General Q and A

I always assumed Dryads multiplied by releasing floating seeds like dandelions so their children could germinate and be born wherever the wind carries them and if the conditions are good for it

The question is wether male dryads exist or they're another self-impregnating species

Thanks Rcs for part 1, very clear.

Anyone up for parts 2 and 3 of my question?

This thread is for asking questions about Felarya not questions about asking questions.
Just ask it.

Wait a minute, I'm a confused Forumite. If giant Nagas lay eggs, wouldn't the eggs be roughly or bigger than full-grown humans? I assume the eggs of a massive tail would be equally giant.

Sean Okotami wrote:

Wait a minute, I'm a confused Forumite. If giant Nagas lay eggs, wouldn't the eggs be roughly or bigger than full-grown humans? I assume the pulled out of eggs of a massive tail would be equally giant.

See, my thoughts exactly. Having a titanic predator lay eggs that are pretty tiny in comparison even for egg standards just sounds weird

Slimetoad wrote:

Sean Okotami wrote:

Wait a minute, I'm a confused Forumite. If giant Nagas lay eggs, wouldn't the eggs be roughly or bigger than full-grown humans? I assume the pulled out of eggs of a massive tail would be equally giant.

See, my thoughts exactly. Having a titanic predator lay eggs that are pretty tiny in comparison even for egg standards just sounds weird

It isn't tiny by egg standards.

A baby predator is a little smaller than your average human, somewhere between the size of a child and the size of a teenager.

A human, compared to an average pred is about as long as a finger.

Take into account the extra room needed to accomodate the internal food supply, the cusioning liquid, and tails, legs, etc, and you're looking at an egg that is probably 4-5 inches long (an index finger is about 3 inches long). Once you add the roundness, the eggs are decent sized. In terms of scale, they would be larger than a chicken egg.

Ooooh, that makes sense then. Being that small when born would allow predators to fill in a lot of niches before they grow up

Thought i can imagine death rates are off the charts by then. Not just from other preds, but humans and nekos that would want to reduce future threats

Slimetoad wrote:

Ooooh, that makes sense then. Being that small when born would allow predators to fill in a lot of niches before they grow up

Thought i can imagine death rates are off the charts by then. Not just from other preds, but humans and nekos that would want to reduce future threats

Pretty much.

That's kind of the consensus. A lot of preds don't make it to adulthood. Not really because of humans and nekos (since its not like there are millions of them running around in the jungle), but there is a LOT of exceedingly dangerous wildlife, in both land, sea and air. It works as a natural control, since, when a pred is full-grown, only the larger species of wildlife has a shot and taking them down (marsh vipers, kenshas, abyssal tonorions, etc).

The wilderness is still dangerous for a full-grown pred, but not nearly as much as when they are small.

It also encourages them to learn to survive. All egg-borne preds go through an awkward phase in their teenage years where they are too big to eat small animals (rats, bugs, or even tiny people like Neera)...and too small to eat larger game like Druikers, Humans and so on. During that time, they have to learn to find other types of food, and find better ways to survive.

Really depends on the way the pred was raised too. Preds that are raised by parents throughout their childhood will of course have a better chance of making it than someone who's egg was laid and abandoned to survive on their own. Just really depends on the parents, species and situation.

I still think a 5 inches egg would be minuscule compared to a giant naga's cloaca. And also, you said that a human is shorter than a predator's finger, and Humans are generally 6' tall. 5 inches are smaller than 6'.

I can get about a bit smaller than a full-grown human, but not shin-high.

Sean Okotami wrote:

I still think a 5 inches egg would be minuscule compared to a giant naga's cloaca. And also, you said that a human is shorter than a predator's finger, and Humans are generally 6' tall. 5 inches are smaller than 6'.

I can get about a bit smaller than a full-grown human, but not shin-high.

Sean...I was talking in relative scales. Let me break it down clearly.

Average human = 6ft tall

The average human is roughly the same length as an average predator's index finger

The average index finger is 3 inches long (So, a predator's index finger would be roughly 6ft tall to a human)

An average human is about 3 inches tall to a predator

A naga egg would be between 4-5 inches tall TO A PREDATOR (or probably 7-8ft tall to a human)

I use relative scales for this because it is easier to use relative things than wracking your brain to get every little measurement.

rcs619 wrote:

Sean Okotami wrote:

I still think a 5 inches egg would be minuscule compared to a giant naga's cloaca. And also, you said that a human is shorter than a predator's finger, and Humans are generally 6' tall. 5 inches are smaller than 6'.

