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| ===== Appearance ===== | ===== Appearance ===== | ||
| - | Gardeners are outwardly human, but much of their internal functions have been replaced by the plant or fungal Cordyceps lifeforms. These lifeforms derive energy from chlorophyll sacs embedded in their skin. The chlorophyll sacs impart a patchwork greenish tinge to the skin, which can be physrepped using makeup. The sacs tend to swell over time and can eventually burst through the skin, causing the epidermis to crack and split and leaving angry red scars. | + | [{{ :species:gardener_crest_byagentbsmith.jpg?250|<html><font color=black>The internal plant-based physiology of Gardeners can erupt from their bodies as vines and impressive fungal growths</font></html>}}]Gardeners are outwardly human, but much of their internal functions have been replaced by the plant or fungal Cordyceps lifeforms. These lifeforms derive energy from chlorophyll sacs embedded in their skin. The chlorophyll sacs impart a patchwork greenish tinge to the skin, which can be physrepped using makeup. The sacs tend to swell over time and can eventually burst through the skin, causing the epidermis to crack and split and leaving angry red scars. |
| Some Gardeners display external outgrowths of plant and fungal material, such as vines and fungal fruiting bodies. These protrusions are extensions of the internal Cordyceps lifeforms, usually with a sensory or photosynthetic function. Vines, where present, tend to be simple trailing fronds with palmate variegated leaves that resemble the Ivy of the northern continents of ancient Terra. The external protrusions are generally associated with heightened stresses on the individual's symbiote biology, which responds wit outgrowths to gather greater resources from the external environment. Once grown, however, they are likely to remain for some time, as the Cordyceps organisms adapt to the new components. Although these outgrowings are relatively uncommon in the general Gardener population, they are much more prevalent in those hailing from the Kudzu ecosystem in the wake of the recent alien contagion, probably associated with the responses to the infection. | Some Gardeners display external outgrowths of plant and fungal material, such as vines and fungal fruiting bodies. These protrusions are extensions of the internal Cordyceps lifeforms, usually with a sensory or photosynthetic function. Vines, where present, tend to be simple trailing fronds with palmate variegated leaves that resemble the Ivy of the northern continents of ancient Terra. The external protrusions are generally associated with heightened stresses on the individual's symbiote biology, which responds wit outgrowths to gather greater resources from the external environment. Once grown, however, they are likely to remain for some time, as the Cordyceps organisms adapt to the new components. Although these outgrowings are relatively uncommon in the general Gardener population, they are much more prevalent in those hailing from the Kudzu ecosystem in the wake of the recent alien contagion, probably associated with the responses to the infection. | ||
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| ====== Game Rules ====== | ====== Game Rules ====== | ||
| - | **Species Keywords:** Plant, Parasitic, Undead | + | * **Species Keywords:** Plant, Parasitic, Undead |
| - | **Default Faction:** [[:Free Union]] | + | * **Default Faction:** [[:Free Union]] |
| ==== Species Trappings ==== | ==== Species Trappings ==== | ||
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