Your uncle did not have to walk. He should have rode his camels for the mile.
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Re: Reindeer
Yay! Reindeer!Jabroniville wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:16 am
REINDEER (Rangifer tarandus)
Role: Herd Animal, Santa's Sleigh-Driver
PL 4 (39)- Minion Rank 3, Sidekick Rank 7
Normal Version: PL 1-2
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 2 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+8)
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+5)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 4 (+4)
Stealth 4 (+2 Size)
Advantages:
Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Antlers)
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Acute Scent, Low-Light Vision, Radius Sight) [3]
"Animal Physiology" Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Cold) [2]
"Natural Size" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]
"Antlers" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Reach) [2]
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Antlers +2 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +0
Defenses:
Dodge +3 (DC 13), Parry +3 (DC 13), Toughness +5, Fortitude +6, Will +2
Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Reindeer cannot speak to humans, nor use their hooves to easily manipulate objects.
Responsibility (The Rut)- During mating season, males of the Cervidae Family will go all-out in competing with each other for the ladies. These take the form of brutal head-butting contests that leave them exhausted, and some dead.
Total: Abilities: 6 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 13 / Defenses: 7 (39)
Era: Modern
Range: Plains of North America, Asia & Europe
Stereotypes: A bit dopey. Possible sleigh-drivers.
Colouring: Brown & white
Size: Up to 7 feet long (260-660 lbs.)
Encounter Groups: Wild herds of 3-25 creatures.
Diet: Grass & vegetation
Tactics: Flee using speed or attack all-out with powerful antlers.
-The names of Cervids in North America and Europe are all kinds of messed up. Quick primer: What Europeans call Elk, North Americans call Moose (because early explorers to the latter mistook another animal for Elk, requiring a new name for the actual animal). What we ended up calling Elk are also known as Wapiti. And Europe's Reindeer are called Caribou over here, unless they're Santa's Reindeer, who curiously keep the same name (flying animals are common mounts in almost all religions, but these managed to stick and are now by far the most famous). They are the only domesticated deer species, used mostly for draught work.
-Reindeer are common on all the Arctic regions, circling the globe, but various populations are endangered and the species overall is classified as "Vulnerable". Many Arctic cultures have based their entire culture around following the Reindeer herds, and it's one of the few cervids with both males and females growing antlers, which are the largest compared to body mass of any living deer species. Males shed theirs after the rut, and females after they calve later on- females outrank males during the time when only they have antlers.
-The Reindeer are the same PL as common Deer, and only a notch more expensive, but are more focused towards Strength and Toughness. The Elk/Wapiti use similar stats, being only a hundred pounds smaller. The same stats also go to the huge Asian deer, the Sambar. Elk differ from Caribou with their pointier antlers, and they're generally a little less furry.
You need to include Santa's Special Reindeer (the ones that fly thanks to the Winter Wizard).
Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Paraceratherium! Brontotheres! Camels!)
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Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Paraceratherium! Brontotheres! Camels!)
Yes. They didn't know to look both ways before crossing the street, and that playing in the road is a bad idea.
I was driving on a country highway to get to and from work, often in the dark, and with just enough hills that... well.
My uncle killed more. But he was a hunter. He flew from Florida to North Dakota every fall to go deer hunting. I assume he brought his kills back as carrion luggage.
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Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Paraceratherium! Brontotheres! Camels!)
She looks scary. And desperate. I'd rather ride the camel for the mile!
Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Paraceratherium! Brontotheres! Camels!)
...or carry-on luggage! (smelly!)Ken wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:44 pmYes. They didn't know to look both ways before crossing the street, and that playing in the road is a bad idea.
I was driving on a country highway to get to and from work, often in the dark, and with just enough hills that... well.
My uncle killed more. But he was a hunter. He flew from Florida to North Dakota every fall to go dear hunting. I assume he brought his kills back as carrion luggage.
Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Paraceratherium! Brontotheres! Camels!)
Some great puns... And then I came across dear hunting. I hope that one was a typo.Ken wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:44 pmYes. They didn't know to look both ways before crossing the street, and that playing in the road is a bad idea.
I was driving on a country highway to get to and from work, often in the dark, and with just enough hills that... well.
My uncle killed more. But he was a hunter. He flew from Florida to North Dakota every fall to go dear hunting. I assume he brought his kills back as carrion luggage.
Then again, didn't Vegas have paint ball places where time boys hunt naked\ scantily clad women?
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Santa's Reindeer
SANTA'S REINDEER
Role: Herd Animal, Santa's Sleigh-Driver
PL 6 (55)- Minion Rank 3, Sidekick Rank 7
Normal Version: PL 1-2
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+8)
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+5)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 4 (+4)
Stealth 4 (+2 Size)
Advantages:
Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Antlers)
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Acute Scent, Low-Light Vision, Radius Sight) [3]
"Animal Physiology" Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Cold) [2]
"Natural Size" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]
"Antlers" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Reach) [2]
Flight 8 (500 mph) [16]
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Antlers +6 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +0
Defenses:
Dodge +3 (DC 13), Parry +7 (DC 17), Toughness +5, Fortitude +6, Will +2
Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Reindeer cannot speak to humans, nor use their hooves to easily manipulate objects.
Responsibility (The Rut)- During mating season, males of the Cervidae Family will go all-out in competing with each other for the ladies. These take the form of brutal head-butting contests that leave them exhausted, and some dead.
