Anthropomorphic/Furry HERO Resources

[TheQuestionMan]

List of Anthropomorphic Animal Superheroes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphic_Superheroes

Albedo: Platinum Catalyst [Polyhedral System, The] by Sanguine Productions, Ltd. [Star Hero]
http://www.sanguine.com/Albedo/index.shtml

Ironclaw [Polyhedral System, The] by Sanguine Productions, Ltd. [Fantasy Hero]
http://www.sanguine.com/Albedo/index.shtml

Jadeclaw [Polyhedral System, The] by Sanguine Productions, Ltd. [Fantasy/Wuxia Hero]
http://www.sanguine.com/Albedo/index.shtml

Monderevele [Polyhedral System, The] by Sanguine Productions, Ltd. [Swashbuckling Hero]
http://www.sanguine.com/Albedo/index.shtml

Grey Wolf [Fantasy Hero] - Some great Art Galleries
http://greywolf.critter.net/ironclaw.htm

Sanguine Productions, Ltd.
http://www.sanguine.com/Downloads/

Furry Pirates [Halogen System] by Atlas Games


Furry Outlaws [Halogen System] by Atlas Games (Thanks Kaeto)

Usagi Yojimbo by Susano
http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationscomic/comicchar.html#UY

Keith Curtis’s Savage Earth
http://home.comcast.net/~TheGM/SE/beasts.html

The World of the Eight Sages by Lethosos (Iron Dragon Studios)
http://irondragon.blogspot.com/

Extinctioners
http://www.extinctioners.com/

Paws of Pyriel
http://www.furnation.com/AxleGear/

Usagi Yojimbo RPG [Instant Fuzion] by Gold Rush Games & Sanguine Productions Ltd.
http://www.goldrushgames.com/uy.html

Mutants & Masterminds - Furry Superhero Campaign (Thanks Toren)
http://www.vancouvergamingguild.com/forums/index.php?board=21;action=display;threadid=587

Moreau’s RPG [???] by ???


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness [Palladium System] by Palladium
http://www.palladiumbooks.com/

RIFTS [Palladium System] by Palladium
http://www.palladiumbooks.com/

TOON’[???] by Steve Jackson Games


GamaWorld [*** System] by Sword & Sorcery


Werewolf [???] by WhiteWolf Games


Shapeshifters [???] by WhiteWolf Games


Changeling [???] by WhiteWolf Games


The League of Extraordinary Animals
http://www.mphpress.com/lxa.htm

World Tree (by Padwolf Publishing)
http://www.world-tree-rpg.com/news.phtml

GURPS Uplift, Biotech, Shapershifters, etc...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Uplift
http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/bio-tech/

Justifiers by StarChilde Publications


Redwall
http://www.redwall.org/

Captain Carrot & His Amazing Zoo Crew
http://www.toonopedia.com/carrot.htm

Rocket Raccoon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Raccoon

Supermegatopia
http://www.supermegatopia.com/

Fanzing – Captain Carrot & The Zoo Crew
www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing45/.../feature9.shtml
www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing45/.../feature7.shtml
members.tripod.com/~mister_mee...taincarrot.html

Marvel’s Spider Ham (Peter Porker)
www.spiderfan.org/comics/title...ter_porker.html

Cerebus the Aardvark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus

Funny Animals Comics - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_animal

Furry Fandom - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

Anthroporphism - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphic

Anthopomorphic races by Michael Hopcroft
http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11659

Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG (Thanks Michael Hopcroft)


Swords of/Guns of Sharpei -Caliber Comics


Guardians & Justifiers by StarChilde Publications
http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/...betical/S.html

Star Hero Furry by Arcady
http://home.pacbell.net/arcady0/SciFi/

Darkwing Duck (Thanks Solomon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkwing_Duck

List of furry role-playing games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_furry_role-playing_games

Mouse Guard
http://www.archaiasp.com/mouse_guard_preview.html

Redwall Abbey
http://www.redwall.org/dave/news.php

Disney's Robin Hood
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/robinhood/robinhood.html

Tellos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellos


More to follow

QM

[TheQuestionMan]

Here's a few Pictures for inspiration folks

[Curufea]

Excellent, I've a nation of feline furries in my current campaign.

Here's a few images from that game-
http://www.curufea.com/games/western/campaign/Wang.jpg
http://www.curufea.com/games/western/5e/Cheetah%20folk.jpg
http://www.curufea.com/games/western/5e/Cheetah%20folk%202.jpg
http://www.curufea.com/games/western/5e/tiger%20folk.jpg

Hmm, my main problem with using feline furries that others have drawn, is that they are too humanised - they tend to have two breasts....
Not always though, but rarely are feline portrayed as "mostly feline"/

[steriaca]

Marvel’s Spider Pig
www.spiderfan.org/comics/title...ter_porker.html



More to follow

QM

I beleve that was "Peter Porker, The Spetacular Spider-Ham", and not "Spider Pig".

Othoe I do beleve someone has beaten me to this post already.

[steriaca]

That reminds me...I wanted to do a Furry Western once and name it Neko Vally.

[CDad]

This thread is a bit creepy.

[Black Rose]

This thread is a bit creepy.

Nah, not really. Noone's even started discussing mating probabilities between different species of "furry". That is creepy.

