I am interested.

You do not appear to have given any possible choices.

>>16397335

I was waiting to see if there was interest. There apparently is, so...

Let's start by determining how smart the creature is.

>Mindless: a stimulus-response machine. Little to no central nervous system.
>Animal: capable of limited learning and invention.
>Sentient: knows that it exists. Possibly a tool user.
>Sapient: smart enough to invent a true language and progress technologically.
>Superintelligent: their minds our greater than our own.
>Hyperintelligent: they think on a higher plane, above and beyond human comprehension.

for the next 20mins i'm interested.

rolled 97 = 97

>>16397345
Sentient

Sentient

>>16397367

Forgot to put "dice+1d100" in your email field.

rolled 96 = 96

Sentient

>>16397359

Well, I guess we default to the only actual roll. The creature is in the octopus/elephant/chimpanzee range of intelligence. Not a civilization-builder, but no mindless beast.

Next question is where they came from:

>Natural: spawned by evolution, or some other natural process.
>Artificial: created by a technology-using life form.
>Transnatural: they started out natural, but have been artificially modified.
>Other: please specify.

rolled 84 = 84

>>16397413
Artificial

rolled 46 = 46

>>16397413
I like the sound of transnatural. Uplifted animals.

rolled 54 = 54

Natural

rolled 9 = 9

>>16397413
Arcane: Produce of magic / willed into existence byhyperintelligent species.

rolled 86 = 86

>>16397413
Created by an actual living God.

rolled 48 = 48

>>16397446
Aaaand we're making Orks.

>>16397446
>>16397423

Let's use both of these, since they're close. The species is artificial, created from the ground up, by a being with incomprehensible power. Their creator is so powerful, that they may or may not be visibly artificial.

For an artificial species, function dictates form. Why did this cosmic being create them?

>Labor (he needed a cheap mining/construction/etc force)
>Exploration (he sent them out into the universe to learn things and expand his own knowledge base)
>War (he made them to destroy his enemies)
>Worship (he wanted someone to pray to him)
>Boredom (he made them just to see if he could)
>Other (please specify)

rolled 91 = 91

>>16397474
WAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!!!!

ORKSORKSORKSORKSORKS...

rolled 76 = 76

>>16397474
Worship - but he doesn't want their prayer. Rather, he wants them to conduct the prayers of others to him.

rolled 36 = 36

>>16397474
Their function is beyond our comprehension?

rolled 28 = 28

Boredom

>>16397474
Exploaration, sort of. They were created as ambassadors of peace.

>>16397507

"dice+1d100"

rolled 52 = 52

>>16397507

rolled 77 = 77

A creature who's existence defies physics

>>16397490
>>16397493

Assuming that the Ork comment was meant to mean "war," these two highests can be reconciled. They ruthlessly and violently convert other beings to the worship of their creator. Or, at least, to punish the heretics or those who defy his clergy.

He sounds like a real nice guy...

These creatures are sentient, but not sapient, so they can't invent technology or culture of their own. How do they interact with others?

>They have a basic AI that allows them to interact with the faithful; they can learn and use simple sentences, etc.
>They have an adcanced user interface that mimics true intelligence (like the Vi's from Mass Effect).
>They don't speak. Once they've appeared, it means war is already declared.

>>16397474
ORKZ IZ MADE FOR WAAAAAAGH

rolled 65 = 65

Orks are already an alien race. You do not need to make them again.

>>16397552
Mimic true intelligence.

>>16397552
They don't speak.

rolled 14 = 14

Woops, forgot my dice, because I had to retype my kaptcha.
>>16397573

rolled 74 = 74

>>16397552
They need some way of accepting surrender from unbelievers, some way of recognizing that people have converted to the True Path and that it is therefore no longer necessary to keep killing them.

They mimic true intelligence, but they can't formulate new thoughts or sentences. They simply use conversation trees to interact with people, meaning that in any given situation, they have a limited number of canned, pre-programed reactions which they can deploy. If they want to convert you, they simply run pre-recorded sermons created from mixing and matching paragraphs.

>>16397566

They have a true self awareness, but they're not very smart. They can exchange information with other beings through a cleverbot-like virtual personality.

Now, if these things are violent missionaries, they need some means of getting around. How they do this?

