[Rq-rules] Re: Wonky animal SIZ

[murfnmurf at suscom.net]

    Simon writes:

30-45 with an average of 42? That means that most of them
will have a higher
  SIZ than 42 and only a few will have lower SIZ than 42.
This is very unusual.
  
  What is the creature in question and why does it have
such an unusual SIZ
  distribution?
  
  If you want some of them to be big and some of them to 
be
small, then why not
  have two breeds, one with a larger SIZ and one with a
smaller SIZ?


  

    Well, I saw a giant bison's skull at the Natural 
History Museum, and was suitably impressed, so I did a 
lil' reading online to find out about the things.
    Well, I worked up some stats for them based on 
information I found online, as well as using the stats for 
the bison I found listed *somewhere* (Drastic Prax, 
Glorantha Bestiary, or maybe a late issue of Tales of the 
Reaching Moon?) and, seeing where female bison are some 
percentage smaller than the male bison, I worked backwards 
from my newly-figured giant bison's stats to arrive at 
stats for the female giant bison, which worked out to have 
a SIZ (and STR) that ranged from 30-45, with an average of 
42 :)
    Seeing where it was *impossible* to really work up 
that SIZ range, I settled for a slightly different, and 
thus *easier* to roll SIZ.
    You'll note that the giant bison uses dice different 
than D6s to roll some stats. While I prefer to roll them 
on D6s, sometimes I can't get the range that I want, and 
so, have to roll different types. It does fly a bit in the 
face of RQ's traditional use of D6s for stats, but hey, 
some of the bigger creatures in the RQ3 Creature Book use 
D10s, so I don't feel all that bad deviating a bit :)
    Enjoy. And of course feedback is always welcome.
    Best.
   -Ken-



Standard Bison
(perhaps book standard, but most likely not)
STR 3D6+30   40-41   Move 10
CON 3D6+9    19-20   HP   31
SIZ 3D6+30   40-41   Ftg  61
INT 4        4
POW 3D6      10-11
DEX 2D6      7

Butt      7  50+1  2D6+4D3
Charge    7  50+1  2D6+4D6
Trample   7  75    8D6 to downed foe

Jump 60-24, Swim 60-24, Listen 40, Scan 40,
Scent 60.

AP 6-point shaggy fur and tough hide.

Female bison have SIZ & STR of 3D6+23




Giant Bison
STR 2D8+36   45      Move 10
CON 3D6+9    22-23   HP   34
SIZ 2D8+36   45      Ftg  68
INT 4        4
POW 3D6      10-11
DEX 2D6      7

Butt      7  50+1  2D6+4D3
Charge    7  50+1  2D6+2+4D6
Trample   7  75    8D6 to downed foe

Jump 60-28, Swim 60-28, Listen 40+2, Scan 40+2,
Scent 60+2.

AP 8-point shaggy fur and tough hide.

Female giant bison have SIZ & STR of 3D8+28