>>26243488
>Khanon

I'm cool with pretty much every civ.

insects for the hive!

Insects. Mountain cliff face hive, starts with short distance flight and jaws designed for burrowing through hard rock.

Also, delicious honey mutation.

>>26243575
Alright then I second this, let's eat people and adapt and stuffs

Insect in the swamplands
So... no multiple civs at the same time?

>>26243589
I don't know if i could handle it at the moment

>>26243589
Other civs would be NPCs

>>26243604
Oh. Okay.

>>26243585
this, i like this. maybe some sort of acid that desolves rock?

>>26243488
Insects special rule: roll for mutaion
if you declare you want a mutation you will get one the close to 100 the closer to what you ask for.
>>26243610
yes.

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>Everyone picking insects
Good, good. It all goes according to plan.

I, for one, welcome our exoskeletal matriarch.

Rolled 56

>>26243631
Yeah... "rock".

>>26243635
Also supermutant roll

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>>26243631
Acid would be fine, but it should be limited to workers if we're using it for burrowing. The warriors wouldn't get it until we got a mutation for them specifically.

>>26243645
Indeed, brethren.

How do we roll...?

uhmm lets start with the location, the government (

>>26243635
It says that we choose two starting mutations. I vote universal wings and worker acid.

>>26243704
Queendom?

>>26243714
I like the wings, is there something like a list or are we making stuff up?

>>26243729
Making shit up.

>>26243729
There should probably be a list for random mutations.

DM could make a short list of 20 mutations, number them 1 through 20, and whenever a random mutation is needed he rolls the dice and selects one. Each used mutation is replaced with a new one.

There should be a mix of good and bad mutations. For example, delicious honey. Insects don't care what they eat, but humans do, which makes our honey a prize worth raiding our nests for.

>>26243714
the roll rule is for later mutations

Can we get camourflage? I think we should be the ambushing kind of bugs because
>>26243691 that's how we roll.

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>>26243704

I propose we elevate the queen to the status of a goddess so that we and all other spawn of the hive can worship her as a deity. Even if she really isn't one.

Theocratic monarchy.

>>26243798
>claiming the queen isn't a diety
Burn the heretic!

>>26243798
That might be an idea for later, when we start conquering people.

>>26243768
I like letting you guys pick more than letting fate decide how close you get.

>>26243813

I was only humoring the nonbelievers! Sarcastically!

LONG LIVE THE HIVE GODDESS!

>>26243798
>>26243729
so queen it is.
Should the queen be npc or pc
Either name her(roll on tie), or pick the person who is her(roll on tie)

>>26243906
Anyone wanna play the queen? I don't really want to but maybe there's someone else.

Rather than deciding government type (it's obviously going to be a eusocial caste system), maybe we should decide how our species reproduces.

Sure, there's the option of a single egg laying queen, but that puts all of your eggs in one basket and may lead to you creating new rival colonies with their own queen.

Or there could be an egg laying caste, which produce the command caste and all the rest. The problem with that is that egg layers are fat and nearly immobile and are thus juicy targets. Also, they have high food demands.

Or, any member of the hive can breed and we just work together for the good of the all.

>>26243906
We are the queen. That's the PC.

>>26243944
wanna dm?
"All characters that started the civ are in the game (so pick a name)
after two turns of play new players are added to it."

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>>26244004
>wanna dm

Thank you for the offer. I would screw it up.
Besides, I'm really just suggesting things. It is your game, do as you please.

>>26243944
Why not have the singular queen breed a special caste to control and remove any competitive queens to stem colonial secession?

>>26244153
>Competitive queens
This is not going to end well.

>>26244050
lol hey you can't much worse than me
So far:
Civ: Incects

Gov: Theocratic monarchy

Location: 1 vote swamp, 1 vote mountain cliff,

Mutations: (have 2 to pick)

Breading: Options mentioned, Queen lays the eggs, a caste made to just lay eggs, everybody can lay eggs

>>26244153
I suppose that would be one solution to the problem. But the idea behind civ quests is that we start off in a fairly ad hoc position and consolidate our position as time goes on. Eliminate the weaknesses of our civ through technology/culture (or, in the case of insects, mutation).

But to avoid the good Mr. Orkwood thinking that my suggestions are overly agressive, let's just go for the basic queen setup. With your plan to create a special control caste as a long term plan, of course.

I'd rather get the game started. All this discussion is no doubt overcomplicating the game.

>>26244253
I support the classic one queen idea. Also I would like for one of our mutations to be camourflage as we start out fairly weak and it will give us the chance to avoid confrontation and spy on other people.

>>26244256
Agreed. Start basic Queen, maybe evolve down the road.
Mountain cliff.
Two mutations, stronger jaws to dig deeper? Climbing is a must if we're on a mountain.

