"Even in a middle of hatred and killings there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thing can exist" (Hayao Miyzaki)
Yes, but still - in 2nd edition, a level 1 mage with optimum spell selection had statistically a 50% chance of surviving an encounter with a housecat
Mind you, that might be about right depending on the housecat. Of my two, one of them routinely kicks the crap out of the vet and his assistants so badly that they insist on me giving him a valium before his annual vaccinations, and EVEN SEDATED it's a process of them chucking a towel over him and taking him to the backroom for a prolonged struggle filled with wails of human anguish and curse words.
The other cat has a less than 50% chance against a mouse (making most mice better than a lvl 1 2nd edition AD&D mage with optimum spell selection). If he can get the mouse while it's running away from him (a rare occurance) he's fine, but usually the mouse will end up cornered against a door, and forced to turn around, get on its hind legs and give its best 'I'll fuck you up' pose (which only serves to make it look like a cute cartoon mouse), the cat will baulk and look desperately around for his badass brother to defeat the menacing foe.
Mind you, that might be about right depending on the housecat. Of my two, one of them routinely kicks the crap out of the vet and his assistants so badly that they insist on me giving him a valium before his annual vaccinations, and EVEN SEDATED it's a process of them chucking a towel over him and taking him to the backroom for a prolonged struggle filled with wails of human anguish and curse words.
The other cat has a less than 50% chance against a mouse (making most mice better than a lvl 1 2nd edition AD&D mage with optimum spell selection). If he can get the mouse while it's running away from him (a rare occurance) he's fine, but usually the mouse will end up cornered against a door, and forced to turn around, get on its hind legs and give its best 'I'll fuck you up' pose (which only serves to make it look like a cute cartoon mouse), the cat will baulk and look desperately around for his badass brother to defeat the menacing foe.