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I got a request for a guide or article to help people create pets for their characters. Is this something other people would be interested in? SARP has the usual dogs and cats, but surely there are a variety of alien animals out there, too...
 
Well, I can see the usefulness to help in certain plots. After all the Kawaii is a pet that was created by Emrys.

So I guess you will need to work out a list of genomes, Dog, Cat, Bird, Turtle, and go from there.

Might be a good idea to create a simple species page for each type of pet, and a template that characters can use to document it.

Raquel Stewart from the SSS has a pet in her picture. I just haven't gotten around to detailing the little guy.

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Honestly, I think that on the whole, pets could remain rather nebulous. It's not something that has come up consistently in the RP (especially since most militaries don't allow soldiers to keep pets on ships), and it can probably be worked out on a case by case basis. Maybe a general, kinda overarching page that just gives some general baselines and suggestions for alternatives and who to contact about them? Seems kinda silly to build a bunch of pages for stuff that I honestly haven't seen come up in a single plot I've ever been in.
 
A pet guide would be nice. Even if only to show what kinds of animals are commonly domesticated. You can tell a lot about a person by their pet, so even for NPCs pets could be used as a way to expand on the character without spending long tangential exposition just to show "Hey this person is really kind" or "Hey this person is kinda nasty to animals" and so on.
 
I'd vote for a guide, if only because it may very well encourage or inspire players to come up with something for their characters that they might otherwise not devote much thought to.
 
Yeah. And if it's just a guiding listing a few pets it doesn't take much time either. Plus if other people -want- to make pets they can add it to the guide and people who want a pet for their character know where to look for examples. Cause Origin was doing some talks about creating a 'pet' recently too.
 
I'd go for a guide, it would make sense, we have tons of other guides on other things, so why not a pet guide? It would help to understand what would be needed, and what kinds of Domesticated aliens/pets we could have.
 
Nashoba said:
Raquel Stewart from the SSS has a pet in her picture. I just haven't gotten around to detailing the little guy.
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It would be also nice to have a template for people to create more simple species, such as critters that are indigenous of a specific planet, for example. Instead of going too much in depth like the other playable species, a person could simply put things like the general appearance, biological functions, behavior and other pertinent info on the article.
 
Foxtrot 813 said:
It would be also nice to have a template for people to create more simple species, such as critters that are indigenous of a specific planet, for example. Instead of going too much in depth like the other playable species, a person could simply put things like the general appearance, biological functions, behavior and other pertinent info on the article.
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That would actually be really nice. It would help flesh out species on different planets too, and we could beef up the flora/fauna articles.
 
there could be an easy creation guide such as the character creation, where you list the number of limbs, tails, eyes, mouths, ears, etc. and then describe them or draw them.
 
I think it would be a good idea, you could also let people create a pet as a player character, so that if they wanted they could go around a ship ass the ship's pet, but it would be like one pet per ship.
 
At this rate, we are so going to need an 'adoptable' list where people can list the relationships/companions/pets for their different characters that they would like someone to RP as. :)
 
It sounds like there's interest! Do I have any volunteers to make the article? I've started one but it's currently extremely barebones.
 
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