Special Traits

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Special Traits

    Special traits can develop on an Isomara at birth or are achieved through certain events in an Isomara's life. They will not always be available through normal adoptions, however, events like giveaways and draw-to-adopts are likely to have them. Courting two Isomara also gives a chance at special traits that are only gotten through birth. Both Adults and Isolings can earn special traits.
  Many traits have their own requirements. You need to do art/literature or you can simply purchase the trait using PayPal, Points or Seashells. 
Comment in the Import Edits journal to apply special traits to your Isomara.



How to Get Special Traits

When aiming to earn a special trait you can decide whether you want to earn it through Artwork, Literature, Currency, or through other special means if available.

ART

    Most special traits will require you to draw at least 3 things. Some require you to draw other Isomara as well. You may submit multiple drawings in one deviation as an art dump.
To upgrade an Isomara to have a trait make sure the requirements are complete then comment in the Import Edits journal linking the Isomara and deviations.
        Here is the kind of art that is acceptable:
                • Full body drawings/paintings (digital or traditional) - Must be colored
                • Animations - No special traits should require animation but any normal drawing may be made as one as a bonus to receive more seashells.
                • Sculptures/figures/plushies - Again there will not be any required for these, but you can always go all out and make them.
        
        What won't count:
                • Sketches & Uncolored - Black and white drawings do not count.
                • Multiple Headshots/busts - Some will allow you to draw one, but no you cannot draw 5 headshots for a trait.                
                • Bases - You may not use a base from someone else or use one you made. Coloring something that has been used before will not count.
                • Pixel art smaller than 100 x 100 pixels
NOTE: You may submit literature and artwork that depicts more than a single Isomara working towards a special trait. This only counts for multiple Isomara earning a trait. You may not double-dip on the art/literature to earn multiple traits for a single Isomara.

LITERATURE

    You can also write instead of draw for the traits. When writing for the trait you will have a minimum word limit that you have to reach. There may be a requirement for your story to involve aspects similar to how the artists have to incorporate certain things. As long as you can describe your Isomara, the setting, and make sure you can involve those aspects in someway creatively you can easily earn special traits by writing.

CURRENCY

    Don't have time to draw/write? Then you have other ways to get these traits. Each trait listed below says how much they are worth. Purchasing special traits through currency means you do not need to meet the art/literature requirement. To purchase a special trait comment in the Import Edits journal with the Isomara you want to buy it for and which method of payment you choose (PayPal, Points, or Seashells).

EVENTS & ITEMS 

    Events are an easy way to get the traits you want, but there could be limits to the amounts of winners, and also the trait you want might not always be the prize. The different events may include, Draw to Adopts (DTA), giveaways, and other prompt like events.
    All the special traits listed below even the ones normally only able to be received at birth are possible to be gotten through the use of Mystery CandyUltra Mystery Candy, and the Wish in a Bottle. It is a small chance to receive a special trait upon consumption via Mystery Candy, but it is entirely possible!



List of Special Traits & Requirements


1. Feathered Ears:

            It looks like your Isomara has been blessed by the Havens and given these velvety ears with a unique shape and movement.
  Feathered SP by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 5 Art
    - One art can be a headshot or bust
    - One must be a drawing of an Isomara you do not own (It cannot be an NPC either)
    - One drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait applied to them

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 1,000 words at least
        - The story must Include your Isomara flying at some point and involve an Isomara you do not own.

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 500 Points ($5) or 1000  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



2. Black Sclera Eyes:

            Black scleras usually arise after a tragic event in an Isomara's life. Perhaps a loss of a loved one, memic attack, struck by lightning, got lost. Anything you can think of that is tragic and/or traumatizing. (Your Isomara's tragic event doesn't have to be one of the ones listed above and doesn't have to be as tragic, think of something that is scary to them, even nightmares count)
Bksclera SP by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 3 Art
    - 1 art has to be a headshot or bust, but no more than 1 headshot or bust
    - 1 art show your Isomara being affected or in the moment of a terrible event. Must be full body and must have a background.
    - The third and final drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait applied to them

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 1,000 words at least
        - The story must tell the tale of your Isomara's tragic event and how they got the trait. 