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>>26244253
>Breading

I also propose higher wages for the Baking Caste.

>>26244256
Sorry, any suggestion to something i haven't thought of or mentioned is absolutely welcome.
and honestly any suggestion is welcome but just suggest it rather than impose (i'm picky, i am really sorry)

>>26244253

I support the cliff for location.

Mutations should be something that help dig into the cliffs and some kind of arolia to make scaling up the sides of mountains quick and easy for wingless brethren.

Sounds like cliff wins, in that case let's go with strong mandibles for mining (and crushing), and hooks for climbing (and nasty finishers.

Can we have strong winds and snow in adition to the cliff? In that case flying stuff wouldn't be able to get to us so easily and they'd have to fight us under optimal conditions for ourselves.

>>26244306
>Civ: Incects

>Gov: Theocratic monarchy

>Location: Cliff face,

>Mutations: Has wings. one more to pick, votes are 1 strong jaws, 1 climbing 1 camo, 1 acid

>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

I've already voted way back here >>26243585 , but I think burrowing and arolia are the best starting mutations.

However, I kind envisioned our hive to be more like a paper wasp nest. That kind of complex construction should be a mutation, but we'd have to come to a vote on whether we should evolve in that direction.

Simply put: should our eventual hive design be more like ants (underground tunnels) or paper wasps? I suppose we could do both... but learning how to build our hive like that would use up a mutation, which could be considered a waste. I think we should get some kind of consensus on our direction.

>>26244404
i support cliffs as well

i rather like the idea of an egg laying caste or at very least a "queen" thats waiting to be germinated and made into a queen.

>>26244497
Since we have wings, don't need climbing. Camo.

>>26244520
Ants.

>>26244556
Ah, but without climbing, we can't stick to surfaces.

>>26244578
True....
Mutations are allowed further on in the game, correct?

>>26244628
Yep, we evolve as our kind of Technology if I remember correctly.

>>26244628
yes every 4 turns or so

>>26244628
Yes and I see your point.

>>26244556
Climbing would be helpful for digging out bigger chambers and tunnels, or just maneuvering where there isn't enough room to fly around easily.

If it's not climbing, I support the acid or jaws.

>>26244661
alright vote time link the vote to this post

>>26244699
I vote for worker acid.

>>26244699

Arolia/climbing.

I want acid, projectile vomiting if we can get there!

>>26244699
Fuuuuuuu---------
Climbing.

>>26244699
Climbing hooks or in whatever way it comes, although the wings feel a little wasted in that case.

If wings are also optional I would support mining mandibles instead of wings.

>>26244775
I do agree on this. Seems kind of wasted to have two different means of traversing, but I choose climbing and mining mandibles if possible.

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>>26244775
>six legged insect with wings
>mutation results in two worker castes, the winged "first responders" and the EIGHT legged "heavy movers" with their fourth pair of legs being wings adapted for lifting heavy loads

You. I like you.

>Civ: Incects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

The Holy Queen
50 bugs currently not in any caste

The cliffs are cold and harsh; and the bugs lack shelter
Food is scarce.
The lack of caste is confusing the people.

Four actions available

>>26244966
Action one should be to bury ourselves into the rock

>inb4 captain obvious

>>26244966
Any four we desire?
1. Bury ourselves into the rock to fight the cold.
2. Continue burying, we need to get deeper.
3. Scout.
4. Hunt for food.

>>26245020
yes

>>26245020
>that Inception reference

I agree with everything though the second one could be used to actually build a hive rather than advance further.

>>26244966
I support burying into the cliffs for shelter and scouting.

Also the priority should be to create a proper room for the queen to rest and any food needs to be brought there to feed her first and foremost. Long live the queen.

When the queen is safe the castes can be dealt with.

>>26245050
I concur, but I believe we need to get a little further down to fight against the cold. Especially if a storm hits, the further down we are the better.

>>26245020
Seconding this plan, though the cliff faces might be a bit tough we should be able to find a weak spot.

And for the direction we should scout, let's do south for now.

>>26245020
DEEPER.

Have 30 of ours form a working caste, to burrow into the rock
10 as a warrior caste, to scout the area and warn of potential threats
10 as our holy queen's personal attendants/slaves/guards/courtjesters

>>26245196
Now is not the time to waste our manpower on the queen. I think we should have one attendant to the queen that keeps her clean and guarded, as well as relaying orders to the rest of the colony.

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>>26245265
>Now is not the time to waste our manpower on the queen

BLASPHEMY

>>26245265
mm, the queen can never have too many attendants, but your silly idea has merit. One majordomo for right meow, who will see to the expedient execution of her orders

Captcha: Onipsn appointed
^a sign?

>>26245265
Agreed. Need to be safe from the elements.
>>26245311
No. That looks painful.

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>>26245265
What I thought of when you said keeping the queen clean.

