Cat-2, Commoners-0

[Kae'Yoss]

Are you a Usagi Yojimbo fan?

It's just common sense and observation: They seem to be able to get places they should not be able to go, they can make great jump checks (and of course tumble), they have conceiled weapons, and, of course, they make liberal use of sudden strike. Cats are elemental creatures, and their element is surprise! Who has a cat that doesn't sometimes attack him out of the clear blue sky and then disappear before you even know what just hit you?

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

I'm not sure it's as much an antibiotic resistance issue as that the bite wounds tend to be thin punctures with the bacteria getting deep down in there, while scratches tend to be longer but open to direct treatment. Topical applications and cleansing can only do so much with punctures. But yes, cat bites can be bad news, as I've seen working for vets and groomers. (never got bit by a cat myself, was never holding the cat when someone else got bit, so I've been lucky.)

I think it's partially the punctures, but partially just an interesting mouth fauna, especially if they're outdoor cats who do some hunting.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Cats are not only dangerous to Commoners:
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,497002,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,930120,00.jpg
(Maybe someone else digs up an English article of the story...)

The cat is 14 pounds, maybe that's already making it a Dire Cat, either way, it's probably not a fair comparison to the "average house cat" described by the MM, but still...

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Cats are not only dangerous to Commoners:
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,497002,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,930120,00.jpg
(Maybe someone else digs up an English article of the story...)

The cat is 14 pounds, maybe that's already making it a Dire Cat, either way, it's probably not a fair comparison to the "average house cat" described by the MM, but still...

Bwahahaha! A cat chasing a bear up a tree - you don't see that every day.

The thing should not be called Jack, but Greebo!

Anyway, my Google-Fu is strong today, and I've found the article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5067912.stm

That thing must have class levels in ranger, with favoured enemy: Bear - or enough ranks in bluff to fool the bear into believing that.

 

[Particle_Man]

That thing must have class levels in ranger, with favoured enemy: Bear - or enough ranks in bluff to fool the bear into believing that.

I'd say Intimidate would be the more relevant skill here.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

With a bonus for extremely painful (thought low) damage?

 

[paradox42]

The cat is 14 pounds, maybe that's already making it a Dire Cat, either way, it's probably not a fair comparison to the "average house cat" described by the MM, but still...

I've actually seen a housecat that weighed something like 30 pounds. He was at a shelter when I was shopping around for my cat, and I remember him well. He was in a cage one would normally use to hold a dog, and a big black cat at least twice the length of any cat my family had ever had. He was not the least bit fat- he was Just That Big. The shelter people had named him "Moose-" a highly appropriate nickname, I'd say!

He was actually a very sweet and lovable cat from what I could tell, but at the time I was unemployed so I was worried about how I'd be able to keep him fed- to say nothing of potential damage to the furniture. I'm in an apartment, so my cat has to be an indoor cat, and an animal the size of this one really needs to have a yard. So I moved on, and eventually found my present pet that I love dearly. I do sometimes wonder about that big ol' black cat Moose, though.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I figuerd that someone would have brought up Oscar the death cat by now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/hl_nm/cat_dc

or does Oscar count as something with a Divine Rank of 0. Its not just thier claws that are dangerous but thier ability to seal peoples souls as well.

 

[Particle_Man]

I think it would have been cool if the show "Dead Like Me" had a cat as one of their operatives.

 

[trancejeremy]

I've actually seen a housecat that weighed something like 30 pounds.

I actually have a housecat that weighs that much. She's actually pretty fat, but she's just plain big, too. She was the only kitten of the litter

There she is with one of my dogs. See, she's about 1/3 of the size of the dog who weighs 90 lbs (the last time I weighed the cat though, she was 34)