Wrangling!

by Kharaen

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Kharaen2007-03-06 04:09:40
Soooo, I was bored and thinking about a Tradeskill that hunters might be able to get, and I was playing Neopets.

Then it hit me, hunters could wrangle!

I didn't finish describing all the skills, but you can kind of guess how it goes on from there:

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New Tradeskill: Wrangling
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A wrangler would basically be someone capable of capturing animals
from the wild and either tame them, or breed them. These abilities
depend on the Wrangler's skill in Wrangling.

A pen would need to be built to breed, and two specimens of the
desired animal would be required to breed. Certain creatures can be
bred into different colours, and have a certain life expectancy. If
bred, the baby of the product is considered 'tame.' The wrangler could
then transfer ownership of the tamed pet to another player. While tamed
creatures will return to the wild once the wrangler or owner leaves the
realms, a bred pet will remain in the lands for its life expectancy.

Unless otherwise mentioned, pens can only be built in wilderness.
Certain pens can only be built in certain kinds of wilderness.

Young pets age. That'll be covered in further as the skills are brought
up. Only certain pets can be tamed. That too will be covered furtherly.

Certain pets can be mounted, though no pet would be a legendary pet.

Sex of bred pets are completely random!

Pets must be fed, and cannot be transfered to other players (save by
intervention of a wrangler.)

** Naturally, this would require skill in LowMagic, and could only
be accessible to those who have taken the Hunting skillset. **

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WRANGLING SKILLS
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Empathy     Inept    0%  - Empathically communicate with animals.
Coo         Inept   50%  - Coo to domesticated animals.
Release     Novice  50%  - Return a tamed creature to the wild.
Tether      Apprent  0%  - Tether a tamed creature.
RicketyPen  Apprent 50%  - Build a small, rickety pen.
Chick       Capable  0%  - Breed a chick within your pen!
PippersCall Capable 50%  - Vermin will be drawn to your piping.
ForestSong  Adept    0%  - Lull the creatures of the forest.
SmallBeast  Adept   50%  - Breed small pets that any could adore.
LogPen      Master   0%  - Build a large pen to house your beasts from thick
                           logs.
MournfulHowl Master 50%  - Savagely howl at the dwellers of muck and mud.
MuckyHollow Gifted   0%  - What swampy creature wouldn't love to wallow in a
                           mud?
MountainRumble Gifted 50% - Command the hardy beasts of the mountains with your
                           rumbling voice!
Reptile     Expert   0%  - Hatch a scaley critter from an egg.
SirenesCry  Expert  50%  - Enchant the creatures of the deep with your sirene's
                           cry.
Coralreef   Virtuo   0%  - Wrangle your fishy companions into a beautiful reef.
Aquatic     Virtuo  50%  - Tend to pools of fish in hopes of of the birth of a
                           new companion.
Battle      Fabled   0%  - Battle your companion against another's
                           companion!

Ranch       Mythica  0%  - A sturdy ranch capable of housing many of your
                           friends.
LargeMammal Mythica 50%  - Even the largest creatures are small at first.
TrueCompanion Trans      - Raise your special friend from the egg.

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DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS
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EMPATHY
You are now able to EMPOWER and WEAKEN animals.

COO
Syntax: Coo
Make a new friend by cooing to a domesticated animal! (Chickens, cows,
pigs and sheep are all domestic animals. Cooing will tame the animal.)
A wrangler can only befriend one animal at a time.

RELEASE
Syntax: Release
A wrangler may release a creature back to the wild whenever (s)he
chooses.

TETHER
Synthax: Tether
Synthax: Give to
Synthax: Aquire tether from (Owner of the pet must AGREE.)
Once a creature has been tamed, you will need to tether it with some
rope before you can give him/her to another person. A wrangler may
also request a tamed creature from another person.
        
