>>42379847
insects

>>42379886
Environment?

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>>42379847

Catfolk, Living Moon

>>42379915
Floating islands

>>42379847
Goblins, gotta be dicks to everyone.

>>42379847
Desert Vampires

>>42380043
Also floating islands sound cool.

Insects
Goblins
Vampires
>roll 1d3

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>42380263

Alright. Insects on floating Islands it is. I'll write it up.

>>42380354

We should probably have wings.

Just saying.

>>42379847
Gnolls

Dont know this game. rules?

>>42380524
You choose a race and a location (already done), then the op puts us in a survival situation where we are in charge of a civ ( in this case insects on floating islands)

Basically we just say what we wanna do and roll for it then see what happens

The Kashtha expanse. A large area in which our kind thrived, we were separated when the ground shook and we were raised from it, sent into the sky. We came from the edge of our colony, small in number with no queen to lead us. A kind of hibernation kicked in until now. A new queen has spawned from our strongest collector and our warriors have awoken.

We find ourselves floating on earth, some of our kind dug down in hopes of making a burrow. Sadly with being close to the edge it seems they plummeted.

The Queen leads all, we have 120 warriors, 350 collectors and 40 scouts. The queen is large and requires consistent attention from our collectors, the warriors are large bigger than those green things called orcs and have both spikes and claws on their chitinous limbs. The collectors are around the size of kobalts, skittering around with quick movements to gather what is needed. The scouts have wings? No, not wings but similar things, these allow them to glide down but not fly up. They could leave, but they would not abandon the new queen.

The queen and brood do not hunger yet, they will soon enough. Chose TWO actions per turn.

>Scout North - NorthEast - NorthWest - West - East (Or the location we are in thoroughly)
>Choose Mutation (Specify) (Available for the next 2 turns)
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Custom (Definitely specify)

>>42380602
1.Scout north
2.search for food

as for mutations we should get glider/wings for all as a major one and something else... i dunno

>>42380640
Roll 2d20

Those who wish to do actions. Roll for your actions. If you wish to support another wanting to do something, tag their post and roll also. The best roll is chosen.

Rolled 3, 7 = 10 (2d20)

>>42380688
oh shit, sorry you haven't said tho

>>42380598
Seems cool. There is a player manual or something like that?

>>42380771
not really just read the op image for info on the civ and then do something like i did here>>42380640

Rolled 7, 13 = 20 (2d20)

>>42380640

Rolling for this.

>>42380815
>>42380731

The Queen commands us and we listen, 20 warriors and all of our scouts head out to the North. We pass over grass and meet trees, thick trunks but not tall. Almost twice the height of our warriors. We explore this place in search of suitable prey. We find nothing but birds, hard to catch but many. We also spot small creatures, like rabbits but they crawl up the trees as if it was ground.

Once we reach a point where we cannot see out of this forest we hear skittering, almost like our collectors but... different, another brood? We search for what made these noises but we find nothing.

>Scout (Scouted - North) NorthEast - NorthWest - West - East
>Choose Mutation (Specify) (Available for 1 more turn before becoming unavailable)
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42380977
>Choose Mutation (wings)
we will be a horde of locusts

Rolled 3, 11 = 14 (2d20)

>>42380977
could you give us a map plox?

otherwise action 1. send our scouts to do their thing all around our island, do not engage anything just scout.

2. send our warriors to find food around the scouted bits together whit some gatherers

And get the glider wings mutation as a major one.

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We itch, we writhe. This new environment requires us to adapt. The Queen calls us all to one. In a single mass we claw and spit and scream. Our skin flays itself and our bodies change, our backs split and wings spread. Thin, but powerful.

Our new form will help, our warriors are not good with using their wings, but will be able to traverse. Our collects buzz in the air sometimes slamming into one another and falling unconscious... this will take time to get used to. However our scouts show much promise with their new found appendages, they hold great finesse.

The Queen congratulates the scouts, they seem pleased. The collectors seem to sulk.

>One more action this turn.

Do we have stats of how much food we have? Would help to know if we need food or not

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>42381221

Rolling to find delicious food.

>>42381245
Currently we have nothing. The brood has awakened recently and will hunger soon.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>42381272

Supporting

>>42381272
After our change the Queen demands food. We agree and rise.

All of our scouts, 20 warriors and 50 collects head to the north forest, the only location we know of that has game to hunt. The warriors would not be able to fly well enough to catch the climbing rabbits, our scouts and collectors however could.

With great finesse the hunt divulges into a game. The scouts and collectors competing to catch the most, while the warriors stand guard. The hunt goes very well, aside from some collectors almost killing one another with their poor flight control. Several hundred tree rabbits later and some birds, every collector and scout carries something back.

>Gained 800 food.

Rolled 8, 18 = 26 (2d20)

>>42381420
how do we breed? just asking?

1. let's let our scouts go scout the island. all directions they want

2. put our gatherers on making us a nest

The Queen demands and overview. We gladly give it.

>Food (The Brood consumes 232 Food per turn)
700 Rabbits
100 Birds

>Our Home
Queens Den

>Moral
N/A

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per egg)

>Brood
120 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

Rolled 15, 12 = 27 (2d20)

>>42381620

Let's start building a nest.

First die is for surveying the nearby area for workable materials.

Second die is for actual construction.

Rolled 1, 11 = 12 (2d20)

>>42381710
This

>>42381710
>>42381582
>>42381802

The Queen calls for the collectors to begin construction of the hives housing. They obey along with 20 scouts and several warriors. They set off in a semicircle, searching for usable materials. Quickly they find suitable wood and rock, sticks and stones mostly.

Transporting these back to the nest is easy but long work. Soon the collectors, all three hundred and fifty of them set off in a massive shower of dirt under the ground, this time not going deeper than ten feet. Having dug a multitude to good sized rooms most come up to start survive work, using stones as boundaries and the twigs as ramps somewhat surrounding the nesting area. The rest of the wood is shredded by the warriors claws and scattered around once softened by secretions

>Food (The Brood consumes 232 Food per turn)
500 Rabbits
68 Birds

>Our Home
Queens Den
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)

>Moral
N/A

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Brood (With Flight)
120 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North) NorthEast - NorthWest - West - East
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Custom (Specify)

Rolled 16, 8 = 24 (2d20)

>>42381940
scout south and east

>>42381983
South is the sky. We are on the edge of a floating island. I'll take that 16 as east. Pick another ^^

>>42382027
west then :))

>>42382027

>Improve Culture

Let's have the warriors spar with each other daily. Those who distinguish themselves will be given notice and applause from the Queen.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>42382087

Rolling for warrior promotion via gladitorial tournament.

Scouting East and West.

