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To emphasise, I'm VERY into the 1880 aesthetic with wild/west steampunk feel. I'm also a bit of a Lovecraft nerd (a bit) and adventure, so I'm so in for an alternate industrial revolution and fringe society versus civilisation themed story. Apologies if I didn't answer the setting stuff but I absolutely am on board.

Read over all this quickly. The one downside about having yesterday afternoon off, is work was much more annoying today. Thursday nights are also one of my worst nights for writing. But will see about getting something in the group 2 thread either tonight or tomorrow hopefully.

I am a little swamped with work this week, but once the weekend comes I'll edit this with my take. @IsabellaRose Thank you for all the work you have done with this.

Well as part of Group 2 I will admit that I do think it would be best to as close to the initial idea as possible personally. The character(s) I have in mind is with that in mind (or at least I think so). I don't think personally think the presence of Animal folk would be too much of a distraction as long as the origin and reaction is suitably mad science enough (which I did think Dream's origin fit well enough though maybe not the leading happy lives part and more isolated), but push comes to it I'd rather stick as close to what was proposed cause that's admittedly where my interest is.

My first post specifically said: "set in an 1880s wild west / steampunk / weird science world. Imagine someone combined the works of Jules Verne, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovecraft, and HG Wells, added in a dash of Nikola Tesla, a pinch of Indiana Jones (without the Crystal Skull nonsense), mixed in Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, Annie Oakley, Doc Holliday and all the wild west tropes you can imagine, maybe added a bit of mad scientist and supernatural weird west nonsense, and dressed it all up in steampunk finery... and you're looking at the general idea for the setting." If you look at the aut

No one would need to actually play that character, unless they wanted to, but knowing that they were out there, and what their goals were, would give me things to work with from a world-building perspective. Having a "you experimented on me" NPC out there, or a "my father made you" son of said NPC, could lead to some interesting emotional interactions.

well i would like to throw my hat in the ring for the "why do furries exist" justification the simple answer is in universe some people with enough money wanted something available to surgically alter their bodies to be closer to their respective ideals, leading to a chemical based venture that ultimately went south, leading to the hybridized forms people wanted... the issue is the fumes spread throughout the city where this research was being conducted infecting and altering peoples bodies at a wide scale, with the intensity of the beastification dependent on how close they were to the epicenter of this event. since then the "infected"

I don't mind yuri characters at all. Keep in mind that the game premise includes sexual situations, and the core mechanics use your relationship with other PCs and NPCs as a primary trait when rolling. So if you want a lot of yuri storylines, you'll want to include NPCs that you can get involved with and see if any other PCs are up for that. I personally didn't imagine kemonoimimi in the setting, but if the group says "hell yes, let's include them!" then we can and will! Also, consider the wild west, weird west, steampunk setting, and some of the fictional works I referenced in the opening post. The Island of Dr. Moreau comes to mind. Yo

This is for Group 1, consisting of @MagnificentBastard, @WickedCadrach, @Chiyako, @WritesNaughtyStories, and @StarlitSiren. We're still working from the basic setup premise as described in the original "Interest Check" thread: "My favorite game system is Cortex, or more specifically, the Cortex Drama system originally developed for the Smallville RPG, improved with suggestions in the Cortex Hacker's Guide, and then brought all together in the latest version of the system, Cortex Prime. I'm considering running a dramatic game centered around a small group of PCs and their connected NPCs set in an 1880s wild west / steampunk / we

Welp... We don't know yet if both sides will really be that different. Still, just wanted to know his opinions and explanations anyway, for the sake of finding ideas. I know you said before that both groups would share the same world or something so I tried to keep that in mind, depending on what the rest of the group want as well.

Oh that's good

Yes, we are still talking, and nothing has been decided. That's why I was trying to clarify tone and intent. I had a vision for a game which I thought I outlined fairly well in my initial post. If the references were not familiar or seemed "ancient" then perhaps my idea is not something in which you'd be interested. I guess that's the part that confused me the most - why join a game if you don't even really understand the premise or themes involved? If you posted saying you were going to start a game based on Wild Arms, even if some of my friends were joining the game, I'd just pass it by since I don't know anything about Wild Arms.

