Cheetahs put on a burst of speed to attack. Leopards (and jaguars and
panthers/cougars/pumas/etc.) attack from ambush. Either way, the PCs won’t see them coming.
Cheetahs are the
highly prized companions of the Llanfair elves of the veldt, who use the
cats for hunting. Fleet of foot
themselves, a Llanfair elf hunting party and its cheetahs can strike and vanish before game—or
trespassers—can react.
A leopard has been
menacing a grippli village.
When they can’t bring the beast down themselves, the grudgingly ask for
help from a neighboring human tribe.
The bandit puma
has sleek gray fur and a domino-masked face similar to a raccoon. They are highly prized for their pelts,
especially their striped tails.
However, it’s said it takes two men to catch one—one man to hold the net,
and a second man to kill the puma while it’s busy eating the first man’s face.
—Pathfinder Bestiary 40
Given how many stories there are online of zoos using dogs to help raise cheetah cubs, I can now picture a vedlt-dwelling blink dog pack that adopts orphan cheetah cubs out of both kindness and practicality: The cheetahs' speed is handy in fights with phase spiders and other terrors
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