Royal Careers

The kingdom of Moutonking is entirely dependent on the breeding of sheep, and it very often recruits sheep endowed in one field or in another, whether it is for wool, for war or other specialisations. When a sheep is sold within the kingdom in this way, one says that he/she embarked on a royal career.

Once sold, an animal no longer stays with its stockbreeder, but because of the special bond which links the shepherd and his old animal, the breeder nevertheless receives news of his former sheep and what he is doing.

The shepherds can send 4 sheep to careers per month, including a maximum of 2 lambs. Beyond this, the kingdom agrees to take them, but for free.

Outcome of having a royal career:

• Fetis at the time of sale. The more gifted the animal is, the more fetis can be made. Each career has its own selection criteria and admissions can be refused (in this case the number of fetis indicated is equal to zero).


• Points. The shepherd receives points as his old animal advances in its career, that represent his contribution to the kingdom.


• Rights of access from time to time. The animal can return to say hello to its former stockbreeder occasionally. If this happens your sheep will have the Holiday icon in its list of bonuses which gives the length of time your sheep will be staying with you. It may also have a bonus due to its career specialisation... for example, a dairy career sheep will have the 'Ointment' bonus, shown by the icon which gives a bonus of varying amount to wool quality depending on the rank of your sheep.


• Faster development of the animal. Royal careers represent the highest degrees of specialisation which are achievable.

[It should be noted that when an animal is taken to the slaughter house, which is a special category of career, its alignment goes down in a negative direction, towards bad. This may be considered either as an advantage or a disadvantage according to what the breeder seeks.]

When a sheep-fold consists of less than 6 sheep, it is possible to send them to careers, on the condition that there are still 5 sheep remaining in the sheep-fold.

If there are more than 20 sheep in the sheep-fold, the breeder is obliged to send the excess to careers, or else pay a fine. This fine is (1 fetis X the number of sheep too many X the number of days which have passed), unless he has obtained a special permit.

Here are the royal careers available at the moment:

• Royal sheepfolds
  
• Cheese dairies
  
• Service of high magic
  
• Moutonking army
  
• Butcheries
  

Original French version written on 28 July 2006 by chrys.
Translated on 18th October 2006 by barbmac.

VERSION 2.1

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