What is this?
(Plus, Q&A)
Field is an adoption that is based upon building a battalion to fight a monster, known as "The Great Beast", and its minions. Although it is based on war, there is no gore and hefty topics are avoided entirely. Building your battalion is not required, but you will be very restricted if you do not. (Sorry, the general needs soldiers.) There is no base line for adopts, so things could get interesting with different artists' styles. However, there are only three species available in Field; wolves/dogs, winged wolves, and foxes (All can have any colored markings and any kind of coat lenghth/type). Their lines will not be anything beside that except for special events. In those events animals can have special traits, and other animals may exist as well, such as cats or raccoons. In order to start out, go to the question, "How do I start?"
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Whenever a question is asked that could help other is asked, it will be put here with its answer. I may add some that haven't been asked yet, but may need clarification, as well.
Q&A
How do I adopt?
Go to the recruitment link. There you will see many animals up for adoption. Click on the one you like. Then, follow the instructions of the artist that made them. As long as there is no flag in the upper left corner of the drawing, you can still try to adopt them. If you win them you now own them.
The contest was supposed to end two days ago when will the results come in?
Artists get a total of three weeks to judge their contest after the end date. This gives them time to get around to it, just in case life gets in the way, or they forget. On the fourth week a PM will be sent to the artist. If the artist does not respond in five days a different artist will judge the competition, that way you don't have to wait too long!
You mentioned events?
Yes! Events will happen for a number of reasons. Holidays, milestones, etc. will spark an event. When that happens normal adopts will be momentarily halted or slowed depending on the event. New adopts will be underneath the event page during the event. At events there will be some recruits looking to join and chances are that they will look different from normal recruits. Some may even have different/added body parts, rare colors, etc. So be on the look out for those!
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How do I start?
It's easy to start out! You'll need a commander to have a battalion. In order to get a commander you can try to adopt one from underneath the "recruit page above. Once you have won a recruit, post a link to your battalion's thread in the archives. There, also in the archives, is information on how to level up. If you do not wish to keep your adopts in a battalion you will still need to go to the archives to check what restrictions you will have, so that you know whether or not to adopt new recruits.