Or scouting East and Warrior Tournament?

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>42382127
EEh i'll change it to warrior training

The Queen orders us east to scout. All of our scouts converge and fly high. We encounter no dangers along the way and come to a somewhat swampy area. This place is rich in bramble and critters. With out speed it could easily become a very good hunting ground. We also find shiny things inside of the swampy waters.

We watch the scouts leave before the Queen issues another order. A fight among ourselves. We're wary of this but we listen and obey the Queen. We are paired up against one another and told to fight to the best of our ability.

Several fights are initiated at once for the first wave of spars. We claw and bite at one another, our naturally sharp weapons pierce each others strong chitin leaving them slumped over and dead. This only took a few moments to take place... The Queen seems angry? We only did as we were told!

Soon we were sent back to the nest.

>28 Warriors were killed during this.

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>Food (The Brood consumes 204 Food per turn)
396 Rabbits
18 Birds

>Our Home
Queens Den
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)

>Moral
N/A

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Brood (With Flight)
92 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Food by allowing the consumption of our own kind. (Free action)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42382351
Lay some warrior eggs to get some back (like 20)
and try the new hunting grounds in the swamps

>>42382418
No need to roll for Eggs. Roll for the hunting ground.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>42382488

Heading off for a snack. Once more votes are in i'll write it up.

Rolled 15, 7 = 22 (2d20)

I saw we try try to learn animal husbandry so we dont always have to hunt and this >>42382418

>>42382742
shit i mean say

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>42382351
>Improve Tech (Animal Husbandry)
>20 Warrior Eggs

The Queen hungers! We bring her the corpses of the things we hunted. She devours them with need, soon she begins laying eggs, specialized to kill. Twenty hunter eggs are now in the hatchery portion of the Queens Den.

Soon after this the Queen lets her voice run throughout our minds.

'I must adapt, using the creatures already here shall allow me to thrive of this land. Bring creatures alive to me!'

We skatter, we go the Queens command. With the finesse of our scouts it is easy to catch the rabbits. The birds however do not easily get snatched from the sky. Unfortunately some of the rabbits die, fortunately we have a little more food.
+30 Rabbits

Once these creatures are brought to the Queen she disconnects her mind from the colony. We feel worried and strangely alone while this occurs, some of the brood circle nothing, others scratch at the floor, some freeze.

The Queen stares at the creatures as they cower, surrounded as to stop any attempt at escape. After almost half a day of silence, the creatures sit on their haunches and the Queen reconnects to the colony. She brings news of a new evolution, opening our connection towards the hive mind to the rabbit creatures. It... is strange. We feel their angst but we feel the Queen give them comfort as she gives comfort to us. It seems we now have instinctual communication with this kind of creature, but only within the outer rim of our colony.

>>42383135
This is cool as fuck tbh

>Food (The Brood consumes 204 Food per turn)
182 Rabbits
18 Birds

>Our Home
Queens Den (20 Warriors Eggs Incubating)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)

>Brood (With Flight)
92 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42383186
Hunt x2

Rolled 11, 5 = 16 (2d20)

>>42383205
bleh, I'm bad.

>>42383205
We have two places we know we can hunt.
Birds/Rabbits-Notrabbits that climb trees, to the north.

Or a newly found (Seems good) hunting area to the east, a swamp filled with rat sized critters.

Rolled 7, 11 = 18 (2d20)

>>42383221
Supporting this

>>42383229
>>42383254
In the swamp

>>42383254
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4YRWT_Aldo

>>42383283
Hell yeah, there must be some kind of bonus for that

Our food would be depleted soon, the Queen demands a large hunt! We obey!

Two Hundred Collectors, all but Ten of our scouts and Forty warriors all rally and head off for a large scale hunt. At first every collector and scout attempts to fly, this ends with around thirty collectors unconscious on the floor. After an hour of reorganization the groups split into two, one heading for the north reaches of the swamp and the other to the south.

Half of the collectors walk and the other fly to avoid collisions... The Queen ordered this. We agree.

North- The hunt begins! We all spread out, warriors on watch for any trouble. The critters fall from the surrounding tactics of our collectors and the sheer speed and agility of our Scouts. However amphibious creatures jump from the waters and start attacking our collectors! The warriors rush in to slaughter them!
>Roll 1d20 for outcome

South- This group seemed to contain the same collectors that hunted the rabbits to the north. They chitter and speak through the hive-mind in challenge. They split into two groups along with the scouts splitting to compete for the most catches. This goes quite well! However the warriors do seem to roll many eyes.

>>42383459
>Roll 1d20 if you wish to fight
>Specify if you wish to attempt a different reaction.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>42383493
Regroup with the southern group

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42383459

>>42383567
This. Fight.

The Warriors propel themselves forward while the Collectors scatter into the air, some colliding with one another but not falling from the air.

The Amphibious creatures seem to be similar to alligators but with a smaller snout and humanoid with extremely strong legs to propel themselves out of the water for surprise attacks. They use these to attempt to snap at the scattering collectors. This only leads to the rushing warriors impaling several of them before beginning a slaughter. Around 15 of these things attacked and 14 got butchered.

With the swamp painted a redish purple we collect all that was hunted along with the corpses of these things before heading south. Hunting along the way before reaching the south group.

The south group has done extremely well, the competition has increased overall critters caught. With the night approaching both groups head back to the hive, A good hunt completed.

+140 Food (14 Humanoid Alligators)
+1000 Food (1000 Critters)
+300 Bonus Food (300 Critters from the competition)
-1 Warrior (Rip Bugsy, North groups hero)

>Food (The Brood consumes 203 Food per turn)
2 Rabbits
1300 Critters
140 (14) Humanoid Alligators


>Our Home
Queens Den (20 Warriors Eggs Incubating, Hatches Next Turn)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)

>Brood (With Flight)
91 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Competition on Hunts) (Free Action, State if you wish to take this)
>Custom (Specify)

Rolled 16, 17 = 33 (2d20)

>>42383830

>Improve Tech

Let's see what we can do about getting our warriors some kind of camouflage. Could be handy in hunting the gator-men.

Then let's improve the nest. Start construction of a rudimentary wall. We can always fly over it, our enemies likely cannot.

Rolled 3, 8 = 11 (2d20)

>>42383928
I second the Wall,

Second action should be more eggs, we have tons of surplus food and plenty of space in the nest.

>>42383928

Tough to argue with rolls like that. Backing.

>>42383928
If you wish to built multiple things, specify the split of collectors.

>>42383996
We can have a max of 50 eggs incubating right now. The Queens Den/Hatching Area isn't upgraded.

Rolled 20, 17 = 37 (2d20)

>>42383996
Sounds good to me. Can we take the free action also?

