Why do monsters attack people, while most animals don't?
>>44106337
Most animals are True Neutral
Most monsters are Evil
>>44106337
Monsters are used to peasants, whom make easy meals or targets in times of need. They'll avoid people usually, having learned that attacking too often leads to extermination teams, but will make the odd attack
>>44106337
Most monsters are dangerous and can easily kill a single human. Most animals are small and will be no match for a human, even as a group. It's therefore a huge risk for most animals, but a small risk for most monsters to attack humans.
Large animals, like lions, wild oxen and bears do occasionally attack humans. But it's rare because 1) we don't really occupy the same habitat and 2) very few animals eat humans, so there is little to gain.
Monsters in most fantasy games like all habitats, some eat humans and yet more have other motivations for attacking humans (see >>44106351).
>>44106337
Didn't tigers used to pick off folks building the Trans-Siberian Railway? And you don't fuck with hippos or mad elephants. And lions still kill tourists stupid enough to get out of their cars. And you don't fuck with polar bears or grizzlies. But we aren't exactly the ideal prey for a lot of these animals, and some of them aren't even carnivorous. Also, in this day and age, we've eliminated a lot of the threat animals, at least from populated areas, so it's natural not to take them too seriously. But in a more primitive society, with a smaller human population surrounded by wilds, and beasts that are mythic in scale and disposition...
Most animals are creatures of habit. They hunt what they're used to hunting, avoid things which appear threatening, and ignore most everything else. It's literally baked into them by instinct and for some by watching their parents. Humans are "weird", and not part of their diet because they've never been part of their diet. Like a herd of deer could kill a person easily, but they won't, because their instinct is to flee. There are exceptions. Animals will attack humans if they feel threatened, territorial, or desperately hungry. But in most cases won't.
Monsters are monsters because they break these rules. They're overpowering in some manner, such as a desire and capability to hunt humans.
>>44106337
>I wouldn't marry an American girl
The ancients were wise.
>>44106518
>>Large animals, like lions, wild oxen and bears
Small animals attack people, too: Coyotes are a constant nuisance in areas where they've interbred with wolves.
>>44106629
American girls are terrible or already married. Usually both.
>>44106337
Because that's loosely how monsters are defined in-universe.
A massive being that could smash villages but just wanders around valleys eating trees is a beast. Whereas a small lizard thing that tries to eat faces is a monster.
If tigers existed in-universe and were near-entirely aggressive they'd be monsters, not animals. As it is they're just dangerous animals. With precautions and space they'll just eat deer and stuff.
>>44107055
Monsters are animals that don't exist in this (the creator's) universe.
>>44106337
You have it backwards. They're called monster because they attack people.
>>44106337
>Why do monsters attack people, while most animals don't?
Because the DM never reads the rules for NPC morale.
>>44106629
I am just now reading some of the article titles on those covers. :I wouldn't marry an American girl.', 'Can women justify their need for an extra-marital affair.', 'Love starved women are lousing up college towns.', THEY STOPPED SEX', 'Some dames are murder.' It's like reading a modern message board. The more things change....
>>44107609
You realize these are parodies, right?
>>44107663
Of course not. Anon is too busy being angry about social injustice to think beyond jamming their fingers into the keyboard.
>>44106337
Because they're monsters and not animals.
>>44106337
>LOVE-STARVED WOMEN are lousing up college towns
It's beautiful.
Isn't one of the primary characteristics of a monster that it preys on humans/other sentient beings?
>>44107663
>These are parodies
Just like most magazines Today.
Unless you were claiming these magazines didn't exist, but the very issue of the weasel attack inspired a Frank Zappa song back in the 70's.
>>44107609
It truly warms my heart to see men are unchanged by time. It's beautiful.
>http://www.pompeiana.org/resources/ancient/graffiti%20from%20pompeii.htm
>>44107663
No they're not! Are you retarded? These are class mens magazines from the 60s.
http://pulpcovers.com/tag/manlymen/
>>44106526
You don't need tiki get out of your car to get killed by a lion (mountain/Savannah), just roll down your window, they'll jump right into the snack car!
>>44106337
Most animals don't attack humans because we taste terrible, are mildly poisonous, and fight back. Most monsters don't mind the taste, are resistant to prion diseases, and are tough enough that the average human's panicked self defense isn't a threat to them.
>>44106337
It's like diseases.
They have their place and function in the ecosystem, even if that place is "to be fucking horrible". If it winds up in a foreign area, or if something unusual enters its area, things are gonna get fucked real bad.
Guess what kind of beings have a tendency to settle far off lands?
>>44107892
That girl in red looks into it.
>>44107663
>You realize these are parodies, right?
And PUAs are the single largest comedian movement, yes.