I agree with @IsabellaRose, this has drifted far from the idea that intrigued me. I came for a gritty vision of the expanding colony, the weight of technology and change as it runs against the untamed land. Where it feels we've ended up, there is no room for a nameless gunfighter to to walk into the street, spurs jingling, to face Dr. Loveless and his lightning gun to free the town from Loveless' cruel experiments. I tried to provide a framework to create the specific character morph @Warning was describing that would fit the style of story Isabella had set out, but it has been pointedly ignored. Twice. For the moment, I'll sit back

This is the kind of thing I'm talking about! I don't specifically mean things need to be "exactly" like the sources I mentioned, but give me a plot hook, a piece of history, an NPC, a setup... something I can work with. The setting is generally the "real world" of 1880s, altered with steampunk tech, and adding in some supernatural "weird west" ...weirdness, I guess. Anyone different, who looks different, etc. Is going to probably be treated as such by the settlers. Think of old western movies, tv shows, and books. People who were different were feared. Now, that's not to say that somewhere in the recent past something happene

Ooooo, let's say Millie's Sister is a big name arms dealer for a VERY autocratic empire.

Wherein Furry is concerned I'm into the minor use (animal ears/tails, etc, I think there was a term used above somewhere?) But less full anthomorphic; to clarify, that doesn't mean I'm saying 'don't out it in', just that it's something I might ask for a little naughty distance from if we go that route! Which brings me to my own likes. On that spicy side I'd love Millie to be subject to some mind alteration/mood alteration effects somewhen, with the dubcon idea (think our own game, Isabella.) In terms of world content: -Tech I can 'MacGyver' given the character premise -An AIRSHIP (just somewhere. for fun.) -Int

since we have a degree of control with this setting and narative i would like to make a few pitches for what @AsBloodTurnsEverCold just mentioned and see if any of them strike anyones interest, I enjoy worldbuilding so ill take a few shots. what if the "desert" that is this worlds wild west is that way due to some sort of ore that generates heat similar to coal without needing to combust, leading to longer duration steam generation in a safer more consistent method, leading to a gold rush of sorts and allowing a few interesting things -Automatons are a direct result of this process, the controlled burn of this new ore leads metal folk

Oh right... Steampunk, not cyberpunk... No idea why I confused both. Unless it still applies. Well, a dog girl can still apply. She will just be mostly clueless. (And combat oriented.) I can however search for a steampunk theme as well though I doubt I will find anything. Hound on a steam powered train, escaping somewhere still sounds fun though.

Not sure what Prudence Lawton's legacy is? A Google search didn't help me either. As for me, the Wild West is contemporary with Victorian Era, and so I am leaning more into that with steam punk. It's not a deal breaker just were my mind is at. Ill play a human make maybe with a mechanical arm, but nothing crazy.

The animal-type people coming from one source would be a great way to add some strings interconnecting not only people in one group, but possibly both groups, even if they don't start together. I kind of mesh with either the tribe idea or the experiments idea, especially if it allows multiple people to make characters with that sort of thing. I do have a not so morally good mad scientist character who I have used before as a Vampire, which could have been a part of making something like that if that is the route people prefer. Could probably swing them as an Elf alternatively but I think if we are going to have unnatural things then Vamp

Understandable. I was just saying that if that hound was going to be a thing and we want her alone, it is very doable. If I used another character befitting a "tribe" of sort, I'd need an explanation as to how they exist. I can go for many characters but my issue is that I am indecisive with things and trying to find something specific is a little stressful... I could always go simple with human too but I am poking around and see what works. I rarely do "simple". Obviously, I know there's others in the group so I try to go for something that's generally likes as well. I just tried every tags I could from western, wild west, cyberpunk...

The tribe idea's issue is having to write that multiple creatures of that kind exist everywhere. And it would probably cause an issue in the "lores". But if we say "A single one was engineered from birth with human and dog dna, forged with fire then kept prisoner in a dark place where literally nobody but a select few can see her.", we have something. By this, I'm trying to not create a headache for Isabella while using the "experiment" justification for it. Anything can be created and playing god is not something new. Now, she also doesn't have to breed and reproduce and therefore, we don't have to create a whole bunch of them. She is a

I don't think that we have to go with the whole package of Dr. Moreau elevating animals. I think there's room for hybridization and "corrective" surgery to create the specific look @Warning is after. The Farmer (not actually a fan of the name, but bear with me a minute) is trying (on behalf of the Army?) to create scouts with better senses like bobcats, the ability to run longer distances like wolves and other improvements to make them better at ferreting out "the savages". That perjorative used, I realize it's reductive and insulting. I don't think our game should be that, but I think that that truth can exist in it as an evil.

One thing I'd request is that the origin of any and all animal/human hybrid type characters be the same. For worldbuilding reasons I'll need to know "why" they exist, how they were created, and where they come from. Having a limited number of them from a single source I can work with. But having them "just because" won't work for me. Because this is a shared world, so they will exist in both games, even if none of the players in the other game play them.

