Amstaadian Flora and Fauna

[Yaw]

Discussion of any plants and animals existing in this world. (Keep in mind the general basis is European-style fantasy, in a climate about like Kentucky.)

Included stuff can be either for flavour or interaction.


Results of draft:

Number of choices made: 97

Plants

Millet
Sharnaal Tree (passive, carnivorous)
Sahti Pepper (extremely hot pepper)
Chamidis (orchid potpourri)
Gurdak Vine
Urdiss Fern (decomposer)
Jungo Berry
Rollep (lush grass)
Linfal Tree (panpipe tree)
Crabapple Tree
Lotus Tree
Pristek (carnivorous)
Shadow Root (radish)
Oranges
Dandelions
Larna Casova (white flower)
Gungarra Elm
Kathari Herb
Avaslihna Tree (aphrodisiac)
Rainbrush (baobab-like shrub)
Arana (nut-producing)
Summer Snow (white clover)
Strangleweed (carnivorous seaweed)
Preffa (edible flower)
Ythen (anaesthetic flower)
Giant Iridis (hallucinogenic flower)

Animals -- Land

Vardanu (pack lizards)
Hobgoblins
Chicken
Wolves
Rats
Ocelots
Cats
Dryads
Boars
Abyssids (cave people)
Moroxi (flying snakes)
Hiran (bi-horned horses)
Geest (will-o'-the-wisp)
Creepers (sewer dwellers)
Morpheon (hallucinogenic lizard)
Otters
Beavers
Himbni (monkeys)
Greira (healing lizard)
Strom Kaar (porcupine)
Kinh Bear
Goats
Maluffs (squirrels)
Taberi (tapir)
Hooper (turtle)
Fuzzies (rabbits)

Animals -- Air

Drakes
Seidreks (messenger birds)
Falcons
Giant Vulture
Phoenix
Rocs
Bats
Kilit (gull)
Fiiren (songbirds)
Katashunk Dragons (vegetarian dragons)
Finches
Spindlewrens (cranes)

Animals -- Water

Vinzer Crabs
Medicinal Leeches
Salmon
Vizid Snakes (venomous sea snake)
Turriss (fish)
Sharks
Hareesh (whale)
Derphai (dolphin)
Reptaurak (rare sea snake)
Frogs
Eipstream (plankton)
Avarex (piranha goldfish)
Sprats
Leviathans (giant whale)
Nymphs

Insects

Mikri (locusts)
Paereb Spiders (large)
Bees
Gnats
Drowse Grubs
Sraath Plague (cockroaches)
Termites
Aushtak Butterflies
Lethigies
Tintrin (fireflies)
Terrapods (rock bugs)
Scuttlers (decomposers)
Pollinifs (giant butterflies)
Krynoch (crystalline slugs)
Giant Mosquitoes
Fire-Ants (giant)
Vineworms (earthworms)
Syleria (symbiotic worm)

[Yaw]

I think we should keep this thread for "naturally-occurring" species. (So if you want a bunch of zombie cats, we'll just define the cats here and deal with the necromancy required to zombify them with the magickal stuff.)

Any specific species you definitely want to see?

[Yaw]

Ok, let's draft it. I'll keep track of what's been added in the front post.

When it's your turn, choose something you want to see in the game. It can be for either flavour purposes or to be a threat. Feel free to use real wildlife, fantasy wildlife, or something from your own imagination. You can also choose to include species that are in the world, but not local. (Remember for local wildlife the climate is like Kentucky.)

Let's go until we get 100 choices total (which will include plants, animals, insects, birds, fish, and so forth). So that's 25 choices each.

For order, I'll just roll some dice here...

Pie_is_Good

Original Roll String: 1d100

1 100-Sided Dice: (96) = 96

rolandofthewhite

Original Roll String: 1d100

1 100-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

Thok

Original Roll String: 1d100

1 100-Sided Dice: (58) = 58

Yaw

Original Roll String: 1d100

1 100-Sided Dice: (58) = 58

[Yaw]

And from smallest to largest, the order of picks will be:

Yaw
rolandofthewhite
Thok
Pie_is_Good

So pick 1: Millet

Physical Description: A pillar of white, pearl-shaped grains topping a leafy stalk.

The primary crop of Amstaad, millet was introduced by the Passani and retained for its hardiness. The grains are either roasted for cereals, or ground to a flour used for all types of breads and pastries. Millet is also used for brewing Amstaad's famed beers and ales.

Roland's up.

[Yaw]

The weather in Kentucky can go down to around 20F in the winter. So you'll probably have the vardanu being stabled (and hibernating to a large extent) in the winter. Is that ok?

[Yaw]

Since everyone else is doing it, I edited my first choice to include more detail.

Drakes

Physical Description: Flying lizards around 7 feet long from nose to tail. They have strong hind legs, and front "hands" that form a part of their wings. Wings are bat-like, and stretch 6 feet from tip to tip. Amstaad's drakes feed primarily on medium-sized animals (about the size of a house cat), and can often be seen roosting on the larger buildings. Colourations vary widely, but are always bright and showy.

Drakes do not have any special breath weapons (besides the smell of their last meal). They make do with strong jaws and teeth, and the talons on their hind feet.

[Yaw]

It's alright, it can just be delayed until you get back. With the long weekend, I expect some disruption anyway.

Have a good trip.

[Yaw]

Sahti Pepper

Physical Description: Hot pepper that ripens to a clean white colour. Sahtis grow to a length of 3 inches and a diameter of 1 inch.

