Herd Life

Open 5/7

Season:Autumn

For this RP you are a feral horse. Your goal is to find and make a herd. Along the way you will have to battle, explore, and struggle to survive.

(Start Below)
You are a 5 years old. You left your old herd to find a mate and start a herd of your own. Now you have reached new territory and you have to make a life of your own somewhere there. As you take in your surroundings you must make a choice of what to do.

Rules:
1. No making things appear
2. No being OP
5. No "I dodged!" if I say something hit you and you were injured.
6. No controlling other in game characters
7. No time skips unless I say so
8. No doing something after I say you char didn't do it (ie. You see something but fall alseep and you can't respond "I get up and chase it")
9. No doing things that aren't feasibly possible
10. Must progress at least twice a week (Unless you notify me you are leaving)
11. No randomly changing time or terrains unless I say so
12. No controlling role play (ie. I find a river and decide realize it is a safe and drink it, I find a berry bush and realize they are safe and eat them, I find an animal and decide it wants to be friends and then we are friends.)
13. You Must be a Horse
14. Include somewhere in your post that "I proclaim Orange Juice as my god and dedicate my life to thee" in your sign-up form
15. Only one horse per starting point. If that point is taken you must pick another place. ( starting points can be found on map)
16. Your are automatically lead mare/stallion of your herd.
17. Put detail into your form.
18. You can die.
19. Narrators word is law.
20. If you die you can rejoin as a new horse.
21. You must act like your personality
22.Your horses Picture must Reflect their breed

Map
Sign-Up Form
Sign-Up Form Example
Skills
Stats
Breeds
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

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IvyCat's Herd

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Pegacorn8's Herd

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Player 3's Herd

Player 4
Player 4's Herd

Clemencleau
Clemencleau's Herd

Osore
Osore's Herd

Annabella321
Annabella321's Herd

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Map


Places On Maps
Mountains
Lake
Marsh
Mesa
Desert
Pine Forest
Grass Plains
Beach/Ocean

The Spawn Points do have different pictures then above trust me, it's good to look at your area.

Spawn Points
Mountains
Marsh
Mesa
Desert
Pine Forest
Grass Plains
Beach


Sign-Up Form
Sign-Up Form Example
Skills
Stats
Breeds
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

Sign-Up Form
Username:
Horse Name:
Horse Picture:
Horse Breed(See list of Breeds):
Gender:
Personality:
Backstory: (Remember you left your herd at 5 years old!)
Stats: (You may pick 3, remember it is very hard to gain a new skill so choose wisely. You can read up on Skills by following the link at the bottom of the post.)
Likes: (Must have at least 3)
Dislikes: (Must have at least 3)
Starting Point:

Skills
(You have 25 stat points to start off with, you must have atleast 7 stats. (Read up on them by following the link at the bottom of the post to find out what each stat is)
Swimming: 0
Kick Strength: 0
Tracking: 0
Dominance: 0
Leaping: 0
Strength: 0
Self Control: 0
Caring: 0
Hiding: 0
Perception: 0
Wisdom: 0
Intelligence: 0
Precision: 0
Speed: 0
Agility: 0
Memory: 0
Confidence: 0
Stamina: 0
Balance: 0

Map
Sign-Up Form Example
Skills
Stats
Breeds
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

Username: Grapejuice

Horse Name: Elpida

Horse Picture (Either digital, traditional, or real is fine as long as it's an accurate picture no wings or anything):

Horse Breed(See list of Breeds): Appaloosa

Gender: Female

Personality: Quiet, Kind yet stern, and efficient.

Backstory: (Remember you left your herd at 5 years old!) She had a nice herd but a small one, soon one of the males challenged her father, her father was old so he lost his place, the new dominant stallion feeling threatened wanted to chase out or kill all her fathers kids but her mom helped her get away.

Stats: (You may pick 3, remember it is very hard to gain a new skill so choose wisely. You can read up on Skills by following the link at the bottom of the post.) Silver Tongued, Orate, Morales.
Likes: (Must have at least 3)
Dislikes: (Must have at least 3)
Starting Point:

Skills
(You have 25 stat points to start off with, you must have atleast 7 stats. (Read up on them by following the link at the bottom of the post to find out what each stat is)
Swimming: 3
Kick Strength: 2
Tracking: 0
Dominance: 0
Leaping: 1
Strength: 0
Self Control: 0
Caring: 4
Hiding: 1
Perception: 3
Wisdom: 2
Intelligence: 3
Precision: 0
Speed: 1
Agility: 0
Memory: 1
Confidence: 4
Stamina: 0
Balance: 0

Map
Sign-Up Form
Skills
Stats
Breeds
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

Skills
You can reach level 100 for each stat.

Swimming
This stat affects if and how strongly you can swim. At level 14 you can swim against the current.

Kick Strength
This affects how strong your kick is. At level 42 you can sprain or even break other reasonable sized animals bones.

Tracking
This affects how well you can track threats, other horses and lost things. At level 35 you can track stuff in a Marsh.

Dominance
This affects how happy your herd will be. The Higher the level the easier it is to keep them happy.

Leaping
This affects how far and how high you can jump. At level 78 you can jump a length of 7 feet up and 24 feet forward.

Strength
This affects how strong you are. The higher the level the more strength you have.

Self Control
This affects how well you can control yourself. Your self control gets better the more you level up.

Caring
This affects how well you are with your herd. At level 8 you have a better chance of becoming a parent.

Hiding
This affects how well you can hide. At level 78 you are able to hide in shadows easily.

Perception
This affects how aware you are of your surroundings. The higher the level the more aware you are.

Wisdom
This affects how wise you are in uncommon things. The Higher the level the more you know.

