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Indexes

This thread covers the indexes, which serve as our collection of plants/creatures/potions on the server. The forms for what are open are found here: creature form + plant formIf something here or in the other criteria pages confuses you, please contact a story member or post on our FAQ, found here.

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Biomes

The index is being changed to a more RP friendly setting, ecosystems. Rather than just submitting a plethora of creatures/plants to an area, we’ll be setting up ecosystems for different biomes. We will be wiping the index clean in terms of plants and creatures. Only essential plants will be retained (e.g. blissfoil), of which a list can be found in the spoiler below.

 

Each biome will be outfitted with an ecosystem, comprised of proposed creatures/plants. Each creature/plant will be added with a purpose of fitting into the ecosystem somehow. For instance, having a creature implemented as one of the predators that hunts smaller creatures or providing a new alchemical plant that also acts as a food source for another creature. This is to create a more dynamic environment for people who do exploration RP or for actors doing events in the area. 

 

Creatures

When it comes to the index, creatures are non-playable entities. This means that they are not something that a player can have as their persona, unlike how CA Races function. These can be regular animals like a special cow or some feral creature like a giant bat/lion fusion. Some of these can be tamable. Something to keep in mind is that we will not be accepting tameable creatures that are overpowered in terms of combat. Combat pets must be reasonable. 7 foot wolves that can kill people in one bite are an example of unreasonable.

 

Creatures being added to the index need to add to the ecosystem in some manner. When filling out the form, make it clear in the characteristics section if it is a “carnivore”, “herbivore”, or “omnivore” and whether they are a “hunter” (kills other things for its food), “scavenger” (eats leftovers/waste/things left behind by other creatures) or “gatherer” (consumes plants/other things that grow naturally). This will dictate how your creature is treated in the ecosystem, along with determining if they are needed or not. If you are submitting a hunter in an ecosystem full of them, it will likely be denied.

 

Plants

Plants added to the index are plants that can be found in-game, dependent on their rarity. These plants should exist for some reason, whether it be to add a new alchemy reagent or to serve as food for a particular animal. This does not need to be in such an impactful way as the creatures. For example, a plant that grows from the corpses of animals or a plant that is just a food source for an animal is fine.

 

Another thing to keep in mind is that a plant that acts as a deadly poison and instantly kills someone or a plant that can turn into a salve that instantly heals people are not the types of plants we are looking for. Aim for more mild effects and add some variety to the plant if you’re making something bigger like a tree. For example, a special tree could have wood that acts a special way, along with the bark and leaves each having unique traits. This allows for the plant to be used in multiple ways and open up multiple routes of RP.

 

Two examples of plant types:

Spoiler

Detritivores are what you could deem as 'scavenger' organisms, in the sense of stationary decomposers. They break down dead matter, helping decompose other dead creatures and plants and keeping an ecyosystem clean. This includes algae, lichen, mushrooms, and all other sorts of fungi. This also concerns some types of bacteria and viruses, though submissions for those will be scrutinized heavily to see if they would or would not fit the niche of an environment. If you wish to submit a Detritivore as part of an ecosystem, keep in mind the environment that it thrives in, and that it fits the niche of the area you are submitting it for. Repetitive, similar submissions that mimick generic and existing plants IRL will be denied, whilst submissions that are unique and add something, aesthetic or otherwise, to their environment will be considered moreso.

 

Producers are any organism that is stationary, and generates energy for their ecosystem from the sun and mayhaps other sources. At second lowest in the ecosystem, only above Detritivores, each ecosystem is expected to have a large amount of Producers to support a population of consumers. Submissions of this variety need to account for growing conditions, what niche they fill, and the creatures that uses them as a food source. Alternative features, such as bizarre or magical effects, need to be balanced and relatively mild.

 

Potions

Currently not being accepted due to the alchemy changes going on at the moment. This section will be updated when those changes are finalized.

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