World of Gaia - Traits

Dun (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

A hard edged marking that adds a dark stripe down the back, additionally it may also include barring on the legs, shoulder stripes, or other minor features of traditional dun markings.

Spotted (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

A few or a lot of spots on the coat, large or small, hard or soft edging, any color that compliments the base well. Cannot resemble splotches or Paint.

Marbled (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Varigated markings resembling marbled marking on horses or cats. Can be varying colors that compliment the coat.

Dappled (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Soft edged desaturated lighter dappling markings, generally along the back and/or sides.

Banded (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Banded is a marking that puts an unbreaking band or several of a single color around the centaurian. These bands can have a ring of color on the outside of each as well (Like clownfish).

Brindled (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Brindled is a thin striping marking that can be seen in horses and dogs. It can be one or multiple colors that are different from the base.

Blanketted (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Blanket is a solid marking overtop the Centaurian that generally has a harder edge and complements the base.

Varnished (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Varnished is a sheen much like wood polish that puts a brighter colored hue along the body. Can be a very different color than the base. Can appear as non subtle nuances over the coat.

Frosted (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Frosted is very small gathered fleckings of a lighter color. Cannot be expansive or resemble Snowflake (Think of it as freckles).

Marbled

Rarity: Legendary

Category: Markings

Info: Small or large circular splotches with a border. The splotches can be merged together.

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Marking Rules/Overview

Tier: Tier 4
Color: Border darker than and natural to the base, inner any color lighter than the base
Tones: Single color for border, can have gradient for inner
Shape: Circular blobs

Holes: Holes-No Tapering: Tapering-Yes Breaks: Breaks-Yes

Symmetry: Symmetry-Yes Asymmetry-Yes Nuances: Nuances-Yes

Edges: Hard-Edge-Yes Soft-Edges-No Blended-Edges-No Gradient-Edges-No Textured-Edges-No Mixed-Edges-No

Ranges and Coverage

Wing Ranges

Horns: Marbled cannot touch the horns.

Beard: Marbled can touch the beard.

Back: Marbled can touch the back.

Belly: Marbled can touch the belly.

Leg Fur: Marbled can touch leg fur.

Body Protrusions: Marbled can touch certain protrusions.

Fins: Marbled can touch the fins.

Examples and Common Mistakes

Good Examples

The entirety of the inside must be filled.

Tapering must be the same color as the border.

Common Mistakes

Gradients must come from the center of each blob.

Cannot be single circles spread apart and must have some blobbage.

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Iridescent (C)

Rarity: Uncommon

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

A rainbow or multicolored sheen throughout the coat or over the whole body.

Traced

Rarity: Legendary

Category: Markings

Info: Creates a solid outline around the entirety of the chosen marking. Can only affect hard-edged markings.

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Marking Rules/Overview

Tier: Tier 1 Modifier
Color: Lighter or Darker than the base
Tones: Single Color
Shape: Surrounds marking it's effecting

Holes: Holes-No Tapering: Tapering-No Breaks: Breaks-No

Symmetry: Symmetry-Yes Asymmetry-Yes Nuances: Nuances-No

Edges: Hard-Edge-Yes Soft-Edges-Yes Blended-Edges-No Gradient-Edges-No Textured-Edges-No Mixed-Edges-No

Ranges and Coverage

Wing Ranges

Horns: Traced can touch the horns.

Beard: Traced can touch the beard.

Back: Traced can touch the back.

Belly: Traced can touch the belly.

Leg Fur: Traced can touch leg fur.

Body Protrusions: Traced can touch certain protrusions.

Fins: Traced can touch the fins.

Examples and Common Mistakes

Good Examples

Traced must effect all instances of the marking it's affecting.

Traced can be thick or thin.

Traced must be a similar width through the entirety of the marking it's effecting.

Common Mistakes

Traced cannot effect softer edged markings and can only be on hard edged markings.

Traced cannot vary in width along the marking (Unless tapering at the end).

Traced cannot effect semi transparent markings.

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Stripes (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Streaks of color throughout the coat. Can be thin or thick, large or small, soft or hard edged. Can't replicate banded or brindle.

Canvas

Rarity: Unique

Category: Markings

Info: Inspired by Japanese woodblock paintings, Canvas can range from simple to incredibly complex designs. Cannot include handmade structures or people in the image.

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Marking Rules/Overview

Tier: Tier 1
Color: Any Color
Tones: Any number of tones
Shape: Unnatural, man-made

Holes: Holes-No Tapering: Tapering-No Breaks: Breaks-No

Symmetry: Symmetry-No Asymmetry-Yes Nuances: Nuances-Yes

Edges: Hard-Edge-Yes Soft-Edges-Yes Blended-Edges-Yes Gradient-Edges-Yes Textured-Edges-Yes Mixed-Edges-Yes

Ranges and Coverage

Wing Ranges

Horns: Canvas must cover the horns.

Beard: Canvas must cover the beard.

Back: Canvas must cover the back.

Belly: Canvas must cover the belly.