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 350 Points ($3.50) or 700  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



3. Shaped Pupils:

            Wow, how do your eyes work with those pupils? (If your Isomara has uncommon pupilless eyes then the iris becomes shaped)
Shaped Pupil SP by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 2 Art
    - 1 art must have your Isomara with another shaped pupil Isomara (full bodies) - Isomara with shaped pupils
    - The third and final drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait applied to them

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 500 words at least
        - The story must involve at least one other Isomara with shaped pupils, going on an exploration and becoming friends.

 Money Option:
Bullet; Green 300 Points ($3) or 600  seashell by catluvr2for this trait



4. Lion's Mane:

            With all that white fluff you might look more like a sheep than a lion.
ExLionMane by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 4 Art
    - 1 must be a full body drawing of an Isomara you do not own  (It cannot be an NPC either)
    - 1 drawing must be of your Isomara eating something with Whipped Cream on it
    - 1 drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait applied to them

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 1,400 words at least
        - The story must involve your Isomara swimming, describe the act of shaking off to dry, and describing how large their mane is. Also, in the story at some point, the Isomara needs to eat or have mentioned eating a soft light foamy substance (whipped cream). 

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 250 Points ($2.50) or 500  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



5. Trail: 

            This must be the fluffiest mullet of all time.
ExTrail by IsomaraIndex

Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 5 Art
    - 2 drawings must be of Isomaras you do not own  (It cannot be an NPC either)
    - 1 drawing must be of your Isomara in a serious manner (put them in a suit have them doing business like stuff, chores, being responsible, etc) Must be full body             
    - 1 art must have your Isomara having fun. Must be full body
    - The fifth and final drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait applied to them. Must be full body

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 1,600 words at least
        - Have your Isomara attend a get together with a couple of other isomara for a fun time. Also in this story at some point, your Isomara must be described doing something in a serious manner.

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 400 Points ($4) or 800  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait





6. Fluff Cuffs:

                Your ankles get cold at times.
                Note: Getting this trait only means getting one pair of fluff cuffs (which pair is your choice). To get the second pair you will have to earn the trait again.
ExFluffCuffs by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 3 Art
    - Explore once in the snow biome and once in the ocean. (2 separate pictures)
    - The final drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait celebrating with Whisper

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 750 words at least
        - Take your isomara on a journey. At some point in the story, the Isomara needs to be described as feeling cold.

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 300 Points ($3) or 600  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait





7. Tail Spikes:

                Be careful flailing your tail! Your Isomara grows three spikes on each side of its tail.
                Note: This trait is only available for the Long, Whap, Prawn, Scorpio, Lobster, Shark, and Fin Tails.
160b8ad2c6bdb9ea73f106525c713f88 by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 2 Art
    - Draw your Isomara chasing its tail
    - The final drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 600 words at least
        - The story must involve your Isomara using its tail to do something productive. 

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 200 Points ($2) or 400  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait





8a. Dyed Maw (Chromatic):

                Well, that's not normal! Your Isomara's mouth and tongue are now an abnormal color. You may choose any color aside from white, grays, and black for the mouth and tongue of your Isomara to be. You may change this color at any time.
Dyed Maw Color by IsomaraIndex
Bullet; Purple Consumed at least 100 berries

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 200 Points ($2) or 400  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait


8b. Dyed Maw (Achromatic):

                This version of the Dyed Maw special allows you to have your Isomara's mouth be any shade of gray or black.
Dyed Maw Monochrome by IsomaraIndex
Bullet; Purple Can be gotten by consuming Ink or Squid (Small Chance)

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 250 Points ($2.50) or 500  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



9. Dual Horns:

                Those were not there before! Your head is gonna weigh a lot with that additional set of horns. Dual horns must look similar or simpler than the original set of common horns.
Ex.   234 - Levi by IsomaraIndex   312 - Temuri by IsomaraIndex
Bullet; Purple Your Isomara needs to already have one pair of common horns
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 4 Art
    - Draw your Isomara as an Isoling (Fullbody)         
    - Draw a bust of your Isomara as an adult showing off its common horns. 
    - Draw your Isomara interlocking horns/ headbutting another Isomara with a set of common horns
    - Lastly, draw your Isomara with its new set of dual common horns.

