#sligs

[ghostmoor]

WE WILL RISE: OddRPG is here.

Burn the world down in We Will Rise, a roleplaying game based on the Oddworld series of video games. WWR is about causing chaos, uplifting those in need, and destroying the industrial machine.

This is a free game, available for download here on itch.io. It's still a work in progress: missing content/planned updates are listed on the itch page.

I started writing WWR in the summer of 2022, intending it to be a very short PbtA reskin, and, well.......... you can see what happened lol. I'm very pleased with how it's finally come together. Most of the art and the entire task of putting the book together has been done in the last six-ish weeks, along with a small chunk of the writing.

Feedback is appreciated! If you have comments, or if you even manage to play a game (!?) and have some direct feedback about how it went, I would love to know.

EDIT 28/04/24: Character sheets are live! Also fixed some errors in the book that I didn't catch before publishing.

[vykker]

Oddworld Headcanon 2/?: Where do new Queens come from?

In Soulstorm we're introduced to the Keeper, a female mudokon who is a little old granny with an awesome and cute design. I was so delighted by her!! This got me thinking about 2 of my favorite things, Oddworld and Girls. We've known about the existence of queens for a long time, but where do they come from, and is/was the Keeper a queen?

When you start learning about irl animals and their queen systems you end up with a ton of interesting possibilities. For instance, you have queen bees, who are just regular female bees who were fed a special jelly [royal jelly] and put in a special, roomy honeycomb to turn into queen bees. However, hives may have more than one queen at a time, in which case the two young queens instinctively fight to the death.

Soulstorm leans heavily on the bee aesthetic for the keeper & the Sanctum where she resides. It could be that mudokon tribes produce multiple queens, but only the one with the strongest will/chosen by fate gets to become queen. Even though becoming queen doesn't seem so great to me as a human, to mudokons it's probably the highest honor one can earn. I imagine it would be crushing for a female to NOT become a queen, especially if it's something you've been hyped up about your entire life, have presented as being the highest possible achievement and so on.

But getting back to the bee thing- mudokons don't make honey, by which I mean, they probably don't have a chemical way of ensuring an individual is able to become a queen, in the way that bees can choose who gets to eat the royal jelly. [Though, if they could, you KNOW the industrialists would be selling it. I used to work at a store that sold royal jelly for like 50 bucks in a little jar. It was weird.] Thus, I feel it's probably random chance if a mudokon is born a "princess" or not.

Being born a princess does not ensure one will become a queen. The transformation into a queen is probably tied to ritual in mudokon culture regardless of whether it's pure biological randomness or not, and although it would be healthy for a tribe to have a few princesses as insurance rather than one, I also believe NOT being "picked" to be queen can be very depressing and alienating for them. This could be a possible backstory for the Keeper; either 1. she was not chosen to be queen, which she took as a personal failure for many years before devoting herself to becoming the Keeper; or 2. she fled from her tribe in order to NOT become a queen, and suffers from guilt now that her species' only surviving queen is being kept captive & she's way too old to become queen now.

Anyway, I believe you could apply similar logic to the other queen-centric races, HOWEVER, I think things are a little different depending on each queen's species and role in society. For instance, I imagine mudokon queens born of Sam would be highly sought after and prized. However, it would not surprise me if they all fail to become queens, just due to the industrialists failing at meeting their needs in captivity. Even if a princess were kept in relative luxury, being separated from the land and nature would prevent them from ever becoming queens.

I would imagine things as being similar for sligs- however, I personally imagine slig eggs being produced at a much higher rate, since it's mentioned that queen Skillya has 5 ovipositors, so maybe there's less stress around trying to find the next slig queen. Or maybe she can recognize what they are and keeps crushing them on purpose. I think Skillya would feel very threatened by another girl being called "cute" in her presence.

Now glukkons, I believe, actually have it worse out of all options. Lady Margaret is just one glukkon queen- there's implied to be more & its further implied that there are queen glukkons higher up the chain than her. However, I cannot imagine a glukkon queen choosing to share power with an incompetent daughter. Glukkons don't like to share power even in the best of times!

Thus, I believe that when glukkon princesses are born, the queen's in-house surgeons sterilize them temporarily, putting their reproductive organs on ice to completely eliminate the possibility of them starting their own lineages or hijacking the company. Competition between glukkon princesses is UNFATHOMABLY brutal. Whereas their brothers are just competing to become glockstars or whatever, the princesses are competing to become dynasty builders. Thus, a glukkon princess has to bust her ass from the day she's born to impress her mother & torpedo her sisters' efforts. Then, finally, when the current queen is too old to keep working, her favorite daughter is promoted to queen, uterus privilege no longer revoked, the vykkers thaw out her reproductive parts & put her back together again.

This would make Lady Margaret even scarier in my opinion- if her position as queen was not just pure happenstance, if she had to do absolutely atrocious things to her fellow princesses to get where she is today- you'd understand why she grasps on to power so tightly, why she refuses to forgive even the slightest weaknesses in her sons, considering all she has been through to get to where she is today. It would be rather boring if Lady Margaret became a queen just from a biological dice roll, right? Instead, imagine her as a vicious, power-hungry monster who FOUGHT to be queen, with a line of glukkon princesses below her, anxious for her to retire or die already so they can have the ultimate promotion- and she KNOWS it.

