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>Sun Radiation
There are few species that can claim to have evolved without the light of a star and yours is not one of them. Almost more important than any other factor is how much radiation it’s outputting. How rough was your cradle?

>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>Average: The yellow sun is bright and energetic, much akin to Sol. This is the default for life, with no upsides or downsides on its own.
>Gentle: The blue sun is pale and merciful, giving your homeworld a much welcome relief from the usual pain. Complex evolution will be much easier, at the cost of a lower tolerance for radiation and increased difficulty adapting to the predations of foreign stars.

>2/9

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>Planetary Size
One day your species will look back on its homeworld but whether those memories are fond or painful mean nothing to evolution. Far more relevant is the raw weight of its gravity well. How big is your planet?

>Tiny: Your homeworld is a fifth the size of Terra and has an extremely low gravity. This means initial spaceflight and adjusting to zero-G environments will be trivial for your species but they are certain to be weak and fragile without evolutionary effort.
>Small: Your homeworld is half the size of Terra and has somewhat low gravity. This is a middle-ground between the lighter side of the scale and statistically, most spacefaring species are likely to have evolved under similar circumstances.
>Middle: Your homeworld is roughly the size of Terra and has a gravity that would be tolerable for human life. This is near the upper limit for easy spaceflight and has no major drawbacks.
>Large: Your homeworld is twice the size of Terra and has strong gravity. This makes initial spaceflight vastly more difficult for your species but a higher strength and hardiness to carry their own weight can be expected.
>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.

>3/9

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>Planetary Moons
It’s easy to mistake for an aesthetic detail, a motif of art or to hold at its surface value, a resource to exploit when spaceflight has been achieved, but the moons of a planet are a major contributor to the eventual shape its lifeforms may take. How many moons does your planet have?

>No Moons: Your homeworld has no moon. Only the stars lie above and nights will be dominated by abyssal darkness. If there’s water, the tides will be far calmer.
>One Moon: Your homeworld has one large moon. It goes through regular phases and night illumination is familiar to Terran life. If there’s water, the tides will be strong and stable.
>Two Moons: Your homeworld has two small moons. One is always in the sky and nights are in a regular twilight. If there’s water, the tides will be wild and unpredictable.
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.

>4/9

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>Planetary Heat
Another critical factor of the sun is how near your species’ homeworld is to its embrace. This has a profound effect on every part of its ecosystem and plays a part in what planets and colonial preparation your species will need in the future. How hot is your planet?

>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>Reasonable: Your homeworld is in the goldilocks zone of its sun and has an average temperature. It may vary from era to era but your species won’t need to worry much about extreme temperatures.
>Frigid: Your homeworld is extremely far from its sun and freezing cold. Moisture is usually frozen and evaporates slowly. Your species will need to evolve for very low temperatures.

>5/9

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>Planetary Moisture
Almost every biological lifeform requires water in some capacity and yours is no different. Its rarity or abundance will play an enormous role in their evolution and in its priorities. How wet is your homeworld?

>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.
>Aquatic: Your homeworld has an extreme amount of water, with its land consisting of rare, small islands. It can be classified as an ocean world and it’s likely your species will spend most, if not all of its evolutionary lifespan below the waves.

>6/9

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>Planetary Terrain
The tectonic activity of your homeworld has a significant effect on an evolutionary timescale but its most obvious impact is in the terrain it generates. This may vary over time but will always stay near to its baseline. How rough is your homeworld’s surface?

>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
>Balanced: Your homeworld’s surface is average, with some rugged lands and some flat lands, all within conventional expectations. Its elevation fluctuates within reason and your species won’t be overly pressured by it throughout its evolution.
>Flat: Your homeworld’s surface is smooth, with almost unnaturally calm tectonics and no significant mountains or shifts in altitude. Its elevation is constant and your species will need to capitalize on it.

>7/9

>>5810134
>Average
>Large
>Many moons
>reasonable
>Aquatic

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>Warp Density
Behind the material reality is another, where physical law is meaningless and whim and will alone reigns supreme. Occasionally, they overlap and in some rare planets, the line between them is blurred. How much of the Warp is in your homeworld?

>Warp Isolated: Your homeworld is like most barren rocks, completely separate from the immaterium. Your species will evolve in a purely material existence and their Warp signature, their souls, will be dim and unable to produce psychic phenomena.
>Warp Exposure: Your homeworld is average among living planets, with a faint but constant pressure from the Warp. Your species will evolve in a predominately material context and psychic phenomena will likely be too rare to have a major effect on its evolution.
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

>8/9

Now that that’s out of the way, let me explain the premise of this quest. This is a multi-stage evolution and civ quest hybrid set in what will eventually become the 40k galaxy, where, instead of being a part of any major faction, (You) are one of the many, many footnote alien species in a pitched struggle to survive in a galaxy tailor-made to eradicate their race. Unlike them, however, you have the opportunity to guide your evolution from their most distant ancestors to sapience, and then to unify their species under a single culture from the neolithic to the space age by any means possible, and then take a precious window of time to spread, advance, and exploit neighboring star systems before the Great Crusade arrives. From then on, escalating waves of the worst the Imperium can bring to bear will attempt to destroy everything that you’ve built and slaughter your species so utterly that its name is unknown outside of classified Inquisition lore. If a stable population of your species can survive until the Great Crusade ends, you’ll win the quest. If you lose, you’ll lose everything.

End of copy paste of OG thread.
Let's run this and crash the hope and dreams of our blobs gloriously one more time

>>5810148
>Jagged
>Warp saturation

Got a bit excited

>>5810134
>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>>5810136
>Middle: Your homeworld is roughly the size of Terra and has a gravity that would be tolerable for human life. This is near the upper limit for easy spaceflight and has no major drawbacks
>>5810139
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>>5810141
>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>>5810143
>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>>5810146
>Flat: Your homeworld’s surface is smooth, with almost unnaturally calm tectonics and no significant mountains or shifts in altitude. Its elevation is constant and your species will need to capitalize on it.
>>5810149
>Warp Exposure: Your homeworld is average among living planets, with a faint but constant pressure from the Warp. Your species will evolve in a predominately material context and psychic phenomena will likely be too rare to have a major effect on its evolution.

The great desert where the sun never sets

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>>5810134
>>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>>5810136
>>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.
>>5810139
>>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>>5810141
>>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>>5810143
>>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>>5810149
>>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

GREAT DESERT - COLOSSAL WARP EDITION

lets get this shit QM

>>5810158
FUCK I forgot
>>5810146
>>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.

JAGGED GIANT WARP DESERT SHITHOLE

>>5810158
>>5810161
I offer you a deal, change the jagged to flat and I'll support it being huge and warpy.
I have no reason other then thinking that a desert planet should be flat

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We have no emergency whatsoever as the vote will remain open for around a day.

>>5810163
Counterpoint : picrel

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>>5810170
But look at what a flat one could be! Almost makes one want to build a huge mothership and go on a space adventure after discovering an ancient mural

>>5810134
>>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>>5810136
>>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.
>>5810139
>>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>>5810141
>>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>>5810143
>>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>>5810149
>>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
>>5810146
>>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.

This can only breed the toughest and coolest of Xenos species

>>5810134
We're so back

>>5810134
>Average: The yellow sun is bright and energetic, much akin to Sol. This is the default for life, with no upsides or downsides on its own.
Fuck radiation

>>5810136
>Large: Your homeworld is twice the size of Terra and has strong gravity. This makes initial spaceflight vastly more difficult for your species but a higher strength and hardiness to carry their own weight can be expected.
Fuck supergravity

>>5810139
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
Chaotic tides are for chads

>>5810141
>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
Tropicalbros rise up

>>5810143
>Aquatic: Your homeworld has an extreme amount of water, with its land consisting of rare, small islands. It can be classified as an ocean world and it’s likely your species will spend most, if not all of its evolutionary lifespan below the waves.
Aquaticbros rise up

>>5810146
>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
Elevation is based

>>5810149
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
The warp is based

>>5810134
>>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>>5810136
>Middle: Your homeworld is roughly the size of Terra and has a gravity that would be tolerable for human life. This is near the upper limit for easy spaceflight and has no major drawbacks.
>>5810139
>One Moon: Your homeworld has one large moon. It goes through regular phases and night illumination is familiar to Terran life. If there’s water, the tides will be strong and stable.
>>5810141
>Reasonable: Your homeworld is in the goldilocks zone of its sun and has an average temperature. It may vary from era to era but your species won’t need to worry much about extreme temperatures.
>>5810143
>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.
>>5810146
>Balanced: Your homeworld’s surface is average, with some rugged lands and some flat lands, all within conventional expectations. Its elevation fluctuates within reason and your species won’t be overly pressured by it throughout its evolution.
>>5810149
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
Psy-Radioactive chuds, rise up
>>5810150
>End of copy paste of OG thread.
was this done before ? or was it one of those abandoned threads

>>5810198
>was this done before ? or was it one of those abandoned threads
Yes to both
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5394100/

>>5810134
>Harsh
>>5810136
>Huge
>>5810139
>Many Moons
>>5810141
>Arid
>>5810143
>Arid
>>5810146
>Jagged
>>5810149
>Warp Saturation
Giant magic death xenos.

