So, here's an interesting question. Let's say you're writing up combat stats for a bear.
Bears have a reputation for crushing people to death by "hugging," to the extent that bears are often given a hug or grab attack in RPGs. However, hugging bears seem to be entirely fictional. Bears do not hug*. They swat, the way people swat flies, and with similar results.
Keeping in mind that grab-type attacks are always tricky to do mechanics for (in other words, swatty bears are easier to stat out than huggy ones), do you go with the real-world version? Or the fictional version everyone expects to see?
[size=-2]*Except for trees; a bear will wrap its arms around a tree trunk to climb it. So maybe bears should have grab attacks that only work on treants.[/size]
Bears have a reputation for crushing people to death by "hugging," to the extent that bears are often given a hug or grab attack in RPGs. However, hugging bears seem to be entirely fictional. Bears do not hug*. They swat, the way people swat flies, and with similar results.
Keeping in mind that grab-type attacks are always tricky to do mechanics for (in other words, swatty bears are easier to stat out than huggy ones), do you go with the real-world version? Or the fictional version everyone expects to see?
[size=-2]*Except for trees; a bear will wrap its arms around a tree trunk to climb it. So maybe bears should have grab attacks that only work on treants.[/size]
