Rutting Season?

[FranOhmsford]

Why are all the Deer in DDO so utterly fearless around wolf packs, bears, fire beetles, Giant Spiders, Owlbears, Griffons etc.!?!

OK so they run away from Player Characters - Eventually!

But they seem utterly unconcerned at the bear, giant spider, wolf pack etc. just a few feet away from where they're grazing!?!

Why not remove the arbitrary no xp for killing deer, give them a decent amount of Hit Die for their level and make it Rutting season DDO - Most of them seem to be Stags anyway so why not have them be proper mobs in Borderlands, King's Forest and Storm Horns?

[shawnvw]

Why are all the Deer in DDO so utterly fearless around wolf packs, bears, fire beetles, Giant Spiders, Owlbears, Griffons etc.!?!

OK so they run away from Player Characters - Eventually!

But they seem utterly unconcerned at the bear, giant spider, wolf pack etc. just a few feet away from where they're grazing!?!

Why not remove the arbitrary no xp for killing deer, give them a decent amount of Hit Die for their level and make it Rutting season DDO - Most of them seem to be Stags anyway so why not have them be proper mobs in Borderlands, King's Forest and Storm Horns?

When I noticed that the King's Forest had deer and squirrels of CR1 and wolves of CR20+, I told my static group "This is non a sustainable ecosystem".

What I'd find interesting is if the predators and prey really did encounter each other like in the real wilderness. We could stand by and watch a wolfpack chase a deer, with the deer having a decent chance of outrunning it.

Seriously, are there any games in which the NPC wildlife behaves this way, whether or not the PCs interfere?