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Should housecats be nerfed?

Should housecats be nerfed?

  • Yes! The commoner is the backbone of any campaign world.

    Votes: 50 20.8%
  • No! Housecats deserve to be the equals of commoners!

    Votes: 67 27.9%
  • Neither! I'm more worried about the ravens! They're watching me!

    Votes: 40 16.7%
  • Mark, you are an idiot.

    Votes: 83 34.6%

An arguement on the behalf of the housecat (which is currently losing to "Mark, you're an idiot"). Sing along if you know it!

Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave its home;
He tried and he tried to give the cat away,
He gave it to a man goin' far, far away.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight,
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite;
He waited and he waited for the cat to come around,
Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

He gave it to a little boy with a dollar note,
Told him for to take it up the river in a boat;
They tied a rope around its neck, it must have weighed a pound
Now they drag the river for a little boy that's drowned.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

He gave it to a man going up in a balloon,
He told him for to take it to the man in the moon;
The balloon came down about ninety miles away,
Where he is now, well I dare not say.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

He gave it to a man going way out West,
Told him for to take it to the one he loved the best;
First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail,
Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

The cat it had some company one night out in the yard,
Someone threw a boot-jack, and they threw it mighty hard;
It caught the cat behind the ear, she thought it rather slight,
When along came a brick-bat and knocked the cat out of sight

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

Away across the ocean they did send the cat at last,
Vessel only out a day and making water fast;
People all began to pray, the boat began to toss,
A great big gust of wind came by and every soul was lost.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

On a telegraph wire, sparrows sitting in a bunch,
The cat was feeling hungry, thought she'd like 'em for a lunch;
Climbing softly up the pole, and when she reached the top,
Put her foot upon the electric wire, which tied her in a knot.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

The cat was a possessor of a family of its own,
With seven little kittens till there came a cyclone;
Blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around,
The air was full of kittens, and not a one was ever found.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

The atom bomb fell just the other day,
The H-Bomb fell in the very same way;
Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A.
The human race was finished without a chance to pray.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.

Demiurge out.
 

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I have some quite nasty scars from playing with my cat. I think the only reason that he hasn't killed me is that I feed him. So, yes they are fine the way they are.
 


demiurge1138 said:
An arguement on the behalf of the housecat (which is currently losing to "Mark, you're an idiot"). Sing along if you know it!

Heh.

I quoted from the Muppets' version eight and a half hours earlier in the other Housecat thread... :)

-Hyp.
 

demiurge1138 said:
An arguement on the behalf of the housecat (which is currently losing to "Mark, you're an idiot").

Well, in all fairness to the housecats, my idiocy is quite a fearsome beast to compete against. :D
 

Now the commoners really have something to fear!

Cat of Legend: CR 2; Tiny Animal; HD 1/2 d8+4; hp 6; Init +9 (+5 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative); Spd 30 ft.; AC 22 (+2 size, +5 Dex, +5 natural), touch 17, flat-footed 17; Atks +7 melee (1d2+1, 2 claws), +5 melee (1d3, bite); Face/Reach 2.5 ft. by 2.5 ft./0 ft.; SA frightful presence (Will SV DC 10); SQ haste, see in darkness; AL CN; SV Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +5; Str 13, Dex 21, Con 20, Int 4, Wis 14, Cha 11.

Skills:* Balance +13, Climb +10, Hide +20, Listen +5, Move Silently +12, Spot +5. *+4 racial bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks and a +8 racial bonus to Balance checks. In areas of tall grass or heavy undergrowth, the Hide bonus rises to +8.

Feats: Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Weapon Finesse (claw, bite).
 

Note that the D&D system doesn't have a mechanic for bleeding to death (outside of magical effects) or death by normal infection. Its "abstract" or whatever.

If a cat, for whatever psychosis induced reason, attacked a person and kept coming, it could very easily kill them. Cats bite hard and deep, the wounds bleed like crazy and infection is practically guaranteed. The reason cats don't really kill people is that they don't really attack (except in specialized situations) and almost never 'keep coming'. They attack poor little groomers and vet techs like myself, and then stop when the indignities done to them are halted. Or they chase intruders off their turf. So outside of magical influence, there's no good reason for a game situation where a housecat kills a commoner...

But if there was a reason for a real keep going fight... Yes a housecat could and should take a weak schmuck like a first level commoner down and gnaw on his corpse. :D

Kahuna burger

PS, I think mark being an idiot should be a seperate poll, or at least multiple answers allowed...
 


Cats are forced to be tough. Just have one of them suddenly show up, in an Inn the PCs are staying at, and do anything cats normally do. The average PCs response? "I kill it!"
 


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