This is an idea I got off from the anime & manga Ginga Narageboshi Gin.  It's still a more original idea.

The setting is feudal Japan, the area is centered around an unexplored and mysterious forest known as the Whispering Woods, at the base of Mount Fuji.  Within these woods live an intelligent race of canines, living as spirits and phantoms to ward off most nosy humans.  While the armies of Man make war with each other, these wild dogs occasionally make their own wars with each other, and with other Clans (explained later).  But one common foe all of their kind are devoted to do battle to the demons of the dog world, the Doku.  But the Doku have yet to resurface since the last Dog Wars, and despite the omens of their possible return, new leaders turn their backs on the prophecy for their own ambitions, possibly endangering the whole of Japan, and perhaps the world...


Rules:
PG-13
Japanese Edo period technology only
You can choose any breed of dog, wolf, fox, bear, Doku, and even humans (try to limit the number of humans)
Packs of dogs are often known as guilds (shadowguild or spiritguild)
Wolves, foxes, bears, raccoons, & raccoon dogs live in Clans
Weapons are allowed, but can only be wielded in the dog's mouth, and should not be ridiculously large or heavy
The animals can speak to humans, but often choose not to
Magic for animals are limited to:  illusions, transformations, & speaking to nature spirits
Magic for human shamans & witches only
Doku are demon dogs with unnatural physical features


Profile:
Name
Species
Gender
Occupation (include group name)
Weapons/Items
Skills
Description
Personality


Existing groups:
Seamist Shadowguild - A ninja pack residing in a section of the woods where hot springs generate a gentle mist across the forest.

Gem Forest Shadowguild - A ninja pack living from an abandoned diamond mine at the base of a cliff bordering the forest.

I'm surprised no one else came up with a suggestion for an RPG based off of Balto, with quite a few fans of the movies.  Anyone care to join in?

I've been working on this for a few months, and I need to see if it would get popular.  I've got pages of rules that I'll have to post later, but here's a summary of what it's about.

The setting is in the 1890's, and besides historical accuracies, it'll also be a fantasy with magic and steam punk-style technology.  You can choose among humans, anthro furries, and non-anthro furries.  There's much more, but I'll have to place it all in my next post.

August, 2030 A.D.

The world, attempting to settle from the chaos of global war and disaster, bears vicious scars to make the land unrecognizable from the time only 10 years back.  Now the survivors must endure and carve out their future in the new world...


(New York/Canada Border)

Heading south from the fallen country of Canada, seven tanks cruised across the landscape.  Their mission was a disaster from the very beginning.  They started out as an armored regiment of Royal Army & Marines, and set out across the sea to assist the United States in their war against Mexico.  But what met them first were hurricane storms that destroyed all but one ship carrying a mere handful of tanks...

When they landed on the shores of Massachusetts, they drove immediately to the territory of Quebec for help.  Instead, they were greeted by hostile separatist warlords, and barely escaped in one piece.  They never faced armor, save for one Leopard 2 tank that they had to combine their shots to destroy.  Otherwise, they attempted to save their 120mm shells and resort to their machine guns to fight off the opposition...

With no help in the war-torn land, the Royal Expeditionary Force retreated back into the United States for their original mission...to find the President in hiding...

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(Central New Mexico)

Across the barren flat lands of the desert, a dark blue Pontiac GTO races west.  A few minutes behind it, a dozen vehicles, cars, motorcycles, & sand rails, speed to catch up with the lead car...

I know my ideas aren't getting any bites, and I understand if nobody's been interested or too busy.

Anyway, I got one final idea, but it'll definitely need some imput and ideas from anyone interested.  The big idea revolves around planes and pilots, the timeline either modern day or near future, no limit to number of characters, they can be human/furry, and rated no higher than PG-13.

I don't have a concrete setting or story, so I got a big ear for suggestions.  I'm just leary with plots related to games and movies.  Although I have played some aircraft games, I'm not familiar with stories from every game or show.

Tedisian, an oceanside city built on trade and commerce.  Ruled by a delagation of wealthy aristocrats and their private armies.  It has been two years since the city was under siege by an airborne fleet of pirates, and one aristocrat found it an opportunity to celebrate an 'anniversary' of the town's victory, although the anniversary was techincally another month.  The city has become alive with festivities and increasing trades as the day rolls by...

Although the name Summoner has long become a common name, Summoners remain rare, and practically no such residents in the city.  Views towards them were mixed, from great respect to outright hate.  In this city, the view expressed at best is suspect and curiousity.  For this aristocrat, he trusts none...

At his luxorious home, he displays his wealth to only the rich, famous, and political figures.  None of the common people are permitted.  Amongst his treasures, stood a set of seven strange-looking large gems.  Not as exquisite as the rest of his stash, and perhaps not of monetary worth, but it remains his most guarded valuables.  Its true worth could only be noted by two kinds of people:  Those who wants them for an unknown and dangerous plan, and those who could wield them, perhaps to save the fate of the world...

OK, new plan.  I got a very hot idea, and I'm sure everyone has no problem in joining.


Story:  On a small unamed planet, the entire sky rained glowing gems across the lands and seas.  Those who found these gems discovered that each gem contained a soul within, but no one knows where.  In ways unknown to the outside world, a device was developed to bring the souls to life...

One century later, the world has changed much with a new breed of warrior.  Warriors born to bring forth the souls of warriors and companions to survive in the rising chaos of global war.  These are know as the Summoners...