>>42384089
Yup, things that show up like that are one time choices and don't take an action.

>>42384089

So is that 20 going towards the wall?

Because I really, really want that 20 to go towards the wall.

>we helms deep now

>>42384108
>>42384158
20 wall, 17 eggs

And I think 100 bodies working on the wall

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>>42384158
>Bugs on the 'inside' of effective walls
Terrifying

Eggs don't need to be rolled. Simply specify what number and kind of eggs you guys want hatching.

>>42384251
We have plenty of collectors atm so I vote 20 more warriors and 10 scouts to fill up our hatchery.

>>42384232

Fuck it, should we just go full defense?

Hundred foot high walls with specialized artillery bugs all over the place that fire acid bombs and subterranean burrowers who can enter and exit the hive underground, emerging beneath any would be attackers in a flurry of teeth and claws.

>>42384312
We're on floating islands, so I'm not sure how effective subterranean defense would be. The huge walls, however...

We reach consensus of our hunting competitions... By consensus we mean we begged the Queen and she gave us permission. We love the Queen.

The Queen demanded us to dig soil and gather stones, even having the strong warriors carry the large ones... Warriors! Doing manual work! We feel strange about this, so do the warriors but the Queen demands it. Bringing in these resources seems to go well and soon we've amassed piles of both rock and soil.

Then the Queen demanded we be set to work building a... 'wall?' Those things humaniods used back down... well, down. We do as we're told, setting 200 of our collectors onto this job with flurries of movement the hives becomes heavy with activity.

The Queen demands more food! We skitter and skatter, bringing her the last rabbits and a bunch of critters, she devours them without restraint soon laying more eggs while the others hatch into strong warriors!

>>42384379

>Bug civ quest thread #143
>research has finally completed on mobilizing the floating islands into flying fortresses
>terror reigns below as floating islands travel across the world belching acid bombs on any would be opponent
>good game, well played

>Food (The Brood consumes 213 Food per turn)
1050 Critters
140 (14) Humanoid Alligators


>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(20 Warriors Eggs, 10 Scout Eggs Incubating. Hatches in 3 Turns)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
/BUILDING 1 Turn Left\ Defense Wall I (Dirt, Stones)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Dalmatian Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Custom (Specify)

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>>42384504
>101 Dalmatian Warriors

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>>42384577
Don't question me mortal.

Rolled 5, 9 = 14 (2d20)

>>42384504
>Improve Tech Animal Husbandry -> This way to Mind Control
>Improve Tech Aerodynamics

Rolled 5, 12 = 17 (2d20)

>>42384647

Backing. We've got food, we've got defenses. Let's start making some necessary improvements to the Tech side of things.

Rolled 2, 8 = 10 (2d20)

>>42384647
Seconded

The Queen wishes to play with the rabbit things, lucky the ones we took from the forest hadn't been eaten by a warrior so she used those, getting them in front of her and disconnecting from the Hive once more. For the whole day she toyed with their minds, picking apart their instincts. Its slow, methodical and boring but she endures this. It is for the well being of her children. Sadly, by the time night came the rabbits were limp drooling messes without any ability to control their own bodies.

As this occurred the collectors and scouts decided to attempt to improve their flight, mostly the collectors, we can't be knocking ourselves out all the time after all. The flight patterns start slow and become more complex over time, it's strange without the connection to the hivemind but we also endure.

The wall is completed, large in design but very well built. The collectors did a very good job at this.

>Food (The Brood consumes 213 Food per turn)
937 Critters
40 (14) Humanoid Alligators


>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(20 Warriors Eggs, 10 Scout Eggs Incubating. Hatches in 2 Turns)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight (In development, 50 Collectors in use. ?% Complete)
Planned Construction (?% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
50 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42384904

>Scout West
>Improve Nest (Queen's Den)

Rolled 5, 12 = 17 (2d20)

>>42384952

And rolling because I'm forgetful.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

I say we actually make builders instead of wasting our collectors time on building when they could be scavenging

>>42384991
That would be an attempt at mutation, creating a new kind of collector.

>>42384904
Clearly the minds of these animals are too weak to be of interest to us, perhaps our efforts at coordinated flight and exploration would fare better under the direction of our great Queen.

>Continue Research on Flight
>Scout North

>>42385023
Using an action to research something in development speeds it up, it'll occur over time otherwise. Just letting you know ^^

Also the north has already been scouted, I assume you mean far north?

Rolled 19, 6 = 25 (2d20)

>>42385071
Yep, faster research and further scouting.

Anyone want to vote for other people stuff?
I'll go with highest rolls otherwise
>Faster flight research
>Improving the Queens Den/Hatchery

>>42385129

Scout further first, improve the den next turn.

The Queen realized we initiated the improvement of our abilities. She disapproved until she realized we were getting results. This resulted in praise and we got her tutelage. By that we mean she organised us and improved the connections we shared with one another for the time of the research. We're getting much better, even the already agile scouts seem to be better at dodging the collectors that seem to want to smash everything in the air with their faces. This will take a while to spread around. (Next Turn it completes)

The Queen demanded we scout further ahead, probably because of the chittering we heard in the forest. Half of our scouts head off in formation.

Five of them return.

We speak of a mountain? rocky hill? Yes, rocky hill to the very north. There were bugs there, unlike us. All of them were as small as our collectors though they had hard shells that split open to reveal wings. They had almost a hundred chase our scouts, killing them as we fled. We also saw a river, heading from the rocky mountain hill thing to our west.

-20 Scouts

>>42385357
Does laying eggs cost an action?

>Food (The Brood consumes 201 Food per turn)
724 Critters
40 (14) Humanoid Alligators


>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(20 Warriors Eggs, 10 Scout Eggs Incubating. Hatches in 1 Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight (100% Complete, Implemented next turn.)
Planned Construction (?% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
25 Scouts (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42385414
Nope. It's free.

Rolled 8, 10 = 18 (2d20)

>>42385418
>Improve Tech - Animal Husbandry
>Attempt Evolution - Strong Chitin

Improve tech (weaponry) Dropping objects from the air ontop of stuff gives a simple ranged attack. if the object is heavy enough or numberous enough (say a collection of rocks for instance.) it could do some good damage.. if we can keep our brood flying higher then the others it might be enough to hurt their wings and send them falling to the ground if we get in a fight with them. also we need to get more to our brood since there are hostiles able to kill our scouts around so we should gear up to fight them.

>>42385515
Roll for it. Dice+1d20 in the 'options' field of your posts.

>>42385515

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>42385515

Okay so you're definitely attempting to improve weaponry.

>Improve tech Animals
>Evo Strong Chitin

^ Which one or another?

