[DISCUSSION] Species Brainstorming Thread

[skinstealer]

here we discuss potential ideas for new species morphs and variants...a fun way to give commissioners (and team members) ideas of stuff to buy/make!

here's some things to keep in mind

morph- a subtype of a species, generally based on the "framework" of a species. species have various themes and recurring traits that define them as that species, such as karacels being based on types of cat/fur types, and flexins being based on types of parties. morbit evolution can also tie into the development of weirder morphs, such as planthopper neuroths being the result of neuroth movements towards a more peaceful and docile culture.

not all team members want to work with the more in depth morbit evolution mechanics, though- currently known team members down for it are:

mortis
 
variant- an example of a more specific appearance a morbitian can take within a morph's categorization- such as ghost mantis variant of a mantis neuroth, or a date variant of a lovestruck morph flexin. you can get as specific as you want with these, considering there are countless variants for any morph, and they're more a way to inspire more unique/granular designs than an official (in universe) categorization!

you can provide images/references/reasoning with your ideas, if you like!

here are some frameworks for species: (more to be added later)

TAVERNE
karacel- types of cat/fur type
ruffneck- type of dog/canine (vulpines + hyenadae also okay)
pockitt- type of rodent/lapine/marsupial
selected- type of snake
mothlie- type of mythical/fantasy creatures + moths, forest associations are a bonus
snuglin- types of animal plush/toy, specific plush reference especially good
botley- types of robot pet

LUXSON
beatfox- shapes/type of music
corvice/OBJ- type of animal categorization/specific animals
centinel- type of ungulate (cetaceans count)
comber- type of mythical/fantasy creatures + bees
fallow's construct- type of natural material used to make them
gummi catfish- type of candy + aquatic creature
de'moneres- type of card suit/money or gambling related things
masque- type of masked creature (raccoons, lemurs, badgers, etc, not limited to mammals)

UNNAMED SKINSTEALER SYSTEM REGION
concept- these don't really count do they
skipper- types of boat
courier- types of slug/snail, can also just be weird aquatic things if you wanna get funky
tauntamount- type of fishing lure
neuroth- type of predatory insect/arachnid

GENERAL
flexin- type of party/gathering ritual is done at
shrouds- eye type (get weird with it)
pinitelle- different kinds of pinata
elemental- different elements
zwadeim- (technically dont have morphs + dont count)

ATELIER
amerveille- animal + type of creative work (like writing, drawing, etc.) combo
batisson- bat species + bug species combo

IDYTH
luko- types of plant(s)
gesabotts- different models/versions (typically very similar)
trillvette- types of racing vehicles

OCTRUS
chorosy- protective suit/gear (not armor)
volare- different sizes with a varying amount of limbs (might not count)

EVA SIERRA
replix- mimics any specific god but with minor differences/oddities

MELOCANIA
pippets- based on dice, coins, or other similar 'play' tools

other team members please give me your species to list here if interested
go nuts

[King-Clod]

Maybe a Wolfcat Karacel? Not sure if that's been done yet though.

Masques especially interest me, I feel like there's a lot of potential there. Maybe a masked sort of bird, like a Loggerhead Shrike?
I'm linking it instead of putting in the image because it was huge when I tried, haha
https://travisaudubon.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Loggerhead_Shrike_KK_Mark_Eden_GBBC_2015.jpg

A replix for a dead god like Velvet could be interesting, and a Fallow replix would be fun, given everything Fallow has going on. I wonder if they would be more or less prone to horror mutation...

For species that use a combo of inspo, can we just combine any two things that seem fun?

[skinstealer]

ye go ahead and combine whatever

[Pichi2214]

Fox ruffneck sounds cool... In general I don't think there are any morbit foxes yet (beat foxes don't count cause they are buppy)

[SHIVERS]

TAVERNE
karacel- morph based on ocelots; maybe called "QUEEN" morph?
ruffneck- English Toy Terrier, Greyhound morph
pockitt- kangaroo rat, sugar glider, numbat, aardvark, squirrel
selected- rattlesnakes, sea snakes, leviathan (mythical), hydra (mythical), eels maybe?
mothlie- unicorns + oleander hawk-moth, seer/fortune teller/oracle + comet moth, ghosts/spirits + coffee clearwings
snuglin- long striped snake plushes, isopod plushes, fox plushes (with little line eyes)
botley- vector robots (very simple, with little wheels and expressive eyes), stout robot toy with treads instead of feet, segmented robot snake

LUXSON
beatfox- noise/glitch music (random, uneven glitchy shapes), ambient music (flowing, undefined shapes; almost formless/gas-like to the touch)
corvice/OBJ- PROPER SNAKE CORVICE, arachnids
fallow's construct- gemstones, iron, salt
gummi catfish- rope-like candy + eels, licorice + deep sea fish (anglerfish/etc.)
de'moneres- logo/brand card + advertisements, face cards + royalty, aces + societal outcasts/often characterized as rebels
masque- Southern Pink Underwing Moth Caterpillars, swans, tuxedo cats, hispaniolan masked curly-tailed lizard, dyeing poison dart frog

UNNAMED SKINSTEALER SYSTEM REGION
skipper- submarines, sailboats
courier- parasitized (cordyceps-infected), sea butterfly, melting snails, geography cones, Hairy Triton's Trumpets (spiky)
tauntamount- spoon
neuroth- lacewings, centipedes

GENERAL
flexin- business meeting, rapture, death game, ghost hunt, medieval faire/larp, sleepover, movie premiere
shrouds- floating eyes, spiral eyes, eyestalks, cuttlefish eyes, eyeball-head
pinitelle- bugs, busted/injured pinata, pixel art pinata
elemental- plasma, void, mercury, time, sunshine, poison

[Guest]

-Paper Balloon/Lantern Pinitelle morph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_lantern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_lantern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassine
Thinking of a reversal of standard pinitelle - now it's a lightweight form that can fly on the wind! Paper could still carry a small amount of fluid inside. Maybe related to embolisms trapping air under the shell?