Leg Fur: Canvas must cover leg fur.

Body Protrusions: Canvas must cover certain protrusions.

Fins: Canvas must cover the fins.

Examples and Common Mistakes

Good Examples

Canvas can use unrealistic colors.

Must appear fullbody.

Common Mistakes

Canvas cannot have any man-made structures such as buildings.

Cannot be lacking in design elements.

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Splotches (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Medium sized, hard edged patches of color, can be same color or multiple colors. Cannot be so large to resemble Paint.

Paint Dump

Rarity: Unique

Category: Markings

Info: Adds anywhere from one or several sections of multi-layered splatters, with each layer being a different color.

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Marking Rules/Overview

Tier: Tier 2
Color: Any Color
Tones: Multiple Colors
Shape: Paint Splatter drips

Holes: Holes-Yes Tapering: Tapering-Yes Breaks: Breaks-No

Symmetry: Symmetry-No Asymmetry-Yes Nuances: Nuances-No

Edges: Hard-Edge-Yes Soft-Edges-No Blended-Edges-No Gradient-Edges-No Textured-Edges-No Mixed-Edges-No

Please note: Paint Dump has a unique optional interaction with Pour. Please see the Marking Interaction Guide for more info.

Ranges and Coverage

Wing Ranges

Horns: Paint Dump can touch the horns.

Beard: Paint Dump can touch the beard.

Back: Paint Dump can touch the back.

Belly: Paint Dump can touch the belly.

Leg Fur: Paint Dump can touch leg fur.

Body Protrusions: Paint Dump can touch certain protrusions.

Fins: Paint Dump can touch the fins.

Examples and Common Mistakes

Good Examples

Paint Dump can be different shades of the same color.

It is allowed to appear as different kinds of splatters but must have a central large patch.

Common Mistakes

Paint Dump must be splatters or drips and cannot mimic Pour.

Paint Dump cannot just be two colors and must be at least 3.

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Points (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

A different soft or blended edged color on the points of the centaurian, much like siamese.

Smokey

Rarity: Rare

Category: Markings

Info: Adds soft swirling patterns on the spirit's body.

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Marking Rules/Overview

Tier: Tier 5
Color: Lighter or Darker than the base
Tones: Multiple similar tones of single color
Shape: Loose or tight swirls

Holes: Holes-Yes Tapering: Tapering-No Breaks: Breaks-Yes

Symmetry: Symmetry-Yes Asymmetry-Yes Nuances: Nuances-No

Edges: Hard-Edge-Yes Soft-Edges-Yes Blended-Edges-Yes Gradient-Edges-Yes Textured-Edges-No Mixed-Edges-Must

Please note: Smokey has a unique optional interaction with Mummified. Please see the Marking Interaction Guide for more info.

Ranges and Coverage

Wing Ranges

Horns: Smokey can touch the horns.

Beard: Smokey can touch the beard.

Back: Smokey can touch the back.

Belly: Smokey can touch the belly.

Leg Fur: Smokey can touch leg fur.

Body Protrusions: Smokey can touch certain protrusions.

Fins: Smokey can touch the fins.

Examples and Common Mistakes

Good Examples

Smokey can solidly go all the way to the edges of the spirit without blending it out.

The smoke side is soft or hard edges, the other side is blended or gradient edges.

Smokey can appear either as swirls or natural smoke.

Common Mistakes

The smoke side must be hard or soft edged and cannot be blended.

The non smoke side cannot have smoke shapes and must blend out.

Smokey cannot have instances overlapping.

It cannot be uniform.

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Roan (C)

Rarity: Common

Category: Markings

Species: Centaurian

Mimics roan markings as seen in horses, gives the main body a silvery desaturated look.

Ornate

Rarity: Unique

Category: Markings

Info: Allows for intricate lacework or filigree patterns along the edge of a marking. Can only affect hard-edged markings.

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Marking Rules/Overview

Tier: Tier 2
Color: Same color as the marking it's effecting, black, or white.
Tones: Single Color
Shape: Intricate and unnatural

Holes: Holes-No Tapering: Tapering-No Breaks: Breaks-Yes

Symmetry: Symmetry-Yes Asymmetry-Yes Nuances: Nuances-Yes

Edges: Hard-Edge-Yes Soft-Edges-No Blended-Edges-No Gradient-Edges-No Textured-Edges-No Mixed-Edges-No

Ranges and Coverage

Wing Ranges

Horns: Ornate can touch the horns.

Beard: Ornate can touch the beard.

Back: Ornate can touch the back.

Belly: Ornate can touch the belly.

Leg Fur: Ornate can touch leg fur.

Body Protrusions: Ornate can touch certain protrusions.

Fins: Ornate can touch the fins.

Examples and Common Mistakes

Good Examples

Can appear as lacework.

Can appear as filigree.

Must be thin and intricate.

Filigree-style Ornate can have breaks, but must be the same color as the marking it's effecting.

Common Mistakes

Cannot be both lacework and filligree.

Cannot have breaks in the strands if lacework.

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