>>42385667

>Evo Strong Chitin

So that makes airborne weaponry research and chitin evolution, right?

(Do we get to keep the nat 20 on airborne combat?)

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>42385667
Chitin

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>42385667
Improved Animals, if we can work on mind control maybe we can take over this new hive and subvert their queen,

After the flight has been completed the Queen demands we test what we can fight with... Not using our claws and teeth. We got confused before she clarified that she wanted us to attempt to use the environment. She told us to place rocks out of our Nest and attempt to break them in any way that we could. This led to us fumbling around for half of the day before a Warrior rammed one of them with force, cracking both it and its head.

We needed things hard and strong to break them, so we used OTHER rocks naturally. Dropped from a good height. It worked... eventually when we hit the rocks together. It'll take some time to get our aim right, research is underway.

The Queen had the warriors gather around her Den and making a greater connection to them.

>Evolution Requires those evolving to feast. Consume 101 Extra food in an attempt to evolve Strong Chitin at 15/20?

>Y/N

>>42385852
Y

>>42385884
Y

>>42385852
Do it filly.

>>42385852
Y

The Warriors feast on the critters before secreting a strange ooze around themselves. Their flesh ripped open before knitting back together, writhing around on the ground and screaming in agony to the hive mind

We gave them comfort, we listened to their cries. We soothed their worries and they woke anew. The Queen gave them instruction, their bodies purpose. Their flesh listened to her whims and shifted allowing thicker chitin to grow.

The chitin glistened, looking as new as the day they hatched. What the Queen planned came to fruition, thicker chitin to hold out against attacks.

The threat they pose in combat is highly increased. Sadly they are much heavier, unable to fly for long periods of time. Traversing to another sky island to the surface is impossible for them. As much as it is for the queen.

>>42385852
Y

Our Collectors and Scouts have spread the improved flight around the colony, we now have better overall reactions and speed within the air.

The Eggs hatch, new scouts and warriors without the strong chitin are born.

>Food (The Brood consumes 226 Food per turn)
498 Critters
40 (4) Humanoid Alligators


>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(0 Eggs, Hatches in ? Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (?% Complete)
Air Bombardment -Rocks- (In development, 50 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42386120
>Food is actually 397 Critters

Rolled 1, 16 = 17 (2d20)

>>42386120
Gather Food

Research (Agriculture)

As our hive increases in size it will become impractical to spend so much of our time hunting, we will soon strip the lands of all prey. We should look into other sources of food.

Rolled 3, 14 = 17 (2d20)

>>42386192
+1

Rolled 8, 4 = 12 (2d20)

>>42386192
Going with this too

Rolled 12, 8 = 20 (2d20)

>>42386192

North or East hunting ground?

Rolled 10, 1 = 11 (2d20)

>>42386192

should improve our wings in the future aswell so we can get to other floating island and possibly the ground

>>42386307
north

The Queen demands a new way to gain food! We remember the humans, the lands of food stretching far and wide. We plan to attempt this! We send scouts into the edge of the forest to bring back any edible food. Then the Queen directs us on how to use the ground. Digging it up, moving it around, we must test these different ways. It might work... (50, 100, or 200 collectors set to this research?)

The entirety of our scouts and 100 collectors head north to hunt. 10 normal warriors and 10 strong chitin warriors come for protection. The hunt goes moderately well, much more so now that we can catch the birds here easily due to the improvement of our wings. Not to mention the competition drives us to work harder. We head back to the hive with many-a good catch.

+300 Birds
+500 Rabbits

>>42386424
However many collectors aren't busy hunting or performing other tasks, (200 I think)

>>42386453
agree

>Food (The Brood consumes 226 Food per turn)
312 Critters
300 Birds
500 Rabbits


>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(0 Eggs, Hatches in ? Turn/s) (Laying eggs is a FREE ACTION)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (?% Complete)
Air Bombardment -Rocks- (In development, 50 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)
Agriculture (In development, 200 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East) NorthEast - NorthWest - West
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42386477

>Lay Eggs

More collectors.

>Improve Nest

Let's get some watch towers built around the perimeter of the nest. They can serve as impromptu landing zones for our fliers as well.

>>42386553
How many? Max 50 until the Queens Den is improved.

Rolled 2, 8 = 10 (2d20)

>>42386553
Seconded

I support 50 collector eggs

since laying eggs isn't an action I propose we send the scouts to the West for our second action.

>>42386553
Also roll for your
>Improved Nest (Watch Towers)

Rolled 12, 7 = 19 (2d20)

>>42386613

Rolled 11, 16 = 27 (2d20)

>>42386618

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>42386553

50 eggs, rolling for Watch Towers.

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The Queen feasts on 100 food, laying 50 Collector eggs in return.

We get orders to improve our walls, spaces where we can stand and keep watch! We move out and collect more dirt and stone. The only things we have available. Construction seems to be going smoothly and is underway.

We send out our scouts to the West along with some warriors. We find a reasonably sized lake, some of the water seems to fall from the edge of the floating island. Looking upon the water it seems fresh and unclouded from dirt. Where the water flows from the mountain and into the lake there are strange, big yellow colored bearing fruit. They are oblong, purple and have green triangular spots. Very strange.

On our way back to the Nest we spot a human head on the ground, approaching it turns out to be stone. Also strange.

Take the Statues head back to the nest? Y/N

>>42386772
N
We can return to the buried statues later, when we have more collectors to spare. Bringing some of these fruits back might be helpful to our research efforts though.

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>>42385324

>>42386834
fuck off cunt

It seems the aim of our rock dropping has reached the pinnacle. Collectors will spread this knowledge around and the technology will be implemented next turn.

Some of the scouts bring back some of the weird fruit, handing it to those studying Agriculture. It seems this is enough to tip the scales and allow a breakthrough. Completion of agriculture will be implemented next turn. Building farms before this is possible.

>Food (The Brood consumes 226 Food per turn)
60 Birds
500 Rabbits

>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(50 Collector Eggs, Incubating, Hatches in 3 Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones. UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 50 collectors in use.)
>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (?% Complete)
Air Bombardment -Rocks- (Implemented next turn 100% Complete)
Agriculture (Implemented next turn 105% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West -) NorthEast - NorthWest
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>42386915
Begin the construction of farms to supplement our food production.

>>42387128
this

>>42387177
Roll for it.

Also two actions per turn.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>42387177

Second action?

>>42387258
use to speed up farm building

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>42387258
Get our 20 basic warriors up to speed with the others.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42387258
planned construction

>>42387300
Warriors are unable to learn advanced flight without specialist evolution.

What are your guys thoughts on having it so culturally we're ok with eating our own dead, since corpses ain't doing anything and after a battle we could collect em?

