General Q and A

Do nagas shed the skin on their snake tails? I don't think I've seen anything on thew wiki about this, but I think it would be interesting if they did.

I personally imagine that this would be another thing that Anna would have to get used to.

Anna: Why is my tail soitchy?

I read this story a while back about a relatively small black (scaled) naga who had adopted an elf or neko or something who had lost her arms in an accident, and I went to read it again last night but I don't remember who wrote it. Does this story sound familiar to any of you?
The naga had this habit of telling her prey that she wasn't going to "hurt" them and then eating them whole (such that the only hurt she might inflict would be during digestion).

itsmeyouidiot wrote:

Do nagas shed the skin on their snake tails? I don't think I've seen anything on thew wiki about this, but I think it would be interesting if they did.

I personally imagine that this would be another thing that Anna would have to get used to.

Anna: Why is my tail soitchy?

Well your right about it not being mentioned on the wiki at all, but I can say I have read some stories where it mentioned naga shed their skin. I've even read some nagas mentioning they shed their skin but I don't know for a true fact if they can.

parameciumkid wrote:

I read this story a while back about a relatively small black (scaled) naga who had adopted an elf or neko or something who had lost her arms in an accident, and I went to read it again last night but I don't remember who wrote it. Does this story sound familiar to any of you?
The naga had this habit of telling her prey that she wasn't going to "hurt" them and then eating them whole (such that the only hurt she might inflict would be during digestion).

That's by Israaldun, now NSFW-studios, "Good Morning Baby", I think.

Thank you!
That explains why I couldn't find it, the name changed...

itsmeyouidiot wrote:

Do nagas shed the skin on their snake tails? I don't think I've seen anything on thew wiki about this, but I think it would be interesting if they did.

I personally imagine that this would be another thing that Anna would have to get used to.

Anna: Why is my tail soitchy?

While unofficial, I think the general consensus is yes.

A naga will shed the skin on his/her tail as he/she grows. The rate increases even more during the growth spurts they will go through every so often until reaching maturity.

After maturity, the frequency of skin shedding decreases greatly, and becomes a regular thing (once a month? every other month? No real estimate has been given). It isn't so much for growing anymore as it is to replace and revitalize their scales.

Like I said, its unofficial, but I think this is what a bunch of people agreed on in the past.

Are "dimensional chimeras" a thing? Notys' race is given to be such, and links to the Minor Races page, but there is no entry. Perhaps it's meant to refer to demi-chimeras?

I second this question! I noticed the same thing. There isn't even a page for Chimeras, just a paragraph about Demi-chimeras.

I think that's because Demi-Chimeras, at least judging from Karbo's picture, are demi humans like nekos and inus, while Chimeras would be more like a beast. Still, there could be a mention of Dimensional Chimeras' natures.

Well dimensional chimeras are supposed to be extremely rare creatures, really the stuff of legend.
And this one is pretty special to boot X3

I remember reading somewhere that Felarya has an effect on predators. Apparently, it makes them more voracious the bigger they are an if they're female. I just want to know, that didn't stop being a thing that was true or anything, right? :33

Nyaha wrote:

I remember reading somewhere that Felarya has an effect on predators. Apparently, it makes them more voracious the bigger they are an if they're female. I just want to know, that didn't stop being a thing that was true or anything, right? :33

On a personal note: I think the "predator effect" is somewhat arbitrary, and...stupid. It just seems like a leftover from old-Felarya more than anything to me.

Officially: Yes, I believe it is still around. I don't remember seeing anywhere that it was limited to females though. Probably affects both genders equally.

If I could just say something though. Do we really need it? Isn't the fact that the hybrids are part animal and/or raised since birth to think that small people are food enough? Can't we just say "Nagas/Nekos/Mermaids/Giant Elves/Dridders/Harpies/etc etc like to eat smaller people because they enjoy the taste and the thrill of the hunt" ? Having some kind of weird, arbitrary vore-effect just seems a bit pointless. At least to me.

I think the word you're looking for is "redundant".

rcs619 wrote:

If I could just say something though. Do we really need it? Isn't the fact that the hybrids are part animal and/or raised since birth to think that small people are food enough? Can't we just say "Nagas/Nekos/Mermaids/Giant Elves/Dridders/Harpies/etc etc like to eat smaller people because they enjoy the taste and the thrill of the hunt" ? Having some kind of weird, arbitrary vore-effect just seems a bit pointless. At least to me.

