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 <li>It has been at least 10 real days since the last mating between the two specific characters. (This does not affect mating with other characters)</li>
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-<p>When selected a request is sent to the other character through an alert that they can accept if both characters are in the same location or reject. The requester is notified of their response via a global message (meaning all those present can see that the pair have mated), and a mating cooldown is set if accepted. <br>A mating will technically fail if the female is already waiting for a child (with the same or a different male) when a mate offer is accepted, but one will never know if this happens before a child is born, making the father unclear. <br>Attempting multiple matings does nothing to increase probability. The female will not know if it was fully successful until a child is spawned with her in 48 hours time, even though she may receive sensing life messages. See <a href="#Gestation"><span class="toctext">Gestation</span></a> for further information.
+<p>When selected a request is sent to the other character through an alert that they can accept if both characters are in the same location or reject. The requester is notified of their response via a global message (meaning all those present can see that the pair have mated), and a mating cooldown is set if accepted. <br>A mating will technically fail if the female is already waiting for a child (with the same or a different male) when a mate offer is accepted, but one will never know if this happens before a child is born, making the father unclear. <br>Attempting multiple matings does nothing to increase probability. The female will not know if it was fully successful until a child is spawned with her in 3 to 6 days' time, even though she may receive sensing life messages. See <a href="#Gestation"><span class="toctext">Gestation</span></a> for further information.
 <br><i>Note: It is possible to summon life without officially requesting to mate.  For example, life might be summoned either through gods, quests, or excessive ERP.</i>
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 <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Gestation">Gestation</span></h2>
-<p>The waiting period between an attempted mating and child arrival lasts 48 hours. If your initial mating was successful, you will see green success messages about sensing life. The first message appears on the 16th hour after the mating occurred, so if you do not see it within a day, then the mating failed and you will have to try again after the 10 day cooldown period or with another partner. If you do see the sensing life messages, it means that the initial mating was successful, however depending on various factors the life could still be lost. This can happen if the tier didn't have any suitable children waiting to be born to begin with and/or if no appropriate players join the tier following a related demand notification. If that happens, you won't know until the end of the gestation that it has failed. At this point, a child will not appear, and a red failure message will post saying the life was lost.
+<p>The waiting period between an attempted mating and child arrival lasts a random amount of time between 3 and 6 real days. If your initial mating was successful, you will see a light red/pink message at the top of the screen about sensing life, which will count down the hours until the arrival. This status will appear after a quarter of the gestation period has passed, so if you do not see it within 2 real life days, then the mating failed and you will have to try again after the 10 day cooldown period or with another partner. If you do see the sensing life status, it means that the initial mating was successful, however depending on various factors the life could still be lost. This can happen if the tier didn't have any suitable children waiting to be born to begin with and/or if no appropriate players join the tier following a related demand notification. If that happens, you won't know until the end of the gestation that it has failed. At this point, a child will not appear, and a red failure message will post saying the life was lost.
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 <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Child_Arrival">Child Arrival</span></h2>
-<p>The spawning of a child occurs 48 hours after a successful mating and is announced with a global post noting the racial birth flavour text. They will always arrive in the same location of the mother (even while in a road or a full vehicle), and the Mother character will be able to see who their child is via a label on the child's description. Children will have an indication of their mother when they spawn, via their first event which notes their mother's description and name. Only mothers can set the true name of a child (the child may rename themselves when they are 18); others will nickname them, which is just a name your own character knows the other character by. Once the child has spawned, it is the equivalent of a 5 year old physically and mentally. Children will always arrive slightly hungry. You cannot be born to parents on your own account.
+<p>The spawning of a child occurs 3 to 6 real days after a successful mating and is announced with a global post noting the racial birth flavour text. They will always arrive in the same location of the mother (even while in a road or a full vehicle), and the mother character will be able to see who their child is via a label on the child's description. Children will have an indication of their mother when they spawn, via their first event which notes their mother's description and name. Only mothers can set the true name of a child (the child may rename themselves when they are 18); others will nickname them, which is just a name your own character knows the other character by. Once the child has spawned, it is the equivalent of a 5 year old physically and mentally. Children will always arrive slightly hungry. You cannot be born to parents on your own account.
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 <td style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0px;">Emerge from a Great Flame
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 <td style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0px;">From a Wood Totem
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-<td style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0px;"><a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=sanguine" title="Sanguine">Sanguine</a>
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-<td style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0px;">Emerge from a Starburst
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 <td style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0px;"><a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=therian" title="Therian">Therian</a>
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 <td style="padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0px;">Emerge from a Swirling Green Blue Portal
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 <li>Children cannot start their own projects.</li>
 <li>Children slow down project progress by 50%.</li>
-<li>Children are able to be dragged by their mother at any time (others must make them incapable first), or by other members in a <a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=groups" title="Groups"> group</a> they are part of.</li>
+<li>Children are able to be dragged by their guardians at any time (others must make them incapable first), or by other members in a <a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=groups" title="Groups"> group</a> they are part of.</li>
-<li>Children are able to be turned around on the road by their mother as if they're incapable if they are within the normal road interaction limitations.</li>
+<li>Children are able to be turned around on the road by their guardians as if they're incapable if they are within the normal road interaction limitations.</li>
 <li>Children cannot drag anyone.</li>
 <li>Children cannot heal grievous injuries.</li>
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 <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Child_Queue">Child Queue</span></h2>
-<p>From a technical standpoint, the lines for children to be born are all separated by race. Characters will sit in line and will wait for a breeding pair of a specific race to be ready for a child. When that happens, the game will match the child to the parents based on their place in line. When character to be born is fully matched to parents, it locks them into the birth with a message saying <b>"spawning imminent"</b> at this point you are unable to remove yourself from the tier. See <a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=account_settings#Child_Adoption" title="Account Settings">adoption</a> if you are born post "lock-in" but no longer have the time to commit to this role. In some circumstances, a child character will be skipped for matching, such as if the child account is the same as the parents, or if the accounts of the parents are being <a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=account_settings#Avoidance" title="Account Settings"> avoided</a> by the child account.
+<p>From a technical standpoint, the lines for children to be born are all separated by race. Characters will sit in line and will wait for a breeding pair of a specific race to be ready for a child. When that happens, the game will match the child to the parents based on their place in line. When character to be born is fully matched to parents, it locks them into the birth with a message saying <b>"spawning imminent"</b> at which point you are unable to remove yourself from the tier. See <a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=account_settings#Child_Adoption" title="Account Settings">adoption</a> if you are born post "lock-in" but no longer have the time to commit to this role. In some circumstances, a child character will be skipped for matching, such as if the child account is the same as the parents, or if the accounts of the parents are being <a href="http://www.marosia.com/doku/doku.php?id=account_settings#Avoidance" title="Account Settings"> avoided</a> by the child account.
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 <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Guardianship">Guardianship</span></h2>
 <p>The biological birthing parent of a child character can assign any other character as a guardian for their child. This other guardian can not be reassigned ever under any condition, so be careful. This will give the other character, if they accept, full parental abilities to the child forever.
-<br>There is no limit to how many children you can accept guardianship of, there is also no gender or race restrictions.
+<br>There is no limit to how many children you can accept guardianship of, there are also no gender or race restrictions.
 <br>The child must be present on tile for the guardian to be able to accept, but the child has no say in it.</p>
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