# Idea: Parasites/Symbiots **URL:** \ **Category:** The Drawing Board\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160 "2014-02-21T21:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jaso11111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jaso11111/32/245_2.png) [@Jaso11111](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jaso11111)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/1 "2014-02-21T21:07:27Z")
So this literally just poped up in my head so its not exactly fleshed out… Ok so we got diseases and we got infections so why not parasites? For instance eating a piece of raw (or cooked but with a much lower change) meat may give you a tape worm that makes you take less nutrients from food. There could even be mutant versions! A mutant tapeworm could completle negate any nutrients you get and ,basically, starve you to death. Of course there could be the other side too, symbiots. For instance some form of plant organism that lives on your skin and provides you with sustenance or slowly heals you, when in direct sunlight. You would ,of course, have to take care of it as well. It could have a change to be hurt in melee combat or die if it dosent get any sunlight for a few days! So what do you thing? ---
**Author:** ![Mrnocamera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mrnocamera/32/61_2.png) [@Mrnocamera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrnocamera)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/2 "2014-02-21T21:12:44Z")
Sorry for being off topic, but I just saw your Avatar. Had to do it. “Wrex.” “Shepard.” “Wrex.” “Shepard.” “Wrex.” “Shepard.” “Wrex.” ---
**Author:** ![Jaso11111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jaso11111/32/245_2.png) [@Jaso11111](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jaso11111)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/3 "2014-02-21T21:26:41Z")
[quote=“Mrnocamera, post:2, topic:5160”]Sorry for being off topic, but I just saw your Avatar. Had to do it. “Wrex.” “Shepard.” “Wrex.” “Shepard.” “Wrex.” “Shepard.” “Wrex.”[/quote] \_\_ _l l_ QO ---
**Author:** ![Vronkio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vronkio/32/55_2.png) [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/4 "2014-02-21T22:22:06Z")
I can already imagine this becoming an alternative system akin to mutations and bionics. Parasite symbiotism. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cherry/32/230_2.png) [@Cherry](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/5 "2014-02-21T23:20:02Z")
Tapeworm disease from eating raw/rotten food. YUP Wild Gift/Fungus generic talent tree from ToME. YUP ---
**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/6 "2014-02-21T23:27:54Z")
Technically you already have a symbiotic relationship with this odd organism! Its pretty much ignored from a game play perspective, and is just there to hand-wave your magical health regenerating sleep and mutations. It will be elaborated upon and expanded sometime in the future, but that is possibly very far off from now. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cherry/32/230_2.png) [@Cherry](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/7 "2014-02-21T23:39:11Z")
Oh well now that I think about it, wouldn’t your odd organism be able to drive out other common parasites? If you wanted to have some kind of mutant tapeworm affecting you, what makes it so mutated anyways? I don’t understand what makes GIANT spiders GIANT :I ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/8 "2014-02-22T01:34:16Z")
Goop. ---
**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/9 "2014-02-22T01:51:56Z")
> [@John Candlebury](#): > > Technically you already have a symbiotic relationship with this odd organism! Its pretty much ignored from a game play perspective, and is just there to hand-wave your magical health regenerating sleep and mutations. It will be elaborated upon and expanded sometime in the future, but that is possibly very far off from now. This is what causes mutations, and why they happen due to radiation. The ooze is trying to evolve to defend itself against an unknown stimulus, radiation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-parasites-symbiots/5160/10 "2014-02-22T03:09:18Z")
So if we flash-irradiate ourselves we might be able to kill the goo?