Insects — ARCHIVED

[General Brave]

Ain't insects good workers? While their structures ain't exactly what we call great, they do have amazing skills of construction.

[Tankhead]

Ain't insects good workers? While their structures ain't exactly what we call great, they do have amazing skills of construction.

The only amazing skills in construction is how good and perfect they communicate with eachother, that and how they only play the role they were ever given. Talking more about ants

[General Brave]

How about if there are multiple worker ants together, it increases their mend rate?
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[Tankhead]

Yea agreed, tbh ants can honestly alone be a race while the other insects act as slaves, sub race, or anything else

[General Brave]

I'm guessing the ants will be the basic race?
Just like the Kobold.

[Tankhead]

They should, in numbers they easily overrun any other insect or insects out there.

[General Brave]

Let's start out the first step.
Stats of the ant colony or hill.
And of the ant Queen.

[General Brave]

Also should we have different Queen variance.
Assuming we have black ants.
fire ants.
Frost ants.
jungle ants.
Each Queen should be a unique unit

[Tankhead]

Queens should have all a unique ability depending on they're real life abilities.

[Typhoon]

Its nice to see my topic gained interest again
So we are making insectoids (bugman) or insects(bugs)?

[Sunrise Samurai]

I think full on insects, not humanoids with insect features.

[Tankhead]

@General Brave why is the black ants the basic unit, why not regular ants?

[Typhoon]

Probably because black ants are regular here

[General Brave]

Ain't black ones the regular ones? At least maybe for my area.

[LordOfAles]

For mine too

[Savra]

Let's explain my reasons.

Why I'm agains this idea.

1)Basic units to similar to existing ones
Eg. Swordman - just a bug whit a sword.
In the row from human - to Kobolds.
a Knights/cavalry.
An insect riding a beetle.
Stats - similar to current mounted. -
If comparing they will be just redesigned basic units.
May some basic can fly(terrain walk)
Need more original this race to work.


2)for insect-peoole they will lack of future units :
No Casters,few water, siege - a don't think them as great inginers.
And No Smith upgrade - if they get so that is also a copy of the way that is used by other races.
3)there are insects in fantasy but not as mainstream as others.races (not a problem)
But they are more like some monsters(eg giant spiders, centipede)

The insects way
A)a lot of cheap soilders and workers and a ruler or quinn.
B)lonely big predators
C)some tribal warriors and few special units for water, earth(under) and air.

Works on Sci-fi better as enemy race
Not enough for a competent and original race.

4)Race conflict - separating them as cobold and lizardmen -
Avoid following this way again.

5)Too similar to AOU.

The giants insects are well made and I say use them as campaign units.

And first work with the Beastclans - I think it's better idea. But also would help plan this if following the civilised and Wild giant insects line.

Remember basic infantry - and and Giant"bugs"arent enough for a race.

Theirs no insect riding a Beatle or I would have put it as cav, I was thinking scarabs could be elite units basically like this, stand on four legs, two arms, one could have a shield, and they all can have weapons. Basically buy b regions of Imperials and Uruks.

[Savra]

Wait so if they ain't going to be great at siege then should they be able to climb walls or tunnel under them to compensate? Or at they going to have a different approach e.g. Mountains are crossable but only by one space?
Btw how would their spell casters work.

[Lynx Shafir]

I think full on insects, not humanoids with insect features.

Me too.

[General Brave]

I'm I do believe full on insects, perhaps a few humanoids.

[Savra]

Well in that case feel free to take from that list I made any thing you want to keep.

[General Brave]

Ok.

[Savra]

Idk, I still see them being more as Ant-folk and Bee-folk rather then ants and bees. Me, I see them as fast producing and speedy. The units you suggested so far seem more so like scouts to me or like the komodo dragon. These will be my last string of images for medieval fantasy bug units that fit the two races mentioned plus one other. Reason being the last string is because I'm running out of fantasy bug people who are actually insects.

[LordOfAles]

I like humanoid insects. They can have same attributes as regular ones

[Typhoon]

I think with Scaledfolks And Beastmam we will have enough humanoid looking animal races

[Savra]

They're not animals they're insects. besides if you made it just plain bugs then it wouldn't really make the fact that you have 2 animal races already any different so might as well go the step further and make them humanoid to make it make sense to fight them as another race or even to play as them. Also saying you have too many animal factions is like saying you have too many human like factions which currently we have 3. Orcs and undead are the only 2 non related factions to any of the other factions really.

[Tankhead]

They're not animals they're insects. besides if you made it just plain bugs then it wouldn't really make the fact that you have 2 animal races already any different so might as well go the step further and make them humanoid to make it make sense to fight them as another race or even to play as them. Also saying you have too many animal factions is like saying you have too many human like factions which currently we have 3. Orcs and undead are the only 2 non related factions to any of the other factions really.

Hmmm, makes a point

[Savra]

I had two other good images in there but they wouldn't lode.

[General Brave]

We might as well with humanoid insects.

[Tankhead]

Why can't we have a mixture of both? Humanoid type insects can just be the hybrid of the race or the more develop insects

[General Brave]

Sure it can.