04-08-2021, 02:20 PM | #1 |
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Cyclops SM?
In your game world, how big was Polyphemus?
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04-08-2021, 02:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: Cyclops SM?
He's not in my game world, but based on this statue I'm gonna go with SM+3.
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04-08-2021, 02:30 PM | #3 |
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Re: Cyclops SM?
Excellent use of prior art. From the text, the main clue is that his sheep are large enough for a human sailor to cling underneath while they go to graze.
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04-09-2021, 07:29 AM | #4 |
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Re: Cyclops SM?
I'd go with SM+5. There is an old bit of speculation about how elephant skulls inspired the cyclops story. Its quite facinating. Elephants (and mammoths) are SM+4, and have unusually large heads, so I say go up an SM to +5.
The art shown earlier is nice, but I look at it and ask myself why the Greeks aren't going for the heart.
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04-09-2021, 11:07 AM | #5 | |
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04-09-2021, 06:34 PM | #6 | |
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04-09-2021, 07:12 PM | #7 |
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Re: Cyclops SM?
Even if he is killable, killing the offspring of a god is risky. Giving one of the Greek gods a reason to take a personal interest in you does not usually end well for the mortal.
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04-10-2021, 06:02 AM | #8 |
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It didn't end well for Odysseus, did it? IIRC, Poseidon punished him by chasing from one end of the Mediterranean to the other.
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04-16-2021, 06:07 AM | #9 |
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Follow up question: does the Cyclops' eye get the easy-to-target disadvantage?
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04-16-2021, 07:40 AM | #10 |
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Re: Cyclops SM?
Well, if he's SM +5 that makes the eye a whole lot easier already. And since he was asleep, Odysseus could make an All-Out Attack for another +4 (in GURPS he could also get +4 for Telegraphic Attack). I don't think it's needed.
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