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#1
Elendur
Feb 03, 2005 15:48:27 my damn cat, who decided in the middle of the night to knock a glass of water over right onto my new Greyhawk maps, as well as onto my head. (No I wasn't sleeping with them, they were on the nightstand). I didn't realize water had gotten on them until the morning.

I'm imagining Cat Lord, on one of his prime material prowls, "accidentally" opening up a gateway to the elemental plane of water, which floods the entire Sheldomar Valley. Many exciting aquatic adventures ensue until the spirit of the land is roused and shoos Cat Lord out of the room, er, plane.
#2
Yeoman
Feb 03, 2005 18:04:49 Bummer! Even Vecna can't achieve a total Flanness dousing....
#3
i-m_batman_dup
Feb 04, 2005 3:46:14 When you consider how well known cats are for their grace and dexterity, it's amazing how many spills they're alleged to cause during the night.

I smell a--*dun dun DUNNNNN!!!*--conspiracy!
#4
swashbuckler
Feb 04, 2005 11:13:43 As a spill prone human pet of cats myself, I have a suggestion, though I realize it is too little too late at the moment; I cover my maps in clear contact paper. Makes them a poor man's laminate, has saved many a world from extra planar felonious feline intervention.
#5
Elendur
Feb 04, 2005 13:44:54 What's even worse is I had some forgotten realms maps I had pulled out of some old Dragons for comparison, and of course they didn't get wet. They were under the Greyhawk maps, since I had been looking at those for my campaign.

Cat behavior baffles me but I've been told by the wife that feline banishment/disintigration/blade barriers are not acceptable, so I'm endeavoring to understand. I think they enjoy seeing the laws of physics in action, especially gravity. That's the only conclusion I can reach when anything that could fall off a high surface does when these supposedly graceful creatures move by them.
#6
zombiegleemax
Feb 04, 2005 14:34:16
What's even worse is I had some forgotten realms maps I had pulled out of some old Dragons for comparison, and of course they didn't get wet. They were under the Greyhawk maps, since I had been looking at those for my campaign.

Cat behavior baffles me but I've been told by the wife that feline banishment/disintigration/blade barriers are not acceptable, so I'm endeavoring to understand. I think they enjoy seeing the laws of physics in action, especially gravity. That's the only conclusion I can reach when anything that could fall off a high surface does when these supposedly graceful creatures move by them.

I have a suggestion...buy a dog. J/K!

I would assume because you own a cat that you are a "Cat Person." I prefer dogs myself although I am currently questioning my sanity. I recently bought a Jack Russell Terrier after I had to put one of my two Labradors to sleep. While he is a puppy of about 5 pounds he has already learned to climb the couch and stand/curl up on the back of it. He hides when it's time to back in his crate and he can fit in the most impossible of places. This must be what it's like to own a cat.
#7
zombiegleemax
Feb 04, 2005 15:47:16 Elendur, be thankful that your cat only destroys worlds. One of my wife's cats (they're not mine) likes to "take over" DM duties when I leave my chair.

>Zrog>"Me smash goblin"
>Porthos, the cat/DM>"You're a mouse"
>Alek>"I cast Dispel Magic on Zrog..."
>Porthos>"You're a mouse, too."

I know that what he's thinking. He's a bad cat, so he'd be a Killer DM.

Thank God he doesn't have opposable thumbs...
#8
Elendur
Feb 04, 2005 17:10:56 I'm actually more of a 'no pets' person, but they came with the marriage. I actually got the second cat to keep the wife's cat company, but instead it does the following:

Terrorizes other cat. (I suppose that could qualify as 'keep company')
Knocks mini's off table. One downside to plastic minis, their light weight lets them really fly.
Dumps water on excellent campaign map, while leaving second rate maps bone dry.
About 1% of the time does something absurdly cute, thus staving off being 'accidentally' thrown to the pit bulls next door.
#9
cantankerous
Feb 05, 2005 6:36:25 Actually I think that Greyhawks greatest enemy is WotC/Hasbro, but once it was TSR, so ehh... too bad to. One of the things that brought me back to D&D was their bringing Greyhawke out of retirement (Read as: used a Raise Dead on it.)... then they murdered it again. Ohh well.

Isshia
#10
ivid
Feb 06, 2005 4:27:42 In fact, the idea for the terrible *giant violet hamster from Hepmonaland* originated from a hamster biting in our fingers while playing *Hero Quest* and then *vomitted* on the game boards, which ended our Hero Quest campaign for a looong time and convinced me to switch from the classical miniature play to P&P...

