Pycon questions

by **Sinoa** on November 16th, 2013, 3:48 am

Sinoa

Okay so I probably have a couple questions that I've been wondering about.
1. do Pycons get sick? I don't imagine they would get sick in the same way humans do but are there like molds that can grow on them or something (I already kinda of made my pycon get water logged but was wondering if other people could think of other maladies that could happen to a pycon)
2. do pycons have souls? can they bond with a kelvic and use animation magic? do they have a problem with the use of animation magic like they do with alchemy ( I don't see it stated anywhere but I feel like they would. in fact it seems weird that they were created with Alchemy and not animation but I don't really know much about this anyway.)
3. When a Pycon is squished do they feel pain or is it just mildly uncomfortable.
4. this is probably a stupid question but do you think a Pycon could ride a very large bird like an Albatross or the Andean Condor ( I have no idea where I would find this in game, just curious)
5. Giant frogs..how big are they and would my pycon be able to use one as a mount (I feel this is a no but if some how it were possible it would be so bad ass to have a giant frog mount.

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sorry for all the questions these are just silly things i've been thinking about.

by **Alea Davenport** on November 16th, 2013, 4:14 am

I know very little about Pycons, but I'll give it my best shot!

1) I have no information on this.

2) I am pretty sure Pycons have souls and are capable of anything other races are capable of, unless otherwise stated in the lore. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they can bond to kelvics and learn magic.

3) I do not know. They're probably more durable than, say, a person getting stepped on, but I can't imagine it's something they enjoy having happen. at the very least, it probably wouldn't cause lasting damage, as long as their "head" doesn't get damaged?

4) Assuming the bird can carry them... maybe you could ride them, but I doubt you could "drive" them. Like, I doubt you could control where the bird goes, and it would probably want to shake you off.

5) According to a brief wikipedia search, the biggest frog gets maybe 13 inches big. In comparison, Pycons are from 3" to 12". So,... a smaller pycon might be able to right a frog, maybe, but again, there's some question as to whether these wild animals can be trained.

I recommend talking to your local DS about the mount options, and hopefully a Pycon expert will chime in on the other matters.

by **Favchean Hronis** on November 16th, 2013, 5:11 am

I think they do get sick, just because finished grading a Pycon's thread and he had skills in his CS of + Puking...Dunno but that sounds like they get sick.

by **Alea Davenport** on November 16th, 2013, 5:30 am

Well, that was for sea-sickness, so I'm not sure it answers the question

by **Favchean Hronis** on November 16th, 2013, 5:33 am

This is true, however Pycons are clay and there are parasites that feed on clay, and there are bacteria that will grow in wet clay. For example, Athletes foot fungus will grow on wet clay.

Not sure about viruses/.

by **Sinoa** on November 16th, 2013, 5:52 am

this info definitely helps, in the suggested things to do in my city for the season, getting sick was one of them and it made me wonder if pycons could get sick. I took ceramics in college for about a year but other than clay getting too wet or too dry I haven't heard of things that can go wrong with it.