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Ah, it's up.

>>69167872
Aie

>>69167872
Took the words right outta my mouth

Who likes riding giant birds?

Oh, we're back, nice.

>>69169848
Honestly, it seems like it'd be difficult to stay on

>>69169848
Obviously we've got /HAHA/ on the mind, but actually there's a pretty big holobirds block on the holo side.

>>69170477
Phoenixes and owls aren't for riding. Dragoon birds are for riding because they're cavalry units like Chocobos from Final Fantasy. And Chocobos have pretty versatile legs and feet that allow them to walk backwards. They're based on moas/ostriches but they have been adapted and domesticated to be ridden by other humans. They also have lots of muscle and lay big eggs which means they're good to eat as well. They're omnivorous that they eat seeds, leaves, fruits, carrots, insects, insects, worms, and small animals they can swallow.

>>69171914
But we can specbio specific breeds for em...

>>69172044
That's the point. Chocobos are a good template to spec-bio a rideable moa. Hell if you compare chocobo skulls to moa skulls chocobos have bigger skulls. They also have smaller but thicker necks. You don't need long goose necks. You just need a neck long enough to graze on the ground. And the slightly bigger skull means more brains and beak muscles. You can give the birds more folded brains because they are flock animals with communication systems. And the birds will be raised to be easily trainable and brave fighters.

>>69171914
Imagine a specbio'd giant /gsh/ penguin for pulling boats though, like a dog sleigh.

>>69172562
Speaking of specbio, I wanna delve more into specifically menhera spawn and Unicorn's horn. Last time, I added in that some cooks of Unicorn's Horn add in Menhera Spawn to allegedly hasten the effects.

Thoughts on the development known as the GURrat Manuscript? The tides have calmed somewhat but I still see fire on the rainbow coast and the rrat peddlers say its worth the look.

>>69172809
I was brainstorming a concept for it earlier. I'm thinking it could be the work of a group of theologists high on divine magic, their minds equal parts insanity and genius, trying to unravel the underlying workings of the Heavenly proceedings of this gigayab.

>>69172962 (me)
(probably more insanity than genius desu)

>>69172962
A group of rratmen chieftains overdosed on /gem/ magic crystals leading us to this.

Hello fuckers

>>69174418
Hello pornstar.

>>69174418
Quite the convenient timing, we was discussing magic overdose leading to Viti's version of the Grand Unifying Rrat.

I'd name it the Grand Rrat Manifesto

>>69166880
The Grand Rrat Manifesto

The great darkening was a time of unimaginable strife and chaos, especially in the lands directly affected, but in the rest of Viti as well. There was a range of reactions to these happenings; fury, calls for total war, complete isolationism, international denunciations, crusades. But one group of unique individuals was assembled for a specific task. Not to tackle the challenges faced by us mortals, but to unravel the mysteries of the Heavens.

Prophets, medicated schizos, visionaries, diviners, forsaken priests and vagabond monks, unwise sages, thoughtless thinkers and rrat peddlers from all walks of life had heard of a gathering congregation in the heartland of the greater continent. Some mysterious benefactors known as the Recondite Regiment of Atavistic Theologues (RRAT) were sponsoring the event, having acquired an industrial quantity of magical substances through the international black market, and the divine essence was flowing like wine. Sakura Miko flower tea, powdered Pebble dust snorted through bamboo shoots, carefully smuggled sapling sap and palkyrie blood, concentrated Lunaito candy, ground up bones from the icy Moriji mountains, shark fins poached in the chumbud seas, the most exquisite carrots found in pekoland, the finest examples of an unending variety of illicit products was found and consumed here.

And most (currently) potent of all, the nearly untethered schizo juice that were the cyan and purple plumages of the dragons found in the now blackened Niji lands. Chewing on such for only a minute launched most anyone into a delirium of unsegregated genius and insanity, and from the assembled brainpower of the acute minds in this place, deeper understandings of the foundations of the world were being found.

Through the review of ancient and recent archives, connections were found. Not only the public records, but also forbidden, hidden knowledge that attracted the fury of powers that usually laid low. Why did this goddess cast out this prophecy at this time? What was the hidden meaning of this wording? Why did they turn against each other in such a way, when amicable relations had been assumed? When did the camaraderie of the pantheon turn into vicious poison, leading to the self-destruction observed?

