Wurt Skill Tree Skill Branch Idea

[Russmaster2299]

Reptile whisperer: Allows Wurt players to remain neutral to Grass Gators, and grass Geckoes, thus can approach without them running away.

Bog Botanist: Allows you to use a razor to "sheer" Grass Geckoes and Gators. Sheering gives triple the yield for Grass and Twigs. 

Gator Tamer: Allows Wurt players to tame Grass Gators for use as mounts. Gators are slightly slower than their Beefalo counterparts, but can train quicker (maybe), Can eat meat (maybe? not sure) as well as Beefalo taming foods, are amphibious (so you can move over ocean), Fully tamed will never buck you off while riding (to prevent a watery dismount), and deal more damage on average. Also leads to Wurt specific rider crafts like Swampy saddles, and Gator Bar (equivalent to the beefalo bell).

[Saladmanders]

On 9/6/2023 at 5:13 AM, Russmaster2299 said:

Reptile whisperer: Allows Wurt players to remain neutral to Grass Gators, and grass Geckoes, thus can approach without them running away.

Bog Botanist: Allows you to use a razor to "sheer" Grass Geckoes and Gators. Sheering gives triple the yield for Grass and Twigs. 

Gator Tamer: Allows Wurt players to tame Grass Gators for use as mounts. Gators are slightly slower than their Beefalo counterparts, but can train quicker (maybe), Can eat meat (maybe? not sure) as well as Beefalo taming foods, are amphibious (so you can move over ocean), Fully tamed will never buck you off while riding (to prevent a watery dismount), and deal more damage on average. Also leads to Wurt specific rider crafts like Swampy saddles, and Gator Bar (equivalent to the beefalo bell).

Although the skills are interesting & would be fun to play with, I don't think Wurt & Merms are reptiles? I do like the idea of riding Grass Gators as Wurt. Would Grass Geckos still drop grass when Wurt is near? Also imagine if you will, if Grass Gators would still be able to drop sticks & items occasionally the same way Beefalo drop poop, would you have a sustainable, renewable ride which you can feed its own debris to?

[Russmaster2299]

4 hours ago, Saladmanders said:

Although the skills are interesting & would be fun to play with, I don't think Wurt & Merms are reptiles? I do like the idea of riding Grass Gators as Wurt. Would Grass Geckos still drop grass when Wurt is near?

I know that Merms are Amphibians, and less like Repiles. Main reason why I considered "Reptile whisperer" is due to their shared ecosystem of the swamps. Snakes, turtles, and crocodiles, and "Gators" tend to live in swamps, so I figured it would work fairly with the skill. As for the geckos, just sort of works with the skills name. I was also thinking that Wurt would either be able to walk closer before they run away, or that Wurt would instead be able to pick their tails, similarly to regular grass tufts.

 

4 hours ago, Saladmanders said:

Also imagine if you will, if Grass Gators would still be able to drop sticks & items occasionally the same way Beefalo drop poop, would you have a sustainable, renewable ride which you can feed its own debris to?

The gator being able to drop twigs and grass is a great idea, although being able to feed them back too it seems a bit too over powered. The regular grass gator doesn't seem to eat anything, and is a skittish beast, so I don't know if it's a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore. Maybe an omnivore, but has a much lower hunger drain. maybe even get's more hunger from food as well. Maybe steamed twigs and beefalo treats are still on the menu, but not raw twigs and grass.

[Arde]

I realy like the idea of grass gators being beefalos but in water but it shouldnt be exclusive to wurt. It would just turn her into walter 2.0