Some viewing material while we're waiting for OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnEvurpBI34

>>26245388
The Birth of an Empire, I like where this is going.

>>26244966
The workers begin to dig into the ground. Their mandbles making it larvas play to them and arolia making any issues easily moved around.

Some of the bugs search south for more food, find some a left over dear and elk.
They saw some small rabits but couldn't match their speed and easily lost them.
>Civ: Incects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

Pop:
The Holy Queen
50 bugs (currently not in any caste)
Building:
Deep Burrows
Queen's room
Food:
Scavenged meat

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh;
Food is scarce.
The lack of caste is confusing the people.

Four actions available

>>26245451
>Bury deeper
>Look for food
>Scout

>>26245451
Go Hunt More Food
Dig Deeper (because you guys love it so much)
Get the queen to lay some eggs (we don't have to hatch them yet)
Build a suitable nest

Can we somehow advance the speed at which we mutate?

Also more scouting

>>26245451
>lack of caste system
Pheromones should be a priority mutation, unless we can mark individuals through some other means.

Hunt elk
Attempt to create caste system through communication alone
Dig deeper
Try to use fur from food as a means of keeping out the cold (blankets, not clothes)

>>26245451
Continue to bury and build. Assign 10 to a new custodial caste to groom, feed, and serve the divine queen. Continue scouting for food and make sure the queen receives food before all others.

We are all nothing before her greatness.

>>26245501
Right now mutations are slow due to the "slow" rate of birth increasing that increases mutation rate

>>26245388
Why is YouTube changing shit again >.>
>>26245451
Hunt.
We need to go deeper!
Lay eggs.
Start creating a caste system to be more organized.

How big are we in comparison to a human, OP?

Joining after next turn. This thread has potential.

>>26245689
about the same height slightly bigger thorax, but small at the moment.
Castes form naturally, with the exception of the queens attendants which were hand picked.
The hunters find that they can catch some elk if they dig holes for them to run into (gained hole trap)
The queen begins to lay eggs, putting extra effort (happens on auto but using an action increases substantially)
The workers go deeper, the tunnals now easily fit every one.

>Civ: Incects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

Pop:
The Holy Queen
10 custodial caste
10 hunters
30 workers
Building:
Deep Burrows
Queen's room
Food:
Scavenged meat
Elk

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is almost feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.

Four actions available

Antonymous being the head attendants.

>>26245857
>Hunt
>Lay Eggs
>Scout
>Extend underground network

>>26245857
Dig a larval chamber for when the brood hatches.
Explore a bit more.
Hunt.
Lay eggs.

>>26245885
>Antonymous
Approved.

>>26245944
Agreed on all 4 points.

>>26245885
>head attend-ants.
Heh heh.

>>26245857
I support the continued scouting

The custodial caste should help place and maintain the eggs until they hatch. Seconding the larval chamber idea as well. After our beloved Queen is taken care of, her holy eggs must be given the utmost care. The colony's future lies with them, after all.

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>>26246033
>head attend-ants

The queens eggs hatch giving way to 15 larva (will be bugs next turn)
Just in time for the larva, a larva chamber is made large and smoothed out the best they could.
The hunters begin to know where to look better and get better at hunting.
Some "scouts" go south some finding a river with a the occasional piece of odd looking things, definably not natural. Some of the bugs find some shiny bits in the tunnels.
>Civ: Incects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 10 hunters ,30 workers, 15 larva

Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room

Food: Scavenged meat, Elk

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.

4 actions to take
1 mutation

>>26246186
sorry forgot
Building: Larva chamber

>>26246186
I like shiny objects. Lets gather them.

And maybe at a later time we could establish a small watch-tunnel near the unnatural objects.

>>26246186
We should get ourselves a sign, something that we can carve into the stone so that people will know not to enter, a coat of arms of sorts.

Also shiny objects all the way, let's just make sure that we didn't accidentally a dwarven treasure room.

>>26246186
Mutation: Rock eaters: gain sustenance from the earth?

>>26246253
>a sign

I would like this, but it's kinda meta. We don't even know if other civilizations exist. We just know that there are unnatural objects over there.

Once we gain knowledge of them, marking territory all the way. We could use elk skulls and bones.

>>26246295
>worm caste
>used as a kind of cattle, devouring the earth and making tunnels and being slaughtered when fat

>>26246186
Shiny things are beautiful. Our Queen is beautiful. Logic dictates that the shiny things must go to our Queen.

Have some available workers bring the shiny things to the queen's chamber as tribute to her greatness, provided they don't pose any danger.

As for the mutation, I agree with the pheromones mentioned earlier. It would help solidify castes and coordination. They could be used to mark the best areas for foraging and areas that are dangerous or have been scouted already.