As the links were formed, the rrats fell in place and the enthusiasm grew. The empowerment of these discoveries almost made you forget the horrors of the underlying disasters; the esoteric researchers making the discoveries certainly had. Once a large part of the puzzle had been put together, the theory was christened: the Great Unifying Rrat, or GURRAT.

I'll be leaving out of town in half an hour. I won't be able to bump this thread until evening.

Just a not-so-random topic before I go. How is the bread in your country. And if you do not have bread then how's the rice or other grains?

>>69176379
>sapling sap
uuuuuuuu.....

>>69177225
Something something, magic is a sword without a hilt something something

>>69177225
Treesap from Sapling branches aren't the same as blood from Sapling flesh methinks. Still, how do you get it without hurting the Sapling?

>>69178867
I intended it as sap straight from a sapling's sappy arm, just like the vnug blood, pebble dust and deadbeat bones came from sentient beings. Communing with the divines requires sacrifice!
At least that's a thought that I think is pretty fun. Rratomancy shouldn't be easy.

magic-drug bump

>>69172044
Don't listen to the idiot, what kinda owl steed do we wanna specbio?

>>69174884
why pornstar?

>>69187544
His entire personallity is about how much sex he has

>>69186603
NTA but that makes me think of some kind of nightstalking feathery owlbear thing that could be cool.

>>69188233
How about we go the batshit crazy route? Marsupial owls. And you ride in their pouch.

>>69188491
the smell....

>>69189200
The moom smell

>>69189385
ok that makes it sound more tolerable

areal bump

smelly owl bump

>>69166774

>>69188491
In another project I had dragons, both males and females, having a pouch. Owls having pouches can be a thing. Penguins technically have egg pouches to hold their eggs underneath their feet.

>>69200295
I was gonna say no they dont, but I guess even an upside down pouch is still a pouch

>>69200541
We need to ask why the owl evolved to have a pouch? Carrying eggs would be an easy explaination. Carrying chicks is another.

>>69201134
Maybe food gathering? Maybe something like a pelican or the nerd in picrel, but it evolved into gathering seeds, nuts, fruits, etc for their community or young? (Are penguins the only birds with a sense of community?)

>>69201554
based frigate bird, I love those fuckers.

>>69202009
pokemon-ass looking things

>>69201554
So civilization owls? They're smart enough to gather food, tools, and medicines into their pouches that they became tribal? Would be interesting if the owls became agarian. And then they evolved into cute birb people. Though the spoiler would go against the original spirit of hoomans being human.

I wouldn't mind if Hooman came back to write lore again.

>>69204496
I'm just watching for now

>>69204939
how very hooman

>this is the second day in a row where instead of writing lore I either slept, played fire emblem, watched Meeta, or fucked Hispanic girls in the back of my car
Why am I like this?

>>69204939
Nevertheless welcome back Hooman.

>>69202754
>spoiler
yeah that doesn't track for the origin, but still interesting spec evo for another species

freaky pokemon bird bump

>>69186603
Somewhere like a griffon, but still decidedly owl. Or something like the hippogryph from Harry Potter

>>69205160
What FE are you playing? Currently going through Eirika! FE8, I'm on my last chapters (19 next)

>>69209940
much as I think HP is some lazy-ass fiction with wasted and bullshit world-building, I did think that the hippogryph thing where it needed to be respected before acknowledging you was a cool touch

>>69210229
The hippogryph is a pretty good self honesty test. First you need to ask yourself: do you want to tame a hippogryph? Me, I do not want to tame the hippogryph. Instead I want to befriend a hippogryph and have him in the area so long as he doesn't eat my livestock. Maybe if I'm lucky I can pet him. If you just want to force him to serve you then he's obviously going to fight back. In Tabletop often the difference between a beast and a magical beast is an INT score of 2 to 5.

>>69210047
engage right now. just starting.

>>69210932
I guess personally, I like the idea of a creature that isnt wholly at the sentient/sapience level of humans, but somehow still managed to independently evolve the idea of "honor and respect", and then convergent-evolution-ed it into knowing how humans display such sentiments

>>69211876
I think that's the difference between beasts and magical beasts. Magical beasts can have ideas because magic is made from ideas.

>>69210991
Wish I had a switch...any plans on who to S rank with?

>>69212679
There's always high sailing the seven seas. Buying a Switch now might not be a good idea at this time. Many copies of games are out of print. Also next gen is rumored to be backwards compatible and launching soon.

