Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

[Shade]

That's what I was thinking of giving them, so it's obviously a wonderful idea.

Indeed!

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A spotted hyena is x to x feet long, stands about x feet at the shoulder and weighs 90 to 180 pounds.

 

[Mortis]

A spotted hyena is x to x feet long, stands about x feet at the shoulder and weighs 90 to 180 pounds.

From Wikipedia
Adults measure 95–165.8 cm (37–65.3 in) in body length, plus a tail of 25–35 cm (9.8–14 in), and have a shoulder height of 70–91.5 cm (28–36.0 in)

So 3 - 5.5 feet long (plus 2-3 foot tail) long, 2-3 feet at the shoulder

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Mortis

 

[Cleon]

Challenge Rating: 2?

A spotted hyena is x to x feet long, stands about x feet at the shoulder and weighs 90 to 180 pounds.

So 3 - 5.5 feet long (plus 2-3 foot tail) long, 2-3 feet at the shoulder

The above it fine by me, except "9.8–14 in" means the tail is about a foot long:

A spotted hyena is 3 to 5½ feet long (plus about a foot of tail), stands 2 to 3 feet at the shoulder, and weighs 90 to 180 pounds

 

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[Mortis]

except "9.8–14 in"

Yup, I must have read '25-36 cm' as inches

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Mortis

 

[Cleon]

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Dark spots cover the short fur of this hyena. Its neck and forequarters are large and powerful, with a sparse mane. Its back slopes down to its hindquarters, which are smaller in comparison.

Spotted hyenas are the largest modern hyena. Their pack hierarchy is dominated by the females, who are larger and more aggressive than the males. A spotted hyena's jaws and stomach acids are so powerful they can devour bones. They have a reputation as scavengers, and will eat carrion and scavenge rubbish, but mostly live by hunting big herbivores and pirating kills from other carnivores. Spotted hyenas can live on the outskirts of humanoid habitations if not actively persecuted.

Spotted hyenas are very vocal, frequently calling to their packmates. They are also called "laughing hyenas" because some of their calls resemble laughter or giggles from a maniac.

A spotted hyena is 3 to 5½ feet long (plus about a foot of tail), stands 2 to 3 feet at the shoulder, and weighs 90 to 180 pounds

COMBAT

Spotted hyenas tend to hunt alone or in small groups, but the whole pack may join together to attack difficult prey such as zebras or drive a powerful carnivore from its kill. They may prey upon humanoids, but this is rare. A spotted hyena is much more likely to steal an adventurer's dinner than try to rip out their throat.

A spotted hyena will try to trip its opponent and then rip them apart with bite attacks, often boosted with its Power Attack feat. A pack of spotted hyenas usually seeks to outflank their opponents, and as soon as one hyena succeeds in tripping an opponent other hyenas will rush in to savage the fallen target.

 

[freyar]

Well, that about does it for that one.

 

[Cleon]

Well, that about does it for that one.

Next?

 

[Shade]

Did we decided that the SRD hyena is essentially the striped hyena, and therefore we don't need to convert the striped variety?

 

[Cleon]

Did we decided that the SRD hyena is essentially the striped hyena, and therefore we don't need to convert the striped variety?

No, someone very talented and perspicacious (*cough cough* ) pointed out the SRD Hyena says "The statistics presented here are for a striped hyena".

So, no need to convert it.