Well the neeras would like to put their vote on it being because they are all big meanies!

That goes double for nekos.

rcs619 wrote:

On a personal note: I think the "predator effect" is somewhat arbitrary, and...stupid. It just seems like a leftover from old-Felarya more than anything to me.

Officially: Yes, I believe it is still around. I don't remember seeing anywhere that it was limited to females though. Probably affects both genders equally.

If I could just say something though. Do we really need it? Isn't the fact that the hybrids are part animal and/or raised since birth to think that small people are food enough? Can't we just say "Nagas/Nekos/Mermaids/Giant Elves/Dridders/Harpies/etc etc like to eat smaller people because they enjoy the taste and the thrill of the hunt" ? Having some kind of weird, arbitrary vore-effect just seems a bit pointless. At least to me.

Well, the reason I'm asking is because I was kinda' planning on putting it to use in my stories. It would kinda help me explain something about the behavioural difference between the normal-sized male character and that character's magic-potion-affected giantess form.

How do you guys feel about automatons in the world of Felarya, I was considering making a census droid as an OC, but seeing as there are no existing OCs that are mechanical (as far as I know) I thought that maybe automatons are beings that are not really fit for Felarya? I'm not really sure

Any technologically based automation (ie: not a golem) is going to have a HARD time surviving, considering that androids are advanced and therefore require spare parts that Negav would not be able to manufacture and wouldn't import.

So yeah, you could have a census droid (why would it be there though?), but if it got damaged, it's going to stay damaged. Same deal if something wore out.

Would a golem OC be more likely to survive then?

Well golems are automatons animated by magic. Even though there are plenty of raw material readily at its disposal, it's not gonna do much good without a wizard on standby to rebuild it.

So magically animated beings are all generally incapable of rebuilding themselves?

It's a basically a bunch of dirt/clay/rocks that has been animated to take a vaguely anthropomorphic shape. They can't cast magic by themselves since they're not much different from a robot, so no, they can't rebuild themselves.

(I have a few more questions about animated beings so please bear with me XP )

Is it possible for a golem or automaton to use magic through a talisman that they can use like a battery?

How often would you think it's inner core, which powers the golems/automaton's life force, would need to be recharged?

Do preds find non organic beings to be food?

1: Possibly

2: From the wiki: Golems use the abundant background magical energy of Felarya to power up, and have a much longer autonomy than in most other worlds. Should they be exposed in area where magic is very faint or even nonexistent, they will eventually cease to function until their enchantment is renewed.
Let's assume that applies for a well constructed and efficiently designed golem. They wouldn't NEED one, but they COULD use one.

3: You assume they have one. Some designs may include a core, some may not. Again, it would depend on the efficiency and design of the golem as well as its main intended use or how much it exerts itself.

4: Would you eat a rock? Only earth elementals would eat a clay, stone, or metal golem.

Also, I see no reason why a golem couldn't cast "pre-programmed" magic spells.

I was wondering if anyone has ever thought of talking with a reasonable/sentient prey safe/human safe predator to use what's known as a critter cam.

I learned that in nature specials on TV people get those unusual and unique video footage thanks to using cameras known as critter cams, what they do is that attach these cameras to usually the back of an animal and when the animal is off in its natural envioment it captures the footage that seems very cool and hard to get. I was wondering if anyone in Felarya *be they predator or prey of some kind* has ever offered or found a way to get a special critter cam onto a predator in order to get footage of what goes on in Felarya, I could picture some predators traveling into otherwise dangerous *for humans* areas and getting footage to bring back and show the people.

I was mainly wondering because I got a story idea where a predator gets a video camera attached to him and with some help from a leviathan gets some rare and unusual footage of Felaryan sea life from the most simple of reefs to the dangers of the darkness below to a good point at least. I was just wondering is all.

You just want to sneak a cam into the Chordoni waterfalls don't you?


Anyway I'd say you can't really call it a critter cam.... it's not like you are catching the giant naga strapping a camera to it's head and releasing it. I mean these are sentient being with emotions and personal issues so anything you see with the cam would be at their discretion so then you aren't really seeing everything.