As for worldbuilding I wonder if we have developed magical defenses to bullets yet? I know I mentioned Baker-chan having a bodysuit with D0U6H (dough) tech to help absorb bullets on impact left over from /nasa/, which is actually made for tech designed to protect from debris piercing spacesuits.

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I tried writing more!

>>69176379
I had this idea that high level Deadbeat cryomancers might be able to use ice shields as a sort of reactive armor to deflect or block projectiles, play along with the resilient theme.
>>69214722
ohh nice, lessee

>>69214722
You humanized those poachers really nicely, I feel bad for them pre-emptively...
>Lobcorp reference
holy based

>>69214798
Sub Zero....

>>69216025
You’re supposed to root against the evil dragon in fairy tales after all…
Lobotomy Corp reference goes well with the kind of chuuni edginess I want for this version of /vnug/!

>>69214798
I think you meant to reply to >>69213370 but sure. Ice, in theory, can become hard enough to be bullet proof. How? By compressing water so dense it turns solid. In Avatar the last Airbender ice is made by compressing water, which makes it hard as steel unlike normal ice. Ice is often fragile because ice crystals trap air within their structures which makes them pourus. That said a thick enough wall of anything can stop any bullet.

>>69216625
this prompted me to watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApPxJ09I6Ao and gave me a few ideas.
>>69217421
Oh sorry, yeah I did respond to the wrong post. But when you'd need some special ice to truly block a bullet. Bulletproof ice would probably be a higher level spell, while at lower level you have to manage with only deflecting the trajectory of the projectile, or slowing it down enough so that your body armor can block it.

>>69217642
Well I guess a layer of ice over metal armor could work if thick enough. Though depending on the round and power of the gun it might not do much. And you can bet the ice won't have much chance against gatling guns or full auto.

>>69217069
Dark magical girls are the best kind! So that dogwood tree, I guess it has a chunk of slime hiding somewhere beneath it?

>>69218013
That’s thee implication! I figured for outsiders it’s the most valuable thing by weight so it makes sense for them to aim for the slime, since they know they’re not alone in the woods and thus have to travel light

>>69176379
In the heartland's embrace, where shadows weave,
The seekers gather, in quest to perceive.
From prophets to monks, a kaleidoscope crew,
Bound by the yearning for truths to pursue.

The Recondite Regiment, with enigmatic sway,
Funds the endeavor, where minds in sway.
With magical elixirs, their senses ignite,
To fathom the depths, in the veil of night.

Sakura Miko's essence, and Pebble's dust,
Lunaito's whispers, in minds they entrust.
Dragons' plumage, in hues so rare,
Unleash the visions, beyond compare.

Forbidden lore, from the depths it springs,
Unveiling the secrets of celestial strings.
Prophecies decoded, mysteries unfold,
As GURRAT's wisdom, in whispers bold.

Through the annals of time, connections gleam,
Revealing the truths, in a cosmic stream.
The unraveling of fate, in the chaos' wake,
As destinies entwine, a new path to take.

In the symphony of discovery, a prophecy's breath,
Foretells a future, beyond life and death.
A world reborn, in the light of insight,
As the Grand Rrat Manifesto, guides through the night.

>>69219872
Oh god the GURRAT has entered the AI collective

/inf/ horror

Is there anything Baker-chan should know before visiting /vnug/?

>>69221761
It depends! Anything specific you wanna know about?

>>69222156
Just give me a brief list of danger zones and hostiles to avoid.

>>69217852
Unless cryomancers git gud enough to stop em dead in their tracks.

Also, fitting that I made the Sub Zero comparison because spine rip. And that spine mace MK1 SubZero uses

>>69222812
Assuming human physiology I think the most common /vnug/ environmental dangers would be going to the highlands too fast and suffering from altitude sickness as a result, and diving too deep into the underground cities where oxygen levels might be low and carbon monoxide level might be high
As for the salamoim they might feel mischievous and handsy due to their differing psychology but they’re mostly harmless once you get to know them! Some might be obsessed with the idea of coming from space and insist their ancestors also came from space too

>>69223101
Baker-chan is a Sanallite who's been born in limited oxygen environments. I think she can handle high altitudes well. Sanallites have some evolutionary advantages for deep-space travel.

Insomnia bump.

Anuddah won.

I wish I can sleep.

Good morning.

>>69176379
Rejoice. The feast of enlightening is upon us.