#Adoption of kids

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twin atlas
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This suggestion is related to the coop player marriage and the second heir thread, but can also be a stand alone feature.

It would be great to incorporate adoption from kids inside or outside your own village to your own family. This could be done through pop ups on season start, like we already have in the valley prompting you to make a decision of taking in a foster child (in case you have space in villager housing you could also get prompted to assign the foster child to an existing household from your village other than your own household).

This could solve the question on how to continue the dynasty in case player marriage gets incorporated or if you rather want to not bother with NPC marriage.

bitter raptor
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I second this!
People died in Medieval times from plagues and war and all kinds of things. So saving a little orphaned child and giving them a place to live would be such a great idea, I would LOVE it!

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Talking about a side quest: ||There was a quest in Ostoya about a "child" 2 families wanted to adopt him, turned out he was an adult pretending to be a child to get fed, but when the talks were going about who will adopt him, I thought to myself, I wish the game let me adopt him. Ofcourse the thought went up in smoke when I found out he was pretending. But yes. I wanted to adopt him.||

violet garden
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some thoughts re: adoption

suggested mechanics:

  • adoption of orphaned children 6+ years old at traveler camps (with a low spawn rate)
  • some female travelers could have children already, (thus adding to the game the decision of whether to add them to your village with an extra mouth to feed)
  • orphans could have higher initial skill values, but it would be harder to gain their affection
  • this allows for potential implementation of same sex couples as well as single parents

a closing note: As this post will almost inevitably lead to discussions of “historical accuracy”, let us remember that both the Oxbow and the Valley are fictional. They are not historically accurate by the virtue of not existing in real history.