(Name of the creature ): Borps
(Picture reference including credit to artist)
Designed by Neal Scanlan
Image by Chalecus (deviantart)
Habitat: The Borps can be found in mountainous and forested environments, as they opt to nest in higher-up areas, that being ridges along the mountains, or high in the trees.
Size: Borps are usually about a foot tall, yet their young hatchlings would range to be only a few inches. Due to their small size, they usually only weight two to four pounds.
Diet: Borps feast on a omnivorous diet, similar to many other seabirds, eating foods such as worms, nuts and berries, and even discarded food left behind by people, such as leftover pieces of lettuce and celery.
Temperament: Borps are generally docile little seabirds, bound to use their small wings to flap up and bite when threatened.
-Brief Summary of the Creature -
Characteristic: (Behaviour, Reproduction, Gathering food)
The Borp, as a creature, live on rocky coastlines, in coastal forests, and on beaches. Borps are usually well behaved little seabirds, yet they follow a pack mentality. When a fellow member of their flock is in danger, they tend to come together to use their numbers to scare off prey. Borps are crafty little birds, tending to swipe things from visitors to their habitats, such as small pieces of their food, coins, arrowheads, and in rare cases, large sticks. Borps tend to lay eggs in nests made of grasses and sticks, and they follow a general roosting behavior, where the male Borp stays with the eggs to keep them warm. Borps are characterized by their white-feathered bellies, with dark grey and dark brown feathers on their backs. They also have either orange or clay colored feathered accents around their beady little eyes. Borps have webbed feet, making them excellent swimmers in water.
The noises that Borps make are in the form of small, loud warbles, making a GWAH noise with every warble. Other than the warble, they tend to make small chirps on the side, however. Borps tend to be afraid of those who pose a threat, such as a those who run at them quickly, attempt to pick them up without their trust, and of course, attempting to hurt them.
Origin:
Borps were originally found as the descendents arrived at the beaches of Atlas, their large, beady eyes and their egg shape attracting birdwatchers and admirers from all around. The Atlasian shorebirds began to adapt to lifestyles around new coastal settlements, flapping themselves onto rooftops and thriving off of stolen food.
Weaknesses:
Borps have multiple weaknesses, many shared by other small birds. Their smaller stature makes them harder to hit, yet they aren’t durable from many attacks.
LM Approval Required: No.
If playable, what are redlines?:
-It’s unlikely that a Borp would be useful in a fight, and it carries no lethal parts to their body.
-Borps tend to not be loners, tending to stay in packs with their flock. However, if they are tamed, they will consider their owner as a part of their flock.
-Borps do not have tail feathers or sharp teeth.
-Borps, due to their inexperience with sentient beings, tend to trust descendants, allowing them to get close, and even pet them. Borps are almost never hostile to those who don’t pose a threat to them.