Fate Points and Skill Points

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How are images awarded FP?

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To make background count, you need to add something more potent than just gradient surface. We have made bare minimum guide of what can be used as guidance when you feel like you're struggling with background details!

Background should have something more than just a sky or ground. However, detailed sky and ground might count in some cases, but it's safer to add something more in than trust on bare minimum! Stamps may be used to enhance the background, and not as filler of complete space around the kukuri. We also compare to your gallery, so you don't need to worry about your style or skill level. You're all equal as long as you give art some thought!

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Literature

Below is a form you might find useful in knowing what your FP totals are! If you use it please put it in the description. Even if you do not use the form, ALL kukuris should be linked.

Word count: Minimum lit size is 200 words.
Fully Present: Any kukuri is participating throughout the majority of a literature. If there are a few gaps, their presence should be about 75% of the story!
Partly Present: Any kukuri that are not participating the whole time, kuku involved less than 75% of the word count will only get FP for that amount of words! 
         Word count for Partial presence (kuku link): Minimum involvement to get FP is 200 words
Handler: (Delete if Handler is not required!) Names and keywords - helps us know if we are looking at an unlinked kukuri or not! 

Non applicable bonuses:

- Any Animation Bonus
- Handler Bonus - is NOT applicable in Literature, due to the flexibility of what handlers can be, and difficult in identifying if they meet the needed requirements.
- Familiar Bonus
- Armor/Tack
- Comic Bonus

- Backgrounds

Applicable bonuses:

-Activities/Monthlies/Events when the MAIN FOCUS of the story is the said activity
-Other kuku/ARPG/Mascot when the said kukus are present for more than 500 words
- Personal Art/Collab remember that your work should never be posted in sta.sh on any part of the group!

- Kukuri bonding applies if both kukuri are present for more than 500 words. With bonding for love training, a kukuri pair will be tied to each other, gaining +2FP bonus when portrayed together in an image or a literature. This only counts after the bonding is official, the training itself does not earn the bonus.

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Extra bonuses

These are eligible no matter is your art headshot or full body.

Animation (simple): +1

For example blinking, glowing, moving up and down

Animation (average): +4

If its only One body part moving, for example tail wagging, simple head turns, then the bonus is +2

Animation (complex): +2 per unique frame

Anything higher up than average animation. If there's only one body part moving in complex ways (head, for example), the bonus is +1/unique frame.
Non-colored animation is half the points!

Animation (Stop Motion): +2 per 10 unique frame

Animation with photos and a crafted object (plush/clay/wood, etc). If there's only one body part moving in complex ways (head, for example), the bonus is 1/10 unique frames.

Armor/Tack: +2

Doesn't need to be store bought. It either needs to be on Kukuri, or very visibly a tack/armor in the picture, as in big enough that it's easily noticed and clear enough that it can be recognized as a tack/armor instantly. A tack is gear, so things like saddles, harnesses, cart hitching gear and so on is considered tack, but clothes and alike are not. Counts only for kukuri wearing it. Armor and Tack overrides accessory bonus. If very minimal in coverage (like only the bridles) Bonus is +1 
When a kukuri is applied with an elemental armor and they are drawn with said armor, the bonus becomes +3.

Accessories: +2

 See FAQ at bottom of page for Kiwi Examples coverage!
Too far below the max allowance for a Large accessory will be +1. Cloaks and Capes alone may be +1 even if large in size as it's too close to just a blanket. 

Bonded kukuri: +2

With bonding for love training, a kukuri pair will be tied to each other, gaining +2FP bonus when portrayed together in an image or a literature (fullbody, colored and shaded). This bonus does not apply to the training itself unless bonding is official at time of counting.

Coliseum: +2

Battles or Racing: You get this whenever you draw or write about your Kukuri partaking in Coliseum activities (Kukuris drawn on the background do not count)

A handler can be a creature from other ARPG and gain the other arpg species bonus, HOWEVER it must follow the usual handler rules: The handler must be a sentient being with their own will, and the handler must possess thumbs or be in a form that possesses thumbs.

Hunting/Gathering/Excavating/Traveling: +2

If an extra Kuku is included in the activity picture so that they do not gain the loot, they also won't get this bonus. Activities need to be either submitted to the group or rolled for this bonus to apply.

Activity letter prompt: +2

Kukuri should be around 75% visible to get this bonus. Link the letter prompt in the description for the bonus to apply.

Monthly Quest: +2

Kukuri should be fullbody to get this bonus, headshots will not get the bonus. Bonus will be awarded if the submission was successfully rolled!

Magic Mushroom: ??? It’s a surprise! Each prompt is different!

Bonus is locked to the kukuri who ate it & in the submission they must be the one effected. At max 3 mushroom prompts can be in 1 submission. Linking the prompt(s) in the description is required!
Art must be Fullbody/Color/Shade/BG. Literature requires 1000 words, + 200 words per extra prompt included. (Min Requirement of 1400 for 3 effected kukus).

