CCC species voting - RESULTS ARE IN

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CCC species voting - RESULTS ARE IN

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OK, voting is open on species! [Closed at end of Tuesday 2/11]

We have 14 entrants, counting the default Humans. Please vote for the dominant species; you can supply up to five species, in ranked order. Please use the member's name (boldfaced below).

The winner will be the dominant species. My idea for how this will work is that when people start a culture in the next round, they specify the species. They can always use their own species if they submitted one; but they can only choose another species depending on its votes. E.g. if species X gets two votes, no more than two cultures can start with it; if it gets ten votes, up to 10 people can use it.

Optionally, give a second ranking for coolest species. The idea here is that you may find some of the species not so good for a conworld, but you want to salute the author's creativity. There may be some special reward for the winner-- perhaps the ability to leave ruins from an earlier buried epoch of civilization.

A complication: two people submitted the Sexies. I've counted them as two species. If Handsome Rob and Hydroeccentricity both agree, they can combine them.

Below I've provided reminder summaries for each entrant, but please read the original threadto see the full description!

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Ahzoh - Ḵsīnesīr

Humanoid; bony face; black skin. Nocturnal; high pain resistance. Flammable.
Senses: superior night vision.
Magic: detection of things in the environment to a fair distance; can shape-shift or melt into shadows

Nydrwracu - Kuson

Humanoid; can swivel necks around; reptile-like blue skin; no hair; little sex differentiation
Size: 4 feet
Senses: superior vision; able to see ultraviolet
Magic: moderate abilities usable n everyday life

Catdoom - Cynocephali

Carnivora, resembling hyenas; covered with fur; tails; hyena-like heads; strong
Size: 6'5"; females larger but little sex differentiation
Diet: carnivorous, but adaptable to fish or dairy products
Senses: great use of smell
Magic: divination; talismans bestowing some of an animal's abilities

Handsome Rob - Sexies (Rob)

Humans, but devastatingly sexy; can mate with humans but offspring is always Sexy

Civil War Bugle - Birdmen

Humanoid, but with feathers in place of hair; hawklike beaks; cloven hooves
Diet: omnivores, but more plant-oriented than humans
Sense: excellent vision and hearing; air movement; poor smell

Matrix - Golems

Humanoid in form, but created from stone and variable in shape. No sex or sexes; long lifespans
Diet: stone (at rare intervals)
Magic: inherent in their creation; can apply magic in engineering

ol bofosh - Amphibimorphs

Amphibians, but humanoid in form; grayish green skin; strong; vestigial tail; hermaphrodites; lay eggs; larvae are free-living aquatic predators
Size: 7 feet
Diet: omnivorous; prefer large invertebrates, fungi, fruit
Senses: can see ultraviolet; sensitive to vibration; better smell but worse hearing
Magic: can sense location, quality, and movement of water

Zompist - Orcs

Humanoid, green skin, beady eyes, big teeth; males hairless; ape-like face; very strong; very fast runners but with low endurance; lower sex differentiation
Size: 4 to 7 feet
Senses: good hearing and small; poorer vision
Magic: trained orcs can slip into a parallel world

Ars Lande - Nightpeople

Humanoid; nocturnal; slender, rather hairy; good sprinters; adapted to desert, and can go a long time without food; little sex differentiation
Size: 3 to 4.5 feet
Senses: excellent night vision and hearing
Magic: possible quick/stealthy movement and hiding

Mornche Geddick - Munkees

Monkey-descended; furriness varies from complete to nearly bare; tailed; strong arms suitable for brachiation; colorful faces; feet like hands have opposable thumbs
Size: 5 feet
Senses: superior sense of balance

Hydroeccentricity - Sexies (Hydro)

Humanoid: high sex differentiation; patterned skin; bonobo-like frequent sex; surface features can change based on pheromone levels
Size: 6 feet (males)

Lyhoko Leaci - Battis

Bat-like; large wings (separate from hands); furred; lay eggs; low sex differentiation; typically mate within a small group
Size: 3 feet
Senses: superior vision, tetrachromatic, and utilizing ultraviolet; sense air currents; good hearing
Magic: allows limited breathing in cold or underwater
Diet: strictly carnivorous

