a snow cougar  

I hunted cougars last night in a real good group and had seen a total of about 10-11 earrings drop. These things are common.

I saw them being sold for 750 plat today... Either the guy selling didn't know the true value, or you are running the price up ;) (1/11/01)

Characters that are not one of the human races (Human, Erudite, or Barbarian) have a bit easier time spotting the snow leopards (and other critters that blend into their environments) courtesy of their enhanced vision. Oddly enough, I find that the Ultravision of Dark Elves is a little LESS effective than Infravision at spotting things that blend into the surroundings (as opposed to where it's just hard to see in the dark places, then UV kicks butt).

At night, when the special vision kicks in, Infravision will make MOBs appear a little reddish (representing their body heat, of course), making them stand out more against the terrain (which is sometimes hard to see with IV, esp. in dark zones. I scouted the first few islands in Iceclad with my Wood Elf Bard (didn't fight anything, he's only Lv7, heh) and didn't have any trouble spotting the leopards, even when they stood still. Just looked for the little red blobs, and there they were.

The snow cougars that hang around the Great Divide zone entrance in Eastern Wastes seem a bit higher in level. Only have seen ones that /con green to my shaman at 44 in Iceclad and other areas of Eastern Wastes, but the ones ther by the GD zone are sometimes blue. They seem substantially meaner (hearder to kill) too

Unfortunately, creatures that exist in multiple zones have only 1 entry. The snow cougars in the Eastern Wastes do go up into the mid 30s. Illia uses 1 entry to cover both, making it necessary for the level range to represent what all the snow cougars in all the zones can be.