Why no Size enhancement for ST?

ErhnamDJ · 10-25-2012, 01:38 AM

One thing to keep in mind is that it's not always a 'creature' that's being built with these rules.

Robots and vehicles don't necessarily have any stride length at all. The speed of a small robot might not have very much to do with its size. Even small insects and mammals and lizards can move very quickly.

I think the real reason why it was done as it was is that ST is priced linearly, though it's not worth a linear increase. ST 60 costs ten more points than ST 59. The only way to not make elephants look completely ridiculous is to either reprice ST entirely, or to give a large discount some other way. It was the second option that was chosen.

I much prefer to use these rules and to then handle SM some other way. Preferably without its own special rules. There should be an advantage that gives people a penalty to hit you. And a disadvantage that gives people a bonus to hit you. Then large creatures would have that. I think someone has a site listing all of the things SM gives you. I would go through and atomize those parts and turn them into general advantages and disadvantages that are priced based on their utility rather than as being part of a package.

10-25-2012, 01:38 AM	#8
ErhnamDJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: OK	Re: Why no Size enhancement for ST? One thing to keep in mind is that it's not always a 'creature' that's being built with these rules. Robots and vehicles don't necessarily have any stride length at all. The speed of a small robot might not have very much to do with its size. Even small insects and mammals and lizards can move very quickly. I think the real reason why it was done as it was is that ST is priced linearly, though it's not worth a linear increase. ST 60 costs ten more points than ST 59. The only way to not make elephants look completely ridiculous is to either reprice ST entirely, or to give a large discount some other way. It was the second option that was chosen. I much prefer to use these rules and to then handle SM some other way. Preferably without its own special rules. There should be an advantage that gives people a penalty to hit you. And a disadvantage that gives people a bonus to hit you. Then large creatures would have that. I think someone has a site listing all of the things SM gives you. I would go through and atomize those parts and turn them into general advantages and disadvantages that are priced based on their utility rather than as being part of a package. __________________ "For the rays, to speak properly, are not colored. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color." —Isaac Newton, Optics My blog.