Comments on: Size Comparisons

By: Erin Smale

Erin Smale — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:30:27 +0000

@deimos3428 : Noted. I think the easiest solution is to put certain creatures in a different category, as suits your campaign. I suppose I could add another size category, but there's a part of me that thinks that 8 may be too many already. I'm working on a batch of creatures for fantasy - maybe some more practical examples will point the way...

By: deimos3428

deimos3428 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:31:13 +0000

I like the idea, though I think the exponential curve fits much better on the low end than it does on the high. Perhaps it’s simply a matter of adding a few more sizes in there, or doubling some of them up.

(I have met a few horses in my day, and they’re closer to four humans in size. Never met a dragon but I suspect they’re much larger than eight humans, as we can easily fit that many in a small conference room at work.)

By: Erin Smale

Erin Smale — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:01:32 +0000

@Brenton Haerr : Ah, entangle would be the old D&D name. Now that you mention it, though, Chimera doesn't have a precise equivalent; maybe a variant of paralyse would do. Must make a note to address that...

By: Brenton Haerr

Brenton Haerr — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:25:21 +0000

Probably identical to entangle I like making up names for spells when I’m typing on the interwebs, and I didn’t know what spell list Chimera uses.
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By: Erin Smale

Erin Smale — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:55:35 +0000

UPDATE – 11 Feb 2010
Added some other examples of applying size comparisons in a game.

By: Erin Smale

Erin Smale — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:53:22 +0000

@Brenton Haerr : Yeah, I'd play the size equivalent for certain spells. For Tripping Vines (similar to entangle?), I'd rule that if it could stop a hill giant, it could also stop 2 humans, 4 halflings, 8 imps, or 16 giant centipedes. Again, armed with physics, one could probably dispute this, but it's a fast formula for game play.

By: Brenton Haerr

Brenton Haerr — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:09:11 +0000

Erin, That's quite interesting. I hadn't thought of using a creature's actual, physical size as a means of resistance or avoidance of targeting from spells, as you mention in this post. However, it's quite intriguing to think of bigger creatures being able to more easily shrug off a spell of, say, Tripping Vines. In Chimera, would that same spell be able to capture an entire platoon of halfling soldiers, if it could stall the one hill giant? .-= Brenton Haerr´s last blog ..Game Review: Stratego =-.

By: Erin Smale

Erin Smale — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:27:21 +0000

@Snarls-at-Fleas : By all means. I was going to make a joke about "one size fits all," but that would be too much...

By: Snarls-at-Fleas

Snarls-at-Fleas — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:48:36 +0000

Hmm. I know it's for Chimera, but feel that somehow it could be useful for my 4E too. Need to think it over. .-= Snarls-at-Fleas´s last blog ..GAMING WITH 3D TILES =-.