-Cactus Courier morph
https://images.freeimages.com/images/large-previews/c09/small-cactus-with-a-big-flower-1630017.jpg
You've seen lithops and other small cacti with large flowers, right? Could be a land adaptation though a resinous skin excretion as lotions to keep skin moist were used.

-Trillvette morph
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/957bWoU.jpg
Sprint cars or whatever these weird buggies are. The spoiler is important.

-Comber Variant
https://scitechdaily.com/images/Thistle-Down-Velvet-Ant-scaled.jpg
https://www.pestwiki.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Red-Velvet-Ants.jpg?x17864
Velvet ants? There's no flightless Combers...

[victorianflorist]

TAVERNE
Karacel - Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, big karacel that looks a bit taz tiger like?
Ruffneck -  Komondor
Pockitt - Bilbies
The Selected - Snipe Eel variant - They are so fucking goofy lookin'
Motlie - Pixie variant - an incredibly small variant of fae mothlie based on midget moths with those distinct feathery wings
Snuglin - Potted plant plush 
Botley

• Aqua pet inspired botley with a small robot on the inside suspended in liquid and controlling a larger, fishtank-like suit
  
• Aquatic robot toy-inspired mermaids, i.e. hexfish, hexjellies, etc.
  
• Mutsu robot toy-inspired botley that is large and mech-like, appearing to be a habitat for the smaller mutsu-like semi aquatic robot that swims around on top. Maybe like a dual consciousness thing where the mutsu can leave the habitat bot to interact with other mutsu or swim through like a greater area. 
  

LUXSON
Beatfox - Wavy/flowing shapes and classical music
Corvice/OBJ - Scarecrow Corvice to match the OBJ or Honduran white bat variants
Centinel - Mannatees or dugong, Hippos, Hyrax (closely related to elephants)
Comber - Orchid Bees/Fairies or carpenter bees/dwarves
Fallow's Construct - Aquatic/kelp morph
Gummi Catfish - Aquatic worms/bobbitt worms and gummy worms
De'Moneres - Perhaps one with a crystal-tipped tail and crystal growths?
Masque - MANED SLOTH

UNNAMED SKINSTEALER SYSTEM REGION
Skipper - Koi/Rowboat
Courier - Surfing snail variant - with a lil flesh skirt for the bigfoot  or a Conch variant with goofy eyes
Tauntamount - Squid lures
Neuroths - Leech morph - These can get real weird, considering some leeches have like 6 eyes and literally have a suction cup for a tail.

GENERAL
Flexin - Book Fair
Shrouds - 

• Infested - a tangle of parasitic worms in place of eyes
  
• Branches - Their entire face is obscured by floating branches emerging from thin air, perhaps developed due to angel interference?
  
• Smoke - Smoke/fog/mist in place of eyes
  
• Swarm - A swarm of flying insects such as moths in place of eyes (keep em away from headlight morphs)
  
• Censored - A black bar covering the eyes entirely
  
• Shutter shades - Do I have to explain this one? I'm sorry
  
• Screen - Screens for eyes - maybe an artificial/robotic morph
  

Pinitelle - "Mimic" pinitelles inspired by other species or maybe gods like replix, similar to character-based piñata of our world
Elemental

• Electricity elementals still need a ref for the wiki
  
• Paper elemental
  
• Slime elemental
  
• Candy Elemental
  

ATELIER
Amerveille - Perhaps bulls or other bovines and sculpting?
Batisson - Pretty sure I've suggested bumblebees and honduran white bats before

TDYTH
Luko - Sundew Luko
Trillvette - Volkwagon beetles HERBIE

MELOCANIA
Pippets - Those blocks u used in school to count that came in singles sets of 10 and sets of a 100 or maybe like a spinner

[MarxzVulpez]

Just gonna throw a couple ideas out there for now. I'll probably add more later

Long Cat Karacel

A variation on Botleys that have like, Tape Decks/CD players built in (original idea was a take on H0pp3rs that have that as a pouch analogue)

A Totally Not Mothra Moth Kaiju Mothlie

Hallucigenia Courier

Maybe a Jawbreaker Giant Clam Gummi Catfish?

Sparring Gear Chorosy

A Selected morph based off of those toy snakes with the interchangeable segments

Anomalacaris Neuroth

Gargoyle De'moneres, Chess Pieces De'moneres

[MarxzVulpez]

Oh, I almost forgot one but:
a Gesabott model that's more like, boxy and takes visual queues from crt monitors/computers/older tech such as this

[King-Clod]

Ooooh maybe a Mirror Spider Neuroth
Battison that combines a Hoary Bat and Jumping Spiders maybe? Both have squat cute faces.
A Siren Comber would be fun
OH OR A BIGFOOT MOTHLIE

[Pichi2214]

seahorse gummi catfish!! i had the thought a few days ago and just remembered it

[Shifter55]

Weathervane pippet (there's so many styles from anemometers to historical pointers)

[knux400]

Barrel dice pippits...