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There are a few exceptions and rules scattered for the various breeds, which can get pretty confusing without a log. This is another guide directly taken from the staff guide.
If a breed isn't on the list then they do not have special rules.
- General Template Usage;
- Do not mix templates between stages, regardless if a mystic or not. This means do not use foal templates on adults, or adults on awakened, etc etc.
- If a foal template is missing a template their adult version has it is typically on purpose, meaning the foals grow into that edit once an adult.
- If an awakened template has an edit the standard adults don't it is intentional. They got fancier!
- Some breeds have special eyes not seen on any other breed file. Those eyes are breed specific but that breed is not locked to that design or style. For instance, anyone with the default changeling eye is a changeling, but changelings can have different eye shapes and styles. Additionally, those with default eyes that lack pupils can have them and those that have them can remove them without being a mystic.
- Anime/cartoony/shaped eyes can be allowed without being a curiosity as long as it's clearly expressing emotion, like heart eyes or shiny stars.
- Scars, cuts, wounds, and the like do not count as curiosities, but please keep them within the shop's no extreme gore (hanging out guts, mass amount of blood, etc) rules.
- Physical disabilities (such as missing tails or limbs) aren't curiosities, but they must be labeled clearly. They should also have some kind of visual indicator, whether prosthetics, scarring, remnants of limbs, etc. Please also refrain from making before/after images and know that whatever feature they did have (if the disability came from an accident) cannot be a curiosity and will not pass in breeding.
- For breedings, any bow can be used regardless of breed. The charms are breed specific!
- Abyssal:
- Torn sections can vary in amount. Artists may add or erase a few tears as they see fit!
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
- Banshee:
- Custom spectral hair and "fetlocks" should be lineless and smokey in shape.
- "Fetlocks" are optional.
- Bat:
- Membranes can be transparent or opaque.
- Custom wings are curiosities.
- Changeling:
- Artists cannot mix 2d and 3d holes for non-mystic ponies.
- Holes can vary in amount. Artists may erase a few holes as they see fit!
- Animal Morph parts can have holes without making them a mystic.
- Membranes can be transparent or opaque.
- Custom wings are curiosities.
- Decorai:
- Scales can vary in amount. Artists may erase a few scales as they see fit!
- Custom scales are curiosities.
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
- Dragon:
- They do not need horns.
- Membranes can be transparent or opaque.
- Custom horns are curiosities.
- Tail hair can be removed without being a mystic trait.
- Dullahan:
- Tendril can be transparent or opaque.
- Custom heads are allowed.
- "Living" heads are curiosities (aside from the default dullahan head). This includes living creatures, eyeballs for heads, etc. Generally, non-mystic dullahan can only place their consciousness into items or plants like the default jack-o-lantern.
- Tendril can be unique lined shapes without being a mystic as long as it resembles smoke/flames/tendrils.
- Flightless:
- Hair can either be mane-style or feathers. It cannot combine or mix unless they're a mystic. The tail and head hair must match.
- Ghoulie:
- They can have 2 or 4 eyes without being a mystic.
- Custom ghoulie tails are curiosities.
- Animal Morph tails can have a custom ghoulie mouth without making them a mystic.
- Kelain:
- Head gem can be covered by hair.
- Wings can be transparent or opaque.
- Tail feathers can be transparent or opaque.
- There must be at least 1 feather for non-mystic.
- Custom feathers are curiosities.
- Custom head gems are curiosities.
- Kelper:
- Fin lines must all remain when in use; do not erase a few. Use the template as intended on a standard pony.
- Do not mix the smooth and default base for non-mystic. Use the bases as intended on a standard pony.
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
- Kitsune:
- They must have their orb if not a mystic.
- If orb is damaged there must be a note upon drop that, in lore, the kitsune will struggle to use their breed magic and have a weak immune system.
- They must always have at minimum 2 tails if not a mystic. They can have at maximum 6 tails if not a mystic.
- Fluff/fur can be added to animal morphs to match the body's fluff level if desired. It does not have to be added.
- Animal morph tails replace the default kitsune rules, so they should only have a single tail if given a morph tail. This does not make them mystic.
- Orb can be transparent or opaque.
- Custom orbs are curiosities.
- Custom tails are curiosities.
- Having only 1 tail is a curiosity.
- All non-mystic awakened kitsune use the 7 tail default template, regardless of how many they had prior to ascending. It is a result of the power that runs through them.
- Lakeskimmer:
- Do not mix both the fancy and default base for non-mystic. Use the bases as intended on a standard pony.
- Custom shoulder fins are curiosities.
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
- Lamia:
- Scales can vary in amount. Artists may erase a few scales as they see fit!
- Animal Morph parts can have scales added.
- Custom scales are curiosities.
- Mer:
- Scales can vary in amount. Artists may erase a few scales as they see fit!
- Custom scales are curiosities.
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
- Nakotsu
- Scales can vary in amount. Artists may erase a few scales as they see fit!
- Custom scales are curiosities.
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
- Noolah:
- Animal Morph parts can mimic noolah fluff lining.
- Pegasus:
- Only fully feathered medium-sized wings are a pegasus trait (added feathering does not equate pegasus)
- Pixie:
- Wings can be transparent or opaque.
- Butterfly-style antennae can be paired with moth-styled wings and vice versa.
- Custom wings are curiosities.
- Custom antennae are curiosities.
- Polpo:
- Suckers must be used as intended for non-mystic. Do not erase any if using this template on a standard pony.
- Ryujin:
- They do not need horns.
- Scales must be used as intended for non-mystic. Do not erase any if using this template on a standard pony.
- Scale details must be used as intended for non-mystic. Do not erase any if using this template.
- Custom scales are curiosities.
- Custom whiskers are curiosities.
- Tail hair can be removed without being a mystic trait.
- Seabell:
- Bell can be transparent or opaque.
- Collar frill can be transparent or opaque.
- Tentacles must be used as intended for non-mystic. Do not erase any if using this template on a standard pony.
- Custom bells are curiosities.
- Custom collar frills are curiosities.
- Custom tentacles are curiosities.
- Slime:
- Slime bodies can be opaque, transparent in sections, or fully transparent. Their lines however must always be 100% opaque unless mystic.
- Fully transparent slimes must have their core visible.
- Cores must be inside the pony if a non-mystic pony. This does not apply to the foal template with visible core, but that is the only exception.
- Non-mystic slime lack eyes.
- Non-mystic slime hair must be slime-y in nature and match the base being used.
- Do not mix the bases (slime, jelly, gummy), regardless if mystic or not.
- Default core must be used for non-mystic ponies.
- Items/decorations can be inside the slime without making them a mystic. Examples are confetti, jewels, beads, etc.
- Custom cores are curiosities.
- Those with eyes are mystics.
- Animal Morph parts should be edited to mimic the slime base being used.
- Suli:
- They must have horns unless a mystic.
- Moss can vary in amount. Artists may erase pieces of moss as they see fit!
- Can have a mane tail also. Their plant is not their tail.
- Do not mix templated plants on a standard pony.
- Custom plants are curiosities.
- Custom horns are curiosities.
- Custom moss mimicking the standard base but in different shapes is not a curiosity.
- Vuhor:
- Torn sections can vary in amount. Artists may erase a few tears as they see fit!
- Fins can be transparent or opaque.
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