Editing Setting:CATastrophe (section)

==FAQ==
* '''Can I be a Cat''boy'' or some other type of male Kemomimi? Is it female-only?'''
You can ''DEFINITELY'' be a male. Only in early threads was it female-only. The rumors about the gender ratio skewing way towards females are also generally untrue (unless your GM decrees otherwise). Of note is that gender roles are less defined in the world of the Endless Blue; what sex you are has pretty much nothing to do with the profession you choose.

* '''Are there any remaining humans?'''
Maybe.  It's up to the GM to decide if there are secret underwater bunkers or isolated pockets of surviving Earless, waiting to be woken by their creations, or just the slowly decaying underwater ruins, and the various pieces of technology they left behind.  Both yield lots of opportunities: if there ARE humans, what do they want?  To rule?  Just to thrive again?  To go settle some new world?  And if there are not, what can be uncovered about their history, and what is their legacy for those they left behind?

(Do note: humans can't breathe the new atmosphere, so if a kemonomimi were to wake a human up, they would probably die or have a shit time breathing at the very least)

*'''Is this just some [[furry]] bullshit?'''

[[File:Furry chart.jpg|framed|left|CATastrophe is 10% Furry.]]

No. Kemomimi are not anthropomorphic animals; they are a genetically engineered successor species to humans, made to be stronger, and able to survive the plague, sickness or whatever it was that killed off humanity. Kemomimi are generally accepted to have animal-like ears and a tail; beyond that, however, they do not have fur, claws, or any of the other usual furry attributes. (If that sounds too much like a bullshit excuse for you, the Kemomimi never get out of the 10% corner on the infamous "Not Furry/Furry" chart.)

*'''How high have the waters risen?'''
This is at the discretion of the GM. It is also debatable whether or not the setting is actually on Earth; even an unrealistically high amount of waters rising due to an ice comet would not make the earth into a ''Waterworld''-like planet. For those interested in trying to find a realistic amount of water rising, and a map of the world post-flood, see: http://merkel.zoneo.net/Topo/Applet/

If all the ice melted, the sea levels would rise by 60 meters (195 feet). However since ice comets crashed into Antarctica and added water, this could be much higher.  

[[File:CATastropheMap.png|thumb|This is how much the water has risen, ...yep]]


*'''What killed off humanity (the Earless)?'''
It is unknown to the Kemomi what killed off the humans. Likely it was an alien plague of some sort carried by ice comets, which also introduced various alien life forms to the oceans. Or most of the population drowned when the sea levels rose. This is generally left up to the GM, allowing them to come up with a storyline that might find out what happened. What matters to the Kemomimi is not what killed the Earless, but the fact of the Earless ''being gone''.

*'''What kind of Kemomimi are there to play as?'''
This is largely up to the GM of the game you are playing. Generally-agreed upon races are Felines/Nekomi (cats), Canines/Inumi (dogs), Lapines/Usami (rabbits), Ursines/Kumami (bears) and Vulpines/Kitsumi (foxes). Other races could include Mice, Otters, et cetera -- but as far as the setting has been established, only mammalian species would have been genespliced with humans.

*'''What kind of creatures are there in the Endless Blue?'''
Check the [[CATastrophe_Beastiary|CATastrophe Beastiary]], FATE and CATastrophe system stats will be uploaded as the people working on those systems get them ready.

*'''What are the Kemomimi like?'''
Again this is largely up to your GM, but CATastrophe is meant to be a lighthearted carefree system for people who are bored of the [[grimdark]] of systems like [[Warhammer_40k|Warhammer 40k]], or the high-fantasy aspects of systems like [[Exalted]]. There might be violent bands of Kemomimi, but most fights will '''not''' be to the death, and there is no large-scale violence in the Endless Blue. This does not however, mean that there is ''no'' conflict or danger. Dealing with various other species such as [[CATastrophe_Beastiary|Kleptomanders]] will be an issue, as well as dealing with the relics of the past such as the [[CATastrophe Beastiary|Oldguard]] in the Earless ruins. There are also the old standbys of Giant Squids, Sharks, and other marine life.