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Allow character articles to specify more than two biological/adoptive parents

Content Addition · Articles & templates · Created by Marie Mistry
accepted
At the moment it's only possible for a character to have two biological parents which is limiting for non-dimorphic species.    Adding the option for more biological and adoptive parents would help with the creation of races who require more than one partner for reproduction, races with third (and fourth, fifth etc.) genders, and polyamorous cultures.   It could either be implemented as a drop down menu at the top of the relationships tab which asks the creator to specify number of parents, followed by spawning the selected number of name fields, or as a simple '+' to add more parents of either type.   Thank you for considering this!

Follow up


Update: Apparently it's already on the roadmap, my bad. Fingers crossed it comes soon.

The Team's Response

Accepted under discussion. Please note that this is not in our roadmap! Our current family trees are based on automatic generation based on the data you input—these will not support more than two parents for technical reasons. However, we have considered the possibility of building a manual family tree system in the future, which would allow for more than two parents. This is, however, far into the future and the current system will not support this.   That said, we'll consider adding some sort of support for multiple parents outside the family tree system to support other types of families.
Current score

56/300 Votes · +7910 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by RickManJoe
    on 2023-07-17 19:39
  • +300

    by beetle3000
    on 2023-07-17 02:34
  • +300

    by ano19920
    on 2023-07-16 03:14
  • +300

    by Fearandramen
    on 2023-07-15 22:40
  • +100

    by calsemplowski
    on 2023-07-15 11:59
  • +1

    by A Uncontrollable Elf
    on 2023-07-14 09:37
    This would be fantastic. I'm hoping the numbers on this (or, for that matter, on any requests/suggestions that have already been accepted) should be treated by the WA team as a true reflection of how much the community supports an idea.
  • +1

    by A Frightened Mimic
    on 2023-07-14 09:20
  • +300

    by Master_Zephyr
    on 2023-07-13 23:09
  • +100

    by DesistDawdling
    on 2023-07-13 12:22
  • +100

    by TheArchitectSol
    on 2023-07-13 05:47
  • +300

    by Lucifer__oO
    on 2023-07-13 04:17
  • +300

    by EBJ
    on 2023-07-12 23:45
  • +1

    by Gaëlle S.
    on 2023-07-12 10:12
  • +300

    by Laria
    on 2023-07-12 09:23
  • +300

    by Mardor, Vixen and Cheese
    on 2023-07-11 08:02
  • +100

    by AuthorCallin
    on 2023-07-11 06:29
  • +300

    by MDarkKing
    on 2023-07-11 00:59
  • +300

    by SGETiminator
    on 2023-07-10 20:44
  • +100

    by A Roaring Mimic
    on 2023-07-10 03:43
  • +100

    by Galahad423
    on 2023-07-10 00:43
  • +1

    by A Enfeebled Bananafolk
    on 2023-07-09 23:00
  • +300

    by A Rambunctious Dimensional Horror
    on 2023-07-09 10:21
  • +300

    by JackLink916
    on 2023-07-08 16:23
  • +300

    by A Filthy T-Rex
    on 2023-07-08 14:44
  • +300

    by kpomeroy
    on 2023-07-08 05:17
  • +1

    by Mercury20
    on 2023-07-06 20:45
  • +100

    by SeraphRDM
    on 2023-07-06 00:36
  • +1

    by A Filthy Orc
    on 2023-07-05 22:12
  • +1

    by AvalonArcana
    on 2023-07-05 15:03
  • +300

    by schetefan
    on 2023-07-04 18:29
  • +1

    by A Fierce Dragon
    on 2023-07-03 09:24
  • +100

    by ShadowHuntess
    on 2023-07-02 19:09
  • +300

    by LNalls
    on 2023-07-02 18:43
  • +100

    by amelianite
    on 2023-07-02 18:43
  • +300

    by A Frightened Goblin
    on 2023-07-02 11:36
  • +1

    by JoellaKay
    on 2023-07-02 05:30
    Showing support. Also want the one parent option. (I assume that's on the road map, too.)
  • +1

    by that_guy04
    on 2023-07-02 00:43
  • +1

    by Rilameth
    on 2023-07-01 22:30
    Showing my support, but as the others have pointed out, the roadmap has the thing.
  • +300

    by A Fierce Kitten
    on 2023-07-01 13:12
    This is already on the roadmap, but I still want to show my support.
  • +300

    by Emperor.Nero
    on 2023-06-30 23:38
  • -300

    by A Uncontrollable Ooze
    on 2023-06-30 19:34
    Just use the Sections Tab!
  • +100

    by A Lusty Devil
    on 2023-06-30 17:48
  • +300

    by unicorpus
    on 2023-06-30 17:32
    Or less! E.g. a vampire would have only one Sire in a VTM setting.
  • +100

    by CrowsandFinches
    on 2023-06-30 14:42
  • +300

    by A Revolutionary Dimensional Horror
    on 2023-06-30 14:15
  • +1

    by Mr Higanbana
    on 2023-06-30 13:55
    All has been say in the esplication. I suport this project for those reasons.
  • +1

    by oaster2000
    on 2023-06-30 10:43
    Obviously has a previous suggestion that was closed and it is on the roadmap.   Still want to show my support for the idea by giving a positive vote
  • +100

    by macwithoutcheese
    on 2023-06-30 03:10
  • -100

    by A Sneaky Dryad
    on 2023-06-30 00:19
    While I love this, it's already on the roadmap
  • +100

    by prestonthedm
    on 2023-06-29 15:36
  • +300

    by gnjcksn
    on 2023-06-29 15:02
  • -1

    by themrbeasley
    on 2023-06-28 14:45
  • -300

    by A Uncontrollable Ooze
    on 2023-06-28 06:18
  • -1

    by A Lusty Orc
    on 2023-06-27 19:17
    This is already on the roadmap as specified in the dev's response to this request: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/16b013e0-1894-4158-b8fa-805d1da9809d/view
  • +100

    by labgnome
    on 2023-06-27 16:57
    As someone who loves to sci-fi worldbuild and GM Starfinder this would be a very nice feature.
  • -1

    by A Roaring Elf
    on 2023-06-27 16:13
    already a suggestion, next time read before suggesting
  • +300

    by Marie Mistry
    on 2023-06-27 15:18