Elevator pitch of the (SPECIES). Two easily-readable paragraphs, tops. Concise is fine.

The goals of a species article are to make it easy for players to understand what your species is, how they fit into the roleplay, and how to make a member of the species if they so desire. To be successful, your article will need to strike a balance between being short enough to be easy to read, while having enough detail to allow someone making a character to have all the information they need.

If you can find a way to re-phrase something long into a single sentence without losing important details, you probably should. Clarity is key. :)

Required. What events led the species to where they are today? A full history is not necessary, but please include enough to give players an idea of how their characters may have come into the universe.

Optional. How did the species come to be? You can leave the header as Evolution/Creation or pick just one

Required section. You can leave this intro space blank, if you'd like.

Required. Description of the layout of the species' body, how it works, general information about height, weight, etc.

Optional. How do the genetics for this species work?

Required. How is this species created? What's its gestation period? What is involved in child birth? What are the stages of its life? What is its lifespan and what impacts it? You only need to answer the relevant questions. Feel free to add more, if appropriate.

Required. What environments does this species live in? How many of this species are there? You can say something like 'common throughout the sector', 'rare outside of their home system', etc if you don't want to use numbers.

Required. What do they eat? Are they herbivores, carnivores, omnivores?

Optional. To what extent can one individual differ from another? Can include things like blood type, hair/eye/skin color, height and build, and so on.

Required section. You can leave this intro space blank, if you'd like.

Required. What drives individuals in this species? What are their emotions like? Feel free to compare them to humans, since we're familiar with that. No need to explain what happy or sad is - just talk about what is specific to this species.

What attracts members of this species to others? Who are they attracted to? Do they feel love and, if so, how is it different (or the same) as humans?

Required. You can leave this intro section blank, if you'd like. If you choose to not use the below sections in favor of a Nation's culture section, be sure to link it here.

Optional. What is their language? If already covered in a Nation article, feel free to link and include a basic blurb here.

Required. How do members of this species refer to each other? Examples are really important here, since people will use them to come up with their own names. If using a real world language or culture as a basis, maybe link to some name generators?

Do they have first names and last names? How do they determine them?

If a name generator is not provided, include a list of at least five sample names for each section of your species that has a different naming structure or convention - such as male and female.

• example
• names here
• in a
• bulleted list.

Optional. If already covered in a Nation article, feel free to link and include a basic blurb here.

Optional. How do members of this species prefer to dress?

Optional. If already covered in a Nation article, feel free to link and include a basic blurb here.

Optional. If already covered in a Nation article, feel free to link and include a basic blurb here.

Required section. You can leave this space blank, if you'd like.

Required. How do members of this species group and form relationships? Do they have families?

Optional. How do members of this species organize themselves into lasting, coherent groups? What are their values and how do they decide who, if anyone, is in charge?

Required. Is this species violent? Do they war amongst themselves or with others? Do they harm each other?

• Player @USER@ created this on @DATE@.

This content adheres to Project Multiverse's submission and usage rules.

• This species can be used by (anyone/only those with permission/etc).
• In the event that species' creator is no longer available, …

• This template's format is based on the Wikipedia article for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human.