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What Are They?
Life Points are RoW's answer to marking in character development. Every time your character interacts with another wolf or their environment, they are developing in some way. That is why we all love our characters to the extent that we do, because we have put so much time into creating a realistic and complex creature, as opposed to a very shallow and two-dimensional one.
The RoW staff has come up with a way to keep track of these developments in your character's life in a numeric way, called Life Points. These life points have been divided into four specific categories, development, pack, skills, and physique. Each character's profile will contain five numbers - the total number of each of the four categories and the overall combined life point number.
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Development This category serves to mark the key development points throughout your character's life. Milestones such as obtaining a mate, having puppies, or meeting somebody new are all recorded here. |
Pack The pack is the basic unit of a wolf community. As a pack member, they are expected to be heavily involved in keeping it strong. Participating in a meeting, hunt, or some other activity will earn your character points here. |
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Skills Whether your character is a fighter, a hunter, or a healer, their accomplishments will be accounted for here. Practice makes perfect, and the more an individual's skills are honed, the better they will become. |
Physique What type of build is your character? Are the brawny? Are they fast? How old are they? Most importantly, what is their current health status? All of that information is held in this category. |
How Are They Used?
So now that your character has joined RoW and begun to accumulate some Life Points, you must be wondering how they are used. While one of the big reasons for the Life Points is to serve as numerical gauge of their progress over time, they are also used for practical reasons within the game. Below are some examples of how they will be used.
· In order to create your own pack, you must have an established character on the game. This means that your character must already have 100 points in the development, skills, and pack categories.
· While every member of the pack contributes to the overall well-being of the whole, the ways they contribute are different. If you want your character to have a duty for their pack, they must have 50 points in the skills and pack development.
· Success in a rank challenge or a hunt will also be determined using the Life Points. Wolves with higher skills in fighting, along with their physique points, are more inclined to win a rank challenge or other fight. Likewise, more skilled hunters are likely to bring down stronger prey.
· To reflect the harsh realities of life, when a character's life point count reaches zero that character is considered deceased. This should motivate you to get your wolf into a pack and start earning points.
How Do I Earn Them?
So now that you have an idea of what they're used for, you're probably wondering how you can earn these Life Points. Below is a table containing all of the ways you can earn these various points on RoW.
| Development | Pack | Skills |
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+100: Thread in every territory +100: Have pups +70: Gain a mate +50: Create a pack +50: Character ages a year on RoW +50: Discover a subterritory +40: Complete a "Random Event" thread (>10 replies) +30: Completed thread with a new wolf (>10 replies) +20: Completed thread (>10 replies) |
-100: Leave a pack +50: Create a pack +50: Recruit a pack member +50: Join a pack +50: Participate in pack activity +30: Join the adult ranks (from a puppy) +30: Win a rank challenge +30: Thread with pack mate +20: Born into a pack -20: Remain a lone wolf for two weeks +10: Lose a rank challenge |
+100: Leader of the pack -80: Losing leadership of a pack +70: Gain a role within the pack +50: Win a fight (6-8 posts) +50: Participate in pack hunt +30: Draw a fight (6-8 posts) +15: Lose a fight (6-8 posts) +10: Successful hunt with 2+ wolves (>15 replies) +10: Demonstrate pack role, e.g. guarding (>15 replies) +10: Participate in a scuffle (2-3 posts, no formal challenge) |
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The physique points are calculated when a character first joins the game and only change in the following instances (1) The character ages while on RoW and (2) Injury occurs. Physique points are based off of a character's age and their size and a further divided into three sections: Strength, Stamina, and Speed. INITIAL JOINING POINTS +100: Pup +200: Small Yearling +225: Medium Yearling +250: Large Yearling +300: Small Adult +325: Medium Adult +350: Large Adult As a character ages, they are given the additional points to their physique. A pup growing into a large adult would receive its initial 100 points, 150 as a yearling, and the additional 100 as an adult for a total of 350 points. These points are then awarded as the player wishes to stamina, strength, and speed. However, when dividing these up, it is important to be realistic. Large wolves will not be as fast as small ones, etc. Therefor, the following limits are in place: Maximum Speed for Large Adult: 80 Points · Maximum Strength for Small Adult: 80 Points | ||
How to Collect Them
Now that you have an idea of what the Life Points are and how you can earn them, you'll be wondering how do you report them. Simply post in the Maintenance thread indicating how many points you have earned, the reason, and any threads that go along with it. The staff will take care of everything else. Once your Life Points have been awarded, you'll be able to view them in your character's profile, along with a log of why and when they were awarded.