Antler shedding

[RainbowTheAlbinoServal]

So... Do nichelings have horns, or antlers?
You see, antlers aren't a specific shape of horn, but an entirely different structure. Antlers actually shed off every year, and are regrown for the next breeding season and are made out of bone.
While horns never fall off and are covered in keratin, and slowly grow throughout an animals life time. So by definition, nichelings actually only have horns! But what if, nichelings actually had an antler growth cycle? 
They would shed their antlers every 20 days or so in game, and they'll grow back within 4-6 days. They won't get the attack bonus from the antlers during this period, obviously.
This feature is disabled on ram horns and can be disabled altogether in the settings if wanted

credit to @Silver Kitsune for giving me the idea for this

[kakapo123]

perhaps instead of being a togglable feature that only works for certain horn and antler types, it could be a new gene slot? there could be one allele for no shedding cycle, and one allele for a shedding cycle that would be applicable to all antler and horn types (other than perhaps the antennae)

Edited March 25, 2020 by BirdsAreCool
also I see you're pretty new here, so welcome to the forums!

[RainbowTheAlbinoServal]

Just now, BirdsAreCool said:

perhaps instead of being a togglable feature that only works for certain horn and antler types, it could be a new gene slot? there could be one allele for no shedding cycle, and one allele for a shedding cycle that would be applicable to all antler and horn types (other than perhaps the antennae)

that sounds cool, but it wouldn't make sense on ram horns, does it?

[kakapo123]

5 minutes ago, RainbowTheAlbinoServal said:

that sounds cool, but it wouldn't make sense on ram horns, does it?

I don't see why it wouldn't make sense for ram horns but would make sense for the other horn types such as the savannah horns

[RainbowTheAlbinoServal]

Just now, BirdsAreCool said:

I don't see why it wouldn't make sense for ram horns but would make sense for the other horn types such as the savannah horns or the Megaloceros horns

yup, those are what i'm aiming for mostly!
Do real life goats shed their horns?

[kakapo123]

1 minute ago, RainbowTheAlbinoServal said:

yup, those are what i'm aiming for mostly!
Do real life goats shed their horns?

no, but it wouldn't necessarily have to be restricted only to horn or antler types based on animals that actually shed irl. a deer could, theoretically, evolve to have antlers reminiscent of a goat's that would shed, so it's not like it would be unrealistic

[RainbowTheAlbinoServal]

Just now, BirdsAreCool said:

no, but it wouldn't necessarily have to be restricted only to horn or antler types based on animals that actually shed irl. a deer could, theoretically, evolve to have antlers reminiscent of a goat's that would shed, so it's not like it would be unrealistic

ah, that's true