===== CREATING PLANTS ===== Often overlooked, plants provide great depth to a setting as well as out-of-ordinary puzzles or obstacles to Adventurers. Guides need the following minimum information (or "stat block") for plants assisting or opposing the Adventurers. ===== Core Plant Design ===== ☐ **PLANT NAMES** \\ * What names do people call this plant? ☐ **PLANT APPEARANCE** \\ * What does the plant, flowers, fruit, and leaves look like? * What does the plant smell like? * Is the plant smooth, waxy, fuzzy, or spiny to the touch? * Is the plant bitter, sweet, or salty to the taste? * How large is the planet or its fruit? * How large of a "patch" can the plant grow into? * What kind of stalks or trunks does this plant grow? bark? * What is the overall shape of the plant? flat? spherical? conical? umbrella? * What kind of branches do the plant grow? forked? intertwined? twisted? * What kind of grouping do the leaves form? * What kind of grouping do the flowers form? * What kind of grouping do the fruit form? * What kind of shape do the leaves form? * What kind of shape do the flowers form? * What kind of shape do the fruit form? * What kind of covering does the fruit have? * Vines or runners? * Movable appendages? * Entire plant is mobile? * Hovers or flies? * Makes noise when approached or touched? ☐ **PLANT USES** \\ How can or do people use this plant? * Animal fodder? * Staple food? * Spices? * Alcoholic? * Medicinal? * Narcotic? * Poison? * Dyes? * Cloth? * Construction? * Flammable? * Ritual? ===== Additional (Optional) Plant Design ===== ☐ **PLANT ENVIRONMENTS OR LOCATIONS** \\ Where can you find this plant? * Salt water? * Fresh water? * Coastline? * Mountains? * Underground? * Swamp? * Cold? * Living on another creature? ☐ **PLANT SEASONS** \\ When is this plant most readily found? * Rarely? * Seasonally? * Annually? * Year round? ☐ **PLANT FLOWERING** \\ When does this plant flower? ☐ **PLANT FRUITING** \\ When does the plant produce fruit? ☐ **PLANT SEEDS** \\ How are the plant seeds spread? * Gravity? * Wind? * Water? * Animals? * Explosive dispersal? ☐ **PLANT FRUITING** \\ How is the plant pollinated? * Wind? * Insects? * Ground animals? * Flying animals? * Water? * Water animal? * Self-pollinator? ☐ **PLANT REQUIREMENTS** \\ What does the plant require to thrive? * Soil nutrients? * Photosynthesis? * Salt or fresh water? * Blood? * Animal flesh? * Insects? * Decaying/decayed plants? * Decaying/decayed animals? ☐ **PLANT RESPONSES** \\ What customs, superstitions, phobias, or laws are triggered by this plant? ☐ **PLANT SPECIAL EFFECTS** \\ Does this plant possess any Special Effect (SFX) abilities such as magic use, mutant powers, or psionics? * Stores energy? * Stores water? * Deep roots? * Resists heat, cold, fire, etc? * Fast growing or reproducing? ☐ **PLANT EFFECTS** \\ What effects can use or exposure to this plant, flowers, fruit, or leaves cause? * Stinging hairs, thorns, or spines? * Generates electrical shock? * Poisonous or poison antidote? Plants may enhance or impair one or more of the Adventurer AAttribute Score or Attributes Reserves. ^ Physical ^ ^ Physical Reserves ^ ^ Mental ^ ^ Mental Reserves ^ ^ | Strength | | Strength Reserves | | Intelligence | | Intelligence Reserves | | | Endurance | | Endurance Reserves | | Will | | Will Reserves | | | Agility | | Agility Reserves | | Awareness | | Awareness Reserves | | | Dexterity | | Dexterity Reserves | | Ingenuity | | Ingenuity Reserves | | | Appearance | | Appearance Reserves | | Charisma | | Charisma Reserves | | | Speed | | Speed Reserves | | Reflexes | | Reflex Reserves | | ====== Plant Worksheet ====== ^ ^ CORE PLANT DESIGN ^ ^ | ☐ | Plant Names | | | ☐ | Plant Appearance | | | ☐ | Plant Uses | | ^ ^ OPTIONAL DESIGN ^ ^ | ☐ | Plant Environment | | | ☐ | Plant Seasons | | | ☐ | Plant Flowering | | | ☐ | Plant Fruiting | | | ☐ | Plant Seeds | | | ☐ | Plant Pollination | | | ☐ | Plant Requirements | | | ☐ | Plant Responses | | | ☐ | Plant SFX Abiltiies | | | ☐ | Plant Effects | | ===== Salvage Space: Plants ===== ◢ [[:salvage_space:plants|Salvage Space: Plants]] ▲ [[:Chronology:]] :: ◢ [[:Chronology:references#creatures_03.o|References: Creatures]] ~~DISCUSSION~~