Personally, I like furries. By furries I mean anthropomorphic animals, preferably on the human side of the scale, but sometimes the more animalistic ones are cool too. And by like, I mean I think the design is interesting, and I find the stories told with them interesting. Frankly, if "you" are disturbed by creatures that don't look fully human having human traits and interacting with humans, "you" must have issues with Star Wars, Star Trek, Bab 5, Farscape, the Man/Kzin Wars books, etc etc etc. Note that by "you" I mean anyone.I like furries because they can possess a trait you want them to by virtue of their species, and you don't have to do too much explanation. Besides, most of the furries I see are vaguely anime-styled, and I like that look.

[Curufea]

I've always viewed them as "fantasy" myself. They require magic to exist - just like centaurs or dragons...

[Dr. Anomaly]

I've used furries a couple of times as campagin elements, but only in particular stories, not as on-going parts. In both cases it involved inadvertent dimension-hopping. Oddly enough, both instances were (with different characters) in Legion of Super-Heroes based campaigns.

In the first case, the PC in question was called Hidden Dragon, because she was a martial artist who could also turn invisible. She wound up in a version of the Legion universe populated by fuzzy animals, and found that her counterpart, also called Hidden Dragon, was an actual dragon. ;)

In the second case, set in an earlier time period, the PC was named Gamma Girl. She didn't travel to the other universe, but due to a Rond Vidar / Brainiac 5 lab accident, got to meet her counterpart, Gamma Squirrel, from the fuzzy-animal universe.

I have always played it "straight", treating furry characters just as serious as I do the "regular" characters. Believe me, when Hidden Dragon had to help defend the Earth from invasion by Pulsecat Stargrave and the Duck Circle (Pulsar Stargrave and the Dark Circle), the player wasn't laughing or taking it lightly!

[BNakagawa]

some old character illos.

http://www.4thblade.com/bryce_gallery/duel.jpg
http://www.4thblade.com/bryce_gallery/h37a.htm

I like cats.

[Susano]

Usagi Yojimbo is proof that you can have a (at times) dead serious "funny animals" universe and make it work.

Oh, and I own FUZZY PIRATES. Great background material, utterly crappy game engine.

[TheQuestionMan]

Usagi Yojimbo is proof that you can have a (at times) dead serious "funny animals" universe and make it work.

Stan Sakai is the Artist when it comes to making black and white simple drawings that are still able to evoke such emotion and the fact that they are funny animals makes it all the more amazing.


Oh, and I own FUZZY PIRATES. Great background material, utterly crappy game engine.

I wish I had gotten a copy. I was always interested in the Sub Genre and the Pirate Setting is just a bonus.

Cheers

QM

[Susano]

Stan Sakai is the Artist when it comes to making black and white simple drawings that are still able to evoke such emotion and the fact that they are funny animals makes it all the more amazing.


Note -- there are humans in the UY universe. Lord Hijiki is one.




I wish I had gotten a copy. I was always interested in the Sub Genre and the Pirate Setting is just a bonus.


Here is my HERO work up of a FUZZY Pirates character:
JONATHAN ROBERTS, Esq. (http://surbrook.devermore.net/original/jonroberts.html)

[Kaeto]

I have both Furry Pirates and Furry Outlaws which is set in the time of Robin Hood. Both from the same people.

[Curufea]

Speaking of serious - now I'm wondering if Cerebus the Aardvark qualifies...

[Susano]

Speaking of serious - now I'm wondering if Cerebus the Aardvark qualifies...

Cerebus is political satire of the highest order (IMO).

Caveat: Or, was at one point.

[Black Rose]

some old character illos.

http://www.4thblade.com/bryce_gallery/duel.jpg
http://www.4thblade.com/bryce_gallery/h37a.htm

I like cats.

I particularly like duel.jpg. That is a very nice piece of work. Who is the Artist, BTW? When I come into some money, I night want to commission a couple of pieces, especially if rabbits are equal to the cats in the pieces.

And yeah, cats are cool.

[Curufea]

Cerebus is political satire of the highest order (IMO).

Caveat: Or, was at one point.

Yes, I had a friend collecting them (I only have "Jaka's Story" because it really moved me when I read that book) - who thinks he's gone off the rails into his own realms of "-isms" now...

[Curufea]

I particularly like duel.jpg. That is a very nice piece of work. Who is the Artist, BTW?

If you go up a directory (ie - delete "duel.jpg") you find out it's Bryce Nakagawa.

[Black Rose]

If you go up a directory (ie - delete "duel.jpg") you find out it's Bryce Nakagawa.

:stupid: Doi. Geez, I should have been able to figure that one out on my own, but apparently I'm drinking Stupid Juice today. :no:

[FenrisUlf]

Oh, and I own FUZZY PIRATES. Great background material, utterly crappy game engine.

Really? I have to admit, I was kinda disappointed myself. I mean, it's sword and spell-slinging furry pirates in a 'furrified' Earth's version of the Golden Age of Piracy. Just thought they coud have been a trifle more imaginative, is all.

But kudos to the gentleman who posted the Extinctioners link. IT's getting better now that the artist/writer is getting away from 'blatant X-men imitation'. I was thinking of somehow having PCs from my campaign meet up with some of the Extinctioners characters, or at least having Scarlet and Artica show up. Make a nice change of pace for the alternate dimension they visit.