There are 5 races where Summoners can be found...

Terrans:  Same as humans.  Any color and walk of life.

Reapers (Shadowfolk):  Humanoids with coal-black skin, white hair, white eyes and gray blood.  Sensitive to light, but can't be destroyed by it.  Most civilizations are underground.  Abilities to see in the dark except for pitch black.

Goths:  Humanoids with white skin, bright-colored glowing eyes, dark hair, and green blood.  NOT undead, but high pain tolerance.  Tend to dehydrate easily, so they wash themselves often outside of their own civilizations, which are often waterside or in swamps.  Very agile and able swimmers.

Furs:  Evolved humanoid animals.  Mostly bipedal with digigrade legs, but tauric species do exist.  Civilizations are often camouflaged in nature.  Heightened senses and slightly stronger for their size.

Wraiths:  Enemies to other four races.  Vaguely humanoid beings resembling incorporal ghosts, banshees, and Grim Reapers.  Ruled by the Witch Queen and the Warlock Tyrant.  Rulers keep from sight, leaving the war to the 13 Generals, whom are the only ones who can be Summoners.  The Wraiths are on a campaign to gather all the Soul Gems for something to remake the world...


Rules:  No more than 3 heroes to keep from confusing everyone.  Have a reasonable number of villains.
Summoners can carry no more than 4, but they can own more (kept someplace secure)
Summoners can carry no more than 2 weapons or 2 matching pairs of weapons, or mix-and-match
Soul Gems can be ANYONE from movies, TV, books, & video games, and they don't have to be fighters, like a companion character (BUT only one soul character.  No two Sonic the Hedgehogs for example)
Only 1 Soul Gem character can be summoned at a time, but they can out for any length of time.  You must return a character to the Soul Gem to summon another.
Soul Gem characters return to Soul Gems when they are beaten, but they can be summoned later.  Characters are permanently destroyed only when the Soul Gems are destroyed.
There is only 1 Soul Gem Char per gem.  No duos (unless conjoined)
No character can have their own magic powers, but their Soul Gem partners with powers can share.  Wraiths are the only exception.
Summoners CANNOT steal another Summoner's Soul Gems UNLESS the Soul Gems chooses the new Summoner.  The 13 Generals and the Wraith rulers are the only exceptions.
Some Soul Gem chars start off at the lowest level, but they can get stronger just the same as the movie/TV/etc where they came from.  Digimon and Pokemon, for example.
The 13 Generals are an exemption of most of the Summoner rules, as they can control just about any Soul Gem Char they could get their claws on, and they often use the most powerful ones, even good guys chars.  The Generals are very powerful to command armies of wraiths, and they are masterful fighters when they seldom come face-to-face with enemies.
The rating for the adventure is PG-13.  No sex, nudity, language above this.  The violence could be just a little more, but not seriously graphic.  Furs don't have to wear as much as the other races, as long as they have thick enough fur/feathers/etc to cover anything that must be covered.


Profiles:

Name:  Full Name "Nicknames in parenthesis"
Age:
Race:  If choosing Fur, note species of animal
Gender:
Occupation:  Summoners OR any other occupation
Weapons/Equipment:  Summoners automatically have Summon Bands, a gauntlet with a placement for a Soul Gem
Soul Gem characters:  Your first 3 Soul Gem chars (put what movie/TV/etc each char came from to reduce confusion).  You'll be free to get more in the story
Transport:  Vehicles from movies, TV, video games are permitted.  Only rule is that you can't go to outer space. Describe original ideas and any armament in detail.
Special Features:  Injuries, tattooes, dye-colored hair, etc
Personality:


Anyone interested?

SIDE NOTE:  Every participating RPer is entitled to one of the 13 Generals.  Profiles for them are the same.

OK, this is where I'll put all my chars, with just about full profiles rather than short definitions.  This will take a while, though...

I didn't mention where I was going before I left for a couple weeks, so I'll share what I did in that time:

We first went to New Jersey because my youngest sister was graduating from college with a BA in Radio, Television, & Theater.  While we were there, we went to Philadelphia and the surrounding area to visit Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, the home of the Philosophical Society, which was recently exhibiting the works of Charles Darwin, a museum of nautical history, the battleship USS New Jersey, the cruiser USS Olympia, and the submarine USS Beculio.  I also managed to try the REAL Philly Cheese Steak, Philly Pretzel, & Philly Water Ice.

On our way to Cleveland because another sister was graduating from a different school, we stopped off in Chicago and had the true Chicago hot dog before we made it to Cleveland.  And there, we saw the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Auto-Aviation Museum, the freighter SS William J Mathers, and the submarine USS Cod.

My sister in New Jersey stayed after the graduation to get a Masters degree, but my other sister had to move out, and I had to one of the truck drivers from Ohio back home, which took less than a week because we never stopped at any attractions along the way. <_<

The trip was fun in general, and there are a lot of places we missed I would love to visit someday.

For the past while, I've been blabbing about my gardens that I've been working on for the past year, so I thought a separate thread on gardening might do, at least for my ramblings.  But everyone else is welcome to share stories on fruits, vegetables, flowers, and similar stuff.


Anyway, recently I have just harvested some of my kohlrabi (which never looked like any of the pictures before they bloomed flowers) to make dinner.  I used both bulbs and the leaves to make a dish like spinach on top of pasta.  Overall, there were a few minor adjustments to be made for next time, but it was very good nonetheless.