Kit Guide
So your character has decided that they want to have biological kits. Congratulations! Here you can find all you need to know about having kits in The North Star!
Where to start?
Start of by opening an assignment ticket to ask how many kits you can have. Clan or world circumstances, your and possible partners character skills and mother's age effect the number of kits you can have. The number of kits is always talked with a staff member. For example two 6 year old cats want a litter in the middle of the winter. Due to prey loss, sickness and lost land, they go from 4 kits to 2. The same circumstances also affect same sex couples wanting biological kits. Once you have asked for the number of kits you can have, the offer stands for one in real life month.
Same sex couple's kits through the holy trees are as biological as opposite sex couples kits are.
Pregnancy lasts 1(one) in real time month.
Average litter sizes per season:
Spring: 2-4
Summer: 3-4
Fall: 1-3
Winter: 1-2
Opposite sex couples / fling option
Finding out
When it is decided that you have kits and are ready to start the process on having them the roleplayer should reach out to tell the staff of the pregnancy starting as well as the conditions around it. Is it a secret? How did they find out? Feel free to also roleplay your character finding out. A countdown of 1 month starts from this point forward to when the kits are born. The date will be their official birthday, no matter if they are not roleplayable or not.
Try outs
When you know the number of kits it's possible to have, it's time to choose who roleplays the kits! If you or your partners roleplayer don't want to claim any of the kits yourself, you need to host tryouts. These tryouts are open to everyone, new and old members alike. You get to choose if the tryouts include set designs, personalities and names for the kits, or none at all! Roleplayers for the characters have to be decided before the kits can be roleplayed. Tryouts are recommended to start as soon as possible in order to give people time. They can be started before the month countdown starts as long as the number of kits have been discussed with a staff member.
Assingments
You and/or your partner have to complete your assignments before the kits can be roleplayed. The assignments have to have both parents present (unless fling/single parent). Art assignments can be collabs but not commissions. Assignments can be finished before the kits are officially born. Use the same ticket you opened to ask about the number of kits.
Kits are here!
Now you have done your assignments, held your tryouts (and chosen the roleplayers) and waited patiently for the due date, the kits are finally here! Now you need to make sure the kit's roleplayers submit their character applications through the ticket system for staff review, so you can start roleplaying!
If you have not finished your assignments or tryouts by the end of the month wait, the kits are still born but cannot be roleplayed. You cannot interact with them or rp them until assignments and tryouts are done. If you host tryouts for 5 kits but only 2 apply, you can choose if the rest are born stillborn or never existed in the first place.
Same sex couples
Finding out
When it is decided that you are having kits and are ready to stat the process on having them, the couple should pick one of the following: 1. Use the #rumors and hearsay channel to post about your cats visiting the holy tree of your land to make their sacrifice/offering or 2. Use the dailies channels to do the same. You must also reach out to the staff through your ticket to confirm the date as the start of the wait time. A countdown of 1 month starts from this point forward to when the kits are ''born''. The date will be their official birthday, no matter if they are not roleplayable or not.
Try outs
When you know the number of kits it's possible to have, it's time to choose who roleplays the kits! If you or your partners roleplayer don't want to claim any of the kits yourself, you need to host tryouts. These tryouts are open to everyone, new and old members alike. You get to choose if the tryouts include set designs, personalities and names for the kits, or none at all! Roleplayers for the characters have to be decided before the kits can be roleplayed. Tryouts are recommended to start as soon as possible in order to give people time. They can be started before the month countdown starts as long as the number of kits have been discussed with a staff member.
Assingments
You and/or your partner have to complete your assignments before the kits can be roleplayed. The assignments have to have both parents present (unless fling/single parent). Art assignments can be collabs but not commissions. .Assignments can be finished before the kits are officially born. Use the same ticket you opened to ask about the number of kits.
Kits are here!
Now you have done your assignments, held your tryouts (and chosen the roleplayers) and waited patiently for the due date, the kits are finally here! Now you need to make sure the kit's roleplayers submit their character applications through the ticket system for staff review, so you can start roleplaying!
If you have not finished your assignments or tryouts by the end of the month wait, the kits are still born but cannot be roleplayed. You cannot interact with them or rp them until assignments and tryouts are done. If you host tryouts for 5 kits but only 2 apply, you can choose if the rest are born stillborn or never existed in the first place.
