One of my favorite things to see is random people trying to interact with unfamiliar outdoor cats. Just standing there with a hand out, making kissy noises, maybe meowing at the cat while it ignores them. Mankind at its best and least dignified
if you want to interact with a cat that doesn’t know you, sit down not facing it. glance at it occasionally and make an inviting noise, but mostly just play with your phone or whatever.
the cat will almost certainly come over to check you out sooner or later. it’ll stay out of arm’s reach because it doesn’t know if you’re a jerk. offer your hand and let the cat sniff. wait. if the cat wants pettins, it will indicate that by noofing your hand, flopping on its side, or coming in close.
the cat may want to be bros but not get pettins. in that case, it will sit or lie near you but out of reach. this is friendly! the cat is saying, you’re a person in my neighborhood! hi neighbor!
of course, it’s possible that the cat is a great big cuddleslut and will come love all over you. that happens too. but if it doesn’t, that doesn’t mean it’s an unfriendly cat. be chill and let the cat choose how close to get, and you’ll find most cats are pretty friendly.
Our fighter was killed in our last session (yeah the one that tried to throw my gnome bard through a window) so we trekked off to find our cleric to bring him back. Since it was only our NPC wizard, our Druid and I around for this session, we basically tied his corpse up and dragged it behind us but placed bagpipes in his mouth so when he hit a bump we’d at least get some entertainment. We successfully revived him after a good roll from me to save his life and a contribution from everyone in our party to help resurrect him.
DM: Your party member comes back to life with a gasp, confused, disoriented and weak.
Me: Good. I slap him across the face as hard as I can and shout “Welcome back asshole!”
Fighter: *Lays back down* Let me die again please.
