Injuries
Folk are magical beings that can regenerate almost any injury as long as their Phylakardia is intact.
While they can regenerate that doesn't stop them from getting hurt, and sometimes healing can be impeded.
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While they can regenerate that doesn't stop them from getting hurt, and sometimes healing can be impeded.
Upgrade artwork created by AceOfStars, ASpyUndercover and Sharklestial
Kits
If you plan on adding multiple injuries on a Kit in one shaded image with a complex background or story, you need a 750 word or more story written. There is no limit of the amount of upgrades as long as the cooldown time has been met.
Example: A Kit can get Kit Scraps, Moonbleached and Lost Limb with a 750 word story.
Example: A Kit can get Kit Scraps, Moonbleached and Lost Limb with a 750 word story.
Kit Scraps[ Special ]
"Den Mama Susan says I'm a lil' fighter!" - Acorn Count: 0 - Prompt: Write a 750 word story detailing how/why the Kit obtained their scars. - Needs: If this is an upgrade received more than once, any additional instances has a cooldown of 2 months for another scar. Small or medium scars on any place on your kit's body limbs or upgrades. This upgrade can be removed after 2 weeks of receiving this upgrade due to the species' regeneration factor. |
Lost Limb[ Special ]
"Tis but a flesh wound!" - Acorn Count: 0 - Prompt: Write a 750 word story detailing how/why the Kit obtained their lost digit or limb. - Needs: If this is an upgrade received more than once, any additional instances has a cooldown of 4 months for another limb being removed. Your Folk loses any number of digits on one limb or a single limb anywhere from the wrist to the shoulder. This also works on ears and tails. This upgrade can be removed after 1 month of receiving this upgrade due to the species' regeneration factor. |
Moonbleached[ Special ]
"They are moon blinking us with our names, Gylfie." - Acorn Count: 0 - Prompt: Write a 750 word story detailing how/why the Kit obtained their blindness. Your Folk is either partially or fully blind in one or both eyes. You may choose to lighten the affected eye(s) to a slightly lighter shade (this includes the pupil as well if applied). This upgrade can be removed after 1 month of receiving this upgrade due to the species' regeneration factor. |
Mech-Limb[ Evolution ]
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." - Acorn Count: 0 - Prompt: Complete the Tale: "A Helping Hand" - Needs: Lost Limb This adds a mechanical robotic prosthetic limb to your Kit or Folk. Non-mechanical prosthetics do not need this upgrade, and are free to use. Works on tails as well. Completing the prompt permanently unlocks the upgrade per account. |
Adults
If you plan on adding multiple injuries on a Adult in one shaded image with a simple background or story, you need a 500 word or more story written or a 1 page comic with a simple or more background. There is no limit of the amount of upgrades as long as the cooldown time has been met.
Example: An Adult can get Scars, Chipped Phylakardia and Lost Limb with a 500 word story.
Example: An Adult can get Scars, Chipped Phylakardia and Lost Limb with a 500 word story.