First action is building farms at 17/20

Second action is speeding up the farm building (Roll and tag pralala's post)

OR start with planned construction and get it in development at 19/20?

learn to irrigate. basically dig a small trench\lake to make water come to us for farming purposes and to have access to water to drink. but then that might fit under farming construction so im not sure.

>>42387312
So how do we get our 20 un-upgraded warriors to the same upgrade status as our 101 others?

>>42387346
Have them evolve, it's a free action but has them eat double food for that turn.

>>42387357
Sounds good to me, my OCD doesn't like two groups of warriors.

>>42387446
Think of it this way. The 20 warriors are faster, can fly better but have less reliable differences. Just how you have skirmishers and highly armored front liners, our warriors -should- evolve into different types as we go along.

>>42387341
That would be an improvement. Another tech research.

>>42387477
I think we should definitely have at least two type of warriors, the heavy armored warriors, and probably speed focused flying warriors

>>42387477
Fair enough, disregard my previous suggestion.

IMPORTANT:

Will the farm be build north of the colony, between us and the forest! (1)

East, closer to the swamp. (2)

or West, closer to the fresh water lake. (3)

>>42387533
West, closer to the lake and the existing fruits.

>>42387533
west

>>42387128
>>42387177
>>42387230
>>42387304
The Queen demands we share our knowledge on this... farming, with those who will dig and make the land where our crops will grow. We do just that, helping them along in the construction. To west, nearer the lake. We recall humans using water and lakes on their crops somehow. This will be require research less we destroy our soon to grow crops. (Farms are under construction)

With all this building of things the Queen demands we all commune in the Hivemind, she forcibly expands it. We hurt as this happens but we endure for the colony. Once she has finished we feel... portions in the hivemind where thoughts might be stored, we mix them into indecipherable junk. The Queen wipes it clear and tells the collectors to learn to use this, to plan with one another and her more reliably on the expansion of the colony. (Planned Construction is under development) (Queen has gained Memory Storage)

>Food (The Brood consumes 226 Food per turn)
60 Birds
274 Rabbits

>West Land
Farmland (UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 100 Collectors, 40 Warriors in use. ?% Complete)
>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(50 Collector Eggs, Incubating, Hatches in 2 Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones. UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 50 collectors in use. 66% Complete)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind - Memory Storage
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (Under Development, 100 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)
Air Bombardment -Rocks-
Agriculture

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West -) NorthEast - NorthWest
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

----EVENT----
While toying with this new hivemind space, one of the collectors realizes it can override anothers thoughts, not simply in the space but directly with force. This both frightens it and the one it did this on.

>Inform the Queen
>Keep Silent and Practice
>Keep Silent and Do Not Use

Here is the space where I am going to finish for the night. If the thread is still up tomorrow morning. (I'll be up in like 6-7 hours) I will continue this.

Thanks for playing. ^^

>>42387802
No problem, thanks for hosting OP!

> Inform the Queen

>>42387802
Have a good night

>>42387786
override who's thoughts?

>>42387856
Collectors.

>>42387865
this is a weird event. wouldnt the queen be able to sense it somehow?


anyway, inform queen. maybe we can make a specialist type

>>42387932
That's part of the event, the Queen doesn't sense this. (That's the worrying part)

>>42387786
>Inform the Queen.
(this ability is potentially very useful and powerful and potentially very dangerous. it means a change in the way the hiveminds structure works. further developments with it might mean we can create "brain hackers" to mind control other creatures,?.. but this ability should be monitored so we dont end up with drone rebellions on our hands or other start ups trying to take authority away from the queen.)

>>42386869
see >>42386834

Off now. Please bump this every 1-2 hours or so.

>>42388214

bamp

we should probably go hunting soon. the food is running low. and also it would not hurt to try and catch a few more more critters alive for mind control research testing.

>>42387814
>>42387932
>>42388106

We inform the queen. She was extreamly worried! We felt her throughout the hivemind, exploring it and changing it. Soon she was finished and taking over another thoughts no longer possible. She also had a greater understanding and could sense what occurred in the hivemind to a greater level.

+Advanced Hivemind Security


>Still have 2 actions this turn.

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d20)

>>42392329
gather food and continue building farm

>>42392357
jesus fucking christ why cant they unfuck this fucking board's dice

I think it would be best if someone supported you and rolled. Or chose something else and rolled... xD

Go Hunting and
>improve tech (telepathic mind reading)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>42392481

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42392481

I'll write it up once i get to work.

Rolled 3, 14 = 17 (2d20)

>>42392456

>Research Tech (Camouflage)

>Scout the colony to the north

Finally caught up and waiting for CM to get back like O_O

>>42392968
Also can we find out what was shining in the swamp/catch some humanoid amphibilcrocs?

If nothing else, having the queen enter their minds would be a powerful mental boon. Better than not/rabbits.

>>42392498
>>42392645

The Queen calls for our brood to gather more rabbits, we catch several with a very quick expedition by our fast scouts. She has them lined up before disconnecting from the hive mind once more. Staring at each in turn, they twitch and shiver but she seems content with each movement. Several hours pass before the Queen reconnects. Speaking to us all, mostly directed to the collectors. She speaks of a forced connection, separate from the hive mind. She grants us this ability and we attempt it. Primal, scared, wrong, surrounded, RUN, PANIC, FREEZE. Are the ideas and thoughts we read from the rabbits. It's like a torrent of bunched up thoughts, this will take time to master. (Tech Mind Reading is in development)

The Queen demands we examine the threat of these northern bugs. The scouts head off into the sky splitting into several groups by the queens orders.

They return during the night. These bugs with hard shells have dug into the rocky mountain, making it their home. They use this hight to watch the forest, swamp and river. It was hard for our scouts to get close. Luckily with their agility they all managed to get close. This bug colony has six-hundred workers, we know not of their fighting force.

The Watchtowers are complete, specify the number of guards to post on them. (Free action)

>Food (The Brood consumes 226 Food per turn)
60 Birds
274 Rabbits

>West Land
Farmland (UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 100 Collectors, 40 Warriors in use. ?% Complete)
>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(50 Collector Eggs, Incubating, Hatches in 2 Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind - Memory Storage - Advanced Mental Security
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (Under Development, 100 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)
Air Bombardment -Rocks-
Agriculture
Mind Reading (Under Development, 100 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West -) NorthEast - NorthWest
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

Rolled 5, 4 = 9 (2d20)

>>42393092

>Scout Northwest

>Gather food

Rolled 17 (1d20)

Try to catch some amphebilgators

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>42393118
>>42393110
Also 2nd scouting

Rolled 3, 11 = 14 (2d20)

>>42393092

>Improve Culture

Call for a Great Hunt - dispatch all available drones to find the biggest game they can find. Whoever returns with the most impressive prize will be given an evolution of their choice.

