Cat lord The cat lord ( also rendered as Cat Lord ) , also known as master cat , was one of the Animal Lords . The cat lord was the ruler of all felines , from the common house cat to the huge smilodon ( sabre - toothed tiger ) . Personality . The cat lord was indifferent to nearly everything and everyone , except those things and creatures which affected the lives of cats . Abilities . A cat lord had superhuman strength and dexterity and a genius - level intelligence . Their hearing and vision were five times more acute than a normal human ' s , plus they could see great distances in the dark . They could leap 30 ft ( 9 . 1 m ) in any direction , including straight up , and always landed on ther feet with no recovery time needed . The cat lord could outrun a horse and could move almost perfectly silently under normal conditions . A cat lord spoke Common and all manner of feline languages , including caterwaul , chimera , displacer beast , dragonne , kamadan , sea lion , tabaxi , and weretiger . They had a form of " telepathy " that could be used to communicate with almost any creature once per day , if necessary . They also had spell - like powers to " blur " , " haste " , " speed " , or use " improved invisibility " on themselves only ; travel by " dimension door " , " etherealness " , " astral travel " , or " teleport without error " ; and " detect good " , " detect evil " , or " hypnotize " others . They could travel freely to the Outer Planes . The cat lord was extremely hard to hit , resistant to most magic , and could shapeshift between human and feline form at will . As Human . When they took human form , a catlord could choose to be either a highly skilled monk or a master thief , with all the professional abilities of the chosen form . The master cat could magically summon other cats to their aid . In random fashion , they could bring forth one or two weretigers , a handful of elfin cat s or giant lynx es , or up to fifty domestic cats . Summoned felines were always completely obedient and loyal to the cat lord . As Feline . In panther form , they fought with two razor - sharp front claws and a vicious bite . On alternating bite attacks , they could hiss and spit , and the spittle caused magical blindness in a target unless they successfully resisted . This blindness was permanent until " dispelled " or " cured " . As an alternative to a melee attack , they could emit a howl that stunned all but felines in a 19 - ft ( 5 . 8 - m ) radius unless they managed to resist . If wounded , the master cat could lick their wounds nine times per day . Each lick restored health very similar to a " cure light wounds " spell . They could also summon other cats to their aid in feline form . The creatures that appeared ranged from small wild cats , up through the large cats to smilodon s . Relationships . The cat lord was typically a loner , and except for other cats , had very few known friends . However , the elven god Solonor Thelandira , who was allied with various nature powers and Animal Lords , had a particular alliance with the cat lord , with whom he shared a dominion over hunting . History . The position of cat lord was an inherited one , passed on an old cat lord to a chosen heir . In the mid – 14th century DR , the current Catlord was an old and bestial male who led the cats from the jungles . Sensing his end was near and great change coming to the Realms , the Catlord decided to choose an heir , a young werecat boy . He decided that this new catlord must instead prowl beside cats in the towns and cities . Unfamiliar in the ways of civilization , the Catlord sought an apparently respectable human to teach his heir . Unfortunately , believing being respectable meant being civilized , the Catlord chose the cruel and ruthless Pasha Abon Duum of Manshaka . Duum planned to corrupt and use the kittenlord to further his own schemes and made a deal with the god Malar , the Beastlord , promising to give him the child when he was through with him . The Catlord rescued the boy but was attacked by Malar , while the rogue Conner ( following the direction of the godess Selûne ) carried the boy to safety . In the Year of the Prince , 1357 DR , Duum kidnapped the kittenlord and captured the Catlord , and used their ability to travel to Gladsheim , where he confronted Tyr , god of justice . However , the Catlord and Conner had colluded to trick Duum . In the commotion , the Catlord snatched the Claw of Malar from around Duum ' s neck , an item he ' d hoped to use against Tyr , then hurled his mages out of the plane . The real Tyr sent them back to the material plane , and the kittenlord remained safely with the Catlord . Rumors and Legends . Some sages considered the cat lord to be a minor deity , and a few considered them to be evil .