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''Pugmire'' is a roleplaying game published in 2017 by Onyx Path in partnership with Eddy Webb and Pugsteady. It takes place in a distant future where humankind has either gone extinct or [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence left the world]], leaving the various PettingZooPeople they uplifted to fill the void. While many different sentient races exist, the game focuses on the noble dogs of Pugmire and their rivalry with the secretive cats of the Monarchies of Mau.
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''Pugmire'' is a roleplaying game published in 2017 by Onyx Path in partnership with Eddy Webb and Pugsteady. It takes place in a distant future where humankind has either gone extinct or [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence left the world]], leaving the various PettingZooPeople {{Funny Animal}}s they uplifted to fill the void. While many different sentient races exist, the game focuses on the noble dogs of Pugmire and their rivalry with the secretive cats of the Monarchies of Mau.
* FunnyAnimal: All non-monstrous people are some manner of humanoid animal, the dogs of Pugmire and cats of the Monarchies of Mau being the most central ones.
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* PettingZooPeople: All non-monstrous people are some manner of humanoid animal, the dogs of Pugmire and cats of the Monarchies of Mau being the most central ones.
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** ''Monarchies of Mau'' goes into more detail on this. Cats aren' mean (well, ''individual'' cats can be, but the same is true for dogs), and so far as many cats are concerned the current negotiations to form an alliance between Pugmire and the Monarchies is a genuine effort founded on common ideals and interests, but their different philosophy and religion can rub dogs the wrong way (while both cat and dog religion revere the Old Ones, dogs place themselves as favoured servants of Man, while cats place Man as [[CatsAreSuperior the favoured servants of cats]]). It doesn't help that cats ''are'' secretive -- or rather, combine a fractious political structure full of intrigue with a seeming psychological need to maintain at least one secret even if it is only maintained by everyone around them politely pretending not to know.
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** ''Monarchies of Mau'' goes into more detail on this. Cats aren' aren't mean (well, ''individual'' cats can be, but the same is true for dogs), and so far as many cats are concerned the current negotiations to form an alliance between Pugmire and the Monarchies is a genuine effort founded on common ideals and interests, but their different philosophy and religion can rub dogs the wrong way (while both cat and dog religion revere the Old Ones, dogs place themselves as favoured servants of Man, while cats place Man as [[CatsAreSuperior the favoured servants of cats]]). It doesn't help that cats ''are'' secretive -- or rather, combine a fractious political structure full of intrigue with a seeming psychological need to maintain at least one secret even if it is only maintained by everyone around them politely pretending not to know.
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** ''Monarchies of Mau'' goes into more detail on this. Cats aren' mean (well, ''individual'' cats can be, but the same is true for dogs), and so far as many cats are concerned the current negotiations to form an alliance between Pugmire and the Monarchies is a genuine effort founded on common ideals and interests, but their different philosophy and religion can rub dogs the wrong way (while both cat and dog religion revere the Old Ones, dogs place themselves as favoured servants of Man, while cats place Man as [[CatsAreSuperior the favoured servants of cats]]). It doesn't help that cats ''are'' secretive -- or rather, combine a fractious political structure full of intrigue with a seeming psychological need to maintain at least one secret even if it is only maintained by everyone around them politely pretending not to know.
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* ElectiveMonarchy: A few generations after Pugmire’s founding the Duke of the Hound family persuaded the Queen to establish a royal court of the noble families who would choose the rulers of Pugmire. Though, as with many elected monarchies, it tends to be hereditary in practice, with pugs comprising the majority of kings and queens.
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* PrecursorWorship: The Church of Man believe Man were an ancient race of gods who uplifted dogs before ascending to another realm.
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* EvilDetectingDog: Companion breeds and herders can learn a trick that allows them to smell the Unseen, and the Church of Man's tenants preach that they could do that before uplift as well, but Man unfortunately didn't heed their warnings.
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* VancianMagic: Artisans and Shepherds both have a limited number of spell slots that they can use per day.
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* VancianMagic: Artisans and Shepherds both have a limited number of spell slots that they can use per day. Though they're both spontaneous casters that know a limited number of spells but don't need to specifically prepare them each day.
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* ClarkesThirdLaw: Name-dropped in the chapter on "Magic and Technology".
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* MagicFromTechnology: Artisans are most obvious, with their reliance on human-made "foci" to use magic, but Shepherds need holy symbols to work magic and their initiation involves injection with a "Holy Elixir".
