Gozukizuki

NAME: Brute Wurm/ Glarewing SPECIES: Papilio belua TEMPERAMENT: Adults: skittish and protective babies: friendly About: The papilio belua, aka Brute Wurm/Glarewing, a timeless wonder of nature with the power to undergo metamorphosis! I have always dreamed of riding a rowdy caterpillar in this game, and why not do something interesting with it and allow it become a stunning butterfly as well! This creature is in spired by the hickory horned devil caterpillar, emperor caterpillars and various swallowtail butterflies and a few moths (as well as a healthy dose of love for invertebrates!) I wanted to make something fun to raise, tame and ride. As well as something fun to look at and interact with, something alive! Bringing unique flavor to a map I have always loved. The caterpillar goes through 3 stages, called instars. The first instar being the babies (caterpups as I like to call them) that can be found in the wild. The second instar, being the juvenile and adolescent stage, and the Final Instar, the “adult caterpillar”, which is its own creature, called the Brute Wurm, with unique abilities. After that the player can choose to gorge the Final Instar caterpillar and that allows it to pupate and emerge into a true adult with its own set of unique abilities. IMPORTANT NOTE: in the event that this might be considered two tames and it has to be pared down to one or the other, my official submission is the Brute Wurm. The taming, behavior, and stats will be the same, but no pupation mechanics. Breedable and adults seen in the wild with babies. Brute Wurm Glarewing Link to high res pics because it made me destroy the pictures to post this x.x Wild: The papilio belua resides among the rocky spires in the jungles of the Center. Adult Glarewings are peaceful, beautiful and grand, only touching the ground to feed. Adults are usually seen watching over little, 1st instar caterpups that nibble at the mosses and rocks in the safety of the steep cliffs. The larva are passive, even friendly, as they wiggle around the cliffs, using their strong jaws to munch away at the rocks surface, getting nutrients and minerals. Their munching can be heard from the ground if you listen! They are startled by loud noises are prone to wiggling themselves right off of the cliff if they become too startled. It can take them some time to become calm enough to make their way back up the cliffs and if their parent senses they are in danger, they will come to aid. While the adults do not do much damage they can create great gusts with the flap of their wings and stun survivors and tames with their dazzling wing spots to give their offspring an opportunity to escape. Adult Glarewings are not too keen on fighting and will usually flee after stunning. If killed, adults drop silk, meat and chitin, while babies only drop a small amount of meat. Wild caterpups not in a tantrum state can be pet by the player for fun, it does nothing, but it’s cute! Taming: While adult Glarewings can be bred, they cannot be tamed. To acquire a Glarewing you must steal and raise a caterpillar! Parents and young larva live high up on the rocky cliffs in the jungle spires on the Center. Due to their propensity to be startled by loud noises, detonating explosives or the roars of large carnivore close to the spire in short succession will cause the caterpups to “dance”. They will eventually fall off of the cliff and to the ground where they will proceed to have a wee caterpillar tantrum, thrashing about. This is when the taming process begins. During this time the player may calm them down with honey or petting. Honey provides better taming effectiveness. If the caterpillar becomes too stressed (not receiving the pets or honey) , the adult parent will descend on the player inflicting knock back and stuns as well as mildly damaging kicks to get the player away from the larva. Once the caterpillar is calmed it is considered “tamed”, and the player must carry them on their shoulder to a safe place to begin the raising process. Cryopods in the first instar will kill the larva. During the time a caterpup is shouldered, it gets the attention of hungry fliers ready to snatch the baby grub. Godspeed!! Tamed Abilities: Caterpup: While in the first instar (about an hours time) The the shouldered caterpillar attracts fliers in range who become hostile and will attack the player, wishing to eat the juicy grub. Brute Wurm: A large brutish creature the size of a small bus. An all terrain brawler boasting a stout HP pool. Existing in the same weight class as a thylacoleo while similarly allowing mounted shooting as well as climbing ability. Quite fast for its stature, it can outpace many creatures at full tilt. Abilities: -Catersmash: a simple frontal attack where the caterpillar slams its clawed forelegs at the enemy doing moderate damage. Moderate attack speed. -Cattering Ram: Brute Wurm charges, slowly picking up speed, does extra damage against doors and door-frames -Net gun string spit: shoots a web-like substance acting much like a net gun. -Barbaric thrash: the caterpillar swings its body wildly inflicting light damage and high knock back. Cannot be used while climbing. Glarewing: A somewhat delicate but fast flier capable of flying in any orientation and capable of landing and climbing on any surface. Similar statistically to a griffin with the speed of wyvern but can be saddled. Saddle allows for a driver and two machine gun turret positions. Can only pick up very small creatures and 1st instar larva. Alchemist: feeding on liquids through a proboscis, the Glarewing can gather from plants. Instead of getting berries and fiber, it can convert berries found in bushes into narcotics and if narcotics are inside the Glarewings inventory it will start making med brews. Abilities: -Kick: the Glarewing rears up and boxes the enemy with its legs. Light damage, light knock back. -Dodge: a quick directional arial dash for evasion. -Dazzling spots: large flashing spots on the wings stun the enemy similarly to baryonyx and microraptor. Can be used in flight but only affects targets directly below it. 30sec cooldown. -Wing Beat: creates a gust of wind with powerful wings. No damage, large knock back. Raising/breeding: Glarewings can bred normally and require no special conditions. Lays eggs. Baby caterpups are HUNGRY! They will eat both stone and fiber in the first instar, once they reach the second instar, they only eat fiber. They can be fed by maewings and eat from a trough once the second instar is reached. Once the second instar is reached it behaves much like most tames going through juvenile> adolescent>”Adult” aka Final Instar. They imprint as normal. METAMORPHOSIS: The Brute Wurm can be kept in its “adult” Final Instar form or the player can choose make the Brute Wurm pupate. Once at the “adult stage” the caterpillar can enter a “gorging state” through the behavior options. The player then can participate in a mini game where the caterpillar must be ridden in a reckless rampage through the brush, devouring all plant matter in its path until it is full (think eqqus but ROWDY BULLDOZER). Once full it will appear engorged and calm and the option for “pupate” will be available where gorge was previously. Provided with a vertical surface that is at least 3x2 walls in size, it will climb up, turn into a cocoon, and pupate for 7 days in-game time. During this time they cannot be cryopodded. This is a permanent change and cannot be reverted. Papilios in the cocooned state are very weak to fire. Additional notes and ideas: - caterpillar battering ram ability?? -skin shedding between instars -would be neat if untameable final instar brute wurms we’re running around wild, they would drop a lot of meat!!! -considered making the male Adult Glarewing have robust antenna that would be able to sniff out specific creatures and track them. A bit over the top though! -fun rodeo caterpillar rampage music for minigame??? -References for caterpillar thrashing and “dancing” animations: Reaction to noise https://youtube.com/shorts/EqF7EUUsLUo?feature=share Thrash attack inspiration https://youtu.be/xFzo1fpmMqU -Additional spawn location in the underground on the walls of the cavern! ✨✨✨Hope you like my idea! Thanks for reading and thanks for the opportunity!!!✨✨✨