What to do with a cat?

[silvertable81]

Also remember that cats are considered to be bad luck when espied in underground caverns especially by dwarves.

It could also be a familiar to a dead master. (It would act as if familiarized to a master one level lower than the dead guy.)

Put on a template that isn't readily noticeable, such as the alien found in Tome & Blood. Or even the Paragon from Epic Level Handbook. (Hah, that would be a hoot.) Give it class levels Barbarian, or Monk would be neat.

The possibilities are endless.

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

It can teleport without error any number of times per day.
It loves the PCs, or at least one of them.
It's indestructible.
Hit it with a sword, it bounces off (the cat or the sword, your choice). Drop a 20 megaton bomb on it, it blinks and meows at you.
Put it in a box, pour concrete over the box, wrap chains around the concrete, sink the whole mess in an ocean trench and after the box sinks beyond visible range you hear a meow behind you...

That's comedy, that's horror.
That's comedic horror.

 

[AuroraGyps]

I'm currently reading the Mercedes Lackey Valdemar trilogy Mage Storms. In if is a "magic cat" called a fire cat. It's bigger than a regular cat and has a few magic powers, but mostly it's a kind of guide sent by the god of one of the countries. So, what if your regular cat was sent by the PCs diety (perfect for a Cleric, Druid, or Paladin)to keep tabs on him,keep him out of trouble, etc. It's still a regular cat, but its smart and gets its orders from up on high.

Also, an idea would be that it's a regular cat, but when there's danger, it changes into a regular version of some bigger feline or feline type monster.

 

[jasper]

regular immortal cat.
hack up hair balls into boots at night. yeww when you put your feet in them.
bring dead mice or birds. Or once a huge feather baby roc?
poop in the bedding.
Shredding cloths
tripping pc in the morning wanting love.
Stepping on tail when sneaking up on villian.

 

[megamania]

Also remember that cats are considered to be bad luck when espied in underground caverns especially by dwarves.

It could also be a familiar to a dead master. (It would act as if familiarized to a master one level lower than the dead guy.)

Put on a template that isn't readily noticeable, such as the alien found in Tome & Blood. Or even the Paragon from Epic Level Handbook. (Hah, that would be a hoot.) Give it class levels Barbarian, or Monk would be neat.

The possibilities are endless.

Awwww- I was hoping you would talk about Zed and his master.

 

[thatdarncat]

Any other ideas?

Have the cat's worshippers come looking for him?

Though really, just have it be a plain, ordinary cat...

 

[Celebrim]

Some my longest lived character tends to operate on the 'shoot first, inspect later' principle for all these very reasons above.

I got a lot of hate 2 games ago when my character stapled a cat to the floor with a +5 crossbow because it was acting funny and I thought it might have been an efreet in disguise or familier or something.

That's funny, because some of my longest lived characters have survived because of a 'assume the worst and back away slowly' principal.

Ok, assume the cat is a polymorphed Pit Fiend/Efreeti Lord/Solar/The Cat Lord/Bast in disguise.

Say, "Nice Kitty.", and back away slowly. What ever you do, don't offend it.

I mean, you shot the cat and lived BECAUSE your assumption that it might not be harmless was wrong. If your assumption that it was harmful was right, shooting the cat (or rather, pointing a crossbow at it with the intent to shoot it) would have been suicidal.

Don't make it angry.

 

[MarauderX]

The cat could dispel as 20th level without even knowing it. So while the cat would be great to have around for enemy spellcasters, it could be a bane by temporarily disable magic armor and the like. Soon rumors spread about the cat, and opponents fear the cat more than the rest of the party although it never does anything but dispel.

Or the cat is a demon in disguise, guiding the party to fight after fight, all the while the party thinks it has a benevolent reason for guiding them along to defeat the 'evil foes' they keep encountering. It would meow to reveal the party when they are trying to be stealthy, run when the party was in trouble, and possibly distract the PCs when they are trying to do something difficult, like casting or tripping during a bull rush. That would be great for an easy city adventure.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I'm reminded of one of the NPC's from 2E Ravenloft's Children of the Night: Ghosts.

The cat is a spirit of maliciousness (or vengeance) that only the character can see. It starts out helping him, pointing out small but needed objects and secret rooms until he trusts it...then it turns against him, leading him into traps, meowing to attract enemies...it can't be injured or sent away, it haunts his dreams...that cat is a demon out to ruin him. Fun.

This is not only inspiring, it is scary. I Love it!

 

[wolff96]

I think I'm going to use this in a Planescape campaign I'm currently running.

I want to see how the PCs react to an immortal cat that can actually follow them around when they planeshift. Heh.