02-09-2007, 10:19 AM | #21 |
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Re: Some fantasy monsters.
Well, someone could always come up with a P0W3R3D by GURPS product.
And it's not like SJ Games hasn't published like products in the past. After all I own a copy of the GURPS Bestiary and a couple of their Alien's books with sentient and less than sentient critters. All in all, I'm not dissing this thread. I'm enjoying the diversity and freshness from what I'm seeing. Keep it up, people! |
02-09-2007, 10:33 AM | #22 | |
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02-09-2007, 02:19 PM | #23 | |
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When I first read the whole 16"/20lbs. thing, it did seem a bit implausible. But then I thought of it in terms of a weight (like the kind you put on a barbell). A 20 lb. weight is somewhere around 12" long, maybe 1" thick, and incredibly dense. I have held a tarantula before, and for its size, it does have a decent weight (like, maybe half an apple or so). A scorpion has a much harder exoskeleton, and at 16" in length, one stacked both high and wide could reasonably weigh 15 pounds or so (like a small dog). Plus, this is fantasy, so we can allow room for slight unrealism. Yeah, so how exactly did a forum about GURPS creatures turn into an argument about the weight of a scorpion?
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02-09-2007, 02:46 PM | #24 |
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Re: Some fantasy monsters.
;) One last scorpion issue - mostly the weight was pulled from HPs, which are pulled from strength. If anything, I may have mis-calculated the appropriate length.
But yes, I know Coconut Crabs are the monsters of the arthropod world - a friend of mine made coconut crab spirits the antagonist of two Werewolf the Apocalypse sessions ;) I hear they can get almost a yard long, but I'm not sure how credible that is. But, this IS a giant scorpion, meant to be a serious predation threat to housecats, chickens, and other small ground-bound creatures, and a modest hazard to adventurers (in the sense of HOLY COW THAT'S HUGE).
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03-08-2007, 06:03 PM | #25 |
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Re: Some fantasy monsters.
The reason I brought up the weight issue is because one of my players has a strong character who would just love to grab this thing (with armored gloves, of course) and use it as a missile weapon.
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03-17-2007, 07:28 AM | #26 |
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Re: Some fantasy monsters.
People, you need to start a Wiki! This stuff is too good to languish in a thread.
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03-17-2007, 12:26 PM | #27 | |
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