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TRAITS

The traits found here are not the same as the ones used for the ARPG. For information on the rarities and restrictions of the ARPG traits, please refer to the official guides found in the ARPG group.

 

FREE/BASE

THESE TRAITS ARE THE REQUIERED MINIMUM FOR A BASE JAPE.

  • Hornless

  • 2 eyes (unless lost due to injuries) (eyes cannot be black/white)

  • Pupil-less eyes

  • 4 legs

  • No markings on tongue (solid color)

  • Spikes on tail

  • Lesser type (3 spikes on tail, pointing toward the end of the tail)

 

OPTIONAL FREE TRAITS

  • Thumbs on front legs

  • 1 marking on tongue (gradient, spots, stripes/rings)

 

COMMON

  • Short horns

  • Forked tongue

  • Frog/goat pupils

  • Iris but no pupil (see traits visuals)

  • Round lip bumps

  • Greater type (4 spikes on tail, these japes are big enough to have a humanoid ride them.)

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UNCOMMON

  • Long horns (2 or 4)

  • Fangs (2 teeth long enough to poke out of the mouth of the jape)

  • Tusks (2 teeth long enough to poke out of the mouth of the jape)

  • Slit pupils

  • Triangle pupils

  • Sharp lip bumbs

  • Eyebrow spikes

  • Fin-horns (see visuals, max 2)

  • 2 markings on tongue (gradient, spots, stripes/rings)

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RARE

  • Fur (does not cover the jape.) (SPECIAL TRAIT: FELIDAE DESCENT)

  • Heterochromia

  • Dotted-slit pupils

  • Button pupils

  • Iridescent

  • Needle teeth (most teeth poke out of the jape's mouth, even when closed)

  • Split tail

  • Bone horns (causes horns to not be covered with scales. See visuals.)

  • 3 markings on tongue (gradient, spots, stripes/rings)

ULTRA-RARE

  • Frilled

  • Antlers

  • Split tongue (causes jape to have 2 tongues)

  • Cross pupils

  • Ringed pupils

  • Luminescent (glowing markings/claws/eyes)

  • Elemental (fire, water, electricity, magma, poison, earth, etc. Cannot be magical element such as dark/light.)

  • 2 legged (naga)

  • Hooded (cobra)

  • Piebald

  • Unicorn/frontal horn

MUTATIONS

  • External ears (SPECIAL TRAIT: FELIDAE DESCENT)

  • Scaleless

  • Spikes on body

  • Spikes on tongue

  • More than 2 eyes (Anywhere on body)

  • Eyeless

  • Miss-shapen limbs

  • Extra limbs

  • Begemmed (gem growths on body)

  • Growth on body

  • Double horns (2 horn types)

  • Paradox (2 distinct JS markings)

  • Miniature

  • Hooked (Spikes point toward nose instead of toward end of tail)

RETIRED TRAITS

THESE TRAITS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, BUT SOME JAPES HAVE THEM.

  • Shark teeth (rows of teeth) (ultra-rare)

  • Short tail (rare)

  • Insect parts (mutation)

SPECIAL TRAITS

THESE TRAITS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE ON EXTREMLY RARE OCCASIONS, AND NEVER FROM MYOS. THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS TOUCHED/UNTOUCHED.

  • Multiple heads (untouched)

  • Completly white/gray/black eyes (untouched)

  • Humanoid teeth (untouched)

  • Humanoid hands (untouched)

  • Magic (special elementals) (untouched)

  • Cannibalistic: does not get sick upon eating jape/armanguis meat. (touched)

  • Painless: does not feel pain (touched)

  • Beast form (touched)

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