New Hunting Genes

[Mulan the Cat]

 

New Genes:

1) 

I thought it would be fun to make a gene that can 'pounce' the way winged creatures can swoop down on prey.

This would be a hindleg gene.

Stats:

+1 Speed

+1 Swimming

+1 Pouncing/Ambushing

• Console: HindlegPounce
• In game name: ?
• Gene: Hindleg

Pouncing/Ambushing

• You can pounce on small prey (bunnils, fish, crabbits) within the distance of your speed, dealing as much damage as you have attack 
• You can even try to pounce on birds of prey if they are close to you. 
• You can 'ambush' predators, wanderers, rouge males etc using just one action (for running towards and attacking combined).  They have to be within 2 tiles of your creature. 
  • This might do more damage/only work if the (insert wanderer, rouge male, bear, ape etc here) can't sense your creature. 
• You can try to jump onto tree branches but you won't always succeed 
  • This could be related to how much speed the creature has. As in, a creature with pouncing and 5 speed has a better chance than a creature with pouncing and 3 speed. (That way, lean body would be better at jumping onto branches than big body)

2) 

This gene is to mimic the way various animals make themselves look bigger when near predators. 

This would be a body gene, mostly sleek but with raised fur along the back.

Stats:

+1 Distasteful appearance

+2 Scentless

+1 Stealth 

+0 Heat Resistance

+0 Cold Resistance

+1 Strength

+1 Speed

• Console: ?
• In game name: ?
• Gene: Body

 

Both of these genes are based on cats. The body gene adds scentless because of the constant grooming cats do (in real life, this helps them remain odorless and avoid predators). 

 

3)

This is a paw gene that would give an ability to scare/dig bunnils and moles out of hiding (only work once every 5-10 days). The creature would go to a burrow/den and use this ability. Then a mole or bunnil would come out.

Stats:

+3 strength

+1 ability to scare rabbils and moles out of hiding 

 

• Console: ?
• In game name: ?
• Gene: Paw

 

4) 

Head gene: 
+3 smelling

+1 strength

+ venomous

*disables horns*

• Console: ?
• In game name: ?
• Gene: Head

 

Changes to current genes:

 

1)

New ability for bearyena hindlegs

Stats:

+1 Speed

+1 Strength

+1 Swimming

+Climbing (used to climb trees)

 

Please let me know if you want to improve or change anything 

[orinz]

okie dokies! i like it, tho i feel like it's gonna be impossible to pull off ambushing

[Emeraldheart]

I think it might be helpful if some of these suggestions had their own separate posts instead of combining them, which would make them easier to vote on ^-^