Ah, no. They get as big as a lynx, as I recall from the old writeups of shadowcats "ranging in size from a housecat to a lynx."
> They are incredibly fast (RQ Dex 19), very magical (RQ POW 19) and
> notoriously hard to hit.
>
> Yet in the HW statistics we have Claw and Bite fighting 12^1, dodge
15,
> resist magic 18.
Yep. Sorry, they aren't the pocket berserker kitty cats of yore.
I'm
not too worried
> There's about a mastery each missing from their statistics!
So take it as a follower or an ally and its got stats related to the size of its hero.
The stats in the book are for the run-of-the-mill shadowcat. The
sort
that you can find around any Heortling village.
> In the real world the European Lynx is specialized to bring down
deer,
Not quite.
> quite large deer, that they kill with a single bite (the lynxes
canines
Not quite. They go for the smaller roe deer, at best and at most. Not something like the Red or Fallow deer.
> go between the deers vertebra). One would think that the lynx size
> (magical!) shadow cat would be able to do the same, but let's look
at
> the numbers...
And I would point out that they ARE about as good a fighter as Joe
Heortling. The various specialized breeds gain the specialized
skills
as well.
> Shadow Cat: Claw & Bite 12^1 Dodge 15 (small 10)
> Run fast 15
>
> Deer: Antler fighting 10^2 Dodge 15 (large 10)
> Run fast 18
>
>
> It sure looks like the kitty will go hungry tonight.
Ambush.
Jeff
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