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Piggy's magical adventures (Piggy's Seeking, page 15)

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  • The Good Doctor TranThe Good Doctor Tran Registered User regular
    There was a discovery channel special about pigs that escape and go feral (in which they showed the first pig I think). Pigs are some scary ass motherfuckers.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Fera in their breed form are normally animals of unusual size. Oh man. Jeremy could literally weigh a ton.

  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    There was a discovery channel special about pigs that escape and go feral (in which they showed the first pig I think). Pigs are some scary ass motherfuckers.

    Feral pigs are becoming a problem here in Texas and everyone I know that has land or hunts is always talking about killing them all the time but they never seem to stop appearing.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Pigs are awesome, terrifying animals.

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    Wild Boars that are even just a little taller than a regular sized dog are serious man killers and will fuck you the hell up.

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    Like, boar hunts weren't seen as dangerous trials of manhood for nothing, if you faced the boar your chance to be killed was incredibly high.

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    There was a discovery channel special about pigs that escape and go feral (in which they showed the first pig I think). Pigs are some scary ass motherfuckers.

    I've been reading about pigs for the last hour to work out how to stat one, and it looks like a werepig would be closer to a gurahl than a garou. They're intelligent, perceptive, have a sense of smell that rivals sniffer dogs, strong as shit, have thick hides and the males have huge tusks. Man. Man.

  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    What if Pumba had been that big?

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    huge guts

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    There was a discovery channel special about pigs that escape and go feral (in which they showed the first pig I think). Pigs are some scary ass motherfuckers.

    I've been reading about pigs for the last hour to work out how to stat one, and it looks like a werepig would be closer to a gurahl than a garou. They're intelligent, perceptive, have a sense of smell that rivals sniffer dogs, strong as shit, have thick hides and the males have huge tusks. Man. Man.

    never trust a man who owns pigs.

  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    What if Pumba had been that big?

    He would have fucked up some hyenas

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Langly wrote: »
    Like, boar hunts weren't seen as dangerous trials of manhood for nothing, if you faced the boar your chance to be killed was incredibly high.

    We have some archival film footage in the family from like, the twenties, showing the boys on the farm (my great uncles i guess) preppin' for a pig hunt.
    Those were some serious guns.

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    What if Pumba had been that big?

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    I think the main problem with going ahead with this plot would be coming up with any threatening scenario that doesn't end with "Jeremy fucking kills everything"

  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    I think the main problem with going ahead with this plot would be coming up with any threatening scenario that doesn't end with "Jeremy fucking kills everything"

    I just see a scenario where eventually the butcher makes magical sausages and bacon.

  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    You could actually have a butcher who uses magic. Would be a nice counterpart/adversary.

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    I think the main problem with going ahead with this plot would be coming up with any threatening scenario that doesn't end with "Jeremy fucking kills everything"

    crippling addiction to truffles that comes into play at inopportune moments.

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Magus` wrote: »
    You could actually have a butcher who uses magic. Would be a nice counterpart/adversary.

    That's been on the plot list since waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back.

  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    Is there a plot about a massive confectionery conglomerate that seeks to buy out her small shop?

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Is there a plot about a massive confectionery conglomerate that seeks to buy out her small shop?

    There was a mafia plotline, which was recently resolved by the protection racket no longer showing up. Upon seeing her shopping, one of the mooks turned and ran for his life
    This is foreshadowing for the nephandi plotline

  • gtrmpgtrmp Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    I think the main problem with going ahead with this plot would be coming up with any threatening scenario that doesn't end with "Jeremy fucking kills everything"

    that's true of putting an owod shapechanger in pretty much any non-Werewolf game, really

    unless the Technocrats have a batch of Jeremy-clones ready to deploy, in which case you've at least got a plausible way to keep him occupied when shit goes down

  • David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    Foul-mouthed gangsters want to kidnap Jeremy so he can... get rid of certain evidence. Discarded human teeth leads to their farm.

    Something something says bake'n'shake on the side.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    When growing up, we had a pet potbelly pig for a while. We got a little booklet for how to take care of it and all, and in the book it mentioned that the scream of a potbelly pig exceeds that of a jet engine (and provided the decibel level of each). Now, I never fact-checked that little handbook, but after hearing Jellybean scream I'm willing to believe it.

    Of course, I also believe Jellybean was some sort of mutant because he got much bigger than he was supposed to, loved jumping, had a long-straight tail, and ended up growing a damn mohawk down the entirety of his back.

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    gtrmp wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    I think the main problem with going ahead with this plot would be coming up with any threatening scenario that doesn't end with "Jeremy fucking kills everything"

    that's true of putting an owod shapechanger in pretty much any non-Werewolf game, really

    unless the Technocrats have a batch of Jeremy-clones ready to deploy, in which case you've at least got a plausible way to keep him occupied when shit goes down

    To be fair, it's a very combat light chronicle anyway. I think most of the mileage in the plot would be her teaching Jeremy about being a person after his first change.

