Giant Apprentice

hcobb · 01-09-2023, 11:00 AM

My assumption is that the half-giant leans forwards (for the same facings as a horse) and I round down all of the half-points.
Hence ST (8+25)/2 = 16. DX (8+9)/2 = 8, IQ (8+7)/2 = 7, plus 4 points.
The advantage of starting at 35 attribute points is that it only takes her 300 XPs to advance her next point and she can be treated as a conventional PC from then on. (With the only adjustment being a DX minus if the ceiling is less than 8 feet.) Max DX and IQ of 12 each unlocks most of the combat abilities.

An alternative is to half her ST above 8 for XP purposes, hence Elga is a 12+10+9 = 31 "effective attribute" character and it only costs her 100 XP to advance DX or IQ by one point, or ST by two points.

Applying the same for a full giant, we get a starting character of 8 + (25-8)/3 + 9 +7 = 30 "effective attribute" (after diving the excess ST by size in hexes) character who can add 3 points of ST for only 100 XPs.

01-09-2023, 11:00 AM	#11
hcobb Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacheco, California	Re: Giant Apprentice My assumption is that the half-giant leans forwards (for the same facings as a horse) and I round down all of the half-points. Hence ST (8+25)/2 = 16. DX (8+9)/2 = 8, IQ (8+7)/2 = 7, plus 4 points. The advantage of starting at 35 attribute points is that it only takes her 300 XPs to advance her next point and she can be treated as a conventional PC from then on. (With the only adjustment being a DX minus if the ceiling is less than 8 feet.) Max DX and IQ of 12 each unlocks most of the combat abilities. An alternative is to half her ST above 8 for XP purposes, hence Elga is a 12+10+9 = 31 "effective attribute" character and it only costs her 100 XP to advance DX or IQ by one point, or ST by two points. Applying the same for a full giant, we get a starting character of 8 + (25-8)/3 + 9 +7 = 30 "effective attribute" (after diving the excess ST by size in hexes) character who can add 3 points of ST for only 100 XPs. __________________ -HJC