Calvin And Hobbes

[Thanatosia]

Hobbes is clearly a Raksasha shaping a young impressionable mind into a force of wild chaos, turning him into a tool for future mass destruction. How so? Let's just say the complete destruction of the us economy.

[Brookshw]

Hobbes is clearly a Raksasha shaping a young impressionable mind into a force of wild chaos, turning him into a tool for future mass destruction. How so? Let's just say the complete destruction of the us economy.

Sometimes I think cracked needs a warning more than tvtropes, that's two hours down the drain.

[atemu1234]

I'd say Factotum with high intelligence, low wisdom and max ranks in Lucid Dreaming. He has a level of spirit shaman, (Spirit Guide is a Tiger) and carries around a toy version of it. Possibly make it an animated construct.

[PaucaTerrorem]

Well at this point we're moving in one of two directions, Grim Dark (which I'm not fond of) or something more absurdist and cartoon-like, where hitting somebody with a flail would result in a <Thwap> sound and no damage to the struck individual. Those are usually the two genres where attempting to hit a baby with a heavy flail would prove appropriate.

Although in a cartoon variation, attempting to hit the baby would probably cause the flail to wrap around your head and then strike you instead.

If you stat it...

[Phelix-Mu]

Or hey, maybe Hobbes is an epic illusionist with selective viewing for Calvin. Heck, we could say that this entire time Calvin was just a Commoner 1 and Hobbes was just creating what Calvin wanted to see while keeping it a secret from everyone else. Like putting True Seeing on Calvin and then casting a bunch of Invisible Major Images.

I like to think of them as two Thrallherds that each have the other as their thrall. If we mix in some psionic sandwich, we can even get them both to be inanimate constructs that each exist only in the (non-existent) mind of the other, in a kind of hall-of-mirrors paradox.

*brain explodes*

Extra points if they are using Lucid dreaming to allow them to have repeatedly true mind switch suicide-chained each other's bodies inside a dreamscape. In fact....

Ouch. I am actually hurting myself with this.

[Brookshw]

Well at this point we're moving in one of two directions, Grim Dark (which I'm not fond of) or something more absurdist and cartoon-like, where hitting somebody with a flail would result in a <Thwap> sound and no damage to the struck individual. Those are usually the two genres where attempting to hit a baby with a heavy flail would prove appropriate.

Although in a cartoon variation, attempting to hit the baby would probably cause the flail to wrap around your head and then strike you instead.

I wasn't going to reply to this but then the idea of playing a game where we're anthropomorphic cats and mice out to do one another in, preferably in absurd manners, while there's some baby with plot armor we're/the universe are sorta watching out for lest the parents come home and we're out in the cold sounded like a great beer and pretzels game.

[Inevitability]

Don't forget. He has epic levels in Craft: Snowman.

Also the Craft Construct feat. In one story, his snowmen animate and start attacking people. Heck, it even is on the cover.

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Spoiler: Found it

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[Arbane]

I wasn't going to reply to this but then the idea of playing a game where we're anthropomorphic cats and mice out to do one another in, preferably in absurd manners, while there's some baby with plot armor we're/the universe are sorta watching out for lest the parents come home and we're out in the cold sounded like a great beer and pretzels game.

It is! It's called "Toon".

[Debatra]

I personally wouldn't stat out a six-year-old unless I wanted the players to be able to kill them.

Maxed out ranks in Craft(Imagination), though. I'm pretty sure that he's just imagining 90% of what is happening.

Sure thing. "If you stat it, they will kill it" doesn't only apply to gods, you know. Things like babies (AC 10; HD 1-3; HP 1; MV 5'; #AT 1; D 1; AL N; XP 1) should probably be left to DM fiat.

Well this is more of a thought exercise than anything to be used in an actual game. Also I'm not sure if you'd want to grant babies plot immortality in all instances. For certain games children and young people being actually imperiled is something that people might want (although those would be some very, VERY dark games).

Ummmm.... I attack the baby with my Heavy Flail.

Movement: Gets away if you let it.
Saving Throws: Miraculously survives all accidents.
Armor Class: You hit.
Hit Points: Congratulations, Baby-Killer.
Special Qualities: I hope you can live with yourself.

[Brookshw]

Movement: Gets away if you let it.
Saving Throws: Miraculously survives all accidents.
Armor Class: You hit.
Hit Points: Congratulations, Baby-Killer.
Special Qualities: I hope you can live with yourself.

Oh come on, you didn't even give The Giant credit for that!

[Debatra]

Oh come on, you didn't even give The Giant credit for that!

I'd assumed (and apparently I was correct, if perhaps a bit forward) that it would be recognized.

[mr_odd]

It is! It's called "Toon".

I have it. It's absolutely absurd and fun.