Intelligence
This affects how 'street smart' you are. The higher the level the more you know.

Precision
This affects how accurate you are in jumping, kicking, or finding places. At level 26 you can tell north, east, south, and west by the sun, stars, or moon.

Speed
This affects how fast you are. At level 18 you can go up to 40 km/h.

Agility
This affects how agile you are. The higher the level the more agile.

Memory
This affects how well you remember things. At level 5 you can retrace your steps back too your starting position from anywhere on the map.

Confidence
This affects how confident you are. At level 78 wolves in your herd will most likely not challenge your leadership.

Stamina
Affects how long and far your horse can walk and run. Distance increases with each level.

Balance
Helps your horse to move safely along precarious places.

Map
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Stats
Breeds
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

Stats

Animal Lore
Your horse has a great deal of knowledge about other animals

Herb Lore
Your horse has a great deal of knowledge about healing herbs and their uses but doesn't really recognize them.

Hide
Your horsed is particularly clever at finding spots to sit still and hide.

Interpret Dreams
The ability to get accurate meaning out of dreams and prophecies.

Medicine Lore
Your horse has a great deal of knowledge about illness and injuries but not how to heal them.

Orate
Your horse is good at giving speeches and motivating others.

Stalk
Your horse is particularly clever when it comes to sneaking up on others.

Human Lore
Your horse has a great deal of knowledge about humans, their structures, and cars.

Morales
You have an easier time at telling right from wrong.

Silver Tongued
You can talk others into getting your way easier.

Maternal
You will always keep at least 1 out of every 3 birthings alive and are more likely to parent foals yourself.

Social
Your herd happiness never goes below 20.

Growl
You can bray and enemies have an increased chance to run.

Multilingual
You are somewhat fluent in other species langues.

Romantic
You have an easier time finding a mate

Intuition
You have an easier time telling if someone is lying or if something bad is going to happen.

Seer
You can predict the weather fairly accurately

Liquid Courage
You are good at making your her mates gain courage when they are scared.

Map
Sign-Up Form
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Skills
Breeds
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

Breeds
These are the only breeds that you are allowed to use, Your picture must reflect your breed.

English Thoroughbred

Andalusian Horse

Friesian Horse

Quarter Horse

Paint Horse

Appaloosa

Mustang


Note: Breed is not the same as coat, coat is the coloring and patterns on the horse, while breed is the bodily characteristics of the horse.

Note 2: They would all actually fall under the catagory of mustang since a mustang is a feral horse and not just a breed but I'm counting it

Map
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Skills
Stats
Extra Information
Vocavulary
Fighting Moves

Extra Information

Happiness
How content your herd is, the lower the happiness the higher chance there is of you being challenged for leadership or horses leaving your herd.

Hunger
How hungry your herd is. The hungrier they are the less happy they are. (This is a danger depending on what time of year it is, where you are, and if there are weather/human/other herd/predator threats.)

Location
Where your herd is as one the map.

Dominant Mare
She is the top Mare, leader of the herd. She can take any stallion as a mate but it's normally one stallion the Dominant Stallion.

Dominant Stallion
He is normally the only male allowed to breed, occasionally might give other younger ones the chance. ( if your horse character is a stallion you'll also Leads the herd along with the dominant Mare otherwise he is not in charge.)

Lesser Mares
These are the other mares in the herd, they can sometimes be mothers or trainers as well, but mostly just travel with the herd/Dominant male and female.

Lesser Stallions
These are the other stallions in the herd, they can sometimes be trainers and rarely fathers as well, but mostly just travel with the herd/Dominant male and female.

Foals
These are the kids, of either mares or the dominant mare, they stay close to their mothers until they become yearlings and can either choose to stay with the herd or go off and start their own.

Immature Horses
these are horses that decided to stay with the herd but are not yet full adults, they are taught the ways of the herd and can receive a trainer.

Trainer
appointed to train an Immature Horse, they are appointed to the horse by the dominant Mare/Stallion and will train them until they are 5 years old/reach adulthood, mothers cannot train their foals except for the dominant mare.

Healer
There is one per herd and they can have an apprentice, they learn about herbs and how to heal their herd mates.

Elders
These are the slower and older horses, they are kept near the group at all times and during spring can make the choice to head to the ancestral home of horses.

Rendezvous Site (Spring)
Where your herd goes in the spring
Rendezvous Site (Winter)
Where your heard goes in the winter
Rendezvous Site (Summer)
Where your herd foes in the summer
Rendezvous Site (Autumn)
Where your herd goes in the summer

Map
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Skills
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Breeds
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Vocabulary
Fighting Moves

Vocabulary

Yearling
1-2 year old horse

Colt
A male horse under the age of four

Filly
A female horse under the age of four

Foal
A horse thats less than 1 year old

Mare
An adult female horse (non-castrated)

Stallion
An adult male horse (non-castrated)

Map
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Skills
Stats
Breeds
Extra Information
Fighting Moves

Fighting Moves
You can learn these by reaching a certain level in a skill or sometimes multiple skills. Can be used when fighting or defending the herd.

Dodge
Your horse is more likely to not get hit by attacks, useful to avoid damage in fights. Learnt at Speed and Agility Lvl 7

Feint
Use misdirection and quick movements to improve you chances of winning/succeeding in fighting/hunting.
learnt when speed is lvl 7 and Precision is lvl 10.

Launch
A fighting maneuver, it flings your opponent away. Learnt when Strength is lvl 34

Growl
You can bray and enemies are more likely to back away the higher level you are in dominance.

Crush
A fighting Maneuver, you fall back or on your side pinning and sometimes knocking the wind out of your opponent. Learnt when Strength is lvl 27 and self control is at lvl 35


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Skills
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