[Susano]

Really? I have to admit, I was kinda disappointed myself. I mean, it's sword and spell-slinging furry pirates in a 'furrified' Earth's version of the Golden Age of Piracy. Just thought they coud have been a trifle more imaginative, is all.

By great background material, I was thinking more inline of how it discussed the Golden Age of Piracy, not how imaginative it was as a world setting. It does cover details GURPS Swashbuckler's leaves out, for example.

[BNakagawa]

Cerebus is political satire of the highest order (IMO).

Caveat: Or, was at one point.

High Society and Church and State were some fine reading.

After a while, I got this uncomfortable feeling and stopped picking it up...

[Curufea]

High Society and Church and State were some fine reading.

After a while, I got this uncomfortable feeling and stopped picking it up...

I does have one of my favourite quotes from the Grouch-Marx-est Mayor when Cerebus is fighting an assassin on the window ledge...
"Just remember, you may be short and weak, but he's bigger and stronger!"
(or words to that effect)

Nice dry wit.

[BNakagawa]

I does have one of my favourite quotes from the Grouch-Marx-est Mayor when Cerebus is fighting an assassin on the window ledge...
"Just remember, you may be short and weak, but he's bigger and stronger!"
(or words to that effect)

Nice dry wit.

I think the line was more like, "He may be bigger and stronger, but you're shorter and greyer!"

"Fonflif!"

[FenrisUlf]

By great background material, I was thinking more inline of how it discussed the Golden Age of Piracy, not how imaginative it was as a world setting. It does cover details GURPS Swashbuckler's leaves out, for example.

Oh, sorry for jumping to conclusions. And you are right about the background material -- it even mentioned indentured servitude, which was the first place I could remember seeing that outside my high school history of PA class.

Though I do wonder about something else in FP -- in a world where all the main prey animals are sentient, then what do the carnivores eat?

[BlackSword]

We played a Jadeclaw game and went to fairly high levels. At a certain point the game seemed to break. It was a lot of fun, though we rarely got too deeply into the furry theme. Different races were used to note people and houses. One time there was a small bit of racism as my character (a lynx) was derisively refered to as the snake of the cat family. I think Iron/Jadeclaw has a nice system and break down for animals, but I would prefer to port it into Hero and change a few things. ;)

[Solomon]

Would Carl Barks Disney characters count as "Furries"? :straight:

Also, no mention of the old "Justifiers" RPG? I had fun playing it back in the days. I heard rumors of an upcoming new edition, but I can't find a link right now.

[Susano]

Oh, sorry for jumping to conclusions. And you are right about the background material -- it even mentioned indentured servitude, which was the first place I could remember seeing that outside my high school history of PA class.

Though I do wonder about something else in FP -- in a world where all the main prey animals are sentient, then what do the carnivores eat?

Non sentient furries?

Note -- in USAGI YOJIMBO they eat lizards, turtles, fish, and so on.

[Dr. Anomaly]

Though I do wonder about something else in FP -- in a world where all the main prey animals are sentient, then what do the carnivores eat?In a lot of the set-ups I've seen, there are sentient and non-sentient versions. Typically the sentient versions are closer to human-sized (either larger or smaller than the 'normal' animal), walk on two legs, etc. The non-sentient versions are what we'd think of as "normal" animals. The non-sentients get eaten by predators, exactly as you'd expect, but the sentients are supposed to be off-limits.

[BoneDaddy]

There was a comic book back in '89 or so, about an anthro'd wolf and an anthro'd bear in some post apoc. setting. I thought it looked awfully cool, and I can't remember the name of it. Twilight something or other? Dawn something or other? Sorry I can't be more specific, but I'm hoping to jog someone else's memory.

[BNakagawa]

Though I do wonder about something else in FP -- in a world where all the main prey animals are sentient, then what do the carnivores eat?

My favorite take on this is Bill Holbrook's Kevin and Kell. There's an extensive online archive somewhere, I'm sure somebody will sneak by and provide a link for those too lazy to google it (like me) It's a modern day story of an internet entrepreneur who is a rabbit who ends up marrying a wolf divorcee. She has one son from her previous marriage (predictably enough, a wolf cub) and he has an acopted daughter (a porcupine) They also have another daughter who is the world's only carnivorous rabbit.

It's a long story.

Another comic which had some nice anthro races in it (also including lizard and insectoids) is Fusion which was primarily illustrated by Lela Dowling but also had some issues handled by Phil Foglio and many others. Track this down if you ever get a chance! (Especially if you are a Firefly fan)

[Susano]

Another comic which had some nice anthro races in it (also including lizard and insectoids) is Fusion which was primarily illustrated by Lela Dowling but also had some issues handled by Phil Foglio and many others. Track this down if you ever get a chance! (Especially if you are a Firefly fan)

Fusion was Lela Dowling and Steve Gallici. Great work and an interesting universe. I borrowed a lot from it for my attempt to build an SF setting.

[TheQuestionMan]

Great stuff folks, but do not forget to provide Linkage for the rest of us.

Thanks

QM

P.S.: Badger Badger Badger

[Lethosos]

I think it's been old hat, but I did discuss with J about this. He wanted an 'offical' HERO sourcebook in a vein similar to Usagi Yojimbo, and I mentioned to him about 'The World of the Eight Sages,' a Middle Kingdom-styled empire that was inhabited by 8 distinct furry races, each with a minor link to the very world they inhabit.

