[Rq-rules] Big damn centipedes

Sun Mar 30 19:52:00 PDT 2008

   Steve Davies comments:

>In order to procrastinate at work (thanks for the  >help), I found this article:   >http://caribjsci.org/aug05/41_340-346.pdf which  >describes a large centipede eating a bat.    >Centipede length:  145mm  >Centipede weight after eating:  15.2 g  >Estimated Centipede weight before eating:    >9.0 to 9.5g  

   Thanks Steve,

   Using the stats as a jumping off point for some Square 

Cube wrangling (you know, where the doubling of an object's 

dimensions results in it having 8x weight).

   Now the book provided (RQ3 Troll material, I believe)stats 

for the creatures was, IIRC, for a 10m long example. 

Giant Centipede
Characteristics  Average 
STR 8D6   28  Move 5 
CON 12D6   42  Hit Points 42
SIZ 12D6   42  Fatigue 70 
INT 2    2
POW 2D6+3   10
DEX 3D6   10-11

Of course,the problem I have with something saying 

its for a 10m subject,that has that wide a SIZ range 

makes me wonder if the 12D6 has 10m at the top end of 

the scale, or is it supposed to be representing 

the 10m figure as being the average for one of 

these things.

   Something the size of a RW Giant Centipede 

(a foot long) looks to have a weight of around 83g.Some extrapolation later,

and we have some really *giant* giant centipedes...

Length (m) Weight(kg)  SIZ Equivalent

2.32  39   6

3  83   13

4.6  311.3   29

5  379.7   31

6  666   37

7  1039   42

8  1538   47

9  2183   51

10  3110   55

11  3962   58

12  5190   61

12.5  5829   62

13.92  8401   67

15  10122   69

16  12198   71

17  20093   72

18  17472   75

18.56  19923   77

   Out of curiosity, I compared the book-standard Giant Centepide 

to the above, and found that it seemed to range in from 2-3m to 

around 17m, with an average length of around 7m; the 10m version not being found.

   So I decided to alter the beastie in my bestiary as follows. The other stuff 

prettymuch has stayed unchanged, aside from addition of a poison

gas attack.

Giant Centipede
Characteristics  Average 
STR 4D6+18   32  Move 5 
CON 12D6   42  Hit Points 45
SIZ 8D6+20   48  Fatigue 70 
INT 2    2
POW 2D6+3   10
DEX 2D6+8   15

   Best,
  -Ken-

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