GURPS Fantasy Question

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by kmunoz

The old bestiaries (which are the only ones that had extensive real world creatures) only did this half-way. They gave variable ST and HT ranges but not much else. And they did some serious fudging on things like spiders and snakes (for good reason). For 4e supplements, lenses are a good idea...

I would prefer lenses to just attribute ranges - I think it's a much better approach.

Stating that a spotted hyena can range from 80 lbs to 250 lbs, and ST 6 to ST 14, and that males are smaller than females is... well... informative... but it does nothing for the GM. If I say "OK, I need a pack of hyenas, 4 females, 4 males, and it's been a lean year because the dark lord has burned everything to the ground so they're going to be scrawny" - I have no idea if the females should be 100 lbs or 200 lbs, and what ST rating they should be, and if that's scrawny or emaciated or fat or what.