Misc. Spell questions

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by TedT

.. The spell Summon Giant brings an ST 30 giant who does 3d+3 with club. But in the rules for damage with a club where giants are discussed (pg. 122), ST 30 lines up with 1d+6 (one-handed) and 1d+7 (two-handed). Summoned giants wield clubs with extra gusto?

Giants have rules for their club damage in basic Melee, which says they use giant-sized weapons that do 1d+1 per 10 ST, which is what Wizard, Death Test, and the ITL Summon Giant spell show.

The ITL bare hand damage table would apply to a human-sized figure using a human-sized club, IF they had ST 24-30. Notice too that if they had ST 31, they'd do 2d+5, which is closer to 3d+3, And a giant with ST 20 using the Melee-based giant club damage rule would do only 2d+2. so part of the difference is just from the crude low grain of both damage rules.

But it seems to me that a giant's club is rather larger than the "2-handed maul" that supposedly even a ST 4 halfling can use. And 3d+3 seems more "right" to me for a ST 30 giant with a huge club, than 1d+6.