Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

[freyar]

Yes, exactly. But we also gave it a small Intimidate bonus, so we should mention that somewhere.

 

[Cleon]

Yes, exactly. But we also gave it a small Intimidate bonus, so we should mention that somewhere.

I'm starting to lose energy over here, I think I'll call it a day and relax with a beer and a Shaw Brothers movie.

Hopefully we can think of some Black Boobrie tactics tomorrow.

 

[freyar]

Hmmm.

Black boobries buffet their prey to the ground, then stab with their beaks. Sometimes, they will puff their feathers out in an attempt to discourage larger prey, giving them a better chance at a meal.

 

[Cleon]

Hmmm.

Black boobries buffet their prey to the ground, then stab with their beaks. Sometimes, they will puff their feathers out in an attempt to discourage larger prey, giving them a better chance at a meal.

We said the Great Boobrie uses Intimidation to escape peril, but you want the weaker Black Boobrie to use it to threaten things that are likely to kill it? Wouldn't it make more sense to reuse the same feather puff text for both?

Something like...

Black boobries usually ambush prey by lunging out from reed beds. They typically try to wing-buffet their opponent to the ground, then stab them with their beaks. Like most sensible predators, a black boobrie may flee from a losing fight. A threatened boobrie sometimes escapes from a superior enemy by puffing out its head-feathers and intimidating them.

 

[freyar]

Well, that will work, but I was just aiming for something different. We could also let the Great Boobrie use Intimidate to make some critters easier to kill. But I'm really mostly happy to get these wrapped up.

 

[Cleon]

Well, that will work, but I was just aiming for something different. We could also let the Great Boobrie use Intimidate to make some critters easier to kill. But I'm really mostly happy to get these wrapped up.

Well I'm not sure why the two Boobrie species would use their feather-puffing that differently. If you want their tactics to apply it to "prey" as well as "threats" we can easily modify the last sentence.

 

[freyar]

Eh, let's leave it the same for both.

 

[Cleon]

Eh, let's leave it the same for both.

So how about giving them both the following?:

Boobries sometimes puff out their head-feathers in an intimidating display that may demoralize prey or startle an enemy long enough for the bird to escape.

 

[freyar]

Works for me. Description and flavor next?

 

[Cleon]

Works for me. Description and flavor next?

Updating the Boobrie Working Draft.

Any ideas for the "fluffy bits".