RICKETYPEN
Syntax      : Build pen
Syntax      : Destroy
Syntax      : Herd into
Synxtax     : Wrangle from
Commodities : Wood 10, iron 2.
Can be built: Anywhere save urban and road.
Size        : Small.
Duration    : 5 - 15 months.
Small and poorly built, this pen can be built anywhere, though most
creatures will not fit, or tolerate, to be put into it.

CHICK
Synthax                : Breed in
TYPES OF CHICKS        : Chicken (small)
                         Wakabi  (medium)
                         Roc     (large)
EVOLUTION FOR CHICKENS : Chick, young chick (2m), Hen/Rooster (7m)
LIFE                   : 1 year, low feed maintenance.
COLOURS                : Brown, yellow, white.
TRAITS                 : If a hen, may lay an egg once a month.
                         Can always be picked up.
EVOLUTION FOR ROCS     : Chick, raptor (5m), Roc (12m)
LIFE                   : 5 years, moderate feed maintenance.
COLOURS                : Black, speckled, white.
TRAITS                 : Can fly, will assist, bleeding.
                         Can be picked up as a chick.
EVOLUTION FOR WAKABIS  : Chick, adolescant wakabi (3m), wakabi (9m)
LIFE                   : 3 years, moderate feed maintenance.
COLOURS                : Ebon, gold, sandy.
TRAITS                 : Mountable, will assist.
                         Can be picked up as a chick, adolescent.

* Gather a pair of the desired animals you wish to breed into an
adequate pen, and let Nature do her work! Trying to breed two different
types of animals in the same pen will result in a battle, which will
result in the death of the weaker animal, and the stronger will flee the
pen.

PIPERSCALL
Synthax: Call
Vermin, such as rats and weevils, will sure follow you after hearing you call
to them.

FORESTSONG
Synthax: Lull
Your lulling song will lure or enchant a creature of the forest to
befriend you. (Will tame squirrels, rabbits, deer, spiders, or bats.)

SMALLBEAST
Synthax                 : Breed in
TYPES OF BAT            : Bat, rabbit, rat, spider, squirrel, weevil (small)
EVOLUTION FOR BATS      : pup, bat (5m)
LIFE                    : 3 years, low feed maintenance.
COLOURS                 : Grey, white.
TRAITS                  : Flight, can always be picked up.
EVOLUTION FOR RABBITS   : fluffball, rabbit (7m)
LIFE                    : 5 years, low feed maintenance.
COLOURS                 : Black, brown, grey, white.
TRAITS                  : Can always be picked up.
EVOLUTION FOR RATS      : baby, young (3m), rat (7m), black (12m), old (24m).
LIFE                    : 3 years, no feed maintenance.
COLOURS                 : Rats are coloured by age.
TRAITS                  : Can always be picked up.
EVOLUTION FOR SPIDERS   : baby, (breed) (1m)
LIFE                    : 1 year, low feed maintenance.
COLOURS                 : Black widow, golden orb weaver, jumping, wolf.
TRAITS                  : Assists in battle, webs, can always be picked up.
EVOLUTION FOR SQUIRRELS : baby, squirrel (1m)
LIFE                    : 1 year, no feed maintenance.
COLOURS                 : Black, brown, flying, grey, red.
TRAITS                  : Forages its own food, can always be picked up.
EVOLUTION FOR SQUIRRELS : larvae, weevil (1m)
LIFE                    : 1 year, no feed maintenance.
COLOURS                 : Green, red, wood.
TRAITS                  : Can always be picked up.

BATTLE
Synthax: Order battle (Owner of other pet must AGREE to the
         match.)
Test your companion's courage and strenght against another's companion!
Players may BET on which pet will win, against another player's wager.
Bets can be seen with the WAGER command. Gold will be taken from both
player's inventory, with the winner of the bet receiving all golds from
the wager once the battle is complete.


WAGERS
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Bet             Against         For
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1000            Dinoniel        Bobbert (Black Wakabi)
500             Dylara          Correyn (Ruby Rockeater)
*******************************************************************************


TRUE COMPANION
COST: 10 power, requires Ranch.

