From: MurfNMurf@aol.com
Date: Sat 15 Dec 2001 - 07:45:20 EET
Hey gang,
Maybe as some sort of _block_ left over from my encounter with the
mind-numbing plethora of differing Dragon-types you see in D&D, I've always
prettymuch stayed clear of the things myself; both in D&D, and since making
the switch to RQ many, many moons ago.
Anyhow, thanks to a couple of conversations and the recounting of a few
Adventure Tales among our gaming group, I've recently gotten to thinking
about Dragons in RQ.
Wondering, and with a _somewhat_ firm grasp of the square cube law
(acquired during skylarking on this list some time back concerning the
Jolanti), I started looking up Dragon stats in the BRP-related stuff I owned.
My idea was to get an idea of the the thing's dimensions, then push the
square cube law both up & down to see what could be done. The only Dragons
with notes concerning _any_ sorts of dimensions are the Stormbringer Dragon,
with a wingspan of 30' across, and a length of 40', and the Wyvern, which is
apparently about the size of a horse.
Well, I didn't let the lack of _actual_ measurable stats stand in my way, and
ended up using the RQ3 rulebook-provided Dragon with its SIZ of 20D6. Which
works out to be a range of 20-120, with an average of 70 at "X" dimensions
(_whatever_ they might be).
Since for every doubling of linear measurements, volume, and thus weight,
increases 8 times, I assumed that this worked backwards as well; so every
halfing of linear measurements, volume, and thus weight, would have the
weight being divided by 8.
Working under this premise, a Dragon that is 1/2 "X" dimensions would have
a SIZ range of 4-74, with an average of 46. And a halfing of _that_ Dragon's
dimensions would result in a Dragon with a SIZ range of 1-50, with an average
of 23.
Anyone have any idea what "X" should be? Steve Perrin? You were there. Fill
us in :)
-Ken-
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