kinda messing with the idea of a cliff tribe or something

>>21115880
Maybe someday. For now, help us out and evolve a creatures and plants for an interesting world

>>21115880
Someday, yes. One species (perhaps more) on this planet will become sentient. For now though, in terms of timescale, we're around the Triassic Period, to use Earth's eras as a reference.

>>21112259
Bierab evolves to blend in with the shad of the jungle, developing an erratic sleeping schedual. they sleep for about 10-40 minutes at a time, throughout the day, preying on a wide variety of animals, taking advantage of their prey's drowsy state as they awake to a sharp beak.

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>>21114991
The Cliffbush begins to develop large, starchy fruits that grow in small clusters. If these fruits are not picked, they eventually drop and land on any rock outcroppings below, taking root and growing into another Cliffbush

>>21116064
At night, Glow Wing begin to eat the dropped fruits, inhabiting the cliffs, safe from predators. The nutritious fruits of the Cliffbush allow them to grow much larger than their ancestor's 1-foot frames. Possibly 3-feet long? It's up to you.

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>>21112182
Lets talk tiger gwab. Getting larger, it develops stronger social bonds. A parent will take care of it's young, picking them up and placing them close by should they start to wander. The massive grabber claw is also useful for getting high up vegetation, or anchoring onto trees, rock faces, etc to pull itself up onto it's hind legs and get a better view of the area. It is also elephant sized. island gigantism.

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>>21115983
derp.

>>21116474
Unless the Beirab get larger, for now only entire herds of Silversnakes can take down a Tiger Gwab. Even then, one can sustain a troop for weeks.

>>21112143
the silversnake evolves more nocturnal behavior and coloring, eventually developing little glowing balls on the end of its feelers to attract glowfins. The bulge in it's stomach speaks for itself.

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>>21116658
forgot the image. perhaps beirabs prey on silver snakes?

>NEW PLAYERS WELCOME, NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

Alrights, sounds great, I'll just --


>Welcome to Part VI, Chapter XI

Forget it.

>>21116677
Silversnakes are much bigger than beirabs and live in trees. It'd likely be the other way around.

>>21116682
NOOOOOOOOOOO000000000000ooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Come back! There's no background info you need to know!

>>21116682
listen here. you make evolution happen or darwin will eat the soup you call a genepool.

-NG

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>>21114448
well, the spitrees are thriving, in fact, some are branching out to get more sunlight! Get it? Branching out? Its funny because its a tre... Forget it. also, the root system increased in size to account for this growth

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>>21115639
The paribush is frequently found growing in many locations, limited by available nutrients, some paribushes grow to gigantism, and exhibit territorial wars, in a slow motion battle of outgrowing and starving for sunlight with other paribushes until only one remains in a given location.

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>>21115669
two can play the branching out game. The catch leaf will not be out competed and pushed into extinction.
>>21116941

>>21117555
Damn it. I read your post as if the plant was saying it.

>>21117422
>>21116474
BEHOLD. The perigak! the massive tiger gwab feels unconcerned by the plants growing on its body and sometimes picks them off if it gets hungry. In turn, those individuals who get really covered in them blend into the forest rather well, able to avoid predators more easily.

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>>21117705
derpderp

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>>21116474
Night time is safer, easier to move about, and to keep in touch convoys of Tiger gwab follow the glowing light.

>>21117790
this is quickly becoming the isle of glowing things.

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The newest spitree is grows even taller and wider, the leaves produce more chlorophyll and are greener, and the tree produces glowing red fruit which are poisonous to Gwab.

>>21119010
sorry, poisonous to all descendants of the Gakarab

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>>21116491
longer back claw for disembowelment of tiger gwab young. packs will race between the legs of larger prey to slice open their soft under bellies.

>>21118056

I you should do some evos man. might find it enjoyable. Ive done about 11 of them here now. i find it quite masturbatory in nature. tree bro is my only companion. i am a glowtard. i cant help it. night time, its gotta glow. wait till i decide things see in infrared, and we get non visible IR glow.

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>>21116064
The Cliffbush develops a stronger root system, both to absorb more nutrients from the cliff side, and to prevent the Glow Wings from pulling them out of the ground when they feed.

bump

>>21120163
> quite masturbatory in nature
B-but, I'll go blind! Lol. Maybe after after breakfast.

>>21120106
Excellent, I like it.

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Some of the Pygmie blimpies evolve to take advantage of the new cliffbushes. Their little jets now point more towards the ground, their wings extend downward to help stabilize themselves when sitting on rocky outcroppings, and their tails now point upwards, giving them a smaller radius, making it easier for them to turn around.

Do we have any flying predators? Because my next evolution for these guys involves them not needing to deal with predators, so they evolve more towards colorful mating displays

>>21121849
Currently, no. No flying predators in this region. That said, the Blimpies could split into a herbivore variation and a carnivore variation. Though, if you want to go for more colorful mating displays, GO FOR IT, Bird of Paradise all the way, mate.

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>>21115669

With all these Blimpies visiting your water pool, trying to steal a drink, one would be a fool not to turn it to your advantage.

A strain of Catch Leaf evolves spots of bioluminescence, clearly visible in the night when the darker body of its leaf is shrouded. When a curious Blimpie investigates and discovers the pool of what it expects to be water, it is greeted instead by a sticky, digestive plasma.

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>>21114760
Ya know who's feeling left out? The Hunnilar. He gets an evo

Hunnilars gain even larger digging fingers, which are more like digging arms. Their tunnels are larger, longer and deeper now. Anyone care to try and evolve something to chase them below the earth?

bump. Were all the evos at?

>>21124075
Dunno, same place all the white women went? Because, like evos, I must ask, where all the white women at?

bump. Evo incoming

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>>21120106
Some of the Beirab gains toes that are closed together, for faster, though slightly less stable running. This strain of Beirab is heading towards a more active hunting style

>>21127746
flesh eating horses fuck yeah

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>>21123129
Some terrain is too damn hard to burrow through, and so the Hunnilar has started to walk, erect and proud across the landscape. Get too close and it will punch you with it's tail. not much of a biological change, more of a new behavior. here it is investigating a small insect.

