OUTDATED - Equus Ballator Master Rulebook

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There are 5 types of Ballators - Each with their own set of rules

<da:thumb id="412739542"/>  Official Mountain Ballator Breedsheet by Fargonon  Plains Equus Ballators Breedsheet by Fargonon  Desert Ballators by Fargonon  African Ballator INFO by Elemes
Please go over each breed sheet, to understand their unique traits

:bulletred: All Equus Ballators Have Latin Names. :bulletred:

You can name them whatever - but the name registered with the group must be latin.
In the past, we allowed non-latin names, but we still prefer to keep the registered names Latin. 
If you are having trouble, please see - Google Translate - Latin

:bulletred: All Equus Ballators must be registered with the group :bulletred:

Registering your EB is done within the ID journals. If It's not on the ID journal - it's not registered.
There are ID's Journals for Each Designer - and One for Breeding Designs. 

To Register your Equus Ballator, Please comment on the ID journal Given with your EB Horse.
----Comment with Name of your EB, and a Link to it's Reference sheet. 
:bulletred: Your Refsheet Title needs be Set up as: 
ID# - Latin Name.
In the description - Please link the Original Design (Foal design, Import design, or Custom design)
---Reference sheets do not have to be full body - Just remember to link the original design.

Current Designer ID Lists:

F-ID#'s • E-ID#'s • ST-ID#'s • T-ID#'s • SD-ID# • N-ID#'s • DS-ID#'s


Breeding ID Masterlist:

B-ID#'s 


Retired Designer's ID's

 D-ID#'s •  J-ID#'s • S-ID#'s • P-ID#'s

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You Have three weeks from the date given to Draw your EB.
--Doesn't have to be a complete reference sheet - Just a drawing.
Comment on the IDjournal with the Link of the drawing.
It is up to you to comment on the IDjournal again with the final reference sheet.
We cannot go through every piece of art to see if its the first time being drawn

:bulletred: The Reference Sheet :bulletred:

- The ref sheet of your EB Must included a link to the Original design. 
- Any image of the Horse is fine - Headshot/Halfbody are okay as well - as long as the design sheet is linked. 
- You Must have the linage listed on the ref sheet if the horse is the offspring of others.
- The ID must be on the ref sheet. 


We will have Auctions when there is a mass amount of unregistered EB's



:bulletred: Import & Custom Designed Equus Ballators :bulletred:

All designers will open for Each Import season.

--The Status of Each Designer will be announced when it opens --
Please pay attention as some designers may not be open when the season opens. 
 Payments are made to whomever is designing your Ballator.

Please look over each individual breed sheet before ordering --- Click here

Please see the these guides if you have questions:
  Rarity Index:new: denotes a change that has been made since last this was updated - please take notice!
Not ALL admin imports are correct, we are human and make mistakes. In most occassions we'll do our best to fix them. Thank you for understanding!
Coat Types
Common Coat Variations: Dun and/or Cream (Smoky Black, Palomino, Buckskin) and/or Roan - +1
Uncommon Coat Variations: Grey and/or Bay and/or Chestnut and/or Black - +2
Rare Coat Variations: Champagne and/or Double Cream (Smoky Cream, Perlino, Cremello) and/or Pearl - +3
Extraordinary Coat Variations: Dominant White and/or Black (Pure- NO MARKINGS, MUTATIONS OR MODIFIERS) - +10
:star: Take the rarest color that your horse has in its phenotype, and that is its base rarity. An amber champagne (bay with champagne) is +3, not +5. A cremello dun is +3, not +4. A graying out chestnut is +2, not +4. :star:
Chestnut, Bay and Black do no
  Equus Ballator Horn Genes by TintedGreen
ALL Customs have a 13 Rarity Limit!
No Dominate white - or Pitch Black traits allowed.

Mountain Ballators

Imports: 
--- Pick 3 traits.
Customs: 
--- Pick all traits.

Plains Ballators 

Imports:
--- Pick 3 traits.
Customs:
--- Pick all traits.

Desert Ballators

Imports:
--- Pick 3 traits.
Customs:
---Pick 4 traits.

Forest Ballators

Imports:
--- Pick 3 traits.
Customs:
--- Pick 4 traits.

African Ballators

Imports:
--- Pick 3 traits.
Customs:
--- Pick all traits. (note; this type cannot have bright horns, spined horns, or paint markings)


TRAITS mean anything: Gender, body type, pattern, color, mutation, horn shape, etc...
 If you go over the limit you will be contacted, and if you do not respond the designer will proceed to make your EB-- with a LIMITED AMOUNT OF TRAITS

 

:bulletred: Breeding Your Equus Ballators :bulletred:

  EB Breeding Basics by Fargonon 


Submission Guidelines:

-- If you still have questions on foal designs.

Also Please look over these helpful resources: 
Designing your Foal Correctly -- Color Guide

Crossbreeds are not possible or allowed between EB's and any other breed.

Eb's cannot breed unless registered in the group.
Breedpics are required unless breeder states otherwise.

Equus Ballator Type Crossbreeding Rules

-- Reguarding the breeding between Plains, Forest, Desert, and Mountain EB's

You cannot roll your own geno's.

You Must note the group and then Pick one from there
You may suggest your more desired traits and we will take those into account.
You must supply this information:

Link to Sire               Link to Dam
Sire's Genotype   x     Dam Genotype
Sire's Type               Dam type   

Horn colors MUST be a mix of the parents.

