I tried another attempt for a table.This time i researched the internet for
speed and mass of animals(using the zoo-website of hannover as my primary
source).
Having all the animals in order of their abilities and on one glance, helps a
bit.Next step, i tried to find thresholds, that relate to the
masterymeaning.The worldrecord for sprinting is somewhat about 9m/sec,
roughly 30km/h-so i decided that to be 5W3 (higher rating possible).
The same with the mass of 150kg, from a human point of view, thatīs a
"master-eater", thus assigning a rating of 15W2....
I tried to figure an elephants mass from the following scenario:it tramples
someone(a human, etc.) down, Trample12 vs. a plain resistance of 6.
Letīs say itīs a success vs. a success- looser forfeits x1.
Letīs say the elephant uses his default of 3AP-so the poor guy looses 6AP.I
imagine, that after being trampled down by an elephant,you are very hurt(if
not dead...)- a major victory(thus -21-30AP), so there should be an edge of,
maybe 25.
Using the rule that an automatic success gives a bonus/edge of +1/+2 for
every ten points ability, the mass of the creature should then be: 125 or 5W6.
W6 relates to a rating of"mythical".Surely something like an elephant was
regarded as mythical, for a very long time in europe.
(120=laymen,W=trained,W2=master,W3=expert,W4=legendary,W5magical,
W6=mythical,W8=divine(my interpretation of masterylevels, derived from the
resistance table)).
I have to say, that im very unsure about my results and i see, that maybe, i used too much, the meaning of masteries, and too less the gamemechanics of bumping as a guideline(like Wulf arguments).But this really gives me headaches, its so difficult making up these numbers, maybe what Greg said is very true, that it all relates to the story, only, and that itīs a characteristic of HW, that it seems, you canīt make up too definite numbers.Because ratings depend on what you want to compare with what....?If the scale is human, it makes quite sense to say sprinting 30kmh equals a rating 5W3+, because if itīs not, you can beat horses easily in a race.....
This is my new table:
Sprint(km/h):
12-Mouse-Sprint5 20-Pig-Sprint10 24-Reindeer-Sprint15 30-Whale,Human-Sprint5W3 40-Elephant-Sprint15W3 48-Emu,Orang Utang,Hippo-Sprint18W3 50-Dromedary,Giraffe,Bison,Rhino,Brownbear-Sprint19W3 60-Zebra,Gazelle,Wolf-Sprint5W4 65-Icebear,Ostrich-Sprint10W4 70-Horse-Sprint18W4 75-Lion-Sprint18W4 80-Kangaroo,Antelope-Sprint19W4
Large/Mass(kg):
65-Cheetah,Lepard-Small2 70-Kangaroo,Chimpanzee-Small1 75-Human-no Rating 155-Lama,Ostrich -Large15W2 210-Gorilla-Large 18W2 260-Lion-Large5W3 280-Tiger-Large6W3 315-Zebra -Large10W3 500-Cattle-Large2W4
1000-Camel,Icebear-Large18W4 1930-Giraffe-Large5W5 2000-Rhino-Large5W5 3200-Hippopotamus-Large7W5 5000-Elephant-Large5W6
Christian
P.S.: Wulf!The strength-rating for a true dragon is 5W6 and size is 18W7.And this creature is supposed to be 15000 ft.=4.5km....... And i donīt think that giving a giant 130 Ap is much-he is gigantic and should be difficult to defeat.The same with always achieving a critical versus anyone who has less than three masteries.Where this fist lands, there shall be no more grass,right.....
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