>>21115722
glowings have been prey for a long time now, by snakes, plants, anything of opportunity really. Frequently they are attracted to the lights of the tiger gwabs and follow the herds in relative safety as a collection of night lights. Other times they visit the deadly silver snake and get eaten. Over generations they have started to develop a group tactic. Their digestive acids also glow, and they can regurgitate them on a predator, enemy, or problem. This is not only painful and irritating to the skin and eyes, but the fluid glows attracting predators like a dinner bell.

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>>21127906
herp derp.

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>>21119010
couldnt go on any further. lost my drive today. good luck folks. feel free to utilize, cannibalize, etc this tree.

>>21127796
Now that's what I'm talkin' about.

>>21127906
That's just downright evil.

>>21127792
I don't think they'll ever get full hooves. There aren't any plains on Pickle Island are there fortune?

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>>21121849
The cliffies little jets evolve to become little suckers when not propelling the cliffie along. This results in the jet/suckers becoming wrinkly. Their tails enlarge and curve over their backs, and become host to colorful mating displays in both sexes. Their eyes enlarge to take advantage of the new mating displays

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>>21129297
Should've mentioned the suckers are to help keep the Cliffies stable, especially in highwinds. Also, picture with correct evo number

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>>21120106
The Cliffies along the coast are a plentiful, and ecologically naive species, providing a large potential food source for any opportunistic predators who are capable of reaching them.

A population of smaller Beirabs living make their home around the border of the island, occasionally scaling the cliffs, using their lighter body to their advantage and growing large hooklike claws. While they are certainly not agile climbers, they can remain attached to the cliff by digging into it, and will use their new longer legs and hooked arm to snatch away Cliffies.

They also feed upon the young of other species and are generally opportunistic predators.

>>21129673
FUCK THE GROUND I CLIMB CLIFFS MOTHERFUCKER

Also, would you mind going anon stooge? it helps attract people who don't use names, and prevents us from looking exclusive when we really just want more fortunates

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>>21127746
The mainline Beirabs inhabiting the central parts of the island develop large, extremely photosensitive eyes. They use these to spot the many glowing creatures of the island over large distances during the night time, allowing them to stalk Gwab herds and avoid Silversnakes, as well as keep their distance from Glow wings, whom they will often also use to lead them back to Gwab herds.

They grow slightly larger to retain their ability to hunt single Gwabs or their young, attacking in packs nocturnally, when their pray is at its most vulnerable. They are often forced to seek shade during the day to rest their overly sensitive eyes.

Oh, by the way, Fortune, I've got an evo for the Fletch drawn/written up, so if you plan on redrawing it for the next Desert thread you can hold off on that at first.

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>>21127796
hunnilars have adapted to eating food normally unfit for consumption, but remain somewhat predatory. Lingering in dense vegetation they will strike with their tail. The tail is actually a modified cloaca, with a hard penetrating tip on the bony "club". It will inject its prey or enemies with feces and let them run off to die of sepsis. From there tracking it's own scent it finds it's next meal.

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>>21127914
glow wings are born with all the skin they will ever have, gradually inflating as they reach adulthood. If one manages to make it to advanced age, there is a real risk of popping.

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>>21116677
silver snakes develop more glowing bulbs they use to simulate a swarm of glowwings so they can lure in beirabs. They have also developed powerful narcotic saliva. Once bitten they will lick their prey, getting the substance into the blood stream. From there the prey will slip into a comatose euphoria, where it is swallowed whole.

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>>21129213
Plains? Sure, why not? I imagine there are Boom Gingers on the island. Large grassy fields and such.

Captcha:
> nfoloyi thrusts
Are you coming on to me, captcha?

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For shame, bumping my own topic, but it cannot be helped, it must be done.

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>>21132109
HEY GUYS! JUST HERE TO EAT YOUR DREAMS!

>>21132965
Mein gott, that's amazing.

bump

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>>21129673

The cliff climbing beirabs become more apt to their environment. Their bodies become lighter and more agile, their limbs grow in length and dexterity and their overall weight is reduced.

They use all their 7 appendages when they scale the cliff sides of the island. The claw arm on their back also works as a harpoon of sorts, striking with swift lethality towards the victim of the creature.

These creatures hunt by stalking and ambushing other residents of the cliffs, which earns them their nickname. They can move with surprising speed and agility on their vertical environment, speed that is unmatched by the majority of the other creatures of the cliffs.
They live in small family communities, inside burrows they dig to the cliff sides. The adults of the family often hunt together for greater change of capturing prey.

Despite of their name, these beings don't exclusively live in the cliffs. Small populations of them live in the forests of the island, as their agile bodies make them apt climbers, which allows them to hunt in the canopies just as well as in the cliffs.

>>21134600
> feel real down about something last night
> wake up
> see this
> all_better.jpg

Best Monday ever.

In an effort to keep up with predation the Tiger gwab split, some grow thicker skins and get larger. From their horse size up to an asian elephant. They weight in at a good two tons a peice now when fully grown.

Gonna start working on the next region so we can start earlier. Keep going/working at it, Fortunates!

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>>21134600
In order to blend into their cliff habitat, the Beirab slowly take on a more stone-like hue.

>>21137190

Just popping in to give an opinion, but what if you converted the back two appendages (the stabby looking bits) into another set of legs? It'd let the Beirab walk upright, move up sheer cliffs while the graspers hold food/prey, and would give them a higher vantage point (and thus able to spot prey/predators further away.)

>>21137247
They actually *used* to be legs, such atavism would be find by me, Anon.

