myddvai | [OOC] Build-A-Pulled Workshop

BUILD-A-PULLED WORKSHOP
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Greetings and welcome to Myddvai's First Season! We are very honored to have you stop by and show interest in our game. Take a look around and let our mod team know if you have any questions!

Feel free to join us in the game discord! While it's not required, we recommend joining to keep up to date with game announcements. Moderation will now also be running a plurk account for this game!

This workshop is the first step into the World of Myddvai.

Player-controlled characters are known as the "Pulled".

Pulled will arrive in the game as a Myddvai Breed, which players can learn about in depth on our Breeds and Magic Page. Your choice of Breed is very important! Breed choice will affect what magical abilities your character has, as well as transform them physically and aesthetically.

Transformation elements in this game are at OOC discretion and customizable to suit individual player comfort. Characters can arrive fully transformed from moment one or slowly acquire their new features throughout the run of the game. However, all Pulled must be visually recognizable as their designated Breed.

Please choose a Breed that is appealing OOCly, first and foremost. This is not an IC choice!

Each Breed has a few "required" traits that need to be included in a character's new design. Optional elements are simply further suggestions and not a complete list of possibilities. We did not want to create an overly restrictive guide, but rather work with players to build a unique Pulled design for their character!

Moderation will be on-hand in this post to answer questions, bounce ideas off of, and clarify any limitations. We encourage players to brainstorm and discuss ideas with one another, as well! This workshop is for the player's benefit and is not binding. Final decision is to be submitted within the application to the game proper.

If you are interested in joining, you can request an invite on our Invites Page. Our current Test Drive Meme can be found here and is open to all!

Our current game cap is (40) players, limited to (1) character per player.

This game will last for (15) Months, so take a look at our game calendar which accounts for the full run of Myddvai's First Season!

Considering a character with a future tech limb? Aid devices like mechanical limbs or other body parts will be replaced by the Springtide Druids, with Bottle Prosthetics Visual Guide (also in Plain Text Here.)

Available Choices
HUMANS

Height Range: Generally between 5' (~152cm) to 6'6"(~198cm).
Guardian Dragon: Ydris, the Fire Dragon.
Magic Summary: Inner warmth that manifests as innate charm and animal friendship.

Human Traits

Required:
Traditional human stuff, you all know this one.

Optional:
Eye and hairstyles that are unnatural in color or vibrancy! Live your jewel-toned anime hair dreams.

GIANTS

Height Range: 6' (~183cm) to 9'(~275cm) tall.
Guardian Dragon: Ygrayne, the Land Dragon.
Magic Summary: Spellcasters that can compel sleep and control dreams

Giant Traits

Required:
Human face and torso over a faun or centaur body structure, with cloven or hooved feet.
A "crown"; a horn or set of horns/antlers/spikes on their temple.
Animal tail.
Animal ears in place of human ones.

Optional:
Mix-matched features, inconsistent to a single animal or mythical creature. (ex. Horse ears, with ram horns and a boar body.)
Natural equine, caprine, bovine, and/or porcine coat patterns.
Unnaturally vibrant or colorful coat patterns!
Matching head/mane hair to tail hair.
Additional fur at the nape, shoulders, arms, or down the spine.
Rectangle or diamond pupils.

ELVES

Height Range: Natural height between 4' (~121cm) and 5'6" (~167cm), but this does not account for their magic.
Guardian Dragon: Arthur, the Light Dragon.
Magic Summary: Growing and shrinking of organic matter, including themselves.

Elf Traits

Required:
Basis in some kind of small, furry mammal.
Consistency in traits to a single creature, though some fantasy design choices are allowed. (Ex. a classical "demon" shaped spade tail for a Bat Elf.)
Animal ears, typically of a long or upright variety.
Paw feet and an animal tail.
Garden Elf: Human face structure. (Night Elves can have muzzle faces.)
Night Elves have more inhuman features relative to Garden Elves.

