Similarly, if someone wins a breeding raffle slot, then they may only enter one couple for the remainder of the month's raffles.
Does your Soquili dream of a family of his or her own? This is the place to find out how to bring a new generation of Soquili into the world. The Breeding Thickets lie in the heart of the Soquili lands, a safe and protected place for young foals to be born and raised. When they are born, small and weak, Soquili babies are placed in pretty baskets. Tasunke will be keeping watch so that everything goes smoothly, even if the breeders are not around.
Basics
• Breedings are Pay-What-You-Want
Trades should be sent directly to the colorist doing the breeding. Some colourists require a trade to be sent, while some accept no trade as 'pay what you want'. Please read the individual rules for your opening. If you do not send a trade, and they are paid slots, you may forfit your breeding oppourtunity.
• Soquilis have between 2-3 babies per breeding
2-3 baskets is normal. Role-played soquili have a higher chance at 3 baskets. Breedings where one or both parents are Elders receive 4 or 5 baskets.
• Soquili can choose to only mate with one life partner or multiple partners
See the Mates & Permissions thread for more information on lifemating.
•Saying yes to throwbacks means colorists may choose traits from previous generations
This does not guarantee there will be throwbacks, only that you are allowing the colorist to include previous edits/colors/patterns if they so desire. For first gens this will mean the possibility of random traits. You do not get to pick which traits may be used if you say yes to throwbacks.
•Baskets will not open without owners.
There may be cases where you are unable to reach the other owner of your breeding due to inactivity. If so, you are required to attempt to contact the other owner. If after 1 month they have not responded, you are free to allocate baskets however you want. You must still give one basket to the MIA owner, but may have first choice of basket yourself, and can assign the owner for the 3rd basket (if there is one).
Limits
• Pairs must be adults.
• Soquili must be certed.
Alternatively, you may link an uncert and a cert request, if your pet hasn't been certed yet. An uncerted pony that has not been named / had a formal cert request cannot be bred. Please post for certing first.
• Soquili may have unlimited breedings.
• Breeding slots cannot be reserved or swapped
The couple who entered for a breeding slot and won will be the couple who receives baskets. Their breeding slot may not be given to another couple or held in reserve for later use.
• Only one basket may be kept per owner, per breeding
Even if you own both parents, you may keep only one basket - any others must be given to other people. Any individual may only have their name on one basket from a breeding. This goes for full ownership and co-ownership. The basket you choose is yours, you cannot swap foals or adults after they pop.
• You may give away your Soquili's baskets freely
It is your responsibility to pick names & owners for your Soquili's baskets. You may run any kind of free raffle or contest you wish to find a home for your basket(s), as well as choose the terms and conditions of the contest or raffle. The only stipulations are that you may not profit from your game/contest! If your basket was CC'd, then the colorist cannot be gifted a basket.
• Directly related soquili cannot breed but cousins are okay!
No direct relations that were purchased as siblings or customed into a family cannot breed together even if the owners change their minds about them being related later. You still cannot have your characters breed with immediate and direct line relations -- mother, father, sister, brother, aunts, uncles, grand-parents, great-grandparents, etc. -- be they full-blooded or half-relations; you also cannot have your character breed with adopted relatives that are raised AS immediate relations -- adopted mother, adopted father, adopted uncle, adopted sister, etc. Please note: This is for direct biological lines only. If they don't share direct genetic ancestry themselves and are connected only through the coupling of relatives on a later date, they are STILL not genetically related and thus are exempt from this rule.
• Spirit Breedings Soquili can have Spirit Breedings if a Colorist allows it! This is a breeding for non-traditional pairs, meaning same-sex couples, mini x standard soq, aquatic x landbound soq, different familiar types, and poly-groups. The colorist will treat the breeding as a normal breeding, but the baskets dropped will be considered gifts of the spirits. Familiar x Soquili breedings are NOT allowed in regular breeding slots, only in wishing stars!