>>26246186
SHINY!
MOAR EGGS!
Scout for materials for better weaponry/armor/whatever insects use.
Find a hunting area that has an abundant source of food.
>>26246295
I like.
>>26246295

>>26246346
As much as I like the idea of a beautiful queen. We shouldn't give any others who crave such pretty things reason to push into the queens chamber. Imagine the catastrophy.

>>26246375
We don't know this, though. What animal (besides us and possible crows) likes shiny objects?

>>26246392
True. Well then, let's make a shiny room!

>>26246403
>>26246392
>>26246375
Besides, what creatures could ever possibly hope to defeat the great warriors descended from the holy eggs of our Queen even if they did wish to steal the shiny things?

They would just be torn apart and fed to her royal appetite!

>>26246437
Hear hear!

>Gather shiny objects
>shiny room
>hunt (and maybe attempt fishing, no doubt awkwardly)
>care for eggs to ensure health

>>26246459
Let's do that.

>shiny metal is possibly gold, possibly iron
>good to have, either way

What color is the shiny bits, OP?

SpiderBro and Jimmy Bob decided to mine the shiny, but for a peculiar reason keep it within the tunnels. It is immediately taken to the queen and piled around her, softer than the hard rock the queen is even more comfortable.
The eggs kept warm, to help prevent freazing.
Some of the hunters fell into the water at a small point in the water, forcing the water to go around them and making it so some of the fish got stuck onto the land.
>>Civ: Incects
>>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>>Location: Cliff face
>>Mutations: Mining Mandible and Arolia
>>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

>Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 15 hunters ,40 workers,
>Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room
>Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn)
>Conditions:
>The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
>Food is feeding everyone.
>Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
>The Queens chamber is very shiny
> Some unatural hide accedenly fell on the hunters while fishing, cold at firtst but seems to keep him warm once it dries

>>26246594
>our queen is basically a dragon

>>26246615
And we are Dragonflies?

>>26246594
Mutation: Ability to gain power from devoured enemies.

>think Kroot

>>26246594
Let's:
Scout
Gather Food
Make even more larves

Also: Did we just discover clothing on accident?

>>26246684
I think that should be possible, but there should be several prerequisite mutations that would lead up to it, such as the ability to analyze the genetic code, preserve it, and pass it to those who haven't eaten it directly.

Right now, we're an ant colony, but late game we'd basically be tyrannids or something similar.

>>26246684
>eat dragons
>eat hyoomans
>eat vamps
>eat demons
Behold, the ultimate creature

>>26246720
genetic memory

>>26246684
rember the more powerful the more it can change say if you roll a 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE

>>26246594

If "fishing" is dangerous, we should either breed more hunters to the caste so they're more expendable or try and find a less costly way to catch the fish.

>The Queens chamber is very shiny

Glory upon her, may the her chamber shine as bright as she.

If the material is soft enough to comfort the Queen, any extra shiny should be used to comfort her holy eggs. The colony should also need some kind of long-term food plan in case the scavenging runs dry.

>>26246723
Exactly.

But, for now:
>Scout
>Breed more warriors
>Mutate faster flying(?)
Maybe our wings can generate heat kinda like some bees do.

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>>26246781
>Maybe our wings can generate heat kinda like some bees do

Seconded with the force of a thousand suns. Flight shouldn't be too powerful right now. Unfair.

>>26246766
because of climbing you get in and out easy and can keep still, but the freezing water takes it toll.

>>26246781
>>26246818
no wings at the moment, but you could get it.

>>26246866
Then I think our general worker and warrior caste should have wings.

>Mutate

>>26246866
In that case what are we waiting for?

>>26246900
Right?

Alright, 1d100 first three rolls taking the highest

100 being amazing wings , one being something like heavy plates on your back.

Rolled 27

>>26246922
This better be good

Rolled 69

>>26246922

Rolled 84

>>26246944
Ouch. You guys do it better.

>>26246961
I forgot to put out my roll, yet I am not dissatisfied.

>>26246961
84
The bugs begin their mutation slowly growing wings getting bigger and bigger capable of moving them good distances at walking speed, but will grow tired if two far.
The wings also have a distinct smell that only fellow bugs seem to really notice.

>>26246594
>Civ: Incects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

>Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 15 hunters ,40 workers, 10 larva
Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room
Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn)
Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
The Queens chamber is very shiny
Some unatural hide accedenly fell on the hunters while fishing, cold at firtst but seems to keep him warm once it dries
Bugs can smell other bugs.

>>26247086
First time i read incest on the civ name.

No new events? Well then, continue to breed scout and hunt, try to find ot where the shiny things came from.

>>26247086
>Begin developing warrior caste
>Scout farther
>Hunt
>Mutate stingers

>>26247136
oh sorry i wasn't sure want you wanted to do, please try to all say something even if just saying do everything the first guy said.

