Traits

Tail MP: 4

Bulb tails are thick tails with a stout shape and optional winglets corresponding to the related subtype at the tail base.

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Bulb (Fae) w/ Colored Tip

Bulb (Fae) Firefly Bulb

Bulb (Fae) w/ Beetle Shell

Bulb (Fae) w/ Starlit Suffusion

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Bulb Tail Examples - Bulb (Fiendish) on top and Bulb (Fae) on the bottom.

Details:

• This tail's features vary depending on the associated subtype.
• These tails cannot be larger than standard (1 MP) sized.
• Optional tail-base winglets present on this tail style must match the associated subtype.
• Formerly for Faenin this was called the "Puca" tail style.

For Faenin / Bulb (Fae) tails:

• Bulb (Fae) tails are furred tails with a bulb shape. These tails can show markings partially while eventually fading into an anima-colored tip or they can simply be an anima-colored bulb, often resembling a firefly bulb that is also capable of glowing thanks to luminous anima. They will be labeled "Fae".
• You can’t see the center of Bulb (fae) tails, since they aren't gummy with bubbles like anima. These tails are fleshy on the inside. The anima color more or less shows through a furred layer, which means only the color adjacent anima mutations will affect them. For example:
• Prismatic Anima, Dual-toned Anima, and mutations with two (2) colors evenly (like heterochromia, odd-eyed, chimeric anima) would function with either a 50/50 gradient of both colors or either one of the colors solidly through.
• The bulb on Bulb (Fae) tails should follow the base anima color essentially.
• What else affects Bulb (Fae) tails? Luminous Anima, Emberglow Suffusion, and Starlit Suffusion all affect bulb tails for faenin.
• What doesn’t affect Bulb (Fae) tails? Fae Accent Color, Decora Anima, Starlit Anima, and Emberglow Anima do not affect bulb tails for faenin.

For Djinnin / Bulb (Fiendish) tails:

• The Bulb (Fiendish) tail style encompasses very short thick reptile-like tails (think gecko tails). This tail style is not limited to just a gecko-looking tail in texture, they can have tails that are bumpy or smooth.
• The winglets near the tail base would be batwing-like, and labeled "Fiendish".

For Undine / Bulb (Finned) tails:

• The Bulb (Finned) tail style includes thick short fishy tails that are roughly as thick as they are round.
• Bulb (Finned) tails optionally may have two fish fins at the end to imitate a rounder goldfish style look to them. The distinction between Bulb (Finned) and Flare (Finned) styles is that flare style tails taper and can be longer on grown elnin where on bulb tails the tail rounds out more and does not taper.
• Cuttlefish style frills, frilled tendrils with a bell where they connect to the body, or a short small connected group of thick tendrils can be added in place of other fins or finlets. Keep in mind these fin substitutes should not obscure the base tail shape.
• Additional Note: We understand that keeping fins appearing finny may be a challenging task and that some interpretations may appear to border on looking feather-like or plant-like.
  
  • We ask an effort to differentiate fins from feathers be made by group members. Staff may recommend adjustments if needed. In general we want mutations and subtypes to be somewhat distinct from one another so we're asking that finny features not intentionally mimic feathers.
  • For fins that appear reminiscent of plants, we just ask that specific plant textures be avoided in these areas. We know some fins may have plant motifs to them but they are still to remain fins or tendrils and not actual plants.

For ??? / Bulb (Feathered) tails:

• The winglets near the tail base would be birdwing-like, and labeled "Feathered".

Notes:

• If you switch out from a subtype tail style, then you will not be able to opt back in later. You can swap to another subtype tail style (within the same subtype) if you prefer, though.
• For example: If you have a "Bulb (Fae)" tail style, you could switch it out for a "Flare (fae)" style tail. You cannot switch across subtypes though, so a "Bulb (Fiendish)" could not be swapped out for a "Bulb (Fae)" or "Flare (Fae)" style tail, and so on.
• If your elnin's Bulb tail subtype is not specified please submit a support ticket to clarify which tail subtype your elnin has. If a tail subtype is not specified, this does not mean you can choose any tail subtype. Staff will have to determine which type your elnin was granted and make sure that detail is specified on the masterlist before a design approval goes through for that elnin.

Lore for Bulb (Fiendish):

Elnin can intentionally drop their tail but it would in some ways be a short-cut to the more standard mindful sizing down of an elnin's tail.

• Tail "dropping" in this scenario is not painful to the elnin in any way and there is no blood!
• The dropped tail will steadily shimmer away in the few minutes following it being dropped as the mana it held is shed. (And we are talking only a few like maybe 1-2 minutes.)
• Any visible fleshy tail bits would heal relatively quickly back to show an elnin with just a smaller sized version of the tail in place of the one that was dropped. (Mana would like gore to be avoided in the group.)
• Similar to scenarios when an elnin's hair is cut rather than shortened by their own will, this process is a bit tiring even if it is not painful. An elnin's mana isn't really being conserved here it's being tossed out in the short term. So while this might be a very fast way of decreasing tail size it's generally not the preferred method for elnin wanting to decrease their tail size.
• Masterlist art cannot show a dropped tail.
• At best this could make for a good prank, but shouldn't be blown out of proportion. ^^;; Please try to be reasonable. We want to allow for some fun here but if it ends up causing problems where people are submitting gore heavy prompts or obscuring backgrounds with tactfully placed dropped tails we may have to ask this be kept to side stories not pictured in the group.