Seeds grow under all kinds of strange conditions, even during intergalactic travel. Rootborg is a heavy-hitting cyborg plant whose body is formed around high-tech weapons and armor, making it a uniquely powerful space combatant.
First released in Space Treecraft Marathon (October 21st, 2022)
Skills[]
Special
Skill
Target
Additional Effect(s)
Tech Juice
40
120
-
-
-
self:
Default
Skill
Target
Additional Effect(s)
Putrid Puncture
20
100
0
0
0
Spiky Caparace
0
100
25
0
0
Group 1
Skill
Target
Additional Effect(s)
Lacerated Skin
25
90
42
2
0
Needle Nest
0
100
38
2
0
Group 2
Skill
Target
Additional Effect(s)
Poke & Provoke
30
95
55
3
0
self:
Plant Prison
40
95
45
2
0
Group 3
Skill
Target
Additional Effect(s)
Sage Clot
30
90
47
3
0
Cunning Looks
0
100
59
4
0
Special
Tech Juice
-
40
120
-
-
self:
Default
Putrid Puncture
0
20
100
0
0
Default
Spiky Caparace
0
0
100
25
0
Group 1
Lacerated Skin
0
25
90
42
2
Group 1
Needle Nest
0
0
100
38
2
Group 2
Poke & Provoke
0
30
95
55
3
self:
Group 2
Plant Prison
0
40
95
45
2
Group 3
Sage Clot
0
30
90
47
3
Group 3
Cunning Looks
0
0
100
59
4
Lore[]
Rootborg is the end result of a doomsday escape mounted by a dying world. Scientists worked tirelessly to reverse the environmental destruction, but by the time everyone started working together, it was too late to save their planet.
In a desperate attempt to keep their civilization alive, the scientists launched every ship on the planet into space. Each one was stocked with farming equipment and seeds and staffed by a handful of survivors. Their mission was to find another world and resettle, but unfortunately, none of the ships were successful. The survivors died from hunger and cold, clutching their weapons desperately.
One victim died on a sack of seeds, and from this, Rootborg sprouted. At first, it was only a harmless plant. As it grew, however, it wound its vines around abandoned weapons, armor, and other advanced technology.
Deep-space radiation eventually gave the plant full sentience, but not a nice personality. Shifting the weapons and metal around its body to create a heavy carapace, Rootborg picked up its roots and sailed forward into the darkness of space, its mission as chaotic and mysterious as its origins.