03-14-2012, 07:43 AM | #41 |
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Re: Riding Hares
I'd think that a giant bunny that has been trained as a Mount would panic less easily than an ordinary garden variety giant bunny. It's skill in Mount and it's rider's skill in Riding (Giant Bunny) would factor into that.
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03-14-2012, 10:46 AM | #42 |
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Re: Riding Hares
I doubt that a ST 20 bunny would panic that much at all. Though they might still prefer to run rather than fight.
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03-14-2012, 11:23 AM | #43 | |
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Also, the internet says that under certain circumstances hares will turn cannibal or eat carrion. A hungry rearing up giant hare eating my horse... the stuff of horror and Felini films. |
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03-14-2012, 11:25 AM | #44 |
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Re: Riding Hares
I would have gone with Rocs
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03-14-2012, 11:30 AM | #45 |
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Because ST 25 Clydesdales never panic? Quote:
Also, rabbits eat their own poo a lot, which would be a horrifying trait for a mount-sized creature.
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03-14-2012, 11:38 AM | #47 | |
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A giant hare may just prefer to gallumph out and shove other grazers out of the way. Creatures panic out of fear of being wildly outmatched or out of confusion. Horses are so evolved to just run away and never stand and fight, that I imagine it takes loads of training to avoid. Lagomorphs will often stand and fight creatures close to their size, (those teeth and dirty infectious claws seem a might more dangerous than poorly aimed hooves) so I think giant hares will need to be faced with something that will terrify the rider enough that spooking might not seem that unexpected or irrational. Then again, I've never owned either, so I may be talking out of my pellet shooter. |
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Not that it makes that any better as a trait for mounts... I would agree that they'll panic less often, buying off the racial Combat Paralysis bunnies have for any species other than their own, I just don't see them going from Paralysis to Combat Reflexes. I've seen Squirrel make a hare freeze up...
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03-14-2012, 11:56 AM | #49 |
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Re: Riding Hares
Here's a clip illustrating the dangers of giant rabbits. http://youtu.be/xulXFB3-A3c
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03-14-2012, 12:02 PM | #50 |
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Wouldn't that be house mice. I've seen so many panic and freeze, compared to tree shrews. Those blanks take a run at me, when I am simply trying to help them out and away from my cats. They bite so hard for little guys... like my arch nemesis the lady bug.
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