[xi'rika]

Mark!!!! I love them!

Maybe armor could be something horses with earth/plant powers wove together? Like a breast plate made if thorns? Or a helmet of emeralds the horses with powers of the earth hath called upon the earth to form?

Magical cat companions?

[Chromium]

Um yes please?

[Griddle]

Mark!!!! I love them!

Maybe armor could be something horses with earth/plant powers wove together? Like a breast plate made if thorns? Or a helmet of emeralds the horses with powers of the earth hath called upon the earth to form?

Magical cat companions?

Aw thank you!

The earthy armors sound really cool! It makes me think of the Barkskin spell. xD Those are definitely possibilities! I'm sure there could be things like ice armor, too. I'm thinking there will be metal smithing but it may be collaborative work between multiple horses (doing different things with their magic) or even horses and other inhabitants of the valley.

I've considered companions, too! I just don't know if they'll have any side effects or stat boosters or anything, or just be for show. They might be difficult to incorporate into the adopt images (what if you want adopt a familiar released after your adopt was made?) so they might just be added on the adopt's page.

Um yes please?

Workin' on it! 👌

[Griddle]

Alrighty, so I have lines and color-locks done, and I'm working on adding some basic edits to the base (feathering, beards, some horns, wings etc.) There's a list of edit ideas and rarities here, but is there anything there you guys would like to see? Rarity suggestions?

[Chromium]

Hmmm are certain types more likely to be in a certain elemental class? Like horned pones more likely to be in a class and winged ones in another? And are they more like tribes for each element without a "overall leader" or is there a position of power over all of them combined?

[Griddle]

Hmmm are certain types more likely to be in a certain elemental class? Like horned pones more likely to be in a class and winged ones in another? And are they more like tribes for each element without a "overall leader" or is there a position of power over all of them combined?

Not really! At this point I'm adding in the elemental stuff more as lore and flavor than adoption traits.

I thought I'd try letting people decide what element--if any--their horses are affiliated with, more like a multiple-deity religion for them than elemental classes. A pone trapped might call upon the air spirits to help free themselves, or a pregnant mare might leave offerings at a dark shrine for luck with a safe delivery. There may be horses that act as priests for the different elemental spirits, helping others in their community and advocating the values their chosen element stands for. That kind of thing! It's more for RP/character ideas than anything, and you can choose to ignore it totally if you want and just have a sparklepone. =)

At this point I'm thinking of leaving what magic/spells a pone might be capable of up to the owner too, since it might get reeeeally complicated really quickly to try and figure out different spells and then treat them as breedable traits aaa.

If you meant social classes--I'm not sure how those work yet, or if it'll be a class-based society at all! I'd love to hear opinions on what people would like to see. =)

EDIT TO ADD BRAINSTORMY STUFF: Thinking about having monthly(?) creative prompts, which owners can write stories or draw pictures of their adopt to complete to earn currency which can be spent in a special shop for things like companion animals, breeding items and custom tokens. Very possibly providing npc pones for non-owners so they can participate too. :3

A separate archival thread for tracking each adopt, not just owner (and transfers) but companions, job, etc.

A banking thread where each person gets a personal post, and edits their post to keep track of their currency, items, etc. You'll have to link to forums posts where you were given the currecny or items, if they've been spent or used, all that stuff!

Going back to classes, with thanks to the people who suggested it, I'm thinking about a job system. Napple Valley is not the safest place for pones! Other critters such as dragons very well may prey on them. To combat that there may be a warrior or guardian job, and then gosh you'd probably want a healer job to keep them patched up and take care of the sick. The aforementioned priests who are dedicated to their chosen element and community might be a thing. Maybe sorcerers who are strong in various elemental spells? Again this is all for fun so you can ignore it and be a commoner if you wish!

[sillies]

mmmark

[astral.]

Mark so hard <3
Such cayoot beans :0

[xi'rika]

Love the background!

[Griddle]

Love the background!

Thank you! I was trying to go for that retro pokemon anime feel haha.