SKJAM! Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 It's a particularly slow day for crime and disasters in Campaign City. The most urgent call in right now is from a little girl whose cat has gotten stuck up a tree. Your character is for whatever reason the only hero/mercenary/villain with scruples on call. It's an ordinary house cat at the top of a twenty-foot tall oak tree (unless your campaign needs adjustments to fit, then make those) and is terrified--it will probably freak out and attack anyone who tries to grab it. As far as can be determined by your character's senses, the little girl is genuinely a normal little girl who loves her pet cat. WWYCD? (Remember, details as appropriate.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Landslide: Can bounce of bullets and regenerate arms, so the claws of small kitten don't frighten her. The problem is that she weights 400 Kilo and can't fly. So there is doubtfully any tree branch able to support her. So unless there is smowhere a ladder rated for her weight, she would have to call help. Edit: She could rip out the tree and lay it down (carfully to not harm the kitten), but would not do it until it is really, really nessesary (say, the three burns). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Cosmic Ray has telekinesis w/fine manipulation, but he doesn't want to freak out the cat. (There's only room for one 'freaked out cat' in this campaign, and it's him.) The obvious solution is to use TK to lift up the little girl so she can retrieve the cat herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Vixen: Channel her Plant powers, and have the tree lower the cat to the ground itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree The solution is at 1:40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bye_TBwuNEA&feature=player_detailpage#t=99s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Can Opener is a robotic character with Stretching, Extra Limbs, and attachments designed to cut through anything. So: Reach up and grip the branch the cat is on, to either side of the cat. Cut the branch from the tree. Lower the branch with cat to the ground. Lucius Alexander Feed it to a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Anthem acrobatically climbs the tree as if it were nothing and sweeps up the kitty. Should it avoid her and decide to jump (or fall) she'll lunge out, catch it, and tumble safely across the sidewalk. If it bites/scratches, she ignores such activities as it can't really hurt her. Unlce Slam would not even be aware of the situation unless he were flying by, in which case he'd fly in and pick it up superman style and deliver it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnaskar Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Captain Citadel wears power armor, can fly, and has telekinesis. He'd probably fly up and pick up the cat personally, though, as to not freak it out more than necessarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Shadow Hawk wouldn't get involved. Goliath would uproot the tree to get the kitty down. Then cry if kitty got hurt. Steel Panther has flight and armor, he'd recover the cat in a very straightforward matter. El Mago would use his fine manipulation TK. And he'd do it with a flourish, because that's how he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Well, this seems to assume a superhero clubhouse and publicly available phone line to call them, neither of which happens in my campaign world. If Warhawk was walking by and not otherwise involved, he'd fly up and grab it. Silhouette would use TK. Pretty much everyone else would never even hear about it, and if they did, completely ignore the situation. The kid's parent can get the cat down, or a neighbor, or even the kid can do it. They've got more important things to do, and everyone knows the damn cat will be back up in the same tree tomorrow anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Iron Maiden, Rose Hancock, Black Mask, and Raven can all fly, and would rescue the cat. Black Knight can't fly, but he'd get the cat out of the tree somehow (possibly via the Mr. Incredible technique...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Can I use a chainsaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Can I use a chainsaw? On the cat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree I liked C.D. Bales' solution in Roxanne. He opened a tin of gourmet cat food. At the sound of the can opening, the cat promptly left its perch in the tree, climbed down and helped itself to some dinner. Tried to find this on youtube, but no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkham Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Bingo the Clowno would reach up, extending his extendo-arms to grab the cat and bring it down. He would then proceed to struggle with the cat, roll about flailing helplessly as the cat refuses to remove its claws from his rubbery-hands. They would tumble around on the ground with a great deal of hissing ( from the cat ) and ouching ( from Bingo ), until the dust clears, Bingo is tied up in his own limbs, and the cat is cleaning its hind legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfergus Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Volt and Olorin can both fly and have a force field, so they'd fly up and get it. Volt would be more heroic though. Why? He's allergic to cats! But he'd do it anyway, since that's what heroes do. Black Tiger - either totally ignore it or tell others to do it themselves. Not exactly a nice person, even though a hero. Leadman - heavy brick. He'd hold a ladder or comfort the girl. The Mr Incrdible route is not an option for him. Futurian ' "Whoaaa! Cat in a tree and you want it down? Fragic!" He'd then build ... something high tech. It'd work. It'd also probably freak the cat out. And he would not understand that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Bob Tiger (and many other flightless bricks besides) would just climb up the tree, gently restrain the cat, and climb down. Unless the cat's armed with a bazooka BT it will suffer no harm. The Cat Without A Name would just climb up the tree, "sleep" the cat and carry it down by the scruff of its neck. Lance O'Bannon, the Singing Cowboy would just lasso the cat down. Alternatively, he'd sing a song that would calm the cat and attract it to come down by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Or they could just leave the cat in the tree like this guy did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_RQxdTmehg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alverant Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree This is why I give most of my characters stun only attacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Ack. As a GM, I thought I would at least see the most sensible solution. Take the little girl and strand her up in the tree with the cat. I have several supervillains while not mean, just not smart enough to think of another solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Re: Cat Up a Tree Or they could just leave the cat in the tree like this guy did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_RQxdTmehg My cat was pretty good at climbing down trees. The only time he was really stuck was when the neighborhood chows chased him up one. He probably would have came down eventually. But, he was just too seriously freaked out to do so right away. So, instead of guarding the tree from any dogs until he calmed down, we had to get the ladder and get him. Luckily, he was trustful enough not to go crazy on my dad bringing him down(except for digging his claws into his chest but it was a grab rather than a scratching, so it wasnt too bad). We took him inside. His tail stayed puffed out for I dont know how long after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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