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Nixten are cunning mammals that love to collect things, and are known for their tendency to steal, with each individual nix preferring to collect specific types of objects. Their behaviour is similar to a cats or domestic foxes and require a little training to be good pets. Pet Nix will often present their owner with "gifts" (which are non-stolen if properly trained). Their loyalty must be earned- once a Nix forms a bond with someone, it’s loyal for life.
Nixten are cunning mammals that love to collect things, and are known for their tendency to steal, with each individual nix preferring to collect specific types of objects. Their behaviour is similar to a cats or domestic foxes and require a little training to be good pets. Pet Nix will often present their owner with "gifts" (which are non-stolen if properly trained). Their loyalty must be earned- once a Nix forms a bond with someone, it’s loyal for life.
Physical Ability
Agile, balanced, and skilled climbers and acrobats, they can move quickly along branches, fences, and other structures. They use their long tails for a number of uses- not only for balance and stabilization, but for hanging, as their tails can support their own body weight. They may also carry objects using their tails.
Telekinetic Ability
The tip of their tails emit telekinetic energy up to a radius of six inches. Nix have been observed to use this ability to pick locks and manipulate objects at the end of their tails (such as a glove) as extensions of their bodies. People living around feral nix populations are advised to install Nix-proof locks on their doors and windows or keep a guard nix to protect against theft.
The strength of this power varies among individuals, but often they cannot lift more than 3/4 of their own body weight with the power alone.
Population
Domesticated nix have been in existence for many years. True wild nix still exist, but not around urbanised areas. Large populations of feral nix are common in urban areas and their outskirts as the offspring of abandoned pets and failure to neuter them. People who live in areas with known feral nix populations often keep a nix of their own to ward off feral nix, as they may use their telekinetic powers to pick locks and steal objects. There are many recorded instances of Nixten outsmarting guard dogs, and as such, other domestic species are usually not sufficient as guard animals against nix.
Agile, balanced, and skilled climbers and acrobats, they can move quickly along branches, fences, and other structures. They use their long tails for a number of uses- not only for balance and stabilization, but for hanging, as their tails can support their own body weight. They may also carry objects using their tails.
Telekinetic Ability
The tip of their tails emit telekinetic energy up to a radius of six inches. Nix have been observed to use this ability to pick locks and manipulate objects at the end of their tails (such as a glove) as extensions of their bodies. People living around feral nix populations are advised to install Nix-proof locks on their doors and windows or keep a guard nix to protect against theft.
The strength of this power varies among individuals, but often they cannot lift more than 3/4 of their own body weight with the power alone.
Population
Domesticated nix have been in existence for many years. True wild nix still exist, but not around urbanised areas. Large populations of feral nix are common in urban areas and their outskirts as the offspring of abandoned pets and failure to neuter them. People who live in areas with known feral nix populations often keep a nix of their own to ward off feral nix, as they may use their telekinetic powers to pick locks and steal objects. There are many recorded instances of Nixten outsmarting guard dogs, and as such, other domestic species are usually not sufficient as guard animals against nix.
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Existing Nixten
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