Wolves, Bears, etc. Multi-hex?

[Kirk]

Well, with people making people at cancerous rates destroying animal habit like nobody's business, The Fantasy Trip will be true to its name with extinct and fantastical creatures such as wolves, bears, giraffes, apes, rhinos, lions, tigers, elephants, and more.

When is the last time you saw any one of those in the little wild that is left? ;0

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by Kirk

Well, with people making people at cancerous rates destroying animal habit like nobody's business, The Fantasy Trip will be true to its name with extinct and fantastical creatures such as wolves, bears, giraffes, apes, rhinos, lions, tigers, elephants, and more.

When is the last time you saw any one of those in the little wild that is left? ;0

Very sadly looking like that's true.

Though, I encountered wild bears twice last year. A mother and cubs in the forest (we fled immediately, and before they got on the same Wizard map!) and another time in a town park (I just made sure there was distance and several more foolhardy humans between us and the bear).

[JLV]

Originally Posted by Kirk

Well, with people making people at cancerous rates destroying animal habit like nobody's business, The Fantasy Trip will be true to its name with extinct and fantastical creatures such as wolves, bears, giraffes, apes, rhinos, lions, tigers, elephants, and more.

When is the last time you saw any one of those in the little wild that is left? ;0

Given the number of coyotes, wolves and bears that routinely take it upon themselves to wander through my orchard (to say nothing of several types of dear, jack rabbits, raccoons, skunks, and the occasional mountain lion), I'd have to say that you should probably get out of the city a little more often...

(And, by the way, I'm only 45 minutes from a major urban area...)

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by JLV

Given the number of coyotes, wolves and bears that routinely take it upon themselves to wander through my orchard (to say nothing of several types of dear, jack rabbits, raccoons, skunks, and the occasional mountain lion), I'd have to say that you should probably get out of the city a little more often...

(And, by the way, I'm only 45 minutes from a major urban area...)

You might see some local species, but overall almost all wildlife is under heavy threat, with habitat loss a major contributor. Many rather common animals that once numbered in the millions now count in the tens of thousands worldwide, if not less or already endangered or extinct, whereas humans have moved from about 3 billion at the time of my birth to almost 9 billion now, being less than one human lifetime.

I was out of the city but no longer am, everything has turned from woods to strip malls, highways, and apartments as far as the eye can see and further, and people complain about seeing starving and lost animals in their yards, wondering where they came from! They didn't *come* from anywhere, they are confused about what happened to *their* homes!

[JLV]

Um, it feels like you're kind of talking down to me on this. I'm aware of a lot of things, not just TFT. And I was born in 1960.

[Jim Kane]

JLV, obviously KIRK doesn't need me to speak for him, but please consider two things: 1) Most all of us respect you and your contributions to an extremely high degree, and 2) Perhaps you are simply interpreting KIRK's PASSION on this subject as "schooling", when it may have nothing to do "you", other than being the causeway which is allowing him to express his passion on this subject.

I hope you'll consider that possibility, as you take assurance in your esteemed standing among ALL your TFT-Brothers here.

JK

[Kirk]

It's never clear who knows what these days. Fake news, cognitive dissonance, religious thinking, I've found making assumptions about scientific or social facts can be a real problem.

When I was teaching I had seniors in high school that did not understand that the earth, fundamentally, orbited the sun and the consequences thereof.

My original point was that the "regular" creatures in TFT such as wolves, lions, bears, etc are headed into becoming as fantastical as gryphons and 14 hex dragons due to humankind's destructive actions, that's all, and that when we play a wolf or bear is as welcome a beast to deal with as is some utterly fantastic concoction included by the GM.

[JLV]

Originally Posted by Kirk

It's never clear who knows what these days. Fake news, cognitive dissonance, religious thinking, I've found making assumptions about scientific or social facts can be a real problem.

When I was teaching I had seniors in high school that did not understand that the earth, fundamentally, orbited the sun and the consequences thereof.

My original point was that the "regular" creatures in TFT such as wolves, lions, bears, etc are headed into becoming as fantastical as gryphons and 14 hex dragons due to humankind's destructive actions, that's all, and that when we play a wolf or bear is as welcome a beast to deal with as is some utterly fantastic concoction included by the GM.

And that last is a perfectly valid point!

[David Bofinger]

Some of the non-fantastic creatures in TFT are a little fantastic anyway. Wolves, for instance, just aren't that aggressive toward armed humans. And rats do not fight to the death.

[JLV]

Well, of course, anything will fight to the death if you corner it...

I remember this freaking HUGE rat that took up residence in a garden shed one time -- attacked the cat and severely injured it; we had to go in after it, and I swear it was as big as a small dog (I'm talking small poodle here, not chihuahua). We eventually chased it away, because none of us had the intestinal fortitude to go up against that thing mano-a-rato! (And one of us was a Green Beret -- I kid you not!)