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Hey I am relitivly new to the community but I wanted to give something to it that was more that more porn or artwork. And so I have decided to make a furry mod of D&D 3.5. I am looking for ideas on different races, new class, items, and more importantly adventure hooks. So please, take five minutes and help a fella out.

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Hi everybody!

I've always had an interest but never chose to really, I guess to say... "go for it." But yesterday I decided to give it a whirl. I created a Fursona, have an artist creating a character painting for me, and even did some light roleplay.

I'm enjoying it thus far and honestly can only fathom the depths at which it goes.

So I guess I made this post for two reasons...

1) To say Hi!

and

2) What made you want to pursue this?

Just curious. :)

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Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.

Koa of the Drowned Kingdom, by Ryan Campbell. Illustrated by Cooner.
Dallas, TX, FurPlanet Productions, September 2015, trade paperback $9.95 (146 pages), electronic edition $6.99.

Koa of the Drowned Kingdom is the tenth of FurPlanet’s “cupcakes”; novellas instead of novels. It seems at one point to be a variant of the Cinderella legend, but that’s misleading.

The setting can be taken variously as another world, as completely imaginary with funny animals, or somewhere in Melanesia in the far future. It’s a civilization of giant mangrove trees rising out of the Southern Sea, inhabited by anthropomorphic fruit bats (flying foxes), otters, wallabies, and monitor lizards. (No other Melanesian fauna like rhinoceroses or monkeys, though.) Their money is the rupiah, the real life currency of Indonesia. Magic is real, though officially only practiced by the bats.

The society is developed in rich detail. Each mangrove tree is a huge separate Kingdom with homes and shops upon its branches, with the trees all locked together by rope bridges and boat travel at the bottom. Each giant tree is divided into habitats ranging from the Crown at the top, down through the Head, the Shoulders, the Belly, the Knees, and the Toes at the bottom which are the mangrove’s roots rising above and sinking beneath the ocean. The trees’ branches are Arms. The habitats are also divided socially, with the Crown inhabited by the flying fox aristocracy who set great prestige on their ability to fly, down through the Shoulders relegated to the upper classes, the Belly to the merchants, and the Knees to the lowest class, the otters who are fishermen. Nobody lives on the Toes, which dip into and out of the ocean. Different Kingdoms are the Kingdom of Titan, the largest tree; the Kingdom of Beards, whose branches are covered in beardlike moss; the Kingdom of the Great Drinker, a bulbous hollow mangrove with a large pool of drinkable water collected from rain and dew in its belly; and others – including the Drowned Kingdom, Atlas, once the mightiest of all until it was uprooted by the Great Storm and toppled beneath the Southern Sea. Kingdom can also refer to the social strata, with the Crown as the elite of the Upper Kingdoms and the Knees as the least desirable of the Lower Kingdoms. The division is not just social; the flying foxes use magic to keep other animals out of the Crown and Head Kingdoms.

Koa is a young flying fox trapped in the Knees of Titan. He cannot fly. He was orphaned and his wings shredded beyond repair in the Great Storm that destroyed his Kingdom of Atlas. The shredding of his wing membranes has made him hideously disfigured and an outcast to the other flying foxes. He was adopted by a gregarious otter family living in Titan, and he has grown up with eight foster brothers and four foster sisters. His best friend is his brother Tug. Besides fishing, Koa and Tug spend their time scouring the muddy shallow seabed beneath Titan for whatever has been dropped or thrown away by the flying foxes living in the Crown – it may still be worthwhile to the bottom-class otters.

Koa has reached the age when he is beginning to develop amorous urges, but to other flying foxes, not otters. Specifically to Maiel, the son of a wizard aristocrat in the Crown of Titan. But they almost never meet socially since Maiel seldom comes down below Titan’s Head, and Koa is too embarrassed by his torn wings to venture into the bats’ world; especially since haughty Hayden makes a point of publicly humiliating him when he does.

When Ruduuk, a monitor lizard merchant, offers him a temporary glamour (good only until midnight) so he can appear as a handsome, aristocratic flying fox and attend the exclusive Firefly Ball in the Crown to meet Maiel, this is when Koa of the Drowned Kingdom seems to turn into a disguised Cinderella. Don’t You Believe It! There is treachery, surprises, danger, fights to the death – well, you don’t want a spoiler. Just read it. You won’t be disappointed.

Campbell writes excellent prose. Here is the general setting:

“The rope ladder to which he [Koa] clung shook, and he gripped it more tightly with his toes. Above him, thousands of feet tall, the mighty mangrove swayed in the ocean breeze. This was Titan, and of all the Kingdoms, it was easily the largest and mightiest. But because of its massive size, the tree caught more of the wind, and was always in motion, bowing and dancing before the endless expanse of the Southern Sea. Looking up, Koa could see its powerful arms stretching out over the water, heavy with green leaves and ripening fruit, lights twinkling in the settlements on the eastern bough where night’s shadow already fell. Still higher, he could make out the Crown of Titan, where all the flying foxes lived. All but him. (p. 7)

Here is what Koa finds in the Crown of the Kingdom of the Beards:

“Beauty and wealth met his eyes. The branches of the great tree twined everywhere, shaped by magicians into pathways and winding pillars lined with flowers and heavy fruit. Glowlamps dangled upward from the floor on long, swaying vines that could be reeled down to illuminate something close by in light of any color. Ladders and woven staircases linked floor and ceiling to dizzying effect, with flying foxes strolling about hanging from their feet, or standing on the ceiling above with equal ease. Koa’s head whirled; it was difficult to remember which direction was which. He plucked a leaf from a nearby branch and let it go, watching it twirl and dive to the ceiling above, where others of his kind played and talked. He could understand why so many objects were lost, dropped into the Nets above.” (p. 62)

Although there are some scenes of M/M romance, they are very chaste. The book’s cover is by Cooner, who also has five full-page illustrations in it. They are accurate but very cartoony. I think that more realistic art would have improved the story; though as cartoons, these are fine.

