Skub: The Setting

>Setting where magic is common, perhaps everyday
>Magic wellsprings pop up occasionally
>When animals are exposed to said wellsprings, it creates monsters most of the time
>However, sometimes animals gain human intelligence and body type for reasons unknown, creating monstergirls/guys
>Some cultures see them as sacred and consider descending from them as something to be proud of
>Others hate them and see them as little better than the animals they were
>In the wild, away from human influence, demon lords find it very easy to corrupt the new humanoids- such as gnolls and orcs, who were hyenas and boars
>Catgirls and guys are most dominant beastfolk race, followed by dogfolk, ratfolk and p'orcs

Sounds decent enough.

At least enough to perk my ears AH CHA-CHA-CHA

>Dwarves and Elves exist.
>One of them is obviously better than the other.

you forgot kobolds

>Human is the default magical form; they're the predominant mages in the setting.
>Elvish, Dwarfish, etc, are all steps away from the natural magical state of things.
>Monsterous forms are less and less magical.
>Religious myths place magic as a divine force, its preference toward the human form presenting divine favoritism from on high.
>Non-human-but-humanoid races thought of as somewhat lesser, but on their way; one or two reincarnations below the pure human but not so far off as to be genuinely sub-human or lacking a soul.
>Magic-Null multi-pedal plant-folks tend to keep their distance when able, disliking the blatant disrespect and the lack of concern humanoids tend to have for stranger species and civilizations.
>Fungal Tribes far to the south are feared as being magic absorbent, denying the human form despite consuming magic and warding off their territory with punches from the punch dimension.

>that
>skub
nah, it sounds great. Is the existence of monsterguys supposed to trigger weebs? That only makes the setting better imo.

>Angry shrooms are a playable race
>Humans are not jacks-of-all-trades, but a magical race

It keeps getting better

You've just described 90% of light novels out there.

time for some hardcore skub
>the setting is on 19th century level of development with occasional outlier
>the setting has guns

Even worse skub.
>Setting is magitek to extreme
>People still whack each other with swords anyway
>Civilized areas few and far between, but expansive and largely safe