Guidebook expansion?
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I just wanted to throw in a response since I know the Cms are busy with the holiday <3

We did use to have a much more comprehensive guidebook in terms of character creation - so you are probably seeing the vestigial remnants of that referenced.

Over time some parts of the Guidebook, especially the parts that limited a lot of player creativity, were taken out - I believe this was player driven. The CMs can correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that the more limiting parts of the GB were removed because they wanted to foster a less strict and controlling, more forgiving atmosphere. CM (and players) wanted a casual game so a lot of the more hardcore rules got revised to reflect that.

As it stands now, any species native to our setting is allowed. I believe there is actually an exhaustive list linked, for the wild faunas (which is region specific) -- but for the sake of character diversity I believe any NA species of wolf or coyote is allowed.

I do love the idea of a nice off-site reference for canine behavior though, and I don't think that is a bad idea to add at all! If you guys have any resources you'd like to see included somewhere in the GB, I think that's something that could easily be added in - you can PM or DM me any time and I can add!

As far as height and weight limits go.. the CMs historically do not actively police that in already active characters - but during account approval, if there is a character that exceeds the realistic morphology of the species, we have denied them in the past. I think the understanding is, that CMs trust the player-base to decide height/weight within reason. Most players don't include height and weight in their profiles, and disputes over size difference[s] in fights are thankfully few and far in between.
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Messages In This Thread
Guidebook expansion? - by Stigmata - November 22, 2018, 01:06 PM
RE: Guidebook expansion? - by Seabreeze - November 22, 2018, 01:08 PM
RE: Guidebook expansion? - by Rosencrantz - November 22, 2018, 01:13 PM
RE: Guidebook expansion? - by Indra - November 23, 2018, 02:23 PM
RE: Guidebook expansion? - by Stigmata - November 23, 2018, 03:09 PM
RE: Guidebook expansion? - by Rosalyn - November 23, 2018, 03:57 PM
RE: Guidebook expansion? - by Tux - November 25, 2018, 05:26 PM