Height

[Paul L. Ming]

> I use the "How heavy is my giant?" formula from an old Dragon magazine. I
> add in points for Strength and Constitution, so it comes out about right,
> usually +-2" / 30lbs for Humans... I will see if I can dig up my old Excel
> sheet for it...
>
> The ones that always got me were Faerries... at their height they should
be
> about 1/4 what P+P says.... unless they are made of hard wood, like Oak.
> (Which was my solution)
>
> A REAL Killer was the Athach, at 30' tall it would be in the 28-29 TON
> range, and could throw 600 lb. rocks like we would throw golf balls, and
if
> you follow the +1 per 10 lbs for rocks, well, it's DEADLY. (a 2.5' radius
> granite rock would be about 593 lbs. At first, I thought "that is a bit
> heavy", but the math checks out.) hhhmmm OCV 22 NWI +2 even a shield hit
> kills at 1d6+65  And that's just the SMALL rocks... a 6' diameter is about
4
> tons, which they CAN throw.... !!!  *Evil GM cackle edited out*

    *shrug*  Just use a giant oil lantern....

    (sorry, inside joke that only Tim will get...)

^_^

Paul L. Ming