78th Muttation Contest

Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy]
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78th Muttation Contest Jan 28, 2018 12:53:15 GMT -5

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Post by Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy] on Jan 28, 2018 12:53:15 GMT -5

THE 78TH MUTT CONTEST!

Attention Members! Would you like to contribute to the 78th Hunger Games from a Gamemaker's standpoint? Here's your chance to contribute!

Come up with a "muttation" or other genetically altered wild beast using the following form, and reply to this thread with your finished product. The best mutts may be included in the 78th or other future Hunger Games. There is no limit to how many mutts you may submit, so feel free to post more as they come to you (although remember to edit your post rather than double-posting if someone else has posted before you)

If your muttation is used, you will receive credit for your little beastie on the Muttation Directory thread that will be present during the Games, as well as on the Site Wiki's Muttation Page. Note that the Gamemakers (staff) reserve the right to make minor changes to your creations.

Notes: Mutts involving humans will not be used, and mutts created initially "to kill people," "to destroy people," or "to torture people" will also have to be explained very well to be used. Be more creative than that!

You may want to refer to the Arena Map for climate-based inspiration. For the 78th, we are looking for mutts that fit our snowy alpine theme.

The contest will end February 7th, so please have your entries in by that evening!

Use the form below:

[b]Brief Summary:[/b] (consider including previous uses [why the Capitol developed them], rough size/physical features, and general behavior, as well as any additional information you may have and please note that this should be no more than a paragraph — see the Muttation Page on the Site Wiki for examples.) [b]Poision, Edible, or Neither?[/b] (please note that this may be changed by the GMs based on need)[/font][/font][/div][/div]

warehouse

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78th Muttation Contest Jan 28, 2018 13:56:13 GMT -5

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Post by ♛ scandal on Jan 28, 2018 13:56:13 GMT -5

Brief Summary: Snowy Leopard - Taken from the history books before Panem, the Snowy Leopard was one of the animals that caught the eyes of mutt makers. Grey fur spotted with black dots and a white belly, the leopard looks harmless and cuddly. Most would want to go up to the animal and pet it. It's bright blue eyes make it even more appealing to the eye of a tribute, a gullible little girl or a boy in awe would go up to it and become the leopards next meal. Of course a mutt is not a mutt without it's improvements. Larger claws and sharper teeth were added to be more effective when ripping apart tributes, but more cuter editions were added to the leopard to improve the chances of a death. A chubbier face and bigger eyes help it look like something that you would want to have as a pet.
(Places in the arena: moguls, snowflower meadow)

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

zony11
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78th Muttation Contest Jan 28, 2018 23:22:28 GMT -5

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Post by zony11 on Jan 28, 2018 23:22:28 GMT -5

Brief Summary: Bunny Yetis- Panem scientists managed to merge a bunny rabbit and a mythical creature known as the Yeti to create this mutation. The Bunny Yeti is all white like the snow which allows it to easily blend into surroundings. It's the size of a human with long springy legs and floppy ears and white fluffy fur. Its adorableness, however, is evenly matched with its deadliness. Normally they mostly like to have fun, playing in the snow, making snow yetis etc. They hate it when people invade their territory. The improvements made were that the bunny yeti has the jumping agility of a bunny with the raw strength and bulk of a Yeti. (places high peak, moguls)
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible[/font][/font][/div][/div]

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78th Muttation Contest Feb 5, 2018 14:53:09 GMT -5

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Post by d10f ekta ram // [earthling] on Feb 5, 2018 14:53:09 GMT -5

Glass Teal

Brief Summary: Native to the high reaches of District One and Two, the Glass Teal has a number of advantageous mutations, nearly all of which have occurred naturally. Their sleek, compact size makes them one of the smallest duck-like water fowl. Any larger and even their genetic quirk which allows them to process very low levels of oxygen wouldn't be enough to save them. Their coloring comes, like many other animals, from an attempt to blend in. Of course, having a glossy, ice blue coat does not stop these rather untintelligent birds from running into windows... Luckily there are few homes built inside of arena.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible?

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wimdy
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78th Muttation Contest Feb 5, 2018 16:28:18 GMT -5

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Post by wimdy on Feb 5, 2018 16:28:18 GMT -5

Ikea

Brief Summary: Originally engineered as an intelligent but docile tiny monkey for the masses, the Ikea has grown into a popular culture figure in the Capitol. More often than not, they're found wandering around their owner's homes (and social media accounts) dressed to perfection in tiny coats and hats. Seriously, they're too cute. However, they get bored very easily due to their intelligent nature and have a tendency to wander off.

Find him looking longingly out the window of the Cornucopia sometime after the BB. He looks cozy in his jacket. He has a box, and some very vague and unhelpful instructions. Roll to see if you can understand the instructions, and build the present he's given you! How reliable your present is depends on how well you read the instructions. The Ikea will hang out with you for the rest of the day, if you want.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? I mean, technically edible but if you want to eat him you're a monster.

Chatterbox

Brief Summary: Created in recent years to combat higher numbers of Wanderers, Avoxes, and District Thirteen contacts successfully navigating the mountains around the Capitol, the Chatterbox originated as an idea to help surveil the mountains, as they were hardy creatures and cameras could be affixed to their horns. What it morphed into in the lab, however, was far more unsettling. Its pelt is perfectly white and blends easily with the snow to mask its darker underbelly, hanging down around it almost like a cloak. The forelimbs are lengthened, joints jutting sideways and making a creaking-pop like knees bent the wrong way whenever in motion. Its back legs are strong enough to hold the creature upright and bi-pedal a handful of steps, allowing it to rise to nearly 7ft tall. The underbelly and face of the creature are shredded, bone exposed and skin seemingly rotting, releasing a foul, lingering smell. It's maw is elongated, dark lips exposing broken teeth. Both horns are missing, another unsightly wound. They hunt in small, efficient packs, and prefer to do so in the dark. The last thing you want to hear at night is the telltale slow hiss of drawn in breath through broken teeth, followed by a heavy exhaled, "cht cht chtttt," echoed and responded to from all sides.

