Eggs

[Zhure]

Um. Polymorph doesn't grant Regeneration.

Stupid rules.

 

[F5]

Um. Polymorph doesn't grant Regeneration.

Stupid rules.

Aw, shucks. Uh...anybody want to buy a crippled pig, cheap?

 

[Gez]

If the WotC folk had heard my whinings, spells wouldn't have been nerfed, but abilities would have been categorized as natural (Na), extraordinary (Ex), spell or spell-like (Sp) and supernatural (Su). And thus polymorph would have granted you natural abilities of the body, rather than extraordinary-save-that-that-that-that-and-that.

 

[Zhure]

Aw, shucks. Uh...anybody want to buy a crippled pig, cheap?

A pig that good you don't eat all at once.

 

[Red Baron]

I have to say, this is one fascinating thread. Seriously. I just had to read it from top to bottom.

Aren't we all pathetic?

 

[Zhure]

Makes you almost want a Ring of Sustenance. Sure, it takes up a ring slot, but it's less trouble than toting a three-legged pig and a chicken around.

-edit- four minus one is three, not one.

 

[Chimera]

Old Gypsy Curse

Even a man who's pure of heart,
And wants some eggs for hatchin',
May become a chicken, when the feed is spread,
And the barnyard needs a-scratchin'...

<shudder!>

Good job, Mark. Although you realize that curse comes with a sex change, don't you? Roosters don't lay eggs.

Doesn't anyone consider the problems of bringing livestock along?

Collecting feed. Chickens need grain and bugs, not grass. Cows and big livestock need lots of grazing time. Pigs don't eat grass.

Predators. Every Fox and Racoon within smelling range is going to take a stab at making off with that chicken.

Noise. Sure, just try to be stealthy with a cage full of chickens.

Imagine the panic when the scent of Troll comes wafting across the camp site. Animals will bust their cages and ropes and/or hurt themselves trying to get away. The noise...the distraction...the damage...the comedy.

Try not be tracked when you're leaving a path of feathers and crap behind you.

Speed of Moment. How fast does a cow meander down the road and how much effort must you put into that?

OTOH: When you're chased by something that wants to eat you, you have a ready made decoy on hand.

 

[Fenes 2]

Here in switzerland, in the canton Wallis, there is a breed of cows that are a bit more combative than usual. The cows (not bulls) battle each other (bloodlessly, more like head-wrestling) each year until they have established a clear hierarchy with one "leder cow" at the top. The farmers of the region have an annual tournament to decide whose cow is the "queen".

In D&D you could have similar breds of cows, less inclined to bolt in any situation.

And there is always the Knights of the Dinner table precedent with Dave's "magic cow" or his "bovine filly" mount.

Funny thread, really.

 

[jasper]

Random thoughts

Paging Pvt Druid Paging Pvt Druid.
Pc – I have a hard mission for you..
Pvt- no! no! no! NOT THE NEST! NOT THE NEST!

Pc- Dudes we would have been toast if that red dragon wasn’t allergic to chicken feathers.

Pc- Hi ho Nanny Goat and away!

BBEG- Careful wizard or the meal tonight will be honey glazed chicken!

Pc- dudes who knew Fred was a WereChicken!
Pc- who cares! pass me a drumstick and his vorpal sword.

Wizard- billy if your goat gets into my spellbook one more time! I will..

 

[Agback]

G'day

I'll just add at this point that a moderately large man leading the active life of an adventurer is going to have to eat 25-30 eggs per day if eggs are his only source of food. So you'll need about 36-43 chooks rather than just one. Those chooks will need to be fed, because they can't forage while they are travelling. Thus, you will carry more chook-food than you will get eggs.

Moreover, chooks tend to go off laying if they are stressed or upset.

this is another instance of why you show never depend on doing something that no-one ever did. There is usually a reason.

Regards,


Agback