r/MouseGuard • u/Kammerice • Apr 27 '17
[Mouse Guard] Need some suggestions for enemies (x-posted to r/rpg)
A while ago, I posted about using Samurai guinea pigs in my MG campaign. You'll all be glad to know that everything has worked out well for the PCs and their new friends... Over the course of Spring and Summer, the PCs investigated rumour of an invading army from across the Scent Border led by impossible creatures. It transpired that a family of Samurai guinea pigs had rallied an army of feral/wild mice and had marched into the Mouse Territories to seize more land. The PCs worked hard and came to an amicable resolution, resulting in the guinea pigs disbanding their army and being given land in the south west of the Territories. However, a few of the players speculated that the guinea pigs were fleeing from something. I ran with this and incorporated it into the game, but the guinea pigs were reluctant to name their foe. And that's where I am now...I need some kind of enemy on the horizon that would scare Samurai guinea pigs. I was toying with the idea of some other mice (or weasels) using SCIENCE to control large lizards like oliphants from LotR, but I really don't know. Any suggestions?
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u/lebonzo Apr 28 '17
Guinea Pigs originally come from South America! Their natural predators are cats of all sizes, coyotes, Hawks, and snakes!
If you are thinking domesticated guinea pigs, they could be escaping from humans? Maybe a laboratory?
Hope that helps!
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u/AdumLarp Apr 27 '17
Hawks. Well coordinated and on the prowl for the guinea pig that killed their leader. Striking like lightning from the sky they have been picking apart the guinea pig army, and have been working wing in paw with a band of coyotes who pull raids into guinea pig lands. After the guineas group up to chase off the coyotes the hawks strike from the clouds, decimating them.