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* TheSixStats: Each type of purebred dog has +2 to one of them. [[JackOfAllStats Mutts]] have +1 to two different ones.
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-> ''"Be a good dog."''
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A surprising lot of vile villains, in fact. While much conflict in the world of Pugmire is caused by misunderstandings and prejudice, there's also things like the Cult of Labo Tor who kidnap people to [[MadScientist perform hideous experiments on them,]] the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Unseen]] who possess dogs and drive them to foaming, murderous rage, insects that [[DemBones cram skeleton parts together]] (usually ''not'' [[BodyHorror in the places where they originally went]]) and drive them to attack people...
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A surprising lot of vile villains, in fact. While much conflict in the world of Pugmire is caused by misunderstandings and prejudice, there's also things like the Cult of Labo Tor who kidnap people to [[MadScientist perform hideous experiments on them,]] the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Unseen]] who possess dogs and drive them to foaming, murderous rage, insects that [[DemBones cram skeleton parts together]] (usually ''not'' [[BodyHorror in the places where they originally went]]) and drive them to attack people...people...
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* AdventureGuild: The Pugmire Pioneers function roughly like this.
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* ScienceFantasy: The game runs on fantasy tropes, but most if not all are said to be caused by poorly understood super-technology, mutations, genetic engineering and similar. For example, the [[{{Golem}} "suits of living armour"]] that guard old human installations are strongly implied to be some kind of robots, and the [[DemBones walking skeletons]] are in fact animated by swarms of alien parasites.
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* ScienceFantasy: The game runs on fantasy tropes, but most if not all are said to be caused by poorly understood super-technology, mutations, genetic engineering and similar. For example, the [[{{Golem}} "suits suits of living "animated armour"]] that guard old human installations are strongly implied to be some kind of robots, and the [[DemBones walking skeletons]] are in fact animated by swarms of alien parasites.
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* TheEmpire: Pugmire, technically, albeit a very small one - the capital city only has a single subservient province, Houndton. It had another in recent history, but Waterdog Port was first conquered by the cats and later became an independent city-state.
* TheFederation: The Monarchies of Mau are six cat city-states united by shared distrust of Pugmire.
* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Inverted, as far as the dogs are concerned - they are proud of being [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]], [[OrderVersusChaos orderly]] and [[GoodOldWays traditional]] and having a [[TheEmpire strong central government,]] while looking down their muzzles on the cats and their more individualistic collection of [[TheFederation loosely affiliated nations.]] It's strongly implied that the cats view things according to this trope, though.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The Unseen are invisible creatures that live to cause harm. They tend to possess or corrupt dogs to use as tools, though some can physically affect the world all on their own.
* ScienceFantasy: The game runs on fantasy tropes, but most if not all are said to be caused by poorly understood super-technology, mutations, genetic engineering and similar. For example, the [[{{Golem}} "suits of living armour"]] that guard old human installations are strongly implied to be some kind of robots, and the [[DemBones walking skeletons]] are in fact animated by swarms of alien parasites.
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* VancianMagic: Artisans and Shepherds both have a limited number of spell slots that they can use per day.
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* VancianMagic: Artisans and Shepherds both have a limited number of spell slots that they can use per day.day.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A surprising lot of vile villains, in fact. While much conflict in the world of Pugmire is caused by misunderstandings and prejudice, there's also things like the Cult of Labo Tor who kidnap people to [[MadScientist perform hideous experiments on them,]] the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Unseen]] who possess dogs and drive them to foaming, murderous rage, insects that [[DemBones cram skeleton parts together]] (usually ''not'' [[BodyHorror in the places where they originally went]]) and drive them to attack people...
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A surprising lot of vile villains, in fact. While much conflict in the world of Pugmire is caused by misunderstandings and prejudice, there's also things like the Cult of Labo Tor who kidnap people to [[MadScientist perform hideous experiments on them,]] the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Unseen]] who possess dogs and drive them to foaming, murderous rage, insects that [[DemBones cram skeleton parts together]] (usually ''not'' [[BodyHorror in the places where they originally went]]) and drive them to attack people...
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* TheKlan: The Friends of Man are a secret society of cat-haters who harass cats living in Pugmire and try to frame them for crimes they didn't commit in order to stoke the already existing FantasticRacism in the setting. They are also organised into cells and wear robes with hoods. [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to most of the members, they're led by a demon who's trying to start a war.]]
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-> ''"Be a good dog."''
-->-- ''Central tenet of the [[CodeOfHonor Code of Man]]''
-->-- ''Central tenet of the [[CodeOfHonor Code of Man]]''
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* FurryConfusion: Non-uplifted versions of the sentient races still exist and are used as pets and beasts of burden like in the real world. The book makes it clear that the dogs of Pugmire do not see the non-uplifted dogs as being part of the same species as them - they regard them somewhat like humans regard chimpanzees, acknowledging the close relation but still seeing themselves as another order of being entirely. To clear up some of the confusion non-sentient animals are referred to by a more general name, e.g. non-sentient dogs are called "canines," non-sentient cats are called "felines," etc.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Yosha and Pan disagree on plenty of things and are both clearly biased - she's SpoiledSweet, while he is wearing JadeColoredGlasses. Who is right on any given subject is up to individual gamemasters to decide. Also, it's strongly hinted that neither one of them really understand the cats and the other non-dog species, and that those are likely to have yet another different perspective on things.
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* MisterBig: A non-villainous example. Pugmire was founded by and is currently ruled by the Pug family. [[note]]There have been monarchs from other families in the interim, but the Pugs keep ending up back on top. That +2 to Charisma no doubt helps in winning popular support.[[/note]] Since Pugs are less than five foot tall on average and many other breeds commonly grow as tall as seven feet, this means that many Kings of Pugmire have been towered over by the majority of their subjects.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Nobles are expected to marry within their own breed so as not to produce Mutts. StarCrossedLovers from different breeds running away together is a popular trope in Pugmire's literature.
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* FictionalCurrency: The commonly used currency is plastic coins called, appropriately, "plastics."
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* LanguageEqualsThought: Cats have seven different words for "betrayal." As far as Pan is concerned, that says it all.
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* LanguageEqualsThought: Cats have seven different words for "betrayal." As far as Pan is concerned, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder that says it all.]]
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Yosha and Pan are characters within the setting, and also address the reader directly in sidebars throughout the core rulebook to explain particular concepts, give examples, and provide their often-different takes on things.
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* HoldYourHippogriffs: Since their main religion is the worship of humanity's memory, dogs are prone to using the word "Man" instead of "God" in otherwise unchanged modern-day expressions, e.g., "Man damn it," "I swear to Man." The book explicitly admits that one of the reasons for why humanity is referred to by that word (rather than, well, "humanity") is that it makes those replacements so smooth.
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* FurryReminder: The dogs are human for all intents and purposes most of the time, but every so often you get things like taverns serving ale in bowls because long-muzzled customers tend to have trouble drinking from cups.
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* MadScientist: The White Mice of the Cult of Labo Tor, who are prone to kidnapping people and performing horrific experiments on them in their efforts to find the mythical 100 Theories. [[EveryoneHasStandards Even most other rats want nothing to do with them.]]
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The rule system is strongly influenced by ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', with races (canine breeds divided into categories such as [[TheFace Companions]], [[TheSmartGuy Pointers]] and [[JackOfAllStats Mutts]]) and classes (such as [[ClassicWizard Artisans]] who wield ancient high-tech [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] to achieve magical effects, [[TheBigGuy Guardians]] who defend and inspire with sword in hand, and [[GuileHero Ratters]] who seek out injustice with cunning and flair) forming the core of your character. Stories can consist of getting involved in noble intrigues, defending the innocent from AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters, seeking out lost technology in remote ruins, and just generally indulging in AnAdventurerIsYou.
The game falls strongly on the [[LighterAndSofter idealistic side]], being described by the developers as "a light-hearted and family-friendly fantasy world." Player characters are assumed to be heroic champions of justice or at least [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts Of God,]] and the setting is described in colourful and mildly comedic terms. It's not entirely a SugarBowl, however - ferocious monsters roam the countryside, there is treachery and corruption hidden everywhere, and just what it means to be a good dog is something no two characters can entirely agree on.
The game falls strongly on the [[LighterAndSofter idealistic side]], being described by the developers as "a light-hearted and family-friendly fantasy world." Player characters are assumed to be heroic champions of justice or at least [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts Of God,]] and the setting is described in colourful and mildly comedic terms. It's not entirely a SugarBowl, however - ferocious monsters roam the countryside, there is treachery and corruption hidden everywhere, and just what it means to be a good dog is something no two characters can entirely agree on.