>Scout Northwest

Rolled 9, 6 = 15 (2d20)

>>42393110

>>42393118
We're probably looking at getting some amphibious bugs out of it too.

>>42393118
Hunting them or capturing them alive?

>>42393092
Food is actually
54 Birds
54 Rabbits

>>42393142
We'll eat any that have to be put down but they are more valuable for their mental atributes. Let's see how the queen enjoys a humanoid mind. Beats rabbits.

>>42393156
Probably baiting with weak troops and having heavies on standby with restraints. Or some similar tactic to reduce casualties.

>>42393142

Alive. At the very least, we should try to milk an evolution out of them. I have a devious plan that involves breeding amphibious warriors using knowledge gained from the gator-men and having them stealthily swim up river to ambush a flank of the enemy hive's defensive force while we feint a charge head-on

>>42393188
Om nom nom delicious tactics. So good.

>>42393188
Although I almost prefer the complexity a humanoid mind can offer above amphibious abilities.

>>42393188
but they live in the mountain/cliff...

we should capture some of them and see if we can mind control and take over their hive

>>42393216

Not that anon, but I read that as "fake a charge directly once the amphi-bugs are in place to draw the other hive out, then spring the trap."

>>42393118
>>42393110

The remaining 50 Collectors and 35 Scouts alongside 60 Strong Chitin warriors are ordered to head to the north east portion of the swamp to collect those humanoid things and bring them back. We obey and head off.

During the travel in the swampy area the drones and scouts have a small competition, hunting some critters as game.

Soon the scouts spot a large collection of the alligator humanoids. They rush around the sky, higher than the crocs can jump as a distraction. The drones pick up what stones they can find in the swamp before flying up, bombarding these things a moment before our warriors rush in. With thick chitin it's almost impossible for anything but their limbs to be punctured by the jaws of the enemy. Soon, most are subdued. Many were killed however.

+26 (Alive Alligators)
+140 Food (14 Alligators)
+200 Food (Critters)

We get back to the nest and realize we have no place to hold these... things and we are sure they could jump over the walls. The collectors dig a rudimentary pit near the edge of the island then throw the humanoid things in. Not the best but it will do. The Queen congratulates our thinking. We are pleased.

-1 Alligator who broke his neck on the way into the pit.
+10 Food

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>>42393242
>-1 Alligator who broke his neck on the way into the pit.
>+10 Food

>>42393242
Hurray :)

LETS HAVE OUR WAY WITH THEIR MINDS

Rolled 20, 20 = 40 (2d20)

>>42393110

>Scout Northwest

>Gather Food

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>42393242
Also, since we were recently in the swamps...can we get that shiny thing we found earlier?

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>>42393261

ANON WHAT THE FUCK

>>42393261
Annnnd you wasted the second 20. Good job.

>>42393267
No.

>>42393261
Whelp. There's some instant actions. What even happens on a double 20?>>42393261
>>42393267
20 and then a 1...

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>>42393267
>>42393261

/tg/ dice have gone straight to fucking crazy town

Our scouts head off to the northwest. Across the edge of the lake and past the strange trees with weird-ass fruit. We find a large expanse, like the plains between us and the north forest. Here there are hundreds upon thousands of mounds. We quickly realize these are made from creatures than live under the soil. Fairly large but we do not think they are threatening. The ground here is very rich, we also spot a fairly large grove of trees to the southern portion of the plain. The wood looks strong, however it will be hard to bring it across the river and lake. If only we had the mountain area under our control.

Strangely we spot... a sheep. A herd of sheep, with wings. Our scouts return, bringing this news.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>42393314
Mindfuck the gators

>>42393295
What an entertaining thread :D

>>42393314
>Strangely we spot... a sheep. A herd of sheep, with wings. Our scouts return, bringing this news.

Check the scouts out to make sure they aren't getting blasted off some kind of hivemind catnip and then go and collect some flying sheep.

>Also voting for getting an amphibious adaption from the gator men

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THIS IS THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN

WHAT FRESH HELL HAS OP WROUGHT

>Food (The Brood consumes 228 Food per turn)
200 Critters
36 (3.6) Alligator

>West Land
Farmland (UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 100 Collectors, 40 Warriors in use. ?% Complete)

>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(50 Collector Eggs, Incubating, Hatches in 2 Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones)
Containment Pit (Max 25 Prisoners)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind - Memory Storage - Advanced Mental Security
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.)

>Captured Creatures
25 Alligator Humanoids (In a pit) (Consumes 0.10 food per turn)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (100% Complete, Implemented next turn)
Air Bombardment -Rocks-
Agriculture
Mind Reading (Under Development, 100 Collectors in use, ?% Complete)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
350 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West -) NorthEast - NorthWest
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

Rolled 11, 6 = 17 (2d20)

>>42393364

>Attempt evolution - gator-bugs

>Retrieve flying sheep

Rolled 7, 10 = 17 (2d20)

>>42393364
>>42393364

>Catch some flyin sheeps

>Mind fuck a gater

Rolled 8, 13 = 21 (2d20)

>>42393372

I can second that.

>>42393364
could you include how many turns of food we have left?
and when the fuck is the farm going to be completed? it's been ?% for like 4 turns now...

>mindfuck crocs
>gather food

Rolled 14, 14 = 28 (2d20)

>>42393389

>>42393389
We have one turn of food left. It mentions it right next to the food. Also we can probably skip food for a turn at the loss of eggs.

>>42393372
What trait of the alligators do you want us to evolve?

>>42393389
The Farmland is a huge effort, it has been built but the crops have not grown. A couple more turns.

>Our food is running low

>>42393398
>What trait of the alligators do you want us to evolve?

Hydrodynamic carapace, preferably a color that would keep us hidden while submerged.

>>42393364
>Collector egg have hatched. My mistake.
We now have 400 collectors and we consume 240 food per turn.

Rolled 1, 20 = 21 (2d20)

>>42393389
2nd use crocs for hivemind upgrade and get some much needed food

>>42393412
Ummmm...awesome? Is that a usable 20? If so I would like the queen to detach from the hive and see what can be learnt from our new subhumans.

>>42393397
it says how much we consume and how much we got, not how many turns it will last.

>>42393440

Do you have some sort of problem with basic arithmetic?

>>42393440
If you consume more than you have, our creatures die or devour each other by order of the queen.

>>42393372
>>42393385
>>42393410
WARNING, Enacting evolution will require the devouring of all prisoners in addition to normal food.
>Attempt? Y/N

>>42393440
It's true. The numbers are less than 10 digits apart. Perhaps when we start having multiple turns worth of food it will be worth noting.

