Regarding Gangs and Gang Creation

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Basic Rules to Keep in Mind

• Up to three member-created gangs can be active on-site
• Gang leaders can claim only one VACANT piece of land in a region at a time
• The gangs are not to get involved with pack affairs and vice versa
• Gang ranks tend to be more simple and the rules tend to be a little less complex and harsh compared to those of the packs
• Gangs in the same region as one of the packs share some of the same (the more basic/less complex) adaptions as they do
• Like the packs, a leader of a gang may instill a patron God/Goddess if desired
• Your gang idea must be approved by a staff member
• Your gang must gather at least 5 characters OOC and 5 more IC in order to officially lay claim to a piece of land

Allowable Adaptions

Forest

• Fast runners and light, flexible bodies
• Strong, thick, curved, retractable claws instead of nails for climbing trees
• Can jump to great heights

Note:: Jumping to great heights takes practice. Canines under two years old cannot make the same jumps that an adult canine can make. The claws can chip or/and break off, but that is rare.

Desert

• Black, sometimes forked tongue
• Can go a long time without water
• Third clear eyelid, to keep sand out of the eyes and reptilian-like pupils
• Ability to open and close nostrils, to keep sand out of the nose

Mountains

• Thick fur
• Short, blunt nails or no nails at all on wide paws that keep the canine from sinking into the snow
• Small, compact, lightly built body
• Fluffy tail

Ocean

• Gills
• Large, wide, webbed paws
• Able to close nostrils, to keep seawater out of the nose
• Very short, waterproof fur

City

• Strong immune system (cannot fight off Rabies; weaker in pups up to two years and in adult dogs 7 years and older)
• Shiny, black spikes on head, tip of the tail, and neck only WARNING: Spikes can break off when enough force is applied and broken spikes will not grow back
• Sharp, serrated teeth that resemble shark's teeth

Rain Forest

• Able to digest plants and fruit better than other canines
• Brightly colored feathers throughout fur
• Brightly colored wings allow for brief flight intervals
• Able to mimic the calls of different individual tropical birds for communication purposes (Toucan, Parrot, Parakeet, Macaw, or the Cockatoo)

Caves

• Use echolocation to navigate
• Good night vision and have heat sensitive vision, but nearly blind in broad daylight
• Good sense of hearing and touch
• Able to detect vibrations of varying degrees through solid ground in order to determine the proper size of an animal and how close they are

Plains

• Fast runners and good endurance/agility
• Long legs
• Black Cheetah-like markings under eyes to reduce glare while chasing down prey