>>26247150
Agreed. But since we used up a mutation (and will only appear in our new larva), we should have some of the workers fight for our amusement. That will be the beginnings of the warrior caste, since there is no known outside threat.

And, OP, I'd suggest you start peppering in some events at this point. Not necessarily first contact, but some problems we can respond to.

>>26247174
A giant metorite...

ok i'll think of something

>>26247174
>some problems we can respond to.

I like that idea.

How often do we get babby bugs?

>>26247201
Just basic things. A rockslide. Some workers getting lazy. Attack by wolves or large birds.
It's so we don't do hunt, lay eggs, dig, explore every turn.

>>26247223
about every 4 turns

The Hunters can now reach birds next allowing them to pick eggs on the hunt, they also can drop on dear.

following the river the scouts noticed some paths kind of like the one animals make, but more worn.There is a faint kind of rumble they here as they get closer, but only during the day. They also find a bitter berry, doesn't seem to set well with them(6 workers sick).

>Civ: Insects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

>Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 15 hunters ,40 workers, 10 larva
Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room
Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn)

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
The Queens chamber is very shiny
Some unatural hide accedenly fell on the hunters while fishing, cold at firtst but seems to keep him warm once it dries
Bugs can smell other bugs.

>>26247322
Some of the workers started to grow restless from a lack of direct goals for what to dig.
A fight grows out.

>>26247322
>Scout the way, try to not get spotted
>get some of those tasty birds
>get some of those berrys try to see if we can use bug science on them
>breed

>>26247355
This is what we got the fighter cast for right? Lets get a hold of the uprising before anything happens.

>>26247371
This. Can our hardened hunters quell this uprising?

>>26247322
The queen tells Khanon, a hunter, to take some of the new bugs and a couple hunters to go and break up the fight. About ten go out and help break up the fight, their organzation making them easily able to stop it.

The scouts wait till night to go further. Later they get closer to the sound and see trees stripped of their branches and lined up closely togather. Lights seem to shine from the line of trees, small figures walk holding smaller lights.
The hunters try to grab the birds, but for the same reason rabbits still escape them, they just can't get them fast enough.
More berrys are gathered, very few make being eaten by unaware bugs. (7 more sick, but a few have gotten better)
>Civ: Insects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

>Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 15 hunters ,40 workers, 10 warrior caste (10 sick)
Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room
Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn)

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
The Queens chamber is very shiny
Some unatural hide accedenly fell on the hunters while fishing, cold at firtst but seems to keep him warm once it dries
Bugs can smell other bugs.

How's everybody doin on sleep?

>>26247539
Lets check out that settlement, take a couple of scouts, but make sure they dont get spotted.

If we do get spotted go full submissive dog behavior, they dont have to know we are smart killers.

>>26247539
>lights seem to shine from the trees
>small figures

Something's in our territory. Let's put an elk skull onto a stake and put into the middle of these trails the figures walk on. Cover the skull with scent as well, maybe that will convince them to go away.

Also, stop eating those damn berries.

>>26247591
But they are so delicious! (Actually we are discovering alcohol)

I like the deerhead idea, lets do that.

No more berries. We carnivore now.

Can we do a fly-by? Like, aerial recon? We trek half way to save energy for flying.

>>26247666
if done at night, you would practically dissapear in the night sky, unless you got to close to the light.

problem: I have been stayin up to like 7 every morning. And for some reason i am getting tired now. sorry for the proggresivly slowing and sloppier posting

We should get camourflage next time, we could fly from tree to tree and stick on it too. If we were to do so at night we would be Ninja bugs.

>>26247701
Would we be able to be close enough to check it out while being unidentified?

I dunno. If they're dumb cavemen-era people, they might think us fucking scary and worthy of worship.

It's why we need giant stingers.

>>26247640
Yeah, it's a good idea to remember how retarded we are at diplomacy. Humans will try to kill us on sight if we approach them due to our appearance and we have no means of speaking to one another. For the moment, we leave various signs, bribes, and threats to tell them to keep their distance. They probably won't, but it's better than trying to say hi.

And this might be me being "that guy" and trying to insert his favorite things into the fic, but I had this idea for a diplomacy caste that's human-like and won't cause them to attack on sight when faced with the diplomat. They might attack once they realize that it isn't actually human, but they might not. Of course, I'm talking about an insect girl, but it could be a bit... less fetishy... Something more like the bugs from Mimic until we evolve the kinks out. But eventually they'd be pleasant to look at bug girls that use charm to further the hive's interests. Still bugs deep down, though.

>>26247750
A fetish we can gladly share. If we get that eat and adapt mutation we can snatch ourselves a human, that or hivemind control.

