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I'm laughing so hard.

I defined the traits for my Indus fandragon (Cinnamon, Caramel or Sand/Cream/x, fire or earth eyes) and went to dragon search for gen1s. Didn't find a single non-exalted gen1 within the parameters. Not one. Removed the eyes from the list, as they're not as important to me. Still nada. This is baffling. I found dragons with much more specific parameters than this. I resigned myself to the fact that my Indus will have to be a non-gen1 after all. So I remove the gen1 parameter and click Search again

Fucking. Guess what.

My journey to acquire every Epithet Erased character in fandragon form is a fucking sitcom B plot

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I am unnamed

I am unloved

By ground below and gods above

Second founder

Child exalt

The unhatched egg in an untouched vault

I stand unclothed, without story

I’m the ugly

I’m the boring

I’m potential

Stark and blank

Untold future, broken bank

I’ll wait for them to let me in

Only fodder

Bargain bin

But they will fall in love with me

and give me my identity

I’m naught to lose and all to gain

And until then

I am unnamed.

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Hello. Did you want to obtain a

White Baby?

Sadly. You cannot do that anymore. Because my hatchery thread about the White Babies got taken down (and my account got a warning over it). WhiteBoy and WhiteWoman (along with an unrelated color-named-dragon) had their names removed. They are now Josh and Karen. I have one last round of hatchlings coming in 2 days, but they are all spoken for.

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Discussing "What if the Effects were able to be usermade, like Skins/Accents" (nightmare scenario)

Conclusion: Immediately someone makes it so u can put Bad Apple on ur dragons

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dearly departed on invisibility cloak looks rad as hell but on potatochip it's hilarious

that dog has a jojo stand

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okay this rocks for him specifically

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kinda amazed the new effects weren't saved for this year anniversary update o__o like.. if this was juat some random update in the middle of the year, what do they got cooking for the anniversary this year?!??!??!? huh!??

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what in the neopets paintbrush

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staff: hey while you're all waiting on the maintenance, here's a way to globally turn off animations if you are sensitive to/ don't like them <3

everyone trying to use this to figure out what the update is:

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All morphology! The tert is Soap, which is famously extremely good with Magenta, especially if you have a dragon that can lean into purple, pink, and/or cyan accent colors

Woe Snappers be upon ye

Not a terrible color combo actually

Ooo that second one is pretty! Is that a skin/accent or is it all morphology?

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Wildclaw, Avocado/Lavender/Moon

It's alright if you just accept it's really not the matchiest thing in the world I guess. Could be worse. Could be better.

bandwagon time. oops, you're a fr dragon now!

spin this wheel for your breed

spin this wheel 3 times for your colors

Bonus, try to scry your combo.

(I made a forum game of this post, if you want to play along there)

Here's what I got: pearlcatcher, brown/stonewash/tarnish

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undellll your 11,000 treasure apparel isn't stocking enough

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hmmmm

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I love my dragon lore

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flying fawn // 2044324

“Fawn” is something of a misnomer, as fully grown specimens retain a diminutive size and baby face.

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No-Hit Boss Killer

I made this build about a month ago, but I don't think I've properly introduced frblr to THE CLOBBER.

Kill ANY boss in any venue on a cold start. Grind in lvl 25 venues hitless, forever. Yes, it works in any venue and any boss. Yes, it slots perfectly into a team of 133 STR general grinders. Yes, it costs less than 45g to build. No, you don't need another eliminate.

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Tips for introducing more conflict into your Flight Rising lore (that aren't just "get a generic villain character")

Your dragons should be wrong sometimes. It doesn't have to be all the time, but they should misunderstand things, lie (intentionally or unintentionally), lash out when they're stressed, or just flatout dislike someone for no reason. Everybody will make bad decisions, and it's an easy way to introduce conflict without needing a specific antagonist character.

The world should be dangerous in some way. Think about your clan, and think about where your dragons would reasonably encounter some kind of danger. Is there a lot of crime in your clan? Is there a portion of your clan's territory that has a lot of hostile fauna? Is your clan currently clashing with another clan? Who knows, maybe the biggest danger is getting humiliated at the PTA bake sale, but try to think deeply on this. Once you know what places are dangerous, you can start thinking of how your clan deals with that danger.

A 100% approval rating government doesn't exist. The larger your clan, the more likely that there's dragons who disagree in some way, shape, or form with how the clan's being run. Maybe you've got an Anarcho-Capitalist Lightning clan with a small sect of Eco-Socialists that dislike the current rulers. Maybe you've got a tight-knit family unit but there's a dragon who doesn't agree with how chores are being divvied up. Maybe you've got a monarchy but, oops, you've got one dragon who REALLY disagrees with the concept of a monarchy!

Quick conflict is easy, prolonged plot is interesting. A conflict that can be resolved in 2 hours has a lot less narrative weight (typically) compared to a plot that takes 2 weeks to resolve. Err on the side of letting things fester and intensify if you want the juiciest conflict.

Your dragons should have wants just like anyone else, and those wants should conflict. A highly ambitious dragon joining a clan with well-established authorities is going to feel stifled by their inability to rise through the ranks. What happens when multiple dragons are courting the same dragon? What happens when multiple dragons want the same den location? Two dragons with deeply opposed desires can be the cornerstone of a lot of great lore.

Sometimes bad things happen for no reason. Natural disasters, plagues, sudden global conflicts (ex: Luminax), all of these things can be introduced quickly to churn up some conflict. Be careful to rely too heavily on this though, as it can erode away at your dragons narrative agency and make things feel grimdark (unless that's what you're going for)

Sometimes dragons are just jerks. People in real life are occasionally just mean, and there's no reason to say that your dragons can't just be a bit mean too. Schoolyard bullies, prissy Karens, workplace lunch-thieves, people who cut in line, etc. Don't be afraid to make some of your dragons just a bit mean, or annoying, or frustrating! In fact, I'd argue most dragons should have at least one trait that could potentially drive another dragon up the wall.