>>5810141
>>5810213
>Boiling

>>5810134
>>Average
>>Large
>>Many Moons
>>Reasonable
>>Arid
>>Flat
>>Warp Exposure
This time. This time it will be different.

>>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative
>>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.

>>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures
>>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
>>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.

>Harsh
>Large
>Many Moons
>Frigid
>Balanced
>Balanced
>Warp Exposure

>>5810134
>Harsh
>>5810136
>Huge
>>5810139
>Many Moons
>>5810141
>Boiling
>>5810143
>>Arid
>>5810146
>>Flat
>>5810149
>>Warp Saturation

I am very happy to see someone pick up the mantle of this quest, it was fucking great.

>>5810134

>Harsh
>Large
>Many Moons
>Boiling
>Arid
>Jagged
>Warp Saturated

Sort of a magicky, desert cliffs hellscape.

>>5810150
>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>Large: Your homeworld is twice the size of Terra and has strong gravity. This makes initial spaceflight vastly more difficult for your species but a higher strength and hardiness to carry their own weight can be expected.
>Two Moons: Your homeworld has two small moons. One is always in the sky and nights are in a regular twilight. If there’s water, the tides will be wild and unpredictable.
>Frigid: Your homeworld is extremely far from its sun and freezing cold. Moisture is usually frozen and evaporates slowly. Your species will need to evolve for very low temperatures.
>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
>Warp Isolated: Your homeworld is like most barren rocks, completely separate from the immaterium. Your species will evolve in a purely material existence and their Warp signature, their souls, will be dim and unable to produce psychic phenomena

>>5810407
Missed one my bad
>Aquatic: Your homeworld has an extreme amount of water, with its land consisting of rare, small islands. It can be classified as an ocean world and it’s likely your species will spend most, if not all of its evolutionary lifespan below the waves.

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>>5810133
Best of luck on this OP, i believe that you can see this though to the end, anyways-
>>5810134
>Gentle: The blue sun is pale and merciful, giving your homeworld a much welcome relief from the usual pain. Complex evolution will be much easier, at the cost of a lower tolerance for radiation and increased difficulty adapting to the predations of foreign stars.
>>5810136
>Tiny: Your homeworld is a fifth the size of Terra and has an extremely low gravity. This means initial spaceflight and adjusting to zero-G environments will be trivial for your species but they are certain to be weak and fragile without evolutionary effort.
>>5810139
>No Moons: Your homeworld has no moon. Only the stars lie above and nights will be dominated by abyssal darkness. If there’s water, the tides will be far calmer
>>5810141
>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>>5810143
>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>>5810146
>Flat: Your homeworld’s surface is smooth, with almost unnaturally calm tectonics and no significant mountains or shifts in altitude. Its elevation is constant and your species will need to capitalize on it.
>>5810149
>Warp Isolated: Your homeworld is like most barren rocks, completely separate from the immaterium. Your species will evolve in a purely material existence and their Warp signature, their souls, will be dim and unable to produce psychic phenomena.

Complete opposite of last quests voting choices, let’s become a race of sentient slime people and conquer the universe with levels of tech that hasn’t been seen since the age of iron, magic is for pussies.

>>5810149
>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>Frigid: Your homeworld is extremely far from its sun and freezing cold. Moisture is usually frozen and evaporates slowly. Your species will need to evolve for very low temperatures.
>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
LET'S RUN IT BACK FLOUNDERBROS

>>5810518
You know what? Switching to this.

>>5810149
>>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.
>>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>>Frigid: Your homeworld is extremely far from its sun and freezing cold. Moisture is usually frozen and evaporates slowly. Your species will need to evolve for very low temperatures.
>>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
>>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

I wish for death, flounderbros!

>>5810134
>Average
>>5810136
>Small>>5810139
>>5810139
>Two Moons:
>>5810141
>Boiling
>>5810143
>Balanced
>>5810146
>Jagged

Good to see a variation of this quest again

>>5810520
>>5810608
>>5810610
You three are missing the "moisture" setting.

>>5810133
>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

>>5810666
>>5810610

>>5810143
>Balanced

>>5810134
>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.

Just like in the good ol' days.

>>5810136
>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.

>>5810139
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.

>>5810141
>Reasonable: Your homeworld is in the goldilocks zone of its sun and has an average temperature. It may vary from era to era but your species won’t need to worry much about extreme temperatures.

>>5810143
>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.

>>5810146
>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.

>>5810149
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

>>5810757
Turns out i messed up and your misssing setting is warp not moisture

>>5810149
Can we have high=good dice this time? That always annoyed me in the original quest.
>Average: The yellow sun is bright and energetic, much akin to Sol. This is the default for life, with no upsides or downsides on its own.

>Huge: Your homeworld is five times the size of Terra and has crushing gravity. Conventional spaceflight is effectively impossible and the sheer pressure they’re used to will make the void a nightmare, and if they want to move with any efficiency, their evolution will have to be very stubborn or creative.

>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.

>Reasonable: Your homeworld is in the goldilocks zone of its sun and has an average temperature. It may vary from era to era but your species won’t need to worry much about extreme temperatures.

>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.

>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.

>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

>>5810762
>>5810610
>>5810149
>Warp Saturation

>>5810762
Basically the same things anyways.

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Calling it a stop for this vote.
Writing.

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>>5811012
>Absolute hellhole of scorching radiation and unlivable temperatures AGAIN
>But this time also without ANY water
WHY

>>5811014
Guess the caves and night time are our only chances now

>>5811014
The GRIND never ends

>>5811016

We can always just crash an ice-moon into our planet later to become water-rich anon

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>An eternity away from Sol, a bloodred star which has no name in earthly tongue lays, a swollen tumor on the cosmos, throbbing with malice. Caught in thrall of its orbit are five satellites, a scorched rock near the sun, two gas giants far away, and two in the goldilocks zone.
The first one is a large, calm planet, with a thick atmosphere shielding from dangerous radiations. Ample amount of water, a pleasant surface temperature. But by a cruel twist of fate, no life emerged on this haven.
Let our eyes turn to the second one : closer to the star, this one is on the limit of acceptable pressure for the precious fluid of life, water. The strong gravity crushed the weaker rocks into a fine dust, covering most of the cracks and caves, leaving only the highest peaks emerging through the sand ocean.

>This planet is inimical to higher life as Terran scholars know it, by no right should it be any more than another dead rock in billions, and yet… Life has found a way. In the cauldron of a Geyser, amino acids piled on each other just the right way for a self-replicating structure. Its primitive genome shredded and its remains decayed without a trace in the span of just under ten Terran minutes. Against the odds, it managed to reproduce just before dying without note and its offspring did the same, setting a pattern for millions of years to come. Now, numberless generations later, among the thirsty, dessicated, sickly and burnt wretches clinging to momentary existence, a species with true evolutionary potential has emerged.

>Your species.

Before you can evolve in earnest, you’ll need to determine which species is yours. To do that, you’ll make three more simple choices and in the doing, narrow infinite possibilities to a lone certainty. After roughly 12-24 hours, your gauntlet of evolutionary strife will begin.

Also, let's put the concern of the fine fellow >>5810774
Do you prefer :
>High is good for the roller
or
>High is bad for the roller
regarding rolls?