>They have built-in spaceflight capability.
>They can make/use spaceships.
>They rely on other beings to ferry them from world to world.
>They are teleported to different worlds by their mighty creator.
>Other (please specify)

>>16397593

Barely missed you, but my explanation of 16397566 is exactly what you suggested, so its all good.

rolled 7 = 7

>>16397597
>They are teleported to different worlds by their mighty creator.
Sounds good to me.

rolled 61 = 61

>>16397597
The faithful must serve by spreading their God's Missionaries.

rolled 76 = 76

>>16397624
>7
Hm, dice disapprove it seems.
How about portals are opened from their 'holding' world to, or near to, the desired area then?

>>16397597
>They rely on other beings to ferry them from world to world.

Make 'em parasites.

As the original creator of this manner of creature creation, I approve.

Although the only ones I manages were the Zxyxy and the snake people.

rolled 18 = 18

>>16397648
My roll.

rolled 96 = 96

>>16397597
Inbuilt capability.
Like a swarm of Jehovah's Locusts.

rolled 10 = 10

>>16397656
>>16397636
An in-built ability to open portals through with they can poor through like Jehovah's Angry Marines?

>>16397636
>>16397635

Worshippers bring these beings with them to convert new populations. At least one group of worshippers has portal technology that allows them to quickly bring the creatures from one world to another (this technology could have been invented by mortal scientists, or "gifted" to them by their god).

Okay, we know more or less what the purpose of these things is now. Let's decide what they actually look like.

What sort of stuff are they made of? Their creator is a godlike superalien, so pretty much anything goes.

>Synthetic (they're made of metal and plastic, like a traditional robot)
>Organic (they're flesh and blood, like a natural creature)
>Biomechanic (a combination of both of the above)
>Exotic Matter (they're made of some weird, non-atomic material with bizare properties)
>Other (please specify)

>>16397648

Hey there, Bio. Did I ever tell you how much I loved CorpQuest?

>>16397656

Sorry man, too late.

>>16397681
> poratal in the sky opening
> 10.000.000.000 angry semi-intelligent conversion/extermination units fall through it
> bury half the planet under them and open a standardized interaction with all citizens at once

>>16397697
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

rolled 29 = 29

>>16397689
Exotic matter.
If they're not going to be orcs, I want them to be FUCKING TERRIFYING.

rolled 62 = 62

>>16397689
They are made of godsperm, a flexible nanopaste that can form rudimentary shapes.

rolled 74 = 74

>>16397689
Nanomachines that mimic biological functions.

rolled 49 = 49

>>16397689
Biomechanic.

Agh. I'm picturing a cross between Giegeresque Xenomorphs and the Thinman.
It is very, very creepy.
I wish I could into art.

>>16397733

They're made out of a versatile nanogel that can form different shapes. Rather like a shoggoth.

Do they have any limits on their amorpheousness?

>They can only change between a handful of programmed forms.
>They can create new forms on the fly, but are limited by their constituent materials.
>They're not cohesive enough to become solid, so they just flow in different directions, maybe sprouting pseudopods or the like.
>They're consummate shapeshifters, like DS9's Changelings.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 85 = 85

>>16397750
This.
Because smiling creepy xenomorph nightmare fuel is less fucked up that nanosperm.

>>16397750

I'm a drawfag, so I can illustrate the creature at the end.

>>16397738

In their assumed forms, this would pretty much have to be the case.

>>16397775

New question has already been asked, but don't despair; if they have a number of pre-designed forms, those could be gigeresque and smiling.

rolled 16 = 16

>>16397765
Imitation only. They naturally mimic the rough forms of the creatures they meet.

>>16397793
I would suggest that they don't have pre-designed WHOLE forms, but they have a limited number of pre-designed PARTS types which they can combine in many different combinations to create whole forms.

Programmed forms.
One of which is a sad neckbeard who only manages to roll high when it is too late to count.
Like, every time.
No roll, because I'm being funny, and just our luck it would be the high roll that counts.

>>16397799

They can mimic other creatures, but not perfectly.

>>16397818

This does seem to be a problem. Okay, change of rules; you now have ten minutes after each question.

What fuels these creatures?