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>>21112314
And offshoot of the Blimpie, the 'Trumpet Blimpie' is named after the sound it makes with the odd addition of a 'thruster' to its skull. The thruster is weaker than normal, but it seems to function as a sort of naval cavity. It can blow gasses through the tubes at varying pressures, causing a loud 'trumpet' sound that is uses to attract mates.

Trumpet Blimpie are darker in color, and typically live never coves. They have developed long longs, which not only allow them to collect plankton off the water's surface easier, but they have also adapted to eating small insects, increasing the protein in their diets. This has allowed them to grow larger, though at the cost of being slower. They are a bit more adept at staying in the air, however, how the the increased size of their air bladders, and larger wings enable smoother and sharper turns.

Larger eyes have increased their ability to see at night, and they typically hunt in the early hours of the morning before dawn. During the day, they tend to rest in small coves that most animals can't reach.

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A new species splits off of the close-toed biarab. They've developed a taste for the burrowing hunnilars, and start to dig into their dens. Those born with shorter legs become the norm for this group, as they can fit into the tight spaces better while hunting.

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>>21137682
Forgot to quote what it was from.
>>21127746


>>21123129
In response to predators entering their nests, what had once been a recessive trait becomes more commonplace with less surviving population displaying the dominant allele. More are born with a bony protrusion on their snouts. It turns out that they can be used as a weapon to defend their burrows.

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>>21137190
>>21137247

The rear "limbs" of the cliff stalkers become stronger over the generations, as the beirabs use them to anchor themselves to the cliffs and to help them to climb.
The blade like claws become more hooked and resilient in order for them to support the weight of the creature.

The stalker beirabs living in the cliff-sides have started diverging from the populations that moved to inhabit the forests. Their forest bound cousins retain greenish color, and have started developing to better suit their respective environment. (I might do an illustration of them at some point.)

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An overview of the climate zones of Pickle Island, in case you want to branch out beyond the cliffsides. That said, your vertical ecosystem is awesome, and I encourage you to continue it.

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>>21130517

Some of the hunnilars expand their diet to include plant matter, that they eat by using their raspy tongue. They do still eat meat, though they no longer seek it out as actively.
Their coloration has also changed to suit the plains and forests where they live better.

They move in groups, grazing on the vegetation and using their numbers for protection. Their tail "stinger" has developed a new function that supports their herd mentality. It can still be used as a stinger, but it also can spray somewhat caustic and sticky feces over considerable distances. When threatened, a herd of these "Shit Sprayers" will cluster up together, raise their tails and cover the attacker with irritating and odorous diarrhea, which hopefully will cause the threat to back off.

>>21138945
> glorious.jpg

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>>21138945
>Mfw trying to prey upon these

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>>21138945
>MFW

>>21139016
I imagine any species that wants to prey on them would have to develop some potent defense against disease.

>>21138973
>>21139016
>>21139246
>>21139301

And these shit spewing things are actually part of the lineage that are closest equivalents to mammals that exist on this world.

>>21139411
indeed. endothermic, lactating, and hairy (though the hunnilaur and friends are sparsely haired like us humans or naked mole rats

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>>21137682
When their main food supply begins to fight back, it's the more agile Tunneler Beirabs that are able to take down a Hunnilar for food, and survive to pass their genes to the next generation. Over time, their torsos have become long and narrow, to better get into the Hunnilar tunnels, and still have room for organs.

>not bothering to correct the filename.

You know, the Gwabs and the plants haven't gotten love for a while...

>>21140904
Gwabs will get some love later. Gonna make them split off into some buffalo-crabs

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>>21117790
Some of the tiger Gwabs move out onto the plains more, and their bodies feet adapt to to the rolling land, the toes enlarging and meeting to form solid hoof like feet. They also gain smaller claws atop their backs, since they no longer need it for feeding but for defending themselves. The nimble claws are still very powerful though

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>>21129930
The mainline Beirab grows to the size of a pony or small horse, traveling in packs of 7-12, preying primarily on Gwabs. They attack in groups, skirting around their large unruly prey, darting in and out from underneath them using their upper claws to tear their underbellies. Over time many panels of their armour is sacrificed for mobility, losing joint plates and superfluous parts like their own belly first, exposing the soft pink skin underneath. They lose their jungle camouflage in exchange for the position as the apex predator of the plains.

In response to the hardening under-shells of the Gwabs, the "arm" of the Beirab hardens and stiffens, developing into a sharp and hard, but almost completely inflexible blade structure, capable of breaking through even the hardest shells using the force of a running Beirab and attached to two fused armour plates. Their two back claws also lenghten and harden, being used to further injure a Gwab after its shell has been eliminated without the need to stop.

A successful raid will often see a single Gwab targeted by many Beirabs at once, by the end the underside of its shell should be entirely removed and its internal organs punctured repeatedly.

Their eyes also expand further, taking up much of its head, further allowing them to navigate the island around its glowing creatures, but also helping them differentiate between said creatures at a distance.

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>>21137817
Behavioral change.
Hunniluar's develop a change in the way which they dig dens. They're dug with numerous twists and sharp turns, which make it difficult for the rigid-bodied Tunneler Beirabs to make it in without having to spend a lot of time digging.


>>21138945
>mfw

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>>21129416
The cliffies little trunk/snouts become beaks that they use to chisel away rock on outcroppings, carving shallow nests at first, and over generations these shallow nests become holes in the cliffs, protecting them from the Cliffstalkers. Evolve if you want some food Cliffstalkers!

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>>21143686
>>21143686
I just realised two evo numbers were skipped. Its a fourth generation critter, not a second generation

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>>21137817
The hunnilars crest, which serves as its ears, becomes swept back to make it easier to get around in the tunnels

>>21143758
Thats no crest! That just looks like a crest! Its actually just one ear thats obscuring the other ear. They can still be swept back though

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Evo tree for the Gwabs and the plants, will post one for Beirabs and Blimpies shortly.

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>>21143907
As promised, the other evo tree.