Total: Abilities: 14 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 29 / Defenses: 7 (63)
-Santa's Reindeer are part of the mythos of Santa Claus, but are known to pop culture by the 1823 Clement Clarke Moore poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (typically called 'Twas the Night Before Christmas now). The original poem includes "Donder & Blixem"- "Thunder and Lightning" in the Dutch of the time, but this was later altered into Donner & Blitzen. And then a random poem from 1938 (and a song adding music from 1949) called Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer came out, adding a ninth to the popular line-up. This line-up is so embedded in our culture that L. Frank Baum's ten named ones (Flossie and Glossie, Racer and Pacer, Fearless and Peerless, Ready and Steady, Feckless and Speckless) have been completely ignored.
Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Paraceratherium! Brontotheres! Camels!)
It was.
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Re: Santa's Reindeer
500 mph? Dude. They get all over the planet in one night. 500 mph just won't cut it.Jabroniville wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:56 am
SANTA'S REINDEER
Role: Herd Animal, Santa's Sleigh-Driver
PL 6 (55)- Minion Rank 3, Sidekick Rank 7
Normal Version: PL 1-2
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+8)
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+5)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 4 (+4)
Stealth 4 (+2 Size)
Advantages:
Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Antlers)
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Acute Scent, Low-Light Vision, Radius Sight) [3]
"Animal Physiology" Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Cold) [2]
"Natural Size" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]
"Antlers" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Reach) [2]
Flight 8 (500 mph) [16]
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Antlers +6 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +0
Defenses:
Dodge +3 (DC 13), Parry +7 (DC 17), Toughness +5, Fortitude +6, Will +2
Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Reindeer cannot speak to humans, nor use their hooves to easily manipulate objects.
Responsibility (The Rut)- During mating season, males of the Cervidae Family will go all-out in competing with each other for the ladies. These take the form of brutal head-butting contests that leave them exhausted, and some dead.
Total: Abilities: 14 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 29 / Defenses: 7 (63)
-Santa's Reindeer are part of the mythos of Santa Claus, but are known to pop culture by the 1823 Clement Clarke Moore poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (typically called 'Twas the Night Before Christmas now). The original poem includes "Donder & Blixem"- "Thunder and Lightning" in the Dutch of the time, but this was later altered into Donner & Blitzen. And then a random poem from 1938 (and a song adding music from 1949) called Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer came out, adding a ninth to the popular line-up. This line-up is so embedded in our culture that L. Frank Baum's ten named ones (Flossie and Glossie, Racer and Pacer, Fearless and Peerless, Ready and Steady, Feckless and Speckless) have been completely ignored.
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Re: Santa's Reindeer
...and not just all over the world but to virtually every home on the planet----probably light-speed is needed---especially since by 3 or 4 AM, Santa is gone! Back to the North Pole. It is not a full night, but simply a few hours and then Santa is gone! Could also explain the flash of light and sudden appearance/disappearance of Santa that the few who see him mention......Ken wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:09 pm500 mph? Dude. They get all over the planet in one night. 500 mph just won't cut it.Jabroniville wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:56 am
SANTA'S REINDEER
Role: Herd Animal, Santa's Sleigh-Driver
PL 6 (55)- Minion Rank 3, Sidekick Rank 7
Normal Version: PL 1-2
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+8)
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+5)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 4 (+4)
Stealth 4 (+2 Size)
Advantages:
Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Antlers)
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Acute Scent, Low-Light Vision, Radius Sight) [3]
"Animal Physiology" Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Cold) [2]
"Natural Size" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]
"Antlers" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Reach) [2]
Flight 8 (500 mph) [16]
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Antlers +6 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +0
Defenses:
Dodge +3 (DC 13), Parry +7 (DC 17), Toughness +5, Fortitude +6, Will +2
Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Reindeer cannot speak to humans, nor use their hooves to easily manipulate objects.
Responsibility (The Rut)- During mating season, males of the Cervidae Family will go all-out in competing with each other for the ladies. These take the form of brutal head-butting contests that leave them exhausted, and some dead.
Total: Abilities: 14 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 29 / Defenses: 7 (63)
-Santa's Reindeer are part of the mythos of Santa Claus, but are known to pop culture by the 1823 Clement Clarke Moore poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (typically called 'Twas the Night Before Christmas now). The original poem includes "Donder & Blixem"- "Thunder and Lightning" in the Dutch of the time, but this was later altered into Donner & Blitzen. And then a random poem from 1938 (and a song adding music from 1949) called Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer came out, adding a ninth to the popular line-up. This line-up is so embedded in our culture that L. Frank Baum's ten named ones (Flossie and Glossie, Racer and Pacer, Fearless and Peerless, Ready and Steady, Feckless and Speckless) have been completely ignored.
Re: Santa's Reindeer
Assuming midnight to 4 am gives him 28 hours, given planetary rotaion and time zones. But still, yes, light speed is needed.Goldar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:15 pm...and not just all over the world but to virtually every home on the planet----probably light-speed is needed---especially since by 3 or 4 AM, Santa is gone! Back to the North Pole. It is not a full night, but simply a few hours and then Santa is gone! Could also explain the flash of light and sudden appearance/disappearance of Santa that the few who see him mention......
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Re: Santa's Reindeer
Yes, much agreed!Ken wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:28 pmAssuming midnight to 4 am gives him 28 hours, given planetary rotaion and time zones. But still, yes, light speed is needed.Goldar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:15 pm...and not just all over the world but to virtually every home on the planet----probably light-speed is needed---especially since by 3 or 4 AM, Santa is gone! Back to the North Pole. It is not a full night, but simply a few hours and then Santa is gone! Could also explain the flash of light and sudden appearance/disappearance of Santa that the few who see him mention......
Re: Jab's Animal Builds (Mule Deer! Large Deer! Reindeer!)
The reindeer are fast but I think hitching them to the sleigh gives them a boost. Also, I think the logistics are best explained by Santa having the ability to be in multiple places at once, just for that one day. You never hear about him being in a hurry. He's always got time for a quick wink, a sly nod (or a kiss for Mommy).