>1/4

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>Species Mobility :
The sheer WEIGHT of your homeworld is a permanent shackle on the nonexistent neck of every one of its children. Quick, effortless movement is a novelty that won’t be seen for a very, very long time but there are a few that dare to skitter upon the rough grains of the sea of sand. How much of its lifespan does your species spend on the move?

>Ambulatory : Your species never settles down and is always moving. This is a risky strategy that leaves them at the mercy of the sand tides and exposed to predators. At the same time, they are less likely to go hungry for lack of feeding opportunities.
>Sedentary: Your species is completely inert, latching as it can and waiting. This is a cautious strategy that grants them a large degree of mass and stability against the sand tides, though it comes at a cost. Most strategies of consumption require patience and creativity.
>Multi-Phasic: Your species is a rarity, with multiple phases of its lifespan, one nomadic, one rooted. This is the best of both worlds in the immediate scale but on an evolutionary timespan, there are multiple points of failure and developing each phase will split your focus.

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>Species Reproduction
Self-propagation is so fundamental to life that many scholars, Terran or otherwise, don’t consider organisms that can’t reproduce on their own to be truly alive. Perhaps they are right. There are many, many methods but they can be sorted into four separate categories. Which does your species rely on?

>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.
>Plurisexual : With 10 starting sexes, your species will rarely run in the case of incompatibility, making spore clouds a valid strategy. This approach cover more ground, but makes younglings extremely vulnerable because of the low amount of biological ressources spent.
>Benign Asexual Reproduction: Your species reproduces by gestating their offspring and releasing them when they’re capable of surviving on their own. This is dependable but the gestation period can leave their parent vulnerable. Normally, these offspring are nigh-identical clones of their parent.
>Fatal Asexual Reproduction: Your species reproduces by consuming a large amount of nutrients and dividing into several offspring, killing their parent in the process but having a much swifter period of weakness. This is the fastest method of reproduction and can rebuild populations very quickly, though it suffers from the same near-stagnancy as the above with weaker younglings.

>3/4

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>Species Diet
For any organism to grow, it is a requirement that it takes in nutrients. Where those come from and how they’re taken is much more variable. How does your species eat?

>Autotroph: Your species is on the bottom of the food chain, in that it relies on its environment alone to survive. This strategy is extremely stable and inefficient for growth if unrefined.
>Herbivore: Your species consumes autotrophs to further process the nutrients they’ve already generated. This strategy is consistent but can be risky between adaptations in the food source and in predators.
>Carnivore: Your species consumes herbivores to further process the nutrients they’ve already processed. This strategy is dangerous but has a high-reward in intake and in selection pressure.
>Scavenger: Your species consumes the carcasses of dead organisms to subsist on what scraps remain before microorganisms can finish the job. This strategy is low-risk with some reward and a massive amount of competition.

>4/4

>>5811051

>no preference regarding rolls

>Sedentary: Your species is completely inert, latching as it can and waiting. This is a cautious strategy that grants them a large degree of mass and stability against the sand tides, though it comes at a cost. Most strategies of consumption require patience and creativity.

>Benign Asexual Reproduction: Your species reproduces by gestating their offspring and releasing them when they’re capable of surviving on their own. This is dependable but the gestation period can leave their parent vulnerable. Normally, these offspring are nigh-identical clones of their parent.

>Autotroph: Your species is on the bottom of the food chain, in that it relies on its environment alone to survive. This strategy is extremely stable and inefficient for growth if unrefined.

Gotta start somewhere, let’s begin with a “sand polyp” or “desert barnacle” approach. We can focus our efforts on better metabolism and such before evolving into terrorcrabs like the Chaos Gods demand

>>5811048
I don't mind either way, so long as it's consistent.

>>5811051
>Sedentary
>>5811053
>Benign Asexual Reproduction
>>5811060
>Autotroph

I say we try something different this time, I'm thinking cactus build.
We can always evolve legs and/or death lasers later.

>>5811048
>>High is good for the roller
>>Sedentary
The sarlacc calls to me
>>Bisexual
Hardmode is a go
>>Carnivore

I have no clue how sarlacc would get to sentience, but fuck it.
The most bullshit option would be to pick multi-phase generatinal lifestyle like jellyfish did and force QM to run for basically 2 animals at once. But I'm not that cruel

>>5811048
>High is good for the roller
>>5811051
>Ambulatory : Your species never settles down and is always moving. This is a risky strategy that leaves them at the mercy of the sand tides and exposed to predators. At the same time, they are less likely to go hungry for lack of feeding opportunities.
>>5811053
>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.
>>5811060
>Scavenger: Your species consumes the carcasses of dead organisms to subsist on what scraps remain before microorganisms can finish the job. This strategy is low-risk with some reward and a massive amount of competition.
Let's evolve to eat the competition

>>5811048
>High is good for the roller
>>5811051
>Ambulatory : Your species never settles down and is always moving. This is a risky strategy that leaves them at the mercy of the sand tides and exposed to predators. At the same time, they are less likely to go hungry for lack of feeding opportunities.
>>5811053
>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.
>>5811060
>>Carnivore

We will be top-dog from day 1. I will accept nothing less! The chaos gods require powerful servants, and we will provide…

>>5811048
High is good for the roller
>>5811051
>Ambulatory
>>5811053
Plurisexual
>>5811060
Carnivore

>>5811102
Come on, we don't HAVE to bow to warp fucks. We'll just have to deal with them

>>5811161
Yeah, we don’t? But I’d like to? This is a choice based entirely on flavour, lmao. Daemons and evil gods are cool bro.

>>5811048
Holy kino

>>5811060
>Sedentary: Your species is completely inert, latching as it can and waiting. This is a cautious strategy that grants them a large degree of mass and stability against the sand tides, though it comes at a cost. Most strategies of consumption require patience and creativity.

>Benign Asexual Reproduction: Your species reproduces by gestating their offspring and releasing them when they’re capable of surviving on their own. This is dependable but the gestation period can leave their parent vulnerable. Normally, these offspring are nigh-identical clones of their parent.

>Autotroph: Your species is on the bottom of the food chain, in that it relies on its environment alone to survive. This strategy is extremely stable and inefficient for growth if unrefined.

Immobile plantmaxxing with zero water will be an interesting challenge. If we do this we should not be telepath mind-controllers. That's too easy.

>>5811048
>No preference
>Ambulatory
>Plurisexual
>Carnivore

>>5811048
>High is good for the roller

>Multi-Phasic: Your species is a rarity, with multiple phases of its lifespan, one nomadic, one rooted. This is the best of both worlds in the immediate scale but on an evolutionary timespan, there are multiple points of failure and developing each phase will split your focus

>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.

>Carnivore: Your species consumes herbivores to further process the nutrients they’ve already processed. This strategy is dangerous but has a high-reward in intake and in selection pressure.

>>5811051
> Multiphasic
Mobile young, rooted adults
>Benign Asexual Reproduction
Take root, become a living den to protect the younglings
>Autotroph
Plenty of sun.

> Big dice good
Just to avoid confusion, I don't care otherwise.

>>5811368
> Multiphasic
>Benign Asexual Reproduction
>Autotroph

Prefer roll high

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Here's the current Tally status.
Still open for ~9/10 hours

>>5811396
Remarkably tied up. I guess the big question is Plants or Predators.

Plants feel like a safer option, being at the bottom of the food chain protects us from ecological collapse, since we depend on the sun for survival and nothing else. The entire food chain except us can die, and we'd be ok. And from the bottom we're in a position to manipulate the entire ecology.

On the other manipulator though as predators we're pushing for the tools we need for long term space age survival from the very beginning. Intelligence, manipulation, social behaviors, combat. And ideally we'd push toward apex predator status, letting us adjust the ecosystem from the top down. Of course hitting apex status is no small feat.

>>5811478
The biggest problem with plants is the lack of dynamism. A plant can't move or fight or think because a plant doesn't need to move, or fight, or think. So it has no need to evolve in that direction and there's no pressure for sapience.

>>5811543
I've been trying to imagine how tf a plant would evolve any form of sentience even in very soft sci-fi and I'm drawing a blank. I mean it's in the options, so OG QM clearly thought it was possible. But brains need a lot of energy, and autotrophs operate on very little energy. And what good would a brain be to a plant? It's not like it can react to all that information the brain would process.

