Lamina

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Weather
Lamina’s Mountain Region weather is extreme. During the daytime the temperatures can be blazingly hot, while during the night the temperature drops to freezing cold. This region also has frequent thunder storms that can lasts for weeks. The storms produce hurricane like winds that can carry away smaller creatures. Harpies hate when then storms comes because they are highly prone to getting struck by lightning, but the storms supply this region with its main source of water, allowing plant growth, and other needs so it’s needed.

This place is the kingdom of the blue sphinxes my friend due to their natural immunity against lightening they have no problem to survive in this place. And the harpies will developp strong wing and resistance to harpy

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Lamina’s Valuables
Adventurers come to Lamina in hopes of finding extremely valuable gems and materials, but the main reason they come to Lamina is hopes of finding entrance to the subterranean world underneath the region to obtain a Phokesian gem. The subterranean world underneath the region is the real Lamina.

Magic Shortage
Another reason why living in Lamina so tough is because of a strange phenomenon that weakens the effects of all types of magic, this includes the magic soil which gives the inhabitants of Felarya a sort of immortality. With this soils effect weakened, inhabitants of Lamina are prone to dying of injuries a lot more often. People who use magic often stay away from Lamina due to this reason. Some still come to find out what is causing this phenomenon.

The Mysterious Ocean
Supposedly there is an ocean on the other side of Lamina, but it’s simply a rumor, and nobody has been able to confirm it. This rumor has helped the predators though, since it sends more adventurers to Lamina, to only be eaten by them. It’s possible that a predator even started this rumor just so more humans or other tiny humanoid creatures would go to Lamina more often.

This place will attract more humans than you think

There are few predators than in the others part in Felarya but they are more dangerous than you think.

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Humanoid Food Shortage
Compared to their forest counterparts, the hybrid and animal predators of Lamina don’t have it as good when it comes to delectable humans and other humanoid creatures. Most of the human and other humanoid population in Lamina lives in the subterranean world which limits the amount of humans and tiny humanoid creatures the predators can eat. They have adapted to make the other animals or plants in Lamina as their primary food source.

Due to the magic shortage the humans live less longer than the others humans in Felarya, the shorter a life span is the higher the birth rate will be
The humans in this place will have a life similar to ants, they needs to leave their uderground cities in quest of food.

You know the harsher an area can be the easy it will be the situation will advantage the predators because they are the first to adapt to a situation.

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This place is the kingdom of the blue sphinxes my friend due to their natural immunity against lightening they have no problem to survive in this place. And the harpies will developp strong wing and resistance to harpy.

That would have been the case if Lamina was in that area, but it's way past the GRP. And I didn't say the Harpies had trouble flying through the wind, I said they just didn't like the lightning.

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This place will attract more humans than you think

There are few predators than in the others part in Felarya but they are more dangerous than you think.

Wait...Huh? Please clarify what you just said here.

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Due to the magic shortage the humans live less longer than the others humans in Felarya, the shorter a life span is the higher the birth rate will be
The humans in this place will have a life similar to ants, they needs to leave their uderground cities in quest of food.

You know the harsher an area can be the easy it will be the situation will advantage the predators because they are the first to adapt to a situation.

The humans living in S. Lamina aren't going to have the luxury of mass breeding because the death rate is very high.

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That would have been the case if Lamina was in that area, but it's way past the GRP. And I didn't say the Harpies had trouble flying through the wind, I said they just didn't like the lightning.

But you find Blue Sphinx GRP too, they are the rivals of the Harpies a situation where

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The humans living in S. Lamina aren't going to have the luxury of mass breeding because the death rate is very high.

Mass breeding is not a luxury but a vital need , people who live in harsh condition are more numerous it's a question of survival because the need of man power is more important and increase the chance of survival. As you say you dies easily from injuries than other part in Felarya, Humans don't live longer than the predator so there is many humans who dies young, have children in this kind of place is more important than anything else. That's why you can find half-breed humans/nekos.

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Wait...Huh? Please clarify what you just said here.

In one word the Challenge. Remember the time of the conquest, people from many countries did perillous travel and face many danher in order they discover potential ressource and valuable items. The land increase the curiosity of many humans in quest of power and glory

This is an excellent place for mage to train their magic, like when you lift heavy weight to increase your strenght. A fairy who succeed to survive in this place and come back to our homeland become an excellent spellcaster. People become stronger when they know adversity.

