Hyena

[Facial Tentacles]

Do we have stats anywhere for these?

[vierasmarius]

There are unofficial (but reasonable) stats in The Natural Encyclopedia.

[Facial Tentacles]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

There are unofficial (but reasonable) stats in The Natural Encyclopedia.

Okay, thanks. I can work with that. Bite damage is low, a little Striking ST will fix that..

[Bruno]

Spotted hyenas (the "laughing" ones) are larger than browns, more aggressive, and more predatory. They shouldn't be sharing a statblock with browns. They can range between the very top end of SM -1 and SM 0 (most SM 0), ST: 10-12 (average 10 for males, 10 or 11 for females).

If any animal is qualified for a few (!) levels of extra Striking ST (Biting only), it's the spotted hyena, who clock in at a bite force of 11,400 lbf/in^2, compared to the Grizzly Bear at 1,200 lbf/in^2 - they're bone crushing machines.

[Facial Tentacles]

Originally Posted by Bruno

If any animal is qualified for a few (!) levels of extra Striking ST (Biting only), it's the spotted hyena, who clock in at a bite force of 11,400 lbf/in^2, compared to the Grizzly Bear at 1,200 lbf/in^2 - they're bone crushing machines.

Is there a PSI to ST conversion anywhere?

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Facial Tentacles

Is there a PSI to ST conversion anywhere?

Not that I know of - and it may not be as simple as "input number, output ST", as it depends a lot on jaw geometry (as far as I can tell - not an expert).

I'd handwave +10 Striking ST (Biting Only) as a simplification - that bumps the Spotted hyenas up to having stronger jaws than the bears, which also jives with the empirical tests on crushing thick bones which is probably most similar to a measure of biting damage (the hyenas outperformed the bears in practical applications of crushing 7cm thick sections of bone as well as on the bite-force meter).

[sir_pudding]

Spotted Hyenas should also have Born Biter 2 (or maybe 3) those jaws are disproportionately large.

[BaHalus]

Psi? Is some measurement unit? Or just psionics?

Hyenas have 2 really strong bite, a group can eat an entire animal, comes and leather included quite fast, by what I know.

And they aren't just scavengers, they hunt quite well too.

And females commands too: They are big, have fake penises for social lesbian copula, and are full with testosterona. Makes are weaker and are most for reproduction.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by BaHalus

Psi? Is some measurement unit? Or just psionics?

Pounds per square inch; a common American measure of pressure. 1psi is a little less than 6.9 kPa.

[stefanj]

There's also an incredible amount of deadly fighting among newborn hyenas. They come out mom with a bad case of terminal sibling rivalry.