Information on interaction of stages for RPing
Stage 1 (egg): Can't do much but shake a little bit.
Stage 2 (child): Fun and very energetic but gets tired easily, so they cannot go on long journeys/ adventures. Cannot venture off on its own. Slurs words a little bit for it's still learning to speak.
Stage 3 (teen): No longer gets tired easily, pretty strong but still needs to grow a little more. Can venture out on its own but not strongly recomended. Perfect speach.
stage 4 (adult): Strong, Independent and is able to go on long journeys without stopping. Adults are usually looked up to as leaders.
Growth of Maras is pretty random but some data was collected and averaged for this:
Egg: Depending on interaction with the egg through RPing the ranges are
4 days (maybe less) to 2 weeks.
Child: Ranges from one week to three weeks.
Teen: Ranges from one week to one month.
Adult: Ranges from two weeks to one and a half months.
Tail Length of Maras
Depending at what stage your Mara is at, the tail length will be different. Bonuses can be aquired through RPing or posting in the Maraquis thread(s). There is no way to determine when your Mara will recieve a bonus but don't worry, if you post and RP diligently, you'll be sure to get one.
Base Length of Eggs: 0 ft
Base Length of Child: 3 ft
Base Length of Teens: 5 ft
Base Length of Adults: 7 ft
Elder Stage?
YESYESYES>W<*MOREINFOLATER* 
Death of Maras
Death can only happen through RP. Owners of their Mara have to RP them to die, and only the owner of the Mara can do so.
Disadvantages of Death: Your Mara can't have a physical affect on others. They can come back as spirits but are not able to touch, feel, taste or smell. Cannot participate in any Mara activites. Are not able to breed as well but still can build a relationship with others for they can communicate.
What Maras still can do: Rp and talk to other Maras in "spirit" form of course
Advantages: There isn't much advantage to death THOUGH, when Mara's die of a noble deed, they might get resurrected into an angelic. The possibility of that happening is pretty low, it's not suggested for owners to kill off their Mara's in hope of it to be resurrected. Chances are, your Mara won't.
**Death will not affect what your Mara looks like on the cert, it won't become some ghost.
Mara Activities (when RPing):
Racing - To stay active, Maras like to have friendly races, a formula determines how fast a Mara goes. Who ever gets the fastest speed wins the race.
Formula: (stage + tail length) x random number (0 ~ 100)
Explanation of Formula:
Stage: Means what stage your Mara is at.
Example: My Mara is a child, it would be at stage 2 so my formula would be (2 + tail length) + random number
Tail Length: base length of whatever stage your mara is at + tail bonuses you have recieved
Random Number: Use the post action "random number" and make the generating at lowest 0 and highest 100.
Sample of a finished formula for a teen with no tail bonuses:
(3 + 5) x 65 (pretend I got that from the random number)
My speed would be 530 miles.
**yes, some people might think this isn't fair that racing is based off stages and that the adults are going to win all races, but this isn't particularly true. Racing is based more on what number you get from the "random number" action.
example: adult with no tail bonuses gets a 5 on the random number, speed would be 55.
child with no tail bonuses gets a 89 on the random number, speed would be 455.
adult < child = child wins
**for those who aren't good at math, order of operations is included on the formula. Do the equation in "( )" first.
**Maras in the egg stage cannot race ( no tail >: )
Digging - is explained in the 8th post
Battling - No official formula on battling. Not an official Mara activity but can be RPed by users. Though, battling does affect your Mara.
Battling Effects on Maras:
Death - Maras can be RPed to die in battle. Only the owner of the Mara can determine if his/her Mara is dead. Usually it's a choice of being severely injured (doesn't affect Mara officially) or death.
**you cannot use special DESTROY THE WORLD UBER GODLY attacks. Users can make up there own attacks (e.g: bite) but it can't be exclusive to them. Once a user makes up their own attack, it is free for others to use it as well.
**remember not to god mod and control other peoples maras : )
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