Kiseilians are a social specie but don't have a strong hierarchy. They naturally respect elders or very expert kises, even if living alone. This is why respect and social visibility are important, but it doesn't affect the Kise's reproductivity and life too much.
Respect Points (RP) are a way to evaluate the Kise's knowledge of the territory and aroundings, their actual status: more RP they have, more perks they gain.
By every rank up, a Kiseilian gains Skill Points and Breeding slots.
Here some generic rules:
Re-used lines will get half points.
Chibi/simple/small (under 150x150) drawings will get half points.
If chibi and re-used at the same time, it will be halved only once.
Pencil colored drawings are accepted and will count as colored, but the Kise's markings must be recognizable.
Cross-hatched is considered and accepted as shading.
We prefer quality over quantity and we'd like to see you improve and push yourself out of comfort zone. Overly simplistic art compared to your style might have heavy penalties.
Artwork by Samorrin
Sketch: +0.5
Must be clearly a sketch, not lined! Doesn't stack with lines.
Lines: +1
Colored: +1
Shaded: +2
It must be clearly visible.
Background: +2
It must be more than a colour gradation. At least 3 big elements are required.
Artwork by Samorrin
Sketch: +1
Must be clearly a sketch, not lined! Doesn't stack with lines.
Lines: +2
Colored: +2
Shaded: +3
It must be clearly visible.
Background: +4
It must be more than a colour gradation. At least 3 big elements are required.
It must be smaller than 200x200 pixels. If bigger it will be counted as normal drawing.
Base: +1
Colored: +2
Shaded: +1
It must be clearly visible.
Background: +1
It must be more than a colour gradation. At least 3 big elements are required.
Simple animation: +2
Eye blink, tail wig, shiny stars
Average animation: +5
Body part movements
Complex animation: +2/frame
Anything above average, or mixing average+simple, or having many body parts moving (like a walking cycle or the pixel icon we're judging)
For "long" animation: we'll count each unique frame as full artwork and any other non-unique ones as +2/frame bonus.
Headshot base: 4
Headshot coloured: 6
Fullbody base: 8
Fullbody coloured: 10
Background:
Drawn: +4
3D: +2
3D animated: +5
Animation:
Simple: +1 (floating, rotating, glowing, eye blinking or moving, mouth opening/grinning)
Simple body part moving: +2. +1 per each body parts (max 3 total) moving simply (tail wagging, head turning, any limb moving).
Complex body part moving: +4 (wings movement)
Complex animation: +4/frame (walking cycle, flying cycle, anything which doesn't belong in the above categories).
Animation bonus DON'T stack. One Kiseilian can get only one of these.
Remember that the main characters of your stories should be the Kiseilians and not only their handlers!
150 words = 2 RP
It's the minimum amount of words in order to get RPs.
Literatures be submitted as a story or as a description of an artwork.
Can be personal, a collab or either a roleplay (RP).
Partial presence
If a Kiseilian is present for 75% or less of the story, they'll get RP only for the word amount they're present in.
Rounding up: any RP got from 0,5 or above is rounded up.
8,3 RP = 8 RP | 3,02 RP = 3 RP | gets rounded down
4,9 RP = 5 RP | 4,46 RP = 5 RP | gets rounded up
Personal
The literature is completely written by you.
Collab
The literature is collaborated and you can't distinguish who wrote what part of the story.
RP*
You take turn in writing, it's clearly divided in chunks.
Each Kise will get points only for the parts they're present in.
In case of activities/quests/celebrations etc, you should both meet the minimum words requirement and split the additional Kise word amount.
Example:
Hunting activity with 2 Kiseilians: 900 words + 500 per additional Kise.
Kise A: 900 words + 250
Kise B: 900 words + 250
*This method was inspired by Isle-of-Sagittari
Anything that's present in addition to the basic requirements must be 150x150px or bigger in artworks and present for at least 500 words in literatures in order to count as bonus.
Other Kise: +2
It stack max 5 times, for a total of 10 RP. It's valid only for Kiseilians NOT owned by you.
Import must be linked in description.
Other ARPG: +1
Valid only once no matter how many ARPG depicted. The other ARPG MUST be linked in the description.
Stacks with handler bonus.
God's Favour: +2
Portraying the Kiseilian of the month rewards every fullbody, coloured and shaded Kiseilian drawn (winner included).
For Literatures, the winning Kise must be actively present for at least 500 words.
Stacks with Other Kise and Bonded Mate bonus, but works once per artwork/literature. Imports must be linked in description.
Handler: +2
Counts only once no matter how many handlers are depicted. It counts even for wild ones.
A reference must be linked. Can stack with Other ARPG bonus.
Familiar/companion: +2
Does not stack, valid only once and only for Kiseilians which have it officially applied on import. Must be fullbody to count in artworks.
Personal art: +2
Not commissioned, valid only for Kise you own.
Collaboration: +1
Can't stack with personal art bonus.
Accessories: +1/+2
Any kind of accessory applied to your Kise grants additional RPs.
Small ones (rings, tack and bridles, bandages, bandana etc) gives +1 RP.
Big ones (large clothes, large tack covering most of the body etc) gives +2 RP.
Valid only for artworks.
Activity/Training: +2
Hunting, Gathering etc. It must follow the activity/training rule to count. Only "active/trained" Kise can get it. Not valid for Mating Rites.
Quest: +1
Must follow the prompt properly. Not valid for Mating Rites. There is no need to be the artist to get this bonus.
Events may have different bonus from Quests, read properly their journals!
Celebrations: +3
Usually, they are related to Whenua, Matahari, Ma'an or Ahi celebration. Usually this is mentioned on the journal itself.
Must follow the prompt properly. Not valid for Mating Rites. There is no need to be the artist to get this bonus.
Bonded Mate: +2
Must be officially bonded. Import must be linked.
Stacks with Other Kise bonus.
Kiseilians smaller than 150x150px will be counted as +1, but only if easily recognizable by admins.
Kiseilians have 3 basic stats:
Attack (ATK), Defense (DEF) and Dexterity (DXT)
When they are born they have only 1 SP. They gain SP ranking up or applying additional items.
The first SP can be applied during Design Approval process, any other must be posted in the dedicated thread.
F Rank: 1 SP
D Rank: 3 SP (+2)
C Rank: 5 SP (+2)
B Rank: 7 SP (+2)
A Rank: 12 SP (+5)
S Rank: 15 SP (+3)
SS Rank: 20 SP (+5)
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1100 RP: 21 SP (+1)
1200 RP: 22 SP (+1)
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