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The rule system is strongly influenced by 5th edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', with races (canine breeds divided into categories such as [[TheFace Companions]], [[TheSmartGuy Pointers]] and [[JackOfAllStats Mutts]]) and classes (such as [[ClassicWizard Artisans]] who wield ancient high-tech [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] to achieve magical effects, [[TheBigGuy Guardians]] who defend and inspire with sword in hand, and [[GuileHero Ratters]] who seek out injustice with cunning and flair) forming the core of your character. Stories can consist of getting involved in noble intrigues, defending the innocent from AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters, seeking out lost technology in remote ruins, and just generally indulging in AnAdventurerIsYou.
The game falls strongly on the [[LighterAndSofter idealistic side]], being described by the developers as "a light-hearted and family-friendly fantasy world." Player characters are assumed to be heroic champions of justice or at least [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts OfGod,]] Gold,]] and the setting is described in colourful and mildly comedic terms. It's not entirely a SugarBowl, however - ferocious monsters roam the countryside, there is treachery and corruption hidden everywhere, and just what it means to be a good dog is something no two characters can entirely agree on.
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A companion game, ''Monarchies of Mau'', is in the works, spotlighting the cats and their domains.
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A companion game, ''Monarchies of Mau'', is in the works, spotlighting the cats and their domains.
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* OneWordTitle / ThePlace: The kingdom of Pugmire, although it might more properly be called a city-state. There are also a number of other dog communities outside the kingdom.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Yosha's a princess, the daughter of Pugmire's current ruler King Puckington Pug.
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* SpeciesSurname: Played with. A dog's surname comes from their family, the equivalent of a present-day dog breed. However, some dogs marry into a family, or are adopted or otherwise accepted, while others may have cause to change their surname, create a new one, or simply drop it altogether.
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* UpliftedAnimal: Man uplifted a number of species before disappearing, including dogs, cats, rats, badgers and related species, and lizards, among others.
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* AndManGrewProud: The race of Man is long gone by the time of the game, and different races have different accounts of just what it was like and what happened to it. The dogs worship Man as their {{Precursors}} and try to live by their ancient commandments.
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* HumanitysWake: The race of Man is long gone by the time of the game, and different races have different accounts of just what it was like and what happened to it. The dogs worship Man as their {{Precursors}} and try to live by their ancient commandments.
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The rule system is strongly influenced by ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', with races (canine breeds divided into categories such as Companions, Pointers [[TheFace Companions]], [[TheSmartGuy Pointers]] and Mutts) [[JackOfAllStats Mutts]]) and classes (such as [[ClassicWizard Artisans]] who wield ancient high-tech [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] to achieve magical effects, [[TheBigGuy Guardians]] who defend and inspire with sword in hand, and [[GuileHero Ratters]] who seek out injustice with cunning and flair) forming the core of your character. Stories can consist of getting involved in noble intrigues, defending the innocent from AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters, seeking out lost technology in remote ruins, and just generally indulging in AnAdventurerIsYou.
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* FantasticRacism: The cats and dogs get along about as well as... you know...
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* SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology: Artisans and Shepherds alike wield what looks like magic but which is actually utilising poorly understood technology left behind by Man.
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* SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology: Artisans and Shepherds alike wield what looks like magic but which is actually utilising poorly understood technology left behind by Man.Man.
* VancianMagic: Artisans and Shepherds both have a limited number of spell slots that they can use per day.
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* LanguageEqualsThought: Cats have seven different words for "betrayal." As far as Pan is concerned, that says it all.
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The rule system is strongly influenced by ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', with races (canine breeds divided into categories such as Companions, Pointers and Mutts) and classes (such as [[ClassicalWizard [[ClassicWizard Artisans]] who wield ancient high-tech [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] to achieve magical effects, [[TheBigGuy Guardians]] who defend and inspire with sword in hand, and [[GuileHero Ratters]] who seek out injustice with cunning and flair) forming the core of your character. Stories can consist of getting involved in noble intrigues, defending the innocent from AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters, seeking out lost technology in remote ruins, and just generally indulging in AnAdventurerIsYou.
