Creatures Caves

Well, I've done some more work on the Flesheaters, and it's time for another update.

Recently, I've found what exactly makes the standard grendels so hit-or-miss. They aren't exactly predators, so to speak. They get angry at the scent of norn as well as a half ton of other things. Being so easily irritated, they constantly attack norns until they've purged their entire world of their prey. This behavior might make for a more interesting game, but it's not good for those who want population control for their wolfling runs.

That's the problem the Flesheaters are aiming to fix. I want them to be more like what a lion is to a zebra, rather than what a serial killer is to his victims. Rather than attacking norns nonstop, they should only be angry half the time and take out only the weaker norns.

With that in mind, the changelist for the next version is as follows.

-The titular ability is no longer an adult-gained ability - Flesheaters of all ages can now feed by slapping other creatures. My reasoning for this is to encourage hunting for food rather than anger.

-The reaction to being slapped has been toned down - flesheaters no longer bug out and run like the dickens after only two slaps. Rather, they respond in a similar manner to normal norns, in that they are more likely to become scared rather than angry. Flesheaters of all ages are much more resilient to slaps. Younger grendels are no longer glasslike and easily killed. On the other hand, adults now react the same as the younger grendels do to assaults.
Resistance to slapping was made so your hardmen can't take out the entire grendel population within the first 30 minutes of a wolfling run. On the other hand, the universal "don't attack back" response to being slapped means that hardmen will wind up winning most of the fights. While a group of flesheaters working together can easily down a hardman, lone flesheaters aren't much of a threat.

-Anger has been added to the list of drives affected by the Constitutive Drive Maitenence, Painly Drive Overwhelmsion, and Fearly Drive Overwhelmsion organs. This is meant to encourage the flesheaters to back down when faced with aggressive prey.

-The overall anger of the Flesheaters has been toned down to encourage flesheaters to hunt out of hunger rather than anger.

I'm still looking for a place to upload the current version of the genome, but for the time being you can pick up two freshly hatched babies at TCR:

-Carnivore
-Carnosaur

Check them out and see what you think. I'd love to hear about how they act in other peoples's worlds. That's the point of making this beta public, anyway - to work out the bugs and get the grendels to their very best.