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 1,000 words at least
        - Write a story about your Isomara getting caught and tangled up. Tangled up in vines, in an encounter, caught interlocked in another Iso's horns, etc. Have fun and be creative!

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 400 Points ($4) or 800  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



10. Pommels:

            Don't poke your own eye out!
Ex.  322 - Poseidon by IsomaraIndex  222 - Marian by IsomaraIndex  203 - Orchid by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 2 Art
    - Draw your Isomara using its claws in action. This could be digging, breaking stones, opening clams, etc.
    - Lastly, draw your Isomara with this new trait.

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 500 words at least
        - Write a story about your Isomara which would involve doing a task that involved needing to use its claws and/or horns.

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 300 Points ($3) or 600  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



11. Chameleon:

            "Wait weren't you blue just a second ago?" "Oh, yea sometimes I just don't feel blue anymore"
            This special trait gives an Isomara an alternate color palette (This trait can be gotten at a max of 3 times per Isomara meaning each Isomara can have their original color palette plus 3 Chameleon alternate palettes). Each color palette must be registered within the special trait form of the Import Edits journal to be considered official and added to the import.

Ex.  427 - ??? by IsomaraIndex427 - Chameleon by IsomaraIndex 351 - Delore by IsomaraIndex 351 - Chameleon by IsomaraIndex
Bullet; Purple Can be gotten by consuming a [Jumbo Skrill]  (Small Chance)
Bullet; Purple Can be gotten by using [Camo Scrub] (Can also be used on Companions)

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 1,000 Points ($10) or 2,000  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



12. Docked:

            Let's hope this doesn't impact your flying and swimming too much.
Docked by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 3 Art
    - 1 full body of your Isomara with its old tail
    - 1 art has to show/tell how your Isomara lost its tail. This has to be a full-body drawing and must have a background.
    - The third and final drawing must be your Isomara with this new trait applied to them.

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 1,750 words at least
        - The story must tell the tale of your Isomara losing/removing its tail.

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 600 Points ($6) or 1,200  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



13. Flare:

            Crown of fluff... I suppose it has a sort of regal look to it.
Flare by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 3 Art
    - Depict your Isomara with drooping cheek fluff (can be a bust)
    - 1 drawing have your Isomara look fiery/passionate/roaring to go
    - Draw your Isomara with the new flare trait wearing a crown (can be a bust)

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange 500 words at least
        - Tell us about your Isomara's hygiene and grooming habits

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 500 Points ($5) or 1,000  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



14. Tusks:

            No dentist needed here. Tusks can come in variety of different styles as long as the canine teeth grow longer in someway.
Tusks by IsomaraIndex Tusks2 by IsomaraIndex
Art Option:
Bullet; Orange 2 Art
    - Draw your Isomaraopening a clam or scallop with its original teeth
    - Draw your Isomara with their new tusks

Literature Option:
Bullet; Orange No Word Limit Requirement
        - Write any kind of poem, but must include the word tooth, teeth, tusk or a synonym of those words

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 2.50 Points ($2.50) or 500  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait



15. Spurs:

            Spurs do not have to follow the mandatory whites rule. Spurs can be full bone or covered in skin and fur. They can only protrude in the dark blue areas depicted in the example.
Spurs by IsomaraIndex
Bullet; Purple 20% chance to spread to an Isomara when training with an Isomara that has the Spurs trait already

Money Option:
Bullet; Green 700 Points ($7.00) or 1,400  seashell by catluvr2 for this trait





