Let's open this post with one of those educational pages the old comic used to love padding their page count out with. Weasels have a reputation for being nasty - as this author seems to agree with -- but the average weasel is just too small to do much harm to someone, even if it would attack a person. I'd rate them, generously, as 1-2 hit points and able to do that much in damage by biting. Otters are 1/2 HD animals, while arctic foxes would be 1-1 HD. Minks are too small to rate as dangerous.
Jimmy, of Jimmy and Jean, seems to be extraordinarily lucky here. First he lucks out with a mobster who can't tie knots well, and then when he needs a weapon he finds floorboards that are easily pulled out. Both might be instances of an overly generous Editor, but could just as easily be a combination of proactive playing and lucky dice rolls. If one of my players asked me if his Hero could wriggle free from the ropes binding him, rather than just say no, I might allow a save vs. science or plot for success. And if my player really wanted a floorboard for a weapon (though I don't know why e wouldn't just use the chair), then a save vs. plot might determine if he can find one rotten enough to dislodge.
In the Mythic West, starting a barroom brawl might only get you a $12 fine, as it does here for the Red Avenger.
(Scans courtesy of
Digital Comic Museum)
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