#11
Aeolius
Feb 06, 2005 18:30:06 immersing Greyhawk beneath water....hrmmmm....the idea has merit... ;)
#12
extempus
Feb 10, 2006 3:35:36 That's why I don't have a cat (being allergic to them really helps too). Although many years ago, my cockatiel managed to knock over a glass of water on my Temple of Elemental Evil module... I've managed to spill a few cups too over the years, but they were on the nightstand and the books were on the floor right beside it (you'd think I'd've learned after the first time)...
#13
max_writer
Feb 10, 2006 10:34:27 During a game I was running, one of the gamers knocked a full bottle of beer onto my Deities and Demigods (not the first edition copy thank god).

He didn't play any more after that.

There's a rule at any table I play on: all drinks must be kept at arm's reach from me at least. I tend to have spills (though I've never had any actually on any D&D stuff - knock wood).
#14
zombiegleemax
Feb 10, 2006 23:28:44 We let a neighbor kid borrow the Unearthed Arcana book many years ago and he left it on his back porch during a torrential rain storm. It was pretty bumpy and moldy when we got it back. We were ready to pound the snot out of that little punk. A few years later it was folded up into a hide-a-bed and was bent almost in half. A few years after that it was caught in a basement flood and I'm pretty sure it was tossed after that.

Speaking of drinks we were gathered around the table, chracter sheets, notebooks and all of our other gear. We'd all run uptown for food and drinks at Shop-n-Save and bought the giant 3 liter bottles of assorted Vess sodas. Our DM cranked the cream soda open in the center of the table and soaked everyone and everything in red. I still eye him suspiciously a decade and a half later when he opens his bottle to take a drink.

He's not too careful about using the squirt bottle on our whiteboard tabletop either.
#15
zombiegleemax
Feb 11, 2006 0:43:57 One guy I know (Velocity_Boost on A.net) had his cat chew THROUGH a cable on his computer.

Revenge came quickly, however. He was evidently a little slow getting out of the street and lost part of his tail. Justiice is served.