Downside: it's v unsettling and creepy af
Upside: if you kill it, you can skin it for its pelt for camouflage? but boy u gonna smell

Poision, Edible, or Neither? They are literally rotting creatures. They're poisonous. Don't do it.

Last Edit: Feb 5, 2018 20:49:29 GMT -5 by wimdy

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78th Muttation Contest Feb 5, 2018 18:16:41 GMT -5

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Post by kousei ♚ on Feb 5, 2018 18:16:41 GMT -5

Brief Summary: The Puff Puff.

About the size of two fists put together. Round, fluffy and have dark eyes. They have tiny legs and small arms and they waddle from size to side to move forwards. They tend to have white fur (easier camoflauge) but capitol have been genetically modifying them to come in a variety of cuter colours (red, pink, baby blue etc) and to modify their eye colours. When not moving, they tuck their legs in and put their heads in the snow and just lay there. White ones will blend into the snow with ease, other colours will stick out like a sore thumb.

Originally intended to be cute pets for children, they were eventually taken off of the market after many owners complained about their jewelry and possessions being taken by this mutation.

Upon accidentally stumbling upon this mutation, it will likely give the tribute a small bite on the intruding body part out of irritation for disturbing it (only about 3 damage). And while the tribute may be tended to kill it for this transgression, they just can't because they're OH SO CUTE with their big round eyes and round furry body. The puffle will curl it's limbs around the tribute and stick with them throughout their time in the arena, going into their backpack and clutching into their limbs and clothes. They don't do anything, they're just there to sit, watch and definitely be fed. These mutations are greedy and must he offered 1 item every night in order to stay by the tributes side, or else they'll leave to find the nearest tribute who will offer them any item of their choosing. If the tribute is killed it will find the closest tribute (perhaps after a brief moment of mourning it's fallen owner) and latch onto them.

It's bitten you upon your first meeting, follows you and demands an item of yours every night. You hinestly don't know why you keep it around. Perhaps it's the way those wide eyes stare up at you when you're angry. Perhaps it's the way its soft fur calms your panic and anxiety.

Perhaps it offers you a nice sense of companionship in these difficult times.

HP: 10

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Not poisonous... please don't eat them :c

Last Edit: Feb 5, 2018 18:26:51 GMT -5 by kousei ♚

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78th Muttation Contest Feb 7, 2018 13:23:18 GMT -5

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Post by djed carnelian . d8m [kap] on Feb 7, 2018 13:23:18 GMT -5

Mountain Billies

Brief Summary: Mountain Billies are larger than normal billy goats, weighing in at about four hundred pounds. The creatures are full of muscle and stand only slightly shorter than the height of the average full grown man. Their horns are large and dangerous, and they will use them to fight if necessary. If provoked, these creatures are very dangerous.

Initially, the hope with these Mountain Billies was that it would bring a whole new generation of 'super goats' that could be milked for the Capitol's needs by the people of the Districts. These particular creatures, however, turned out to all be male, and therefore can only be created, not bred. They also can't be milked because of this. Therefore, the Capitol deemed them useless for quite some time. Since these creatures were kept in captivity for so long, though, they slowly became vicious and angry, which caused the Capitol to decide to release these creatures into the arena for the tributes to fight.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

lance
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78th Muttation Contest Feb 7, 2018 22:21:32 GMT -5

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Post by lance on Feb 7, 2018 22:21:32 GMT -5

Brief Summary: Arctic Porcufoxes - Small, cute, and seemingly harmless, the porcufoxes were intended to be ticking time bombs specially designed to take out resistance cells in the colder climates of Panem. Set a pack of the miniature, snow white creatures loose near a known base, charm unsuspecting rebels with their affectionate manner, and then once they were inside, boom - a signal sent to their brains transformed them into rabid, slavering beasts, their soft fur hardening into needles sharper than any knife.

For a while, it worked, for there was always that one animal lover charmed by the cute little things, until both Capitolite scientists and rebel intelligence realized that the needle-fur and the programming alike quite literally melted outside of the frigid environments for what they had been designed.

And thus they were tossed aside as a failed experiment, turning into beloved pets by the occasional daring Capitolite, until a veteren Gamemaker plucked them from obscurity to test their effectiveness on the battlefield again. Modifications were made; no longer were the porcufoxes affectionate and docile, nor rabid and aggressive, but somewhere in between, a cautious, territorial creature born from the mix. The needle fur was permanently activated as well, and by giving the porcufoxes the ability to fire these needles at their foes at will, the Gamemaker remains ever optimistic that they will be the end of more than a few unwitting tributes. (Never appears alone, 10-20 HP, throwing knife dice roll (needles)

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither, but potentially poisonous for an extra kick

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78th Muttation Contest Feb 7, 2018 23:53:31 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 23:53:31 GMT -5

Name: Pugglar Bear
Brief Summary: Various cross-breedings by capitolites wanting exotic animals as pets yielded a creature that could both command loyalty while protecting a home from any number of intruders. Found in particularly cold places, the Pugglar Bear is not impossible to tame, but fearsome enough if provoked. Standing nearly seven feet tall and close to nine hundred pounds, the four legged beast can let out a bark that, while not chilling, should let the tributes know to beware. Rarely traveling alone, this creature will do anything to protect its pack (particularly a mother and her babies). Staring at its face and hearing its harried breathing, a tribute can only hope to ask-has modern science gone too far?
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither