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			[[File:stuart little.jpg\|thumb\|Ratfolk have a long history in hollywood. After all, RATS spelled backwards is STAR.]]
	Despite how much /tg/ doesn't like to admit it, when it comes to designing non-human races to fill a setting, if an author doesn't go for the "rubber forehead" angle - "human, but X", ala the [[elf]], the [[dwarf]], the [[halfling]], the [[orc]], etc - then usually their go-to for race design is the [[beastfolk\|"humanoid animal"]] angle. [[Catfolk]] and dog-people, such as D&D's [[Lupin]]s and [[Gnolls]], are the most common races of this variety to show up, but other races do occasional rear their heads. One of the most common of these uncommon variants are the Ratfolk; humanoid rats (or, more rarely, mice).		Despite how much /tg/ doesn't like to admit it, when it comes to designing non-human races to fill a setting, if an author doesn't go for the "rubber forehead" angle - "human, but X", ala the [[elf]], the [[dwarf]], the [[halfling]], the [[orc]], etc - then usually their go-to for race design is the [[beastfolk\|"humanoid animal"]] angle. [[Catfolk]] and dog-people, such as D&D's [[Lupin]]s and [[Gnolls]], are the most common races of this variety to show up, but other races do occasional rear their heads. One of the most common of these uncommon variants are the Ratfolk; humanoid rats (or, more rarely, mice).

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	~~File:~~Pathfinder Gunslinger.jpg\|In settings dominated by sword and sorcery, ratfolk will sometimes take a third option.		Pathfinder Gunslinger.jpg\|In settings dominated by sword and sorcery, ratfolk will sometimes take a third option.
	~~File:~~PF Ratfolk Alchemist.jpg		PF Ratfolk Alchemist.jpg
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Archer.jpg		Ratfolk ARG 1.png
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Trader.jpg		Ratfolk Archer.jpg
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Thief.png		Ratfolk Trader.jpg
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Ranger.png		Ratfolk Thief.png
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Cleric.jpg		Ratfolk Ranger.png
	~~File:~~Feral Ratfolk.jpg		Ratfolk Cleric.jpg
	~~File:~~Broken Shin Nezumi Pack.jpg		Feral Ratfolk.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi Shaman.jpg		Broken Shin Nezumi Pack.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi Warrior.jpg		Nezumi Shaman.jpg
	~~File:~~Tattered Ear Watcher Nezumi.jpg		Nezumi Warrior.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi Monk K'mee.jpg		Tattered Ear Watcher Nezumi.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi Warrior Ik'krt.jpg		Nezumi Monk K'mee.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi Warrior Pep'trchek.jpg		Nezumi Warrior Ik'krt.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi Shaman Manithith.jpg		Nezumi Warrior Pep'trchek.jpg
	~~File:~~Roddun Gem Mage.jpg\|Like the uvandir, roddun can draw magical powers from gemstones to increase their own potency.		Nezumi Shaman Manithith.jpg
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Ranatagi.jpg\|A Ranatagi is a ratfolk [[psion\|psychic]] who can create dimensional rifts with psychokinesis.		Roddun Gem Mage.jpg\|Like the uvandir, roddun can draw magical powers from gemstones to increase their own potency.
			Ratfolk Ranatagi.jpg\|A Ranatagi is a ratfolk [[psion\|psychic]] who can create dimensional rifts with psychokinesis.
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	~~File:~~Ratfolk Adventurer 1.jpg\|It's surprising what the right art-style can do to make a female [[beastfolk]] seem cute.		Ratfolk Adventurer 1.jpg\|It's surprising what the right art-style can do to make a female [[beastfolk]] seem cute.
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Adventurer 2.jpg\|That said, it's not hard for even a more realistic [[beastfolk]] to seem appealing.		Ratfolk Adventurer 2.jpg\|That said, it's not hard for even a more realistic [[beastfolk]] to seem appealing.
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Adventurer 3.jpg\|Case in point.		Ratfolk Adventurer 3.jpg\|Case in point.
	~~File:~~Freya Crescent.jpg\|She may hail from /v/, but Freya the [[Burmecian]] was the first cute ratgirl that many fa/tg/uys encountered.		Freya Crescent.jpg\|She may hail from /v/, but Freya the [[Burmecian]] was the first cute ratgirl that many fa/tg/uys encountered.
	~~File:~~Ratwoman Mage.jpg\|As mentioned above, human-faced ratgirls are something of a minority on /tg/.		Ratwoman Mage.jpg\|As mentioned above, human-faced ratgirls are something of a minority on /tg/.
	~~File:~~Busty Mousegirl.jpg\|But that doesn't mean they don't get some attention.		Busty Mousegirl.jpg\|But that doesn't mean they don't get some attention.
	~~File:~~Ratfolk Scribe.png\|Ratfolk don't have to be sewer-dwelling vermin, after all.		Ratfolk Scribe.png\|Ratfolk don't have to be sewer-dwelling vermin, after all.
	~~File:~~Wererat Female.jpg\|Yes, there are folks who think shes charming, in her own scuzzy sort of way.		Wererat Female.jpg\|Yes, there are folks who think shes charming, in her own scuzzy sort of way.
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	~~File:~~Nezumi - Ink-Eyes 1.jpg		Nezumi - Ink-Eyes 1.jpg
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	~~File:~~Nezumi - Ink-Eyes 4.jpg		Nezumi - Ink-Eyes 4.jpg
	~~File:~~Nezumi - Ink-Eyes 5.jpg\|Ink-Eyes' art from her official MtG card; you can see how little WoTC minded that she might appeal to furries.		Nezumi - Ink-Eyes 5.jpg\|Ink-Eyes' art from her official MtG card; you can see how little WoTC minded that she might appeal to furries.
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	~~File:~~MGE Large Mouse.jpg\|The original murine mamono.		MGE Large Mouse.jpg\|The original murine mamono.
	~~File:~~MGE Dormouse.jpg\|Just in case the original Large Mouse was too hyper for you.		MGE Dormouse.jpg\|Just in case the original Large Mouse was too hyper for you.
	~~File:~~MGE Hinezumi.jpg\|A [[monk\|kung-fu]] fire-rat with the only decent curves in the family, so far.		MGE Hinezumi.jpg\|A [[monk\|kung-fu]] fire-rat with the only decent curves in the family, so far.
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	[[Category: Monsters]] [[Category: Dungeons & Dragons Races]] [[Category:Furry]]		[[Category: Monsters]] [[Category: Dungeons & Dragons Races]] [[Category:Furry]]