Oggie
#16
extempus
Feb 11, 2006 2:54:18 Even after the bird incident, I'd still keep a cup of water on the table right by me, but don't recall having any other spills afterwards. It wasn't till I soaked those few other books by the nightstand that I finally decided it was better to be safe than sorry... any and all of my drinks are kept an arm's length from me in a direction as close to opposite the table as possible...
#17
zombiegleemax
Feb 11, 2006 15:18:24 Cats like to have their spaces to 'perch' and survey the scene. They don't like it when people put put a bunch of stuff there. They will continue to think of it as their own despite what we may think and do with it.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Elendur Feb 03, 2005 15:48:27	my damn cat, who decided in the middle of the night to knock a glass of water over right onto my new Greyhawk maps, as well as onto my head. (No I wasn't sleeping with them, they were on the nightstand). I didn't realize water had gotten on them until the morning. I'm imagining Cat Lord, on one of his prime material prowls, "accidentally" opening up a gateway to the elemental plane of water, which floods the entire Sheldomar Valley. Many exciting aquatic adventures ensue until the spirit of the land is roused and shoos Cat Lord out of the room, er, plane.
#2 Yeoman Feb 03, 2005 18:04:49	Bummer! Even Vecna can't achieve a total Flanness dousing....
#3 i-m_batman_dup Feb 04, 2005 3:46:14	When you consider how well known cats are for their grace and dexterity, it's amazing how many spills they're alleged to cause during the night. I smell a--dun dun DUNNNNN!!!--conspiracy!
#4 swashbuckler Feb 04, 2005 11:13:43	As a spill prone human pet of cats myself, I have a suggestion, though I realize it is too little too late at the moment; I cover my maps in clear contact paper. Makes them a poor man's laminate, has saved many a world from extra planar felonious feline intervention.
#5 Elendur Feb 04, 2005 13:44:54	What's even worse is I had some forgotten realms maps I had pulled out of some old Dragons for comparison, and of course they didn't get wet. They were under the Greyhawk maps, since I had been looking at those for my campaign. Cat behavior baffles me but I've been told by the wife that feline banishment/disintigration/blade barriers are not acceptable, so I'm endeavoring to understand. I think they enjoy seeing the laws of physics in action, especially gravity. That's the only conclusion I can reach when anything that could fall off a high surface does when these supposedly graceful creatures move by them.
#6 zombiegleemax Feb 04, 2005 14:34:16	What's even worse is I had some forgotten realms maps I had pulled out of some old Dragons for comparison, and of course they didn't get wet. They were under the Greyhawk maps, since I had been looking at those for my campaign. Cat behavior baffles me but I've been told by the wife that feline banishment/disintigration/blade barriers are not acceptable, so I'm endeavoring to understand. I think they enjoy seeing the laws of physics in action, especially gravity. That's the only conclusion I can reach when anything that could fall off a high surface does when these supposedly graceful creatures move by them. I have a suggestion...buy a dog. J/K! I would assume because you own a cat that you are a "Cat Person." I prefer dogs myself although I am currently questioning my sanity. I recently bought a Jack Russell Terrier after I had to put one of my two Labradors to sleep. While he is a puppy of about 5 pounds he has already learned to climb the couch and stand/curl up on the back of it. He hides when it's time to back in his crate and he can fit in the most impossible of places. This must be what it's like to own a cat.
#7 zombiegleemax Feb 04, 2005 15:47:16	Elendur, be thankful that your cat only destroys worlds. One of my wife's cats (they're not mine) likes to "take over" DM duties when I leave my chair. >Zrog>"Me smash goblin" >Porthos, the cat/DM>"You're a mouse" >Alek>"I cast Dispel Magic on Zrog..." >Porthos>"You're a mouse, too." I know that what he's thinking. He's a bad cat, so he'd be a Killer DM. Thank God he doesn't have opposable thumbs...
#8 Elendur Feb 04, 2005 17:10:56	I'm actually more of a 'no pets' person, but they came with the marriage. I actually got the second cat to keep the wife's cat company, but instead it does the following: Terrorizes other cat. (I suppose that could qualify as 'keep company') Knocks mini's off table. One downside to plastic minis, their light weight lets them really fly. Dumps water on excellent campaign map, while leaving second rate maps bone dry. About 1% of the time does something absurdly cute, thus staving off being 'accidentally' thrown to the pit bulls next door.
#9 cantankerous Feb 05, 2005 6:36:25	Actually I think that Greyhawks greatest enemy is WotC/Hasbro, but once it was TSR, so ehh... too bad to. One of the things that brought me back to D&D was their bringing Greyhawke out of retirement (Read as: used a Raise Dead on it.)... then they murdered it again. Ohh well. Isshia
#10 ivid Feb 06, 2005 4:27:42	In fact, the idea for the terrible giant violet hamster from Hepmonaland originated from a hamster biting in our fingers while playing Hero Quest and then vomitted on the game boards, which ended our Hero Quest campaign for a looong time and convinced me to switch from the classical miniature play to P&P...
#11 Aeolius Feb 06, 2005 18:30:06	immersing Greyhawk beneath water....hrmmmm....the idea has merit... ;)
#12 extempus Feb 10, 2006 3:35:36	That's why I don't have a cat (being allergic to them really helps too). Although many years ago, my cockatiel managed to knock over a glass of water on my Temple of Elemental Evil module... I've managed to spill a few cups too over the years, but they were on the nightstand and the books were on the floor right beside it (you'd think I'd've learned after the first time)...
#13 max_writer Feb 10, 2006 10:34:27	During a game I was running, one of the gamers knocked a full bottle of beer onto my Deities and Demigods (not the first edition copy thank god). He didn't play any more after that. There's a rule at any table I play on: all drinks must be kept at arm's reach from me at least. I tend to have spills (though I've never had any actually on any D&D stuff - knock wood).
#14 zombiegleemax Feb 10, 2006 23:28:44	We let a neighbor kid borrow the Unearthed Arcana book many years ago and he left it on his back porch during a torrential rain storm. It was pretty bumpy and moldy when we got it back. We were ready to pound the snot out of that little punk. A few years later it was folded up into a hide-a-bed and was bent almost in half. A few years after that it was caught in a basement flood and I'm pretty sure it was tossed after that. Speaking of drinks we were gathered around the table, chracter sheets, notebooks and all of our other gear. We'd all run uptown for food and drinks at Shop-n-Save and bought the giant 3 liter bottles of assorted Vess sodas. Our DM cranked the cream soda open in the center of the table and soaked everyone and everything in red. I still eye him suspiciously a decade and a half later when he opens his bottle to take a drink. He's not too careful about using the squirt bottle on our whiteboard tabletop either.
#15 zombiegleemax Feb 11, 2006 0:43:57	One guy I know (Velocity_Boost on A.net) had his cat chew THROUGH a cable on his computer. Revenge came quickly, however. He was evidently a little slow getting out of the street and lost part of his tail. Justiice is served. Oggie
#16 extempus Feb 11, 2006 2:54:18	Even after the bird incident, I'd still keep a cup of water on the table right by me, but don't recall having any other spills afterwards. It wasn't till I soaked those few other books by the nightstand that I finally decided it was better to be safe than sorry... any and all of my drinks are kept an arm's length from me in a direction as close to opposite the table as possible...
#17 zombiegleemax Feb 11, 2006 15:18:24	Cats like to have their spaces to 'perch' and survey the scene. They don't like it when people put put a bunch of stuff there. They will continue to think of it as their own despite what we may think and do with it.