The Sahti's oil is so hot that it is flammable when exposed (in purified form) to sufficient heat. For this reason, Sahti peppers are processed to produce oil for both household and military use.

Boiling the Sahti pepper causes a chemical reaction that negates its more dangerous properties. The flesh can then by used to flavour dishes. Due to the extreme heat of the Sahti, the flesh is normally ground and sold as a sauce. Minuscule portions of hot sauce are sufficient to make even large portions quite spicy.

[Yaw]

Medicinal Leeches

Black, bog-dwelling invertebrate with tre-fold jaws. Sucks blood, injecting an anaesthetic and blood thinner at the site of the wound. Can be beneficial in reasonable numbers.

[Yaw]

Urdiss Fern

Physical Description: Plant with feathery, green leaves with a rust underside. Seeds grow in dead bodies (buried or not), and the plant nourishes itself with protein from the corpse. Colloquially known as "Tombstone Ferns".

[Yaw]

Vizid Snakes

Venomous sea snakes. Black and about 5 to 6 feet long. Live only in salt water, and though they aren't large enough to consume a full-grown person, the venom can certainly kill one.

[Yaw]

Linfal Tree

Tall deciduous tree with clusters of small leaves that turn bright red in autumn. It's known for the unique structure of its twigs, which are hollow and open at the end. When the wind blows through the branches of a Linfal, the twigs act like panpipes, creating music.

[Yaw]

Lotus Tree

Grows to an average height of 8-10 feet tall, with deep emerald leaves. Produces clusters of small, pure white lotus flowers, which later form sweet white berries which are considered a gourmet item. The trees are notoriously vulnerable for the first two years of life, which contributes to their rarity.

[Yaw]

Roland asked about diseases. I agree we should be defining them, but for now let's stick to flora and fauna. We can define viruses and bacteria when we're done drafting. (Although if you want to allude to a pathogen you want to appear when drafting a disease carrier, feel free to do so.)

[Yaw]

Boar

Your normal European wild boar. What says European fantasy quite like a boar hunt, or feasting on roasted boar? (And there's the added allusion -- the Passani dietary requirement against eating boar.)

[Yaw]

Gnats

Very small, black flying insect with an itchy bite. Breeds in standing water, and can be found in swarms when breeding grounds have been left undisturbed for a long time. May be disease carriers.

[Yaw]

Hiran

Like a horse, but with cloven hooves and two black horns like a bull (coming out of the side of the head and curving forwards). Colouration ranges from white through grey and brown tones to black. Hiran are used for riding, commonly for travel or for war. (Due to a hiran's horns, a charge of hiran-mounted cavalry is quite fearsome.)

[Yaw]

Rocs

Very large raptors, with a wingspan of 25 ft. Plumage is generally ruddy brown. Will eat any animal that fits in its claws.

Not local.

[Yaw]

Morpheon

Pale white lizard, about 8 inches long. Feeds on insects. Secretions from morpheon skin has both somnolent and hallucinogenic qualities, and so can be used to induce a dream state, either for religious, psychological, or recreational purposes.

[Yaw]

Frogs

The local variety is average as far as size goes, green in colour distinguished by a deep sapphire belly.

[Yaw]

(After the last week, normalcy is my only option)

Termites

Hive-dwelling, wood-eating insects. The important buildings of Amstaad are stone for good reason.

[Yaw]

Sorry for taking this long.

Fiiren

Smallish, brightly-coloured songbirds. Colouration tends to be iridescent, with several varieties in shades of emerald, ruby, sapphire, and amethyst. Frequently used as metaphor among Amstaadian romantics.

[Yaw]

Unfortunately, Roland is off for a bit. So to keep this going, we'll have Pooky and Quag help out.

Revised order is:

Yaw
Pooky
Quagmire
Thok
Pieisgood

[Yaw]

Kinh Bear

Large, black bear. Amstaad's bears have long, retractable claws which they use to spear fish and small animals. They generally won't attack humans unless cornered. The Briaf hold Kinh Bears with some reverence.

[Yaw]

I guess it's my turn. (Actually had to look up the order.)

Yaw
Pooky
inHimshallibe
Thok
Pieisgood

Since I used them in Jeep's day, let's just get this one out of the way...

Goats

White, four-legged ruminants. Cute. Tasty. Produce milk, which is also tasty.

[Yaw]

That was the 75th choice. Only 5 rounds of this to go.

Arana

Medium-size deciduous bush with characteristic long, sapphire-coloured leaves. These are cultivated for the arana fruit, which are iridescent red and grow from similar-colour flowers. The fruit itself is quite inedible, but the nut inside is delicious -- a subtle blend of sweetness and bitterness that is eaten raw, used in dishes, or pounded into a paste for use as a condiment.

[Yaw]

Scuttlers

Small black insects that live underground in swarms. They don't kill, but are attracted by the smell of decay. Swarms of scuttlers pull dead bodies underground, and process them into nutrients for plants. Battlefields tend to become very green soon after battles have finished in areas where scuttlers are endemic. The existence of scuttlers also heavily influences burial practices.

[Yaw]

Ythen

Prolific creeping plant distinguished by trefoil, bright red flowers. The flowers have anaesthetic properties.

[Yaw]

Nymphs

Demihuman. Female with pale blue luminescent skin shades, webbed long fingers and toes, and white eyes. Rarely seen out of water.

[Yaw]

Last round...

Vineworms

Bright green, small earthworms. Their skin is poisonous, except to birds.