Woot! I am looking forward to getting the final book

Thank you! I'm trying to make it a complete package, though I'll elaborate with sourcebooks if enough people get into it. I've got a Pathfinder and a 5th Edition variation right now.

Yay! 5E and PF versions would be nice, I am not a big fan of 5E so having a PF version would make it even better

Are you doing Pathfinder 1st ed or 2nd ed?

Probably first to start, I've played 2nd ed but my library is still full of 1st ed.

Yes! I'd absolutely love to see the Pathfinder version.

How long has it been since I first saw you drawing otter folks? You must have been at this world for decades!

Well, I was just a kid when I started it, I didn't have a lot of interesting world experience or an understanding of story structure, so I kinda just blundered along while learning. I guess this is sort of the culmination of that, a big sandbox for writing and drawing.

OMG yes.

Your Rym website, yes, that like like 20+ ish years ago, was a big influence on me, even if I never played it as a campaign, there were lots of characters and ideas that just resonated. To this day I remember and recognize them.

I'd love to have an easy-to-read (compared to a twisty forest of HTML links) and upgraded artwork version. Tell me when and where and I'm there!

Thanks bud! I'm always really excited to hear stuff like that, which has been a big influence on me too, I don't think I would have every gotten to this point without people to bounce ideas off of. I needed time to mature and develop the concept into something I could properly codify, and it's going to be more of an art and story book than strictly a gaming resource. I'll keep ya posted!

20-year follower and fan-art drawer here too. It's always great to see you excited about things again, and engaging with the audience like this. :)
Keep on keeping on, your style remains deliciously unique.

Thanks man! I've been stuck in IT for quite a while but I've been wanting to do this all the while and just haven't really had the focus. Now I do!

Great to see you!

Hey Chris! Great to see you too! Your art has a huge soul, man.

Would love to get it

Love your work. Can't wait for the book. Have you/Are you planning to Kickstart it?

I honestly thought about that, but I think I'm going to try to get all the writing finished and edited, and then Kickstart it or somesuch for the art phase. It won't be long!

I wait to back you.

I don't wanna miss this! Guess I'll need to be on FA every day!

Not usually into table top games, but I'm actually really interested in this.

It's going to be story and art-based primarily, more of a setting sandbox than pure RPG.

Aside from Kickstarter for the art, is there any other way we can support this project?

Keep watching! I'm going to be posting a lot more while I'm leading up to it.

Will you publish the PDF in sufficient resolution that I can take it to OfficeMax and have a hardback made?

Congratulations on putting this together!

Sweet! I can't wait to get this! Totally awesome!

Which subtype of KV star is Kij?

https://www.guide-to-the-universe.c.....warf-star.html

https://orionsarm.com/page/321

An analysis of sky colors on "exo-earths", for anybody else who's still wondering about this question!

I remember buying a CD of earlier stuff back in 2002. That's a lot of busy.

Nice to see that this is proceeding. I have written far too much about otter people, and it's probably in large part due to Rym. Please keep us updated as to when and how I can throw some money at you, whether it be for the book or for art commissions!

I'm so glad to see you posting again:D

if only there was some meme format to emote my feelings on the matter,,,, oh ,right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj94yjA9YRE

Yes! So hyped!
Thank you kindly for the update. c:

I'd be really interested in your sourcebook if you put it out. I think you've been hard at work on this project for over 2 decades now before DnD even turned over to 5th edition. You have many creative ideas for your races and also both their items and cultures.

Oh yeah, this is a __total__ "shut up and take my money" event for me.

Oh my god <3

Are you going to have your old art from https://www.fur.com/~ollie/rym3.html ? Ugh, this makes me so happy! <3

The mere mention of this as a Pathfinder supplement really REALLY has my interest! Even, honestly, purely as an art book and story/setting reference, it looks amazing. Your otters on the whole pretty much DEFINED otters in the fandom for a vast number of folk. I'm VERY looking forward to this, and, if priced affordably, I'll DEFINITELY be picking this up.

It was mentioned above in a question if this will also be available as print-on-demand / in resolution sufficient to do a hardbound version. I'm equally curious, as that would be amazing!

With wishes of luck and fortune,

yours,
Mika Kyubi
Kitsune-at-Large
(oft-times quite large)

Hi Ollie! I'm so excited to see your progress! I stumbled across the Rym website over 20 years ago, and your drawings, characters, and world-building have stayed with me ever since. It's been a massive influence on me and has inspired much of my tabletop game design, which eventually led me into the tabletop game industry as a career. If you ever want to chat about the possibility of crowdfunding or creating a physical copy of the Rym sourcebook, I'd be delighted to share my experience and advice! It's the least I could do for you, considering what an impact your work has had on my life. Feel free to email me (Ty) at pipdreamgames@gmail.com. Keep the content coming! ;)

Oh wow this looks amazing! You've always been such a good storyteller.

Oh dude hell yeah <3 It's so fantastic to see this all coming together Ollie! I feel like so many of us have grown up with this. Each update is so exciting!

Oh my god! I have been following your art for so long, and then you went dark. I used to have your entire Rym website downloaded, and even used parts of it in a Star wars campaign. On a lark, i searched for your name again and found that you're finally going to do a Rym book! Count me as someone who's going to buy it as soon as it's out!

I can't say there hasn't been a d&d game I played since I found the Rym site that I didn't want to play as one of your races.

Hope the D&D meltdown isn't going to harm the process.