Gimme some of the good stuff

Requesting pics of animal people that lean towards some of the more outlandish choices of species and look more bestial than humanoid. Also, how well do anthropomorphic animals work in terms of replacing some of the more common fantasy races such as elves/orcs.

They're friends

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Octopus needs very little modification to function as outlandish people.

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Aztec armadillo man?

>how well do anthropomorphic animals work in terms of replacing some of the more common fantasy races such as elves/orcs
Very well actually, especially if they fill the same niche as a classic race..

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The best.

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Many animal people are too goofy and biologically incoherent or too bestial to be recognized as sapient humanoids, or else they just look like humans in makeup.
Rootwater merfolk hit the sweet spot for me.

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Good stuff anons, that's what i like to see.

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