>>26247742
possibly but assume if you are able to idenfiy them, then could identify you.
>>26247750
You can try but it'll cost a mutation

>>26247780
:/ im sorry, i think i'll have to catch some sleep.
Good night guys, hopefully you guys liked it, if so i'll try to do it again tomorrow

>>26247779
Shouldn't we have hivemind already? How else are we ordering bugs around if there's no means of communication?

>>26247804
Sure, any given time or will I just have to watch out?

>>26247780
Oh, I'm not saying we do it now. Not at all.

We don't even know we have a penalty to diplomacy at this point. In-character we explain it away as being xenophobic ourselves or simply disinclined to communicate openly. They are threats to our territory and we, as the stronger, want them to go away.

>>26247810
Yeah but can we use it to control non bugs?

>>26247830
Maybe, we could develop some sort of sonic attack to control nonbugs.

Thank you for DMing the quest, Orkwood. I can already tell you have plans for tomorrow and look forward to it.

Would it be ok for one of us to pick this up?

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>>26247846
>sonic attack
>otherwise known as talking

>>26247862
dm for now?

>>26247864
We are a very persuasive kind of bug.

I'd be up for it if people want

>>26247864
I guess bugs can talk now.

>>26247909
If everybody else is ok with it, i have no problem with it.

>>26247887
I think the idea that the bugs view talking as some kind of weapon or enthrallment is hilarious.

If I do end up DMing this, mind control would take 3 mutations:
1. Dimunitive size
2. Paracitic infestation
3. Paracitic Mind Control

>>26247946
why dimunitive size?

Well, I'm assuming we're not going Men in black and wearing human suits. To control the mind you have to be inside of it (because doing it in less mutations is over powered)

>>26247946
>mind control
That's fine if we're going for the hostile to humanity route.

I still... favor... my diplomacy caste idea. And there's no reason the two concepts cannot be merged, with the "diplomacy" term being euphemistic and their true nature more of a deployment mechanism.

I'd shy away from fetishy talk, but there is the idea of a femme fatale infiltrator.

>>26247965
I think he might be thinking of a new caste that is small enough to act as a parasite for mind control.

>>26247946
oh also try to to put it on sup tg if you guys do play on.
>>26248004
ok
lol promise one thing too, if they roll a one make it awesome(well a bad awesome).

>>26243488
How exactly does one play this game?

>>26248037
>sup tg if you guys do play on.
a 1 on which? Size, Infestation, or Mind Control?

>>26248060
New to civ quests? Basically you take a race, set them in a location, and the make decisions for them in such that they are able to survive in the environment and respond to various events/threats.

There's an unspoken tech tree aspect to it, but for the most part you take what you have and use it to make nicer things that you use to make even nicer things.

And what were you thinking about rolling 1's? Would it be the opposite of what it was supposed to be or have an undesirable effect?

>>26248080
I think he means it like this:
>size
If we are trying to become smaller, a 1 would make us much larger
>infestation
Rather than being parasites of humans, they are symbiotic organisms to either bugs or humans (think the Tyrannid bio weapons)
>mind control
Rather than making humans vulnerable to the hive mind, they become hostile to it.

You could easily have other effects, but I suppose that's the idea. Rather than a crit fail doing nothing, it does the opposite of what you intend.
A 2 would be a general failure.

>>26248081
Who sets the challenge? I mean, who decides what I have to overcome? Is that literally the entire game?

>>26248080
any honestly
the rule is farther from 100 the less it is like what they wanted, and then i decide if it good or bad, like with wings a one becomes something heavy on their backs bad being like a growth, good being plates

>>26248136
The DM. And frequently, players dig their own graves in quest threads.

>>26248142
It's still a little confusing.

So I make my race, the DM decides the challenge, and then I just roleplay the result? No numbers?

>>26248137
>e with wings a one becomes something heavy on their backs bad being like a growth, good being plates
Akk k thanks. So I'll roll a d100 and then a d2 if it's within a lesser tier.

>>26248136
The GM. He tells you a story and you decide what would be best to do and you see how the characters grow on you as time progresses.

>>26248160
Well, in this thread we decided to do insects, but generally yes.

And though I'm not the official word on this, I'd imagine dice rolls would come into play for things like combat, general action attempts, and possibly travel rolls. We do use dice rolls for mutation.

>>26248180
Who are the characters?

>>26248196
Currently, the Queen, her loyal attendant Antonymous, and many unnamed and expendable workers.

The PC is either the queen or the hive mind. There will probably be NPCs from other civilizations later.

>>26248196
Anything that can act. Some will be NPC's others will be PCs

>>26248213
And so the whole thread controls the civilization together?

>>26248196
It feels a little cold until now because we play Insects but 'til now we got ourselves the queen, a member of the Queens royal whatstheirface and a Hunter as sort of 'Special' characters.

Sorry if all this is coming a bit late I'm on my phone.

Rolled 12

OK, so what are we doing for this turn?

