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Shuang18 05-28-04, 12:28 AM	I'm currently starting a campaign playing an anthropomorphic monkey Druid. I'm having a hard time coming up with a backstory as i don't know much about anthro monkeys nor how to roleplay one. Any adivice would be helpful.
Elzaban the Ethereal 05-29-04, 09:56 AM	It seems to me that normally, anthropomorphic critters come about through radiation or arcane meddling. Both of these can go your way for this character, especially considering the druidic aspect. Radiation: You were formerly an average monkey, living in a peaceful rainforest with your monkey clan, high in the trees. One day, you discovered that one of the old drinking rivers wasn't looking clean and clear any more, and looked like it was sludge. You were about to run back to warn the other monkeys, but the missed strike of a hidden snake put you off-balance, and you fell in, with screams of pain as you flowed down the former river. Eventually you came to a stop and stood up, looking around you. You were at the outside of a town of humans that your clan had seen once. Something wasn't right, though, and as you looked down, you noticed that your old body had changed, and to your surprise, you appeared human, albeit with a tail and some fur. Looking into the matter of the river, you found that the town was dumping dangerous toxins and alchemical substances into the river, which must have caused you to change. You are a protector of the natural order of things, and are quick to act against pollution of the environment. As well, you act as somewhat of an emisary between the animals of the rainforest and the local humans. Magical Experimentation: You were formerly a familiar of an evil wizard, forced into familiary in protecting your family from the wizard's schemes. In his fortress live many horribly mutated and changed creatures, their former existance torn asunder by the wizard's deeds. One day, after the wizard returned with his latest catch, you saw it was your mate! As he began casting his preperatory spells, you ran in the way of the beam, and changed to look like more humanoid. The process tore the bonds of familiatry, and you savagely destroyed the wizard, saving the creatures from further meddling. You loathe arcane magic and wizards, and would go out of your way to destroy those that haven't proven themselves to you. You also detest any experimentation that puts the lives of animals in jeopardy, and seek to put an end to it.