[Rq-rules] Intelligent Lions

[andrep]

It would be ugly...add just an INT point or two and you could get and
encounter-scenario as deadly as any with a "mythological-magical" creature
from legend. Check this wiki out on the man-eaters of Tsavo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_maneaters

Sometimes in the rush for the exotic and unique, what our world has to offer
as fodder for adventure is overlooked. To use "common" lions in such a
manner, the calculating and creative GM could create a terrifying encounter
for their players they would long remember or rue. It would serve to make
the mythological creature encounter all the more daunting and tense, thus
heightening dynamic tension. What some of our terran creatures can do under
the right circumstances is truly amazing. Just the other day I heard a
news-story concerning a lady who what attacked by a large raccoon infected
with rabies. It took three people to kill the animal, two of them men
hitting it in the head with a tire-iron upwards of 20 times. The woman
survived, but not until after an almost as hair-raising encounter with the
US medical system which nearly resulted in her not getting the rabies-serum
in time! Ugly indeed.

"By the gods! If only two lions could thin out our party until there was
only two of us left, what do you think is going to happen when we take on a
single gryphon! We're gonna need bigger _________*."
* guns, spells, swords, etc-you fill in the blank.

Andre'

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It would be very ugly indeed, but the problem for the lionesses would
be that human hunters know they can't possibly run away, while an
antelope has excellent speed. Also, the humans are less likely to
abandon each other; they'll circle the wagons and set spears vs.
charge.

Like I said, ugly.



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