01-02-2022, 01:20 PM | #21 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
You're right that the maximum load for an ST 24 horse (a riding horse, say) is 288 lbs (ITL 66). A ST30 draft or war horse could carry 480lbs, at MA -12. That would slow the draft horse to MA 10 (ouch) and the war horse to MA 12.
(Here, I'm assuming that the Reptile Man isn't empty-handed. At 300lbs exactly, these ST 30 horses would be MA -10 instead of MA -12.) I guess I'd have to agree. A reptile man would have serious issues on a horse, even if the horse tolerated his reptilian fearsomeness. ITL says that reptile men often domesticate Uncle Teeth as a mount, but this would require Driver skill, not Horsemanship. Last edited by phiwum; 01-02-2022 at 01:26 PM. |
01-02-2022, 01:30 PM | #22 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
Henry, where are you getting your weight for Reptile Men? It's a large one hex figure, just like a gargoyle, and the gargoyle weighs 300lbs, but I don't know that means the Reptile Man weighs the same as a
I'm not saying 300lbs is unreasonable for a 7ft. tall, heavily built humanoid lizard. I've only known a couple of those and not well enough to inquire about weight. I'm just wondering if there's some explicit source for saying they weigh 300lbs. (Back in 2015, there was a 7' tall, 440lb high school football player, so 300lbs doesn't sound crazy for a solidly built lizard.) Last edited by phiwum; 01-02-2022 at 01:34 PM. |
01-02-2022, 01:34 PM | #23 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
It's interesting Henry brought this up... I have actually made this an explicit trait of reptile-men in my game, namely that they create 'fight or flight' reactions in most mammals and are thus prohibited from riding horses or training non-reptilian beasts.
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01-02-2022, 02:56 PM | #25 |
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01-02-2022, 04:57 PM | #26 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
ITL 66 lists large 1-hex figures as averaging 300 lb.
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01-02-2022, 06:33 PM | #27 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
Ah, thanks.
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01-02-2022, 07:20 PM | #28 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
Good discussion that's bringing back my memories. Thanks folks.
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01-03-2022, 06:24 PM | #29 |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
Well...I'm only 5'9" tall. At one time, about 19 years ago, I weighed over 330 lbs. I have a stocky frame that allows me to carry far more weight than I should. So, a 300 lb. One hex character is very possible.
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01-03-2022, 06:31 PM | #30 | |
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Re: Reptile Men -- Your thoughts?
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Shostak provided the reference I was missing. |
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