12-10-2018, 11:49 AM | #11 |
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Re: [DF] New Race: Swan Maidens (PEACH)
(Sorry for the aside, but could someone please tell me what PEACH means? I've seen it before, but can't figure it out. Thanks.)
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12-10-2018, 12:21 PM | #12 |
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Re: [DF] New Race: Swan Maidens (PEACH)
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Re: [DF] New Race: Swan Maidens (PEACH)
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12-10-2018, 01:15 PM | #14 | |
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Re: [DF] New Race: Swan Maidens (PEACH)
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This thread is probably not where I should muse on how to change Long Neck in light of Combat Writ Large, but it definitely needs modification. Still, swans have a long spindly neck true, but their reach with it isnt really all that much. Same hex, basically. Swans are just really not shy at all about getting into your hex and letting you know how they feel about you. Ive gone many many rounds with geese (similar bad attitude), and I greatly prefer the reach advantage of a stick when dealing with the bastards, which I use to imply they are Reach C on the bite and wings... :) Edit: AOA:Long should still apply to bites though, representing more of a "lunge in, attack, and then back out" maneuver. A "fly-out" in fencing, or the quick snap of a dog going for a heel.
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12-10-2018, 05:03 PM | #15 |
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Re: [DF] New Race: Swan Maidens (PEACH)
Thank you very much!
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12-11-2018, 10:33 AM | #16 |
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Re: [DF] New Race: Swan Maidens (PEACH)
I guess you could give Swans Stretching (Neck Only, Always On) to give that boost.
Should actual swans count as upright? The way a lot of birds stand looks Semi-Upright. Even those who we see go fully upright like penguins waddle so slowly that the trait would make sense for them. |
12-11-2018, 12:27 PM | #17 | |
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They are bipeds, if awkward ones. They don't get the advantages of Extra Legs in any movement configuration, and GURPS is all about "what do you get". They move slow, but that is just a matter of buying down their ground move by whatever... though they are not THAT slow...
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So I guess that will always be the better deal if you lack forelimbs to use your full move with. I could see maybe some creatures (like some kind of dragon) able to use their wings like that (like with hands, you don't need Extra Legs for that) to move faster than on hind legs, but Swans clearly don't, and if they did it would probably be standard "Crawling" because they couldn't do it faster than just on hind legs like some hypothetical dragon. |
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