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Anthony · 05-21-2014, 12:29 AM

Just a curiosity question: how much damage do you feel comfortable with your creatures doing? Is it acceptable to drop the weaker party members to zero HP with a single hit? How about death checks? How many? Is it okay to go from full HP to -HPx5? Likewise, how badly is it reasonable to hurt the tougher party members with one hit?

This mostly comes up when dealing with foes whose shtick is being big and strong, rather than exceptionally skilled, such as giant monsters, because their low hit probability means they aren't meaningful threats unless they do truckloads of damage. Looking in DF2 at the monster list, the most damaging attacks are a 5d+5 crushing attack and a 3d+6 cutting attack, both of which might force a death check for a relatively flimsy character, but it's easy to wind up with concept monsters that are doing a lot more than that. So, are you okay with something like a ST 40 iron golem with a sword (damage 7d+1 cut)? A ST 60 dragon with brawling and cutting strikers (damage 7d+13 cut? A 30' stone colossus with ST 100 and a SM+4 greatsword (damage 11d+12 cut)?

05-21-2014, 12:29 AM	#1
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	One-shotting in DF Just a curiosity question: how much damage do you feel comfortable with your creatures doing? Is it acceptable to drop the weaker party members to zero HP with a single hit? How about death checks? How many? Is it okay to go from full HP to -HPx5? Likewise, how badly is it reasonable to hurt the tougher party members with one hit? This mostly comes up when dealing with foes whose shtick is being big and strong, rather than exceptionally skilled, such as giant monsters, because their low hit probability means they aren't meaningful threats unless they do truckloads of damage. Looking in DF2 at the monster list, the most damaging attacks are a 5d+5 crushing attack and a 3d+6 cutting attack, both of which might force a death check for a relatively flimsy character, but it's easy to wind up with concept monsters that are doing a lot more than that. So, are you okay with something like a ST 40 iron golem with a sword (damage 7d+1 cut)? A ST 60 dragon with brawling and cutting strikers (damage 7d+13 cut? A 30' stone colossus with ST 100 and a SM+4 greatsword (damage 11d+12 cut)? __________________ My GURPS site and Blog.