RE: Re: Assembling a Tricky Situations List

From: DreadDomain <dreaddomain_at_...>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:13:01 -0500

In the following post Gavain gives an example of a very simple table that can be put in a text box somewhere taking almost no place. A table like this would be very useful for people needing real references and can just be ignored by others.

It's not like it is totally unknown in HQ. Tables on pages 91 and 100 are after all putting very real distances, durations and number of people on modifiers. You don't have to use them but it does tell me that HQ abilities do translate in real numbers.

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[mailto:HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com] De la part de Gavain Sweetman

I feel the same way, especially about the sizes of things. I play with a bunch of youngsters and they find it easier to visualise the monsters if they know how big they are. Mostly even saying that the thing is 20 ft tall doesn't help them. Telling them that it has to bend down to look into the upsairs windows does help a great deal.

Because of this I was sad enough to go through AR and find all the entries that specifically mention height with their large/small rating. Using this data I now have a reasonable chart for plotting heights against size.

Size Height (feet) Each point (feet)

6              5.5                  0.3 (4 inches)
1W           10                    1
1W2         30                   3.5
1W3        100                   5
1W4        200                  15
1W5        500                  75

It helps me visulise the scale of monsters.

Gavain