Anyway, these are just my thoughts. Since we met the Keeper in Soulstorm I am INCREDIBLY hopeful we will get to meet more girls in future games. I would especially like to meet a no-nonsense 80's style glukkon business woman with shoulder pads, I think I would die of happiness. What are your headcanons for Oddworld's queens? I really wanna hear them!!!

[8el1-slig-spy]

Tina... You really are a funny looking alien, but you're kind. I have no clue if that's the normal nature of your race but it's still great anyways.

And I'm amazed you've been in Oddworld for a year, considering the fauna, of course... Besides the um... Inconvenient and powerful society we're in right now.

Odd knows if that revolution for that Abe guy will work 'til the very end but it'll leave a serious mark.

Wherever you are in this moment, look after yourself.

@steelmoth-of-oddworld

[8el1-sl1g-spy]

//This my dear slig. An underrated species for OCs. I still don't have an illustrative definition of him but I hope you like it ^^

Name: Belisario (actual & chosen name)/ 7362th (original 'name')

Age: 17 years old (old but still standing as a young one)

Species: Slig

Gender: He/Him

Sexuality: Aromantic

Job: Used to be one of the glukkon's bodyguard from Rupture Farms right before the conference (knows the deal of using the Mudokon employees as food since he was 15 thanks to eavesdropping) until he was moved the same day to Necrum as a flying/ground slig to watch over the blind Mudokons. Now he is a fugitive.

- ex-flying/slacker slig type

- Since his youth, he had to pull out the tough/@buser personality like the rest of his species so they wouldn't isolate nor k!ll him in the future. When nobody's looking, he used to go to a corner to rather let the tears come out quietly or take long naps to escape from the horrible reality, his 'slacking' moments. It wasn't until he started talking to some of the blind Mudokons of Necrum (out of boredom at first) when he started debating internally whether to become a traitor or stay loyal to the Glukkons.

- Due to the reprimands of him 'slacking' in the Rupture Farms and Necrum, he decided to do exercise with and without his Slig pants when he's in land, preparing himself in both situations 'just in case' as he starts talking to the blind Mudokons whenever he has the chance (he still cries but it becomes pretty rare).

- Found out the Soulstorm ingredients and its side effects when he eavesdropped in a conference with the Soulstorm CEO by accident. With all the information accidentally acquired, he finally decided to betray them in a way he started thinking about: as a spy, 'shapeshifter' type.

- He remembers all the comics of a slig (Andrias the Impeccable), his inspiration since his youth.

- The moment he stepped out of Necrum, he stopped using his original name '7362th', since it's a constant reminder of his old job, as a puppet of this monster called corrupted society.

- He escaped thanks to a temporal blackout in the whole mine system. He saw the chance and gladly took it. He grabbed his helicopter attachment, attached his slig-pants to it along with a pocket knife and fled.

LIFESTYLE

- Thanks to the helicopter attachment, he was able to fly directly to his current little hideout.

- At the beginning, he stole food from the packages that were traded in Phat Station, taking the place of one slig at a time, killing them before he replaced them. One day, he found a Survival book (which started his book collection, specifically about practical stuff such as the use of arms, technology, first aids and self-defense) which helped him with hunting and orientation.

- Thanks to that knowledge, he was able to build a basic circuit once he stole a package of a compwriter (which cost him the helicopter attachment, impossible to fix).

- While time passed by, he started making rudimentary adaptation mechanisms whenever he isn't using the slig-pants. It's still in proccess but he has one to reach the highest shelves for books.

- He partially regrets leaving the blind mudokons behind. If he ever had the chance and time to rescue them, he would do it.

- Determined to destroy all glukkon's sweatshops but he will not do it... Yet.

PERSONALITY

- Reserved with most people at first until he gets to know them.

- Doesn't matter if you're a slig, a mudokon or any other creature, he will not fully trust you due to two mudokons who stole his food when Belisario offered them a place to hide fromq the sligs who @bu5ed the employees.

- He's formally kind to the visitors that need a place to hide/rest. Still saves the distance between the visitor and him.

- A bookworm. Total sucker for 'practical activity' type books. He rarely picks a literature book but only to k¡ll time.

- Once he warms up with people who he trusts, he will be a little bit more joyful.

- In his 'job' as a spy, he has no emotions to show. He used to hesitate a little when he killed sligs, but he got used to it. It's flipping the switch and he goes killer mode.

APPEARENCE

He has the common slig skin colour which (helps a lot in blending in) with a couple of scars hidden under the mask.

He has slig-pants with detachable suspenders, engine silencer and a sheath for the dagger he uses to finish his victims (the pocket knife nowadays is used for daily hunting and crafting) whenever he needs to replace the worn down mechanical legs (and the mask along) to new ones. The engine silencer is used for stealth while the suspenders are for reassurance with running and parkour.

