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[Pyrre Ej'qy]

Wreckweed

Developed by Pyrre Ej'qy

Short Description ~ Iridescent kelp thought to wreck ships!
Forums Found ~ Castaway Cove, North-western coast line of Tried's Mouth.
Toxicity ~ The toxicity level is unknown as few have attempted to acquire samples of it
Hazard ~ One of the many oddities formed following the mist event of Vhalar 716, it earned its name due to the hazard it presents to mortals and ships. However, it appears bening and even nurturing of the fauna it houses
Appearance Iridescent, shimmering kelp forests that shift between all the colours of the rainbow and measure anywhere from 5-30m
RPG Properties
Property 1 ~ Composed completely of rainbow algae, the sole purpose of Wreckweed seems to be to protect the area its forest lays claim to
Property 2 ~ Despite moving and undulating like normal kelp, Wreckweed is actually increadibly tough and has a clear, diamond-like exterior that can damage anything that crosses paths with it

Rarity Common in Castaway Cove, Rare elsewhere
How To Use Unknown
Side Effects Unknown
Status ~ Unknown
Price ~ Unknown
Notes This particular kelp is currently being researched by a small group from the University of Scalvoris. Sailors and adventurers might know about it from stories or personal experience, but most steer clear of it and leave it be. Contact a City Prophet if interested in learning more about this flora.
Fast Facts Skill Levels Required ~ please fill this in using this page for reference.

Fast Facts

Knowing It
-- Scalvoris: Expert
-- Idalos: Master
Wealth Tier
-- Scalvoris: Tier 8
-- Idalos: Tier 9
Sell/Buy It
-- Scalvoris: Tier 8
Rarity
-- Scalvoris: Uncommon, only located in one location: Castaway Cove
-- Idalos: Rare
Finding It
-- Scalvoris: Expert
-- Idalos: N/A, only available in Scalvoris
Collecting It
-- Scalvoris: Expert
-- Idalos: N/A
Using It
-- Diamond-tough composition can be used to create tough material for crafting
-- Despite being kelp, it is not particularly edible due to being too tough yet it can be dried and ground into a powder that can be used both in medicine and alchemy to enhance stamina/endurance
Killing It
-- Competent: Can die naturally from outside factors like ordinary kelp yet its tough exterior makes it difficult to harm directly
Capturing It
-- Expert
Danger
-- Moderate-High due to physical and environmental factors
Tending It
-- Expert

[Pig Boy]

Hey Pyrre, just popping in here to say I see this, and looking forward to it getting fully developed. Just post a reply after this one when it's ready for feedback and I'll take another look. In the meantime, feel free to keep working on it!

[Pyrre Ej'qy]

Not hugely confident but I belive this crazy kelp is ready for review! Thank you in advance

[Pig Boy]

Hey I like this, but could we remove the property "fracture corrupted"? Things that are corrupted by fractive energies are rarely uniform in nature. If this was a particular type of Emean Being, however, that comes out of a fracture, that'd be another thing.

To be clear, it can have the abilities ascribed to theh fractive corruption, but they aren't to be had from fractive corruption. Just the unique weirdness of Scalv is enough to produce this kind of organism.

EDIT: Or is this a unique organism? A singular individual? In that case it'd be okay. Let me know.

[Pyrre Ej'qy]

Hey Pigs! Thanks again for following up with this <3 I read this last night and my brain refused to comprehend your explanation lol.

I'm happy with it being a Scalvoris-like oddity but was hoping it could be more of a fracture-touched thing (but not necessary!) It's meant to be a unique type of kelp forest (algae structures) that is endemic to only this small portion of the waters along the coastline of Tried's Mouth. I forgot to edit in that it formed recently, either following the forging or the mist event (I need to research and double check which one makes the most sense, but it wasn't always around). Also, I wanted it to be almost like a low-sentient creature (so emean being works? Maybe?) that guards its territory and the areas other natural inhabitants, 'acting out' whenever said territory is under threat (ie a perceived incursion from a mortal vessel, swimmer, or something unknown to the kelp forest). I wasn't entirely sure how to explain it all, especially in the fast facts section, since I am still unsure about how skills might circumvent its defenses - or how to identify much of the information based on it existing pretty much untouched and under the protection of the University (I imagine they view it as unique to Scalvoris and would rather be the ones to study it than have it - or others - come to harm through other means and interaction). I also very much wanted it to be something that could have heaps discovered about it if someone dedicated themselves to it c:

Sorry for the book! Maybe I should make it a monster or something, instead? Very low-grade? IDK!

[Pig Boy]

Fracture mutations wouldn't present uniform aspects across an entire species of organism, so we'd probably want to go with the Scalv-like oddity. It wouldn't matter if it was a type of monster or creature, as opposed to plant, unless it's an individual specimen. But I'd caution going that far to make it a fracture-touched thing. Is there a specific reason you'd want it to be so? The Forging was a spiritual event, not so much about Emea or fractures. What was the 'Mist' event?

About the fast facts section, I'd generally prefer that you leave out specific skills dedicated to killing/knowing/capturing/tending. Players can be crafty creatures, and one person's way of dealing with an encounter or problem will wildly vary from another person's.

In addition, we'll need to see the Castaway Cove finished before we can introduce things that exist there. So please do focus on that first, then we'll see if this thing fits there?

Thanks!

[Pyrre Ej'qy]

Thanks again for your time and helpful feedback!! I'l do away with fractual stuff and just leave it as an odd Scalvoris thing <3 As for the 'mist' it was the event that saw the end of the Pirate Lords and the beginning of the Island being all strange and changed. But, I suppose that's when a lot of what's on Scalv formed so it might not be worth mentioning.

I'll focus on Castaway Cove now and then give this a necessary fixing up once that's all done.

Cheers!!

[Pig Boy]

Okay, now coming back to this since Castaway Cove is sorted, let's reiterate what we need to work on here:

1. Remove specific skill references in the fast facts. Just the levels are needed.
2. Fracture corruption not a thing, more the Scalv weirdness going on with this.
3. If it's intelligent, that's a bit weird even for Scalv. Perhaps it seems intelligent but responds to the tides in a way that makes its movement seem dynamic, but really it's just very well adapted to wrecking ships/boats.
4. The University doesn't have authority to say who should or shouldn't be meddling with the natural world or specimens in the wild. That would be the remit of the Councilor of Natural Affairs.

Thanks!

[Pyrre Ej'qy]

Fixed this up! Removed any hint of sentience ahaha

However, I'm not sure about the legality thing? I left it as 'illegal' but happy to switch it to 'legal' if that makes more sense? My brain just doesn't quite compute - apologies for being dense and difficult! And thank you again for you time and extensive assistance with this <3

[Pig Boy]

Well legality is something that'd be determined by the Office of Natural Affairs. As this is a slightly newly discovered/developed thing, I'd prefer to let that play out in character, if that makes sense?

What'dya think?