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Originally Posted by Jefepato
Does an animal's threat level go up substantially if the animal is unrealistically intelligent?
How might a competent team of PCs fare in the woods against a pack of wolves who are as smart as they are?
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Originally Posted by Anthony
A smarter animal will be better at ambushes, traps, and the like, but it won't help for winning head to head fights.
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I think it would help. Humans are better at head-to-head fights than our physical attributes would suggest because of our intelligence.
Like for example if we had to fight a guy with a knife, we know to try to get hold of the knife arm and not let go. A wolf may go for the legs and ignore the knife, allowing the human to gut the animal assuming they can tough out being mauled during the process.
I've seen videos and read accounts of humans being attacked by large, dangerous animals such as big cats, bears etc. Often the animal doesn't go for the kill in the same way that a human would when facing a potentially lethal foe. It may injure the human and then retreat before returning or snack on a limb and then leave; it may be driven away by shouting and loud noises; a bear with human intelligence would never maul a human but leave them alive given they will certainly come back with several heavily armed humans who will hunt down and kill that bear.