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	[[Nezumi]] are one of the only two non-hostile non-human races in the [[Legend of the Five Rings]] universe, the other being the [[Naga]]. They are characterised for being heavily resistant to Taint and for having a more practical outlook than the honorable-to-the-point-of-stupidity not!Japanese humans. The Crab clan, which shares their practical outlook, has a standing alliance with them that's survived several editions, and severe punishments await any dumbass that shows up with one of their heads instead of a goblin's, as they've just demonstrated a stupid inability to distinguish between friend and foe.		[[Nezumi]] are one of the only two non-hostile non-human races in the [[Legend of the Five Rings]] universe, the other being the [[Naga]]. They are characterised for being heavily resistant to Taint and for having a more practical outlook than the honorable-to-the-point-of-stupidity not!Japanese humans. The Crab clan, which shares their practical outlook, has a standing alliance with them that's survived several editions, and severe punishments await any dumbass that shows up with one of their heads instead of a goblin's, as they've just demonstrated a stupid inability to distinguish between friend and foe.

	Coincidentally, the [[plane]] of [[Kamigawa]] in [[Magic: The Gathering]] also has a race of ratfolk called [[Nezumi]]. They inhabit the region of swampland called Takenuma and are considered Rat-type Creature cards. The most famous of these cards is Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, an [[oni]]-sworn female nezumi [[ninja]] who appeared in the Betrayers of Kamigawa expansion.		'Coincidentally' ("Nezumi" means "rat" in [[weeaboo\|Japanese]]) , the [[plane]] of [[Kamigawa]] in [[Magic: The Gathering]] also has a race of ratfolk called [[Nezumi]]. They inhabit the region of swampland called Takenuma and are considered Rat-type Creature cards. The most famous of these cards is Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, an [[oni]]-sworn female nezumi [[ninja]] who appeared in the Betrayers of Kamigawa expansion.

	The Jawa of [[Star Wars]] have hoods that mask their faces but the novelization of the original film and ''The New Essential Guide to Alien Species'' both state they are rodents under the hoods. They are scavenging desert dwellers that supposedly have a horrible smell, but this is rarely brought up.		The Jawa of [[Star Wars]] have hoods that mask their faces but the novelization of the original film and ''The New Essential Guide to Alien Species'' both state they are rodents under the hoods. They are scavenging desert dwellers that supposedly have a horrible smell, but this is rarely brought up.

