So people suggested I make my own topic, so I did! I'm going to place all my Add-ons to making such thing possible as to balance everything out!

So basically what if we could make our lionesses the main lion(ess)? No, I don't mean lab frogging a male lion, I mean a female lioness becoming queen.

Obviously, this needs some work to be plausible.
Issues:

- Without the role of main male, breeding is near impossible without the help of studding, even then it costs SB
- Potential crunchy worm abuse; win a RLC, queen her on your side, and choose "keep king looks" each time you choose a heir.
- questions like "Lionesses can't do anything while nesting, how will this leader work?" And "you can't breed her as much because main males can breed for as much territory they have! What use is this female leader?"
- the fact that 16 years go fast on this game..

...So I propose many rebuttals to fix those issues!

Starting with:

- Sub males are breedable IF there's a queen, even then, they can only breed to the queen.

- If not for that, you can rarely find a wandering stud who'll breed to one or two of your lionesses OR your queen for free. The stud is randomized, and can very, VERY rarely have a mutation.

- You cannot keep a female leader's looks when time comes to choose a heir, BUT you get benefits ( see benefits below )

- your queen in heat can also stud to one's main male

- all text will be readjusted to accommodate for your queen's gender.

- If your queen is nesting, you need to set a temporarily monarch who will lead the pride and such for your queen

- your queen CAN go exploring like kings.

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Potential benefits and nerfs:

Benefits would make some players see having a female leader as a strategy they can use, even though with the things I listed -- an un-utilized mechanic, which those players might call an underrated gem of a mechanic. There's the potential benefits:

+ +50 energy
+ speed based battle moves are more likely to hit ( Charge, pounce, etc. )
+ Heat cooldown reduction ( -10 days or -5 days. )
+ 1-2 extra heats
+ 1 extra sub male slot for Queens reign
+ attack lions for sub male slots
+ The queen may go hunting with the others, or maybe even broodmother! Hunting can be simulated in explore, obviously each step in hunting will take energy.
+ suggest some more if you want!

Beware! There can be nerfs, too! These are in place as to balance out a female leader.

- The extra sub male slot will disappear once the queen's reign is over
- you can ONLY attack for sub male slots as a queen
- Obviously lionesses can't keep looks once the time comes for a heir to be kinged/queened to prevent abuse with crunchy worms.
- Suggest some more if you want!