>>42393458
N use them for the hivemind first. Kill 2 birds with one stone. We can collect enough food for the upgrade next turn.

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>>42393458

Y

Do it.

>>42393458
>n

>>42393458
Not yet, let's try to gather more.

>Gathering food (Specify Where)

What will be the second action?

>>42393480
We can hunt this turn and double down with a farming roll and have plenty of food for an upgrade or two next turn

>>42393504

Sounds good to me.

Second action emphasize farming.

>>42393501
I think East had the best hunting grounds? Not the first ones we used woth the birds and rabbits...

>>42393514
>>42393504
Where are you gathering/hunting for food. North is bunnies and birds, East is swamp critters and potentially more alligators, west is the strange fruit.

Rolled 8, 20 = 28 (2d20)

>>42393514

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>42393531

Strange fruit.

>>42393412
20 for gathering food

>>42393538
20 for speeding up farm completion

>GG
>Writing it up now.

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>>42393546

This is us now.

>>42393445
no, i would like to be able to just glance over the stats and see how many turns our food will last, like practically every other civ.
was it really that hard to grasp that? damn you're daft..

>>42393458
>If you consume more than you have, our creatures die or devour each other by order of the queen.
that's not what i'm talking about.

something like this
>Food: ~1 turn(s) (The Brood consumes 228 Food per turn)

>>42393460
you're right, it's fine for now since we dont really have a surplus

The Queen demands we replenish our food stock! We obey! All free 200 collectors scatter alongside warriors and scouts heading to the east hunting grounds. The competition is strong and our desire to be the best of our kind rules. This assists us as we flow throughout the swamp, wading in the water and flying both. We feel at home in this swamp now, we know it's secrets. We know where our prey cowers from us, we find and slaughter them. The hivemind is filled with glory. The Queen is delighted.

+1600 Critters

The Queen calls to the collectors working in the fields, directly assisting them throughout the hive mind. We use the memory banks of the hive mind to share our best methods of tilling and planting our crops. It works wonders, as one unit as a whole we move over the fields. Creating life from the earth. Life that we shall devour! No wonder the humans had these, so much fun! (Farmland completed, +20 bonus of instant completion)

>>42393612
OM NOM SUCH YUM SO MUCH FOOD

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>42393612

Now let's adapt the fuck out of some gators! Rollan.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>42393642
First, let's invade their minds. Upgrade our hivemind.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>42393646
Ahright. I'll 2nd mindmeld

Our Planned Construction has been implemented, all but the warriors know how to store memories.

>>42393646
>>42393659
In what way are you attempting to upgrade the hivemind?

>Food (The Brood consumes 228 Food per turn) (14 Turns of food available)
1608 Critters
120 Crops

>West Land
Farmland I (50 Collectors in use, +100 Food/Turn) (Nat 20 Bonus +20 Food/turn)

>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(0 Eggs, Hatches in ? Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones)
Containment Pit (Max 25 Prisoners)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind - Memory Storage - Advanced Mental Security
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.) (Laying eggs is a FREE action)

>Captured Creatures
25 Alligator Humanoids (In a pit) (Consumes 0.10 food per turn)

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (Memory Storage for greater planning)
Air Bombardment -Rocks-
Agriculture
Mind Reading (100 Complete, Implemented next turn)

>Brood (With Flight)
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
400 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West - NorthWest ) NorthEast
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

Rolled 16, 9 = 25 (2d20)

>>42393646
>>42393659

I'm beginning to think it might not be a good idea.

>>42393673

>Attempt evolution (fast swimming, neutrally colored gatorbugs)

>Improve Queen's Den

We need more room to poop out troops.

>>42393681

>>42393673
Assuming being humanoid has any advantage mentally to a rabbit I'd like to exploit that advantage. Fuck their brains until they're drooling like the rabbits but learn from how their nervous systems are set up to give us better group control. They also have the ability to overlap sensory information with other insights in their memory. We could learn to do that in the hive. They can function with contradictory organ systems for above and below water. That would assist with leading several types of troops at once. Also if we weaken their minds we may be able to teach a weaker unit to conquer a smaller mind. Start teaching psionics.

Rolled 7, 11 = 18 (2d20)

>>42393710

Remember you can do two actions and lay eggs. Specify what kind however.

>Evolution might be a good idea.

>Upgrading the hivemind with the crocs will allow the hivemind to force a connection with other races.

>>42393721
yes, ability to mindfuck other races

then we can take over the other bug's hive

>>42393721
Can we upgrade hivemind with the gators and then consume them ceremonally while we attempt upgrades?

>>42393735

Yeah, obviously if we can do both that's better.

Rolled 3, 9 = 12 (2d20)

>>42393721
>upgrade the hivemind with the crocs
>evolve some Brood to be Smarter and better able to store and process knowledge for the brood to help with learning new things faster and to help protect the hivemind's connections between its self. (basically brain hackers\anti hackers. or telepathic ones. if were guna go around adding stuff to our hive mind we want some things to keep them from turning that connection against us. also using them as telepathic range expanders might enable us to manage forces far from our island easier.)

>>42393792

Yup. Super psionics.

>11 (Improve Hivemind)

The Queen orders us to bring several of the humanoids into her domain, we do so with guards. The prisoners kneel before her might... Probably because we kicked them forwards. Still, they kneel before her might and we wait. She disconnects from the hivemind, attempting to bridge a connection to the humanoid. This takes hours before she returns to the hivemind. She informs us that these things are not very smart. Animals compared to us, but more complex than critters or rabbits. She then builds onto the connection she formed with the group, forcing them into the hivemind consensus. We all move at them, their unprotected minds not used to the glory of a greater connection. We overwhelm them and they collapse screaming in agony only to fall silent and lifeless. It seems this is a very strange thing, perhaps bringing them into the main body of the hivemind is not a good idea. The Queen could personally connect to them however. (Failure)

16 (Evolve)

The Queen is annoyed with the failure of the hivemind. We are ashamed even thought it is not our fault. She commands all prisoners to be brought to the nest as well as the whole colony. The bodies too. We look to them as they cower. The order to feast is given! We scream our hunger throughout the hivemind, a change is coming! We amass onto the flesh of our prey butchering and devouring them piece by piece. The colony balls up before secreting the evolution gel. Our flesh is ripped open and chitin softens. We cry in pain and the Queen comforts us, giving our being directions, our chitin slickens and forms once more hard. Our leg-limbs stronger than before and our color murky like that of the former alligators.

+ Favored Terrain (Swamp) (Water)
+ Camouflage (Swamp)

Our testing with the bunnies comes to fruition, we can read the minds of simple creatures. Know their instincts when close. This is improve hunting somewhat, perhaps aid in becoming... 'friendly' with them. This Queen is strange. We love her.

