Some suggestions for what to populate with.

Forest: Porcupine, hare, raccoon, squirrel, fox, occasional wolf, bear, cougar
Dry Prairie: horned lizard, desert iguana, fennec, jackrabbit, coyote, roadrunner (meep meep!)

I like the idea of different acquaintance levels. It could start simple with three levels: someone you're not fond of, someone you are familiar with just as an acquaintance, and someone you consider a friend.

This will be something I'm going to try to do as an ongoing thing rather than just a single event. As I do my storytelling rounds, I'm going to share the lore and information I've learned and collected, both from players and from NPC sources. Once I have enough of a collection, I'll be announcing wh...

Happy Birthday!

It is! It was either that, or:

Gilbert: I've decided to compose the Ballad of Bowen! How do you prefer I should write it?
Bowen: Far away!

Cheers!