    As for stats, I'm looking at the gurahl stats for crinos which are +5 strength, -1 dext and +5 stamina. It's a little excessive, but the idea that a pig would be less dextrous has merit. he'd be strong but not necessarily able to hit things easily. Also since Jeremy started as quite small his stats in human form could be relatively normal.

  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    wouldn't the were-parents be looking for Jeremy?

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    wouldn't the were-parents be looking for Jeremy?

    He was found in a vivisection lab so...

  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    I'm not exactly sure how were-relationship are, but that's kind of scary that they got past the were-mom/dad (assuming they don't follow the 'screw em and leave em' mantra).

  • The Good Doctor TranThe Good Doctor Tran Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    There was a discovery channel special about pigs that escape and go feral (in which they showed the first pig I think). Pigs are some scary ass motherfuckers.

    I've been reading about pigs for the last hour to work out how to stat one, and it looks like a werepig would be closer to a gurahl than a garou. They're intelligent, perceptive, have a sense of smell that rivals sniffer dogs, strong as shit, have thick hides and the males have huge tusks. Man. Man.

    This fits really well - they were hunted during the Wars of Rage because they intervened on behalf of the Gurahl - they and the Gurahl were friends because both were a necessary part of the healing cycle of Gaia. The Grondr cleansed the wound of infection and the Gurahl mended it.
    gtrmp wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    I think the main problem with going ahead with this plot would be coming up with any threatening scenario that doesn't end with "Jeremy fucking kills everything"

    that's true of putting an owod shapechanger in pretty much any non-Werewolf game, really

    unless the Technocrats have a batch of Jeremy-clones ready to deploy, in which case you've at least got a plausible way to keep him occupied when shit goes down

    Upgraded HIT Marks, like the massive dobermans with miniguns in their spines.
    wouldn't the were-parents be looking for Jeremy?

    If Tube follows the meta sort of vaguely then the Grondr are extinct - or, in Tube's world, only considered extinct. Jeremy's very existence is a huge miracle and he has to be guarded at all costs. Also, some of the Garou are technically still trying to kill all of the extinct or presumed-extinct Fera, and they are more than a match for Jeremy.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Even if Jeremy could take down a garou one on one (and he might well do if I base him on werebears), wolves come in packs and there is only one Jeremy. Possibly in the world.

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Then again they also have to deal with piggy, who could turn a baguette into silver and teleport it into their skull.

  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    Man, now I gonna have to read me some WtA and those others were-whatever books....

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    It seems like if even one pig grondr kinfolk survived, that gene could have lain dormant for centuries without ever breeding true because of the astronomical chances. Put a piglet with the right recessive gene in a lab full of technomagic, wait for a someone to botch a nearby entropy roll (puzzled that nothing seemed to happen) and voila.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    So if I'm understanding this correctly... Jeremy is going to be a pig that becomes more human-esque? As opposed to the normal WoD [ ]thropes that become more animalistic.

  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    My friend explains it to me that you can either start as a human or an animal. It just depends on whether you were born as a animal or a human. Apparently were people can't breed with other were people cause it create funky babies like inbreeding.

  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    I hope Piggy remembers to read Animal Farm as a cautionary tale.

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  • The Good Doctor TranThe Good Doctor Tran Registered User regular
    My friend explains it to me that you can either start as a human or an animal. It just depends on whether you were born as a animal or a human. Apparently were people can't breed with other were people cause it create funky babies like inbreeding.

    Fera have 5 forms - Animal, Slightly-More-Human-Animal, War Form, Slightly-More-Animal-Human, Human. The two 'slightly-more' forms aren't used or referred to very often, because, for combat, the War Form is the Bees Knees. In an average super versus average super fight, a shapeshifter in War Form is an assault rifle to their handgun.

    The sticking point is, whatever form you were 'born' to is easier to enter. You have to spend less energy to get there. So if you were born from a wolf mom or a werewolf mom via a wolf dad, you can become a wolf more easily. Same for humans. The notion is hot fera-on-fera action results in a creature that can easily get into the War Form - a Metis. Problem being that's ridiculously imbalanced so the Metis have to take some combination of various genetic or spiritual issues to compensate.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Also the social problem that everyone is mean to them. Which is stupid. What, so even though all Garou were just normal people or wolves growing up in the world until they were in their mid teens, they get to this place and everyone says "by the way we're all super prejudiced against this one guy here" and just say "oh ok that makes sense FUCK YOU STEVE"

  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Also the social problem that everyone is mean to them. Which is stupid. What, so even though all Garou were just normal people or wolves growing up in the world until they were in their mid teens, they get to this place and everyone says "by the way we're all super prejudiced against this one guy here" and just say "oh ok that makes sense FUCK YOU STEVE"

    It depends on the Fera. The Ajaba (Were-Hyena) actually tended to make their Metis leaders of their hyena clans. Partially because in human society males tended to be leaders, and in hyena society females are always leaders, and it caused some cultural disparity between the human and animal born Ajaba. Since their metis tended to come out hermaphrodites, the heyna-folk figured having someone both male and female neatly solved that issue.

    Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
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