Help me out with ideas, plant-anons, what's the plan?

>>5811543
>>5811553

Warp hive mind? Predatory plants? Parasitism? We can move down some pretty weird evolutionary pathways given the heavy warp exposure.

If we become poisonous desert plant/barnacles we can move in different directions

>>5811553
We don't need to have a specific brain structure. I was thinking we could evolve a venus flytrap type strategy and then spread neural functions across a bunch of smaller bundles, like insects. Predators are cool too. Plants are hard but easy at the same time.

>>5811048
>High is good for the roller
>Sedentary: Your species is completely inert, latching as it can and waiting. This is a cautious strategy that grants them a large degree of mass and stability against the sand tides, though it comes at a cost. Most strategies of consumption require patience and creativity.
>Benign Asexual Reproduction: Your species reproduces by gestating their offspring and releasing them when they’re capable of surviving on their own. This is dependable but the gestation period can leave their parent vulnerable. Normally, these offspring are nigh-identical clones of their parent.
>Autotroph: Your species is on the bottom of the food chain, in that it relies on its environment alone to survive. This strategy is extremely stable and inefficient for growth if unrefined.
Hivemind time
>>5811553
>what good would a brain be to a plant?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network

>what's the plan?
Gaia-Hivemind Warp colonization, I want to Oxygenate the Chaos Gods
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event
>it is believed that oxygen acted as a poison and wiped out much of anaerobic life, creating an extinction event
>This wiped out over 90% of life on earth.

>>5811594
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network
That is not brain-related at all.
Saturating atmosphere with oxygen is obviosly useless agains anything warp related, but I'm gonna assume it's a joke.
Okay, plant anons have no idea, got it.

>>5811012
c'mon anons, I get the radiation and psyker shit but why stack basically the rest of the options against us ?
>>5811048
>High is good for the roller
>>5811051
>Ambulatory : Your species never settles down and is always moving. This is a risky strategy that leaves them at the mercy of the sand tides and exposed to predators. At the same time, they are less likely to go hungry for lack of feeding opportunities.
>>5811053
>Bisexual
>>5811060
>Autotroph: Your species is on the bottom of the food chain, in that it relies on its environment alone to survive. This strategy is extremely stable and inefficient for growth if unrefined.

>>5811607
I think he wants to distribute consciousness across thousands of individuals instead of having it be isolated and bootstrap a hivemind to influence the chaos gods in our favor. That would probably just make a tiny chaos god for us. The Warp is FUBAR'd.

>>5811607
>That is not brain-related at all.
>a network in which plants communicate(infochemicals) and share nutrients doesn't resemble and can't become a brain analogue

>Saturating atmosphere with oxygen is obviosly useless agains anything warp related
Think harder mate, if animals can live in the Warp, what's to say we can't evolve that too? And if we can live in the warp, what's stoping us from influencing it, be it through our own god or something else, something less humane?
>>5811612
>to influence the chaos gods in our favor.
>make a tiny chaos god for us.
Thinks less human! Why would a planet sized-biocomputer end up with it's own anthropomorphized deity? We would probably be anathema to the chaos gods.

>>5811048
>>High is good for the roller
>>5811051
>>Ambulatory : Your species never settles down and is always moving. This is a risky strategy that leaves them at the mercy of the sand tides and exposed to predators. At the same time, they are less likely to go hungry for lack of feeding opportunities.
>>5811053
>>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.
>>5811060
>>Carnivore: Your species consumes herbivores to further process the nutrients they’ve already processed. This strategy is dangerous but has a high-reward in intake and in selection pressure.

>>5810666
>Aquatic: Your homeworld has an extreme amount of water, with its land consisting of rare, small islands. It can be classified as an ocean world and it’s likely your species will spend most, if not all of its evolutionary lifespan below the waves.

>>5811553
> The Plan
Parasitism was big on my list. Hijack some other critters digestive track and body to fuel our brain needs, and develop a better brain to better manage our hosts.

>>5811060
>Amubulatory
>Bisexual
>Scavenger
We can spec into eating living things later, using our ironclad digestive system to help bridge the gap.

>>5811048
>High is good for the roller

>>5811051
>Multi-Phasic: Your species is a rarity, with multiple phases of its lifespan, one nomadic, one rooted. This is the best of both worlds in the immediate scale but on an evolutionary timespan, there are multiple points of failure and developing each phase will split your focus.

>>5811053
>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.

>>5811060
>Carnivore: Your species consumes herbivores to further process the nutrients they’ve already processed. This strategy is dangerous but has a high-reward in intake and in selection pressure.

>>5811048
>>High is good for the roller
>Sedentary
>Benign Asexual Reproduction
>Carnivore

>>5811641
Also i don't care about the roll type

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Last chance for anyone to change their mind (please backlink previous vote) and for latecomer to vote.

Current winning phenotype is an Ambulatory Bisexual Carnivore

>>5811879
I'm >>5811688

I'll change to Ambulatory and Bisexual.

>>5811879
Ambulatory Bisexual Carnivore is good. I'll change my vote from >>5811170 to support it.

>>5811048
>High is good for the roller
>>5811051
>Ambulatory : Your species never settles down and is always moving. This is a risky strategy that leaves them at the mercy of the sand tides and exposed to predators. At the same time, they are less likely to go hungry for lack of feeding opportunities.
>>5811053
>Bisexual : Split the population between pipette and crucible, the former giving genetic material to the later, and those specialized roles can perform the dangerous matter of reproduction easier. However, this is the hardest in term of finding compatible mates.
>>5811060
>Carnivore: Your species consumes herbivores to further process the nutrients they’ve already processed. This strategy is dangerous but has a high-reward in intake and in selection pressure.

man i love this, the first quest was so good crack on wheels.
Too bad we didn't even get to the tribal stage there.

>>5811584
i like to imagine either a locust like alien or scarab like. They are just cool insects to use for this.
Tough and strong like a brute, quick and smart like an elite. Damn nightmare to fight on top of psionic abilities.

Though i have to admit scorpion or spider like could be very cool. Fennec, vulture or gila like ain't bad too.
Lot of kino animal deserts

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Your species is the Skipper Skittler. Of the current food chain, it is the least effective of the major predators, small, clumsy, and fragile by the standards of an already small, clumsy, and fragile ecosystem but that is precisely why it has true evolutionary potential. If the Skipper Skittler doesn’t evolve and reach efficiency in its niche, its population will decline and eventually go extinct. The Skipper Skittlers must take great strides to improve because the Skipper Skittlers have no choice. Of course, the Skipper Skittler can’t choose to start with, it doesn’t even have a brain. That’s where (You) come in, to guide the Skipper Skittler’s evolution to excel, dominate its ecosystem, and eventually… reach for the stars. But first, you have to look carefully between the shifting dunes.

The Skipper Skittler is a pale, boneless blob the size of a Terran tennis ball with three major body parts. It has a mouth, a pair of stubby limbs], and a stomach. The mouth is toothless, the limbs are feeble, and the stomach is inefficient. The Skipper Skittler spends its days crawling its belly against the rough sand to propel itself aimlessly. The rim of the Skipper Skittler's mouth, has several sensitive nerve endings that can detect wether the Skittler is facing sand or something else. If that's something else, the Skipper Skittler will latch its mouth on it, force it into its stomach, where it can be dissolved into nutrients to sustain the Skipper Skittler.

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Other species delve in the immediate environment of the Skipper Skittler.
Our protagonist species' favored source of food is the bulky Spin Catcher. The Spin Catcher is twice the size of the Skipper Skittler and is slightly more complex. A Spin Catcher has a toothy mouth, a stomach, and unlike the Skipper Skittler, really low mobility.
Waiting where the whims of the sand tide puts it, its open mouth wait for a Spinroot. The Spinroots, first big species that colonized the planet, is a tree-like being that scions are sent romaing under the whims of the winds and the sand tide. The Spin Catcher main success is of course due to luck : being heavier, the temporary stable points it sits on inevitably attract a lone spinroot, which nutrients and moisture can sustain the Herbivore.

