Attacking Squirrels in DnD
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DungeonmasterCal
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Nebulous said:Oh, I feel sort of bad for the squirrel. He's expecting a friendly snack from those nice collegiate humans and gets a face full of frisbee and cooked on a spit.
Interesting about the turpentine flavor though. Never thought about that. I wonder which tree yields the best tasting squirrel?
Oak, chinquapin, or hickory, in my region of the world. I speak from experience.
Quasqueton
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If you find the shot in your squirrel meat, it's good luck.
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DungeonmasterCal
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Nebulous said:
LOL...no.. Aye-Aye's are from Madagascar (I think) so I've never had the privilege to eat one... LOL
Quasqueton
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Here's an audio file from NPR's "This American Life" that includes a story about a pair of cops versus a rampaging squirrel. Includes human bloodshed and house fire. The relevant story begins at 20 minutes in, and is about 15 minutes long. [All TAL stories are true.]
http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/98/115.html
Quasqueton
http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/98/115.html
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Nebulous
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Quasqueton said:
That was amazing. I'm really feeling some sympathy for squirrels in this thread now. Mix em up with humans and things go downhill fast.
I recall seeing one long ago scampering across a powerline when it hit a bald patch. Electrocuted that thing in a shower of sparks, ate steaming holes all the way through before it fell.
why would trees make the meat taste different. Diet and Exercise is what modifies meat flavor. Squirrerls don't eat trees. And park squirrels don't eat all that many nuts (given that the get popcorn, bread, candy, etc).
I agree that a person would be hard pressed to capture or hit a non-socialized squirrel. They move fast, and they dodge.
As for an in-game situation that a squirrel might seriously be involved in, how about trying to capture the evil lich's squirrel familiar which is running off with his phylactery?
I agree that a person would be hard pressed to capture or hit a non-socialized squirrel. They move fast, and they dodge.
As for an in-game situation that a squirrel might seriously be involved in, how about trying to capture the evil lich's squirrel familiar which is running off with his phylactery?
DungeonmasterCal
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Janx said:
They eat the pine cones from the pine trees. And let me tell ya, what an animal eats greatly effects the taste of its meat or in the case of cows, milk. Having grown up drinking fresh milk from a dairy, if cows are allowed to just eat in the pasture, you can end up with milk that tastes like wild onions. Try THAT on your Cheerios in the morning. Ugh.
JamesDJarvis
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Echohawk said:
works fine for me. AC 17 is tough but not impossible. Most of us would proabbly find it to be about that tricky to hit a squirrel. I've killed little mamals with slingshots, bows, slingshots, thrown rocks and blunt objects and an AC around 17 for the squirrel seems about right.
Little critters aren't really all that hard to grapple, the trouble is what the heck do you do with it once you've grabbed it. During a mouse invasion at my house my fat cat was chasing a mouse around the house and i dispatched the mouse with a shoe (i'd say it was a critical hit) and another cat trapped a mouse in the tub running in circles (but left me to fetch it out of the tub, it wasn't stupid enough to get in a confined space with a mouse) and I snatched it out by hand and was real glad i'd put on my winter work gloves before i did that (it bit the hell out of the glove). I might be an experienced mouse wrangler as I helped my ex-wife raise mice to feed her snakes for a time.