Holy shit, this is awesome. Too bad i can't draw even to save my life.
I also foresee this thread turning into giant-venom-shooting-dicks vs. giant-tentacle-asshole fight.

>>21144464
Pfft, this ain't /d/, mate.

>>21144464
Drawing skill doesn't matter for these, just needs shitdoodles that can get points across, assisted by text if needed.

As for the "giant-venom-shooting-dicks vs. giant-tentacle-asshole" thing, we have the GM to intervene there, if other players don't get rid of it first.

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Okay, here goes nothing.....

To defend against the more mobile and predatory Tunneler Beirabs, the Hunnilars have developed a poison sac directly at the base of their brains, which will burst upon any kind of skin trauma and cause rapid cutaneous poisoning to the attacking Beirab. The poison, in addition to being strongly neurotoxic, contains the cytolytic peptide mastoparan and the enzyme sphingomyelinase, causing pain and severe tissue damage to the attacker as well as aiding the absorption of the neurotoxin through the skin. The Hunnilar has also developed a short stinger at the base of its nose, which can inject an attacker with a minuscule dose of the poison; though highly unlikely to cause death, this will likely inflict enough short-term pain upon the foe for the Hunnilar to escape to safety.

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>>21145030
wait... you said you hadn't done this before? excuse me while i go look those terms up...

>>21145030
Damn, Anon, I am impress.

>>21145030
All I can say is that you know your stuff. Are you an actual biologist?

For future reference, please save images as PNG. JPEGs causes colors to bleed together, making it difficult to edit with Paint.

Also, forgot to mention, while our fellow evogamers in Primordial take their well-deserved break, they've been kind enough to lend us their IRC room. No sign in or register necessary, just make a name and jump in.

> http://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23EVO&server=irc.thisisnotatrueending.com

Here you can bug me or the veterans about inane shit or even relevant questions.

>>21146193
More importantly, setting development.
>Mostly yelling SPESS MAHREENS!

>>21146302
But of course.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfORh9cFDU8

A bedtime bump, do try and keep this humble quest thread going, dear Fortunates.

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>>21130609
glowwings become slightly less competent, a constant companion to the lumbering gwabs, relying on generations of instinct, opposed to raw mental power.

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>>21117790
Its been a while since we last visited the Tiger Gwab, and now it sort of lives up to it's name. The Tiger Gwab learned that one can get protein much easier from flesh then plants, and those who ate the bodies of the slain predators grew stronger and faster. In coming generations their traits became dominant, and they grew large. This adult is holding a full grown silver snake it just caught. this species will prey on the buffalo gwab as well as any smaller creatures, but not the plant eating tiger gwabs.

"I am become death"

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>>21147925
" WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?! A CHALLENGER APPEARS?!"

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>>21147939
"YOU TWO THINK TO STAND BEFORE THE MIGHT OF THE SHO-GLUND?!"

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>>21147925
>Buffalogwabs reaction to this

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>>21148804
>>21147947
>>21147939
>>21147925
> wake up
> see this
> mfw

>>21147925
Maintaining a body like that requires quite the caloric intake. There are two paths the Giangwab can take at this point.

One: it can shrink in size, down to, well, a Bengal Tiger.

Two: It can retain its size but have to eat constantly, with many dying of starvation in a mere three days if not fed. The population will plummet, the ecosystem can't support their current numbers with a diet like that.

If you think of some other way scientifically don't be afraid to offer it.

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>>21142858
In order to compete with newly arrived competition, the Heirab grows to about the size of a horse, and continues to shrink its armour into a less restrictive and more efficient form, sacrificing little speed for protection and power. Its "blade" develops its own dedicated supportive plate taking up much of the Heirab's back, allowing them to more easily shrug off powerful impact.

Having lost the jungle camouflage of its ancestors, the Heirab's armour assumed a golden yellow hue, though its form makes hiding difficult, this does obscure their movement among the plains during their raids.

>>21147441
could someone remind me what the spit coming out of the glow wing's mouth is?

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>>21152196
The spinal-spur of the Heirab sharpens, for increased gut-spilling efficiency. It also evolves a colour correction, to allow for easier editing.

The plants need more love. Bump

>>21152200
glowing digestive acids. it just is an irritant to the skin and eyes. The deadly part is that any creatures doused in it now glow with irregular splotches. This looks like wounded prey to predators and draws them like a magnet.

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>>21142858
With the main prey of the Beirab beginning to hunt the hunter, it becomes more dangerous to approach the Gwabs. The amount of flora which they eat increases dramatically, causing those with more powerful digestive tracts and flatter hind teeth to survive, effectively making them omnivores. With each passing generation, they seem to shift slightly more to being herbivorous.
They have kept their speed and social behavors, so they travel in small herds, and are often able to outrun their new predators.

>>21150988
The Gigagwab do die out somewhat, their population shrinks. This allows the strongest of them to flourish though. Becoming dedicated opportunists greatly benefits them. They eat everything now. Plants when there is no meat, when there is meat they will gorge. In order to preserve precious energy they can go dormant, almost resembling something dead. Breathing and heart rate plummit, body temperature regulation shuts down. It is in this state that they are "sleeping" but dimly aware of the outside world and new prey. Waking up is a sluggish affair though, in which the smarter creatures may run. It should be noted they are not below scavenging carrion, their own dead, or even cannibalization of the wounded, which often happens during breeding season battles.
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tl/dr- omnivore with a bend towards meat. hibernation, and control over internal temperature control. if it's ideal outside, turn it off. if it is not needing to be in kill mode, turn it off or down. efficiency baby.

>>21153868
So option two, then. They were already endothermic.

>>21153790
Ah, right, thanks. Do you think the Glow Wings would leave, given that their wards are now carnivorous?

>>21155304
Yeah, I think they were following Gigagwab around (I know I called them Elephigwab earlier, but frankly, Gigagwab sounds way better).

