this sounds so fun! i love redwall and these types of books and this idea has got a lot of appeal.
one thing i can see putting people off though is that some people might assume that it requires different icons or might find it weird to rp an animal while using human expressions in icons. finding icons suitable to the new version of their character might seem like too much work.
to help this you could see if you could provide some sets of icons for various creatures or link to resources for icon making.
alternatively you could make it a more heavily oc experience and encourage players to roll up their own original character and fit them into the setting. you could have a character building post like enable me please where players can bounce ideas off each other.
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one thing i can see putting people off though is that some people might assume that it requires different icons or might find it weird to rp an animal while using human expressions in icons. finding icons suitable to the new version of their character might seem like too much work.
to help this you could see if you could provide some sets of icons for various creatures or link to resources for icon making.
alternatively you could make it a more heavily oc experience and encourage players to roll up their own original character and fit them into the setting. you could have a character building post like enable me please where players can bounce ideas off each other.