Chipped Phylakardia[ Special ]
"Oh, oh no." - Acorn Count: 450 - Age: 3 Months - Prompt: Write a 250 or more word story, or draw a 1 page comic with a simple background, about the event(s) which lead the phylakardia chipping. Minor damage to the phylakardia. This damage bumps up the difficulty of magic learning. Any Folk with a Chipped Phylakardia must complete any magic prompts with a complex background instead of a simple one. Folk who have a Chipped Phylakardia also have difficulty breeding, with a 50% chance of the breeding ending up in failure. This failure stacks if Folk is infected with a Blight. Can be healed to normal. Not available for transfer applications or the Warlock subspecies. |
Cracked Phylakardia[ Evolution ]
"Whelp." - Acorn Count: 500 - Age: 6 months - Prompt: Write a 500 or more word story, or draw a 2 page comic with a simple background, about the event(s) which lead the phylakardia cracking. - Needs: Chipped Phylakardia upgrade for 3 months. Major damage to the phylakardia This damage bumps up the difficulty of magic learning. Along with the debuff from Chipped Phylakardia: All independent or apprenticeship magic learning would need 1 extra image per spell learning. Folk who have a Cracked Phylakardia are also infertile, and can not breed. Can be healed to Chipped. Not available for transfer applications or the Warlock subspecies. |
Shattered Phylakardia[ Special ]
"What a way to go out buddy." - Acorn Count: 666 - Age: 6 months - Prompt: Write a 666 or more word story, or draw a 2 page comic with a complex background, about the event(s) which lead to the Phylakardia shattering. Can include a Gravekeeper. - Needs: 10 colored fullbody images of the Folk who is receiving the upgrade. Kaboom! This is basically death for Folk as a species. Getting this upgrade means the Folk who has it will die. Their bodies explode, leaving nothing but shattered Phylakardia shards and Spirit Willows behind. This is a permanent upgrade. Once this upgrade is approved, the Folk in question will be officially dead and any instance of drawing them from their death date will no longer earn acorns. Please think carefully before giving this upgrade to any of your Folk characters. Both the slot and ID number used for the Folk is forever frozen on your account to preserve their memory, and can not be used for another Folk. The slot used can no longer be recycled for a different character. This upgrade must be approved via the #special-upgrade-approvals channel via the prompt specific template. Not available for transfer applications. |
Lost Limb[ Special ]
"Tis but a flesh wound!" - Acorn Count: 200 acorns - Age: 1 month - Prompt: Write a 500 or more word story, or draw a 1 page comic with a simple background about the events which lead to the Lost Limb. - Needs: If this is an upgrade received more than once, any additional instances has a cooldown of 2 months for another limb being removed. Your Folk looses any number of digits on one limb or a single limb anywhere from the wrist to the shoulder. This also works on ears and tails. This upgrade can be removed after 1 month of receiving this upgrade due to the species' regeneration factor. |
Scars[ Special ]
"Wanna hear my edgy backstory?" - Acorn Count: 100
- Age: 1 month - Prompt: Write a 250 or more word story, or draw a 1 page comic with a simple background, about the event(s) which lead the scars. - Needs: If this is an upgrade received more than once, any additional instances has a cooldown of 1 month for another scar. Small, medium, or large scars on any place on your Folk's body, limbs, or upgrades. The scar can be removed after 2 weeks of receiving this upgrade due to the species' regeneration factor. |
Exposed Phylakardia[ Special ]
"Come with me, you'll never worry about grown up things again!" - Acorn Count: 200
- Age: 1 month - Prompt: Write a 500 or more word story, or draw a 1 page comic with a simple background, about the event(s) which lead the Phylakardia being exposed. - Needs: Must be an Adult Folk Exposes the Phylakardia on the chest in an Adult Folk. Must be the phylakardia color as seen on the grow up application. It can not be changed with Eye Color changer. Due to the fact that an Exposed Phylakardia on a Adult Folk is extremely dangerous and a risk to all Folk around them and themselves. Adults with this upgrade are barred from the following mechanics: - Adult Tales (Adults with this upgrade can only do Kit Tales) - Breeding - Guild; Quests, Membership and Apprenticeship (Guilds participate in dangerous activities ) - Magic Classes (Magic classes are too dangerous, but can still do independent magic) - Certain Events (Most adult only events will be too dangerous) This upgrade can be removed after 1 month of receiving this upgrade due to the species' regeneration factor. Not available for transfers applications. |
Ether Burn[ Special ]
"Taking Sun Burn to a whole new level..." - Acorn Count: 324 - Age: 5 months - Prompt: Write a 500 or more word story, or draw a 1 page comic with a simple background about the events which lead to the Ether Burn. - Needs: Must be an Adult Folk. Can only be obtained from Wyld Hunt 2023, [???], or interacting with a folk with Stage 3 [???] Your Folk's fur, feathers, or scales are burned away leaving dark plate like skin. Sharp, jagged growths stem from these parts of the skin filled with ether, almost akin to a folk with Medusa's Syndrome's Phylakardia. Cracks appear in select spots, showing a folk's phylakardia color underneath. (Example shows MYO and Traveler colors.) Upgrades cannot be placed on top of it. Any special, Evolution, Morph or Augment will not be removed, only covered. Texture and any kind of marking upgrade will be removed in that spot. Minimum coverage shown on the hand, maximum coverage is up to half a folk. This upgrade can be removed 3 months after it is first applied due to the species' regeneration factor. |