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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5619924" data-attributes="member: 2067">The huggy variety is just another Gygaxian pun. A &quot;bear hug&quot; is a wrestling hold, named because it's basically the same thing as a normal hug, but friggin' aggressive. It's a poetic name for a human grappling move.Personally, I am in favor of puns at the game table, so I'm all for bear hugs.But, sometimes, that's not cool, and swatty is fine, too. Also, while we're shattering our illusions about the natural world, wolves aren't really great at pack-hunting (compared to hyenas or lionesses), and kill mostly via gradual blood loss and exhaustion. So, y'know, if realistic hunting strategies are key... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5619924, member: 2067"] The huggy variety is just another Gygaxian pun. A "bear hug" is a wrestling hold, named because it's basically the same thing as a normal hug, but [I]friggin' aggressive[/I]. It's a poetic name for a human grappling move. [I]Personally[/I], I am in favor of puns at the game table, so I'm all for bear hugs. But, sometimes, that's not cool, and swatty is fine, too. Also, while we're shattering our illusions about the natural world, wolves aren't really great at pack-hunting (compared to hyenas or lionesses), and kill mostly via gradual blood loss and exhaustion. So, y'know, if realistic hunting strategies are key... ;) [/QUOTE]

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