The lucky Skipper Skittler can stumble upon the fat and wet Spin Catcher, and feast on it for 10 local days, roughly 5 Terran ones. The unlucky one will get crushed by the Spin Catcher mouth, killing the prey becoming hunter by poisoning it with indigestible nutrients.
The Skipper Skittler has no way to store surplus nutrients or recognize regular feeding grounds. It is blind, mindless, and driven completely by impulse. For now, sheer luck have allowed the species to emerge.

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The Skipper Skittler's primary competition, is the mighty Mawchain.
A fanged head, using tremor sense to locate prey and ramp toward it. A tad slower than the fast Spinroot, it seldolmely poison itself by choking on the harder body of the Autotroph. After feasting upon the waddling Skipper Skittler or following a nearby Spinroot to the waiting Spin Catcher, the Mawchain use excess protein to build its descendants.
Chaining behind the main head, they contribute to the locomotion in a dormant state until the main head's death. Then, they activate : attacking the head's killer, or simply feasting on their progenitor, they all disperse on the new stockpile to find new preys.
The only way a Skipper Skittler have be seen winning the confrontation is meeting a Mawchain lone newborn from the side or the read as the Mawchain's fangs are mightier than the weak chew of the Skipper Skittler.

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esides the Skipper Skittler's prey and its competitors, the environment itself poses an extreme challenge to its survival.
The sand tides, pulled and push by the myriad of moons, burrows its fair share of beings. The abrasive sand itself grate the weak skins of the planet's delver, leaving wounds. Wounds leaking. Bringing the next major probleme : moisture.
Skipper Skittler's weak bodies have no efficient way of retaining water, and dessication is the most common cause of death on the plannet, shared with all the poor delvers.
Would a Skipper Skittler's feed itself enough to keep moisture, while avoiding both the mighty Mawchains and the choking Spinroots, the lurking species will die under roughly 64 terran days (or 118 locals) of the inevitable cancer provoked by the harsh sun, aggravated by the constant irritation of the rough sand.

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One advantage the Skipper Skittler's has is its method of reproduction. Unlike many species, Skipper Skittler's have two distinct sexes, the Spitter and the Swallower.
When two Skipper Skittler waddle on each other, their mouth meat and a few specialized tactile cell triggers. This ensue that Skipper Skittlers does not canibalize each other, split upon incompatibility, or mate when they can.
Mouth against mouth, the spitter release a few big, moist gametes, that the swallower fertilize. Held in a crude pouch for 32 local days, or 16 Terrans, until they grow enough to burst through the poach and waddle their merry way into almost certain death.
These newborns Skipper Skittlers are a fifth the size of their parents and most don't survive the 21 terran day it takes to grow and reproduce on their own.

A handful do, and this continues the species. There are a couple of problems with the Flounder Feeder’s method of reproduction. First is the low occurence of meeting, only happening by sheer luck.
Second is due to the crude pouch’s location at the roof of the swallower's mouth, it is occasionally ruptured too early by the flesh of a Spin catcher getting consumed.
Even with its problems, the Skipper Skittler's method of reproduction works and isn’t an urgent issue. All in all, the Skipper Skittler suffers a miserable existence but is not burdened with a consciousness that can understand it.

Here comes the first, long waited vote :
>How should the Skipper Skittler evolve?

>>5812099
>There are a couple of problems with the Flounder Feeder’s method of reproduction.
Kek. Copy pasting error spotted.
>>How should the Skipper Skittler evolve?
>Harder skin, for better water retention and less skin grating. Would also made our "jaws" a little harder, even without teeth. God knows where we get any water in the first place in this hell. At least flounder feeder lived in the ocean.
Immobile herbivore, mobile plants. What a bizzare hellscape. Qm, what's the status on caves and mountains? We did went for jagged world after all

Rise and grind mr. Skittler, rise and grind.

>>5812111
>Formatting error
>Missed one Feeder

Sudoku time I guess.

>Mobile plant
More exactly Multi-phasic.
>Status on cave and mountains
No spoils. Right now, the Skipper Skittler lives in the "Sand Ocean" biome. The Jagged aspect + multiple moons mean crushing moving sand dunes. No Skipper Skittler have set a stubby unaware (alive) limb on other biomes, but they exist.

>>5812111
I'll support harder skin. We need to quench our thirst.

>>5812099
>>5812111
>>5812121
Harder skin makes sense

>>5812099
>evolve a chitinous shell

This seems perfect desu. If that isn’t possible at this current stage, then I’ll support:

>harder skin

>>5812099
Grow mandibles for catch and cut preys

>Sensory Organ

Be it basic eyes or enhanced feelers the increased ability to both detect threats and prey could prove invaluable to the early success of this creature.

General Ideas

Harder skin
Chitinous shell
Internal Membrane for keep water in
heart/s
brain/s
eye/s (armored)
ear/s (armored)
nose/s (armored)
Stomach (possibly multiple upgrades with a recycle organ while keeping some level of waste. Shit is important to the environment)
Claws for burrow and dig through the sand + combat
Horns : combat
Poison : combat/digestion
Process of developing long legs : fast moving, less heat contact with ground and higher elevation for intercept food and shelter when we have eyes/ears/nose. possible jumps in future
Process of developing short legs : short and far tougher, less movement, potential of reclining them and use a "ball" like movement idea. Need more brain.
tail : combat, stability, movement etc..

Actually now that I think about it the conditions of the sand sea aren’t conducive to visual or any other traditional means of sensing. Why not evolve psychic sensory organs enabling our creature to detect the little soul motes of the other creatures in the sand sea

>>5812164
How about some way to suck the moisture out of our prey?

>>5812168
Something like a beak then, for pierce and eat. Is a direction but i like the mandibles for cut up and eat.

>>5812165
you need a brain first really is the bare minimum for start those kind of organs.

also
>has several sensitive nerve endings that can detect wether the Skittler is facing sand or something else.
it seems capable of sensing stuff just need development really

>>5812099
Evolve more rudimentary limbs/protrusions to help the skitter drag itself thorough the sand and act as sensory organs

>>5812173
>it seems capable of sensing stuff
I assume it's touch only.
>>5812168
Based. We shall steal their precious fluids.

>>5812192
yeah just one sensory organ at the start, better than nothing.
The "creature" part of the game means we need to fully develop it in all aspects we want, for make it the apex predator of the world. After it has become sapient we pass at the next stage. Right now millions of years will pass then less and less until we arrive at the space age.

and the Maw Chain uses a tremor sense so it does seem to work. we should copy it

>>5812192
>Based. We shall steal their precious fluids.
Moist Vampires build? Moist Vampires build

>>5812221
>and the Maw Chain uses a tremor sense so it does seem to work. we should copy it
Maybe, or maybe we can try and exploit it once we become strong enough to take them. Maybe the Skitters could develop a way to communicate by vibration, attract any lone Chainmaw and make the skitter basically gang on it to get them together with the offsprings

>>5812236
could be an idea

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There's a lot of interresting discussion.
Here's my current interpretation of the tally.
If you wish to change your vote, please backlink and explicitely type "Changing from "Evo1" to "Evo2"

No emergency, keeping the first evo vote open long enough for everybody to chime in.

>>5812099
Joining the skin crew on this need it to be tougher

>>5812252

Also joining skin crew - if we can’t go directly to a chitonous smell, maybe we can go with a leathery hide?

Also by developing chitin/hide we can start developing some basic radiation resistance.

We don’t have to become the most lethal predator immediately, we just have to generate some big population numbers to ensure that we won’t go extinct at the drop of a hat

>>5812280
You can go toward chitonous shell. This will provide defense toward predators and maybe sand, versus the skin that provide better moisture preserve and maybe sand protection.

>>5812280
i recon skin would be still under our shell if we develop it. We are a evolving and a shell is pretty useful for general survival here.
For me the skin and shell can go hand in hand

>>5812288
Develop a shell in our belly, so we can use it as a board to skate through the sand.
And Skin at the top to get moisture

>>5812291
not convinced, thinking about how it would look i dislike it too.
i prefer to have a natural armor above and the skin under, just need to vote one now and then the other.

>>5812252
change from my previous vote
to
harder skin
>>5812152

>>5812280
My biggest concern with a shell is heat retention. The Skipper Skittlers need a way to cool down but sweating is suicidal so we'll have to be creative. I think lower body temperature is the best solution here. Normally a desert would be freezing at night and that would be suicide but this one is boiling so we can get away with it unless there's major climate change.