He, of course, was willing to pay for printing out of his pockets, if interest was high enough. Unfortuantly RL consipred with me and I haven't gotten much but a bare outline, some thoughts about the world itself, and what the 8 races looked like. I think his recent praise on my writing might help me a bit, but I just need to know where to start. The Chi magic section will be a pain to work out, that's for sure. :P

[Michael Hopcroft]

My favorite take on this is Bill Holbrook's Kevin and Kell. There's an extensive online archive somewhere, I'm sure somebody will sneak by and provide a link for those too lazy to google it (like me) It's a modern day story of an internet entrepreneur who is a rabbit who ends up marrying a wolf divorcee. She has one son from her previous marriage (predictably enough, a wolf cub) and he has an acopted daughter (a porcupine) They also have another daughter who is the world's only carnivorous rabbit.
Having designed the offical RPG for the series, I know a little something abotu Kevin & Kell. You did get a few things wrong:

1. Kell was a widow, not a divorcee. Kevin is the one who had gone through a previous divorce -- his ex-wife Angelique is a recurring character who often has great effects on the story.

2. Lindesfarne (the daughter) is a hedgehog, not a procupine. She was raised as a herbivorous procupine, but changed her registry to hedgehog and adopted a noctunral, insectivorious lifestyle.

3. Rudy (the son) is half-fox.

4. There is at least one other rabbit besides Coney who regularly eats meat, although she keeps it a secret.

the entire strip is archived at the Kevin & Kell website (http://www.kevinandkell.com) where you can learn about such other things as the Great Bird Conspiracy (the fans' name, not Bill's) and the truth about Lindesfarne.

[TheQuestionMan]

I think it's been old hat, but I did discuss with J about this. He wanted an 'offical' HERO sourcebook in a vein similar to Usagi Yojimbo, and I mentioned to him about 'The World of the Eight Sages,' a Middle Kingdom-styled empire that was inhabited by 8 distinct furry races, each with a minor link to the very world they inhabit.

He, of course, was willing to pay for printing out of his pockets, if interest was high enough. Unfortuantly RL consipred with me and I haven't gotten much but a bare outline, some thoughts about the world itself, and what the 8 races looked like. I think his recent praise on my writing might help me a bit, but I just need to know where to start. The Chi magic section will be a pain to work out, that's for sure. :P

That sounds cool. You might be able to borrow elements from Susano's Feng Shui Conversions and I can't remember the BESM guy gall dern it.

I really like the sound of it. I saw a comic called Sharpei (Spelling wrong) and Dogs of War that had some potential.

Cheers

QM

[Lethosos]

That sounds cool. You might be able to borrow elements from Susano's Feng Shui Conversions and I can't remember the BESM guy gall dern it.

I really like the sound of it. I saw a comic called Sharpei (Spelling wrong) and Dogs of War that had some potential.
I'll look it up and see if it's close to what I want to do with Chi. Bear in mind that there's a reason why there are 'Eight Sages', as they are celestial beings that created the world and the races that followed. So a lot of I Ching influences come to bear in the setting. And I'm not crazy about BESM, so I shalln't bother.

I'm not familiar with those two comics, but it's not important. I do read up on Ozzy & Millie, though. :D

I think I'm gonna slant the sourcebook towards Wuxia/Dark Fantasy--it is an Age of Shadow that the players will start at, with demons and dark desires waiting to be cleaned up and put into place...

[TheQuestionMan]

I'll look it up and see if it's close to what I want to do with Chi. Bear in mind that there's a reason why there are 'Eight Sages', as they are celestial beings that created the world and the races that followed. So a lot of I Ching influences come to bear in the setting. And I'm not crazy about BESM, so I shalln't bother.

I'm not familiar with those two comics, but it's not important. I do read up on Ozzy & Millie, though. :D

I think I'm gonna slant the sourcebook towards Wuxia/Dark Fantasy--it is an Age of Shadow that the players will start at, with demons and dark desires waiting to be cleaned up and put into place...

That sound great> I would love to see it when your done. Please send me a copy.

Cheers

QM

[Black Rose]

I'll look it up and see if it's close to what I want to do with Chi. Bear in mind that there's a reason why there are 'Eight Sages', as they are celestial beings that created the world and the races that followed. So a lot of I Ching influences come to bear in the setting. And I'm not crazy about BESM, so I shalln't bother.

I'm not familiar with those two comics, but it's not important. I do read up on Ozzy & Millie, though. :D

I think I'm gonna slant the sourcebook towards Wuxia/Dark Fantasy--it is an Age of Shadow that the players will start at, with demons and dark desires waiting to be cleaned up and put into place...

This sounds really frelling cool. Please PM me if/when you get to the proofreading and playtesting stage.

[Lethosos]

I'll keep that in mind, Rose. Just being buffeted about by other interesting ideas, such as developing/organizing a Monster Rancher-themed world with some artsy guys. (Although that makes for an interesting world to use in HERO, too. Who knows, I have to do extensive research in that to make it happen.)

What I can defintly say that will need playtesting is the templates and the Chi magic system. Everything else will be writing and thinking up ideas.

Edit: I forgot to add a little bit more when I said it would be a Dark Wuxia campaign setting: I intend to split it a bit further by offering two methods of playing the game... the Heroic 'Mundane' setting, and the superheroic 'Celestial' addenium for those interested. The latter will be a bit more complex for me, but easier to pull off if your group is more used to playing Champions. :D

[Almafeta]

I'm not sure if this would be appropriate to go here (since few 'rulesy' things are being discussed), but I've written up some furry templates in HERO format if anyone wants them.