Super Rare horn colors are hard to breed for. You Must have two pure white horned parents to get a pure white horned foal.
--Same goes for pure black.
5% White(very light grey) & 95% Black(Very Dark Grey) are close but are not PURE of one color.

If Parents have Stats - some Stats are carried to the foal

the parents stats are halved, and then added together.
---More on stats Click Here


  All equus Ballator foal designs must be done on the required lineart:

| EB Foal Lineart | by Enharmonia


Arranging a breeding:

Bullet; Red You can only have up to THREE breedings per week. 

Bullet; Red DO NOT note the group unless YOU are the one who is going to design the foal! You MUST work this out with the people involved in the breedings BEFORE sending in a note, we do not want two to three notes for the SAME BREEDING.

Bullet; Red When you submit a note for a breeding, you must WAIT UNTIL IT IS REPLIED TO to submit another one. 

Bullet; RedWhen noting the group about a breeding and asking for the genos, please keep it simple:
Sire:  
Sire's Phenotype: Smarmy marmy bay with polka dots
Sire's Genotype: Un/ic/or/n
Sire's Type: (Mountain, forest, etc)

--X--
Dam:  
Dam's Phenotype: Smarmy marmy bay with polka dots
Dam's Genotype: Un/ic/or/n
Dam's Typ: (Plains, Desert, etc)


You will be given a Max of four Geno's.

Bullet; RedMULTIPLE FOALS: If you intend to breed the same pair of horses multiple times, That is between you and the breeder. I give you the most probable genos that I roll; what you do with them or how many foals you make is up to whoever is designing the foals. And to get the most accurate results, I not only use the geno calculator but Punnet Squares and another random generator as well. THIS IS TIME CONSUMING.  

Bullet; Red If you are submitting multiple breedings in one note, please NUMBER them! 

It should look like this:
1. #E-009 Solus Luctus Atrox fav.me/d6h70i0
Phenotype: Smoky black tobiano
Genotype: EE/aa/nCr/TT
X
#F-100 Asmodeus fav.me/d6mrfh3
Phenotype: Black Merle Tobiano
Genotype: EE/aa/nT/Mm


2. #F-008 Tantibus Dominus fav.me/d6kcc99
Phenotype: Black w/war bonnet
Genotype: EE/aa/nCr
X
#F-100 Asmodeus fav.me/d6mrfh3
Phenotype: Black Merle Tobiano
Genotype: EE/aa/nT/Mm


:bulletred: IMPORTANT! 

IDs are now being given out with genotypes, and you have one month to submit an acceptable design to the group.
-- You will ALSO be held responsible for NOTIFYING THE GROUP when the horse's adult reference is drawn, by Linking to it in the B-IDs journal with a comment giving  ID#, Name & the link to the ref. 

After the foal design is accepted you have ONE MONTH to create the adult reference.




:bulletred: Breeding different EB types:


This Jounral provides all the information that is needed if you feel as though you MUST have a crossbred.


Inbreeding and Linebreeding

Inbreeding (breeding 2 horses of close relation) is strictly forbidden. (around 3 generations)
-- the foal may be sterilized & -5 Rarity
Linebreeding (breedings of 2 horses that are related, but not closely), on the other hand, is permitted, but don;t go crazy on this.
Relation must be more than 6 generations back.

The Foal

On the foal's reference, the sire and dam must be stated. You can do so with this form:

Bloodlines:
------------------------------------------ SSS: unknown
----------------- SS: unknown
------------------------------------------ SSD: unknown
Sire: unknown
------------------------------------------ SDS: unknown
----------------- SD: unknown
------------------------------------------ SDD: unknown
------------------------------------------ DSS: unknown
----------------- DS: unknown
------------------------------------------ DSD: unknown
Dam: unknown
------------------------------------------ DDS: unknown
----------------- DD: unknown
------------------------------------------ DDD: unknown


'SS' Stands for Sire's Sire, SSS Stands for Sire's Sire's Sire (in other words, the grandsire) 
SDS Stands for the sire's Dam's sire. and so on. 


:bulletred: Equus Ballator Stats and Competitions :bulletred:

The Stat SystemThis will be a way that you can better your ballator stock. 
Stats can also be passed onto offspring.
These are the possible categories for earning stats:

Gaits: 0
Dressage: 0
Jumping: 0
Intelligence: 0
Stamina: 0
Speed: 0
Strength: 0
Experience: 0
Measurement of Stats:
Novice: 0-29 stats total
Intermediate: 30-69 stats total
Advanced: 70-99 stats total
Expert: 100-299 stats total
Elite: 300 stats total
Olympian: 400 total
Godlevel: Over 800
How to get Stats
YOU CAN ONLY GET STATS USING YOUR OWN ART
--Only art that you have drawn yourself can be counted.


-- All art must be colored - 
---
grayscale drawings can fall under this, as long as its "shaded" and not plain lineart.

DA pixel Icon: 1 point
Draw a headshot or halfbody: 1 points
Full body: 3 points
Simple BG: 2 points
Detailed BG: 3 points
Every extra character: +2 points
Stories (minimum 200 words) +2 stats per 200 w


You can have an EB as an OC- or apart of your HARPG stable.






Issues 

If you have issues with a design,
 whether it be a custom, breeding, or import, the group is not responsible nor do we have to re-design it for you.

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Is it possible to request traits such as genetic mutations (brindle, chimera, somatic, etc.) or twins, when breeding? :)