Add bars to his health. I think you're being too hard on yourself :3

I'm curious too... with the health situation. I know with Sianna if she had a fight, even it lasted about 5 minutes it was good enough to drop her to 80% health, deer with larger antlers would drop it more, and depending on how long the fight would last. I did this to be fair, even if I personally didn't see my deer getting hit very often.

I would bring her health up by 5 each day... it did start getting old. I would do this, and monitor other player's deer health, and it would go up quicker than mine, by 20, 30, sometimes more.

I think everyone does it differently... - Xet is at 65%, so tomorrow, around the same time the last fight was, his health will increase by 5(but I'm really debating making it more... because it's tiresome to try and be fair about it when another deer is going to be rearing to go the next day, or a couple days later).

I will say that... the damage that Gustiro took today seems a little extreme. - I would question if the other players deer plans on taking even a fraction of that damage? I'm not trying to say the player is bad if they don't, but I definitely wouldn't have Gustiro take such bad injuries if the other deer is not going to take even half of what his are like right now...(Then again he is in mini form)

Perhaps you could start basing his health from other players and how they do it... just monitor their bio and see how high their health has went that day, and go up the same amount.

I can see why it's tiring...

Since Gustiro does fight a lot he's going to be hurt a lot, but ya, what I said above, that's really the only advice I can personally give.

I love Gustiro how he is, I don't think he should be changed really.

Hmm... just a somewhat-adition to what shamiya said....

for jack i use to go up with 5% when I log into the forest, and give him 5% more when i log our after i had him active for more than three hours...
and under certain circumstances, when he did not move at all that day, one percent each hour he was 'online' in adition to the 5 on log out.

.... i always thought this was kinda fast ( well he has some faster healing abilities after all) but when i read what you wrote shamiya... this is kinda average xD...

*random*

Shaku, AliceV, SnowSauria,
Thank you three. Your opinions are appreciated. : )

Shamiya,
Yes, Gustiro in normal form tends to take one to three bars per-fight. One bar for short fights, two bars on average, three bars for long, aggressive fights. (If I do not forget to update things.) The reason he took so much damage plus ended up with broken bones was because he was a mini. Put him up against a powerful rival and a persistent lunatic as a mini and I figured he would have to end up with a broken bone or two at the very least. Perhaps I did over do it though?
He then ends up healing a bar a day if I get on or not. Maybe two bars a day depending on his environment, such as if he is not in a fight or stressed while in the forest.

That is an interesting thought too. Basing your own damage on how the other deer took damage from you. Then again that would also make you have to decide on who was the more powerful fighter and if your deer should take more or less damage. Maybe I am just thinking too much on it? XD Still, it was a very good and interesting idea.

And Xet’… Is he that now grown fawn Gustiro has been hanging around with sometimes? The one who is with Bei a lot? I have some deer I need to find and add to his relations. ^^;

Though none of my deer fight (they're all cowards, haha) I want to second people's comments about Gustiro remaining the way he is. You've created a character that happens to be possessive/protective/aggressive, yet from what I've seen you still play fair and you respect other users who may not want to fight, so I don't see it a problem - especially not one that would mean you having to sacrifice the way you play your character.

I think, what I would do if I were fighting, if my deer's health got around a certain percentage, I would make them stop fighting - say, 50-60%. That way it would be feasible for them to be back to full health the next day, where as if they were at around 40% or lower it'd probably take longer.

If you want other reasons for Gustiro not to fight, perhaps he could catch a cold every now and then? Haha, I don't know. Sometimes I give my deer colds when I'm feeling too tired to be really social/run around/play but still want to go in-forest. Kind of gives me an excuse to be lazy.

Anyway, sorry I rambled. I just want to repeat that I don't think you should change Gustiro's behavior unless you really want to. <3

lol It is all Sianna’s fault. ::Teasing:: <3

I know, lol. She's just a bitch. It's relaxing having a friendly deer.

^ I agree with Van. Gustiro should have 3-4 more bars because he is a strong deer, not to mention with his fighting experience he is bound to improve during each fight. Like, he is less likely to get hurt, fall for the same tricks, etc. The more he fights a deer, the more he will know about their fighting abilities and techniques and he will be more able to predict and dodge their moves. At least that's my reasoning, and I could be over thinking this. XD But as Sham said, taking in the deers physical appearance is a good idea. Check their bios, weight, height, etc and then determine how much damage he takes. Not all deer are created with equal fighting ability.

I'd like to see some more 'calming triggers' added, just because it will give Gustiro more depth as a character and will make him less... predictable? I guess is the way to say it. One could be he is more protective around fawns, but less so around adults because they do have the ability to protect themselves. Another could be certain places that calm him, certain deer, etc. c:

Excuse me for making this ridiculously long.

As for the percentage thing, maybe on his relations page, you could post numbers next to certain deers names. Like, 1-10. 10 being 'you come near this deer and your ass is mine', and 1 being 'I don't give a flying shit about you coming close, just watch yourself'. This would only apply to claimed deer, though. -rambleramble-

Shamiya,
You already know I adore Sianna, even if Gustiro has mixed feelings. XD But I am also falling for your new boy. I did not know it was you for a long time. I love when role players have such drastically different characters. Variety adds flavor I think.

Wishinthedrawer, Selruil,
Well, there is a reason he is so protective (not just possessive though the two meld together) of his ‘claimed’ deer. Not just because they can or can not defend themselves.
He actually does have a couple of deer that supposedly “calm him down” just by being around. Though I do not think I have portrayed that very well lately. Maybe I should take their calming affect up a notch.
But I think I may add more “calming triggers”. I am not sure what they will be yet but I will think on it more since interest is shown in them. Though I might not add them to his biography or anything when I come up with some just to see if people can figure them out or notice when it happens on their own first. :3

Maybe I will try the symbols in relations too. I am already experimenting with some as you probably have noticed. Perhaps start with “Interests”. Numbers to show how often they met in forest or perhaps behavior symbols to show if they’ve done the right behaviors before adding them to claimed. Originally Gustiro would just go up to a deer, interact with them, then start chasing other deer away from them. But I think Gustiro needs some more new guidelines with claiming at this point.

I am starting to think that adding something next to rivals and threats counting how many times they fought would be interesting as well. lol I wish I thought of that in the beginning.

I hope this is making some sense and I did not miss answering something. I am extremely tired tonight.
Oh, and I do not mind things being long. It gives me more to think on.

Nuevapaz,
That is exactly the problem Nuevapaz. A lot of his companions do not seem to see him when he is not hurt. So interaction is sluggish or minimum because of his injuries. Then I feel guilty because I wonder if someone feels robbed of attention. If that makes sense?

And it is not so much how ‘bad’ the fights are but how much he fights. It is little fights over time that get him so hurt. He just does not know when to quit. He may get less possessive or more submissive at a certain point but if he feels he is protecting someone he could and would fight until he literarily cannot anymore.
For example today he pushed Jack until Jack attacked him. Realizing that he was in trouble since he is stuck as a mini (and truthfully Gustiro has no intentions of really hurting Jack anyway) he ran and even cowered at some point. Then soon after Jack left and Reed and Jack got into it. Crazy Gustiro decides Jack is in trouble and goes to defend him which gets him to where he currently is. Badly hurt. Had Reed been after Gustiro and paid no mind to Jack Gustiro would have ran and avoided further injury.

Everyone seems to be basically saying to make him more durable. So I think I shall.

And again I hope I am making sense. I think I shall go to bed now.

Gustiro probably could use Kahlan's help this time. :3
Perhaps in the future I could say he heals an extra bar a day if Kahlan happens to sit with him that day? That could help. : )