Goonhub
01-03-2015, 02:43 PM
I really like the jellybeans idea, but that seems way too powerful to be a normal mutation. What if it's unlocked kind of like omega weed? Something else botanists can aim for, and spend half a round creating?
Speaking of which, how difficult would it be to enhance the system currently used for plants? I'm wondering if it might be possible to create mutations that require splicing genes from particular plants. So, like, for Tomacco you'd have to find a way to splice tobacco genes into tomatos. Not only would this open the way for more involved mutations than "Infuse with Saltpeter, plant, harvest, repeat", but it would also give Botany more depth in terms of skills. Knowing how to splice across six different species to get Carrot genes into grass would require more skill and knowledge than any current botany shenanigans.
That's just a spitball idea, though. As for new mutations, I want to see a lasher plant that you can harvest weapons from. Something like:
Name: Smooth Lasher
Original Plant: Lasher Vine
Description: This Lasher vine is missing almost all of it's thorns. The smooth bark offers a good grip.
How to mutate: decrease potency to -50
Effects: allows you to harvest the plant for Spiked Sticks. These act like light tubes, in that whenever you hit someone with one they shatter, so they can only be used once. Deal 20 brute damage, and have a high chance to cause bleeding.
Sprite: The plant would look like a lasher, except thornless, and brown. The sticks would look just like a stick.
Speaking of which, how difficult would it be to enhance the system currently used for plants? I'm wondering if it might be possible to create mutations that require splicing genes from particular plants. So, like, for Tomacco you'd have to find a way to splice tobacco genes into tomatos. Not only would this open the way for more involved mutations than "Infuse with Saltpeter, plant, harvest, repeat", but it would also give Botany more depth in terms of skills. Knowing how to splice across six different species to get Carrot genes into grass would require more skill and knowledge than any current botany shenanigans.
That's just a spitball idea, though. As for new mutations, I want to see a lasher plant that you can harvest weapons from. Something like:
Name: Smooth Lasher
Original Plant: Lasher Vine
Description: This Lasher vine is missing almost all of it's thorns. The smooth bark offers a good grip.
How to mutate: decrease potency to -50
Effects: allows you to harvest the plant for Spiked Sticks. These act like light tubes, in that whenever you hit someone with one they shatter, so they can only be used once. Deal 20 brute damage, and have a high chance to cause bleeding.
Sprite: The plant would look like a lasher, except thornless, and brown. The sticks would look just like a stick.