Re: [DS] Strange beasts

G'day,

>I was wondering if anyone has done anything with wierd fauna,
>or, what the heck, flora in DSII.

I've had a few thoughts with regard to incidentals and main
protagonists.

Main opposition usually comes down to safari like hunts (but which one
of
you turns out to be the sport is the question), while incidentals maybe
more fun in a general sense....

1) Mobile flora - ever seen your cover take flight ("Hey where is it
going?!"), or for that matter ever had you cover roost on your current
position...
2) Deadily cover ("Where's Smythe?"..."Well he was sitting over
there...")
- either carnivorous grove or 'classic' case of mistaking a maw for a
cave
etc.
3) Toxic conditions - some swamp-like areas (for e.g.) could be off
limits
to all unsealed groundtroops as they release CO (or something)
4) Different movement penalties (looks like short enough grass until you
realise its sticky)
5) Septic conditions (if in that kind of cover and take a wound then
have
to get medical treatment fast or its "goodnight Irene")
6) Ambush predators (bit like deadily cover, but rather than your entire
cover considering you as lunch, more like boobytrap situation)
7) Is it just me or did the Earth just move.... (i.e. usual cartoon
situation of the hill you're sitting on gets up and starts to wander
off).
8) Suppression due to wildlife (massive flocks of birds or bats will do
it
on Earth)
9) Nets or hazards - not set up there to be lethal to human sized
things,
but disconcerting enough to cause injury or suppression (e.g. disturbing
the equivalent of rays/eels and getting 'shocked' or running into
complexes
of 'webs' or 'nests' (I've seen people get a green-ants nest down their
back while pushing through the scrub, or realising they just sat down in
the middle of a patch of scorpion territories and it ain't fun) -
especially if the troops are green or on edge.

Anyway just a few ideas, sorry they're not really more concrete.

Beth

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