>>5812099
> Improve skin for better moisture retention and protection from sand

Water retention seems like a priority to me. My next priority would be some kind of sensory organ, to both find Spin Catchers and avoid the Mawchain. Tremor sense is a possibility, as is some kind of photoreceptor. Plenty of light and open space to work with after all.

Long term...tunneling with tremor sense? Underground would protect us from the heat and the radiation, but we'll probably burn a lot of calories digging around.

>>5812305
If we develop good enough senses for tracking the day-night cycle (which as a multicellular organism we already ought to have) we could just become a nocturnal creature that burrows under the sand during the day.

>>5812305
With claws we could burrow and dig for avoid too much heat

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Rolled 75 (1d100)

You choose to evolve a new organ for the humble Skittler Skipper, a layer of skin to keep water in and sand out.

To explain the mechanics of evolution, it is done in two phases. The consequence phase, where I explain how your latest evolution has fared and the shorter development phase, where I ask for rolls for your newest evolution. When you attempt to evolve a new trait or improve an already present evolution, you roll three 1d100.
>The first 1d100 is to determine the success of your evolution, higher is better, on a sliding scale:
a 1 is crippling, 2-9 is overwhelmingly negative, 10-19 is moderately negative, 20-60 is a partial development, 61-89 is moderately positive, and 90-99 is overwhelmingly positive, and 100 is game-changing.

The scale is tilted toward positive outcomes because failures usually fail to reproduce and this applies to your species as a whole.
If you attempt to evolve too much too quickly, this scale will temporarily shift toward the negative as the harsh sun punishes you for innovation.

>The second 1d100 is to determine your species’ genetic drift from radiation, again, higher is better, on a sliding scale:
1-20 is negligible, 21-40 is mild, 41-60 is an unplanned mutation, 61-80 is a new, offshoot competitor species, and 81-100 is an overall population decline.
If your species grows more resilient toward radiation or finds a method of preserving its genome, this scale will change, and high results aren’t always negative in certain contexts.

>The third, final 1d100 is to determine the success of your deadliest competitors in their own evolution.
Unlike your species, you want to roll low here, and the same scale is applied, though you won’t be aware of what their attempted evolution is until you see it in action.

In addition to the 1d100s you will be rolling, for every development phase, I will be rolling a 1d100 for the environment. This is a much narrower scale and higher is better for (You).
1 is a mass extinction event. 2-10 is a negative change that harms your species. 11-89 means no change. 90-99 is a positive change for the better; 1 is an extreme positive change that leaves your species in a highly advantageous position.
This will continue until your species has evolved to sapience or has fallen to extinction. As a predator, you will need to be cunning and ruthless to not only survive, but thrive.

Now… Let us begin. Give me three 1d100s. Last one is for Mawchain. Don't hog dice.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>5812488
Skinmaxxing

>>5812490
Fuck

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>5812488
Big money, please

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>>5812490
>>5812494

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>5812488
>inb4 our competition get's a nat 100
It'd be really funny for the grind anons

>>5812510
kek, but you like it don't you grind anons ?

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This quest is as cursed as the last one holy fucking shit

>>5812514
I mean, you guys maxxing on the enviromental harm didn't help

>>5812514

Being driven to near-extinction is part of the fun!

>>5812488
>The second 1d100 is to determine your species’ genetic drift from radiation, again, higher is better, on a sliding scale
I think you forgot to change it again while copy pasting. This one is "lower is better" for us.
Also here
>1 is an extreme positive change that leaves your species in a highly advantageous position
should be a 100 instead. I know you can't change it now, I just thought you can miss it when copypasting in the future.

>>5812521
Radiation was actually really nice to us this turn. No effect, we got a 12

>>5812288
>>5812294
>>5812295
bro, I beg you, compress your thoughts into 1 post if possible. No need to push for 1000 replies too soon

>>5812490
>>5812494
>>5812510
Shiiiiiit

We have our work cut out for us.

>>5812526
Watch us evolve a skincloak that causes heatstroke or some shit. This evolutionary chain's gonna be gnarly.

>>5812514
Nah

>>5812521
It wouldn't feel like home otherwise.

>>5812529
Indeed, failed the copy paste.
Correct wording is : 1-20 is an overall population decline, 21-40 is a new offshoot competitor species, 41-60 is an unplanned mutation, 61-80 is mild and 81-100 is negligible.

As you all voted for "low is bad" no freebies.

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Amidst the sand tides, a Skittler Skipper dies under the harsh sun.
The skipper display the current main phenotype of the species : a layer of specialized cell, creating a boundary between the outside and the inside.
However, what could have been a phenomenous adaptation toward a better future for the Skittler-Skipperkind turned into a curse : the skin is oily, leaking away precious fluids.
Although it protect againt grating from the sand and makes the Skittler Skipper more slippery - a couple ancestor owed a least-short lease on life after escaping fangs of Mawchain thanks to that mutation, a combination of unlucky cancers, failure to reproduces, and being easier preys for Mawchains extinguished dry skins and turned Oily-skin into the base phenotype.
Dessication is now the cause of death of over half of the Skittler Skippers. The species' numbers are tumbling down : Extinction is already nearby for that peculiar specy that attempted to crawl in the living hell your gaze lies upon.

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While the Skittler Skipper fumbled on this unforgiving world, the Mawchain ascertained its place as the apex predator of the sand tides.
The previously-smooth skined queue of hungry maws now sports several hard ridges. Those ridges act as a better layer of defense, that only other Mawchain's fang are able to pierce for now.
This means that even when a Skittler Skipper attacks a lone Mawchain small offspring, the Apex have enough time to turn around and turn the tables, winning the confrontation at the cost of a minor wound.

>How should the Skipper Skittler evolve?

>>5812544
>Claws so it can dig and hide under the sand

>>5812544
A layer of dry skin over the oily skin to make the Skittler Skipper release oil when attacked but retain moisture when intact

>>5812543
Oily skin isn't bad. Our biggest problem is a lack of moisture...

>>5812549
I support this. If we have multiple layers of skin we can evolve adaptions to trap sweat inside to cool us down without losing any moisture. A biological stillsuit.

>>5812540
Ah, so the radiation fucked us, it's just not mentioned in the update. Wooo, tumors.
>>5812544
I'll back this one >>5812549
because "just keep adding skin layers, eventually it'll work" is kind of funny

>>5812549
+1

>>5812544
>after 1/3 of our lifespan our legs will detach so we can either consume them or use it as bait
check this out

>>5812544
>Postpharyngeal gut with voids/pores ideal for water absorption.

>>5812549
>+1

>>5812544
>>Claws so it can dig and hide under the sand

>>5812543
More limbs!

>>5812549

Supporting!

Maybe we can eventually make the oil poisonous?

>>5812544
For god’s sake, get a shell on that oily skin. Job’s done.

>Chitinous Shell

>>5812549
>support

>>5812549
Support

>>5812544
>>5812549
+1 support this
>>5812586
I like this idea and we should keep it in mind for the future

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>>5812566
The radiation fucked you by giving an overall population decline, meaning you're already on the verge of extinction.

Looks like we have a winnnig option already.

Rolled 69 (1d100)

You choose to evolve the Skittler Skipper's disastrous, moisture draining external skin layers, doubling down on the strategy that left you in such a precarious position.
Thanks to smart write-in capitalizing on the failure, a 20+ on mutation roll is sufficient to stop leaking wildly water and stabilize population decline

>Rolling for environment.
Taking 3 rolls of 1d100 :
>1st is mutation,
>2nd is deviation
>3rd is Spin catchers evolution

Due to the wildly unchallenged position of the Mawchain, the species does not suffer enough evolutionary pression to advance.

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Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>5812970
Hopefully our uncanny ability to come back from the brink of death has followed us too

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Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>5812970
>>5812977
Thats gonna be a very short quest lol.

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>5812970

hahaha

And that's a wrap, everyone. Thanks for playing, quest over.
Such is the nature of the grind I suppose. We knew what we were signing up for.

>>5812977
>>5812980
>Shit evolution
>Population decline
So...
Anyone wanna try an autotroph this time?

>>5812989
Yeah sure. Cordyceps larp could be fun

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>Under the harsh sun of the hellscape that could have been the cradle to a starfaring species, the last of the Skittler Skippers dries under the unforgiving sun.