>>26248239
Yes

>>26248261
Planting a stake with a elk head on the unnatural pathway to tell the figures with the lights who is boss.

>>26248254
It's just really unclear. Is there like a rule sheet I can go over, I'm sort of getting all this information tangled up in my head. Maybe I should just read this one and join one later.

Rolled 10

>>26248277
Not scouting further then? Also assuming that we're digging further. What room are we adding for our glorious hive? Also, what are we doing with all of the rocks (that aren't shiny). Those have to go somewhere. I'll assume hunters hunt.

>>26248295
There are no definite rules, thats the joke. You just say what you think is right and the GM will give you a (hopefully) appropriate response. Just stick around a bit, make some suggestions on your own, hell they cant be worse than mine.

Admittedly there are two rules. 1 the GM is always right and 2 majority vote over your own opinon.

>>26248317
Either we use it for warnings or to cover up our entrance as good as possible (just so its hidden not in a way that we trap ourselves)

>>26248322
Okay so what's the situation so far?

>>26248365
We're in cold mountains, have secured food and a nest, we found a river, some shiny things that we took home, and we have just found an odd pathway (a road) and some creatures that travel on it.

>>26248372
What this guy said.

>>26248372
Do I just post my idea in general, or should it be a response to someone or something specific? What I mean is, should I use double arrows, or just chime in anytime?

>>26248407
>being this new
Feel free to chime in at any time, friend. But a good rule of thumb is to never have suggestions greater than our current capabilities. You'll get a "you cannot do that" from the DM.

>>26248407
Reffering to the OP always works but we will be able to tell if you are trying to make a suggestion, seeing how I'm not even sure who is OP.

Your scouts struggle like a quadruple amputee trying to get the skull onto the stick and driving it into the ground, but they get better at using their mandibles in this way as they continue doing this in multiple places along the path. They then cover the skulls in different pheromones to be able to tell them apart. You can check up on these next turn to see if anything happened.

The workers dug deeper into the earth.

The caste that was handpicked by our holy queen put on a show for her by moving their bodies in a way that seemed to speak to her.

The hunters try to get more eggs. One of them was attacked by a bird and fell to the ground with a damaged wing.

Some of the bugs have decided that they like the taste of the berries. They stash a few of them away for themselves. The ones who had gotten sick seem to be building an immunity to it. They are still hesitant to bring them to the queen for fear that it might be toxic in some way.

What's your next course of action?

>>26248468
Oh good and I was worried we were drug addicts.

Defenetly check out what effect the signs have, good old hunters hunt, workers work orders.

>>26248468
I think we should spend a mutation for some sort of camoflague

>>26248497
Mutations occur every 4 turns. We have to wait.

>Civ: Insects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

>Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 15 hunters ,40 workers, 10 larva
Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room
Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries(possibly)

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
The Queens chamber is very shiny
Some unatural hide accedenly fell on the hunters while fishing, cold at firtst but seems to keep him warm once it dries
Bugs can smell other bugs.
Pheramone scent totems.

Clearly we need to secure these berries. Are we smart enough to replant them somehow?

>>26248497
This guy. He knows.

>>26248499
But Spider is of course right.

How many turns till our next mutation?

I also need to check the spawning pattern to see how quickly eggs hatch and grow

>>26248521
2 more turns

We're roughly human sized, right?

>>26248520
About this, can we see if and how our 'neighbours' are using them?

>>26248550
Yeah

>>26248560
You can either spy on them or leave the berries as a "gift" somewhere (still spying on them)

We can scout them for a while, then determine a course of action based on what other guys seem to do with them. But I still say we find a way to bring them closer, so we can mark and protect them more efficiently.

>>26248586
Spying on them runs the risk of getting us caught and I'd prefer to not let them know we are here until we either have a strong military or a mimic/diplomacy caste to scout them out without causing a stir.

>>26248592
You want to bring our 'neighbors' closer to the hive?

>>26248586
Thing is we dont want them to think we are trying to make contact for goodwill.

We should continue to scout the settlement and get a feeling for their numbers and technology.

>>26248601
Should we wait until we can develop some stealth capabilities then? I think those would be more valuable than diplomacy in the long run.

>>26248612
Good point, I hadn't considered that. If the find us, they will no doubt try to study us, which could lead to unfortunate results.

>>26248626
Would you consider blending into human society a stealth capability?

>>26248673
I'd consider it the best stealth capability. Hide in plain sight.

>>26248673
It would not help in an actual fight and once it is known there are probably revealing factors though it will certainly come in handy until it is revealed.

>>26248704
I personally consider it more of a diplomacy mutation, but whatever. It means we can access it with the camouflage tech line, DM permitting.

