Alvarin wrote:Lions and such are cats that worth some XP.
Oh, and think about how pouncy the katgaroos are.
Oh, I think Thunt could do better than THAT...remember issue 50 of Dragon magazine where they adapted These Cats to a DND setting?
http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Kzinti
The article's description of the arrival of the Kzinti in the AD&D world:
Several hundred years ago, there lived a magician of such extraordinarly powers that he had partial control of several gods. As is typical of magicians of extraordinary powers, he wanted to rule the world. He commanded the gods to deliver to him intelligent monsters that could help him conquor the world. The Gods wanted to deliver them in such a way as to kill the magician. They were Tired of being ordered around.
The specs he listed fit Kzinti pretty well. The gods bargained with other gods, who in turn dickered with other, more outlandish gods, who then dealt with truly bizzare alien gods, who, in return for godly favors, delivered a hundred square miles of the planet Kzin, complete with Flora, Fauna, two hundred feet of dirt and rock, and five thousand puzzle Kzinti.
The wizard survived the sky falling on him, but lost most of his troops and magic items. The Kzinti were looking for and found the wizard. Three thousand Kzinti died before the wizard, who after all had extraordinary powers, was rent into bite-sized morsels. Score one for Kzinti recklessness.
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning...where the seas sleep and the rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger. Somewhere there's injustice. Somewhere else, the tea is getting Cold. C'mon Ace, we've got work to do! - The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy, last line in the old series)
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