Kemonoimimi is a broader definition to encompass more types of ears (rabbits, bear, dogs, etc) well still being 90% human

Good to hear. Of course I don't want a character to look like a frankenstein monster so yeah. XD A kemonomimi with ears/tail would be a good start and good enough. I was already searching tags about wild west to see if I can find something. Just not sure how to mix steampunk AND wild west since even Wild Arms only had golems and scifi tech. Still figuring things out but yeah. I am also multi-player and I don't know how NPCs and settings work since I figure this is like playing a board game or dnd. BUT if I can make npcs, I will without issues. It's a thing I enjoy a lot for character interaction. I love creating an interactive environmen

I would like to see automatons, or at least clockwork cybernetics of sorts. And/or maybe some minor supernatural stuff. More classics like werewolves, vampires, etc. Or, if people want to play something with, say, bunny ears for example, perhaps having been created by some sort of experimentation. Not a one-off, so multiple people could go down that track, but probably a limited amount in the world. I imagine they would be, at best, treated like freaks or below Human by a majority of the populace, if not at least feared. I haven't completely decided what I will make yet. It will depend on what sort of rails we want to set. I fine wi

I'm into that. Millie, of course, will think it's an old timey cooky religion. (until they get in on the kind of being a slut about it)

Seconding @MagnificentBastard, We appreciate you @IsabellaRose I'm a dummy, @WritesNaughtyStories- can you tell me what you mean by Prudence? I'm in for Everything writesnaughtystories says. Obviously the character premise I started out with very much leans into that steampunk inventor/tinkerer concept. If this is a bit more of an Alternate history than a full on imaginary world (going by your post above) then that does open up very fun premises and opportunity for reference. I'm good with both. To clarify, I'm also not against magic being a thing in the setting in the right, mystical, unobtainable doses (The big bad dabbling i

OH okay then. I mean, yeah, it's what I was thinking about, just differently. Inject something, turn someone into an anthro. Like, the basic rule here is that anthros WILL have a human past. Unless, I guess, we go the embryo path and they are born that way. During the puppy conversation, I spoke about messing up with DNA and weird science. This is why I'm really asking (as I said at first) how far I push it. As Isabella said, there has to be a reason why something is, for lore reason. I am trying to avoid headaches, hence why I tried to make it that puppy would be a lone case without pregnancy possibilities. If we just go kemono, it coul

The idea is that by whatever means - crossbreeding (which creates some interesting questions to be sure), gene splicing, blood transfusions or potions made from the distilled essence of the specific animals, there's someone working on behalf of the army to create exactly the kind of kemonomimi you want. Maybe the serum doesn't work quite well enough and the not-Moreau surgically adds ears to create the kind of directional hearing bobcats have or tails to help improve balance for long runs like wolves. Maybe it's making a brain enhancement injection from the brains of dead humans that's applied directly to the animals' brains and the surgery i

I agree but I still value to hear what WritesNaughtyStories has to say considering it affects the whole lores altogether AND it's interesting. I saw the 2nd thread. I'm just finishing up here. After this is done, I will not be continuing on this thread if that's your wish. It's just, it wouldn't make sense to switch this at the end, mid discussion, imo.

I've said it before: I want Prudence to have existed in our past and to have left her legacy of defending love in all its forms. With that comes the oppressive social and religious pressure that drove Prudence to condemn her lover. Beyond that, gunfighters in dusty streets, airships, and government agents in luxury train cars with odd, clockwork and steam-powered gadgets are welcome. I think it's worth talking about the First Nations, the US Army and what frontier forts look like and how they act on the world around them.

I saw that message and unlike what you think, I didn't ignore it. I just didn't know what to think of it. You'll have to forgive me because I have no idea what it means and it's probably another reason why I did not respond to it. I'm legit trying to be fair to everyone here and give everyone a fair chance to give me their opinions, working together. What I mean here is. What does hybridization and corrective surgery means in this regard? Truly trying to understand it and if it works in a way to please everyone, maybe it's a thing we can work with. I am curious to hear if it would help me find a character based on that (tags can help a l

I mean, the anthros wouldn't die from it but yeah, if they were treated but stuck as what they are, it would be fine. It seems the begged theme has to be pretty dark so what if the infected were captured, cured but kept prisoner or experimented on? As someone said, giving them a happy end might not be what's looked after here. If I had such a creature, I therefore would have to live the dark reality of my fate in this regard. Just throwing ideas, of course. And yeah, the steampunk part is pretty cool. I like the character I found earlier but in such a setting, I am not sure how the character would go from dealing with such an event and

