In my webcomic/game everyone has a magic talent, some more powerful than others. Alexandria has first degree hair control, meaning she can do whatever she wants with her hair. She can change its color, length and even pick things up with it. Once, in the previous version Alex (as a guy that time) actually walked with his hair through a crowd. That was before I injured my wrist beyond repair in an auto accident and had to work with 3D. Also high powered wizards in my world has animated hair when it is braided, it acts like a cat tail depending on their mood. (I can figure out how to do wizard hair myself, that’s no big deal.)
Anyhow, my question is this. How would I handle Alex’s animated hair? Would I have to rig parts of it and animate it that way? Would I have to have a “Prop hair” like I did with Daz Studio with a similar texture and turn parts of it visible/invisible as I need it? Or should I simply adjust the character’s profile to limit the use of her Magic Talent to simple lengthen, hair color and temporary, stamina based armor?