A wrangler who is completely versed in the skills of breeding and raising pets
is capable of lending his or her vitality to ensure that their companion is
capable of living forever. Furthermore, the companion shares some of the
intelligence of the wrangler, enabling it to hunt on its own without the need
to feed. Wranglers can bond to any companion in the realms save the most fierce
of creatures.

AVAILABLE COMMANDS FOR SUBMITTING A PET: Name, Short, Long, Extended, Death,
Walkin,Walkout, Corpse_Name, Corpse_Short, Corpse_Long, companion submit.
Aison2007-03-06 05:16:40
I kind of like it, actually. It could add another step for RP and also give people another ability with which to make some money.

However, it might tip the economy off-scale. Perhaps you should also be able to sell colts to denizens for raising, instead of just to other players.
Aiakon2007-03-06 09:34:14
Actually, I think this could be really neat.

But could the pet battling be incorporated into miniature battling?
Kharaen2007-03-06 10:41:31
Pet battling would be similar to miniature battling...I'm thinking you need to be at a Ranch, or have a fighting circle built by an Artisan or something. Yay for cock fights!
Mire2007-03-06 11:36:13
Other than the battling (which might be time consuming enough to code that the whole project might be scrapped), I really like this. I want Mire to have a pet snake!
Unknown2007-03-06 12:43:28
I like it but I think it's one of those "oooh great idea we can impliment after we've done x, y and z (plus the rest of the alphabet)" things.
Amarok2007-03-06 13:27:04
I actually really like this idea, but in fairness, my concern would be ,as you say, only those with Tracking can take this, which is mainly the Warrior classes.
Now having the companion from tracking and this one from Wrangling..would that not really make Warrior trackers potentially OP?

Believe me I am the first to complain about the downsides of tracking, but in the right situation, Tracking is also VERY usefull, I would love the added use of passive webbing from the spider Companion? make think about it, Warrior+wolf/hound companion (clamp)+spider companion = could be ouch.


However, here is my vote for this!!
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Unknown2007-03-06 13:43:45
Actually hunters, not trackers. Druids and bards could also use this.
Amarok2007-03-06 13:49:04
Sorry, Dinoniel is correct, misread the first part.

Vote number two!
Unknown2007-03-06 13:53:43
Spider pet with passive entangling... can wranglers have more than one at a time?
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Aiakon2007-03-06 14:19:27
I like that it's a tradeskill as well. Which I think is where it should stay.. rather than being another common skill. That way, it keeps it rare and interesting rather than just something that everyone has.
Hazar2007-03-06 17:15:32
Warriors need more passive offence, anyway.
Genevieve2007-03-06 17:41:10
edit: ignore me, I'm in a foul mood today I suppose.
Daganev2007-03-06 20:51:18
pets cost 500 credits....
Kharaen2007-03-06 21:49:48
QUOTE

COO
Syntax: Coo
Make a new friend by cooing to a domesticated animal! (Chickens, cows,
pigs and sheep are all domestic animals. Cooing will tame the animal.)
A wrangler can only befriend one animal at a time.


Though I was thinking of making the second fabled skill a skill that allows the wrangler to have TAMED at a time, or one tamed and one bred. Tamed animals return to the wild when their handler dies or quits the realm, while bred pets are like mounts. Some bred pets WOULD be mounts (the wakabi is an example.)

And yeah, the required skills to get Wrangling would be LowMagic and Hunting (partly thought up of to make trackers less crappy!), which allows Trackers, and Ecologists to wrangle. I thought it'd be a fun trade to have as well, and different from anything else out there.

The smaller something is, the easier it is to kill. A spider can easily be stepped on, after all.

Aquatic creatures will only follow you as long as there is water, as they can only survive in water.

