So, your dragons want to breed, eh? Well, they can't. *cough* At least, not yet. To breed, a gemstone must be purchased. There are currently eleven different gemstones that can be purchased, and each one is unique in its own way. Depending on which gem is purchased, the female will lay a certain amount of eggs. The better (harder, more valuable) the gem, the more eggs she will lay. However, not all of the gems are available to everyone. Gem chart below:
Lapis and opal: One to two eggs - 2k
Turquoise and moonstone: Two to three eggs - 3k
Garnet and aquamarine: Three to four eggs - 4k
Alexandrite and beryl: Four to five eggs - 5k
Sapphire and ruby: Five to seven eggs - 7k
Diamond: Seven to ten eggs - 10k
Single breeding:
This is for people who have a dragon, male or female, but have no other dragon to breed with. Also, there must be less than five roleplays with the dragon (zero to four roleplays). Colors and markings will come partly from the parent dragon, and partly from the imaginations of the colorist doing the breeding. For the female, she will have a random clutch, while the male will find a random clutch to claim as his own.
Gems:
Lapis
Opal
Random breedings:
These are, to put it bluntly, random breedings. That is, one or both of the dragons have been roleplayed less than five times (zero to four), and neither are life mated.
Gems:
Lapis
Opal
Turquoise
Moonstone
Regular breeding:
Same as above, but between two unmated dragons with five to nine roleplays each, two of which must be with the other dragon in the breeding.
Gems:
Lapis
Opal
Turquoise
Moonstone
Garnet
Aquamarine
Regular mated breeding:
Same as above, but the two dragons are mated, with five to nine roleplays each, three of which must be between the two dragons, with one of those three showing the mating proposal.
Gems:
Lapis
Opal
Turquoise
Moonstone
Garnet
Aquamarine
Beryl
Alexandrite
Mated breeding:
Both dragons are mated, with a minimum of ten roleplays each, five of which must be with each other, and one of the five showing the mating proposal.
Gems:
Lapis
Opal
Turquoise
Moonstone
Garnet
Aquamarine
Beryl
Alexandrite
Ruby
Sapphire
Diamond
Rules:
- Only two same-species dragons may breed.
- No same-sex pairings. I don't have a problem with them, but I'm trying to make this more realistic. However, I may change this in the future.
- You can breed two of your own dragons, but you must pay full price for the gem.
- Follow the mating chart above; a single or random breeding can't get a diamond or ruby.
- The trade for the gem must come from the owner of the male dragon. I don't care if one person pays the full price, or if you split it somehow, but the trade must come from the owner of the male, because the male is supposed to offer the gem as a gift to the female, letting her know he is ready for a family. Send all trades to the mule.
- If you buy a gem from your price range, you will get the highest number of eggs. If you buy the second best you are capable of getting, the number of eggs you get will be random from that number.
For example: Say you wanted to have a regular mated breeding. If you buy the best gems available for that type of breeding (ruby and sapphire; five to seven eggs), you will get seven eggs. If you buy the next best type of gem instead of the best (aquamarine and garnet; four to five eggs), you will get either four or five eggs. If you buy any gem lower in quality than the garnet or aquamarine, you will get the minimum amount of eggs.
- You may only buy one gem at a time. That means, if you want to breed your dragons once, you may only buy one gem.
- You must wait until the eggs have turned into youths before the two parents (or one, depending on the breeding) will be able to breed again. If your dragons were mated before the breeding, and the gem you bought was the best or second best quality for your type of breeding, you are allowed to breed them once the eggs have hatched into chicks. Those who bought diamonds are able to breed again within a week, whether the eggs have hatched yet or not.
- Expect eggs within a few days to a week of sending the trade for the gem. If you complain about our speed, we'll only take longer to give them to you.
- If you have any questions, post them in the thread.
- PM all breeding forms to the mule. Remove everything in parenthesis, and make the title of the pm "Breeding form". Same goes for title of the trade; make the title of the trade "Breeding - ___" with the blank space replaced with the type of gem. Send all trades to the mule.
- Please have both owners PM me the form, so I know that both agree to the breeding.
Breeding roleplay rules:
- DO NOT roleplay your dragons breeding in the thread or the guild. Seriously. x_x If you NEED to do it, do it in pm's or somewhere else.
- For a roleplay to count, there must be at least five posts of yours that are at least four to five sentances long. That means, the roleplay consists of at least ten posts.
- If you have a roleplay where there aren't five posts with at least four to five sentances, you're allowed to have shorter posts, that are one to three sentances in length. To be able to get that, however, you need to have at least ten posts with one to three sentances each. That means, twenty (20) posts for the whole roleplay.
- Both owners must make the required amount of roleplays.
Breeding form:
This form is for all breeding types. Simply remove the parenthesis and edit in the information you need. I need one of these forms PMed to the mule from both owners. If you own both dragons, say so. Or, if it's for a single breeding, I only need one form, just put 'single' or 'random' in the "Breeding with" portion.
[b]Breeding![/b]
[size=9][b]Gem:[/b] (which gem you're purchasing)
[b]Your dragon:[/b] (post the LINK, not the picture)
[b]Breeding with:[/b] (post the other dragon's LINK, not the picture. If this is a single breeding, just put 'single' or 'random' or something, so we know.)
[b]Owner:[/b] (the owner of the above dragon; again, if this is for a single breeding, put none)
[b]Mates?[/b] (put yes or no depending on if they're mates or not)
[b]Proof of rp:[/b] (only for those that require five or more roleplays. you can put it in even if it's not required. If you don't need this and don't feel like putting it in, edit this section of the form out.) (Please post LINKS to the roleplays you've had, don't put all the posts in here.)