Birth Special Traits


16. Dim Primary:  Isomara are known to be a colorful species, however, there are isomara born with dull, dark, unsaturated colors. 
            Ex.  026 - Hunter by IsomaraIndex 226 - Toxin by IsomaraIndex 
        - Isomara must be born with this trait. It cannot be earned or bought.
        - To qualify for this special trait the base coat must have a saturation level of 10% or less and a value level of 50% or less 
        - Use this site if your art programs color profile is different and you want a second check - colorpicker.me/#364757 (We use HSV mode; leave the Lightness value alone unless you use HSL mode)



17a. Dyed Whites (Birth):
    This trait is when an Isomara appears to have color on the normally colorless parts of its body. An Isomara's mane, wings, ear fluff, teeth, horns, claws, and underside of most tails are always white unless they have this special condition.
            Ex. 296 - Charmie by IsomaraIndex 298 - Luka by IsomaraIndex  D017 - Chernobog by IsomaraIndex
    - Isomara born with this trait may have only some whites colored or have all the whites including even their horns and claws oddly colored and marked. 
    - It was once seen as bad karma if an Isomara was born with this trait, and it is believed that Isomara with Dyed Whites (birth) will have more bad luck in their life time (There is no real evidence to this superstition).

17b. Dyed Whites (Exile):
     Ex. 
    - The ones who were not born with this trait were shamed by others, for doing something against their own kind or bringing harm to society. Isomara punish the offender by having them dying areas of their white fur and wings with and then cast the offender Isomara out of society into exilement. (This lore is subject to change)





18. No Scent:        
    - Most Isomara have a flowery scent to them this scent is stronger when they are wet, but very few are born without the secretion scent glands which make them smell like pretty flowers. You may choose what flower your Isomara smell like.
    - This trait allows an Isomara to go near undetected on the island. A +5% resistance to Memic attacks.
    - Isomara must be born with this trait. It cannot be earned or bought.



19. Snaggle Tooth:
    Additional large teeth that protrude out of the mouth.
            Ex.   265 - ??? by IsomaraIndex
    - Isomara must be born with this trait. It cannot be earned or bought.



20. Spinal Split:

    An abnormality that appears during development within an egg where an Isomara's tail bone splits into multiple tails. This development can occur at the tail base or along the vertebrae of the tail. The tail types are always the same. 
            Ex.  350 - Hailwic by IsomaraIndex D018 - ??? by IsomaraIndex
    - This special trait can only appear on the long, whap, tuft, stub, and scorpio tails.
    - The Long, Whap, and Scorpio tails can have two-three splits. The Tuft and Stub tails can be split up to five times.

    - Isomara must be born with this trait. It cannot be earned or bought.



21. Radiant:

    Whoa your Isomara is radiant! This trait allows your Isomara to glow in the dark. This special trait allows all of your Iso or partial areas/colors/markings of an Isomara to glow. And Optionally can also cause mouths, eyes, teeth, and claws to glow. The Isomara does not gain new markings its current markings can glow Glowing Color Ex.
            Ex.  226 - Bioluminescence by IsomaraIndex
    - Isomara have a 25% chance to be born with this trait if they were conceived in a nest made out ectoplasm instead of goom goo. 
    - There is a 10% chance of gaining this trait when consuming ectoplasm. Be careful though as Ectoplasm can cause an upset stomach!



22. Unsymmetrical:
    
- This could be anywhere from mismatched patterned pelt to different shaped common horns. If the Isomara is not symmetrical on each side then it has this trait (This does not count crazy splatter markings and marbled like pelts as that would be way to hard to make the same on both sides).        
    - Isomara are born with this trait and it cannot be earned/bought.
                Ex.  240 - Pepper by IsomaraIndex    241 - Rosanne by IsomaraIndex



Special Trait F.A.Q.


Q. Will there be more special traits revealed?
A. Yes, some special traits can only be discovered through breeding or random events.

Q. Is there a way to exile my Isomara to get the Dyed White trait?
A. Perhaps, we do want to implement a way, but for now, it's unknown.

Q. Can I draw multiple Isomara in the same picture to have it count for both?
A. No, sadly you cannot double dip when it comes to special traits. Each Isomara will have to have their own separate drawings/ literature.




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