[TheQuestionMan]

I'm not sure if this would be appropriate to go here (since few 'rulesy' things are being discussed), but I've written up some furry templates in HERO format if anyone wants them.

*holds hand up enthusiasticly* ME ME ME ME , I want them.

Pretty pleassse!

QM

[keithcurtis]

There are templates and cosntruction guideliens on my site as well:

http://savageearth.net/beasts.html

Keith "They sound much more harmless when you call them funny animals; no one would call Captain Carrot a furry" Curtis

[Almafeta]

*holds hand up enthusiasticly* ME ME ME ME , I want them.

Pretty pleassse!

QM

Here ya go then. (http://www.furnation.com/almafeta/furryHERO.html). As I look back on it, I see a few math errors (a toy dog should be 22 points, not 2 points), but these are usually glaring.

[TheQuestionMan]

Here ya go then. (http://www.furnation.com/almafeta/furryHERO.html). As I look back on it, I see a few math errors (a toy dog should be 22 points, not 2 points), but these are usually glaring.


Great now I can TOY with my players

MUHUHWAHAHAHA!!!

ahem

QM

[Arac-4105]

Note -- there are humans in the UY universe. Lord Hijiki is one.

Uhm, having been a fan of UY for years, I couldn't let this go. There are no humans in the UY universe. Lord Hikiji is a serpent, IIRC, and the closest you get to humans in UY are the occasional monkey-like characters.

Oh, and to be totally geeky: http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/characters/hikiji.html

TTFN, heroes

Don't forget Space Usagi (check the UY Dojo for info) and 'Big Ears, Small Mouse' for BESM

[Susano]

Note -- there are humans in the UY universe. Lord Hijiki is one.

Uhm, having been a fan of UY for years, I couldn't let this go. There are no humans in the UY universe. Lord Hikiji is a serpent, IIRC, and the closest you get to humans in UY are the occasional monkey-like characters.


*buzzer*

Sorry, but you are incorrect.

Lord Hikiji is a human. Lord Hebi, his councilor is a snake. Humans have been spotted from time to time, but they are both rare, and special. Hikiji is one example of a human, as is the werebeast Usagi encountered. He's run into at least one more... the Spirit of Spring was drawn as a human, for example.

[Arac-4105]

I stand corrected, although having scoured my collection I only find one image of Hikiji in battle armor and the armored mask he wears covers most of his face. I'm willing to trust the word of my peers.

Also just noticed this passage in the UY RPG: Humans are rare in Usagi's world, and when they appear, they usually aren't very nice. Witness the monsterous Ocho, the mysterious demon piper, and of course the evil Lord Hikiji.

[Lethosos]

There is further verification if you look through the very first graphic novels. I can't recall right off, but I think it's in #2 that you get to see Counselor Hebi talk to Lord Hikiji himself. It's very obvious that he's 'hyoo-man.'

[Susano]

There is further verification if you look through the very first graphic novels. I can't recall right off, but I think it's in #2 that you get to see Counselor Hebi talk to Lord Hikiji himself. It's very obvious that he's 'hyoo-man.'

Correct. There are several other times he appears, in armor and out, but this is the one time where you can tell, 100%, he is human. Oh, and his five fingers give him away when he is in armor.


I stand corrected, although having scoured my collection I only find one image of Hikiji in battle armor and the armored mask he wears covers most of his face. I'm willing to trust the word of my peers.

See above.


Also just noticed this passage in the UY RPG: Humans are rare in Usagi's world, and when they appear, they usually aren't very nice. Witness the monsterous Ocho, the mysterious demon piper, and of course the evil Lord Hikiji.

Ocho is the werebeast I mentioned. I don't recall the demon piper, but I may have missed that story (although I do have UY volumes 1-18).

[BNakagawa]

every time I see UY, I always think of Urusei Yatsura. (It predates Usagi Yojimbo)

[Curufea]

That's Lum isn't it?

[Susano]

That's Lum isn't it?

Basically.

[Black Rose]

Correct. There are several other times he appears, in armor and out, but this is the one time where you can tell, 100%, he is human. Oh, and his five fingers give him away when he is in armor.

Not having read Usagi Yojimbo, I don't know if it's ever mentioned, but I would imagine that seeing something that moves like a "person" (I have no idea if they differentiate name-wise between different animals), and probably even sounds like a person, but has such... deformed hands. Not to mention the whole hairless part.

Ewww.

[Susano]

Not having read Usagi Yojimbo, I don't know if it's ever mentioned, but I would imagine that seeing something that moves like a "person" (I have no idea if they differentiate name-wise between different animals), and probably even sounds like a person, but has such... deformed hands. Not to mention the whole hairless part.

It's not remarked on.

Hmm.. I just remembered -- waaayyy back in like UY Volume... 5 or 7 or something, you see Councilor Hebi talking to Hikiji and that is where you see him out of armor, in courtly dress, and you see he is a human. And there is no special status for humans that I have seen.

[TheQuestionMan]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has Anthropomorphics at various levels of development. I wonder if there is a way to Adapt them to Hero System?

Thanks in advance.