Basically this is what I had planned:

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+------+
| PENS |
+------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| Rickety Pen    | Small   | Any, save urban, road, and water |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Log Pen        | Medium  | Forest, valley, plains, hills    |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Mucky Hollow   | Large   | Swamp, taint, wyrd               |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Coral Reef     | Large   | Any body of water, flood         |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ranch          | Large   | Any, save urban, road, and water |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------+
| BREEDING SKILL |
+----------------+
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | PET           | LIFE    | SIZE | COLOURS           | EVOLUTION      | TRAITS                 | ENVIRONMENT | CALL            |
+----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------------+
|                | Hen / Rooster | 1 year  |  S   | Brown             | Chick          | - Lays an egg a month  | Any         | Coo             |
|                |               |         |      | Yellow            | Young chick    | - Can be picked up     |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | White             | Hen or Rooster | - Passive              |             |                 |
|                |---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Roc           | 5 years |  L   | Black             | Chick          | - Will assist in fights|             |                 |
|    CHICK       |               |         |      | Speckled          | Raptor         | - Talons cause bleeding| Mountain    | Mountain Rumble |
|                |               |         |      | white             | Roc            | - Flies                |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      |                   |                | - Pick up while chick  |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Wakabi        | 3 years |  M   | Ebon              | Chick          | - Mountable            |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Gold              | Adolescent     | - Will assist in fights| Desert      | Desert Samba    |
|                |               |         |      | Sandy             | Wakabi         | - Pick up while chick  | Hills       |                 |
|                |               |         |      |                   |                | - Pick up while adolesc|             |                 |
+----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Bat           | 3 years |  S   | Grey              | Pup            | - Flies                |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | White             | Bat            | - Will assist in fights| Forest      |  Forest Song    |
|                |               |         |      | Fruit             |                | - Deaf, thin blood     | Underground |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Vampire           |                | - Can be picked up     |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Rabbit        | 5 years |  S   | Black             | Fluff ball     | - Can be picked up     | Forest      |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Brown             | Rabbit         | - Passive              | Valley      |  Forest Song    |
|                |               |         |      | Grey              |                |                        | Hills       |                 |
|                |               |         |      | White             |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Rat           | 3 years |  S   | Based on          | Baby           | - Can be picked up     | Any         |  Pipper's Call  |
|                |               |         |      | age.              | Young          | - No need to feed      |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      |                   | Rat            | - Passive              |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      |                   | Black          |                        |             |                 |
|  SMALL BEASTS  |               |         |      |                   | Old            |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Spider        | 1 year  |  S   | Black Widow       | Baby           | - Can be picked up     | Wyrden      | Forest Song     |
|                |               |         |      | Golden Orb Weaver |        | - Will assist in fights|             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Jumping Spider    |                | - Webs                 |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Wolf Spider       |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Squirrel      | 3 year  |  S   | Black             | Baby           | - Can be picked up     | Forest      | Forest Song     |
|                |               |         |      | Brown             | Squirrel       | - Passive              |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Flying            |                | - No need to feed      |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Grey              |                |                        |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Red               |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Weevil        | 1 year  |  S   | Green             | Larvae         | - Can be picked up     | Forest      | Pipper's Call   |
|                |               |         |      | Red               | Pupa           | - No need to feed      | Wyrden      |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Wood              | Weevil         | - Passive              |             |                 |
+----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Crocodile     | 10 years|  L   | Mottled           | Baby           | - Will assist in fights|             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Pebbled           | Young          | - Pick up until young  | Swamp       | Mournful Howl   |
|                |               |         |      | Alligator         | Crocodile or   |                        | Taint       |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Gharial           |         |                        |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Caiman            |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Rockeater     | 10 years|  L   | All gemtypes      | Pup            | - Will assist in fights| Mountain    | Mountain Rumble |
