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FAQ, part Two
9 years ago
Following the first post, here's the second part of the basic questions that you could have about TAP.
Q: WTF is TAP?
A: The akronimous for "The Anthropic's Principles".
Q: Does the characters in this world speaks English?
A: No, absolutely. As any other world civilization develops different vocal and writed languages with reciprocal influences (limited by the genetical possibilities of species: a whale, a parrot or a parasaurolopus can create sounds that other species can't), and with the globalization some major languages takes over, like the Common Language in AD&D.
They don't speak english but a language that you could not understand, so for making it enjoyable all they will wrote or said will be automatically translated in english (or your favorite language).
Notice: the same rule works for words, akronimous ad brands that refers to our world: an Uzi submachine gun refers to a real object made by a real industry, but in their world it has a different name and different origins. This decision I made is due to the real impossibility to create in a post-modern fictional world all the items (with their science and history) that a player would like to use for his fursona/avatar. Despite of this I encourage you to create new brands and items, and if you'll like I will fit them in the canonical lore of TAP (if it is possible).
Q: How does the people in TAP looks?
A: On Genea people are basically animals in which, ages ago, the anthropomorphic essence had been blown inside, so they are basically all digidrade and the evolution lead them to the habilis's cocept, improving their abilities of intelligence, expression and empaty. The size's differences had been milded with creatures like little rodent becoming just some foots shorter than an elephant
I think this will give you the basic picture, but some big families of species needs more explanation:
-Scalies: they got proto-feathers instead of hair, they got an hybrid reproductive system with two cycles so they can lays eggs and giving birth as well and lactating their breed. The snakes-like species have saurias digigrade legs, but cause some long time exposure to the disease knows as Drefisula Extremis they develop a genetical abomination that cause some individual to born in naga form.
-Avians: as for the scalies modified feathers became similar to hairs, and from their wings they develop scalied fingers and so hands. Normally they have four limbs, but during the experiments of the ancient arthropod's race they develop a genetical modification that make some of them to have six limbs (four limbs plus two wings, not allways functional). Likely the scalies they got a two-cycles hybrid reproductive system.
-Mariners: the same as scalies and reptiles, except for the limbs that are more saurian-like for shark and other fishes and more otter-like for the cetaceans. They got in both way only a mammals reproductive system, so shark people don't lays eggs.
-Dinosaurs: as above, the same rules of scalies and avian, so some theropod gain back their arms (I'm looking at you, Carnotaurs!) and developing more fingers for major ability. Their skin is mainly scalied due my personal taste (I perfectly awarned about the discoveries about dinosaurs's aspect but at the same time I know that we will never be able to know exactely how they really were, so I didn't pose the problem to myself), but if you want that your character to have more feathers it will be ok, like more hairy people in real life.
-Arthropods: still to decide but not an urgency cause they're all exinct so you can't be an human-insect actually, sorry.
Q: Does anthro's eat each others?
A: No, and when they do it it's cannibalism, and that is a bad thing childs... In the ancient time carnivours attacked their natural preys even in anthropomorphic form, but wars, evolution and civilization make al the anthros pretty omnivorous, with some natural little diffecences (a gazelle for example need to eat little quantity of meat cause for her it's not healty, as for a tiger to not eat any of it).
In the past many wars had their origins in the eating the totemic animals of some tribes but it's all pretty casual, so an anthro bull can eat cow's meat with not any significant problem.
This is all for now, meanwhile I'm still producing material on papers and thinking about how to use this account, if you want to suggest anything or just chat with me feel free to contact me.
Q: WTF is TAP?
A: The akronimous for "The Anthropic's Principles".
Q: Does the characters in this world speaks English?
A: No, absolutely. As any other world civilization develops different vocal and writed languages with reciprocal influences (limited by the genetical possibilities of species: a whale, a parrot or a parasaurolopus can create sounds that other species can't), and with the globalization some major languages takes over, like the Common Language in AD&D.
They don't speak english but a language that you could not understand, so for making it enjoyable all they will wrote or said will be automatically translated in english (or your favorite language).
Notice: the same rule works for words, akronimous ad brands that refers to our world: an Uzi submachine gun refers to a real object made by a real industry, but in their world it has a different name and different origins. This decision I made is due to the real impossibility to create in a post-modern fictional world all the items (with their science and history) that a player would like to use for his fursona/avatar. Despite of this I encourage you to create new brands and items, and if you'll like I will fit them in the canonical lore of TAP (if it is possible).
Q: How does the people in TAP looks?
A: On Genea people are basically animals in which, ages ago, the anthropomorphic essence had been blown inside, so they are basically all digidrade and the evolution lead them to the habilis's cocept, improving their abilities of intelligence, expression and empaty. The size's differences had been milded with creatures like little rodent becoming just some foots shorter than an elephant
I think this will give you the basic picture, but some big families of species needs more explanation:
-Scalies: they got proto-feathers instead of hair, they got an hybrid reproductive system with two cycles so they can lays eggs and giving birth as well and lactating their breed. The snakes-like species have saurias digigrade legs, but cause some long time exposure to the disease knows as Drefisula Extremis they develop a genetical abomination that cause some individual to born in naga form.
-Avians: as for the scalies modified feathers became similar to hairs, and from their wings they develop scalied fingers and so hands. Normally they have four limbs, but during the experiments of the ancient arthropod's race they develop a genetical modification that make some of them to have six limbs (four limbs plus two wings, not allways functional). Likely the scalies they got a two-cycles hybrid reproductive system.
-Mariners: the same as scalies and reptiles, except for the limbs that are more saurian-like for shark and other fishes and more otter-like for the cetaceans. They got in both way only a mammals reproductive system, so shark people don't lays eggs.
-Dinosaurs: as above, the same rules of scalies and avian, so some theropod gain back their arms (I'm looking at you, Carnotaurs!) and developing more fingers for major ability. Their skin is mainly scalied due my personal taste (I perfectly awarned about the discoveries about dinosaurs's aspect but at the same time I know that we will never be able to know exactely how they really were, so I didn't pose the problem to myself), but if you want that your character to have more feathers it will be ok, like more hairy people in real life.
-Arthropods: still to decide but not an urgency cause they're all exinct so you can't be an human-insect actually, sorry.
Q: Does anthro's eat each others?
A: No, and when they do it it's cannibalism, and that is a bad thing childs... In the ancient time carnivours attacked their natural preys even in anthropomorphic form, but wars, evolution and civilization make al the anthros pretty omnivorous, with some natural little diffecences (a gazelle for example need to eat little quantity of meat cause for her it's not healty, as for a tiger to not eat any of it).
In the past many wars had their origins in the eating the totemic animals of some tribes but it's all pretty casual, so an anthro bull can eat cow's meat with not any significant problem.
This is all for now, meanwhile I'm still producing material on papers and thinking about how to use this account, if you want to suggest anything or just chat with me feel free to contact me.