>Food (The Brood consumes 225 Food per turn) (14 Turns of food available)
1500 Critters
120 Crops

>West Land
Farmland I (50 Collectors in use, +100 Food/Turn) (Nat 20 Bonus +20 Food/turn)

>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(0 Eggs, Hatches in ? Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones)
Containment Pit (Max 25 Prisoners)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind - Memory Storage - Advanced Mental Security
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.) (Laying eggs is a FREE action)

>Captured Creatures
None

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (Memory Storage for greater planning)
Air Bombardment -Rocks-
Agriculture
Mind Reading (100 Complete, Implemented next turn)

>Brood (With Flight) ~ (Favored Terrain (Swamp) (Water)) ~ (Camouflage (Swamp))
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
400 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West - NorthWest ) NorthEast
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)

>>42393792
If you wish to create a new kind of brood you may attempt. Give a long-ish description and roll 2d20 for the attempt. (Still a single action)

>>42393879
>13 turns of yummy food.

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>>42393853
>we kroot now

Rolled 14, 9 = 23 (2d20)

Get more scouts. (laying eggs. about 65 would be plenty. but atleast 15 to bring us back to 50 of them would be nice )
>Custom (send scouts we have scattered out to locate interesting animals that have traits we might want.

>improve Nest (expand our farm to produce even more food)

>>42393900
Not unlike fireflies these oversized bugs fly slowly and with much wingflapping. Unlikely to gain much altitude or even keep up with a fast moving squad these troops have evolved a psychic connection with the light emiting parts of their form. The light which comes from under their body also emits a physic pulse which can be heard throughout the hive, even while otherwise disconnected from it.

This "psychic pulse" has practical applications in that it can be used to avoid being psychicly dominated by releasing "noise" which keeps anyone from connecting. This noise can also be used to sever the connection between a group that is connected to a distant hivemind. It can also charm enemies by sending the pulse in pleasing rhythms of in sync with creatues movements and thoughts.

These actions are biological and will need training and experience to learn how to really use their powers.

Rolled 18, 20 = 38 (2d20)

>>42393976

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>42393959
I'll second sending scouts every which way with a focus on stealth and information gathering.

>>42393976
Lay about 1 to 5 eggs of these to see if they are useful. that way we dont need to make a ton if they are not. and we can test how much they need to eat so we know how many is safe to make.

>>42394009
Maybe a small squad of 10 or more would be more useful for a fieldtest

First action is forming a new brood member with 10 Eggs, 18 and 20 38/40

Second action is sending scouts in all directions to identify creatures with interesting features. at 14/20

Agreed? Y/N

>>42394027
If they don't end up being useful the queen can practice breaking minds against psychic protection on them and we can eat the corpses.

>>42394041
Yes

>Agreed? Y/N^H

The Queen demands that we bring her food. Lots and lots of food! We skitter around collecting the flesh to feed to her. She tells us we will have new family members. They will be those that guide us and strengthen the hivemind! We praise her and our collectors pay more attention to her. The eggs are large, almost as big as a warriors! She lays ten of these, using much more food than she normally would to lay eggs. Then she fills up the rest of the egg chamber with 40 scout eggs.

-50 Food from New Brood Eggs
-80 Food from Scout Eggs

We send scouts into the sky in all directions but south. We wonder the forest, the swamp and the lake. The rabbits that are not rabbits and climb trees seem to have flexible bodies, we could develop this trait, sacrificing our chitin in return. They also have claws designed to sink into the wood. Strong. We find that the critters can move in fast bursts of speed, nothing compared to the agility of our improved flight, but it could help on the ground. They also can stay under water for very long periods of time.

The scouts return with their observations, sharing once they reconnect to the colonies hivemind.

Rolled 17, 10 = 27 (2d20)

>>42393900
maybe later we could make another type?. could help with mining and building stuff, as well as ambushes.

This kind of brood looks abit like a cross between a preying mantis and a spider. it has no wings and cannot fly but its scythe like limbs from its upper body serve both as dangerous blades and useful digging tools. they are capable of producing very strong silken cables like a spider as well as producing a kind of glue also like a spider. and like a spider they can crawl on walls and ceilings easily. They are good at making traps and nets out of their webbing. they have a set of their spider limbs on their upper torso to use as hands, not just their mantis blades. they are good at holding their breath and can make good tunnelers as they see easily in the dark and have good hearing and long hair like protrusions all over their body to feel where the terrain is. and to avoid getting lost in tunnels they can spray chemical markers like ants to leave smell-able messages and leave a trail they can follow out.

ideally we would want to collect a preying mantis a spider and an ant. or something similar to them, before attempting to create this. small creatures might not be much for food but they could still have very useful traits we could use. we should have our brood keep an eye out for them.

>Food (The Brood consumes 225 Food per turn) (14 Turns of food available)
1385 Critters

>West Land
Farmland I (50 Collectors in use, +100 Food/Turn) (Nat 20 Bonus +20 Food/turn)

>Our Home
Queens Den (Holds Max 50 Eggs)
(10 ? Eggs, 40 Scout Eggs, Hatches in 3 Turn/s)
Nesting Area I (Houses 700 of the brood)
Defense Wall I +1 (Dirt, Stones)
Watch Towers (Dirt, Stones)
Containment Pit (Max 25 Prisoners)

>Queen
Telepathic Communication
Hive Mind - Memory Storage - Advanced Mental Security
Lay Eggs (Consumes 2 food per Warrior, Collector or Scout egg.) (Laying eggs is a FREE action)

>Captured Creatures
None

>Tech
Animal Husbandry (Rudimentary Mental/Hive Mind Connection)
Improved Flight
Planned Construction (Memory Storage for greater planning)
Air Bombardment -Rocks-
Agriculture
Mind Reading (Rudimentary Forced Telepathy)

>Brood (With Flight) ~ (Favored Terrain (Swamp) (Water)) ~ (Camouflage (Swamp))
101 Warriors -Strong Chitin- -Bad Flight- (Consumes 1 food per turn)
20 Warriors (Consumes 1 food per turn)
400 Collectors -Improved Flight- (Consumes 0.25 food per turn)
35 Scouts -Improved Flight+- (Consumes 0.50 food per turn)

>Scout (Scouted - North - FarNorth - East - West - NorthWest ) NorthEast
>Improve Tech (Specify)
>Improve Food (Specify)
>Improve Nest (Specify)
>Improve Culture (Specify)
>Attempt Evolution (Specify) (Consuming creatures holding the Evolution we desire will drastically improve chances of success)
>Custom (Specify)