Re: [HoE] Tough enough?

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>I'm trying to work up some NPCs and I guess my old habits from other
>game systems are showing. As I read the rules, the ONLY thing that affects
>how much damage you can take is size. So if Timmy Greenhorn with Vigor 1d4
>and Dutch "The Rock" Duggan with Vigor 5d12 (both size 6) get shot for 6
>points
>of damage, both take 1 wound?

Correct.

> Now, Dutch can obviously take more wind than
>Timmy, but in terms of wounds the only thing that matters is size, and the
>most
>that can be for "normal" people is 7?

Yesss.... but - everytime you take a wound, you have to roll a vigor check
to see if you are stunned.  Duggan will be far more able to take the shot
and keep on coming.  Timmy is probably down for the count on most heavy
wounds.

>My other question is whether there are any guidelines anywhere for what size
>translates into? I mean, if I decide the party is up against a 20-foot long
>rat, how
>do I figure out what size the rat is?

Roughly scaled - it's a doubling effect.  I would guess that a 20ft long
rat is a size 8, 9 or 10.
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Allan Seyberth
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