QM

[JTesla]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has Anthropomorphics at various levels of development. I wonder if there is a way to Adapt them to Hero System?

Thanks in advance.

QM

Palladium did a great job with the TMNT settng (from the comics). It of course followed their rules set so it should be similar to the Robotech/Rifts conversions.

[TheQuestionMan]

Added Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG (Thanks Michael Hopcroft) & Swords of/Guns of Sharpei by Caliber Comics.

Cheers

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[Errandis]

Where does he get the time. Great stuff as usual QM.

[TheQuestionMan]

Added a Wikipedia List of Anthropomorphic Animal Superheroes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrop...ic_Superheroes

The World of the Eight Sages by Lethosos (Iron Dragon Studios)
http://irondragon.blogspot.com/

Cheers

QM

[arcady]

My postCyberpunk setting features two kinds of 'almost furries':

Human Anthros - humans with animal DNA to spice them up. think 'anime catgirl' as one visual for lack of a better example. Built as 'toys' for humanity, the majority of them were a violation of a Japanese patent held by 'Genki Neko' (happy cat) and within 'UN controlled space' their existance is now illegal as a result of a WTO ruling - so they've floaded the outer system's independant nations and brought with them the psych issues of races of people engineered to be 'passive toys' who want to be free of their own enslaving minds.

Animal Anthros - animals uplifted for use in infantry and special forces. Think furries on PcP thrown into a kill zone. Or post war, think of a bunch of semi-psychotic vets with all kinds of health issues tossed out and told to 'fend for themselves' - put bands of them in space plaguing the 'solar highways' as 'posthuman era bandits'. Possibly in the employ of various governments out to make trade more difficult for their competitors, or various terrorist groups out to change the balance of society.

http://home.pacbell.net/arcady0/SciFi/

I've only got one visual for them at present:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/16348485/ - the figure at left.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/14429296/ - used as the cover for the PDF of my setting.

[Susano]

My postCyberpunk setting features two kinds of 'almost furries':

Human Anthros - humans with animal DNA to spice them up. think 'anime catgirl' as one visual for lack of a better example. Built as 'toys' for humanity, the majority of them were a violation of a Japanese patent held by 'Genki Neko' (happy cat) and within 'UN controlled space' their existance is now illegal as a result of a WTO ruling - so they've floaded the outer system's independant nations and brought with them the psych issues of races of people engineered to be 'passive toys' who want to be free of their own enslaving minds.

KAZEI 5 uses the genetically engineered catgirl concept as well. Most have just the cat's ears, some have tails. Others may even have fully-body fur and the like.

[moquif]

Palladium did a great job with the TMNT settng (from the comics). It of course followed their rules set so it should be similar to the Robotech/Rifts conversions.

Yes, that's what got me into Robotech in the first place. The dream of stomping on those turtles with a giant robot. :eg:

[TheQuestionMan]

Added List of furry role-playing games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_furry_role-playing_games



Cheers

QM

[Michael Hopcroft]

Added List of furry role-playing games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_furry_role-playing_games


Thanks for the link. I believe it ought to include The Kevin & Kell RPG from Comstar, but as I am the author of that book it would be a conflict of interest for me to add it myself.

[Susano]

Thanks for the link. I believe it ought to include The Kevin & Kell RPG from Comstar, but as I am the author of that book it would be a conflict of interest for me to add it myself.

Uhm... why? There's no commercial intent to this list and I know people who have developed something create wiki articles about it.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Uhm... why? There's no commercial intent to this list and I know people who have developed something create wiki articles about it.

You haven't seen a Wikipedia edit war in full flower, have you? :mad:

[Susano]

You haven't seen a Wikipedia edit war in full flower, have you? :mad:

No. But I fail to see how this would result in such a thing.

[Michael Hopcroft]

No. But I fail to see how this would result in such a thing.

The reason is that the most prominent and vocal Wikipedians (the one for whom Wikipedia is something akin to a way of life) have a distinct aversion to anything that even resembles self-promotion by other Wikipedia editors. They tend to report them to the ASdmins, who have the power to ban the guilty user -- frequently on the spot, without even bothering to ask what their side of the story is -- and to delete the offending entry.

That is why there is no article on HeartQuest; the only people qualified to write it by knowledge that I know of are disqualified from writing it because of this perceived conflict of interest.

[FenrisUlf]

The reason is that the most prominent and vocal Wikipedians (the one for whom Wikipedia is something akin to a way of life) have a distinct aversion to anything that even resembles self-promotion by other Wikipedia editors. They tend to report them to the ASdmins, who have the power to ban the guilty user -- frequently on the spot, without even bothering to ask what their side of the story is -- and to delete the offending entry.

That is why there is no article on HeartQuest; the only people qualified to write it by knowledge that I know of are disqualified from writing it because of this perceived conflict of interest.

No offense to anybody, but that really sounds stupid. (The policy, not you.)

[AdamLeisemann]

Usagi Yojimbo is proof that you can have a (at times) dead serious "funny animals" universe and make it work.

Oh, and I own FUZZY PIRATES. Great background material, utterly crappy game engine.

Amen to that. Halogen Engine was only recently replaced by FATAL as a game I wouldn't even offer to my worst enemy.

[AdamLeisemann]

Would Carl Barks Disney characters count as "Furries"? :straight:

Also, no mention of the old "Justifiers" RPG? I had fun playing it back in the days. I heard rumors of an upcoming new edition, but I can't find a link right now.