I can get about a bit smaller than a full-grown human, but not shin-high.

Sean...I was talking in relative scales. Let me break it down clearly.

Average human = 6ft tall

The average human is roughly the same length as an average predator's index finger

The average index finger is 3 inches long (So, a predator's index finger would be roughly 6ft tall to a human)

An average human is about 3 inches tall to a predator

A naga egg would be between 4-5 inches tall TO A PREDATOR (or probably 7-8ft tall to a human)

I use relative scales for this because it is easier to use relative things than wracking your brain to get every little measurement.

But that would mean that a 100ft naga would lay eggs twice as big as a 50 ft one, who hasn't grown as much/as long.

While it feel strange that a giant naga would lay (relatively) small eggs, it also seems strange that a 2 yr old naga could wind up being half the size of another simply because the others mom was twice as old/big.

100ft naga isn't normal. 70 is about average, That's what we're going by.

Anyway it wouldn't be twice as big. It doesn't work like that. Just because woman X is twice as as tall as woman Y doesn't mean their baby is twice as biog. yeah, it'll probably be a bit bigger, but not double the size.


(Also, I'm you're replying to a post directly above you and you only have one thing to say in reply, please don't quote. It just wastes space.)

Anime-Junkie wrote:

100ft naga isn't normal. 70 is about average, That's what we're going by.
Anyway it wouldn't be twice as big. It doesn't work like that. Just because woman X is twice as as tall as woman Y doesn't mean their baby is twice as biog. yeah, it'll probably be a bit bigger, but not double the size.


(Also, I'm you're replying to a post directly above you and you only have one thing to say in reply, please don't quote. It just wastes space.)

But are we talking length (tail to head) or height (ground to head)?

gt500x wrote:

Anime-Junkie wrote:

100ft naga isn't normal. 70 is about average, That's what we're going by.
Anyway it wouldn't be twice as big. It doesn't work like that. Just because woman X is twice as as tall as woman Y doesn't mean their baby is twice as biog. yeah, it'll probably be a bit bigger, but not double the size.


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But are we talking length (tail to head) or height (ground to head)?

There's something cosmically ironic about this, but since you meant to highlight a specific part, then I'm doing the same, so... here have a free pass.

Anyway, he means 70 feet from Head to Ground

gt500x wrote:

Anime-Junkie wrote:

100ft naga isn't normal. 70 is about average, That's what we're going by.
Anyway it wouldn't be twice as big. It doesn't work like that. Just because woman X is twice as as tall as woman Y doesn't mean their baby is twice as biog. yeah, it'll probably be a bit bigger, but not double the size.


(Also, I'm you're replying to a post directly above you and you only have one thing to say in reply, please don't quote. It just wastes space.)

But are we talking length (tail to head) or height (ground to head)?

When talking about nagas, and preds in general for that matter, we're almost always refering to the head-to-ground height.

Total naga length is irrelevant for a height measuremetn, and tail length varies from naga to naga. Some short nagas have longer tails, some taller ones have shorter ones.

Now, the average tail length tends to fall between 2 and 3 times the naga's head-to-ground height. For example, Crisis is 75ft tall, that means her tail is somewhere around 150ft long, putting her total length at somewhere around 225ft. Now, if you look at Fiona, my naga, she has a longer tail. Fiona is 73ft tall, just a hair shorter than Crisis. Her tail length is 219ft, putting her total length at around 292ft. She's nearly the same height as Crisis, but her body-to-tail ratio is different, giving her a longer tail.

This varies from naga to naga though, so there isn't any set tail length.

Just to help visualize:
1:2 Body/Tail ratio- Crisis

Head --> 75 ft \ __ __ < --Tail 150ft - Total length: 225ft

1:3 Body/Tail ratio- Fiona

Head --> 73ft \ __ __ __ <-- Tail 219ft - Total length: 292ft

These two tend to be the most common ranges for tail length. Any shorter than 1:2 and the tail starts to look a bit too stubby...and any longer than 1:3 and the tail starts to become so long that it becomes a hinderance.