Dream's idea was basically that people got transformed into beasts. How that would end would probably be realistically not well. Think "the plague". There's almost no way these people now furry monsters would not be hunted down and killed. EVEN if one survived, assuming the gritty vibes of the theme, they wouldn't become a class job. Still, there was something about animal ear/tail possible which I would not mind. I just don't want them to look like those moreau creatures with a face that only a mother can love. But if we assume that we had someone who had grown a tail or something, we probably have to assume that they wouldn't have a ve

I am not TOTALLY ignorant of what you mean, though. And we're still in prep phase. Even if some seem to sound like the game is ruined before it even started, I do believe we're still talking about this and I'm also listening to what the group I was with says. Dream's idea seemed to work but then... not? I'm not sure what's going on that side. Besides, do I look like I'm trying to force something here? Let's be honest. I gave an example of a steampunk character before and asked if she was allowed or not but no clear answers was given except "It is not exactly what I envisioned." Dream seemed to be on board with some anthro or at least kem

Prudence Lawton's tale can be found here: https://ecchidreams.com/community/topic/9861-anamnesis-justice/

I'm not familiar with any of the references, I didn't even know it was a requirement. Just thought I'd join the fun and join some people I know. That said, I'm also not trying to ruin it for others either. I just like certain character types and try to see if they can fit in. So... Is that an issue?

I'm not trying to sound confrontational, but I'm afraid I might sound that way, so please just take this as an honestly curious question, because that's what it is. If you weren't familiar with the references I posted in the original interest check, then what made you interested in joining this roleplay?

Well, you know what they say about things nowadays. Robin Hood was a fox roleplaying a human in medieval times and it still worked (even if the thing is designed as a cartoon for children.) ALL I'm saying is that it might not be too crazy to not stick to the history as we know it. Or even to the stories as told considered how some people adapted them. What I'm seeing is that we're seeming to tap into those old novels of before our time but nothing says that they can't be modified a little. That said... Indiana Jones seem to happen in the 1930s. But yeah, I see that it's really times of colonies. I personally am not sure how much there is

I mean, I have it easy on that side if the character is born out of an experiment and kept hidden for years. I will admit the decision for 1880 setting is a bit odd to me. At least according to google, trains did exist in 1880 so yay for getting ONE thing right. Obviously, I could also stick to the realism of that age but I feel like it would lack a touch of something. Like, a liiittle touch of fantasy to it. A thing I appreciated from Wild Arms as a whole since it was basically the good old wild west with a bit of ancient power, artefacts, ruins, golems and weird stuff that we could define as steampunk (for how those times made it make

Funny thing is. If I used puppy, there probably wouldn't be many emotions considering the amount of air in that head. Imagine her just liking basic things like bathing until you give her a reason to fight something for sport. Only emotion I could see out of it, worse if they hurt her, would be a fiery revenge and only if their path crossed. What I said about "Her being found on a train going somewhere" is basically the sum of what she represents. Just escaping to the wind until she finds a fun thing to do in a world she knows literally nothing about. But again, just the thought when it comes to this specific character. For a character wi

With what is said so far, I'm not even sure myself what I want to do. The furry or etc idea is barely in the air so figuring if a character can be made out of it might still be too early. OR I have my dumb puppy to play with. (Who is a human mix with paws. Her skin isn't fur except for where fur is). But yeah, still thinking... I don't really have a solid idea yet.

Dang... And suddenly, we have furries (if we use that idea). It would definitely open some doors for me, if I used that idea or something. I still think that my modified embryo thing would still work for at least ONE case. But yes... Humans turned beasts, etc. (Some growing older as that from childhood etc.) Sounds like a nice lore bit for it IF we do it.

Someone plays the mad scientist or student/heir to the mad-scientist who created them, one possibility?

I had to google what Moreau was and it's... not exactly my tastes. But the comics of it show straight furries. XD Sort of. It makes me wonder how far I can push it. (also because, tbh, I tried to search many websites for kemonomimi and it didn't exactly work as intended for what I was looking for.) I still want my character cute. Just not completely human. Something beastly would be nice. But I try to be careful not looking for what I'd call "casual furries". One good one might be the Hellhound character I had (which Satai might know about) that was sitting in an old school style bath. (Which might fit western style.) If she is an experi

Personally im all for animal ears and features and as im in the same set as @Warningi for one vote to allow the floof! ...with that in mind i would also love to work in some rabbit ears to my pheromancer, i have been wanting to play a rabbit folk and this sounds lovely, to me, could even "hide" them with a headband to make them look fake, like shes wearing a playboy bunny esk costume

I definitely want Automatons to be part of the world