Domestic Animals

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Domestic Animals

Chickens:

LifeStyle:

Chickens here are more wild than the Western chicken - they will roost on house roofs, peck and scratch around in the nearby farmland and road and generally seem to get everywhere.

Special Skills:

1	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
1	2 kg	20 cm	9	2	1	1

Sheep

LifeStyle:

Most of the sheep in the area are descended from common stock with Mongolian sheep. They have good tolerance to hot and cold, graze on anything and are usually meat-producers rather than wool (wool comes from yaks). They all have the ability to store fat in their tails and rumps on good grazing, and can end up with a tail that is over a foot long, as thick as an arm and weighing several pounds.

Special Skills:

1	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
1	70 kg	100cm	20	4	1	1

Goat:

LifeStyle:

Various scrubby looking goat types. In lower valleys, goats will be of short-haired varieties used for meat only, while higher up the slopes and on the steppe, goats will be longer-haired and used for meat and milk.

Special Skills:

2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
2	60 g	90 cm	25	4	4	1

Goose:

LifeStyle:

Much like the chickens, geese are allowed to roam free through villages, grazing and scratching for food.

Special Skills:

2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
2	8 kg	40 cm	6	3	3	2

Duck:

LifeStyle:

Semi-wild as are most fowl in villages and towns.

Special Skills:

2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
2	3 kg	30 cm	5	2	3	2

Cat:

LifeStyle:

Although the Tibetans probably love their cats (as useful members of the family -they keep down the rodent population) there is no kitekat here. Cats are thin, mean, sly, and will disappear before your very eyes.

Special Skills:

2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
2	7 kg	70 cm	30	3	5	4

Donkey:

LifeStyle:

Ususually small, rugged and scruffy. May be cross-bred with horses (mule) to improve their stamina and speed, and increase size. Mules are sterile, have 'horse faces' but donkey ears.

Special Skills:

2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
2	150 kg	120 cm	30	6	4	2

Pig:

LifeStyle:

Sows and piglets are usually allowed to roam freely through a village, foraging fro their own food. Boars may be kept in enclosures for safetey.

Special Skills:

2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
2	35kg	90 cm	11	5	5	3

Dog (pet) :

LifeStyle:

Special Skills:

aura 2	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
aura 2	15 kg	750cm	25	3	5	1

Dog (guard):

LifeStyle:

Special Skills:

aura 3	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
aura 3	90 kg	90 cm	40	5	5	6

Horse:

LifeStyle:

Very much like the Mongolian ponies, Tibetan horses tend to be small, sturdy and shaggy. They have great stamina and can pull or carry enormous loads as well as travel all day. They are used as transport, status symbols, dowries and also for milk (which is usually fermented into an alcoholic drink)

Special Skills:

aura 3	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
aura 3	250 kg	200 cm	45	6	5	2

Buffalo:

LifeStyle:

Horns on males may reach 6ft in diameter. Temperamental and dangerous - usually used only in lowest of valleys near to Chinese border where yaks cannot work due to the low altitude.

Special Skills:

aura 4	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
aura 4	700 kg	300 cm	35	9	3	7

Yak Hybrid (Dzo):

LifeStyle:

Horns on males may reach 6ft in diameter. Tempramental and dangerous - usually used only in lowest of valleys near to Chinese border - yaks cannot work at low altitude.

Special Skills:

aura 3	weight	length	speed (mph)	size	intelligence	domesticity
aura 3	400 kg	250 cm	30	8	4	3