–Fred Patten

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Sorry if this is a repost

Just wondering if anyone shares my common pet peeves or not maybe there's more but I wasn't aware of id like to know.

My main pet peeves are: When you see the same comment 10times in on a submission

When there's commissions open and many say: "I wish I had the money" or "That's way to expensive" but most of all is "I'm broke good luck" it would be much better if you just said good luck. Or when commissions are closed and they ask in the shout box if they're open

When there is a very generic animal "as a fill in or fursona" and someone will say: "Thats me!" "This is my design"

When people shoot others down for having a simple design for their fursona

On smut When people fetish shame (That's all I can think of)

Let me know fellow furries.

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Hello /r/furry!

I've been drawing for some years but have only recently been posting my art online. (Here's my art, a lot of it is fat stuff) I've had many people have asked me if I take commissions, and I'd like to open up.

I don't have a credit card, but I was told that I don't need one in order to use Paypal.

As someone who has never done this before, what should I do?

What security precautions should I make before taking commissions (if any)?

How should I set my prices?

Do you have any general advice for a beginner?

Is this even a good idea?

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I recently lost my best friend, and thus have been forced to try to make new friends for the first time in a long time. Unfortunately, I've run into some troubles and am getting very sad and frustrated. It might just be that it seems like none of them could ever compare to the friend I've lost and my expectations are too high...but I'll try to list some of my frustrations I have and see if anyone can give advice.

I realize some of these might be unreasonable...if so, hopefully this can help me understand that.

1) Sometimes I come across someone's FA profile who looks nice, someone I'd potentially want to be friends with, but...I'm not really sure how to go about it. Usually I comment on a submission of theirs, then send them a note introducing myself, and inviting them to check out my the profile info on page if they'd like. More often than not, this seems to result in a lukewarm reply, if any.

2) Once communicating with someone through notes or something on FA or reddit...how to suggest adding them to skype? I've had several people "disappear" on me after inviting them to add me to skype perhaps too early...but how can you truly get to know and make friends with someone if you're only corresponding once a day or less? There are even some people who say they "don't have skype," which is incredibly frustrating to me...that just doesn't seem like, in the 2015 furry community, that such a thing should occur.

3) Once I am talking to someone on skype, a lot of times I feel like I'm the one always having to message them first, and keep conversations going. I know that there are generally "lame people" who only give one-word answers and they're not generally worth making friends with...but even some genuinely nice people I've met will sometimes respond to something with just a "Yeah!" or "xD" and the conversation just dies there, unless I bring up a new topic. And most people, I have to message them first all the time, and it generally leads me to feel down and unwanted and makes me wonder if I'm a burden to them, even if they are nice and conversational after I do say hi each time.

4) On the same note, a lot of people seem distracted, 100% of the time, when I'm trying to chat with them. Replies that take 5-15 minutes on average and when I ask "are you up to anything?" they're always watching a show, or something. Sometimes I wish people would just sit down and talk and give you their attention...

There's probably more, but that's a good start...am I doing something wrong? I just wish I had an easier time making some good friends...

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Goooooodraaaaaaaaaasss.

Seems they dropped off the map. I thought there was like 3 at some point.

Did ringar ear them?excusemeimbored

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Another one from 2014 that passed us by — but this one definitely not for young readers! Werewolf Nights is the first novel from Mari Hamill. From the official web site, here’s the summary: “Threatened by financial ruin, widowed bakery owner Catherine Mercy leads a solitary life with more interest in reading about werewolf lore than in finding a man. Her one true love disappeared after high school and her now deceased husband kept her trapped in the house claiming that a werewolf might hunt her down one day, just as her grandmother repeatedly warned her. When Hollywood interrupts the town’s monotony by shooting a werewolf movie on location, Catherine decides to audition. Already in her thirties, she feels ridiculous trying to become an actress, but lands the leading role. Catherine’s daily routine turns into a hair-raising adventure as fame begins to monitor her wonderings and she falls for her sexy costar Greg Byron, in spite of the actor’s neon warning sign that flashes conceited womanizer. Just when romance sparkles, a wolf bites Greg. While Greg’s features turn lupine, Cathrine discovers a resemblance between the movie script and her family’s history. Afraid, Catherine recruits werewolf expert Steve to figure out if the film’s werewolf legend is real and Wolfern, the werewolf her grandmother spoke about, has finally come for her. If it is, Greg will turn into a dangerous werewolf. Only finding a way to undo Greg’s curse and destroying Wolfern before the next full moon can save their love and their lives.” Got all that? Werewolf Nights is available in paperback from Dog Ear Publishing. Funny that.

image c. 2015 Dog Ear

• Hello I am Gentlewen and I thought I should share that I am taking commissions!

• My price are flexible, but it was start from 30$ for one character Examples of my work: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/gentlewen/ https://gentlewen.sofurry.com/ https://www.tumblr.com/blog/gentlewr

• Write me PM or on email: gentlewen@gmail.com

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