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Re: [Basic_Roleplaying] Relation between STR and SIZ?

> Is there any relation between a creature's STR and it's SIZ? If I drop a
> creature's SIZ by 5 should I also drop it's STR by a similar amount? If
> larger creatures are supposed to have higher STR scores then isn't that
> pretty much the same as adding SIZ twice when figuring out a creature's
> DB? Maybe DB should just be determined by the creature's full STR value.
>

Think of it like muscular density, which humans although presented as the
average, are actually very poor at.

Consider the chimpanzee... Probably about SIZ 7, STR 25?

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HTH,


Lev




Wed Jul 1, 2009 1:58 am

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Is there any relation between a creature's STR and it's SIZ? If I drop a creature's SIZ by 5 should I also drop it's STR by a similar amount? If larger...
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Jun 30, 2009
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Depends on the type of creature. A mythical drawf, for example, maybe very strong as a giant, but as short as a child. Or an Heinlein-like grey alien maybe...
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nope no relation between size and str as they are, but you can develop a relation if you want ________________________________ From: "mtbedwards@..."...
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... Think of it like muscular density, which humans although presented as the average, are actually very poor at. Consider the chimpanzee... Probably about SIZ...
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... Hm, maybe I can use chimps as a model for goblins; they're small but surprisingly strong. So, does this mean that larger creatures shouldn't have higher...
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... That would be pretty cool :) ... Sure, but remember that the old BRP model was that 10 points mean a doubling in value. So whilst SIZ 20 is twice SIZ 10,...
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i created a bonoboo world for BRP started off as a starfrontier world till I started moving everything over to BRP it is at basicroleplaying.com in the...
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