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Old 07-10-2018, 09:51 PM   #69
David Johnston2
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Default Re: Attribute levels and their meanings.

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
In Howard's original stories, Conan killed a pirate by punching him in the jaw (and that was not the only time that he did that type of stunt). That suggests a capacity to deal a minimum of 20 points of damage with his bare hands (and a minimum of 3d+2 crushing damage). Even if Conan was using All-out Attack and was receiving the damage bonus from Boxing at DX+2, he would still have to do a minimum base of 2d-1 crushing damage with his punch before bonuses (meaning that his base thrust damage would have been 2d). That would give him a minimum Striking ST 21.
It is course fair to describe Conan as superhuman.
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