Check out this picture (just an uploaded pic with some commentary copy/pasted on it). (http://i.imgur.com/1w9TD.jpg)
Shows what a mule in your D&D game can do.
Yeah. These guys can kick ass.
A barrel of apples for that mule, and if anyone wants to tell it otherwise I'll be standing twenty five paces behind them.
Damn, that was awesome. Think I have to go back and rewrite the stats for Mules in my old Rules Cyclopedia!
I'm actually told that sometimes donkeys are included in herds of sheep to protect them from hyenas, coyotes and the like. It doesn't look like it's an isolated thing: donkeys and mules seem to kick ass when they want to protect their family.
Too bad it's bullshit: LINK (http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/mulelion.asp)
Not so badass
(http://www.theuncommonlife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Too-much-baggage-mule-and-cart.png)
LOL Well at least the pics are real.
Related: I watched one of the 'big cat' specials on Discovery last year and witnessed a cape water buffalo fling a full grown real lion (much bigger than a mountain lion) some twenty feet.
Not that it did the buffalo much good, as lions two through five ate it while Lion 1 got up and staggered back to teh fight.
I also saw a small pride of lions working on a water buffalo for a good several hours before the rest of the herd got fed up and stomped 'em good to rescue their (still living) buddy.
I can imagine that a mountain lion approaching a mule from the rear (as they are wont to do) could, in fact get kicked in the head and killed by said mule.
Of course, I can run up to a main battle tank and toss a rock down the barrel, disabling the main gun. Doesn't mean I am better than a tank, it just means I got somewhat lucky.
Quote from: Spike;571156Related: I watched one of the 'big cat' specials on Discovery last year and witnessed a cape water buffalo fling a full grown real lion (much bigger than a mountain lion) some twenty feet.
Not that it did the buffalo much good, as lions two through five ate it while Lion 1 got up and staggered back to teh fight.
The popular Battle at Kurger (http://vimeo.com/2360193) video seems to end better for the water buffalo. It includes a crocodile, too, in the mix.
I have heard tales of a legendary encouter with crocodiles... perhaps this is it? I will make sure to watch it when I get off work, thanks!