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Originally Posted by Harshax
Your file is shaping up rather nicely. It's a little difficult to come up with criticism, but I think I found one:
I don't like your SIZ results. They're a little wonky if you ask me. A Hill Giant has a SIZ range of 10 to 40, with an average height of 25?  A midget Hill Giant is the same size as an average adult. That's kind of funny actually.
I think you should flatten the curve just a little. I see from your formula, that you are expressing SIZ directly from STR. I wonder if you subtracted the size bonuses from the Characteristics before you computed their BRP equivalent? A Large creature, IIRC, gets a +4 Bonus to STR, and a -2 Penalty to DEX.
In any case, SIZ is probably the most difficult Characteristic to convert formulaically, but like I said before, it looks like it is really coming together. |
Thanks for the comment.
When I studied existing statblocks for BRP (RQ III to be exact) I noticed that there was a very uniform STR = SIZ rule. Only very large creatures have more SIZ than STR, which I simulate by giving them a 120% increase in the fixed bonus to the dice roll. A large dinosaur with STR 10d6+30 would thus be given a SIZ of 10d6+36. Your observation that giants and other humanoids can get a bit of odd SIZ values are quite valid though.
I changed the algorithm a bit and took the creature type in consideration. If the creature is large or huge and a humanoid or an animal then I reduce the number of dices by one and add the dice type to the fixed mod. A Hill Giant now has a STR of 6d6+4 and a SIZ of 5d6+10.
I've also updated the html snapshot of my file (
http://www.rollspelshornan.se/files/BRP_creatures.htm)