Post by Shadowcat on Jul 18, 2008 15:43:56 GMT -6
On profiles, you should include an age group for your character. You may also use numbers for more exact ages, but you need to include the age group. Animals age at the same rate in Amanija as real animals do, so, if you want to include how many years old they are, please research it on google or elsewhere. If you don't want to, then just put the age group.
In the following list, the numbers beside the age group specify the equivalent of ages a human would be to be in that age group. For example, the newborn group says 0 days to 3 years. That means animals in the newborn group, no matter what their actual age is, would act like a human who has just been born to a one year old baby. They are NOT the ages the animals must be to be in that group.
The Age Groups Are:
Newborn (0 days - 3 years)
Young (4 years - 8 years)
Juvenile (8 years - 13 years)
Adolescence (13 years - 18 years)
Adult (18 years - 40 years)
Mid-Adult (40 years - 60 years)
Elder (60 years+)
In the following list, the numbers beside the age group specify the equivalent of ages a human would be to be in that age group. For example, the newborn group says 0 days to 3 years. That means animals in the newborn group, no matter what their actual age is, would act like a human who has just been born to a one year old baby. They are NOT the ages the animals must be to be in that group.
The Age Groups Are:
Newborn (0 days - 3 years)
Young (4 years - 8 years)
Juvenile (8 years - 13 years)
Adolescence (13 years - 18 years)
Adult (18 years - 40 years)
Mid-Adult (40 years - 60 years)
Elder (60 years+)
- Animals must be in the adult age group before mating.
- Elders can no longer have children.
- Animals of different species (say, an elephant an a butterfly) may be mates as in an animal equivalent of marriage. (As long as they love each other, right?) But of course, cannot mate as in have offspring.
- You may decide on the number of offspring, any health defects, what they look like, etc. But please remember that not all babies will be healthy. Some may be born blind, others may be still borns, etc. And please keep the number of offspring within reason. Spiders can have several hundred babies. Elephants have one, etc. You could have an elephant that gives birth to two or something, but please don't have an elephant with 100 babies. Be realistic.
- Not all babies have to be role played. You can say something like "the spiderlings were all fighting to catch the ant first." But if you want to actually role play them, you need to make a profile for them. You can role play as many of the children as you want. If you want more role played but you don't want to do it, post in the adoptions board. If the owners of the mother and father characters are fighting over who gets to role play a baby (if there is only one baby born or if the mother wants to role play two and only two are born, etc) then the mother gets first pick. After the owner of the mother has picked a baby, the father may pick one, then the mother, then father, etc. The gender, color personality, etc of the baby is decided by whoever decides to role play it, even if someone posts in the adoption boards.