When he's in his hideout, however, he doesn't wear them and walks with his arms. He 'walks' faster due to the training he did in the past (he always catches his visitors off guard when he does that xD). He wears a couple of leather bracelets and gloves for walking time.

[violetaquadelight]

"The Manipulated becomes the Manipulator"

1/10

[clobertina]

It is now finally done

I give you, Abe’s Oddysee in the Ultimate Recap Cartoon style!

It’s not 100% perfect style wise imo, but I think I did good for an attempt!

[reactionimagearchive]

[huntressao3]

More cute drawings of Molluck and his slig in winter clothes since it’s getting colder ft. Molluck who has the flu and hates freezing his ass off

[ask-alf-oddworld]

[litanumb]

My Instagram account

Sligs study

[ghostmoor]

more oddRPG art. filling out pages. i could keep going indefinitely w/ drawings and do a bunch of item art too but if i keep adding to the pile of stuff i have to do it'll never get released lol

[wiredalienvampire]

Behold! My silly ow ocs!

Prepare your asses everypony, I'm gonna info dump some information about them !!

Dollop

Height: he's a short son of a bitch by mud standards he's like 4'5

age: 23 in human years

species: mudokon

occupation: formerly he worked as a ordinary slave, usually packing the pastry products into their packaging when he was young, one day however he was promoted by the heads of cartel confectionery to become the spokesperson/ mascot *cough* corporate shill to make the company look good in the eyes of the public in an attempt to overshadow their exploitation of their workers, exploiting his unfortunate ass in the process

stuff about his character:

Dollop is childish, very immature, a bit selfish and kind of an ass at certain points, he's enthusiastic and determined, aswell as very naive and loud. When he was small and young, he was very innocent and had a sense of child like optimism, he was a firm believer in working hard to achieve a better future for him and the many mudokons that worked at the factory, completely unaware of the fact that he is the whipping boy to the capitalist bastards that benefited from the suffering of him and his people, this mindset and his devoted nature to working,helping in making the glukkons a lot of money in the process as a result, and combined with there being rumors and criticism from the khanzumer parts of oddworld regarding the quality control of their pastries, including allegations regarding their treatment of the people that worked in their factories, they figured that dollop was the perfect one to be the puppet of cartel confectionery. Unaware of the scummy reason the glukkons "promoted" him, he saw this as a major achievement for himself, and as time went by they turned that naive innocence to pure blind ignorance, it warped him into thinking that he was doing something good, and that he was doing something good for himself and the mudokons at the factories, not realizing the situation he is truly in, and even when he was promoted to a higher role he wasn't treated any better than the workers who slaved away at their jobs. It became a major part of his identity, and on one day when he found out what the glukkons were doing and realized he was no longer safe after an incident with them, he only had licorice when he helped him escape. And after that he would go on a journey with him of self discovery, and finding out where he belongs outside the gross and grimy factory.

Licorice

Height: 4'3

Age: 20 in human years

Species: slig

Occupation: a security officer at the factory, but definitely one of the lower ranking ones among other sligs

Stuff about his character:

Licorice is very stand offish, aggressive, absolutely the most angsty motherfucker in all of mudos /joke, but there is a slight softness to him that he avoids showing at all costs, because if he were to, not only would he be mocked and disrespected even more by other sligs, but would be out right punished violently I'm the factory had he shown any kindness to the slaves, he's also very sensitive and insecure, and the many angry outbursts he has are a result of that, which more often than not get him into fights with his coworkers or involved in near life threatening accidents, which is why he has so many stitches and scars on him. He is at a point in his life where he absolutely does not want to get close to anyone or show any genuine emotions or actions for the sake of protecting himself, even if it hurts him. But he would be involved in a predicament where that softness he repressed for nearly his whole life would be unlocked when he breaks dollop out of the factory.

When he saw commercials that featured dollop spouting the company's flimsy corporate propaganda on the billboards around the factory, he knew exactly what the glukkons were doing, to him they just took whatever mud they saw fit in an attempt to debunk the criticisms that was was being thrown at them, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel bad for him, he seemed very enthusiastic (albeit very annoying) about what he was doing, but he learned to not think much of it. One day, licorice was ordered to guard the room that dollop stayed him, it was due to an "incident" he had during a photo shoot, and was specifically told to not directly interact with him. After a while of guarding his door, he cracked and get familiar with dollop out of sympathy, and after a while, while he knew he would get himself in hot water, he helped dollop escape the factory.

[phantomtoff]

Her name is Renée.

She's classy, she's sassy and she will stab thee.

[sunstar-of-the-north]

Based on the ICONIC post.

(Yes, Olive is a girl.)

[oddclan-askblog]

More native slig art

They're not adverse to steeling clothing and jewelry from the industrial sligs. Teen sligs especially are very bad about snatching whatever they can find. Non-tribal ware becomes less common and more looked down upon as the slig ages though. Free drones are not quite as big as big bro sligs because their weight gain is not reliant on drug use.

[clobertina]

Abe’s Exoddus in the Ultimate Recap Cartoon style!

Once again, I don’t think it’s 100% exact as the style I’m trying to mimic… but it’s whatever LOL.

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