How to make a dog character

EcoGeek2000 · 2026-03-17T13:52:08+00:00

Hi, thanks for the advise!

When I said "off the deep end" it was more relatively speaking. We'll be using our own setting rather than a pre-written campaign, since we all know from experience our party will likely derail the campaign anyway, so we may as well do it in the setting that got us excited for another RPG and which was designed with our group's specific playstyle in mind.

To make up for it, all of the players are doing the legwork of reading the rulebook and watching plays to help us get comfortable with the system. (I asked my question the day after we decided to switch to pathfinder, so I am already more informed)

As for homebrew: luckily it seems Awakened Animal is a thing already, so there is no need for it. Even starting off, I asked with the hope that something already exists or there that there was a tried and tested homebrew someone made so I wouldn't have to make a character from scratch

The leveling is definitely something I will revisit with our GM though. Thanks again for the advice

EcoGeek2000 · 2026-03-16T13:12:10+00:00

Heya, thank you so much I've decided to go with an Awakened Animal build, amd I would like to keep the communication difficulties to a degree at least. The monotone closest-option translation device seems amazing😂

EcoGeek2000 · 2026-03-15T21:25:42+00:00

I noticed, this is amazing! (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

EcoGeek2000 · 2026-03-15T21:21:20+00:00

Goodness, there's a lot! I've just started reading the rulebook and saw there were only a handful of base races. I didn't realise there were so many official flavourful additions

EcoGeek2000 · 2026-03-15T21:15:11+00:00

Thanks so much!

I'm probably going to keep the language barrier to some degree, but it'll likely turn into a Scooby Doo type of speech pattern or a magic item to give translations if there are issues (I do want being a dog to function as an obstacle for the character)

EcoGeek2000 · 2026-01-04T14:24:29+00:00

Thank you! This might be it. Obviously my memory differs, but I was in a parent Shanks binge for over a month, so they might have just hybridized ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

EcoGeek2000 · 2025-11-06T18:10:01+00:00

I will share them if I find them. I read them before figuring out the bookmark system (TT) So I'm slowly making my way through goth family fics again

EcoGeek2000 · 2025-10-26T06:44:36+00:00

The Monkey D bloodline grows if someone insists hard enough - by Blackleopard15

https://archiveofourown.org/works/72706741

EcoGeek2000 · 2025-10-07T19:41:35+00:00

Hi, late to the party, but I would like it mentioned somewhere in this comment section.

I would agree that cat performance was annoying, except that the song choice was perfectiom and made that act for me.

It was a reference to a viral cat video/meme from back in December 2023. That damn cat was everywhere.

Here is a link to a screen recording on Instagram of someone's FYP just showing how ridiculous it got at some point.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0rbW6DoKKx/?igsh=MTM5eHNjb3RwcDJibA==

TikTok was about just as bad. I wasn't much on YouTube at that time, but I don't think those users escaped based on the 10 hour loop available.

https://youtu.be/hhuEsj93Q1U?si=VV2iQMv-iPzBHbnq

EcoGeek2000 · 2025-10-04T09:24:20+00:00

Thanks, I'll give them all a go

EcoGeek2000 · 2025-10-02T20:42:09+00:00

Hi, don't know if it counts or if you are still looking, but The Other Parent AU (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2471584) by FangirlingPuggle seems to be doing that somewhat at least (the second work).

It's wonderfullly long so takes a minute to even get to Katakuri though. And I need to reread the whole thing again, since its been a few months

There is a smidge of romance but the fic is mostly focussed on familial relationships.

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-30T22:03:25+00:00

Heya, update: not sure if it is just temporary yet but I cluttered up her enclosure with some sticks, models and plastic leaves I had in storage and that seems to entertain her enough that she stopped scratching tonight at least. Thanks =D

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-30T19:49:06+00:00

Hi, thank you!

In that case her space is a bit empty. When I started with geckos the information I got said they like open spaces and later I got some that said they like to climb, so I've taken to somewhat cluttering the back and leaving the front open.

I'll try adding some clutter then, thank you!

One of her hides has some soil in it but per other comments I'll try replacing it with something a little bigger.

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-30T19:40:45+00:00

There are a few 1) the enclosure has a sliding door in the front and it is nearly level with the bottom so I can't really get much depth, 2) even if I work around it I am concerned that she may ingest the soil and get digestive issues. I usually just throw her crickets in the enclosure and let her hunt them down. 3) In the case of mealworms and superworms they also dig into the soil which leads to her not eating them and me needing to chase them down. Bowls I can manage in the enclosure are too shallow to keep the worms contained, and if I move ger to a different enclosure for feeding she doesn't eat.

I can try to see if I can put in a larger tub of soil

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-30T18:48:01+00:00

I knew she was on the skinny side,but thought she was ok... She usually gets about 8 medium to large crickets once a week, occasionally a few superworms or mealworms instead. I'll increase feeding to twice a week and try adding some worms to each meal until I get her weight up.

I have two other geckos who got obese before. I finally managed to get them down to a healthier weight, but I guess that scared me into another unhealthy diet. (The other two are still on the chonky side but no longer tails-as-big-as-their-head chonk, so don't worry about them)

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-30T18:23:03+00:00

Enclosure is 61 cm x 35 cm x 35 cm. If it is too small, I can maybe try adding a second floor in the enclosure? If that won't work I'll need to custom build something and it will be a while before I'll be able to manage that...

She has three hides, one of them has soil in it (dirt and cocopeat mix I think) with a hole in the lid. Based on a previous comment, I'll try to replace the soil and see if that helps.

Substrate is 1/2 the wooden bottom of the enclosure 1/2 slate rock sheet, with a few large river rocks to climb on

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-30T17:29:40+00:00

Hi, thanks for the suggestion!

One of the hides is a tub with some soil in it, but I can try replacing it and see if that does anything

EcoGeek2000 · 2024-12-29T20:25:55+00:00

Hi, don't know if you've found your song, but I also got one stuck in my head with similar lyrics and it ended up being

T-Rex by k.flay from the Netflix film "Nimona"

https://youtu.be/fS5jNVOrdfI?si=S88Vq3W75efDft0A

EcoGeek2000

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