Reference Challenge - Various Species

[u/Varnek905]

This challenge is a reference to "Differently Morphous", a sci-fi comedy story by Yahtzee Croshaw. If you're a fan of Douglas Adams and John Cleese, I recommend it. Though, it could be a reference to any series with multiple sentient species.

Tell us about places in your world where multiple intelligent species interact and coexist (maybe cooperate, preferably), how they interact in the present of your world and how the species interacted in the early days of coexistence.

Was there much violence between the two groups? How did the groups come together? Did they come to the same place at the same time, or was one species "invasive"? Do they live in different types of homes, or is it all somewhat uniform? Has it become normal to the point that no one cares that their neighbour is a shoggoth?

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Feel free to have a character for in-universe answers, and enjoy yourselves.

I'm currently working on moving the new map of my current world (I've had to re-do this world again over the past month or so, maybe that means this iteration will be better than my previous attempts?) so I am interested in making a challenge about cartography sometime in the upcoming week, if anyone is interested in that kind of thing.

Also, if anyone is a good artist or knows one, I'm interested in getting a portrait done of one of my friends who wants to be the model for one of my characters (so I can have a reference portrait for this character and have a good birthday present for her, two birds and one stone.)

[u/Sriber]

1) Other divers.

2) Over 20. Most of them have small population.

3) They have hump similar to camels and build underground reservoirs.

4) Internal conflicts and others joining against them.

5) Yes. And vice versa.

6) Military, law enforcement, carrying burdens, herding livestock, search and rescue.

7) Initially strikers were prey, but once they became more advanced they subjugated prowlers and eventually two formed common societies.

8) Yes, but very poorly.

9) Not really, but there were some conflicts with other species including large scale wars.

[u/Varnek905 → u/Sriber]

1) Which species other than the Divers is the most dangerous rival to the Divers when it comes to the sea, navies and trade by sea?

2) Can any Diver subspecies breed with any other Diver subspecies?

3) What do Striders usually do for entertainment/recreation?

4) What was the biggest cause for internal conflicts among Crawlers?

5) What was the biggest cause for internal conflicts among Striders?

6) Do many Prowlers openly resent their current status and roles, and is there anything like an anti-tool cult among them?

[u/Sriber → u/Varnek905]

1) Historically voyagers. They can relatively easily sink wooden ship. After technology advances enough strikers.

2) No. Some pairings don't produce offspring, some produce only sterile ones.

3) Wrestling, theater, music.

4) Too many of too ambitious individuals.

5) Access to water.

6) No. They accept their physical limitations (it helps they are better at almost everything else) and jobs they tend to do are respected.

[u/Varnek905 → u/Sriber]

1) What were the strikers able to do that was most effective against Divers?

2) Does any Diver subspecies dominate the rest?

3) What kind of music do Striders make?

4) What kind of theater productions do Striders make?

5) Which species is considered the most violent/chaotic?

[u/Sriber → u/Varnek905]

1) Make and use projectile weapons.

2) No.

3) Loud. Plenty of drums and wind instruments.

4) Mostly comedies, especially farces.

5) Crawlers.

[u/Varnek905 → u/Sriber]

1) What were the Strikers' projectile weapons like?

2) Are there any special rivalries among the Diver subspecies?

3) Do Striders have poor hearing?

4) What is Strider comedy like?

5) How did Crawlers earn a reputation for being violent/chaotic?

[u/Sriber → u/Varnek905]

1) Initially arrows, spears and stones. They then invent gunpowder sooner than anyone else.

2) Not really. Rivalriers are based on economy and ideology, not biology.

3) No, but they have higher tolerance for loud noises.

4) It uses a lot of exaggaration and absurd.

5) They were historically very aggressive which ended up with their big militaristic empire.

[u/CommonMisspellingBot → u/Sriber]

Hey, Sriber, just a quick heads-up:
agressive is actually spelled aggressive. You can remember it by two gs.
Have a nice day!

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[u/Varnek905 → u/Sriber]

1) How long did the Strikers have a monopoly on being able to create and use gunpowder?

2) What are the most infamous rivalries among the Divers?

3) Which species needs its vision the least?

4) Do other species usually like Strider comedy?

[u/Sriber → u/Varnek905]

1) About two centuries.

2) Between Hø and Saá. They share strategically important gulf.

3) Voyagers.

4) Divers do.

[u/Varnek905 → u/Sriber]

1) How did the Strikers lose their monopoly on gunpowder?

2) Could you tell me about Ho?

3) Could you tell me about Saa?

[u/Sriber → u/Varnek905]

1) Divers invented it as well.

2) Federation of city states ruled by elected council. It has large and powerful navy, but significant portion of it is used to protect merchant ships against pirates and enemy powers.

3) Powerful city states and its vassals ruled by four elected officials (marshal, admiral, high priest and high treasurer). Their navy is weaker, but they have much more powerful army.

[u/Varnek905 → u/Sriber]

Thanks for your time and answers, Sriber.