I never heard of Justifiers, but Disney characters (the animal-like ones) certain count as furry, as do most of the Looney Tunes.

Admittedly, I've always wanted to run a campaign set in the Star Fox universe from Nintendo (ignoring the grave assault on the franchise that was Star Fox Assault)

[AdamLeisemann]

No offense to anybody, but that really sounds stupid. (The policy, not you.)

They want to have a stance of neutrality. And that's how they do that.

[Michael Hopcroft]

They want to have a stance of neutrality. And that's how they do that.

Then again, Wikipedians sometimes take this to absurd lengths. The Neutral Point of View policy is about as impractical, particualrly when referring to such hot-button topics as religion and politics, as the ideal of journalstic objectivity. Everyone who writes anything anywhere comes into it with a point of view, simply because they are human beings -- the Wikipedian ideal is that if enough people contribute to a controversial topic it will eventually result in a balanced article.

Of course, Wikipedia's goal is to create "an encyclopedia that anyone can edit", which is an obvious logical self-contradiction. Infamously, it took the community three months to notice that "the third-largest city in Lebanon", on an island off its coast, as referred to in one of its articles, does not actually exist.

[SSgt Baloo]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has Anthropomorphics at various levels of development. I wonder if there is a way to Adapt them to Hero System?

Thanks in advance.

QM

I had a friend write them up in 3rd edition rules. He used duplication x4, 0End, Always on, and built the four characters with martial arts, nearly identical stats, and gave each of them a HTH weapon with ~8 dice (equivalent) damage. Plus some armor because of their carapaces.

And, I provide a link to Youtube so you can watch the music video Dog Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0359hSerDeE). I don't know if any of you will find it useful, but it's relevant!

[TheQuestionMan]

WOW! This Thread has been dormant for a while. Glad you found it of interest. Could you post your friend's work?

Thanks

QM

[SSgt Baloo]

WOW! This Thread has been dormant for a while.

Whups! I forgot to check if the post I replied to was past it's "freshness date". Some boards frown on necroposting. Does this mean I'm subject to disciplinary action?


Glad you found it of interest. Could you post your friend's work?

Alas, that was about 20 years ago and 3,000 miles distant. (Short answer: No.)

Sorry.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Hero's boards have a higher tolerance for thread necromancy than some others I deal with. You should be all right, at least here.

As far as the Dog Police video goes, the misogyny aside (and that was a fairly massive part of the '80s scene) I'm reminded of the idea of a were-canine subculture that has its own organization for keepings its own from unwelcome human scrutiny. One of the principle elements of Vampire: the Masquerade was that vampires policed and punished their own so that the mortals wouldn't hunt them down, but given that vampires must engage in morally reprehensible behavior simply to survive there is only so far that can go.

[TheQuestionMan]

Whups! I forgot to check if the post I replied to was past it's "freshness date". Some boards frown on necroposting. Does this mean I'm subject to disciplinary action?
No problem, it was just a surprise is all.

Alas, that was about 20 years ago and 3,000 miles distant. (Short answer: No.).
That sucks.

Sorry.
You better be. You better be.



<snickers>

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[SSgt Baloo]

Yet another anthropomorphic resource: Of Mice and Mayhem (http://rrdatabase.dyndns.org/written/chris_fischer/mayhem.php?page=001), a Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers graphic novel by Chris Fisher.

[FenrisUlf]

That has got to be the most brilliant piece of fanfic I've ever seen done. I just hope for the artist/writer's sake it isn't "good enough to sue".

[SSgt Baloo]

That has got to be the most brilliant piece of fanfic I've ever seen done. I just hope for the artist/writer's sake it isn't "good enough to sue".

It would be if you had to pay to see it. Fish is a professional musician who's familiar with copyright and "fair use" laws, and made certain all Disney could do was admire his work and (possibly) fume.

[TheQuestionMan]

Mouse Guard
http://www.archaiasp.com/mouse_guard_preview.html

Redwall Abbey
http://www.redwall.org/dave/news.php

Disney's Robin Hood
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/robinhood/robinhood.html



Cheers

QM

[Michael Hopcroft]

You might also want to look at The Great Mouse Detective, aka Basil of Baker Street, a rodent Holmes pastiche made by Disney in the late '80s. It is largely notable as having one of the first CGI sequences ever used in a cel-based animated feature (a chase in the clock tower of Big Ben that was breathtaking, especially for the time) and a wonderfully self-referential villainous turn by Vincent Price.

Oddly, despite being a well-paced movie and the groundbreaking technology used in its creation, The Great Mouse Detective was not a commercial success. But the experience of the animators on the project would prove vital to the Disney renaissance that soon followed on both the large and small screens.

[TheQuestionMan]

Added Tellos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellos

[Drhoz]

You might also want to look at The Great Mouse Detective, aka Basil of Baker Street, a rodent Holmes pastiche made by Disney in the late '80s. It is largely notable as having one of the first CGI sequences ever used in a cel-based animated feature (a chase in the clock tower of Big Ben that was breathtaking, especially for the time) and a wonderfully self-referential villainous turn by Vincent Price.

Oddly, despite being a well-paced movie and the groundbreaking technology used in its creation, The Great Mouse Detective was not a commercial success. But the experience of the animators on the project would prove vital to the Disney renaissance that soon followed on both the large and small screens.

iirc, the production also got reamed for the table-dancing scene.