The story of someone who survive of Lamina is always a good story to tell.

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But you find Blue Sphinx GRP too, they are the rivals of the Harpies a situation where

Okay, but what I'm trying to tell you is that there are no Blue Sphinxes in the Lamina Mountain Region since it's too far out. There are Earth Sphinxes but not Blue Sphinxes.

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Mass breeding is not a luxury but a vital need , people who live in harsh condition are more numerous it's a question of survival because the need of man power is more important and increase the chance of survival. As you say you dies easily from injuries than other part in Felarya, Humans don't live longer than the predator so there is many humans who dies young, have children in this kind of place is more important than anything else. That's why you can find half-breed humans/nekos.

True, and that is what I had in mind, but in term of man power and food sources that is where the Mants come in. They are the backbone of S. Lamina and I was going to explain all that when I got to the S. Lamina section.

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In one word the Challenge. Remember the time of the conquest of Far West, many countries send many of their people in order they discover potential ressource and valuable items. The land increase the curiosity of many humans in quest of power and glory

This is an excellent place for mage to train their magic, like when you lift heavy weight to increase your strenght. A fairy who succeed to survive in this place and come back to our homeland become an excellent spellcaster. People become stronger when they know adversity.

Key Word: Survive

If people want to come to Lamina they are going to need to survive the conditions before they even think about training or trying to obtain valuable resources. That is why not too many people come to this area. A mage that comes this area will have his magic weakened and thus will be easy prey for the predators. A fairy would suffer the same fate since the Predators in Lamina have no problem eating another predator if they are hungry enough.

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Key Word: Survive

If people want to come to Lamina they are going to need to survive the conditions before they even think about training or trying to obtain valuable resources. That is why not too many people come to this area. A mage that comes this area will have his magic weakened and thus will be easy prey for the predators. A fairy would suffer the same fate since the Predators in Lamina have no problem eating another predator if they are hungry enough.

It's the first reason why they will come.
Humans are always in quest of challenge, to survive is the greatest challenge, to live is a challenge. You know it's in the adversity you developp new ability. You know before to do a long travel you need a serious preparations, so a mage who come in Lamina is prepared to the possibility his magic can be affacted

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Okay, but what I'm trying to tell you is that there are no Blue Sphinxes in the Lamina Mountain Region since it's too far out. There are Earth Sphinxes but not Blue Sphinxes.

What is the reason
You tell there is powerfull storm with powerfull lightening the Blue Sphinxes are attracted by lightening don't an avian creature can travel easier than the other creature. There is no reason they don't come in the place even if it's temporarily.

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It's the first reason why they will come.
Humans are always in quest of challenge, to survive is the greatest challenge, to live is a challenge. You know it's in the adversity you developp new ability. You know before to do a long travel you need a serious preparations, so a mage who come in Lamina is prepared to the possibility his magic can be affacted

Fear is also something to consider. Anyway, it's cool if people want to come to Lamina for the challenge as you say, but they just better know that not many people who visit Lamina come back to tell about it.

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What is the reason:?:
You tell there is powerfull storm with powerfull lightening the Blue Sphinxes are attracted by lightening don't an avian creature can travel easier than the other creature. There is no reason they don't come in the place even if it's temporarily.

Mainly because Lamina's Predators are territorial and wouldn't take kindly to Blue Sphinxes coming into their territory. So they would have to deal with a possible attack from Lamina's predators. I'm trying to say that nobody is safe in Lamina, prey and predator alike.

I can add Blue Sphinxes to the population list though.

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Fear is also something to consider. Anyway, it's cool if people want to come to Lamina for the challenge as you say, but they just better know that not many people who visit Lamina come back to tell about it.

According to that logic, very few people would come in Felarya as a whole on a whim as it's the most hazardous place I can think of. Yet, it attracts many people to seek out its treasures, magical artifacts and mysteries. The reason: Ambition. They are ambitious, the harder the odds, the more satisfying success will be.

