Flight Rising Discussion

I have to think gene changing does exist in canon because you can get gene change scrolls from NPCs. The Swappers trade you Firefly and I (Baldwin) have eight different genes you can brew in the cauldron.

As for what they are, I imagine they're scrolls as well since they are all depicted on some sort of parchment. In my lore scrolls are applied by holding/draping the scroll over you and reciting an incantation (perhaps written on the scroll), which will magically imbue those properties into you.

Gene items could be many things, As for what i'm doing right now... Ive got a dragon named Orison who i'm gonna gene up with bee. I was thinking about making some lore about the arcane energies around my clan changing the pattern of his wings and mane.

A scroll with a spell inside to change a dragon’s appearance.

[quote name="ShiraCheshire" date="2018-11-30 08:30:51" ] I usually headcanon that gene scrolls are actual scrolls. They're enchanted with magic or something so that any dragon that uses them has their appearance changed via strong magic. After one use the magic is exhausted, thus why they vanish after one use. Though sometimes for the sake of interesting lore ill headcanjon in other stuff as well. a blessing from a deity, a magic accident, an injury or disease, a purposeful change done by normal means like a tattoo, whatever. edit: holy geez i also just realized that gene scrolls arent explicitly stated to be scrolls. wow, all this time and i never noticed! I guess i just say other scrolls like renaming an youth and assumed genes were too [/quote] same same same My progens getting their genes was a big part of their lore and I wrote it as them reading magic incantations on scrolls and the patterns appearing on their bodies.

For me, gene scrolls are in my lore in various ways.

1. Actual spell scrolls

2. Gene change happends as a result of a ritual/trial/sickness (seen in some Subspecies as well)

3. Result of an magical accident or magical fight, something unexpected.

Dragons just kind of look however they look. Gene scrolls aren't really a thing, outside of some exceptions like Runes or Circuit (which I'd explain either as an enchantment on the dragon's skin, or something to do with their innate magic).

A dragon's colors might shift over time, like how a bird's colors/feathers change between when it's a fledgling and when it's grown, and that might be influenced by outside magic, but there's no instant magic scrolls to poof you into a new form.

And outside of Bogsneaks, I totally ignore breed changes as being a thing. To me, they're just a game mechanic.

Edit: I also look at everything to do with the NPCs and Trading Post as just a game mechanic because it doesn't fit at all with the rest of the lore.

[quote name="ShiraCheshire" date="2018-11-30 08:30:51" ] I usually headcanon that gene scrolls are actual scrolls. They're enchanted with magic or something so that any dragon that uses them has their appearance changed via strong magic. After one use the magic is exhausted, thus why they vanish after one use. Though sometimes for the sake of interesting lore ill headcanjon in other stuff as well. a blessing from a deity, a magic accident, an injury or disease, a purposeful change done by normal means like a tattoo, whatever. [b]edit: holy geez i also just realized that gene scrolls arent explicitly stated to be scrolls. wow, all this time and i never noticed! I guess i just say other scrolls like renaming an youth and assumed genes were too[/b] [/quote] I'm confused. All the genes specifically state in their descriptions that they [b][i]are[/i][/b] scrolls. With the exception of the breed changes, they all start with "A scroll that will change..." So where are we getting that genes aren't scrolls? o.O

[quote name="KitalphaHart" date="2018-11-30 08:36:01" ] Didn't a mod or admin describe it as read scroll, poof new gene? [/quote] Yep! @KitalphaHart @ShiraCheshire - On where it is stated for them being actual scrolls. [quote][quote]Quote: How do breedchanges work lorewise?[/quote] Gene and Breed scrolls (and other similar specialty items) are imbued with magical properties. Once the inscription on the scroll is read, the magic is released, altering the DNA makeup of the dragon performing the ritual. The scroll then falls to [really sparkly] ashes.[/quote] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1327998/328#post_17389625]Here.[/url] So. Scrolls changing your over all self and appearance is canon.

i tend to not consider breed changes canon for my dragons (like said before, if i changed them they were always that breed), but i do believe the scrolls exist in canon and some dragons use them; i have a few dragons who follow that, one such being a pearlcatcher gen1 who i decided was hatched a coatl and became a pc to fit herself better ^^ (she was a guardian when i got her but i can pretend)