[McCoy]

Anyone besides me fondly remember Dog City?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_City

[Shadowsoul]

Spellsinger is quite a good example of fairly serious furries in a sword and sorcery/gritty fantasy setting. It was actually written by Alan Dean Foster which surprised me when I first discovered it.
It includes those implacable foes of civilisation the Plated Folk, (anthro insects), and even spiders. As in some other settings lizards serve as cattle and beasts of burden and there are no non anthro versions of the various races. There are various other little quirks such as the fact that most of the furries are shorter than terrestrial humans, including native humans.
It's worth a look, if only to see the Marxist dragon and witness demonic folk music - 'the song of despair'.
Here's the wikipedia article; such as it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellsinger

[TheQuestionMan]

Spellsinger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellsinger


Your Link is not working for me.


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[Susano]

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellsinger

You have the http:// in there twice.

[Shadowsoul]

Curious. Looks like the forum automatically adds in http when you post a link, so when I pasted the address in I got two for the price of one.
Fixed it now.

[TheQuestionMan]

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[AnotherSkip]

It would be if you had to pay to see it. Fish is a professional musician who's familiar with copyright and "fair use" laws, and made certain all Disney could do was admire his work and (possibly) fume.
Did FIsh used to hang out At Brookhaven Community College? IF So I have met him.

[SSgt Baloo]

Did FIsh used to hang out At Brookhaven Community College? IF So I have met him.

I dunno. I never met him myself.

BTW, the story Of Mice and Mayhem is no longer available at its former site. you may find it =>>here<<= (http://rrdatabase.dyndns.org/written/chris_fischer/mayhem.php?page=001), instead.

Something extra:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33XmEMzZc1c

[Kaeto]

I have that on my computer. Plus I have the comic it was based on.

[SSgt Baloo]

I have that on my computer. Plus I have the comic it was based on.

I keep hoping that someone does the Erma Felna saga as a CG movie.

[Kaeto]

That would be great!

[Michael Hopcroft]

The content for the CatS**One posted has been blocked for copyright reasons to my utter lack of surprise.

A good way to port the settings for Ironclaw and Jadeclaw to Hero would be interesting. The games did have a tendency to try and be everything to everyone, but they do represent fantasy worlds that have no true monsters (and thus no way or reason to go dungeon-crawling).

[Susano]

The content for the CatS**One posted has been blocked for copyright reasons to my utter lack of surprise.

A good way to port the settings for Ironclaw and Jadeclaw to Hero would be interesting. The games did have a tendency to try and be everything to everyone, but they do represent fantasy worlds that have no true monsters (and thus no way or reason to go dungeon-crawling).

Not much work on porting Iron Claw. It's just middle ages Europe with anthros. Not sure on Jade Claw. The 'hard' part might be magic systems.

In any such setting, templates for various species becomes important, as different animal species replace the traditional fantasy races.

[SSgt Baloo]

In the mid-Eighties I used to run a roll-your-own fantasy campaign with "furry" nonhumans as well as largish intelligent birds with fingers like archeopteryx. The birds were too heavy to fly but could glide without using magic.

That was about the time that Fantasy Hero (and other Champions offshoots) started appearing in our FLGS.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Not much work on porting Iron Claw. It's just middle ages Europe with anthros. Not sure on Jade Claw. The 'hard' part might be magic systems.

I found the Ironclaw magic system very limited in terms of the number and variety of spells available. Maybe the new edition has done something about that, maybe it hasn't. You would have to seriously divorce the setting from the system to do it in Hero. resulting in a more flexible hybrid game.

Jadeclaw would be interesting in a Wuxia sort of way. Definitely emphasized martial arts over what magic there was.

[Susano]

I found the Ironclaw magic system very limited in terms of the number and variety of spells available. Maybe the new edition has done something about that, maybe it hasn't. You would have to seriously divorce the setting from the system to do it in Hero. resulting in a more flexible hybrid game.

Jadeclaw would be interesting in a Wuxia sort of way. Definitely emphasized martial arts over what magic there was.

Is this the same system as Furry Pirates? Because I recall that as having an awful RPG system.

[TheQuestionMan]

Yes, but better Game Mechanics/System.

Nice Campaign Setting

QM

[Susano]

Yes, but better Game Mechanics/System.

Nice Campaign Setting

QM

Which? Because Furry Pirates did have a nice attention to detail.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Is this the same system as Furry Pirates? Because I recall that as having an awful RPG system.

No, different systems and different publishers. Ironclaw/Jadeclaw uses a system where you and your opponent both roll a set of various sized dice depending on their abilities and the player with the highest score on any of the dice wins.

[Susano]

No, different systems and different publishers. Ironclaw/Jadeclaw uses a system where you and your opponent both roll a set of various sized dice depending on their abilities and the player with the highest score on any of the dice wins.

Sounds a little like Savage Worlds.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Sounds a little like Savage Worlds.

A little except that you never total the rolls. High die wins.

Let's say you're rolling a d8 and a d12. Your opponent is rolling a single d10. You roll a 4 on the d8 and a 5 on the d12. Your opponent rolls an 8 on the d10. Even though you totaled higher than he did (9 vs. 8) he still wins because he got the high single die. I'm not convinced the designers paid much attention to probability theory.