Sean Okotami wrote:

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Fear is also something to consider. Anyway, it's cool if people want to come to Lamina for the challenge as you say, but they just better know that not many people who visit Lamina come back to tell about it.

According to that logic, very few people would come in Felarya as a whole on a whim as it's the most hazardous place I can think of. Yet, it attracts many people to seek out its treasures, magical artifacts and mysteries. The reason: Ambition. They are ambitious, the harder the odds, the more satisfying success will be.

Good point.

Slightly revamped D. Naga. Next up: Earth Sphinxes!

Hybrid Predator 1
Desert Naga

Background
Desert Nagas are a species of venomous Nagas that lives in the Lamina Mountain Region. Their appearance compared to the Forest Nagas is a little more feral. Instead of having human eyes, their eyes have regressed back to that of serpents. Their fingernails are also longer, sharper, and slightly curved making them more like claws. And their speech is a little rougher and more brutish sounding.

Desert Nagas hunting hours are during the day and so the color of their skin color is more darkly toned, meaning its usually black, brown, or some other dark color. Their size compared to the other Nagas is smaller. Most Desert Nagas on average are about 60 feet from head to ground, but what they lose in height and mass they gain in speed and agility. Some adventurers find Desert Nagas exotic due to their wilder and animalistic appearance. Desert Nagas are one of the more arrogant and prideful Nagas.

Species Related Ability 1
A Desert Naga has the ability to produce miasma like venom that appears either as glowing blue vapor, glowing blue mist, or blue liquid. The venoms nature is usually highly corrosive and toxic meaning it deteriorates everything it comes in contact to. The effect it has differs when it comes to natural and un-natural things. For example, when it affects something that is natural it acts like a deadly toxic substance that slowly burns it’s way threw the skin/organs of the natural object until there is nothing left. However, the strength of the deterioration depends on how much venom the Desert Naga uses, meaning it's sometimes only a slight burning sensation a Desert Nagas target would feel or an intense sensation as their flesh is being eaten away. When it comes to un-natural things such as metal and other inanimate objects the venom has a tendency to make the said object weaken over time and become brittle, but once again the strength of that process depends on the strength venom. When hunting a Desert Naga never uses the full strength of its venom, they just use enough to make their prey easier to eat, but if a Desert Naga is out to kill someone then they will use the full strength of their venom. The mist and vapor form of their venom is blown out from their mouth while the liquid form can be excreted from their fangs or claws.

Species Related Ability 2
Desert Nagas natural elemental affinity is earth, and this affinity increases the durability of their skin and scales, allowing a Desert Naga to take a lot more punishment than an average Naga. It also gives them vibration sensitivity, which allows a Desert Naga to be able to sense other animals approaching by detecting faint vibrations on the ground. If a Desert Naga were to live in another region they would develop the ability to use Earth magic, but since magic is low in Lamina they don’t develop this ability.

Species Related Ability 3
Desert Nagas have powerful infrared-sensitive receptors in their eyes, which allow them to see radiated heat. This allows them to locate prey easier, especially warm blooded ones. This ability is like a natural thermal vision.

Species Related Ability 4
Desert Nagas have high resistance to heat and cold. This resistance makes them take less damage from fire and ice based attacks.

Eating Habits
Like all Nagas, Desert Nagas have a huge appetite, but they have learned to control it. This means they only eat what they need to survive instead of satiating themselves. Their metabolism is very advanced so they can go for many days without eating something, but if a Desert Naga had a poor hunt and is hungry enough they will even attack and eat other Hybrid Predators to satisfy their hunger, especially ones that enter their territory. But that is rare, since a Desert Naga usually stays close to where their primary food source so they don’t need to travel around and waste energy. If a Desert Naga finds a human or tiny humanoid creature, they will instantly gobble them up. There is almost a 0% chance a human will be successful into persuading a Desert Naga to let him or her go.

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Fear is also something to consider. Anyway, it's cool if people want to come to Lamina for the challenge as you say, but they just better know that not many people who visit Lamina come back to tell about it.

You know it's the same reason people come in Felarya too
When they discover it always too late

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Mainly because Lamina's Predators are territorial and wouldn't take kindly to Blue Sphinxes coming into their territory. So they would have to deal with a possible attack from Lamina's predators. I'm trying to say that nobody is safe in Lamina, prey and predator alike.

