I want a dog.

[LadyCrimson]

Dogs are superior to cats in every way, especially in cuteness.

I'd debate that, but what would be the point. It's all subjective. We love what we love. Also, dwarf hamsters can beat both in terms of cuteness.

 

That all said, perhaps we can get back on topic a bit now....save the specific cats vs. dogs for some other thread.

 

I did mean what I said early on tho ... I'd like to see more cats in rpg's, because I'm tired of there always been nothing but dog/wolf like creatures. Doesn't mean dogs can't be in the game (as familiar, pet, companion, wandering town animal, whatever)....I just want cats too.

[Elerond]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkGrkNu6mDg

 

Your turn animal lovers.

 

 

Here

Edited April 17, 2013 by Elerond

[Hormalakh]

[Amentep]

I must have odd cats, because I've had a few that fetch and all of them come when "called."

I don't have pets currently, but when I did my cats would come when I called him/her too.

 

The two cats socialized with each other and the dog.

 

The big difference is that the dog seemed more protective than the cats when strangers came around (mind you one of our cats did jump over a fence onto the back of a loose doberman that was barking at it and rode it like a bronco through the front yard, so I'm not sure I'd have tested the theory. )

Edited April 17, 2013 by Amentep

[Casalena]

A dog with a cats personality

[Hormalakh]

A dog with a cats personality

 

that's like the worst of both worlds.

[Infiltrator_SF]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PztO-OvzRyg

 

your move, cat lovers...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n-3cFIuQBc

 

I can see more uses for this in PE than a midget dog taking out my trash 

Edited April 18, 2013 by Infiltrator_SF

[Pipyui]

What about a pet hawk?  With every map change it could just fly in and perch somewhere, only occasionally moving to stike at a sneaking rogue or something.  More low-profile and out of the way than your standard pet fare.

I've already got a party of (up to) six - any more is just a mob hogging my screen real estate and making an ugly mess of pathing.  No thanks.

 

Maybe a flying scorpion?  Part spider, part wasp, part bottom-dwelling sea creature with claws, 100% nightmare.

Edited April 18, 2013 by Pipyui

[Lephys]

What about a pet hawk?  With every map change it could just fly in and perch somewhere, only occasionally moving to stike at a sneaking rogue or something.  More low-profile and out of the way than your standard pet fare.

I've already got a party of (up to) six - any more is just a mob hogging my screen real estate and making an ugly mess of pathing.  No thanks.

 

Maybe a flying scorpion?  Part spider, part wasp, part bottom-dwelling sea creature with claws, 100% nightmare.

New class: THE FALCONER!!! *SCREEEEEECH!*

[Sugarjaye]

Dogs have been really overdone in games. Give the kittys a chance.

[Sugarjaye]

No dogs! filthily boring slobber-machines who want to be friends most with those who hate them most. They're dumber than pigs and no doubt more tasty. They also **** everywhere.

But as much as I can't stand dogs, dog owners are the real problem. Maybe if everyone got Cesar Milan to help them out, I'd be OK with it.

Not to say there are no dogs that I like, but gah, are they overrated!

 

And us cat lovers are ridiculed and marginalized wherever we go! "Cat people" is considered a Pejorative. Screw dogs and their obedient slave nature. I'm sure that if you examine their skull you'll find three distinct dimples associated with the area of obedience.

Oh and their incessant barking, yapping at anything that even slightly confuses them. excited mongrels. And the dominant jumping up and down your legs, if they're not trying to literally **** it.

 

The reasons why some people like dogs are the same reasons why I don't like them. (as a pet). I'm cool with wild dogs. However those lapdogs, those overexcited rats pretending to be dogs, those are abominations suffering from the ill effects of being bred to fit an unnatural shape. I feel sorry for those shrill shaking creatures like chihuahuas, seen more as fashion accessory than as dog; Or the bulging eyes of a bulldog, which is in constant pain because his head is too small for its brain. Give me a German Shepherd then, those I'm cool with. Or Huskies.

 

But I'd rather have cats. Cats are fantastic, they're independent. They don't serve us, we are their feeding and grooming stations. They're fastidious, curious, comfort loving and playful without tearing up the place.

 

I have the best of both worlds then. A German Shepard, and 2 cats :D

[Pipyui]

Dogs have been really overdone in games. Give the kittys a chance.

