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Hippocampus Slovenicus: Serpent of the Ocean
Kamikaze36 posted a suggestion in Creature submission archive
There is very little known about the actual hippocampus slovencicus. Along with another species of extinct seahorse were found in the mountains only about 20 years ago. My idea would be for them to be a lot larger and able to be ridden. Body style wise, they would resemble almost like a sea serpent, dragon. I’ve thought about incorporating the seaweed body style of a sea dragon, but then my little sister wanted to draw it for me, and so her drawing is the basis for my idea. Behavior : I would love for these to be extremely useful under the water but also have limited use on land as well. In the wild they would swim around in schools of 3 to 5. They would receive a pack bonus while roaming together as well, whether tamed or wild. They are typically hostile when something gets too close, but become extremely hostile, and will chase anything that comes near their nest. they are extremely fast and armor, plated, and difficult to take down without proper precautions. On land, their mobility is restricted, but they make great turrets while latched onto pillars or structures with their prehensile tails. When tamed they can blow their smokescreen to tranquilize creatures wandering with in range. Taming : Egg stealing…yes i know we have seen this before but not underwater. And these things are FAST and TOUGH. You can’t just swoop in on an Itchy or a Shadow and speed away because they will out swim both without breaking a sweat. On top of that they are armored in bony plates like a knights steed. Mosas, Dunklos, etc. will have a tough time taking multiple of these at a time. Much like Gigas they will be dangerous to take on head up mostly because they run in schools of 3 to 5 members. But if you’re able to make it out with an egg or two it will be well worth it. Raising an egg after hatch will be only with narco berries. Did I forget to mention the nest are always surrounded by sea scorpions(eurypterids) making dismounting even more perilous. Utility : These will be underwater mounts, unlike anything the Arks have seen before. Fast and dangerous and covered in armor plates they would be exceptionally difficult to take down. While able to feed on fish they will be able to live off of narcoberries. This diet allows the Hippocampus to be able to blow a narcotic smokescreen into the surrounding waters. Survivors must be careful as they will not be a immune to this smokescreen themselves, and must have proper filtration in order to not be affected by the cloud. I’ve also though about the use of their prehensile tail as a way to destroy structures. Maybe wild ones like to wrap themselves around these and as such when people pillar widespread areas, they randomly find that these creatures destroy random pillars. The main purpose is to add life to the ocean. These would make it a lot more colorful, but also a lot more dangerous and more of a thrill to be underwater. As far as a saddle goals, I’m not sure if I want to have a real saddle or to be wrapped in the tail when mounted. If they were given a saddle, I thought about making it a chem bench sort of like the opposite to the equus saddle. I do know for a fact that I would love to see them be extremely colorful and vibrant. All kinds of multicolored patterns in regions to truly stand out in the oceans. Disclosure there is nothing in the rules disqualify me from posting two creatures. While I would love for this one to make it in, I did post another as this one would also fit beautifully on Genesis part one. I also had a few people specifically asked that this be put into the vote. -
Dossier Common Name: Platyhystrix Species: Platyhystrix Statucus Time: Permian Diet: Omnivore Temperament: Skittish Wild Platyhystrix, a small and unusual amphibian found in hostile regions, can defend themselves by releasing a colorful smoke puff when startled. The food they consume allows them to have unique abilities that make them dangerous. Worrisome creatures to tame, startled from the simplest of actions at times, be careful not to breathe in the smoke. Domesticated Platyhystrix can be tamed and used by survivors by feeding them narcotics. The amphibians can release toxic fumes to tranquilize creatures, and with explosive gunpowder, they can become organic bombs. A variety of food can create different effects, just some experimentation to create a dangerous and explosive friend. Potential Base Stats and Spawning Health: 150 Stamina: 100 Oxygen: N/A Food: 500 Weight: 100 Melee Damage: 8 (Bite) | 35 (Explosion) Torpidity: 200 Platyhystrix is found within a variety of waterways and river systems, while inhabiting the swamp and rainforests of ragnarok. Taming Platyhystrix is a passive-tame, skittish however, so wearing ghillie is necessary to approach sometimes. It wants an assortment of foods, similar to moschops, but instead it wants gunpowder, oil, sap, narcotics, stimulants, biotoxin, ammonite bile, and sand. Abilities & Functions Explained Platyhystrix is a shoulder-pet, with the bog-standard shoulder-pet features. However, when given certain delicious ingredients, you can allow them to commit chemical warfare and break the geneva convention, since Geneva doesn’t exist in ark, don’t worry it’s a suggestion now. But at least the Platyhystrix is immune to the assorted debuffs, except you know exploding itself. Gunpowder - Causes a dangerous explosion, your platyhystrix can take damage from this localized detonation, however it can survive typically. Oil - When it releases this cloud, a fire-arrow or attack causes the cloud to ignite into flame burning anything inside it. Sap - It causes anyone inside the cloud to become slowed or stuck with enough time, allowing you to release a few-shots until the debuff is gone. Narcotics - As average, the narcotics create a sleep-mist, providing torpor to whatever that stands within it. It can cause a decent amount of armor-ignoring torpor, however, it’s small and squishy. Stimulants - Opposite of Narcotics, had a creature that was bitten from a rogue Dilophosaurus? You can awaken it instead, with a mist of anti-torpor, you want 100% correct on effectiveness yeah? Biotoxin - It causes paralysis, stun-locking a target into paralysis, helpless to your attacks where sap allows a target to attack but slowly. Ammonite Bile - Pheromone Darts in gaseous form, want everything to hate a particular target? Choose Ammonite Bile, want to have basically the entire forest attempting to kill a singular raptor, this is for you. Sand - Pocket Sand, a mysterious blinding cloud of sand, how? It’s somehow just able to expel sand-clouds outside itself after munching on sand.
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