The "Size Discount for ST -- Why?" Discussion

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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Yeah, they're very unfair in comparison...

But per point 2, the latter guy still spent 900 points on something that stacks up really badly compared to just about any other way to have spent 900 points. The SM+1 might be worth it, but the build that made the SM+1 worth it is not likely to be.

So we're arguing about two problems: SM should maybe be priced on its own, and ST is overpriced.

For the former, I think the argument is that SM is largely unimportant. I mean, the giant gas-bag alien also has longer reach and faster base move, etc. There are advantages to being that really huge, gangly dude, even if you're not particularly strong. I think the RAW case for the modifier is a sort of a sop to even those scales a bit, to make sure the +1 SM is worth it, so the drawbacks and benefits even out. We can argue for or against that.

The other problem is that ST is just too expensive. Actually, ST has a lot of problems. I did some homework on it awhile back, but I'd have to dig out my notes. In addition to being too expensive, it just doesn't scale well, and it causes a serious headache with "giant" critters. I tried to put together something inspired by Transformers, and ST was an absolute mess in that game.