• Related In Cosplay
If two Cosplay soquili are genetically related to each other in their original source, they count as relatives and cannot mate together, even if they are not related in Soquili Canon. Cousins are okay!
• Adoption
If a soquili is adopted into a family, they cannot breed with their adoptive Mother/Father OR their adoptive Siblings/their siblings kids/That direct family line (so grand-parents, aunts, uncles, etc.) Cousins are okay!
• Kelpi and Obvious Kelpi hybrids are the only species other then mers capable of breeding with Mer soquili biologically
Kelpi are capable of breeding with Mers, However they are simply required to have obvious kelpi traits (Fins, kelpi-tail etc).
Nixie and Obvious Nixie Hybrids are the only species other than Seathi capable of breeding with Seathi in the same manner as the above.
Permissions & Entering
• You must have permission from both owners to breed Soquili
Permission must be posted in the Mates & Permissions thread before you may enter any breedings. Both owners and all relevant co-owners MUST have posted permission for a breeding by the time winners are announced, or it shall be null and void. No permission is needed when both Soquili are owned by the same person.
• Co-owners listed as "no rights" cannot own a basket for that breeding
If a pet is co-owned and one of the co-owners has 'no rights' to a breeding, then that co-owner may NOT receive a basket from a breeding they have no rights to. If I co-own a Soq and have no rights to the first breeding, I may not receive a basket from that breeding, even if there are three. I would also not be able to co-own from that breeding; no rights means no rights.
•Soquili who have entered 20 or more times but failed to get baskets are Low Luck
Low Luck couples are eligible for special "Low Luck Only" slots which are offered by colorists for those who have had no luck in getting a breeding, to help offset the fickle whims of the fates. It's suggested you keep a list of links of breeding slots you have entered but not won in a journal or teepee for easy reference. When a couple gets a breeding slot their Low Luck counter resets; they begin anew with no "points". Missing a breeding raffle or switching your entered couple does NOT negate any previous entries you had towards Low Luck, only getting baskets for the couple (by any means, raffle, RL, bribe, Master CC) will. Each thread you have entered for breeding slots in but failed is one "point" towards being Low Luck, regardless of how many are in the same month or how many colorists were offering slots in the thread. Entries in the Master CC List do not count towards Low Luck "points".
• Owners may have up to two Soquili pairs involved in breedings each month
Owners are eligible to win two slots each month, but no more. Please make note of your permissions and talk with other owners to make sure you have NO additional pairs entered in any events! Bribes & co-owned breedings where you have no basket rights do not count towards monthly limits. If you win a breeding slot in a raffle, you may only attempt with one other couple in other raffles for the remainder of the month.
• Colorists have the right to place conditions on their raffles/events
As long as these conditions are clearly stated, colorists have the right to DQ couples/owners in violation, i.e. requiring entries to be posted in a specific format, only accepting RP'd couples, or Soquili with no offspring. They also have the right to invent new types of slots to raffle from (such as minis (usdia & seathi only), as long as those categories are general in nature. (no slots for "Ponies named Bob" or "blue elder uni mares")
Roleplay
• RP of Soquili couples is encouraged but not mandatory
RP'd Soquili are eligible for special Plot/RP slots - See the RP-Couples Qualification Check thread for more details.
• Roleplays must be at least 2 weeks old to qualify for RP slots
For any RP categories, RP must have started at least 2 weeks before breeding slots open. In order to qualify for the RP raffle, couples must have trackable/verifiable RP which has been approved in this thread. Two oppositely gendered Soquilis discussing the weather by the river are NOT eligible for the RP category and will be moved to the first category accordingly. Staff will determine if your RP is enough to qualify.
• Inactive owners
If one of the two/three owners is inactive in picking a basket, the other owner/s after ONE MONTH can allocate baskets to the other owner/s. Active owners must allocate one basket to the other owner regardless if they are active or not. All co-owner agreements must also be reserved, IE if agreement states that the other co-owner will receive basket then they will have to receive basket.
