Why do you play as a zoomorph Veeky Forums?

>hey guys, wanna play some fantasy ttrpg?
>sure, I'll be a bird man so I can scout good
> yeah, and I'll be tiger man so I can hit hard and stealthily
>cool, this'll let me try out my gibbon man caster concept!
>*sigh* you guys maybe wanna play Mouseguard? then you can actually play as anima-
>LMAO NO user!, why would we want to do that?!?
why are zoomorphic characters one of the most immersion breaking elements of a fantasy ttrpg? where did it all go wrong Veeky Forums?

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GODDAMN THREADS ABOUT FANTASY RACES ABOUT RIGHT NOW?

Just call furries for what they are. Furries.
It's not that hard.

>WHY PEOPL WNAT FUN
>I NO UNDSTERAND
>WHY FUN
>NO FUN NEED
>Classical.... races.... hero's......... journey....

if your idea of fun is pretending to be a manimal, there is a whole homosexual subculture waiting for you, please refer to

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if someone creates a lizardfolk character because he thinks humanoid lizards are cool and you immediately start REEEEEing about magical realm, you have spent more time sexualizing lizardfolk than them.

Also, is pretending to be a dwarf gay? Elf (okay, okay, that one's gay)? What about official D&D beast races?

A dude I play with is a scaily and every character he plays as is a lizardman, dragonman, or dragon blood magic man and he always aims to become more dragon than caster

And some people only play fighters who want to be the best fighters in the world.
They might choose a different species everytime, but that still boils down to the same character as with your lizard guy, at least he Plays different classes.

As long as he doesn't hiss OOC or tries to mate with other players/npc's or lick their feet or goes on about how he swallows someone whole and can feel that person sliwly slidign down his throat and dissolving in his stomach, why care?
Let people play what they goddamn want as long as they're not being weird about it.

If he's cool and not weird about it, why do you care?