#mc's dad

[collegetennisoriginstory]

Does MC's dad know that they're queer? Is he/would he be supportive?

They've never talked about it but if MC and dad are close, I think dad suspects.

I want it to be a conversation (if MC wants) when they go back home for thanksgiving!

[ddwcaph-game]

Hmm okay, so far I've never really specified where Maggie and MC's dad went to for their work exactly.

But I just got an idea: what if Maggie went to work somewhere in Florida, and MC's dad went to Puerto Rico for his anthropology trip? I feel like the twins should know that fact at least.

That might seem random, but cookies to anyone who can figure out why I picked those two places in particular. 😛

[in-auctorem-credimus-if]

Are Julie, Maggie, and MC’s father humans? Or are they a different species? Sorry if this is too spoilers!

Hello, apologies if I took a long while to answer your question, but I guess I have a good excuse, since Dear Diary MC will now have the option to choose their Ancestry Traits in the next update!

So to answer your question: not necessarily!

MC can have human, elven, orcish, dwarven, halfling, gnomish, goblin, draconic, or fae ancestry. And depending on their favorite genre, they can also be a demigod, or have werewolf/vampire/nephilim/cambion heritage.

Do note that I specifically mention "heritage" and "ancestry" as the exact specifics are another spoilery matter entirely (and may change later in development anyway).

With all the new changes in development, IAC needs a complete rewrite (not just edits), so unfortunately rewriting IAC is now a lower priority for me, especially because certain details might change in the future again. But everything in IAC still holds up for the most part!

[thescarsilivewith-if]

What are the characters ages (including the MC, their family, and any other important characters, as well as the ROs)?

MC: 29 (they just turned 29 before their return) - MC reigned from the age of 21 to 24

Naja: 27

Valaahr: 32

Sahyra (MC's sibling): 22

Dehyjr (the Consort): 43

Cash'el (MC's papa): died at 47, when MC was 23

The Queen: died at 39, when MC was 21

[citrulbop]

cypress and mc’s dad (i will call him harry because he looks like a harry) they are digging out artifacts together and cypress got him a drink :muscle:

@manthequin​ it is not exactly a barbecue but close enough right

[bloodlineoffical]

Hi! Just wanted to say I’m really excited for your story and I love Dad he’s the best dad and I hope we can get back to him or at least talk to him again 😥

Heck yeah! he’s an amazing dad who’s wholesome 

- Racooby

[i-choose-liam]

He sounds like my Dad irl. 🤦

[ddwcaph-game]

MC's Dad

Whoops, the preview about MC's Dad took me a while longer, because I just added 16 new trinkets to the game!

"How can I get the new trinkets?" you may ask. Well, check out the new backstory details about MC's Dad below:

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Note: These scenes are all in the prologue, when MC is writing their short story. Variables and flavor text are set to my testing defaults, with MC having [Draconic Ancestry].

Now that you know MC's Dad is an anthropologist, surely he must have some souvenirs from his trips, right? Well, that's where the new exclusive trinkets come in!

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The last souvenir trinket has an extra-powerful bonus effect, so that's why I'm locking it for NewGame+.

Anyway, the above scene previously showed a different choice, so I moved that to the scene after MC wakes up in their new home:

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And yup, MC's Dad is the reason why MC likes collecting trinkets!

I've updated the prologue with new information about MC's Dad a couple times already, but this is probably going to be the last one. The prologue has always been unclear about how much the twins remember about their dad, but this should help clear that up.

As for the new trinkets... you might remember from the earliest versions of the story that the locket actually gave different bonuses according to the gem you selected. I removed it since I didn't want to tie MC's favorite color to the bonuses, but this was the perfect choice to bring that back.

I love designing RPG items, if you can't tell. 😛 I had loads of treasure items and trinket ideas with their own special effects when I was younger! 😄 But yes, the new souvenir trinkets will be a lot more powerful than the trinkets you can currently find, and I tried to make sure the new effects are thematic, with a certain playstyle in mind.

This is a bit long already, so I'll show the new trinket effects in a later preview!