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	[[Dark Sun]] is home to the [[Tari]], which have basically replaced the role of [[goblin]]s as the "small, thieving humanoid scavengers whom it's perfectly okay to kill" - in fact, urban environments will often pay a bounty for tari heads, despite the fact the tari aren't actually an always evil race. In fact, the Tari once had a great civilization of their own before it fell to some unknown disaster, and the ruins can still be found in the lands south of Tyr.		[[Dark Sun]] is home to the [[Tari]], which have basically replaced the role of [[goblin]]s as the "small, thieving humanoid scavengers whom it's perfectly okay to kill" - in fact, urban environments will often pay a bounty for tari heads, despite the fact the tari aren't actually an always evil race. In fact, the Tari once had a great civilization of their own before it fell to some unknown disaster, and the ruins can still be found in the lands south of Tyr.

			The [[Chronicles of Aeres]] features ratfolk, called '''Rattevir''', as one of the most important [[beastfolk]] races, to the point that not only do they get their own distinct racial statblock, they even got their own [[splatbook]]!

	[[Nezumi]] are one of the only two non-hostile non-human races in the [[Legend of the Five Rings]] universe, the other being the [[Naga]]. They are characterised for being heavily resistant to Taint and for having a more practical outlook than the honorable-to-the-point-of-stupidity not!Japanese humans. The Crab clan, which shares their practical outlook, has a standing alliance with them that's survived several editions, and severe punishments await any dumbass that shows up with one of their heads instead of a goblin's, as they've just demonstrated a stupid inability to distinguish between friend and foe.		[[Nezumi]] are one of the only two non-hostile non-human races in the [[Legend of the Five Rings]] universe, the other being the [[Naga]]. They are characterised for being heavily resistant to Taint and for having a more practical outlook than the honorable-to-the-point-of-stupidity not!Japanese humans. The Crab clan, which shares their practical outlook, has a standing alliance with them that's survived several editions, and severe punishments await any dumbass that shows up with one of their heads instead of a goblin's, as they've just demonstrated a stupid inability to distinguish between friend and foe.

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	One memetically infamous thread came up with the idea that [[elves]] are actually a species of shapeshifting rats who adopt the "sleek, beautiful, glamorous, all-too-human" elven form out of shame at their own rodent-like features and to better mingle with the other races. But they can't hold their elf-forms forever, forcing them to revert to their ratfolk forms every so often to recharge, usually by gorging themselves into a stupor on fresh garbage. This still occasionally surfaces on /tg/ to this day.		One memetically infamous thread came up with the idea that [[elves]] are actually a species of shapeshifting rats who adopt the "sleek, beautiful, glamorous, all-too-human" elven form out of shame at their own rodent-like features and to better mingle with the other races. But they can't hold their elf-forms forever, forcing them to revert to their ratfolk forms every so often to recharge, usually by gorging themselves into a stupor on fresh garbage. This still occasionally surfaces on /tg/ to this day.

	/tg/ also came up with a race ratfolk called the [[Faestir]] in the days when the Unified Setting was a thing, basing them upon the ~~Burmecians~~ of [[Final Fantasy]]. In fact, they were originally a straight-up translation of burmecians until /tg/ decided to steal the look and write their own backstory & culture for them.		/tg/ also came up with a race ratfolk called the [[Faestir]] in the days when the Unified Setting was a thing, basing them upon the [[Burmecian]]s of [[Final Fantasy]]. In fact, they were originally a straight-up translation of burmecians until /tg/ decided to steal the look and write their own backstory & culture for them.

	In fact, ratfolk are older than many newcomers suspect; they actually appeared in the [[Fritz Leiber]] story "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: The Swords of Lankhmar", where the titular city is revealed to house a magical "Undercity" one can reach through size-shifting magical portals, which is inhabited by sapient rats, humans allied to said rats, and the [[/d/\|halfbreed progeny of the two races]]. In fact, the Gray Mouser actually has sex with one of said hybrid ratwomen, who [[monstergirls\|mostly looks human, save for her eight breasts]].		In fact, ratfolk are older than many newcomers suspect; they actually appeared in the [[Fritz Leiber]] story "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: The Swords of Lankhmar", where the titular city is revealed to house a magical "Undercity" one can reach through size-shifting magical portals, which is inhabited by sapient rats, humans allied to said rats, and the [[/d/\|halfbreed progeny of the two races]]. In fact, the Gray Mouser actually has sex with one of said hybrid ratwomen, who [[monstergirls\|mostly looks human, save for her eight breasts]].