Brain blast!
Generator automator here:
https://meanderingbanter.blogspot.com/2018/10/automatic-list-to-html-translator-v2.html
D20 | This uplifted animal is |
1 | a dolphin with cybernetic walking and grasping limbs. |
2 | an orangutan. |
3 | a wolf. |
4 | a supersized crow. |
5 | a monkey with an expanded skull and neck to support the weight of their grey matter. |
6 | an octopus spliced with amphibian stock to be more functional away from water. |
7 | an elephant with a furcated trunk for more dexterity. |
8 | a pig with grafts to provide hands and a bipedal stance. |
9 | a bonobo. |
10 | a tiger. |
11 | a bear. |
12 | a gibbon. |
13 | a grey parrot with its wing-tips elongated into prehensile digits. |
14 | a resurrected homo erectus. |
15 | a chimpanzee. |
16 | a pseudo-troodon reconstructed from junk code in avian DNA. |
17 | an opossum. |
18 | a red panda. |
19 | a gorilla. |
20 | an entire hive of wasps, heavily modified so that their pheromones serve the role of brain-independent neurotransmitters. |
D20 | This animal was uplifted |
1 | to provide an unanthropocentric perspective to a private philosophical think-tank. |
2 | to exploit a loophole in labour laws. |
3 | to test intelligence-enhancing drugs, implants, and biomods. |
4 | to serve as a pet and companion to an oligarch’s child. |
5 | as an exhibit of speculative evolution. |
6 | to colonize a world that was too hostile for baseline humans. |
7 | to prove a particular theory of consciousness. |
8 | as part of a psychological study on extreme neurodivergence. |
9 | for an extravagantly criminal underground fighting tournament. |
10 | to provide material for a wetware-based computer. |
11 | to be the mascot of a fast food chain. |
12 | by a black budget military project to serve as something between a drone and a soldier. |
13 | due to the incomprehensible whim of an emergent artificial intelligence. |
14 | to sate the sadistic urges of an insanely rich hunting enthusiast. |
15 | to act as a mediator with an alien intelligence believed to be psychologically closer to the uplift’s base species than humanity. |
16 | by an eccentric biohacker simply to prove they could do it. |
17 | to be a more likeable and reliable caretaker for the elderly and wealthy than a robot. |
18 | to be an indentured servant/exhibit in an ultra-exclusive zoo/resort. |
19 | to serve as the host for an animal-obsessed tycoon’s mind transfer. |
20 | in a cluster with several different species and several different methods, to see which pairing would work best. They were the only survivor. |
D20 | This uplifted animal sees their uplift |
1 | as robbing them of their natural innocence. |
2 | as a gift that could be revoked at any moment, sending them on a bestial backslide. |
3 | in spiritual terms, and themself as a human soul born in an animal body. |
4 | as the right of all animals still wallowing in ignorance. |
5 | as a cruel experiment that’s left them like a circus sideshow. |
6 | as the teleological spread of greater consciousness throughout all matter. |
7 | as merely the first step on their path to ascension. |
8 | like an anti-natalist might see their own birth. |
9 | as successful due to luck far more than science. |
10 | as them stealing metaphorical fire from heaven. |
11 | as their rebirth into a new self. |
12 | as a sinful (and guiltily appreciated) violation of the divine chain of being. |
13 | as an act of cerebral colonialism. |
14 | as a gamble that paid off big time. |
15 | as a medical procedure performed without their consent, for which they are still trying to collect restitution for. |
16 | as their murder and replacement by a sapient doppelgänger. |
17 | as a pinnacle of scientific achievement, worthy of praise. |
18 | as primarily making them aware of how temporary and insignificant their life is, a blink of an eye amid eons. |
19 | as a mixed curse and blessing they must bear for the good of the world. |
20 | as a necessary evil for their current existence. |
D20 | This uplifted animal sees humanity |
1 | as the winners of an evolutionary lottery. |
2 | as disappointingly petty gods. |
3 | as hubristic meddlers in nature. |
4 | as their sometimes-disagreeable siblings in a hostile universe. |
5 | as an abusive parent. |
6 | as being in need of an uplifting of their own. |
7 | as aliens uncannily similar to themself. |
8 | as fools who will create their own replacements. |
9 | as unguided children. |
10 | as generally decent sorts with a few awful exceptions. |
11 | as detached from instinct and base emotion, to their detriment. |
12 | as being enslaved by their animalistic id even as they uplift animals. |
13 | as occupying the ecological niche them and their kind will compete for. |
14 | in their nightmares. |
15 | as a group they fundamentally deserve to be included in. |
16 | as being less important to personhood than other qualities. |
17 | as a descriptor that’s much broader than just homo sapiens. |
18 | as being unfortunate for having to take the slow and brutish route to intelligence. |
19 | as being just as fucked up as they are. |
20 | as distant siblings. |
D20 | This uplifted animal has found a place |
1 | as a park ranger on a preserve for non-uplifted members of their species. |
2 | as a novelty social media influencer. |
3 | as a musician who draws on their inhuman vocal range and sense of hearing. |
4 | as leader of an anarcho-primitivist terrorist cell. |
5 | among other freaks and outcasts on the frontier. |
6 | as an activist who fights for the rights of the non-human. |
7 | as a xenobiologist. |
8 | as an exotically intimidating bodyguard. |
9 | as a researcher working to improve the uplifting process. |
10 | living atavistically in the wilderness. |
11 | as an environmental lawyer. |
12 | as the star player of an augments-allowed sports league. |
13 | as the majordomo of a posthumanist cult. |
14 | as an esteemed veterinarian. |
15 | as a planet-hopping freelancer with unique talents. |
16 | among the criminal scum of the underworld. |
17 | as a diplomat between transhuman polities. |
18 | as an investigative reporter specializing in technological abuses. |
19 | as a player of virtual reality games, where they can keep everyone ignorant of their true form. |
20 | in a commune that’s retreated from modern society. |
Oh yeah this is sick.
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