>They need to eat food, with the forms they plan to immitate effecting their choice of diet.
>They eat food, but only certain materials; their shapeshifting actually has a fairly small chemical range.
>They have perfect conservation of mass, but they need energy; food is just something to burn.
>They have perfect conservation of mass, and they absorb energy from non-food sources (photosynthesis, being plugged into the wall, etc).
>They have a battery that eventually runs out.
>Other (please specify)

>>16397799
With a dark, slick, xenomorph-esque exterior to every form. And often just a bit thinner in build and extremities than the species they imitate.
And their best (poor) rendition of that species' friendly expression, like a grinning rictus for humans.

>>16397881

Dice.

rolled 71 = 71

>>16397851
Battery, that is 'divinely' charged for bringing new worshipers into the fold.
Otherwise they must consume unbelievers for fuel and mass.

rolled 63 = 63

>>16397881
>>16397889
Dice!

>>16397912

Done.

>>16397910

The godsperm is charged at the creature's birth, and eventually loses energy. To keep themselves alive and to repair damage, the creature must consume the needed materials, many of which can be found in the bodies of delicious nonbelievers.

They can only go for so long on meat, though; eventually, unless the feeding is truly excellent, they will need to return to have their batteries recharged.

Speaking of which, how do these creatures reproduce?

>They make more of themselves internally, requiring a great energy source to charge the youngs' batteries.
>They are created in divinely-inspired factories build by the worshippers.
>Only the god can make more of them.

rolled 99 = 99

>>16397910
As mass from the consumption of non-believers increases, they divide to retain a suitable size relative to the race they are imitating and interacting with (killing/preaching).
As damage is dealt or power runs low, they merge together to retain function and size.

>>16397957
Let's hear it for managing to per-emptively answer the next question as it's asked!

>>16397957

Even if you don't beat 99, high rolls can be added to the finished product as long as they aren't contradictory.

rolled 45 = 45

>>16397957
I imagine they must exist as pools of creepy material in the temples of the fully converted. Taking shape if non-believers appear or threaten. Imagine vast lakes of them on the creator's holding world for them.

Oh god. That's why their transportation method opens a portal. So they can literally pour into a world in a torrent. Splashing to the ground and rolling across it until they find forms to imitate, then proceed with the preach-or-kill interaction routine.

>>16398026
Chocolate Rain
Some stay dry and others feel the pain
Chocolate Rain
A baby born will die before the sin
Chocolate Rain

>>16397957
>>16398026

These go together rather nicely. For added evil, let's say that they need genetic material from the species they want to immitate, and they can only store one genome at a time. A drop of blood will do, but ignorant worshippers might throw them an entire living sacrifice just to be sure.

Since they have limited batteries, we can also infer that the temples include power plants to juice up the growing nanogel before it can split off and form new units.

So, size and shape seem to be variable, but everything they turn into is made from a shiny, black, bio-synthetic material. Presumably, they can easily regenerate wounds.

What weaknesses do these things have, besides starvation?

>The body of nanogel has to be a certain size to retain its purpose; break it into small enough pieces, and it dies.
>Extreme temperatures will kill the nanites.
>Certain chemicals and pathogens can kill the nanites.
>Some type of electromagnetic field or vibration can repel the thing.
>More than one of the above (please specify)
>Other (please specify)

rolled 97 = 97

It needs to maintain a certain size to remain functional and extreme cold causes it to be rendered temporarily inoperative. These combined mean that one of the best ways to destroy them is to freeze and shatter them.

>>16398083
Nanotech IS prone to overheating...but EMPs work too. Magnets (FUCKING, HOW DO THEY WORK) are also a problem.

rolled 8 = 8

>>16398083
As a godly T-1000, they are nigh unkillable by most mortal means.
However, they are incredibly weak againt other godly & cosmic powers, and somewhat vulnerable to forms of psionic machine-control.
Their greatest weakness though, is that they are only imitating sentience, They can be confused and avoided easily enough, and a perceptive person can manage to safely navigate their conversation trees to avoid combat and be considered a 'believer' where they truely are or not.
Avoid true believers that might see through your ruses, or take them out first.

rolled 34 = 34

>>16398149
Blast you roll higher!

>>16398149
>>16398103

Their master has somehow manage to solve the nanite overheating problem; fire doesn't do much to them. However, this has led them vulnerable to heat loss. Since small pieces of the nanogel lose their functionality, you can freeze and shatter them.

If you happen to not be Samus Aran, you can also trick their dialogue-tree into thinking you're a believer. That won't help you if you meet on the battlefield, but in other situations it might.