 

The fact is though that dogs have long been used as effective hunting companions.  Big cats, not so much.  This is an unfair comparison, but the analogy that comes to mind is that of disregarding a sword because it's too overused in fantasy in favor of using a lance unmounted (that is to say, rejecting a hammer because pliers can put in nails too - perhaps they can, but between the two, why not the hammer?  Don't look too far into these please, they're truely bad analogies).

 

Don't get me wrong, I have 2 (3) cats and I love them all to death, but can't manage to picture them following me around and fighting for me so readily as I can for a dog, even if they were bigger.  I sympathize with the need to go against the worn grain a little, but also feel I need a practical reason or insight to oppose it.

 

All in all, dog, cat, or (hopefully) detached hawk, I don't care with any particular passion.

[Sugarjaye]

 

Dogs have been really overdone in games. Give the kittys a chance.

 

The fact is though that dogs have long been used as effective hunting companions.  Big cats, not so much.  This is an unfair comparison, but the analogy that comes to mind is that of disregarding a sword because it's too overused in fantasy in favor of using a lance unmounted (that is to say, rejecting a hammer because pliers can put in nails too - perhaps they can, but between the two, why not the hammer?  Don't look too far into these please, they're truely bad analogies).

 

Don't get me wrong, I have 2 (3) cats and I love them all to death, but can't manage to picture them following me around and fighting for me so readily as I can for a dog, even if they were bigger.  I sympathize with the need to go against the worn grain a little, but also feel I need a practical reason or insight to oppose it.

 

All in all, dog, cat, or (hopefully) detached hawk, I don't care with any particular passion.

I dunno, I don't see why it couldn't work. I mean, my mind easily wraps around the idea of PE's souls and different races etc. Why not large cats a intelligent companions.

[LadyCrimson]

but can't manage to picture them following me around and fighting for me so readily as I can for a dog, even if they were bigger.

Who said anything about them having to fight for you? They could be familiars. Sneaky little thief familiars with speed and stealth bonuses.

They could look mostly like Earth cats and meow like Earth cats but not be Earth cats...in P.E.'s world, perhaps they bond with owners in some minor telepathic way or whatever, if you have the skill to create such a bond.  eg, you can use the "it's a fantasy setting/not set on Earth so cats don't have to act exactly like cats on Earth" reasoning here just as much as you can for historical accuracy, combat, and lighting points.

[Agremont]

YEs I do think that cats could be very interesting as familiars. Even more interesting if they were a bit independent and unpredictable.

[Hassat Hunter]

The fact is though that dogs have long been used as effective hunting companions.  Big cats, not so much.

Ehm, the cheetah has been used for this in the past.

 

So yes, big cats too.

[Sabotin]

For my tastes it would have to be pretty darn amazing dog to warrant missing out on a companion and all his dialogue and interactions.

[JFSOCC]

I've always considered familiars to be like animals having a "wit" relationship with their humanoid counterpart as described by Robin Hobb in the farseer trilogy. (A symbiotic supernatural mental connection)

[Infiltrator_SF]

Further evidence of cat supremacy:

 

[LadyCrimson]

Re: big cats - there's always the famous case of Christian the lion. (I've seen the whole documentary...it's awesome). Think cats can't/don't remember bonds? Yea....no. I've had similar things with housecats too. Gave one away to someone else when I had too many. When I went to visit that person/cat over a year later, the cat instantly recognized me and ran over/head butted me.

 

[Tsuga C]

Re: big cats...

I'd hate to see what he'd do to the furniture... That's one cool kitty!

[Woldan]

I wouldn't mind having a polar bear as beast buddy:

 

[Tsuga C]

^Bears are a fine option. I'd like some paleolithic animals, too: saber-toothed cats, short-faced bears, dire wolves, wooly rhinos--there's a whole menagerie of truly bizarre mammals waiting to be rediscovered by game designers.

[LadyCrimson]

I wouldn't mind having a polar bear as beast buddy:

That would be cool.

Sometimes I think part of our affection and anthropomorphizing of animal buddies is that seeming human desire to not be alone in the universe.

[khango]

I want a roadrunner please.

 

FYI they can totally fight rattlesnakes, so a big one ought to be a pretty good fencer.