whether weather island

Whether Weather Island

Danger: non – very high

Close to the center of the Topazial rift, lies the island of Whether Weather. The island was named Whether Weather due to its very unstable weather patterns, which are even worse than what’s normal in the rift.

The weather doesn’t just change over short periods of time, but instantly, meaning than a person can blink his or her eyes in the middle of a heat wave, just to find him-herself facing a tornado, blizzard, downpour, lightning storm or a sunny day/moonlit night.

The island is made up, of a small edge of sand all around the island and the rest covered in some of the softest and the greenest grass mankind has ever found. Now for some unknown reason, the grass doesn't gets damaged, no matter how rough the weather gets.

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Chompers

Threat: low - very high

A variation of Duikers, native to whether weather island, which gets to a height of around 2, 6 feet at shoulder height.

Now, the Chompers look very cute when you first lay eyes upon them, spending all day barely moving a single feet, while gnawing at the tough grass with their strong jaws and teeth, which includes a set of large, strong fangs… they are most certainly not.

Chompers will start acting like Raptors the second they smell or see anything living other than each others, attacking in groups, using their fangs to tear through flesh and bone alike.

Just as the grass the Chompers primarily eat, they are very hardy, allowing them to thrive on whether weather island. This hardiness does however not count for their internal organs, but only their fur, skin, bones, hooves and inside of their mouth. Now, even though the skin and fur of the Chompers is far more durable than steel, it's still soft to the touch. You can fold it like any other animal hide, but nothing will happen if you try to tear it with your hands or any hand held tools

Physically, the Chompers are not very strong, so an adult man could probably handle one or two of them by holding them around the neck and choke them.

That's a nice idea I think, and I love the name
Actually this is typically the kind of thing I would see for islands in Topazial sea : little worlds on themselves with rules of their own ^^

further ^^

keep going XD

Sounds like the terrain would be ripped up fairly often. I'm guessing the soft grass is extremely hardy or grows back quickly after rough weather strikes?

just a little more

i think this is the complete version of Whether Weather Island. i recieved quite a bit of help from fish in making it^^

then how about this version karbo^^ (first post)

Shouldn't it be more... impersonal? The first paragraph.

observer88 wrote:

Shouldn't it be more... impersonal? The first paragraph.

no... no it shouldn't. it could, but like this it's like someone is explaining it to someone.

Reptillian wrote:

observer88 wrote:

Shouldn't it be more... impersonal? The first paragraph.

no... no it shouldn't. it could, but like this it's like someone is explaining it to someone.

It works well for showing the dramatic nature of the place, but you need a separate version that simply tells about it. Second person narrative doesn't quite explain the facts about a place that wiki format does, so for a version intended for wiki use you'd need to show it in a manner that just explains it, not including narrative.

Also, the current name makes me think of "The Phantom Tollbooth" for some reason.

/Fish/ wrote:

Reptillian wrote:

observer88 wrote:

Shouldn't it be more... impersonal? The first paragraph.

no... no it shouldn't. it could, but like this it's like someone is explaining it to someone.

It works well for showing the dramatic nature of the place, but you need a separate version that simply tells about it. Second person narrative doesn't quite explain the facts about a place that wiki format does, so for a version intended for wiki use you'd need to show it in a manner that just explains it, not including narrative.

is that better???

Seems like one danger might simply be having your body temperature change to fast and you go into shock or something.

JohnDoe wrote:

Seems like one danger might simply be having your body temperature change to fast and you go into shock or something.

Possibly, If the you weren't adequately prepared.

Anime-Junkie wrote:

JohnDoe wrote:

Seems like one danger might simply be having your body temperature change to fast and you go into shock or something.

Possibly, If the you weren't adequately prepared.

how do you prepare for a heat wave switching to a blizzard faster than you can blink your eyes? and the other way around for that matter...

Reptillian wrote:

Anime-Junkie wrote:

JohnDoe wrote:

Seems like one danger might simply be having your body temperature change to fast and you go into shock or something.

Possibly, If the you weren't adequately prepared.

how do you prepare for a heat wave switching to a blizzard faster than you can blink your eyes? and the other way around for that matter...

By being a wizard or having very good (and most likely magical) equipment. (Or Both)

Anime-Junkie wrote:

Reptillian wrote:

Anime-Junkie wrote:

JohnDoe wrote:

Seems like one danger might simply be having your body temperature change to fast and you go into shock or something.

Possibly, If the you weren't adequately prepared.

how do you prepare for a heat wave switching to a blizzard faster than you can blink your eyes? and the other way around for that matter...

By being a wizard or having very good (and most likely magical) equipment. (Or Both)

even then, surviving such a switch in the waether would be insanely difficult^^'

Ooo! Ooo! I know! You have to burrow! That way the weather doesn't matter! But burrow in a high place, that way rain can't drown you!

the grass on the island can handle tornadoes, blizzards, heatwaves etc. and you think you'll get through it XD

EDIT: sooo... what do you think of the current version karbo? anything you find that needs change or ... just purely removed?

with help from Zoekin, Kaitheguy and... i'm not sure if there was more^^'... i made a creature that can live on whether weather island^^

I find that creature a bit puzzling though ^^;
They are herbivores turning carnivores ? and they are indestructibles ?

no they are omnivores like human, they have both flat teeth and fangs like human, though their fangs are bigger in comparison. and no, they are not indestructible... merely very hardy.

due to the fact that their main diet is even harder to destroy than themselves, they don't move too much while grassing and simply turns their attention on any meat that comes along.

EDIT: oh yeah, at least one more thing will be coming... maybe more.

If anyone have an idea for a creature or something that can survive on whether weather island, they are more than welcome to suggest it^^

(sorry about the double post here)

i changed up the Chompers a bit and changed the wording of most things, while adding a little extra information. i hope they will be better now^^

re-reading the whole things, I think the base idea is here and is indeed interesting. There is lot of things you can imagine based on thoe very quick weather change : possible causes, how the plants adapt, what the island or its surrounding would look like, possible protections, and so ^^

But as it is now I find it lack a bit in term of coherence... I mean the chomper can be a nice idea but it looks a bit out of the blue to me ^^;