These creatures are practically unstoppable if you aren't properly equipped.

Only question left that I can think of: what is their name?

rolled 27 = 27

>>16398083
Individual nanites are extremely hardy, but can be killed by extreme heat. Larger forms are able to dissipate heat across their mass, making them even harder to destroy.

>>16398184
I'm terrible at names. Someone else is gonna have to take this one.

rolled 88 = 88

>>16398184
Wibbly-Wobbly Gooey-Wooey Balls

>>16398248

Though this is obviously the made-up informal name

rolled 33 = 33

>>16398184
The Variable Host. They refer to themselves as a collective, 'we' 'us' etc...

rolled 29 = 29

>>16398248
METAL ORKSES

rolled 58 = 58

>>16398184
Todesboten

rolled 9 = 9

>>16398271
Fuck roll higher!

The god needs no names for his own creations.

The worshippers call the nanogel the "godsperm," and often refer to individual units as "seeds" or "children."

The nonbelievers used to have a wide range of ominous names for these horrors, until a mysterious time traveler who once aided them coined the term "wibbly wobbly gooey wooey balls." Since then, the name has stuck, especially among underground resistance members seeking to make light of their predicament.

rolled 3 = 3

>>16398282
Every one of their forms has gigantic nuts

>>16398282
Flee, before those WWGWBs get here!

>>16398282
>>16398271
>>16398280

These other names also work.

SUMMARY TIME

A unique, extremely powerful being sought to be worshipped as a god. Since his own creations lacked true sentience, and thus were capable of only hollow immitations of worship, he set out to convert lesser races to his own worship.

The godsperm is a gel made of highly advanced nanomachines, produced by the alien god in his inner sanctum. This gel can form into individual creatures called the Variable Host (or "Todesboten" in the dominant language of the believers). In its normal state, the gel is a shapeless blob, capable of only limited movement. However, the instant it gets its hands on some DNA, that changes.

>>16398319
Germans.
I should have known.

>>16398319

When blood or flesh falls into the godsperm, the nanites form a structure based on the genetic code. Black, glistening, and bio-mechanical in appearance, the forms assumed by the godsperm are comparable in size, shape, and general anatomy to the DNA donor. The imitation isn't perfect; some features are universal to all Variable Host forms, and they often appear as disturbing as relatable. Human-based forms have a really creepy grin.

The nanogel has a rudimentary intelligence, with a programmed dialogue tree. Its a very advanced tree, but its still all preprogrammed; a prolonged Turing Test can reveal this. The purpose of these forms is to spread the faith of the alien god to new populations, accompanying missionaries of the faithful as "angels," living proof of the god's providence.

The creatures have two practical functions. One: they serve as repositories for divine knowledge and ritual, giving long sermons and storing "divine" technical data that can be given to the cultists as needed. Two, they are terrifying weapons against those who refuse to be converted.

>>16398371

The creatures are stronger, faster, and tougher than their gene donors, and are capable of interfacing with machinery and digesting living creatures. Their biosnythetic composition is extremely light, hard, and durable, so their claws can penetrate steel. Unlike most nanotechnology, they have a distributed cooling system that protects them from overheating; you'd need to throw them into the sun or keep a sustained plasma beam on them before they'd start to lose mass.

They do have weaknesses, though. Cutting them into small pieces will render that mass inert, and low temperatures can freeze them solid. A cryonic weapon, followed by a concussive attack, can freeze and shatter them into harmless shards. Some forms of technopathy can also theoretically effect them, though their firewalls are godly. Their greatest weakness is their lack of true intelligence; they can be outwitted, either tactically, or in conversation.

>>16398419

The godsperm is kept in chambers in the temples of the faithful, where special machines recharge their batteries (the vodesboten can eat organic material for mass and a little energy, but they still can't go for too long without recharging at the pool, or going into sleep mode). It takes a lot of energy to assume a different form, so they can only switch DNA templates back at the temple.

The temples also have a portal system, allowing the godsperm to literally flow from world to world.

Awesome run, /tg/. This is probably my best one yet. I might have some drawfaggotry later today.

Awesome.
You have a good one, and take pride in the lack of sleep I have. I originally was about to go to sleep when this thread appeared.

Rock on, Xenogenitor.