in this game, if you have a Hunter in your party, you can resolve combat with animals using a "Hunt" skill challenge instead of a "Fight" challenge
The offensive stat in "Hunt" challenges is "Gathering"
To raise your "Gathering" stat, you equip gathering tools - baskets woven from straw, cane, or wicker
so it's like
*mutant wolf pack menaces villagers*
*villagers take out wicker baskets*
*wolves flee - but villagers are faster, chasing down the wolves screaming GET IN DA BASKIT !!!*
@Lioness lioness
why would you put this mental image in my head of villagers harassing wolves with wickerwork XD
@Nine it's been in my head & I have to share