It can give interesting situation.

You know the foreigners are not always seen in a good eyes by the natives

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Like all Nagas, Desert Nagas have a huge appetite, but they have learned to control it. This means they only eat what they need to survive instead of satiating themselves.

I don't understand why you underline this fact because naturally a predator adapt its feeding habit depending of the amount of prey.

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I don't understand why you underline this fact because naturally a predator adapt its feeding habit depending of the amount of prey.

Oh, I have a bad habit when it comes to stating the obvious

Precision is often appreciated, and some people may not find it so obvious. I do that often.

Daimo wrote:

Oh, I have a bad habit when it comes to stating the obvious

Ah ok I understand

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Precision is often appreciated, and some people may not find it so obvious. I do that often.

I guess you're right

These are an interesting species ^_^
You really do a great job on how detailled your ideas are

Thanks, Karbo. I finished the Earth Sphinx, but I think it's pretty meh-ish. I feel like I could have done better...

Hybrid Predator 2
Earth Sphinxes

Background
Earth Sphinxes are a species of Sphinxes that lives in the Lamina Mountain Region. They are 80 feet from head to ground. Their appearance is basically the same as a regular sphinx, but their fur, skin, hair, and eye color are darker, usually black, or brown. They also give off the distinct smell of wet stone. Earth Sphinxes are solitary creatures and makes the various caves in the Lamina Mountain Region as their homes.

Species Related Ability 1
Earth Sphinxes has the ability to turn into stone statues at will. While in statue form they absorb nutrients from the ground in order to quell their appetite. Their metabolism in statue form is also extremely slow in order to conserve energy. Their bodies in statue form are also incredibly tough and given immunity to non acidic poisons and venoms. Earth Sphinxes in statue form are completely aware of their surroundings and can be considered being in suspended animation.The fragments of stone that break off a Earth Sphinx when it's coming out of statue form is said to completely cure all types of venom and poisoning by boiling it in water and then drinking the water.

Species Related Ability 2
Earth Sphinxes can produce powerful concussive shockwaves by roaring. These shockwaves can stun their prey and send them into a dazed state. At close range the shockwaves can knock back creatures, the smaller the creature the further they are knocked back.

Species Related Ability 3
Earth Sphinxes have high resistance to heat and cold. This resistance makes them take less damage from fire and ice based attacks. All predators in the Lamina Mountain Region are pretty much resistant to heat and cold.

Eating Habits
Earth Sphinxes can be considered the least voracious species in the Lamina Region since it only needs to hunt once per year. Most of the time they are in statue form absorbing nutrients to stay healthy. However, if prey comes near them while they are in statue form they have the habit of suddenly breaking out of that form, gobbling up their prey, and then entering back into statue form as if nothing happened. This mostly happens if a Harpiy is near them while they are in statue form. Earth Sphinxes are one of the reasons why food doesn’t go completely scarce in the Lamina Mountain Region.

I really need to start using my Deviant Art account when it comes to these profiles. I signed up but I haven't done anything with it >_>

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Species Related Ability 1
Earth Sphinxes has the ability to turn into stone statues at will. While in statue form they absorb nutrients from the ground in order to quell their appetite. Their metabolism in statue form is also extremely slow in order to conserve energy. Their bodies in statue form are also incredibly tough and given immunity to non acidic poisons and venoms. Earth Sphinxes in statue form are completely aware of their surroundings and can be considered being in suspended animation.The fragments of stone that break off a Earth Sphinx when it's coming out of statue form is said to completely cure all types of venom and poisoning by boiling it in water and then drinking the water.

I bet a temple is the perfect hunting spot for them, who would expect a statue to vore him? ... Before Earth Sphixes were introduced.

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I bet a temple is the perfect hunting spot for them, who would expect a statue to vore him? ... Before Earth Sphixes were introduced.

Adventurer: Hmm, isn't that...? Oh...it's just a statue. For a second there...
E. Sphinx: *suddenly breaks out of statue form*
Adventurer: HOLY ****!

Yeah, something like that would probably happen.

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Overall, Lamina is a huge mountain region that is located southwest of the great desert. While traveling though the desert you can see this mountain system sprawled out in the distance.