|                |               |         |      | Veined            | Rockeater      | - Steam blast (fire)   |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Aquatic           |                |                        | (Water)     | (Sirene's Cry)  |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|   REPTILES     | Sandojin      | 7 years |  L   | Sandy             | Cub            | - Will assist in fights| Desert      | Desert Samba    |
|                |               |         |      | Veined            | Sandojin       | - Mountable            |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Snake         | 5 years |  M   | Cobra             | Baby           | - Will assist in fights| Desert      | Desert Samba    |
|                |               |         |      | Python            |         | - Charybdon            |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Viper             |                | - Can be picked up     |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Adder             |                |                        |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Flying            |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Turtle        | 20 years|  M   | Leatherback Sea   | Baby           | - Passive              | Water       | Mournful Howl   |
|                |               |         |      | Hawksbill         | Turtle | - Mountable            | Beach       |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Green Sea         |                |                        | Swamp       |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Sideneck          |                |                        |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Turtoise          |                |                        |             |                 |
+----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Crab          | 7 years |  S   | Ghost Crab        | Baby           | - Will assist in fights| Beach       | Sirene's Cry    |
|                |               |         |      | Fiddler Crab      |         | - Survives out of water| Water       |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Hermit Crab       |                | - Pierced Nerves       |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | King Crab         |                | - Can be picked up     |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Octopus       | 10 years|  M   | Nautilus          | Young          | - Will assist in fights| Water       | Sirene's Cry    |
|                |               |         |      | Cuttlefish        |         | - Blindness            |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Squid             |                |                        |             |                 |
|    AQUATIC     |               |         |      | Octopus           |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Manta         | 15 years|  L   | Manta Ray         | Young          | - Mountable            | Water       | Sirene's Cry    |
|                |               |         |      | Starry Manta      |         | - Will assist in fights|             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Devil Ray         |                | - Paralysis            |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Stingray          |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Shark         | 15 years|  L   | Great White       | Baby           | - Will assist in fights| Water       | Sirene's Cry    |
|                |               |         |      | Tiger             | Shark  | - Teeth cause extra ble|             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Goblin            |                | - Breaks limbs         |             |                 |
+----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Big Cats      | 7 years |  M   | Coeurl            | Kitten / Cub   | - Will assist in fights| Mountains   | Mountain Rumble |
|                |               |         |      | Snow Cat          |         | - Pick up until a cub  | Hills       |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Lion / Lioness    |                |                        |             |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Tiger             |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Canines       | 7 years |  M   | Black Wolf        | Pup            | - Will assist in fights| Swamp       | Mournful Howl   |
|                |               |         |      | Grey Wolf         |         | - Pick up until a pup  | Forest      |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Mixed Wolf        |                |                        | Valley      |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Hyena             |                |                        |             |                 |
|  LARGE BEASTS  |               |         |      | Coyote            |                |                        |             |                 |
|                +---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
|                | Hoofed        | 15 years|  L   | Moose             | Colt/Fawn/Calf | - Mountable            | Mountain    | Mountain Rumble |
|                |               |         |      | Deer / Stag       |         | - Passive              | Forest      | Forest Song     |
|                |               |         |      | Mare / Stallion   |                |                        | Wyrden      |                 |
|                |               |         |      | Bull/ Sow Elephant|                |                        |             |                 |
+----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------------------+----------------+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+
Vix2007-03-07 02:58:10


I'm not the only one who thought this when they saw this topic, right? ermm.gif
Kharaen2007-03-07 19:42:19
QUOTE(Vix @ Mar 6 2007, 09:58 PM) 388709


I'm not the only one who thought this when they saw this topic, right? ermm.gif


No, I thought of it too when I was doing wakabis...though those ARE the wakabi colours!
Unknown2007-03-07 22:51:40
QUOTE(Vix @ Mar 6 2007, 09:58 PM) 388709


I'm not the only one who thought this when they saw this topic, right? ermm.gif


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Ah, I can see it now... the usefulness of having a tamed... rainbow trout. fishsmack.gif

Aaaaanyhow. Seems like a pretty cool idea.
Unknown2007-03-08 04:55:50
QUOTE(Vix @ Mar 6 2007, 08:58 PM) 388709


I'm not the only one who thought this when they saw this topic, right? ermm.gif

Hazar2007-03-11 03:31:16
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