The United Dominion wrote:Excidium Planetis wrote:Well, yeah, but the general reaction of humans (and probably other sapient species) is to wipe out a parasite that can turn them into slaves. The number of enemies my fungus race would have would be much greater with a negative form of control, than with a symbiotic relationship.
So, you have two assumptions here. The first is just assuming how anyone else reacts at all. You might be accurate, but you still probably shouldn't do it.
I'm not assuming. I am generalizing from personal experience both in RPs I have been in and from popular culture. I have RPed with nations that literally would go to war with my nation if I still had slaves, for that reason alone.
The United Dominion wrote:Add onto this assumption the fact that you're further not viewing this as having anything to do with cooperative RP but are still thinking with an RP mindset - namely, that you don't want to be "slavers" because "slavers" get destroyed. You're not focusing on the internal needs of the species as you might if you were just writing fiction on your own; you're focusing on "what do I need to do to not get curbstomped." The only place that makes sense is competitive RP.
I'm not afraid of being curbstomped, I'm afraid of only being in war RPs and not any cooperative RPs. It's kind of hard to arrange trade agreements when the default response is to kill you/liberate your slaves.
The United Dominion wrote:The second assumption is that your species can turn everyone into slaves. As I said to Void earlier, just because you can take over Generic Host Body doesn't mean your virus/bacteria/fungus can take over the bodies of all species. It's likely, especially in your case more than his, to be limited to very few; primarily, those native to the fungi's home planet and whoever else OOCly wishes to allow it.
So if my species is immune to your fungus, or is resistant and only gets mild irritations and headaches with some nausea, then why would it matter if it can take over hosts? It's a medical problem that we might help another species overcome but eradication isn't really on the top of the list there. If it's a sapient organism, it's even farther down the list since it can at least be reasoned with.
You have a point there, I guess. But then, any sapient species that existed on the home planet of this fungus would likely be susceptible, and thus also determined to destroy it (unless, of course, the fungus is symbiotic rather than parasitic).
The United Dominion wrote:I don't know how I am going to RP it yet, since I am just working on the idea. Unlike a lot of RPers here, I actually enjoy figuring out the mechanics of a nation more than RPing.
I guess that's your call, but this really is more for people intending to RP, not just people who want help with random ideas that have nothing to do with RPing. So, if I continue to discuss, it will still be from the perspective that you will eventually RP.
Of course I intend to RP as this fungus. I just find developing the mechanics of a nation more fun than RPing, and thus start with how the nation looks, then figure out how to RP it.