Animal Encounters

[Brit]

Originally Posted by mpipes

A wild boar is both ill tampered and equipped with fair sized tusks. They can kill or seriously injure humans easy enough if they want to, not to mention the average dog, horse, or cow.

Pop superstar Shakira says she was the victim of a random attack by a pair of wild boars while walking in a park in Barcelona with her eight-year-old son. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58747464

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Brit

[I]Pop superstar Shakira says she was the victim of a random attack by a pair of wild boars while walking in a park in Barcelona with her eight-year-old son.

Whoa! When I woke up this morning, kind of groggy, for some weird reason, I thought about Shakira. I have no idea why. I'm not a fan and can't remember the last time I heard one of her songs. Weird.

On a slightly related note, here in southern Arizona, we have a critter called a Javelina. It looks like a boar, but it's not even a wild pig (it's a peccary). Anyway, they have terrible eyesight will sometimes attack humans if they feel threatened. It happens once every couple of months in the Tucson area. Javelinas have tusk-like canines that can tear right through clothing and flesh. They can do some damage, but I can't recall any fatalities (besides a few small dogs).

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[Brit]

AKA the Skunk Pig so cute!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary

[3catcircus]

It doesn't even need to be a large animal or a pack of smaller ones.

I've had players searching a home run into a dog (typically some relatively benign breed like a poodle or corgi) eating its now-deceased former owner - and that pup is now none-too-pleased to be interrupted at mealtime. The dichotomy of a small dog suddenly launching itself with extreme violence at a PC, resulting in the need to shoot poor little Muffy...

Somebody that the PCs are either trying to avoid or surprise is going to hear the gunshot.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

It doesn't even need to be a large animal or a pack of smaller ones.

I've had players searching a home run into a dog (typically some relatively benign breed like a poodle or corgi) eating its now-deceased former owner - and that pup is now none-too-pleased to be interrupted at mealtime. The dichotomy of a small dog suddenly launching itself with extreme violence at a PC, resulting in the need to shoot poor little Muffy...

Somebody that the PCs are either trying to avoid or surprise is going to hear the gunshot.

Reminds me a bit of the Rabbit of Caerbannog scene in Monty Python & the Holy Grail.

Agree with your point. A single, small critter with rabies still poses a deadly threat to PCs.

Originally Posted by Brit

AKA the Skunk Pig so cute!

They are definitely ugly-cute, IMHO. And you really can smell a pack coming if you're downwind of them.

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[3catcircus]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Reminds me a bit of the Rabbit of Caerbannog scene in Monty Python & the Holy Grail.

Agree with your point. A single, small critter with rabies still poses a deadly threat to PCs.



They are definitely ugly-cute, IMHO. And you really can smell a pack coming if you're downwind of them.

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After the last 12 months of raising a labradoodle from the age of 12 weeks, and seeing how she isn't mean, she's just crazy (she's a people person who, if you let her, literally greets you at the door by standing on two legs, slapping her paws on your shoulders, and demanding chin scratches), I could easily see an animal encounter gone wrong - accidentally shooting the pet of the NPC you are trying to find.

[mpipes]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

After the last 12 months of raising a labradoodle from the age of 12 weeks, and seeing how she isn't mean, she's just crazy (she's a people person who, if you let her, literally greets you at the door by standing on two legs, slapping her paws on your shoulders, and demanding chin scratches), I could easily see an animal encounter gone wrong - accidentally shooting the pet of the NPC you are trying to find.

Even worse, you kill the adored pet of an assassin, who tracks the team with the goal to kill each and everyone.

Sounds like a movie!

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

After the last 12 months of raising a labradoodle from the age of 12 weeks, and seeing how she isn't mean, she's just crazy (she's a people person who, if you let her, literally greets you at the door by standing on two legs, slapping her paws on your shoulders, and demanding chin scratches), I could easily see an animal encounter gone wrong - accidentally shooting the pet of the NPC you are trying to find.

I had a Black Lab/Great Dane about 30 years ago who sounds just like her! Except -- 125 pounds...

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Whoa! When I woke up this morning, kind of groggy, for some weird reason, I thought about Shakira. I have no idea why. I'm not a fan and can't remember the last time I heard one of her songs. Weird.
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She's supremo hot -- maybe that's why.

Anyway, to stay on topic, what about a swarm of killer bees or murder hornets -- how would you stat that?

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Anyway, to stay on topic, what about a swarm of killer bees or murder hornets -- how would you stat that?

Great call! We have Killer Bees here in S. AZ. Thankfully, no Murder Hornets... yet. We also have a couple of species of scorpions, variety of rattlesnakes, and Gila Monsters, all venomous. The rest of CONUS has its fair share of dangerous reptiles and insects. It'd be a pretty cool resource to have stat blocs for them. Anyone looking for a T2k-related project?

I would venture to say that most T2k campaigns take place in Europe. AFAIK, there aren't a lot of venomous critters native to that particularly continent, especially in the central part where a lot of T2k action takes place. Have Africanized bees made their way to Europe yet?

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