Alpha Animals (aka Vanilla Friendly Animals)

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Lockjaw for Jungle biomes

You know, since it's named "Lockjaw", it has some interesting possibilities. Like the snake, it could infect people with it's own special hediff, similar to actual lockjaw, which would lock the bitten person/animal/anything's mouth. Basically would only make it longer to eat, but it would be interesting.

[A Friend]

Lockjaw for Jungle biomes

You know, since it's named "Lockjaw", it has some interesting possibilities. Like the snake, it could infect people with it's own special hediff, similar to actual lockjaw, which would lock the bitten person/animal/anything's mouth. Basically would only make it longer to eat, but it would be interesting.

It originally had an open jaw, http://product-images.imshopping.com/nimblebuy/simply-delicious-1154782-1926762-regular.jpg
But I changed it cause I thought it would be weird to see an animal go :U all the time.

But that's a pretty good idea. Assuming it doesn't tear the limb off first though, which is unlikely.

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But that's a pretty good idea. Assuming it doesn't tear the limb off first though, which is unlikely.

Oh, yeah, forgot about that part. Well, it could be that the torn off limb is still infected by whatever is in it's mouth causing it. Owell.

[LittleGreenStone]

Speaking of special hediffs,
an unlikely idea, but how about a "thing" that latches on to a pawn, like piece of gear, and would require surgery to remove it?
Could cause bleeding/infection/pain and even slow down the pawn in the meanwhile.

Would be quite special, and a real pain in the ass.
For you too, as it'd probably require extra textures. 

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Would be complicated in the sense it would have to disappear and become a hediff and texture like a shirt.

[A Friend]

Nightling (WIP, Getting. too. lazy... bloop)(Edit, It's done.)


Gonna be it for Batch 2.
Razorjack's gonna appear later.

Some ideas for future animals:
- Spitbug (An armored snail that spits charge projectiles at you.)
- Ironhusk Beetles (A trader bought insect that yields steel when butchered. Eats wood though.)
- Maybe a fluffy snow variant of the spider, Tundralisk or maybe Blizzarisk?
- Maybe a harmless mechanoid that eats grass and trees then yields nutrient paste when butchered/disassembled.

Edits!

[LittleGreenStone]

Nightling (WIP, Getting. too. lazy... bloop)

Isn't it a... Skag?

[A Friend]

Never played borderlands unfortunately. I got the idea from a google search image. Can't find it anywhere though.

[skullywag]

Just confirming im still all over this. Have all animals ingame and working, just adding all the crazy...

[Axel]

Maybe a creature akin to Man-Thing. So a big hulking creature made up of vegetation that's susceptible to fire but can move through shallow water easily and has a heavy hit. And instead of dropping meat it'll drop Vegetables and some wood. However because we dont have swamps it can be from the jungle and be named Jungle-Thing.

[A Friend]

Maybe a creature akin to Man-Thing. So a big hulking creature made up of vegetation that's susceptible to fire but can move through shallow water easily and has a heavy hit. And instead of dropping meat it'll drop Vegetables and some wood. However because we dont have swamps it can be from the jungle and be named Jungle-Thing.

Swamp ogres!

Maybe I could make it as a rare Jungle specific legendary thing. Incredibly high resistance to bullets and blunt weapons but not so much against fire. Your killbox can't save you now!

[Axel]

Ooooo batch 3 could be biome specific legendaries.
As for the killbox, seems like people are trying fire killboxes now ha-ha.

[A Friend]

Hmm, I pretty much just use the batches to take breaks and focus on procrastinating other stuffs. Maybe I could make a poll asking about what people want me to focus on. Gathering ideas and stuff and then creating that kind of animal as a whole batch of maybe 5-8

Edit: But, nah... I believe focusing on one type would drain my imagination out pretty quickly...

[LittleGreenStone]

my imagination

Here, take this and make it bigger and spikier. 

[Axel]

Ha-ha. I know what you mean about "other stuff" when it comes to creative projects.
Definitely wouldnt want you getting burnt out on this so go with what you think is the best way to approach your it.
However still looking at legendaries and thinking of creatures made up of vegetation maybe a tall thin creature made out of mushroom that has a ranged poison attack and when killed splits into two of it, of course smaller, that behave the same and drop a healing mushroom on the level of gliterworld medicine and another mushroom that gives a good high to colonists that's very valuable to exotic traders. Maybe if trained could possibly be used to harvest said mushrooms. Seeing as mushrooms don't grow well in heat maybe they'd be exclusive to boreal and temperate forests. (Not sure how feasible he'd be though what with the whole splitting)
Now going of splitting I thought of maybe something similar to the hydra with a poisonous attack as well and when "killed" it splits and then splits again whe n those two are split. Drops a valuable type of leather thats both thick and ready for battle and also very beautiful. Wouldn't be biome specific and as for legendary status that could work either way.
Again though that's assuming you guys can come up with a way to do the whole "splitting" thing.