#extracted creatures

[soriastrider]

dork

[serpentface]

Two Wardi 'unicorns', the hippegalga and the scimitar deer. These are distantly related ungulates who both happen to produce a single horn

The hippegalga is a tiny antelope, about the size of a hare. It has a very broad range and can be found across the region and beyond, settling mostly in shrubland, savannah, and wooded areas. Unlike other closely related species (these are basically dik-diks and exist elsewhere in the setting) they form large, loosely structured herds and breed rapidly, commonly producing four offspring at a time.

The horn is a permanent growth, and occurs directly in the center of the skull. It develops in both males and females (though is much smaller in the latter) and serves some practical function in scratching at bark to mark territory (in addition to scent deposits- rubbed directly into scratched bark from the eye gland, and left as piles of dung).

Their horn is worn as an amulet in many parts of the region (either intact or carved into a phallic shape) due to having strong associations with male fertility, as well as apotropaic functions more broadly associated with imagery of genitalia. One Wardi slang word for the penis is derived from this animal's name ('galga').

They experience hunting pressure for their horns, and their meat is regarded as a delicacy, but most populations are stable. They adapt well to densely populated and developed areas, breeding prolifically in ecosystems depleted of predators. A large, stable population exists in the city of Wardin. These particular animals are semi-tame and frequently fed by humans, and are socially protected from hunting (believed to be living good luck charms and just SO charismatic and cute). Their only real day-to-day threats are the city's (much less beloved) population of feral dogs.

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The scimitar deer is the only native deer to the region, and exist in two major, isolated populations (remnants of a wider population from when woodland and savannah spanned across most of the region's north). One population exists in the wooded regions of Greathill in the northwest, and a larger population in the oak forests to the northeast (and beyond).

Their singular antler is shed seasonally and grows bigger, longer, and more curled with age. The antler grows asymmetrically on one side of the head (usually the left), though this is only slightly off-center on the skull and does not significantly impede balance (outside of old bucks with very large antlers). Some bucks grow a set of two antlers as a mutation (with one side being substantially smaller than the other) but this appears to be unattractive to females and such animals breed at a decreased frequency.

Bucks in rut may clash antlers by interlocking them at the fork, but these battles are low intensity- their antlers are relatively fragile and not well suited to prolonged shoving matches. The antler is a visual display first and foremost. A buck will show off to does and intimidate rivals by tossing and bowing his head at an angle to display its size and length.

In Greathill, traditions widely hold that these animals are supernatural in nature and herded like cattle by the mountain's 'wildman' fae-folk. They often appear in folktales as prized, magical herds, with stories centering on great raids of the deer as the ultimate and most valuable livestock (being immune to disease, able to be milked like cattle, ridden like khait, and capable of plowing fields with great speed).

[simply-ask-games]

I am constrained only by the amount of possible vote options

[theriu]

All creatures were chosen at random (i.e. as they popped into my head). I used "Wyvern" because creatures that fall under the term "Dragon" can be Literally Anything, so wanted to narrow it down slightly. I will not be placing any other limits, please share any personal interpretations* regarding your choice's superiority in the replies/tags :D

*(But for my sake, please TRY to keep it PG, no graphic descriptions of guts and gore I beg you. Pretend it's WWE and they all go out for coffee later or something.)

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Extraction Specialist

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[checkadii]

mfs do anything but finish their wips . like startign another, for example

[spark-circuit]

haunted by this jackass at 6AM so here's a shitpost for him

[agent-stone]

MY TUNNELS!!!!!

At least it wasn’t that much of an important part of the tunnel system..

Also I don’t have cancer so that’s good. thanks for letting me use that card

~🦈

Maybe we can... re tunnel that tunnel??? I don't know, I'm not very educated on creature matters, sorry.

I'm glad you don't have evil cancer! You can keep the leftover money, if you'd like!

Now, don't go spreading the contents of the card, please.

-- Stone, respectfully

[splicejunction]

writing fanfiction at my parents house slays actually because i can ask my mom to name a random star trek tos episode and she'll go "devil in the dark" no hesitation and then go back to whatever she was doing because she truly dgaf why i would need to use her as the Star Trek Episode Randomization Tool

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

oh no

not another alternate ford to write for

[haootia]

can anyone extract usable assets from this .nds file (REWARD)

so there's this game called spore creatures for the nintendo ds. i want the assets from it. the problem is that the rom does not unpack neatly into normal formats that people have built tools for. it just spits out some .bin files. my understanding is that getting these to turn into files that other programs can parse basically requires writing a bespoke extractor. after several years, i am ready to admit that this is just beyond my ability. i am not a hacker and dont have the time or energy to become one for the sake of this One Thing. however, there are people on this website who Are real hackers. if the person currently reading this is one, i am begging on my hands and knees: please help me (and the two other people who have tried and failed to do this.)

you can acquire a spore creatures rom from all the regular avenues and unpack it with ndsheader. it makes three .bin files and one .sdat file. i HAVE the stuff from the .sdat, that all unpacks as normal with tinke. presumably all the graphics and maps and stuff are inside rom.bin, which is an impenetrable fortress to me. i'm not sure if it's legal or polite to directly offer to pay money for ripped game assets, but ummm , if you can get usable textures/models/sprites from that .bin and send them to me, it may incentivize me to give you a reasonable amount of united states dollars as thanks.

dm me for discord or email if you think you have the chops... peace out *disappears into the shadows*

[soriastrider]

bugs when you pick up the rock

[thefinalbracket]

QUARTERFINALS

VANILLA EXTRACT vs TBH

[manufactoredxbyxdesign]

[There is a part of me that wants to give Wesker a SAW verse but I feel in my heart that this bitch would end up being a menace in that kind of universe.

He ain’t learning shit from surviving a trap besides how to be a bigger asshole.]

[theriu]

Okay guys help me settle something that has bugged and confused me personally for many years:

And before anyone breaks out a “well actually this is the RIGHT one,” please note that Encyclopedia Britannica literally offers all three as valid options. I am looking purely for consensus on vibes here. (And maybe hoping to find allies for my favored and imo underutilized choice, Option 1)

[crowscadence]

I’m at pensacon 2023 and there was a festival nearby where you could pay to legally spray paint