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<blockquote data-quote="FadedC" data-source="post: 4419232" data-attributes="member: 55463"><p>Well the cat tripping a tarasque bring up an interesting question regarding regarding common sense (never mind the fact that a cat can't hit a tarasque to trip him in the first place).</p><p> </p><p>I have no problem imagining that there could be a magical cat that can trip giant creatures. I do however question if this was really the intention. It's clear that the designers sometimes use common sense when designing powers (for example tide of iron can't move something too much bigger then the fighter) but sometimes I think they simply don't think about it too much. When your creating a cute magic item like the bag of tricks it's more likely they aren't going to think about it too much.</p><p> </p><p>As a result 2 things are possible</p><p> </p><p>1) Cats can trip elephants by design. The designers could have put size limits on it but made a concious decision not to.</p><p> </p><p>2) The designers never gave the matter much thought, and it didn't occur to them that something wierd like a cat tripping an elephant might happen.</p><p> </p><p>I'm inclined to lean towards interpetation 2, and so I'd have no problem saying no that cat can't trip an elephant. But that's just my opinion and is far from an exact science.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FadedC, post: 4419232, member: 55463"] Well the cat tripping a tarasque bring up an interesting question regarding regarding common sense (never mind the fact that a cat can't hit a tarasque to trip him in the first place). I have no problem imagining that there could be a magical cat that can trip giant creatures. I do however question if this was really the intention. It's clear that the designers sometimes use common sense when designing powers (for example tide of iron can't move something too much bigger then the fighter) but sometimes I think they simply don't think about it too much. When your creating a cute magic item like the bag of tricks it's more likely they aren't going to think about it too much. As a result 2 things are possible 1) Cats can trip elephants by design. The designers could have put size limits on it but made a concious decision not to. 2) The designers never gave the matter much thought, and it didn't occur to them that something wierd like a cat tripping an elephant might happen. I'm inclined to lean towards interpetation 2, and so I'd have no problem saying no that cat can't trip an elephant. But that's just my opinion and is far from an exact science. [/QUOTE]
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