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Message no. 1
From: "The Illustrious Mr. Frypp" <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Regarding Lions and Tigers
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:45:25 CST
Being raised by a Leo, I've spent most of my life getting stuck
watching stuff about Lions on TV. Therefore, in my amateurish
opinion, I don't see a lot of similarity between lions and tigers
(oh, my!).

Lions Tigers
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pack (pride) solitary
male dominated nobody's really in charge
savannah jungle / brush / wooded
diurnal nocturnal
hunt en mass and swarm prey hunt solo and kill cleanly
attack mobility first mortal wound first
behavioral stealth genetic stealth
cheesy animated movie no cheesy animated movie
has been known to kill has been known to kill own
other's young young

My, personal, Tiger summary would be a little different:

Environment: Forest, brush, jungle - any tight, rural environment
Advantages: +2 dice to any Illusion Spell, +2 dice to any Combat
Spell, 1 Automatic Stealth (environment) Success, +1 die for
summoning Forest Spririts
Disadvatages: -2 dice to any Health Spell administered to others, -1
die any to magical action taken in the open, -1 die to any
magical action taken during the day, -2 die for ritual sorcery

Tiger must open with the most deadly attack available to her.
She will not play with her prey until it has been mortally wounded,
she may stalk for hours or days, but she will kill quickly and
cleanly. To open with any other attack than her most deadly, Tiger
must pass a Willpower(5) test.
Tiger attacks from concelament. If the prey dies knowing TIger
has been stalking him, then Tiger has failed.
Male and Female Tigers meet only for courtship and mating.
The female must be defeated in ritual combat (the only exception to
the "most deadly attack" clause) before allowing the male to have any
influence over her. This applies to virtually all actions among
these shamans, when they first meet.
Male Tigers are not "Family-oriented". They have no need for
their own young, much less others. Therefore, Tigers as a rule have
difficulty maintaining interpersonal relations. They are loners,
rarely joining magical groups, having difficulty performing ritual
sorcery and never staying with one team for long.

Or something like that. Hell, just MHO.

jim
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Regarding Lions and Tigers
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:22:34 +0100
In message <1DBBF5B45DF@*********.edu>, "The Illustrious Mr. Frypp"
<JAMES-CUENO@*********.edu> writes
>Being raised by a Leo, I've spent most of my life getting stuck
>watching stuff about Lions on TV. Therefore, in my amateurish
>opinion, I don't see a lot of similarity between lions and tigers
>(oh, my!).
<snip>
>My, personal, Tiger summary would be a little different:

<good stuff snipped>

>Or something like that. Hell, just MHO.

Okay, Stephanie's a _lion_ shaman then :) Same effects, different names.

OBTW, shapeshifters in our games use a variant set of rules, which is
why we have three (one won't be showing on TK) as characters: healing is
a lot slower and more painful, and they have sundry other drawbacks too.
I've seen by-the-book shapeshifters played excellently, but they just
didn't fit the way we play, so we changed it.

--
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 3
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Regarding Lions and Tigers
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 12:49:39 -0500
The whole cheesy movie thing would be enough to sway me away from being a
Lion Shaman.

I must admit, however, the Ninja Baboon was way cool.

> Okay, Stephanie's a _lion_ shaman then :) Same effects, different names.

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