Alright. Two possibilities.
>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape
>Change planets

>>5812995
>>Change planets
new choice time

>>5812995
>>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape
Let's see if plant gaming is any fun

>>5812995
>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape
Eh, why not.
We've barely been on here anyway

>>5813002
>>5813004
Based multiple personality disorder anon

>>5813006
Everyone forgets to take their meds every once in a while, come on.

>>5812995
>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape

>Change Planets

>>5812995
>>Change planets

>>5812995

>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape

I want to try plantmode

>>5812995
>Change planets

>Change planets

Yeah, I’m over the idea of this planet. Don’t find the autotroph appealing at all.

>change Planets
You need immense luck to survive and evolve on a hellscape. We do not have such luck. You can get just as creative and alien on a more benign option. Maybe we go for a more arctic environment.

>>5813060
Yeah, honestly I’d like to fiddle around with the evolutions, and have some leeway in the weird shit we can get up to. We don’t get that on hellscape version 2.

>>5812995
>>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape

>>5813060
The main reason people go for the harder choices, is for getting out of it a far superior alien race once the creature stage is done. More or less everyone is thinking already about what happens once we reach space and then later with the incoming encounter with the imperium during the great crusade.
Ultimately this type of quest is not really for even arrive at the end of all stages, is for fun. Its fun to play and there is a ton of possible ideas for other aliens if you fail one run.

In regard to how much benign it is, it depends. Definitely less random and destructive psyker changes, evolution changes, rad changes or world changes.
But there is far more creatures competition, biomes would be richer in life.

>>5813060
>>5813062
I mean better planet will still be hard. Not because of the environment, but because of much more fierce competition. QM will probably have to come up with way more than 4 species too.

>>5813110
>>5813113
On balance : a not-as-harsh environment could grant you a mechanic change in the form of "best of" rolls instead of single roll. The scales will slide, but you should consistently not get as much in trouble.
This will have a cost in the future stage. If you reach them.

>>5813117
i remember a similar thing from the original quest. One of the tradeoffs was likely getting targeted first by other aliens invasions/raids during civilization and space stage, due to having a good homeworld (but that can also happens with warp predators or demons if they find your creature and decide you are a good meal in the harsh worlds). Like i said though i don't think this quest is meant for arrive at the end, it was build to be difficult either way and very hard at the end. You need a great amount of good rolls.
But is more likely to early lose has a creature or face a great disaster you can't resolve and lose, than arrive at space age. Thats why is fun for me though

>>5813117
Cool. Not sure about "cost", more like "no boon" maybe? If we go for literally earth, I expect our dudes to end up very average compared to humans. Same gravity would mean same muscle density, right?
I still wanna play "hellworld plant that learns mind control" though

>>5813133

Well the other advantage of playing plantmode is that we could alter the actual atmosphere this way and reduce some of environmental penalties.

Like if we start producing huge amounts of sulfur dioxide, this would create a global cooling effect.

Or if we end up creating a global “sand forest” maybe we can suck enough CO2 out of the atmosphere, etc

>>5812995
>Change Planets
I say we go for the exact opposite. Gentle sun, tiny planet, no moon, freezing temperature, flat terrain, warp isolated. Let's make a nightmare terror species DESPITE our planet, not because of it.

>>5813142
Pretty sure animal evolution is MUCH faster than plant evolution, so it's not like we could ever react to the situation. The fauna would instead react to us. We make the planet colder? Animals already evolving fur. And such. I'd expect barring a super high roll it would be hard to blindside the much more reactive animal biosphere with an evolution of a plant. We shall see if plant wins.

>>5812995
>Change planets

please no massive Radiation shithole. Maybe a bit gentler climate. Could still be a total nightmare species despite that

>>5813142
We can also develop gene editing and cybernetics once we reach space if our species end up being too much of a push over to survive the grim darkness of the far future

>>5813148
very true
if they are very martial one of the disaster events would be nuclear war likely

>>5812995
>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape

The fastest end. Tbh i havnt been able to roll cause i wake up after the rolling time

Wonder if id get the same results as i did in the original version though. Cause that might actually be helpfull
(The person who got several disasterous 100s) or if my luck would just invert?

>>5812995
>change Planets
A slightly less deadly planet is all we need

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>>5812995
I'm back to drawing cancer tumors on weird animals, kek. Here, have a slightly more dramatic "game over"

>>5813180
This is really appreciated. Great art.

>>5813180
damn. looking good.

>>5812995
>Change planets

>>5813180
based

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>>5812995
>Quest Over
>Pic
Shit, I guess I gotta put on my big boy pants now.

>Change planets
Ok, I hate to say this as much as the next Anon, the dice are basically completely stacked against us here. And that’s not EXACTLY the most fun to play.

>>5813239
Not really. On pure 1d100 dice aren't stacked in our favor, but neither do they stacked against us. Just got unlucky.

All these anons forgetting the unforgettable adventure of the first quest. feelsbadman

>>5813270
It was unforgettable because the Flounders refused to die even when everything went to shit. You can't replicate that kind of grit with just any old deathworld

>>5812995
>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape
Hivemind bros

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Looks like a tendency is rising...

>>5813392
It's like a rollercoaster

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>>5813392
>back to planet voting
Oh, come on. We've even been promised a different biome

>>5813392
Just get a large world with an average star and we're golden

>>5813397
Don't worry, I'll write up the concept of the creatures you haven't seen.

>>5812995
>>Run a sedentary Benign Asexual Autotroph on another biome of that hellscape

>>5813409
Yeah oretty mich just this. Desthworlds are nice and all to breed very very hardy stock. But getting off of them is a literal knightmare. And one bad roll will murder the entire fucking ecosystem

>>5812977
>>5812980
>>5812982
grind anons get fucked, hahaha
>>5812995
>Change planets
now let's get an actual planet

>>5813110
look I get making the sun harsher and having a lot of psych shit but anons just made every option hard for us so there isn't even fun in playing like that

>>5813397
look anon at least we gotta make more options managable than just going full grind

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Allright, we're 12/8 for Mulligan.

Here's what you missed in the sweet little "Geyser" ecosystem :
The autotroph was the Geyser Gorger. A plant that get all the water it can from sporadic geyser eruptions. An herbivore spider-like thing could crawl the Geyser's wall, but only downward (gravity is hard), laying eggs on the bottom that hatch on the heat of the stream that propel them up.

You would have been on a harsh timer as the sand in the geyser was building up.

Now vote for
>Heat
>Planet Size
>Moons
>Heat
>Moisture
>Terrain
>Warp Density

(You) all know the drill

>>5813521
>Average: The yellow sun is bright and energetic, much akin to Sol. This is the default for life, with no upsides or downsides on its own.
>Middle: Your homeworld is roughly the size of Terra and has a gravity that would be tolerable for human life. This is near the upper limit for easy spaceflight and has no major drawbacks.
>One Moon: Your homeworld has one large moon. It goes through regular phases and night illumination is familiar to Terran life. If there’s water, the tides will be strong and stable.
>Reasonable: Your homeworld is in the goldilocks zone of its sun and has an average temperature. It may vary from era to era but your species won’t need to worry much about extreme temperatures.
>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.
>Balanced: Your homeworld’s surface is average, with some rugged lands and some flat lands, all within conventional expectations. Its elevation fluctuates within reason and your species won’t be overly pressured by it throughout its evolution.
>Warp Exposure: Your homeworld is average among living planets, with a faint but constant pressure from the Warp. Your species will evolve in a predominately material context and psychic phenomena will likely be too rare to have a major effect on its evolution.
Earth 2: Earth Harder

>>5813521
Star
>Gentle
Planet Size
>Large
Moons
>Two Moons
Heat
>Frigid
Moisture
>Balanced
Terrain
>Balanced
Warp Density
>Warp Exposure

>>5813521
>Average: The yellow sun is bright and energetic, much akin to Sol. This is the default for life, with no upsides or downsides on its own.
>Large: Your homeworld is twice the size of Terra and has strong gravity. This makes initial spaceflight vastly more difficult for your species but a higher strength and hardiness to carry their own weight can be expected.
>Many Moons: Your homeworld has numerous tiny moons. Some are always in the sky and reflect the sun for constant, blinding brightness. If there’s water, the tides will be frenzied and chaotic.
>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.
>Jagged: Your homeworld’s surface is rent with crags and caves, mountains far higher and gorges far deeper than can be found on Terra. Its elevation is inconsistent and your species will need to compensate.
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
Reasonable difficulty

>>5813521
>Average
>Huge
>Many Moons
>Frigid
>Balanced
>Jagged
>Warp Saturation
Since Extreme Death World(tm) didn't work out this time I guess we might as well try something a little more forgiving.