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>>21155304
glowwings are only the size of a football, at biggest a large pumpkin, and they fly. I do not think the Gigagwabs care too much for such small morsals that would not so willingly go into their mouth. Also, unshown adaptation. Glowwings clean their wards.

>>21156995
Ah, okay, like remora and sharks.

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A sexy preview of the region to come, hopefully this thread will remain when I wake up tomorrow. Night all.

So this is bump power, huh? Not too shabby.

>>21147925
as a final touch up, this evolution is across all species of Gwab. In times of extreme hibernation the gwab will dig, and dig, then build a dense mucus cocoon, there a state of torpor turns to hibernation, to suspended animation. When the cocoon is breached, a chemical reaction happens within the fluids that kick starts the creature's nervous system.

this behavior will also take place during overcrowding of the population. Of note, it is often the largest and most dominant that will burrow and enter the long sleep. The bigger they are, the deeper they dig.
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sleep my beautiful, sleep until the modern era where small ones will free you.

>>21120743
The fruit of the Cliffbush evolves to have a sticky layer underneath the skin. After a Glow-wing eats and digests the fruit, the undigested seed inside becomes stuck to its hindquarters. The Glow-wing scrapes the seed off against a rock, where the seed sticks and germinates. This is often higher up the cliffs thatn the parent plant the fruit came from, allowing Cliffbush to spread across entire cliff-faces. (This is how mistletoe spreads its berries)

>>21163424
Learn something new everyday...

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>>21140720
Through being used to quickly back out of Hunnilaur tunnels, the arm on the back, and the former hind legs have become situated so that they work better for this, and don't get in the way while hunting.
And in response to the venom of the Hunnilar, the exoskeleton of the face thickens. Over time, they learn to not eat the head, as it contains the poison.

>>21165077
I like where this is going...

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>>21112143

A different Day timer hunter emerges from the Silversnake line. The Silverhugger is so named for the strange male variation that has grown "claws" not (unlike the feelers/legs of their cousins) along their hoods.

The hunters have begun to resort to ambush hunting as their prey is either massive or quick now. Mostly they aim for Beirab's (ala>>21153853) that speed through their forests. The Silverhuggers will wrap their bodies around a low hanging tree among others and will simply hang their waiting. When a critter comes sprinting by they will lash down at them and wrap them up in their hoods, digging their claws into the creatures sides. Generally the body will drop down with them as they lack the strength to pull them back up with them currently. Though this helps with their tactic to a degree once the body falls to the ground it quickly wraps the struggling creature up to squeeze the life out of it in a boa constrictor like fashion.

This being a specifically male feature within the creature the females are more prone to live on the ground in burrows. The males will thus bring them "offerings" of a meal, the larger the better. If their offer is accepted to female will gorge and then allow the male into her home to mate. This produces a strange "marriage" between the two as the male will continue to feed this specific female into his young is born, and for a month afterwards while his young are feeding. Once this month is over they will then abandon the female and his young. Other males will not make offerings to a nursing female and she likely will begin to starve from that point on, and the young will as well. This leads to the young (each birth producing roughly 3 to 4 huggers) cannibalizing the mother and then leaving the burrow to either begin their life among the trees or a burrow of their own.

The forest is a cruel place for the Silverhugger female.

>>21165903
Hey, haven't seen you around for quite a while, welcome back mate! In the future, all new posts/threads are announced at the top of the 1d4chan wiki entry, just so you know. :D

And what an entry it is... damn, it's a hard knock life.

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>>21166020

Thanks man, yeah I've been pretty busy and hadn't seen the threads the few times I've been around. Happy to see the threads are still doing well, some real horror stories going on here.

The male Silverhuggers develop more coloration within their hoods and snout feelers to blend into the scenery more as the Beirab's have become smart enough to avoid the groves of hanging silver snakes.

The brown is obviously more of a tree trunk and branch color so they blend a bit more. They also gain a brown stripe down their backs. Their snout feelers gain a red coloration more akin to long berries that also grow from the trees they like to hang from.

>>21166404
Now that's downright devious. Well, hopefully you'll be able to find us again should life interrupt once more. That's why I've taken to posting these things on some kind of a schedule. After one thread is finished I pick a date/deadline for the next one and post it on the 1d4chan page. Mid-game, this space hosts the link to the current thread ongoing as it's being played. Glad to have 'ya back, mate.

Some of us are dicking about in the irc I linked earlier, feel free to join on in.

le bump

>>21166404
No image, but the females begin acquiring this skin pigment as well, as do the young (although the males lose much of it as they mature). All of this better serves to camouflage them as they nest, both the mother and the children.

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>>21143706
>>21143686
The cliffies gain more complex "beaks." They now posses a seperate lower portion that can be moved up and down to grab hold of things, like berries, or to move twigs and leaves to make nests for infant cliffies.

>>21169472
That will also be good for defending their nests from cliff-beirabs that get a little too curious about the eggs, no?

At an idea roadblock, so just a bump for now.

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>>21165077
To aid in digging, the new Burrowing Beirab starts gaining longer claws, with shovel-like tips. This way they can burrow after their Hunnilaur prey.

Repeating a text-only change made previously for the Hunnilaurs. Their tunnels are filled with numerous twists and sharp turns, making it difficult for the long and rigid-bodied beirabs to make it through. (taking advantage of the beirabs' exoskeletons).

gonna bump this for now. give fucks later.

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>>21174075
flexi tail for maximum tunnel mobility and strikeage.

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>>21169472
cliffies get bigger beaks and a stronger back muscle. grr. flexin'

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>>21153853
more teeth for chewing plants, and butt paddles for...butt paddling? They flap about when the creatures are running or otherwise excited. almost as if they are helping to propel forward the creature.

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>>21152398
heirabs get spikier for quicker trauma to their prey.

>>21142274
punch predators all day every day. claws for grabbing are less useful then a punching claw.

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>>21177432

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>>21177433

listen up fuckspears. Why doesn't anything live in the river and swim? no hippos?

