Game Updates

[Officials]

January 13, 2021

Auto Quests

You may use an auto quest for the following:

• color/marking change or addition,
• requesting a 0-space trait,
• transferring a trait to another character.

You may only use an auto-quest once every RL month.

Once the auto-quest is complete, post in Updates with link(s) to the thread(s) showing your complete auto-quest to have your character's account updated.

You may only auto-quest for one trait at a time, and you cannot go over the trait limits set in the rules.

In each scenario, you may make up any reason for how your character gets their trait, new color, etc. except saying that your land granted you the trait. Beqanna's lands do not grant traits to characters.

The guidelines for each type of auto-quest vary and can be found below.

0-Space Traits

• Write at least 1,500 words about how/why/when your character gains their new 0 space trait.
• Did they win their trait in a bet? Were they bitten by a radioactive possum? Did they do a favor for a fairy or magician?
• Several posts can be combined to reach the word total

Color/Marking Change or Addition

• Write at least 1000 (one thousand) words about how/why/when your character gains their new color change.
• Did they fall into a green puddle and get stained? Did they wake up with a new color? Did they go to the mountain and get a quest?
• Several posts can be combined to reach the word total

Transferring a Trait

• Both characters involved must be active characters and each write at least 1,000 words explaining how the trait is transferred.
• Traits that are transferred automatically become non-genetic. You cannot transfer already non-genetic traits.
• Several posts can be combined to reach the word total

[Officials]

November 10, 2021

Damage Rolls in Battles

We are adding damage rolls to battles (thanks to Cal for the legwork on this!). See below for the rule updates as well as a google doc that explains how damage rolls will work. This is still in "beta", so to speak, and we'll be testing it out and changing as necessary.

New Rules:

1. Officers will roll for damage after each post with an attack in a battle.
   
2. At the end of each battle post, tag @Officials to have damage rolled. You may not post the next round of the battle until the damage has been rolled. The time limit between posts will be counted from the time of the damage roll.
   
3. Players still choose how the damage is inflicted and how it affected their characters in posts, but will be expected to take damage in accordance with the damage roll.
   
4. You can learn more about Damage Rolls here.
   

Damage Roll Guide (this will be added to the site....somewhere.)

Updated Battle Rubric

We've also updated the battle rubric to remove overlap and separate out the categories that are being judged. You can see the new rubric here. This is also subject to change after some testing, but hopefully this one will work better (*cough*Kyra and Devin have hated the rubric since they wrote the first one but we were too lazy to update it till now, lol*cough*)

[Officials]

April 11, 2022

A few rule updates officially (all the companion rules have been previously announced but never actually made it into the rules).

Flora and Fauna Quests:

1. Write at least 1,500 words about how/why/when your character discovers a new plant or animal.
   
2. Did they get bitten on the nose in their sleep by a tiny blue spider? Did they stumble onto a plant that somehow got stuck to them and won’t get off?
   
3. Several posts can be combined to reach the word total. Posts can be by multiple characters so long as all the characters live in the land receiving the new flora/fauna (if for a common land, character residency does not matter).
   
4. Final definitions of flora and fauna are subject to officer discretion.
   

Companions:

1. Companion animals (any type, i.e. starlight, etc.) are not considered traits.
   
2. A horse may only have one companion animal. Characters are completely connected to their companion — if the character dies, so does the companion. If the companion dies, the character doesn’t get another one and they’re probably pretty bummed. They have a telepathic bond with each other.
   
3. All companions are mini-horse sized or smaller.
   
4. Companions are intangible to other characters; they can be seen by others, but cannot be touched, felt, or communicated with. However, companions can interact with each other — talk, fight to the death, whatever.
   
5. Companions cannot be used in battle except as mild forms of distraction with  the other players’ permission.
   
6. Companions can be earned similarly to traits (quest/raffle/birthday prizes) and can be auto quested for.
   

[Officials]

May 6, 2023

A quick rule update to quests.

Quests for 5-space traits:

1. In order to petition the Mountain to quest for a 5-space trait, the character must already have a 4-space trait related to the trait they’re questing for (i.e. Demon to Archdemon, Darkness Manipulation to Night Entity). Feel free to ask officers/owners if your trait(s) qualify, but it must be a 4-space.
   
2. In the petition, they must link to 15 posts that have been posted in the last 90 days. At least 5 of those posts must indicate they currently use the ability they are seeking to upgrade.
   
3. Players may petition for a 5-space trait once every RL year. If a request is denied, players only need to wait one RL month to petition again.