I was trying to think of things that could be added to the game while waiting for my energy to refill, and came up with a few cool concepts!

So imagine this -- you're clicking around the site when a window pops up letting you know something has happened to your pride!

These random events would give you what would be known as 'buffs'. Buffs could be displayed (along with their time remaining) on the right hand side with your other gameplay stats. A 'Buff Bar' would show which buffs (if any) were currently active with a picture, and hovering over said picture would reveal how long they would continue to affect you. Buffs would have various effects on your lions and game while they were active.

Buff Ideas:

'Caffeinated'
-Has a chance to be triggered while munching on coffee beans (more on those further down)
-Lasts 1hr
-Lions will gain 15% energy every 15m instead of 10%.
-Buff Icon could be scattered coffee beans on the ground.

'Swift Paws'
-Random chance to be triggered while revealing what lionesses bring home from the hunt.
-Lasts 1hr
-Lionesses have an increased chance to gain stats when returning from the hunt
OR
-Hunts take less time to complete.
-Buff icon could be a small wing.

'Haggler'
-Random chance to be triggered while buying / selling to the Monkey.
-Lasts 1hr
-Chance to buy things for cheaper / sell things for more while active.
-price difference would be small (5-10 sb)
-buff icon could be a silver beetle

'Happy Family'
-Is triggered after three consecutive days of no lions wanting to leave your pride
-Lasts until lions want to leave
-Small chance of random events where pride members find items.
ex: "(lion name here) prances up to you happily with something between their jaws. They must've found it while playing! You receive one (item here)."
items included could be small feathers or carcasses.
-buff icon could be a smiling lion face (opposite of the one that shows up on unhappy lions)

'Victorious'
-randomly triggered after winning a fight in explore
-lasts 20m
-could have various effects such as increased finding items, more advantages during fights or NCL claiming, etc (or could have it's own set of explore abilities)

'Hunger Pains'
-triggered when your main male is too hungry
-lasts until he's fed
-better chances of finding small carcasses while exploring.

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Coffee Beans
description: Looks like poop, smells like dirt, tastes like poop.
Use: Feed to [main male]
effects: has a chance to trigger 'Caffeinated' Buff
found in explore -- "You stumble across some weird looking beans. They kind of look like poop, but you scoop them up anyways."

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Of course, these're all just suggested buffs. They could be added as they are or modified. and I'm always up for suggestions on more! Also, the lasting times are just place holders mostly.