>>21177368
Idea: use it for swatting away parasites like horses, elephants, and rhino's swat flies away... though the ticks aren't present on the island. Maybe someone can make a parasite out of one of these critters... maybe in the future a blimpie species could shrink and turn nasty?

>>21177375
Do they still prey on Gigagwabs? That'd be cool like wolverines attacking bears, only in this scenario, the bears are actually in danger.

If so, I think they'll need extra muscular reinforcement along their spine, to put up with the trauma of "jamming it in".

>>21178086
There's a thought... I hadn't even considered aquatic critters. Maybe a Pickle Island waterway evo needs to be made?

Either that or we can just go back and think about what might be living in there for the critters to eat. Or, Hell, maybe nothing, maybe the rivers are inhabited only by microscopic things, and any larger things will have to come from land-based stock.

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The Silver snake is kinda of at a dead end so this might help it. Some Silver snakes are born with an extra head a kind of mass siamese twin population pops up, These snakes are only different because of there extra head and they can still breed with others.

>>21179915
It's out there, but it does happen. The only thing I have to ask is, what advantage does it bring that allows the two headed variety to thrive over its single-headed cousin, enough to become the mainstream part of the species.

>>21180144
How about with two heads the Silver snake is slightly smarter (two heads are better then) because of this the two heads can work together for example one sleeps the other is wake, takeing down pray is easier with two heads also.

I see it like this when something doesn't get any changes: Nature is saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Without any significant changes in the environment, something going without change is well suited for it's niche in the ecosystem, and possibly adaptable enough to compensate for minor disruptions.

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>>21143686

An evolution that is long overdue.

The cliff stalkers develop longer, and thinner claw arm that they can use to reach for the Cliffie in their holes.
The claw also has barbs, that make dragging the impaled cliffie out of it's hole easier.

>>21180532
I'll sadly be gone for a week starting early tomorrow, I'll participate when I come back on the off chance that the thread's still going, otherwise, I'll wait for the next thread.

>>21181464
No reason for linking to the post there, just used it to open up quick reply and forgot to delete it.

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>>21138271

The stalker beirabs that began living in the forests diverged into a whole new species over the generations.

The forest stalkers are social, somewhat monkey like pack predators that live in the canopies of the forests. They use their many limbs to quickly move in their environment. Their strong legs allow them to make great leaps and easily pounce their prey. Their back claw has barbs that allow the creature to get a good grip of both prey and branches, which allow them to cling to their victims and to trees extremely well.

They form socially quite complex packs composed of related families, which are led by the alpha males. The facial markings appear during their breeding season, and the females use the markings to determine the worth of the male.

They hunt by pursuing their prey with co-operation, trying to chase their prey to a trap set up by the rest of the pack.

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>>21147925
In the cooler forests on the northern end of Pickle Island, the predatory Tiger Gakrabs have become smaller and more nimble. They are highly territorial predators, marking boundaries by a mix of scraping bark off of trees and spraying pheromones on the ground. Over time, they begin spreading out from the forests, which begin to out-compete the larger Tiger Gakrabs to the south.

>>21180523
Yes but there is gradual change happening all the time, slow specializations that occur, claws get sharper, muscles allow for slightly faster runnning (quick and the dead).

>>21181543
>>21182731
You two... you're doin' it right...

There are examples of things on Earth that have gone through almost no change for a very long time, coelacanths for example. By the way, that last post was me as well.

>>21183707
Yeah, but that's no fun... hehe

The tiger gakrabs that settle along riverbanks and ponds begin to develop an affinity for lurking in the nearby reeds and shallows. They also learn to nibble on soft shoots and vegetables in lean times.

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>>21183942
FUUUU-

>>21183960
Wouldn't it make more sense for the buffalo gwabs to do that, seems like less of a leap for them.

A BUMP FROM THE BEST FORM OF GERMANY

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>>21177433
living amongst the grass changes color for better camo. and some small facial alterations.

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hydra snake is an offshoot of the two headed silver snake, able to regrow heads. the true brain is kept safe in the main body.

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>>21191527
For each day this thread lives, and yet goes on with idle bumps, i shall further twist these creatures. Think of the blimpies...they did no wrong.

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>>21147441
glow wings for too long were slow easy meals to smarter creatures like the night snakes. The faster more aerodynamic ones bred out the saggier ones. They still swarm about the Gigagwabs, like glowy harbingers of doom. they also swarm around buffelgwabs and tiger gwabs, which scares off potential predators, or competition, at least at a glance.

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>>21191590
Thanks nongent (because I know it's you, the art-style and humour give you away), you've helped keep this thread (and more than a few others) alive while I sleep.

Perhaps I should start calling you Medic, because you are credit to team.

>>21191527
You know, I can actually see that happening. The original double head shared a brain, meaning the brain had to be pushed back a bit, and as the mouths became arms with sensory organs, the brain got pushed further and further back.

I wonder if this would affect reaction time at all, or (as I suspect) are neural signals so fast as to make the change in distance negligable?

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>>21186246
SAY THAT TO MY FACE, FUCKER!

>>21196930
>Implying Bismarck didn't forge the German Empire from Prussia

Also, fortune, why not make an event to to get things rolling again? I liked when we had a roll chart for the oceanic evo

>>21196981
Not a bad idea. I am a bit lost as for what event to cause, however. Hmm. Feel free to come into the irc, I'll be in there for a bit, maybe two or three heads can come up with something together.

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>>21183960
The wetlands based tiger gakrabs become their own species, the Riparian Gakrab.

They develop of system of blood vessels that pump the blood from the inner core of their body to the muscles on the outside. This gives them a crude form of endothermy and constantly pumps fresh oxygen rich blood to the muscles. However this high energy system takes a toll on the gakrab's body, overheating and exhausting it if it strays far from it's cooling and food rich environment. (Inspired by tuna)

Btw is their any fish/shellfish in these waterways?

