September newsletter

Hello! It's that time of month, for all the refreshes and information about the going-ons! While there is a LOT going on, I'm going to keep this letter fairly brief as we have an on-going event The End of Summer and I don't want this letter to come out too late in the month.

With that being said, a small update. I likely won't always post newsletters on the 1st of every month, as depending on my schedule, this can be a diffcult task to make happen. Moving forward expect newletters to be within the first 3 days of the month CST time. Because of this, SOTM will always have 5 days leeway to give everyone extra time! c:

Saps of the month!

Drawing these characters for the gift art prompt will net you a bonus in baby stars! If you want your Sap to show up as a Sap of the Month, please make sure to have them set as "gift art yes" in their profile settings. c:

SGA-393: Palooza

SMYO-351: 🌸 meigui

SMYO-227: Kouloh

SO-002: Lady Opal

Some general notes

Hello, mostly just some rule updates here.

Don't bid what you don't have. We ran into a few issues where members have bidded site currency they don't currently have. Why we understand you might plan to quickly get it with some extra prompts, we ask that you don't bid amounts you don't currently have in your bank. This can unfairly spike up the bid for others currently bidding with you.

Trait information. All traits have more information listed for them if you click on their name. This includes things like how they can be used, if they can't be used alone, and any limits they might have. If you have any questions about a trait, it's likely listed there and I update that information when people ask about it for future members. If you would like information to be added to a trait, feel free to drop it in the suggestions channel.

Referencing other users' characters. This has been happening a few times over the course of the species, but please don't ask questions about designs you don't own. Some members have expressed discomfort with having their designs brought up in this manner. We don't want members to feel singled out for their designs being mentioned over things like how they drew a trait. If you have questions about an existing design you do not own, please use the ticket function instead. Thank you for understanding.

What's new

A couple new traits worth mentioning!

Container Parts!
Replaces parts of a Sap's body with a container that might hold things like water, plants, and food.

• Can't be more than 50% of the body
• Can't replace, or be located on;
  • Visor
  • Hook
• Can't have animals inside of the container, though small fish and bacteria are fine.

Insect Wings!
Add a set of insect wings, can be based on any real world insect. If using unique (uncommon) wings from a lesser known insect, please state so.

• Up to 4 wings.
• Can be stacked twice for up to 8 wings
  • Can't be combined with feathered or bat wing traits.

Shop refresh! I'm changing the stock numbers a bit this month, just to make it easier to keep up with on my end + we usually don't run out of more than 1 item a month. Ideally stocks will still be fine and if anything runs out, members will only have to wait a week for the refresh. Just trying things out differently.

With that note, items for the new magical traits will pop in sometime within a month's time. The insect wings will be a craftable item, so a bit of time is needed with those.

September's prompt

Stylish Fun! This month's prompt is a fun excuse to put your character in some new clothes! Keeping the simple BG requirement on this prompt to see how that goes as well.

Adopts and guest artists

Hello, expect the next GA apps to open around the 18~20th of this month!

With that said, we're moving things around in the server for adopts, which is why we didn't host GA apps this last month. We don't want to have new GAs on the team while we're switching a lot around to avoid confusion.

Please keep a look out for these changes and we'll make another discord announcement when the changes have been made.