>>26248468
Your scouts notice that one of the signs went missing off the trail. They also manage to see a silhouette of one of the 'neighbors' against the sun. Whoever your neighbors are ... they're big. Later, upon returning to the hive, they talk with some of the warriors about the berries and hatch a plan to feed them to the neighbors. They also get to work on crafting a new pheromone totem in order to replace the missing one.

Your hunters were successful in capturing a few mountain goats by laying a pit trap and chasing them into it.

Your workers dig further but don't exactly know how they should be digging. They end up making a room for themselves. They also manage to find some more shiny rocks to give to the queen.

The warriors have really started taking a liking to the berries. They don't even get sick anymore. Could it be time to present these to the queen?

To do list:
>Figure out what to do with the excess stone you keep clawing out of the mountain.
>Decide whether or not to present berries to our holy matron
>Decide on a way to deliver the berries to the neighbors without getting caught.

evolution and spawn next turn

>>26248731
>Civ: Insects
>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>Location: Cliff face
>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia
>Breading: Queen lays the eggs

>Pop: The Holy Queen, 10 attend-ants caste, 15 hunters ,40 workers, 10 larva
Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room
Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries

Conditions:
The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
Food is feeding everyone.
Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
The Queens chamber is very shiny
Some unatural hide accedenly fell on the hunters while fishing, cold at firtst but seems to keep him warm once it dries
Bugs can smell other bugs.
Pheramone scent totems.

>>26248718
I don't think the diplomacy caste would be doing any fighting. Maybe suicide bombing, but if the humans start attacking they're more or less dead.

>>26248747
Who said they were humans?

Seeing how OP advertised it several times we probably should feed the queen some berries.

Can we just drop the excess rocks off the cliff?

Also have someone watch the new totem in secret, perhaps its Trolls or Minotaurs that get attracted by the scent.

>>26248731
>excess stone
>wat do
Hmm, that's an interesting question. Meta-wise, we could sell it for more shiny stuff, but in-character wise I'd say who gives a damn.

>berries
No. In my opinion, the berries are poison.

>berries to neighbors
Sure. Get rid of them.

>>26248739
We must learn where this hide comes from. It could prove quite valuable if the cold gets any harsher.

>>26248731
We should test the warriors. Allow the newly adjusted warriors to battle those who haven't tried the berries. The winner will be used to produce a stronger caste.

And maybe we can use the excess rocks to build something to our advantage.

>>26248779
You can. If you drop enough rocks off the cliff, the edge will extend a little further.

Also on the to do list: designate another room for the hive.

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It's getting late. Have a productive rest of the evening, gentlemen.

Right now I'm picturing our diplomatic caste going into a human settlement and offering to sell them high quality stone for their castles in exchange for gold. Insect girl merchant-diplomats. That's certainly an original idea. Our love of shiny stuff is certainly going to take us down an interesting path, no matter what we do.

>>26248871
>Right now I'm picturing our diplomatic caste going into a human settlement and offering to sell them high quality stone for their castles in exchange for gold. Insect girl merchant-diplomats. That's certainly an original idea. Our love of shiny stuff is certainly going to take us down an interesting path, no matter what we d

I'll see what we can do about that :D

ready for me to start writing the next turn up?

>>26248871
If that means you are leaving, bye bye. See you in the next session I suppose.

Has this been archived yet?

>>26248905
I'm not sure if anyone archived it yet

Souuuuuah, anybody gonna archive it?

>>26248982
Put in the request

26243488

Archive success

Anyway, are we going deeper or are we picking this up tomorrow?

>>26249026
I guess tommorow since I literally played this all night. Got any idea at what time and what GMT?

>>26249026
I wouldn't mind getting some rest. I hope people in other Civ Games are as nice as you guys.

Probably best to do it around the same time this thread was started, but i'll probably want to do it when I wake up. I'll play some Brood Wars to cull the will to play early

>>26249040
tg is a lot nicer than other parts of 4chan. If it were /b/ you would have been called a summerfag by 20 people

>>26249048
Earlier is always welcome, holy shit the time at which this thread was made... what GMT are you?

>>26249068
>ys welcome, holy shit the time at which this thread was made... what GMT are you?


Central. It looks like this thread was made at around 10:30 pm my time. How early do you want it?

>>26249098
Looking at how I am GMT+1 probably as early as you can deliver.

>>26249118
Assuming I go to sleep in a few hours, I could probably deliver as early as 1 central which would be like 6 in London PM of course

>>26249164
That's like 11am for me, so I'll be here if you'll have me.

>>26249174
Well, I'm not setting my alarm clock but you can expect me around that time

>>26249164
>>26249174
If we could habe it at central time 2pm that would be awesome. Also: Of course we wanna have you here.

OK, 2pm central it is. I will probably go to bed after I finish the protoss campaign in Starcraft. I'm pretty close to watching Tassadar ram his carrier into the Overmind

You guys have a good one.