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Families
Families are a means to relate up to nine characters.[1][2][3]
- Family sizes are normally limited to eight characters.[1]
- Marriage increases family size by one to allow player housing permissions to be shared.[4]
- This size increase only applies if the family's head is married.[5]
- A character may only belong to one family at a time.[1]
- Leaving one family and joining another family will have a cooldown period in the order of days.[1]
- There are costs associated with family creation and maintenance.[5]
- Some costs are shared among the family members and other costs are specific to the family head.[5]
- There's not going to be a ton of ton of parcels all over the world- that might not be feasible for every player to get one; but... if you can be a family member and you have a whole family owning a freehold together, it'll allow many more players to see the system and partake in it.[7] – Kory Rice
- Players can charge for access to their family via player-to-player trading, but there won't be game mechanics or UI systems around this.[8]
- The family system is not a core pillar of the game and will be changed based on testing and feedback.[9]
Family names
Characters will have a first-name and an optional surname (last name).[10]
- Character names are unique per server.[11]
- Character name changes will be possible during server merges.[11]
- There is a minimum length of three for a character name.[12]
- Special characters, including apostrophes and hyphens, are currently not allowed in character names.[13]
- Currently we don't allow special characters in character names (including apostrophes and/or hyphens). It's possible this changes in the future.[13] – Ry Schueller
Character names will appear on the character sheet and optionally on the character website page.[14]
Marriage
There is a marriage mechanic in Ashes of Creation, including same-sex marriages.[3]
- Marriage increases family size by one to allow player housing permissions to be shared.[4]
- This size increase only applies if the family's head is married.[5]
- A NPC may offer quests relating to a marriage ceremony. This may come online post-launch.[16]
You might have a NPC that is specifically a RP event NPC. This is a person who marries you and you come up to them and they have a quest that relates to finding the cosmetic attire for the wedding; and once you have that achieved you must find a Best man or Maid of honor- these are systems that can be created around immersion in the game.[16] – Steven Sharif
Marriage may unlock different activities that are not available to characters who are not married.[17]
- Interaction with the freehold system.[17]
- Unlocking certain node quests.[17]
- Impacts on social organizations.[17]
- Other mechanics will be discussed in the future.[17]
There are not plans for gender neutral neutral pronouns. However our marriage system which will be present does not take into account gender. So two individuals of any sex will be able to utilize the marriage system and we feel that that's pretty important to really reflect the nature the cultures in Ashes of Creation: That it does not have that conflict present in this fantasy world that we may have experienced in the past in our real world; and that's a good place both from a sanctuary standpoint through people who are maybe experiencing that in the real world to get away from it in the fantasy world: We wanted to provide that type of outlet.[18] – Steven Sharif
Family summon
Skill | Icon | Origin | Description |
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Family summon | [[]] | Long duration cast (30 seconds to a minute) with an approximate 30 minute cooldown that slowly summons each of your family members to your location (up to eight members).[19][20] Players cannot be summoned in the following cases: |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:37:27).
- ↑ Livestream, May 8, 2017 (48:39).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Livestream, January 29, 2021 (1:13:04).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Livestream, February 26, 2021 (1:10:28).
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (26:23).
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (27:10).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, July 28, 2023 (1:30:11).
- ↑ Livestream, May 8, 2017 (48:39).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Livestream, October 14, 2022 (2:53).
- ↑ Livestream, October 31, 2017 (48:39).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Interview, May 11, 2018 (2:45).
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Store: Harmony Attire.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Interview, February 7, 2021 (55:22).
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Livestream, May 24, 2017 (53:58).
- ↑ Podcast, May 11, 2018 (1:05:58).
- ↑ Interview, July 19, 2020 (1:20:58).
- ↑ Podcast, July 26, 2020 (1:34:47).
- ↑ Podcast, July 26, 2020 (1:32:15).
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