Event Race/Creature Submissions

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Event-Only Races/Creatures

This thread covers Event Races/Creatures and the formatting required for them. Do not confuse this for the creatures on the index, as they are two separate things. If something here or in the other criteria pages confuses you, please contact a story member or post on our FAQ, found here.

 

What Is It?

An Event-Only Race or Creature is a submission that is reserved for events and is also one that is meant to be thoroughly fleshed out. Index creatures are meant for minor creatures that, while they can be used for hunts, are meant to just add to an ecosystem and give life to the biome. Event races/creatures should have a lot more depth to them so they can be used in events whenever. This sort of submission can have high levels of power or abilities as they are meant to be event only, and thus we don’t need to worry about balancing as much as we would if it was in player hands.

 

Bear in mind that if your creature/race is considered rather powerful, it will likely be locked behind ST management to prevent it from being abused as other creatures have been in the past. Other locked creatures include dragons and their sub-creatures (dragaar/drakaar), aengudaemonic entities (i.e. the Aspects), some historical entities and deific/aengudaemonic entities, and anything that approaches such power/significance as these.

 

It’s advised, if making an ET-only creature, to make ones geared towards event-play as a result, not towards day-to-day play. There’s a difference between prolonged, daily roleplay and events catered by the ET, even with heavy roleplay or non-combat events. Weaknesses are also advised, especially for monsters or entities meant for combat roleplay, so that an exploitable quality of them can be used by the players interacting with them in the event to defeat them. They generally should be defeatable by a group at least.

Formatting

There are no special formats specifically for this, but we ask you use the following as references when writing your race/creature. Event actors do not need to conform to the normal lore standards, but it is still helpful to flesh out your piece and give the actors an idea of what they are utilizing. Things such as culture and how the creature/race act are things that an actor would need to be aware of, but when it comes to things such as abilities it can have more leeway.

 

If your piece is for an event race, this here is a good reference. If your piece is for an event creature, this here is a good reference. Use [Event Race] or [Event Creature] in your forum thread title to distinguish what it is.