Anyway, rambled a bit there, but this tends to come up every now and then so I figured I'd bring it up ^^

Question: About how long does it take the hybrid preds to grow up to full size?

MrNobody13 wrote:

Question: About how long does it take the hybrid preds to grow up to full size?

The average giant pred reaches full size somewhere around 40 to 50 years old. (Human-sized nagas, mermaids, harpies, etc, would age at a similar rate to humans and nekos. The giant ones just age slower)

The anti-aging effect of the healing factor would kick in between the ages of 60 and 70 for a giant predator. (Once again, for human-sized hybrids, it would kick in between 25-29 years old, the same ages it kicks in for humans, nekos, etc.)

The only major exception to that I can think of would be Fairies. Since they aren't technically "giant", they would age at a more normal, human-like rate. This is probably why there are so many of them. They age quicker and reproduce more often than other predator species.

Okay, thank you.

Question: The wiki says that Felarya rejects angels and sucubi because they aren't from that reality. Why doesn't Felarya reject people from other worlds? Also, if a sucubus was born in Felarya, would it reject them?

Angels and succubi are from different planes existence, this is, Heaven and Hell respectively. Those have very different laws compared with what we would call a physical realm, such as Felarya. This applies to them as Heaven and Hell don't obey the same rules as physical worlds, thus they need extra energy to keep a physical form here. Such energy is drained until they can't stay any longer and must vanish, going back to their home realm. As hinted in the wiki, only way they seem to use for not running out of energy is eating. And you know what they can eat, being this Felarya.

So mortal individuals, since they all come from physical realms, don't need this extra energy to stay. This is why humans and other people from other worlds can stay in Felarya: all of them are physical from the very beginning.

About angels and/or succubi being born in Felarya, I think that the fact they're born in a mortal world doesn't mean that they will obey the rules of such physical realm. Rules would be the same and even if they're born in Felarya, the world will reject them as they aren't from this plane of existence and thus need extra energy...

... Unless the opposite is stated of course, I'm still green.

Question: Is crossbreeding in Felarya possible? I know someone said a Harpy can mate with anything and get another Harpy, but I mean can two different species breed?

I'm still waiting for answers: Do Nekos have low stamina? Do Nekos give birth in litters?

Grave wrote:

Question: Is crossbreeding in Felarya possible? I know someone said a Harpy can mate with anything and get another Harpy, but I mean can two different species breed?

For the most part, no.

Harpies are one of the exceptions because they are all female. Its just how their race has always reproduced. They mate with a male of similar size and compatible genitals, and if they get pregnant, something in their genetics overrides the male's genes and makes the child a female Harpy.

As for other species crossbreeding, no, most cannot. These are different species, and like in nature, different species cannot crossbreed except for the occaisional exception. They can still mate for recreation or love, but they aren't going to get a kid out of it.

The only real exceptions may be a human/elf or human/fairy combination. Honestly, I think fairies, given their innate wierdness, wouldn't be able to crossbreed with humans, but they are probably the closest to humans after Elves. I also think that Neko and Inu would be too different for it to be possible, but that's just personal opinion.

The other "exception", and I use this term loosely considering that no actual sex is involved, is how fairies can crossbreed with Elementals to produce various fairy/elemental hybrid species (Storm Sprites, Dusk Nymphs, Frost Sprites, etc). Since no one is going to have sex with an electric/darkness/ice monster (and given the extremely magical nature of fairies), it is likely that these matings are of a purely magical nature, instead of being physical like it is with most other species.

Also, given how rare elementals actually are, I imagine that fairy/elemental matings are not that common, and that nearly all new hybrid fairies are born from the mating of two other hybrids (two Storm Sprites having a kid, for example).

Sean Okotami wrote:

I'm still waiting for answers: Do Nekos have low stamina? Do Nekos give birth in litters?

From what I've heard, Nekos have less stamina than humans. Its up to you if you consider that low.
As for the second question, I don't know if they give birth in litters, but they may have to considering the dangerous enviornment they live in. I'm sure their babies (or kittens) are smaller than human newborns as well.

Other Question: Negav's Adventurer's Guild looks pretty underdeveloped. I used it in two stories, and both times you could go pick up jobs and requests submitted. Is it really how it operates, or is it just the entry being really skinny?