>>21197416
I don't know.... If there aren't why not evolve the Riparian into some?

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>>21196981
DAMN RIGHT I DID, I WHIPPED YOU COCKSUCKERS INTO SHAPE!

>>21197416
Hmm, not yet anyway. Any fish will have to evolve from existing creatures. There would be plenty of plants for species like the Buffalo-Gwabs (or whatever we're calling them) to eat. Perhaps the Riparian preys on them?

Btw, the Gwab species were already endothermic, but I'd be happy to use that explanation for the taxonomical family as a whole.

>>21197612
An aquatic creature is what I'm heading towards, but I'm trying to figure out what evolutionary path to take next, an Ambush predator like a crocodile or a more gharial like fish hunter.

>>21197680
There is no reason both can't be done. After all, we want more species.

>>21197632
>Implying Prussian wasn't already awesome and that it was the rest of the German Confederation that needed to be whipped into shape

Otto, you're wonderful. But it was Fredrick the Great that made us awesome. You made Germany as a whole awesome

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>>21197416
The Riparian Gakrab gains a set of nictitating membranes that allow it to see in the water as well as on land.It also begins to grow enlarged forearms and shrinking backclaw, as it turns out the back-claw creates drag and is noticeable in the water. It hunts by springing from water and mauling or drowning any prey it can wrestle into the river.

>>21197665
Sounds good.

>>21198006
The problem with making a fish hunter now is that it would have nothing to eat.

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>>21197416

Some Riparian Gakrab use their newfound ability to produce body heat to take lengthened plunges into cold waters, to escape predation or scavange fallen plants and animal matter.

To aid this transition, they develop an undershell that includes a plastron and a lip under their mouths; using these they take in air before submerging and hold a bubble under their heads, providing a second breath without the need for re-surfacing.

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>>21198264

These Gakrabs' undershell now completely cover their bottom half, lips under their thighs restrict movement on land, somewhat, but are necessary for their next evolutionary breakthrough.

Along their sides, where the undershell meets the upper cuticle - leaving gaps for their legs - runs a simple gas gill that contains a mass of capillaries connected to their intricate blood vessel system. When they make a dive, air pockets form in these gills and oxygen is slowly diffused into their blood from the pockets and the pockets are in turn replenished by the water.

The new respiratory method is efficient but the Gilled Gakrabstill need to re-surface fairly often to recharge their air bubbles.

>>21198458
>>21198458
>>21198264
>>21198159
Someone is impatient to have their hippo-crab thing

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>>21198608
That's actually different from mine which I've stopped for a bit (they have alien in the file name), however this means another water critter so I'm all for it.

The Blubush gains an aquatic subspecies that develops strong waxy leaves that float and an elongated stem that anchors it to the nutrient rich mud. It grows to a maximum of 3ft in height and often attracts the various pygmy blimpie species to the water.

Wheres that little punk Prussia? Is he still bragging about how he's going to unite Germany?


Also, bump

Bump again

can't let evolution die

>>21204718
>>21201907
idle bumps bring about the twisting. so it begins.

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>>21191527
use your head the other creatures told the hydra snake. So it did. it used it's many heads as feet, and gained mobility. Mouths became hands to grab onto surfaces. The Hydra snake was moving up in the world, able to get to all sorts of prey, and attack stronger larger creatures. Because despite the many faces of the hydra giving you a dead blank stare with no emotion, the hydra is a very smart creature indeed, even if its primary goal is ohm nom nom.

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>>21177360
a radical offshoot, the pygmy blimpie hawk has extreme maneuverability, and a large, if mostly hollow beak. Building up speed, swarms of the hawks will dive bomb, twill and preform areal acrobatics to deliver a pretty hard "punch" to their prey. As a little twist of fate, these blimpies do not prey on other blimpies. They actually will blend in with other flocks and attack/ consume the local predators. hydra snakes beware. one punch is not too bad, but a flock of 20-30 of these little guys is like a hailstorm of misery.

>>21186967
the buffel gwab grew a rather stately mustache and goatee. these new features are used to grapple with potential rivals, solve disputes, and protect the herd. They also grow throughout life, and completely inhibit being able to eat on it's own. In order for an individual to survive, it must be fed by another. Using their large manipulators, one buffelgwab will carefully drop food into the mouth of another buffelgwab who has extended it's neck upward to receive the food. Parents regurgitate food and the young crowd around the sharp tusks as the food runs down them. such is the life of the majestic buffelgwab.

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>>21205879
ive tried to focus on the strange instead of berserkers, but without other players, it is boring.

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>>21138945
Some one forgot this poor little fellow. The Hunnilar "shit sprayers" gain large bladders to hold their toxic and vile fecal slurry. This allows them to have prolonged "fire fights" and makes them a very unappealing prey, and someone horrific predator. Their "face" region gains additional boney mass to make them more "crested". The tail tip gains pheromone swabs they use to mark their territory.

>>21205892
A fact that I am most appreciative. Berserkers are easy to come up with, the bizarre take thought, and I appreciate you goin' the extra mile.

Thankfully help is on the way, an event, courtesy of Bronze & Drawbro is on its way. Hopefully that will get things moving.

>>21198608
Indeed. Fortune already said there's nothing to eat in there, so there's no reason for it to even go into the water. Evolution is reactive, not proactive.

>>21206048
Actually, instead of pheromone swabs, they'd likely just mark their territory with their already present fecal spray.

>>21206422
well, actually anon's got a point. using the same apparatus to mark territory as defend would drain their "ammo" to defend, leaving them vulnerable. so perhaps a "separation of powers" if you will would be beneficial.

>>21205697
The acquisition of energy is the primary function of *all* life, Anon (nongent, I suspect).

I hate to ask but could someone make a chart (or just explain) the sizes of these things I'd love to do something but I have no idea there sizes and what eats what.

>>21206905
Can do Anon.

