General Sphinx Questions!

[wolfrysk]

Thanks Mr. Pooka! I know the qwop game upgrade Aranea did a couple years ago, she also offered the face mod I believe (I got it on the Sphinx I upgraded at that time) Great to know! Thank youuu <3

[Angel_of_Music]

Question on the ram/round horns. Is it possible to have them made a little smaller and not quite as big? The girl I want made has ram horns, but hers are more...'dainty' for ram horns.

[wolfrysk]

A question about old wig "vouchers" like this one:


Do these only grant whatever wig they show, or can they now count as wig vouchers and span all wigs?

[Mr. Pooka]

May 24, 2020 18:59:11 GMT -5 Angel_of_Music said:

Question on the ram/round horns. Is it possible to have them made a little smaller and not quite as big? The girl I want made has ram horns, but hers are more...'dainty' for ram horns.

Hummm, My first though and easy answer would be no... specifically with the Ram horns because of the way they wrap around the ears... Now, that being said, I still did a quick test to see, and I could actually shrink them a bit and make it look nice, but only if you were using a wig/hairstyle that covered up the forehead. (because Peeking behind the curtain, you would noticed the base would be to high and not look right unless sneakily hidden.)

like this (there's some sloppy masking and little mistakes here, but it shows what I mean)...

[Mr. Pooka]

May 24, 2020 19:16:55 GMT -5 wolfrysk said:

A question about old wig "vouchers" like this one:


Do these only grant whatever wig they show, or can they now count as wig vouchers and span all wigs?

any of the old wig images or vouchers or the animated wig image all work like a modern voucher and can be used for any available wig, (-8

(For a history note, way back when there was only a couple of wig options if you can believe it, lol, and some were going to have different price points... but that quickly became more confusing than it needed to be... The spiritual successor to this formula is in how we do prestige wigs now.)

[Angel_of_Music]

Hmmm...thank you Mr. Pooka!

[springacres]

For growings, I have a couple questions:

1) do twins/triplets count as one slot or do they require separate slots? (I assume separate slots, obviously)
2) is growing limited to cubs from current artists? (assuming yes, but asking just to be sure)

(aka - Nafretiri and Kahotep are very tired of having 3 teens at home)

[tierasa]

Mr. Pooka Could I please get a little clarification on the teen rule? Am I understanding correctly that if I grow a child who let's say has a silky sha-tail and that trait isn't templated for teens, the teen will either have a silky tail (providing it's templated) or lose that trait permanently?

EDIT: Also, can dice be used in the new breedings/growings to increase chances of traits passing?

EDIT2: One more... will items be available for purchase for your forms for growings/breedings. Such as if I want to skip the teen stage can I pay for an hourglass if I don't have one in my inventory.

[wolfrysk]

Regarding the hourglass. Since we are moving away from the infant stage of sphinxes, is it possible that already existing infants will count as "children" if a user wishes to use a single hourglass to skip them to the adult stage? Or would that take two hourglasses because they would HAVE to be grown into a child first?

(Does that make sense? I don't know. I'll use an example?)

I have for example this baby


I'd like to get him grown into an adult. Since he is an infant that is semi-defunct now in the process of things, could he be considered in a "child" stage and when growing time comes around, could I use a single hourglass to skip him to adult like I would do with a Child sphinx skipping teen?

[Mr. Pooka]

Feb 13, 2021 22:22:05 GMT -5 springacres said:

For growings, I have a couple questions:

1) do twins/triplets count as one slot or do they require separate slots? (I assume separate slots, obviously)
2) is growing limited to cubs from current artists? (assuming yes, but asking just to be sure)

(aka - Nafretiri and Kahotep are very tired of having 3 teens at home)

#1 - at the moment (and foreseeable future) a slot can be used to grow ONE Sphinx. (for RP reasons it would make sense to grow twins and such at the same time but I've been working on a system that tries to give everyone a chance to breed/grow... so this is more a matter of the artist workload than RP realism. If I can ever find a way to strike a better balance I'll pounce on it, (-8)


#2 - Growing is not limited by artist in any way. I'll also mention that we've had plenty of different styles and growings by other artist are totally subject to their own style and interpretation. (If a particular artist was around for customs, you could always try to grab one of their slots to have something grown, but with a few artists ghosting and leaving children behind people shouldn't feel stuck and still have a growing option!)

