Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
- RobustAndRun
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Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
Back on some server, somewhere, years ago (I forget,) lizards were added as a role joinable by dead players. Not the anthro lizards, but the tiny Merlin lizards.
They functioned a bit like swarmers, except they ate food, trash and dead corpses. Upon reaching a certain number of food points, they could lay an egg which a ghost could take over and hatch.
They could communicate with one-another in person, had a very low HP, could ventcrawl slowly and could bite living players/mobs for a very negligible damage (1-2 brute.) They weren't a danger unless you entered a nest with 10+ of them waiting for you.
These pests were very fun to play and eradicate. They created a good experience for many dead players while barely affecting the round for most others. Coders should add a playable pest species - maybe not lizards, perhaps mice or even space pigeons. They should be weak to pest spray and the janitor should be equipped to annihilate them in the event of an infestation.
They functioned a bit like swarmers, except they ate food, trash and dead corpses. Upon reaching a certain number of food points, they could lay an egg which a ghost could take over and hatch.
They could communicate with one-another in person, had a very low HP, could ventcrawl slowly and could bite living players/mobs for a very negligible damage (1-2 brute.) They weren't a danger unless you entered a nest with 10+ of them waiting for you.
These pests were very fun to play and eradicate. They created a good experience for many dead players while barely affecting the round for most others. Coders should add a playable pest species - maybe not lizards, perhaps mice or even space pigeons. They should be weak to pest spray and the janitor should be equipped to annihilate them in the event of an infestation.
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
Only if you replace all the ghost roles with it.
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
Cancer rat, but this time the rat IS the cancer
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- Armhulen
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
Sounds more fun than swarmers, if that means anything
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
Space.... beans?
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
I once had a whole big thing set up for pests that would annoy the crew in various ways such as a bloctapus that blocked off airlocks and railsnails that left slimey train tracks across the station
- Limey
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
would they devour dead corpses fully or just nibble on bits and pieces of them?
Usually plays as Aya Shameimaru, Remilia Scarlet or Rumia Kuroda depending.
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- Limey
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
merlin never struck me as the voracious kind of guy so this is important
Usually plays as Aya Shameimaru, Remilia Scarlet or Rumia Kuroda depending.
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- RobustAndRun
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
IIRC they just bit the corpse until -100 brute damageLimey wrote:would they devour dead corpses fully or just nibble on bits and pieces of them?
- Armhulen
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
Alright I'll put this on my code list
gimmie sprites though
gimmie sprites though
- Limey
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
alright then this sounds pretty neatRobustAndRun wrote:IIRC they just bit the corpse until -100 brute damageLimey wrote:would they devour dead corpses fully or just nibble on bits and pieces of them?
Usually plays as Aya Shameimaru, Remilia Scarlet or Rumia Kuroda depending.
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- DemonFiren
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
just let ghosts join as assistants
- RobustAndRun
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Re: Add pests as a midround antag/dead role
I still think this would be great
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