KathAveara - Dragons

Reptilian (but with legs under body like mammals); no wings; tail; rubbery skin with moveable scales; excellent swimmers; can be underwater for a long time on one breath; front paw has opposable thumb
Size: 12 to 15 feet long, 6 feet high
Diet: strictly carnivorous

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Golems
Rob's Sexies
Dragons
Amphibimorphs
Orcs
ʾAšol ḵavad pulqam ʾifbižen lav ʾifšimeḻ lit maseḡrad lav lit n͛ubad. ʾUpulasim ṗal sa-panžun lav sa-ḥadṇ lav ṗal šarmaḵeš lit ʾaẏṭ waẏyadanun wižqanam.
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Matrix
Mornche Geddick
ol bofosh
KathAveara
Zompist
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Humans
Matrix
Ol bofosh
Civil war bugle
Nydrwrach

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Ars Lande
Nydrwracu
Matrix
Mornche Geddick
KathAveara
It was about time I changed this.

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Humans
Birdmen
Battis
Munkees
Dragons
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Ansu frú ônal savel zaš gmlĥ a vek Adúljôžal vé jaga čaþ kex.
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Ars Lande
Lyhoko Leaci
CatDoom
Nydwracu
KathAveara

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Ars Lande
Lyhoko Leaci
CatDoom
Nydwracu
KathAveara

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Earth's humans
Mornche Geddick's munkees
Zompist's orcs
Lyhoko Leaci's battis
Nydrwracu's kuson

Damn, I forgot to submit my own species... Oh well.
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Catdoom's Cynocephali
Ol Bofosh's Amphibimorphs
Matrix's Golems
Lhyoko Leaci's Battis
Ahzoh's Ḵsīnesīr

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Zompist
Mornche Geddick
KathAveara
Matrix
Rob

I debated voting for earth Humans but decided that Rob's were close enough.

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A correction should be made:
Khsinesir have a bony plating around their face, not just a bony face...
ʾAšol ḵavad pulqam ʾifbižen lav ʾifšimeḻ lit maseḡrad lav lit n͛ubad. ʾUpulasim ṗal sa-panžun lav sa-ḥadṇ lav ṗal šarmaḵeš lit ʾaẏṭ waẏyadanun wižqanam.
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Sal's humans
Matrix's golems
Ol bofosh's amphibimorphs
Zompist's orcs
Kath's dragons

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Oh, no!

When I described the Sexies, I was talking about the same species as Handsome Rob. I would've asked his permission, but I figured his entry was pretty tongue in cheek so I didn't think it was necessary. Since no one has voted for both so far, could we combine the entries and just collapse the votes for each into one species?
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1. Sexies
2. Humans
3. Orcs
4. Golems
5. Kuson
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Hydroeccentricity wrote:Oh, no!

When I described the Sexies, I was talking about the same species as Handsome Rob. I would've asked his permission, but I figured his entry was pretty tongue in cheek so I didn't think it was necessary. Since no one has voted for both so far, could we combine the entries and just collapse the votes for each into one species?
Zompist implied that was probably the best thing to do.

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Also, no voting for your own species. No-one else has.

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Ahzoh wrote:A correction should be made:
Khsinesir have a bony plating around their face, not just a bony face...
I think I understood that from your original post.
It was about time I changed this.

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1. Ars Lande (Nightpeople)
2. ol bofosh (Amphibimorphs)
3. Lyhoko Leaci (Battis)
4. Huuumons
5. Nydrwracu (Kuson)

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1. Catdoom
2. Handsome Rob
3. Matrix
4. Hydroeccentricity
5. ol bofish
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The hopes and dreams of the weak and wondrous.
They meld and twist from what they were,
And give us the mess surrounding us.

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Normal humans
munkees
sentient lizards [dragons]
golems

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Ars Lande's nightpeople
Zompist's orcs
KathAveara's dragon
Matrix's golem.
ol bofosh's Amphibimorphs
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Humans
Orcs
Golems
Nightpeople
Munkees
Thanks for reading.

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1. Humans
2. Mornche
3. Zompist
4. ol bofosh
5. KathAveara

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