04. Character Creation
11-25-2014, 06:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-22-2019, 08:10 AM by Nyx.)
Mating & Litter Rules
1. On Ardent, a wolf does not reach sexual maturity until 2 years of age. However, a teen pregnancy pass can be purchased from the Gemstone store.
2. Female characters go into heat in the season which they were born beginning at 2 years of age. To breed outside their season a "Season Breeding Pass" may be purchased.
3. When characters reach 8 years of age or older they are considered infertile or unlikely to conceive. For characters of this age to breed an "Aged Breeding Pass" must be purchased from the Gemstone store.
4. For players to have a litter, both the mother and father must have 50 posts or more each, and must have completed a breeding thread. The breeding itself needs to be done, but the thread can be incomplete at the time of applying for the pups. Both the male and the female must have a fade post for the mating to be considered done.
5. Mothers whom belong to a pack may have up to three free pups; but a dice roll will determine the number of free pups in their litter. After this number is determined players are free to buy additional pups for their litter from the gem-store; with the maximum amount of pups in a litter being 5.
6. Mothers who are loners, or members of a band, may have up to two free pups; but a dice roll will determine the number of free pups in their litter. After this number is determined players are free to buy additional pups for their litter from the gem-store; with the maximum amount of pups in a litter being 3.
7. Male characters may have up to 4 litters in an in-character year. To exceed this restriction an "Extra Breeding Pass" may be purchased in the gem-store. Females may have up to 1 litter per in-character year.
8. If either parent of the litter has a rare trait that can be purchased in the gem-store, the item is 25% discounted for the pup’s player. If both parents have this trait then the item is 50% discounted from the store. These traits include extra height, albinism, abnormal color, odd colored markings etc. Does not include markings types or jewelry. Please note that when getting full body abnormal color it MUST come from the parents, same for odd colored marking. This means that if they parent(s) carry green colors, the pup cannot get a discount on purple coloration.
9. Birthing threads cannot be started before the due date (per Ardent time) and must be started within one OOC week of the date. If a birthing thread is not started within one week the litter is considered stillborn and the pups cannot be played.
10. Pup profiles must be completed and in acceptance on or before the pups' playable date, or they will no longer be playable or adoptable. That means two weeks after the due date, any pups not already in acceptance will be considered to have died or never to have existed (the parents' players will decide this depending on if they have been NPC'd up to that point or not).
Concerning Litters with Multiple Fathers
1. Litters with more than one father will be exceedingly rare. As such, they must all be approved by staff before an app is posted. If it is not approved only one father may be specified for the litter and this cannot be changed later.
2. Individual pups must only have one father - both male wolves cannot father the same pup. A pup will not carry traits from more than one father and it must be specified OOC which wolf was the father for each pup even if it is unknown in character. If a pup is readopted later the father can not be changed.
3. If the mating do not occur within the same thread, all mating threads must have begun within one OOC week of the others for it to be allowed.
4. All potential fathers must meet the post and age requirements for mating to be considered in the staff's decision. They may not father pups if they do not meet requirements, regardless of the circumstances.
5. All players whose characters are involved must specifically agree to it for it to be allowed; otherwise, their character cannot be used.
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