>>5813521
Sun
>Harsh: The red sun is ancient and cruel, bathing your homeworld in constant radiation. Complex evolution will be difficult but in return, your species will have an extreme tolerance for radiation and later, much greater ease of adapting to hostile stellar and atmospheric conditions.
Size
>Middle: Your homeworld is roughly the size of Terra and has a gravity that would be tolerable for human life. This is near the upper limit for easy spaceflight and has no major drawbacks.
Moon
>One Moon: Your homeworld has one large moon. It goes through regular phases and night illumination is familiar to Terran life. If there’s water, the tides will be strong and stable.
Heat
>Reasonable: Your homeworld is in the goldilocks zone of its sun and has an average temperature. It may vary from era to era but your species won’t need to worry much about extreme temperatures.
Moisture
>Balanced: Your homeworld has a moderate amount of water, with several continents and a regular rain cycle. Its density may vary from region to region but overall it’s equivalent to Terra and won’t have an extreme effect on the evolution of your species.
Terrain
>Balanced: Your homeworld’s surface is average, with some rugged lands and some flat lands, all within conventional expectations. Its elevation fluctuates within reason and your species won’t be overly pressured by it throughout its evolution.
Warp Density
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.

>>5813510
>isn't even fun in playing like that
well, that's completely wrong, we played like that already and it was tons of fun, so naturally it was chosen again.
>>5813521
>>Average
>>Large
>>Many Moons
>>Reasonable
>>Arid
>>Flat
>>Warp Exposure
THE FLAT ROCK WASTELAND(tm)
and no warp. fuck warp

>>5813542

Supporting

>>5813521
>Gentle: The blue sun is pale and merciful, giving your homeworld a much welcome relief from the usual pain. Complex evolution will be much easier, at the cost of a lower tolerance for radiation and increased difficulty adapting to the predations of foreign stars.
>Large: Your homeworld is twice the size of Terra and has strong gravity. This makes initial spaceflight vastly more difficult for your species but a higher strength and hardiness to carry their own weight can be expected.
>No Moons: Your homeworld has no moon. Only the stars lie above and nights will be dominated by abyssal darkness. If there’s water, the tides will be far calmer.
>Frigid: Your homeworld is extremely far from its sun and freezing cold. Moisture is usually frozen and evaporates slowly. Your species will need to evolve for very low temperatures.
>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>Flat: Your homeworld’s surface is smooth, with almost unnaturally calm tectonics and no significant mountains or shifts in altitude. Its elevation is constant and your species will need to capitalize on it.
>Warp Saturation: Your homeworld is a rarity, where the Warp and realspace freely mingle and intermix. Your species will evolve under constant exposure to psychic phenomena and this will inevitably have an overwhelming effect on its evolution.
Gentle sun means we can mutate at our leisure and combination of cold and dry means we'll have to be smart to survive.

>>5813521
>Gentle
>Tiny
>No Moons
>Reasonable
>Aquatic
>Flat
>Warp Isolated


I liked the slime idea that one guy mentioned earlier in this thread. Weak bodies, but… the potential is there. I think this combo is the most fitting for slime-bros. I’d like to see what the other side of the spectrum will be.

>>5813270
Nah
I loved them. But frankly there is so many options to pick and choose, so why not see what we can do next.
Beside we were very lucky with rolls and we picked good evolutions for increase survival, lifespan and more.

>>5813521
>Average: The yellow sun is bright and energetic, much akin to Sol. This is the default for life, with no upsides or downsides on its own.
>Large: Your homeworld is twice the size of Terra and has strong gravity. This makes initial spaceflight vastly more difficult for your species but a higher strength and hardiness to carry their own weight can be expected.
>Two Moons: Your homeworld has two small moons. One is always in the sky and nights are in a regular twilight. If there’s water, the tides will be wild and unpredictable.
>Frigid: Your homeworld is extremely far from its sun and freezing cold. Moisture is usually frozen and evaporates slowly. Your species will need to evolve for very low temperatures.
>Aquatic: Your homeworld has an extreme amount of water, with its land consisting of rare, small islands. It can be classified as an ocean world and it’s likely your species will spend most, if not all of its evolutionary lifespan below the waves.
>Flat: Your homeworld’s surface is smooth, with almost unnaturally calm tectonics and no significant mountains or shifts in altitude. Its elevation is constant and your species will need to capitalize on it.
>Warp Isolated: Your homeworld is like most barren rocks, completely separate from the immaterium. Your species will evolve in a purely material existence and their Warp signature, their souls, will be dim and unable to produce psychic phenomena

i still remember making sure they had good dental and body hygiene. And also making them social animals early on

>>5813521
Sad day, with a little effort we could've overcome the initial hurdles. Once we got a few mutated spin off species going we'd have been fine.

Support >>5813542

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Intermediary tally status

Looks like you guys don't want to be concerned with water issues anymore. Can't figure out why.

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>>5813521
>Gentle: The blue sun is pale and merciful, giving your homeworld a much welcome relief from the usual pain. Complex evolution will be much easier, at the cost of a lower tolerance for radiation and increased difficulty adapting to the predations of foreign stars.
>Tiny: Your homeworld is a fifth the size of Terra and has an extremely low gravity. This means initial spaceflight and adjusting to zero-G environments will be trivial for your species but they are certain to be weak and fragile without evolutionary effort.
>No Moons: Your homeworld has no moon. Only the stars lie above and nights will be dominated by abyssal darkness. If there’s water, the tides will be far calmer
>Boiling: Your homeworld is extremely close to its sun and scorching hot. Moisture is always near the boiling point and evaporates quickly. Your species will need to evolve for very high temperatures.
>Arid: Your homeworld has almost no water, with most of its reserves being underground or in scattered lakes. Most of its terrain is some variation of desert and your species will need to evolve to handle an extreme scarcity of water.
>Flat: Your homeworld’s surface is smooth, with almost unnaturally calm tectonics and no significant mountains or shifts in altitude. Its elevation is constant and your species will need to capitalize on it.
>Warp Isolated: Your homeworld is like most barren rocks, completely separate from the immaterium. Your species will evolve in a purely material existence and their Warp signature, their souls, will be dim and unable to produce psychic phenomena.

Mecha slime time in now baby! Let's show those Tau what a real fucking giant robot looks like.

>>5813521
>>5813624
>Star - Harsh
>Planet Size - Huge
>Moons - Many
>Heat - Frigid
>Moisture - Aquatic
>Terrain - Jagged
>Warp Density - Saturated

>>5813521
>Star - Harsh
>Planet Size - Huge
>Moons - Many
>Heat - Frigid
>Moisture - Aquatic
>Terrain - Jagged
>Warp Density - Saturated

Warp is best

>>5813521
>You would have been on a harsh timer as the sand in the geyser was building up.
hey dragonfag did you have any ideas on how the sand build-up could have been overcome? My immediate guess is to invest in leaving lol, either that or developing some sort of sand-swimming to live through it

>>5813705
Developing a spore/seed spreading mechanism by air would've been the method

>>5813705
Maybe super deep root structures and tall stalks? We keep our roots where it's weight, and spawn new shoots from there. Finding new homes... probably tricky.

>>5813544
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>>5813521
Heat:
>Average
Planet size:
>huge
Moons:
>Many
Moisture:
>balanced
Terrian:
>Jagged
Warp:
>Warp Saturation

hey QM when we get to space can the world we just changed from be one of the ones we can come across and colonize (with extreme effort)

>>5813521
Star
>Average
Planet Size
>Large
Moons
>One Moon
Heat
>Frigid
Moisture
>Balanced
Terrain
>Balanced
Warp Density
>Warp Saturation

>Average
>Large
>One moon
>Frigid
>Aquatic
>Balanced
>Warp Isolated

>>5813681
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