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''Pugmire'' is a roleplaying game published in 2017 by Onyx Path in partnership with Eddy Webb and Pugsteady. It takes place in a distant future where humankind has either gone extinct or [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence left the world]], leaving the various PettingZooPeople they uplifted to fill the void. While many different sentient races exist, the game focuses on the noble dogs of Pugmire and their rivalry with the secretive cats of the Monarchies of Mau.
The rule system is strongly influenced by ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', with races (canine breeds divided into categories such as Companions, Pointers and Mutts) and classes (such as [[ClassicalWizard Artisans]] who wield ancient high-tech [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] to achieve magical effects, [[TheBigGuy Guardians]] who defend and inspire with sword in hand, and [[GuileHero Ratters]] who seek out injustice with cunning and flair) forming the core of your character. Stories can consist of getting involved in noble intrigues, defending the innocent from AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters, seeking out lost technology in remote ruins, and just generally indulging in AnAdventurerIsYou.
The game falls strongly on the [[LighterAndSofter idealistic side]], being described by the developers as "a light-hearted and family-friendly fantasy world." Player characters are assumed to be heroic champions of justice or at least [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts Of God,]] and the setting is described in colourful and mildly comedic terms. It's not entirely a SugarBowl, however - ferocious monsters roam the countryside, there is treachery and corruption hidden everywhere, and just what it means to be a good dog is something no two characters can entirely agree on.
!! Tropes found in ''Pugmire'' include:
* AndManGrewProud: The race of Man is long gone by the time of the game, and different races have different accounts of just what it was like and what happened to it. The dogs worship Man as their {{Precursors}} and try to live by ancient commandments.
* CatsAreMean: Or at least they're strange and secretive and most dogs don't trust them.
* CodeOfHonor: The Code of Man, which forms the guiding philosophy of Pugmire, giving instructions such as "be a good dog" and "protect your home."
* KnightInSourArmor: Pan Dachshound. He doesn't believe in any of this "Code of Man" crap, but he's ready to lay down his life to keep innocent dogs safe if it comes to that, because that's just the right thing to do.
* PettingZooPeople: All non-monstrous people are some manner of humanoid animal, the dogs of Pugmire and cats of the Monarchies of Mau being the most central ones.
* ThePollyanna: Yosha Pug, who believes wholeheartedly in Pugmire and thinks the best of everyone.
* ShiningCity: Pugmire. Pan is always quick to remind everyone that there's a seedy underbelly to the place, mind you.
The rule system is strongly influenced by ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', with races (canine breeds divided into categories such as Companions, Pointers and Mutts) and classes (such as [[ClassicalWizard Artisans]] who wield ancient high-tech [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] to achieve magical effects, [[TheBigGuy Guardians]] who defend and inspire with sword in hand, and [[GuileHero Ratters]] who seek out injustice with cunning and flair) forming the core of your character. Stories can consist of getting involved in noble intrigues, defending the innocent from AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters, seeking out lost technology in remote ruins, and just generally indulging in AnAdventurerIsYou.
The game falls strongly on the [[LighterAndSofter idealistic side]], being described by the developers as "a light-hearted and family-friendly fantasy world." Player characters are assumed to be heroic champions of justice or at least [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts Of God,]] and the setting is described in colourful and mildly comedic terms. It's not entirely a SugarBowl, however - ferocious monsters roam the countryside, there is treachery and corruption hidden everywhere, and just what it means to be a good dog is something no two characters can entirely agree on.
!! Tropes found in ''Pugmire'' include:
* AndManGrewProud: The race of Man is long gone by the time of the game, and different races have different accounts of just what it was like and what happened to it. The dogs worship Man as their {{Precursors}} and try to live by ancient commandments.
* CatsAreMean: Or at least they're strange and secretive and most dogs don't trust them.
* CodeOfHonor: The Code of Man, which forms the guiding philosophy of Pugmire, giving instructions such as "be a good dog" and "protect your home."
* KnightInSourArmor: Pan Dachshound. He doesn't believe in any of this "Code of Man" crap, but he's ready to lay down his life to keep innocent dogs safe if it comes to that, because that's just the right thing to do.
* PettingZooPeople: All non-monstrous people are some manner of humanoid animal, the dogs of Pugmire and cats of the Monarchies of Mau being the most central ones.
* ThePollyanna: Yosha Pug, who believes wholeheartedly in Pugmire and thinks the best of everyone.
* ShiningCity: Pugmire. Pan is always quick to remind everyone that there's a seedy underbelly to the place, mind you.
