In honor of tonight’s broadcast of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, here again is a list of the modern equivalents of the breeds that the fantasy peoples of my “Vanished Lands” homebrew campaign setting (currently using Pathfinder) would have:
>>Dwarves (guard dogs)
-Hill (Dverge; most common)-Corgi, Saint Bernard
-Mountain (Khaz, Deep; urban nobility)-Bernese, Mastiff
-River (seminomadic)-Otterhound, Skipperke
-Korubokuru (eastern)-Chow Chow
-Dune (Vanaka/Utuchekulu; southern)-Basenji
-Gray (Duergar, Derro; usually evil)-Bulldog
>>Elves (hunting dogs; Cooshie resembles Whippet)
-Sylvan (Wood; most common)-Pointer
-High (Quelanthi; urban nobility)-Poodle
-Grey (Faerie; mountain craftspeople)-Spitz
-Wild (Grugach; barbarians)-Wolfhound
-Bamboo Spirit Folk (eastern Sylvan)-Shih Tzu, Shiba Inu, Foo Dog
-River Spirit Folk (eastern Grey)-Greyhound
-Dark (Drow, Nannuattan; usually evil)-Doberman, Groendal
-Valley Elves (reclusive magocrats)-Vizsla
-Frost Elves (far northern cousins)-Borzoi, Samoyed
>>Note: Avariel (northwestern winged Elves), Thallasaquendi (western Sea Elves), and Dimernesti (eastern Sea Spirit) have other companion animals
>>Gnomes (terriers)
-Surface (Forest, Rock)-Border/Cairn Terrier, German Pincher
-Svirfneblin (Deep)-Dachshund
-Tinker (Minoi; Mad)-Schnauzer
>>Halflings (hounds; Blink Dogs resemble Beagles)
-Harfoot (Hobbits; closest to humans)-Corgi, Foxhound
-Faldine (Tallfellow; closest to Elves)-Airedale, Spaniel
-Woldan (Deep; closest to Dwarves)-Basset, Pug
-Shan Sao (eastern)-Chin, Pekingese
>>Humans (all purposes)
-Barbari (proto-Slavic/Central Asian)-Afghan, Husky
-Hifalendorin (proto-Western European)-Boxer, Retriever, Tervuren
-Saganim (proto-Celtic)-Newfoundland, Sheepdog
-Shengtese (Oriental, East Asian)-Sharpei
-Suthern (proto-West Asian)-Ibizan, Pharoah hounds
-Zarendo Islander (East African)-Rhodesian Ridgeback
>>Selected Other Humanoid Subspecies/races:
>>Goblinoids
-Goblins-Bull Terrier, Wargs
-Hobgoblins-Seluki
-Bakemono-Hairless Chinese Crested
>>Ogre-kin (Orcs, Ogres, Bugbears, Oni)-Rottweiler
-Giant-kin (Giants, Trolls)-Neopolitan Mastiff
>>Note: Beast-kin generally don’t keep animal companions.
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