Optional:
Digitigrade legs from the hips, knees, or calves down.
Paw hands or clawed nails.
Whiskers.
Night Elves can have a full body coat of fur.
Slit pupil eyes.
Sharp, fanged, or bucked teeth.
Natural and/or unnatural colorations and patterns.

MERMAIDS

Height Range: Basically anything, so please be reasonable.
Guardian Dragon: Ygerna, the Water Dragon.
Magic Summary: Hypnotic gaze which causes euphoria, mind reading and control.

Mermaid Traits

Required:
Basis in some kind of aquatic creature(s).
Human head, shoulders, arms, chest, and hands.
Glowing, hypnotic swirl eyes. Can have multiple pupils.
Ability to change into a land-functioning form with human legs.
Wear a blindfold, mask, or eyepatch over at least one eye.

Optional:
Human torso down to hips.
Mix-matched or inconsistent aquatic animal features.
Headfins or frills.
Hair replaced with fins/frills/scales.
Talons instead of nails.
Exoskeleton or shell features.
Semi-translucent or bioluminescent skin.
Razor-sharp teeth.
Natural and/or unnatural colorations and patterns.
Boney or skeletal appearing face.
Tentacles. Like. Anywhere.

RAHUTH

Height Range: 5' (~152cm) to 7'6"(~228cm).
Guardian Dragon: Armis, the Wind Dragon.
Magic Summary: Full body animal transformation and rapid healing.

Rahuth Traits

Required:
Consistent traits from a single animal, with real life basis.
Animal ears in place of human ears.
Animal tail.
Human hands and face.

Optional:
Digitigrade or unguligrade legs from the hips, knees, or calves down.
Animal paw/hoof/talon feet.
Talons or claws on hands and/or feet.
Slit or rectangle pupils.
Feathers, scales, hide, or fur along arms, down back, neck, or torso.
Wings located on back, in human form.
Transformation obscured by a tornado-like burst of wind, fog, smoke, or mist. (No obscuring factor and a fully described transformation process is also allowed. Transformation to and from animal form takes only moments to complete regardless of being obscured or not.)

EMPYREANS

Height Range: Generally between 4' (~121cm) to 6'6"(~198cm).
Guardian Dragon: None.
Magic Summary: Ability to float weightlessly and transfer that ability to what they touch. Magnets, how DO they work?

Empyrean Traits

Required:
Features matching to Chaos/Order alignment, should change with IC actions.
Body made of metal and stardust.
Primarily black onyx, dusty silver, or pearly white coloration.
An enclosed halo or broken horns on their head.
Two hip or back wings. Feathered or webbed.
Two metal leg pillars, without feet.
Symmetrical features for Order, asymmetrical for Chaos.
Human face and hands.

Optional:
Plated, ball jointed, or hinged metal framework.
Ghostly or diamond thread hair.
Sparkles! Vibrant accent colors!
Additional arms.
Additional eyes, placed anywhere.
Pointed ears.
Disconnected or broken away head, arms, or other parts.
Veined, marbled, or sedimentary layer body patterns.

Uncertain and want to brainstorm? Use our Design Workshop Template!

Player Name:
Contact: (Best place for mods or invited players to reach out to extend an invite!) 
<blockquote>Character Consideration: 
Breed(s) of Interest: Pick the Myddvai breed(s) you're most interesting in for your character consideration! 
Required Traits: Discuss the "required" traits for this character that you're considering.
Optional Traits: Discuss what kind of optional traits you're considering.
Height: Consider... how large or how small.

Rarity: A rank between 1 (common) and 5 (ultra Rare) Stars! This has no effect on game mechanics. It is simply a funny detail that can follow a character around through the game. Low-star characters can "rank up" ICly, also to no effect other than bragging rights, throughout the game.
</blockquote>
Note: Repeat above if considering multiple characters, but please remember that players can only app in (1) character each!

Questions for Mods: Anything you'd like the mods to comment or give input on! Please ask if anything being considered isn't clearly within the boundaries of a Breed, we're happy to clarify and help brainstorm choices.

Know what you want? Use our At-A-Glance Template, instead!
This can be used within the Application!