I think about something, the size of the creature which lives in this area and different shortages. When something is rare you need to do important actions to obtain it.

Lamina is a large place contrary to the jungle there is an important space between the different ressources that's why they are rarer than in the jungle where the sources are more concentrated.

In large area like that you find the largest creature because it's easy to travel when you are bigger because you cover more travel more easily and its give you a good safety, large creature are in low number contrary to the smaller creatures which are in important number.

The bigger is better and the strenght in number are the two important laws.

You said creature dies from injuries more often, you want a predator attack alone a bigger prey alone it's too risky why the biggest creature are more resistants and stronger than the small one, in clear a lone predator will attack the smallest the youth and weakiest prey. They would attack big prey only when they are in group.

The reason why the humans shortage it's because they are just crossing the area, mountains are natural boundaries, in clear this region is dangerous and necessary travels for the preys and humans.

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Species Related Ability 1
Earth Sphinxes has the ability to turn into stone statues at will. While in statue form they absorb nutrients from the ground in order to quell their appetite. Their metabolism in statue form is also extremely slow in order to conserve energy. Their bodies in statue form are also incredibly tough and given immunity to non acidic poisons and venoms. Earth Sphinxes in statue form are completely aware of their surroundings and can be considered being in suspended animation.The fragments of stone that break off a Earth Sphinx when it's coming out of statue form is said to completely cure all types of venom and poisoning by boiling it in water and then drinking the water.
Species Related Ability 2
Earth Sphinxes can produce powerful concussive shockwaves by roaring. These shockwaves can stun their prey and send them into a dazed state. At close range the shockwaves can knock back creatures, the smaller the creature the further they are knocked back.

I think with this abilities will suits better to the Sphinx Sentinel, this ability to turn into stone is very similar to a magic ability

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Earth Sphinxes have high resistance to heat and cold. This resistance makes them take less damage from fire and ice based attacks. All predators in the Lamina Mountain Region are pretty much resistant to heat and cold.

You told that to the desert naga too, I think you should state it in the general ability of the creature.

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You told that to the desert naga too, I think you should state it in the general ability of the creature.

I was gonna do that.

I think you should developp Lamina more as a necessary and dangerous path for the people who wants to leave the desert.
I explain the fact the magic is rare in this place can be more developped, I explain in this kind of place magic is similar to water in dessert. So magic users need to be more carefull than others, it\'s set a good difficulty for the magical users, I think in this kind of place there is a possibility to find a kind of oasis of Magic.

gwadahunter2222 wrote:

I think you should developp Lamina more as a necessary and dangerous path for the people who wants to leave the desert.
I explain the fact the magic is rare in this place can be more developped, I explain in this kind of place magic is similar to water in dessert. So magic users need to be more carefull than others, it's set a good difficulty for the magical users, I think in this kind of place there is a possibility to find a kind of oasis of Magic.

I see what you're saying and it all sounds interesting. I just wanna finish up all the fauna first before I go back to revising Lamina again >_>

It's just suggestion don't worry
By example to set a difficulty between the predators there can be a conflicts due the native predators and the oustiders like the Blue sphinxes which leave the GRF and come during the storm season

gwadahunter2222 wrote:

It's just suggestion don't worry
By example to set a difficulty between the predators there can be a conflicts due the native predators and the oustiders like the Blue sphinxes which leave the GRF and come during the storm season

Y'know...I find it a little weird only you, Sean, and Karbo are commenting on this. I would like other people to give comments and criticisms. Just asking...

Lamina sounds like a great place to visit, but you wouldn't wanna live there.

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Strike that. I don't think you'd wanna visit either. Too dangerous.

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Y'know...I find it a little weird only you, Sean, and Karbo are commenting on this. I would like other people to give comments and criticisms. Just asking...

Maybe because we think it's a great idea or see the great potential, maybe because the others are very busy.
You know the weirdest thing would be there is no comment.
The idea of a place very harsh can give interesting situation like a powerfull mage is forced to travel in this place to find a powerfull artefact, it's sets a good difficulty.

I believe this place can help a lot in the developpment of Felarya in general.

A place like that remember the time of the gold rush or the silkroad where many people risk their life in a long journey to find valuable objects.