====== Anthro ======
| :!: **WIP:** This article is a work in progress and is not yet approved for usage in the RP. |
An **Anthro** is a wide categories of species that are animals modified to have humanoid characteristics through genetic modification. This is referred to //uplifting//. The species of anthro is generally described as the animal they are based on or most closely resemble; for example: //Anthro Wolf//. Anthros are usually bipedal and capable of human speech and have roughly the same mental capacity as human beings.
==== More about Anthros ====
While they are the product of genetic engineering, they are generally not "enhanced" with special abilities like [[species]] or [[species:ID-SOL|ID-SOLs]] are unless they are Anthro [[stararmy:nh-31]] produced in the [[:Yamatai Star Empire]].
Anthro bodies can also be obtained by cloning them and using mind transfer from an existing body, or they may be the offspring of existing anthro that have existed for hundreds of years throughout the fallen [[:Uesureyan Star Empire]] and surrounding territories.
Anthros are generally well-accepted in the [[:Yamatai Star Empire]] and blend in with the mutant and alien crowds on the [[nepleslia:democratic_imperium_of_nepleslia]]. They share cultures with the groups around them.
==== Similar-Looking Species ====
Other species that resemble, but are not, anthros include:
* [[species]]
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So maybe the issue with this article is that it's too muddled trying to cover three types of anthros (Yams, uplifts, and the old kind) and instead should be more of a directory that directs players to ways to be an anthro character.NH-22 page said:Customization
Yamataians can self-customize naturally. Want cat ears? Rabbit ears? A tail? Claws? You can select options or use genetic DLC and your body will alter itself. The Yamataian body was made so that it could be used by any species in the Yamataian empire without them having to look different. It takes a few days for the change to take effect.
It's already covered in the Yamataian article, as posted above, that Yamataians abilities include full customization. The idea of them having only some sort of human-looking-only perfect master race is simply untrue, and limiting them is against canon and would be constraining the YSE playerbase in new and unwanted ways. While this article covers the SARPiverse in general, even without it people could still make anthro characters under the existing CCG. What I want it is to make it explicit and put it on the menu instead of having it be something people would have to ask about.Doshii Jun said:Yamataians are about perfection. There is no perfection in anthros.
They're already in faction and we need better documentation.Fred said:I'm okay with anthros being elsewhere. But having Yamatai have them in-faction on top of that kind of defeat the uniqueness pushed for by the Kohanians and the Hidden Sun people.
You can't speak for every geneticist in the SARPiverse. You just can't.Doshii Jun said:Giving an animal humanoid traits? Why? They are animals. There is no satisfaction in it
Adding diversity to the SARP doesn't take away from other factions. The races listed are more than just Yamataians with leopard heads, they are fully developed factions with cultures and are able to (and should) stand on that and on their own instead of physical looks.Doshii Jun said:Second, we have races already in the setting like this. You list them below. Why don't we fully use them?
Yamatai and Nepleslia are diverse, and I'm not gimping my own faction to baby the other factions. The idea that Yamatai needs to be "pure" is the most distasteful thing to me. Yamatai has never been pure anything and to be frank I liked Yamatai better when we had Nepleslia as part of the YSE making us at our most impure! I want that diversity back.Doshii Jun said:Let those factions have those players! Stop dropping your feet at their doorstep and keep Yamatai pure, eh?
The Kohanians are not very fleshed out and because they almost never leave their "nature preserve" planet their presence in the setting is minimal. And the HSC are not open to players yet IIRC. Also as noted above, these are factions to play in and the anthro is more of a species group or even just an appearance.Doshii Jun said:It seems gimmicky when we've already got a pair of fleshed out anthro options in the form of the HSC and the Kohanians. There's plenty more out there too.
It's unclear. However, keep in mind we don't prohibit other factions making infantry plots because they might draw away players from Yamatai's infantry plots. We don't keep people from making Elysians because it possibly pulls players away from Lorath. You get the idea.Abwehran Commander said:While I'm indifferent over all to this idea, I think it's my duty as a fellow faction manager to ask this question.
Wouldn't this pull away players from other anthro-factions (whether already created or future)?
Here's the thing: The NH-22C and NH-31 Minkan are designed to be transfer-friendly. This means they can be customized to resemble almost anything. There are presumably Minkan trolls, Minkan elves, Minkan Phods, and Minkan Kodians. So if a bunch of Nepleslian mutants want to immigrate to Yamatai and get Minkan bodies, wouldn't it make sense for them to want to keep their shape? By extension, if you have a Yamataian goth girl that wants to design and transfer into a body that's half-spider, what's stopping her?Fred said:As long as our anthros are not part of the yamataian species, I have absolutely no problem with this.
Haha, well, yeah. But if we call them something different how are they going to find us? The name was using OOC terms for a type of character, rather than being an IC term. That's because there were a number of anthro types/explanations in the article. But I plan to overhaul it or delete it based on feedback and work only the angles people are more okay with.Anthros sounds like the most blatant grab for new players without really trying to tailor it to SARP at all.
This infuriates me. Wes, we can't even handle all the players WE HAVE! What the heck are you doing, trying to pull in more? And pull in a type of player some of your GMs don't even want to handle?Haha, well, yeah.
Wes said:By extension, if you have a Yamataian goth girl that wants to design and transfer into a body that's half-spider, what's stopping her?
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