While the standard Beirab doesn't evolve any cosmetic changes, it develops a number of internal upgrades to deal with the foul fluid spraying that runs rampant on this island.

First an enlarged lymph system and more efficient liver allow it to deal with large amounts of toxins.

Then a thin skin layer on top of it's hide that it constantly sheds and regrows allows it to quickly remove any stomach acid or feces it gets sprayed with.

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>>21207103

>>21207103
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From which critter/entry did it evolve?

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>>21207142
Should be the creature it evolved from, but I used an earlier picture.

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>>21207083
>>21206905
Pickle Island size chart.

>>21207192
Then you forgot to include its "butt paddles" from >>21177368

>>21207352
thank you vary much

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>>21205786
A splinter species of the blimpie hawk develops a serrated, and sharp beak, along with stronger wings and air "jets", which allow them to move swiftly trough the air.
They move in ravenous swarms, which consume small creatures, both ground bound and flying ones. Unlike their ancestors, they also eat other blimpies.

Also, why is the chat so silent?

>>21207416
Dunno, but it's a damn shame. Working on the event now, hopefully it'll inspire some reactive adaptations.

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>>21205697
A cousin of the Hydra snake the Greater Hydra snake is larger and more aggressive. They are solitary creatures that ambush there prey and use there size to to subdue it. Because it's brain is located in the the body the heads are more like appendages the creature is not worried about damaging a head, it attacks head first biting, head butting what ever it takes to kill it's prey. Not sure if I need to explain anything else, if so just ask.

How many people are actively reading this, or doing evos currently.

I am mostly out of ideas right now, but discussion might bring out new ones.
Thankfully, we have the irc for that.

Also, I kinda imagined the forest stalkers to be bigger than depicted here:>>21207352

>>21208269
Hey, it's your critter, feel free to post a size correction. I'd honestly much rather have discussion in here, since activity is rare 'round here.

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>>21208309

Well, this is the size I had in mind for the forest stalkers.

>>21208623
Ah, that's the size I was trying to get on the chart, but I was eyeballing it, so I guess that's why I was off.

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Over the millenia, erosion has done its slow work on a body of soft sediment that lies below the northern end of the landmass. Once it collapsed, all the rock above came tumbling down into a vast pit. It was a huge landmass, the size of a major metropolis at least, and two rivers diverted their courses. Unsurprisingly, any poor critter on top was doomed, killed by the fall or crushed on the way down by debris cascading with it. The debris formed a new floor for this sinkhole, and the two rivers became waterfalls, falling into the pit. Erosion once again came into play as the rivers slowly chiseled through the hard granite of the Eastern wall, boring through a softer rock until a relatively small tunnel was formed, boring its way through the continent until it spills its contents out of the side of cliff like a drain pipe.

On the sides of the cliffs and at the bottom below, life eventually took hold, as it always does. This hole will likely become a whole new ecosystem, who knows what could evolve down here, seperately.

Thanks to two of our regulars, Drawbro & Bronze for inspiration and refining the idea. You've got a whole new ecosystem to mess with, have at it, ladies and gents.

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>>21145030

Fortunebro, I'm not sure how many steps you want me to go, but mostly I'm planning to shrink a breed of Tunnilaur down to live in the crevices between the rocky debris...

Many Tunnilaurs found their way abruptly out of rock and into air, or into a waterfall, over the years. Some of them survived. Over time, some of them even thrived, adapting to their newer, wet and rocky environs by wriggling into crevices between the tumbled rocks, hiding under water, and generally being a pain in the ass for anything else to find, sheltered by water and stone.

Because of this, their skin became less smooth, developing little ridges that ran partially down their bodies, giving them just that little bit extra ability to wriggle through water.

Behold, the aquatically adapted Tunnilaur, aka the Aquilar, a branch from its parents species more suited for this new environment of broken rock and water. In addition to being superiorly adapted, it also loses the u from the "aur" just because.

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>>21209482

The aquatic Tunnilaurs (aka the Aquilars) continue to specialize for their environment, growing smaller with their face-feeler things growing a little thinner to better detect water currents along with their general decrease in size.

>>21209645

It takes generations of breeding, but those best able to hide in the tiniest cracks and spaces win out over their larger cousins. The next evolution of the Aquilar is a simple one toward ever smaller size. Their general shrinking isn't reflected so strongly in the size of their skin ridges, which grow proportionally more pronounced each generation, almost but not quit making little muscle-less fins.

There, I figure 3 steps is good enough to get some tunneling worm things swimming amongst rocky debris, with a mouth to the ocean through the wall over there for the future, and ever smaller cracks to grow down in size to fit into.

Maybe someone should take these things and make them small enough to be parasites, like Guinea Worms, only... more horrible.

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>>21209825

There, made the skin ridges more prominent looking to get the point across

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>>21209877

Size comparison between the parent Tunnilaur species (who still roams its original range) and the Aquilar adaptation.

>>21206281
a berserker is easy, but a good one, mmm that takes skill.

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>>21209191
The sinkhole drastically shook up life that survived the collapse. The aquatic floatibushs that survived quickly spread across the environment due to a unique evolution. They developed a sac in the middle of their stem that fills with gas byproducts of photosynthesis. This gives them stability and always points the leaves upwards allowing them to grow on the cliff and all across the floor.

>>21210128
Nothing survived the collapse, things just moved in after the fact...Seeds flowed down the river or got blown in. As for animals, I imagine those who can climbe trees and those who could fly would be most likely to populate the place.

>>21210093
ill be back tonight or tomorrow, and then the gigagwab will get some love. Fortune, i have a suggestion for a very cool event, but i need information on how shallow the sea is between pickle island and the mainland. If its low enough, here are my two thoughts. Gigagwab migration across the ocean. they are pretty fucking big, they just walk it. two, a few years of "low tide" due to arctic ice building up and ocean waters lowering a little, with a global drop in temperature by a few degrees. the first is easier.