> The accounts I've heard of real-world ambush predators suggest that
the
> majority (perhaps 80% to 90%) of their attempts on prey fail. They
break
> off as soon as anything goes wrong, or the prey spot them and flee.
>
> In HW terms, the objective of the prey is to escape, not to do
damage to
> the predator. So shadow kitty that goes to zero AP doesn't suffer
damage.
>
> Andrew
This is how I had viewed it.
Kitty goes hungry. If this happens enough, then things get to be
nasty. Life is hard for predators. Sneaking up on a leaf is much
easier.
Jeff