Twerg Species Proposal

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+# Twerg Species Proposal
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+## Overview
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+This proposal seeks to introduce a new species, the Crustacean/Isopod inspired species known as Twerg, 
+based upon the old High German name for Dwarves, This name is notably subject to change if desired though.
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+This species will have custom sounds, brand new sprites, and new additional sprites Ie. Speech boxes. 
+Beyond cosmetic changes Twerg mechanics will be based on an expanded version of the abilities previously granted to Dwarves. 
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+Twerg will have a norse-like accent, focused less on word replacements and more on speech pattern.
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+Twerg will have the ability to heal by metabolizing ethanol, however in exchange for buffing this healing,
+Twerg will be more resistant to all other chems, this includes poison, but also medication. The hope is that this could provide an interesting
+medical experience when treating Twerg, and to overall flesh out their pre-existing mechanic. 
+Once again, I am open to suggestions here in regards to balance and medical’s overall gameplay experience.
+In addition to the pre-existing mechanic, Twerg as a species will also be able to eat rotten food and trash to be in line with Isopods being detritivores.
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+## Background
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+Twerg were originally my stand-in for a dwarf replacement, but as of now dwarves no longer exist in Wizden servers. 
+I still believe this species is unique enough to stand on its own, and fill a niche that does not currently exist in SS14. 
+They are based upon Norse folklore for dwarves, which sometimes describes them as maggotlike, or to literally be maggots given human form. 
+So from there I decided on Isopods, which while aren’t related to maggots or beetles, are an interesting species,
+and could be further expanded into representing more types of crustaceans like crabs or lobsters.
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+## Design
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+### Core Visual Elements
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+Twerg are a short isopod inspired bipedal species, their main form of customization will come from a 
+set of shell markings ranging from the base Isopod one, to various other crustacean shells such as
+horseshoe crab shells or Puget Sound king crab shells. Twerg are short, wide, hunched and digitigrade. Much like Vox, they have a very unique shape and silloquette.
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+Aside from their shells, Twerg will be allowed limited custom facial hair, justified as antennae to lean into a more norse classically dwarfic aesthetic,
+and will be allowed a variety of colors inspired by real life crustaceans and Isopods, which can range from vibrant pinks and yellows, to deep dark blacks and browns
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+Their noises will likely be bug-like clicking or other sounds derived from various stock bug noises,
+though I am open to considerations regarding potential phobias related to these sounds.
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+#### Naming Scheme
+The Twerg naming scheme is inspired by the naming conventions of old norse cultures, with their given name,
+or first name consisting of either one or two components derived from common words or phrases, 
+for example a name with just one component could be “Baggi,” meaning bag, or pack.
+A name with two components could be “Bergljót” which comes from the roots “bjǫrg” and “ljótr”, meaning help/salvation and light respectively.
+These names are not tied to the character of a Twerg, but rather to their family, as Twerg are often named after their ancestors. 
+Along with that, related siblings will often share similar given names, usually keeping the first couple of letters similar or the same.
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+Twerg Surnames are based on Patronymics and Matronymics, a name that simply means “Son of [Blank]”, “Daughter of [Blank]”, or "Child of [Blank]." 
+So for example, the son of a Twerg named Hallbjǫrg’s Surname would be “Hallbjǫrgsson, the daughter of a Twerg named “Sveinn” would be “Sveinsdóttir.”, or the nonbinary child of a twerg named "Stígandr" would be "Stíganarbur", or they might just drop the suffix and just have the surname "Stíganar"
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+This is somewhat of a simplification of what I could find regarding old Norse naming schemes,
+and it does omit certain aspects such as the importance of word order and certain grammatical rules when it comes to Patronymics or Matronymics,
+but for simplicity's sake this is what I’m going with.
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+### Species Features
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+#### Alcoholic Healing
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+Twerg are able to uniquely metabolize ethanol, healing basic damage types like brute and heat,
+This gives them a tendency toward alcoholism and may potentially add flavor to their roleplay or backgrounds, 
+and potentially part of medical’s strategy for treating Twerg.
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+#### Numbness to chemicals
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+Twerg are a species who have evolved to be hardy, resistant to extreme conditions and substances. 
+Because of this they are resistant to all chemicals aside from Ethanol which acts as mentioned above. 
+This could potentially provide an interesting flavor when it comes to medicine, or antag play related to poison. 
+Flavorwise this should coincide with Twerg finding human food, drinks, and chemicals weak and or bland,
+preferring strongly flavored consumables, this resistance can also come from their naturally sensitive immune system,
+similar to that of Horseshoe crabs.
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+#### Detritovore
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+Twerg are able to eat things such as rotten meat and other various pieces of trash and ingest reagents like mold,
+vomit and vent crud with no issue because of being detritivores, while in real life this is limited to organic waste like dead leaves and carcasses, 
+it would be interesting roleplaywise to see Twerg play the role of a small clean-up crew aboard the station.
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+#### Heat Resilience and damage resistances
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+inspired by Isopods and certain, air breathing, tropical crabs Twerg take about 30% less heat damage, 
+however they are 20% weaker to cold damage
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+#### Claws
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+Similarly to vox and Lizard, Twerg have claws which do slash damage instead of blunt.
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+#### Theobromine and Allicin Toxicity
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+Theobromine is toxic to crabs, and allicin is toxic to Isopods, so both of these chemicals will poison Twerg,
+though not nearly as much as it would poison Lizards or Vox.
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+#### Metabolism
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+Twerg, much like Arachnids, have blue copper based blood due to both crabs and Isopods also having copper based blood.
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+Twerg breath Oxygen like most other species, though they are able to extract oxygen from water vapor as well.
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