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07-02-2011, 03:18 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
The tiger template in the Basic Set was developed before the biting SM rules in Martial arts came out. In your opinion, would a tiger have increased biting SM? I understand that a +3 is probably for truly disproportionally large jaws, such as a crocodile, but would a +1 to biting SM be appropriate for a tiger? Or is it more suited for a canine?
Also, what would be your opinion on a biting SM+2 creature? Just for comparison purposes? |
07-02-2011, 03:36 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Vermont
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
A tiger should have the Born Biter perk. +1 SM
A Hyena would probably be a +2 SM biter, as would monitor lizards and some snakes. Sharks and Crocs would be +3, as you say.
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07-02-2011, 03:39 PM | #3 |
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Location: Ventura CA
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
SWAG:
SM 1 seems reasonable for most predators. Certainly for cats. SM 2 probably covers predators that kill primarily by bite, but don't have especially oversized jaws. Wolves, lots of fish, monitors, thylacines... I suppose you could actually compare jaw-size/body length to human jaw/body length to get some kind of scale. It might be interesting. |
07-02-2011, 03:48 PM | #4 | |
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Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
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07-02-2011, 04:19 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
I retain the opinion I expressed last time; Born Biter exists to distinguish wolves from tigers. Tigers are not born biters; they box or trip their prey, then rip out of the jugular.
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07-02-2011, 06:36 PM | #6 | |
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Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
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07-03-2011, 10:00 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
Tigers are usually too big to drop from above safely, but they will jump or run at high speeds and unbalance their prey, for much the same effect.
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07-04-2011, 09:02 AM | #8 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Montréal, Québec
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Re: Tigers, Martial arts, and biting SM.
Just saw a tiger two days ago, about 2m away. I'd say +1 to SM for biting; it has a muzzle (so there's some optimization for biting), but it's short. I saw a gator the same day, about 3m away. Now that's +3 to SM for biting. I'd estimate that most things with canine builds would be in between, at +2.
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