Consume your Mush here -> Open a pouch/treasure/bag/shroom

Other arpg species: +1

Does not stack. Must be at least 50% visible. Link the arpg species' import image or their group in the description for this to count. See FAQ for more! See the List here! CLICK ME It is ever growing!

Disclaimer: Kukuri does not define what an ARPG is, these listings are purely for the purpose of moderating Fate Points and need some standard to go by! We do not claim any groups to be or not be ARPGs simply based on this list! 

Other Kukus: +2

If not colored and shaded, the bonus is +1. Needs to be at least 50% visible, and not owned by you. Stacks max 5 times/picture, and the kukus must be clearly interacting with each other instead of just hanging around the same canvas but different pictures. In literature, must be involved a minimum of 500 words
LINK THE IMPORTS IN THE DESCRIPTION. Missing linked imports in artwork/literature description will lead to no points given even if meeting min requirements. These links can be put in the tracker comment if changes can be made.

Personal: +2

This is a bonus which only applies to your Kukus drawn by you.

Over Simplified- Half Points

If we notice a difference in your works compared to what we are used to seeing we may review your recent gallery! We encourage you to experiment with different styles and mediums and explore things outside your normal comfort zone. No one is expected to draw the same every day! 

In some cases, the entire total may not be halved! For example, if backgrounds start to lose too much detail that elements start to vanish, we might only halve the BG points. However, a consistent trend of lower quality or rushed artwork may result in your image not receiving full FP or counting for ARs/Trainings/Events.

Re-used Details: Half the points.

If the art is both re-using a base and is simpler than the artist's average art, points get halved twice. Re-used can also be applied if poses are consistently too similar over many submissions, referring back to the notice at the top! (Sometimes it is only applied to part of an image, not all, like if a bg is repeated but the poses are unique)

Mascot privilege (Kiwi & Kiki): +2

Gives +2FP to the Kukus owned by the artist when drawn with Kiwi 100 or Kiki 13239. This bonus is given on top of the Other kuku bonus. Must be visible 50% and If both are shown enough when featured together, at this time, that means +4

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50 FP - You are on your way to become something big, and you've earned your first skill point (+1 SP)

100 FP - The experience has shapen your path, and those around you start to see it, and acquire the rank "known". Your mates won't turn you down (mutations may override this), but you may still result in an empty nest. You receive one skill point (+1 SP) (2 SP in total) and +5 breeding slots (10 breeding slots in total), and you may add up to 2 familiars to your Kuku (You may not equip familiars before this rank). 

150 FP - You're on a good roll, and have been promoted to the rank Zeta. When bred to another Zeta or above, you have no chance of producing empty clutches (Mutations may override). +1 SP (3 SP in total).

200 FP - The more you learn, the more there is to learn - it'll only get harder from here! You've been promoted to rank Delta, receive +5 breeding slots (15 in total) and +1 SP (4 SP in total)

300 FP - As your experience grows, the others start to respect your power. You've been promoted to rank Gamma, and receive +2 SP (6 SP in total), and may add up to 3 familiars to your kuku!

400 FP - You've been promoted to rank Beta. You receive +5 breeding slots (20 in total) and +2 SP (8 in total)

500 FP - Congratulations! You've been promoted to Alpha. As a result you get +10 breeding slots (30 in total) and +2 SP (10 in total), and may add up to 4 familiars to your Kuku! From now on you'll receive +1 SP for every 100 FP.

750 FP - You have seen the world and found your place. You've been promoted to Blessed, receive +10 breeding slots (40 in total) and extra +1 SP (13 SP in total).

1000 FP - Not only the world, but you've experienced the life of those living on it, seen it's wars and it's peace. You've reached the status Arisen - no matter what rank you're bred to, there is no chance of empty nest (mutations may override), and there is a 10% chance that you have a chance of rolling 4 egged nest, and you may add up to 5 familiars to your Kuku. You get + 5 extra skill points (plus the +1SP from alpha perk) (21 in total), and from now on for every 100FP you get +5 breeding slots and +1SP. For every confirmed 1,000 FP your kukuri will bring back one more item from activities!

When you enter Arisen rank you have
    21 skill points in total (without bonuses)
    40 breeding slots

MINIATURE SLOTS BY RANKS:
1 slot from beginning
100 FP Known - 2 slots total
200 FP Delta - 3 slots total
400 FP Beta - 4 slots total
500 FP Alpha - 6 slots total
750 FP Blessed - 8 slots total
1100 FP - 9 slots total

After 1100 FP miniatures receive +1 slot every 100 FP.

This all a little confusing? See the handy Cheat Sheet Below!

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Skill points