Cyprin Roundstart Species

[TrixxedHeart]

Cyprin are effectively Thaven from downstream forks with a more focused design on being related to space carp.

As much as I love downstream Thaven, they lack focus due to being initially conceptualized as just space elves, later becoming the whole space carp concept without actually taking on the look or mechanics one would expect. This aims to refurbish the identity from the ground up as a species of carp people.

The notable changes from downstream:

• The most obvious is being renamed from Thaven to Cyprin, coming from the scientific term Cyprinidae, for species of carp.
• Moods are now referred to as Resonances. They function effectively the same but with a different name.
• They are now DISTINCTLY fish people, having fishy features by default rather than relying on players to add markings to make them look like fish.
• They have less blood capacity compared to other species (200u)
• They are now resistant to radiation.
• They have lost heat/cold resistances in favor of having a lower cold threshold.
• Carpotoxin can be extracted from their blood (however this is horrifically inefficient and potentially deadly for a Cyprin to get a usable amount).
• They are able to use Carpotoxin to restore bloodloss (and are immune to it).

[sudobeans]

I would love to bring the Thaven mechanics to upstream. I didn't even know they were supposed to be like carp people! I thought they were supposed to be like D&D tieflings. So I support this.

I'm most curious about what they might end up looking like. e.g. Just humans with some gills and fins? Kuo-Toa? Spongebob fish people? Blatantly furry shark people?

[TrixxedHeart]

I'm most curious about what they might end up looking like. e.g. Just humans with some gills and fins? Kuo-Toa? Spongebob fish people? Blatantly furry shark people?

_mostly_ humanoids with gills and fins. I want them to have a unique body shape regardless. these are vague crappy phone doodles of it. I want them to have big stupid eyes and the option of just straight up having the carp mouth

[sudobeans]

I love your doodles!

[Lev-tobecontinued]

I absolutely love Thaven and would be very happy to see them in base ss14

[TrixxedHeart]

Writing some stuff to address the concerns with Resonance and moderation

[TrixxedHeart]

I'm putting this into a draft temporarily until I reorganize the document a bit and finish the Resonances list