[springacres]

#1 - makes perfect sense about one slot per Sphinx

#2 - thank goodness I'll still be able to turn my teen triplets into adults someday, though their parents have now sworn off having kids!

[Mr. Pooka]

Feb 13, 2021 22:48:29 GMT -5 tierasa said:

Mr. Pooka Could I please get a little clarification on the teen rule? Am I understanding correctly that if I grow a child who let's say has a silky sha-tail and that trait isn't templated for teens, the teen will either have a silky tail (providing it's templated) or lose that trait permanently?

EDIT: Also, can dice be used in the new breedings/growings to increase chances of traits passing?

EDIT2: One more... will items be available for purchase for your forms for growings/breedings. Such as if I want to skip the teen stage can I pay for an hourglass if I don't have one in my inventory.

Teens - at the time being, there will not be any new traits templated for teens (they tend to take a lot of work, vs time that can be spent templating things for adults that will get 20Xs the use.). So, for now, a child with a trait that is not templated for teens will have the trait removed or replaced with something similar (puberty is just rough for some Sphinxes!). Normally the second option would be just to skip the growth stage with an hourglass to grow with all the traits... Now, being that this is a test run and no one has had access to breeding/growing items in a while I'll add an extra note that for this first round of breeding/growing, if someone is stuck with a child they want grown but the traits are not available for teens then can skip the teen phase and go strait to adult without having to use an hourglass item.

(as one more side note, Hourglasses will be very inexpensive and fairly common items)


Dice - Yupper, dice can be used to reroll almost any roll with Sphinxes, (-8 (It doesn't change the % odds, so, for example, you wanted to get wings and only one parent had wings the chance is 25%. If Pooka rolled and did not get wings she would use your dice to roll the 25% chance again, (-8. Two notes, first if the dice is not actually needed (ex. Pooka rolled to give them wings on the first try) the dice would not be used and stay in your inventory. Second, if you have them, you could add as many dice as you want for rolls!)


Items - I won't be selling any items before the our first round. (I really want to make sure this goes smoothly and I don't want to sell anyone something we might tinker with a bit...) That being said, we are trying to give a bunch of stuff out this weekend and Pooka wants to try to get a bunch done right away so the first list might go much faster. As long as everything works out well for everyone I should have some stuff for sale before we put up a second thread.

[Mr. Pooka]

Feb 14, 2021 14:32:39 GMT -5 wolfrysk said:

Regarding the hourglass. Since we are moving away from the infant stage of sphinxes, is it possible that already existing infants will count as "children" if a user wishes to use a single hourglass to skip them to the adult stage? Or would that take two hourglasses because they would HAVE to be grown into a child first?

(Does that make sense? I don't know. I'll use an example?)

I have for example this baby


I'd like to get him grown into an adult. Since he is an infant that is semi-defunct now in the process of things, could he be considered in a "child" stage and when growing time comes around, could I use a single hourglass to skip him to adult like I would do with a Child sphinx skipping teen?

The short answer is you are correct, (-8

I'll add a few notes and details for clarity. (beyond your question a bit but to make sure I'm explaining everything right, (-8)

Infants and Children are (for the most part) considered the same stage now, so yes you could use one hourglass to grow your infant into an adult (skipping the teen phase.)

Using the Breeding/Growing threads all new baby Sphinxes will be made using the Child template.

If someone really really wanted, they could have an infant grown into a child instead of a teen.

[tierasa]

Thanks, Mr. Pooka. That helps with things.

[Phoenix Stardancer]

If one person in a breeding plan has the needed item can they provide it even if they are not posting the form?