Caplings

Anatomy

General

The caplings have a stem which streches around 1.6 meters in the air. Then a cap sits on top with a hight of roughly 0.2 meters and a radius of 0.3 to 1 meters. These caps provide some level of defense. The strength of the cap depends on the type of capling. But every cap protects their soft body from the crystilline rain. Some types can infuse the cap with these crystals to harden the cap. The head is in the upper part of the stem and streches into the cap. The brain is only in the cap. From the upper part of the stem beneath the head Arms stick out. They have a deep connection to magic. That makes them sense the intensity of magic in their feet. They also have the ability to form magic in a simple way from the beginning of their life.

Vision

There are two types of vision. The first is an eye pointed to the front for normal sight. This eye grant great and very sharp two dimensional vision. To further locate their targets they use the magic mycelium. With that they have a feel for their surroundings within 10 meters.
For hearing, caplings use a system in the head at the connection to the cap close to the brain. For the system they have unique spiral formed holes at the side of the head. These spirals bounce the sound into the hearing system with differences based on the direction of the sound.

Energy

They get their energy from food. It gets digested and turned into energy.

Reproduktion

They reproduce with spores, which work like flying seeds. At the landing side of them, caplings slowly grow from the land itself using the power of magic. The time it takes to decuple them selfs from the ground depends on the strength of magic. This time streangthens the connection to magic.

Variants

Pointy cap

This variant can be distinguished by its special cap. Its a pointy cap with wrinkles in it. It streches over the head and covers the space where normaly the eye sits. To still see the eye is located in the cap itself.

Spore Cap

This variant has additional spore sacks. These spores harm the lungs of other creatures and poisons them.

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Life

growth rate

After the spores land on the ground the magic accumulates at the spores. Then roots form and slowly a body sprouts. To fully grow a body it needs around 3 Years. When this happens the young caplings decuple them from the land. In this time they learned basic survival from magic. With that knowlage they go on a search for other caplings. The difficulty of this search depends on the location they grew. For that communities especially in dangerous regions send scouts and rangers onto searches for young caplings. If the younglings survive the search they form a psychological connection with the community. There they get assigned a mentor from who they learn the basics of life and form their personality and interests.
After some years in the community the connection to it weakens. Then most Caplings go their way and travel a little bit. Some day they take an opportunity to learn a profession. Most of them settle down and follow their profession and jobs, but some start travel again when they are older.

Communities

They live in communities in cities forming there own district. These districts form the capling state. This state is mostly accepted within the borders of other states. The Free Isles are one of the state that don't accept this underground state. In the countryside they don't have a district, but they houses that can take in a few young caplings. Their biggest district is in Cohrmas in the City Rejdova Velky, the capital of the Free Isles of Cohrmas.