So, I've been thinking about one of my characters and realizing that... she 'needs' a cat. In this case, that cat is more like an independently roving part of her, a bit like a 'familiar'... it looks like a cat, often acts like a cat, but is not, strictly speaking, an 'animal'.
In role-playing or writing stories about her, she is aware of the 'cat', can shift her focus and 'see' through the cat's senses, however, in game-terms this 'cat' probably has no effect.
In other words, a 'vanity pet'.
What sorts of vanity pets would you like to see in the City?
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Well so far we get a shoulder dragon, a instant sidekick, and a walking toolbox as confirmed pets so a cat can't be far off.
In a similar vein....
what about a 'pet' power pool set?
call it 'side kick', and give you one pet with various upgrades?
with the power mechanics they're planning, I think it would be simple enough to have a 'familiar' as an animation skin option, or a teen hero, or lackey, or ghostly ancestor spirit.....
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I've played SW:TOR, and it would seem, if you want a lot of players, offer them a sidekick in a slave bikini and they will play.
actually I wanted an invisible dragon... but slave girl is cool too, I guess...
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<---eagerly awaits the introduction of the Amerikatt Shoulder Kitty, as was promised in Update #56 a few weeks ago.
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Aww, Amerikatt, I'm trying to Release the shoulder-kitten! Both my character and her kitten are a bit older now and they've gotten tired of being stuck to each other, 24/7. It's time for a bit more independence. That said, you're welcome to perch on my shoulder, anytime.
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Why is it that whenever I click that link it gives me this
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Because this board has some pointless auto-Twitter-integration features. From the help text:
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So anything with a # or @ in it gets turned into a Twitter link. It was really annoying in the global names thread.
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Hmm...
Footstep trail offset 15 feet behind the player. Random puffing and wing flapping sounds. Inexplicable random fire jets appearing...
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heheh, ZM, actually, my character "Crescent" is a take on a "once and future king" (the sword and the stone) type character. Rather than Merlin, the teacher is an immortal fencing master, and rather than a talking owl...... a pony sized wingless dragon that can turn invisible (he doesn't breath fire though....he makes uncomfortable chills and thick mists though... mostly he just complains.... I'm not sure that qualifies as special power though.)
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What about the ultimate VANITY Pet? An Invisible Friend?
All you'd need is to have a Speech Bubble or Thought Bubble appear NEAR the PC, instead of attributed to the PC specifically. Sort of a "specialized emote" command, thereby allowing Players to come up with whatever they want their [b]Invisible Friend[/b] ... or for our younger Players, their [i]Imaginary Friend[/i]. Just imagine the Roleplaying possibilities you could have with that ... up to and including Ventriloquism Acts (of a sort).
The chat window would report the text as being Invisible Friend of $NAME, or something like that.
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Wouldn't the ultimate vanity pet be a mirror that follows you around?
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Nah, it'd be the whole vanity: three-panel mirror, sink, lights, drawers with makeup, one of those magnifier mirrors on an adjustable arm, fume vent, all of it.
Normally it floats behind you, looking like a footlocker. But when you stop and hit it, it expands out into its full glory. Like a portable crafting table for Serge.
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Some of us don't NEED make up, to be vain.
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Exploding Serge-bot?
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Fireheart
How about a Shoulder Angel / Shoulder Devil pair that sit on opposite shoulders and give conflicting advice? *grins* They should look like your char in halo/whiterobe and pitchfork/tail/red tights versions. You could wake them up with /mAdviseme emote. Give the players some script-building capabilities with environmental variables ($Target, $Name, $Class, etc.) and that would be choice!
Personally, I'd love to see "Bit" from the first Tron movie, with a little list of /mBit questions you could ask it regarding game conditions and conversations. Like /mBit "Is $Target a wanted criminal?" or /mBit "Is $Target control-resistant?" or /mBit "Do you want a hotdog?" or /mBit "Is there a foe within 20 feet?". Most of which lend themselves to RP with your pet, but a couple that might have useful info (That last would be handy for "are enemies in that office off the hallway ahead?")
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Your idea is good but I'd love to just get a classic Imp vanity pet by itself. Not like CoH's Fire Imp or Demon Vet pet but more like a classic Wizard's Familiar like:
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It'd be cool if he was pretty small (like the size of a house cat) and could alternate between sitting on your shoulder and jumping down to stand next to you or run around at your feet.
Yeah "Bit" would be cool but we don't want the Disney lawyers after us. If you don't mind IP copy infringment how about a little insane robot like this instead:
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*snerk*
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