the man.. the myth.. the legend.. everyone knows this one πͺ
i absolutely love how this thing has played such a huge role in all of the non-seasonal adventures!!
i remember when the adventures were first introduced, they definitely had me on edge as a kid whenever they popped up on my screen π i did not like the sound effects
also curious as to what these were inspired by? to me the phantoms look like some kind of polluted jellyfish hybrid..
made a quick drawup for my musings of phantom reproduction ! ill elaborate on stuff more beneath the cut
phantoms reproduce asexually and house their eggs into phantom pods, usually stored in hives protected by phantom webs; all made up of phantom mucus. the first real stage of phantom development stems from the proto-phantom, which slowly develops limbs into your standard phantom.
it's possible for a phantom to propagate proto-phantoms with a lost limb. this cannot be done with shedded tentacles, only healthy and newer ones. these propagated phantoms will develop normally and are still standard phantoms, but will generally be weaker and a little smaller. a propagized phantom cannot propagate themselves, but can lay eggs.
it's important to know that standard phantoms will always be black, have six tentacles, and have a glossy sheen that is typically a shade of purple. they also have an aura (the thing u see during adventuring that decides whether or not they're aggro)
synthetic phantom production is the processing of mashing together or using decomposed standard phantom remains to create "drone" phantoms. these phantoms typically are "programmed" to do one job or an action (examples being pedaling phantom fans or blocking off waterways) and will do that until they die or wear down enough to stop working.
after a standard phantom dies, it's corpse will either be grinded into a pulpy mess or allowed to decompose naturally. then, it will slowly develop into a synthetic proto-phantom.
a synthetic proto-phantom can develop further into a phantom fish, phantom goop, phantom coral, phantom watcher, and potentially more.
however, if treated with a specific balance of green and purple phantom mucous, it can develop into synthetica. these are weaker phantoms that have more limbs, variation in size, eyes, colors, and mucous color. synthetica do not have auras and are much more aggressive than standard phantoms.
synthetica also may be mashed up into phantom remains to create strange, more experimental, and far more unstable synthetica. some of these are called pet or toy phantoms, which have no prey drive or aggression.
synthetic phantoms are said to be non-sentient; whether this is true or not is up for debate.
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