Player Name:
Contact: (Best place for mods or invited player to reach out to extend an invite!) 
<blockquote>Character Name:
Character Canon: (For OCs, list "Original")
Character Age: (Must be 18+, rounding up 17yo or ambiguously aged characters is allowed)
 
Breed Choice: Human, Elf, Giant, Mermaid, Rahuth, or Empyrean
Required Traits: List relevant "required" traits for this character's breed. Required traits must all be included in the application. 
Optional Traits: List "optional" traits this character has or will have, these can be updated as the game progresses and are not required. If none, simply list "None."
Height: What the characters height is. This can be their canon height but must fit within the range given for each breed, so change from canon height might be required depending on choice.

Rarity: A rank between 1 (common) and 5 (ultra rare) stars! This has no effect on game mechanics. It is simply a funny detail that can follow a character around through the game. Low-star characters can "rank up" ICly, also to no effect other than bragging rights, throughout the game.
</blockquote>
Questions for Mods: Anything you'd like the mods to comment or give input on! Please ask if anything being considered isn't clearly within the boundaries of a Breed, we're happy to clarify and help brainstorm choices.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player Name: Seth
Contact:

brightwinged

Character Consideration: Kou Reirin (Though I Am An Inept Villainess)
Breed(s) of Interest: Leaning towards Mermaid or Empyrean! These both cover creating really drastic changes to her body and physical situation, which is something I want to play with. The Mermaid's power in particular is also interesting, considering Reirin has a highly forceful personality when she's not restricted by being sick but she also has strong morals she'd struggle with regarding using it on others.
Must Have Traits: For mermaid: Human head and upper body, fancy glowing swirly gold eyes, and she COULD wear a blindfold but she might try to rig something with a silk veil instead, since she can bring a canon outfit. I'd want something unexpectedly flashy and/or dangerous for the aquatic half, though -- lionfish? Tiger shark? Barracuda?

For Empyrean: Chaos alignment, primarily black with gold accents, broken horns, feathered wings, and asymmetry. Just like. The most ironically lovely yet villainous-looking floaty fallen angel aesthetic you can think of.

Optional Traits: For mermaid: I don't think I'd want to add too many more traits than what I threw out above already, but I do like razor-sharp teeth (if shark or barracuda) or bioluminescent patterns over all of her human skin that aren't always visible (if lionfish.)

For Empyrean: A L L -- okay, probably not the disconnected/broken away body parts, she'd keep fretting about them. Definitely kintsugi veins though.

Height: For mermaid human form she'd just revert to normal height, but for either mermaid full form or Empyrean form she'd be at the upper length/height limits. Absolute unit.

Rarity: 5 stars!

Questions for Mods: IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE TRAITS I DETAILED THAT ACTUALLY FALLS OUTSIDE THE BREED GUIDELINES LMAO. I tried to stick to the aesthetic but you know how it is.

Also for Reirin in particular: the whole premise of her canon is that she, the protagonist, gets bodyswapped with the antagonist Shu Keigetsu -- this makes her political situation much worse but her physical situation much better, since her original body is horrifically frail and sickly and Shu Keigetsu's is normal and healthy, and she has to come to terms with that (and with the implications of returning to her original body) in a number of ways in canon. Is it all right to app her in Shu Keigetsu's body, or would she have to arrive in her original body?

CLAPS so! First off, the traits detailed all work out here!

Here are what the moderation team decided would be best with the bodyswapping.

If you and tanz app together in agreement that you'll be playing these character from a body swapped canon point, we're good with that! Basically, no double bodies of the same person, but starting off swapped is fine.

To fit our rules on no canon powers, the two could not swap back at the start. If you both fulfilled the reward requirements to use your character one time "taste of home" rewards to be able to do so, then you would be allowed to swap! This is a small power regain, so your characters would only be allowed to swap back and forth between themselves. We'd limit them to only be able to do so by direct touch, so if they got physically separated, no swapping while in different places.

HECK YEAH. Thank you! *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

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