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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 251151" data-attributes="member: 326">Hello there! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Depends on  a number of factors I suppose. It could work like that I suppose!?Agreed.  Absolutely. You are starting to complicate matters unnecessarily though.  That seems a bit arbitrary.  Actually I was thinking that skill (BAB) would add to damage.  Remember that 'scratches' would add up.Not really. HP = Mass. Strength (Bonus) also adds to HP.Iron Golem. (says 5000lb in the book, but I think 10,000lbs is closer, I had this worked out a few days ago but can't find those particular notes so this is ad hoc.)10,000lbs1000hp (+245 STR)Str 500AV ...?The question of AV needs addressing. Offhand I am unsure how to treat Armour beyond one staple factor, that it will protect against a typical blow. A kevlar vest will stop an assault rifle round.A human in platemail should be protected against a typical attack from another human. I estimate that platemail is (on average 1/4 inch thick). If we scale this up a M1A1 Abrams Tank should offer protection against an equal tanks armament. 120mm Cannon. Without going into details I worked out that a 120mm Cannon should deliver (approx.) 105,000* damage on an average strike. Therefore its armour should be beyond this figure. Yet the armour is only about 4 inches thick at best*.So if 4 inches of (iron) armour give DR 105,000+ what DR do we assign to an Iron Golem? Which could have cross-sections of 4 inch radius on its arms (let alone legs and torso). *I am factoring that advances like Chobham armour will be balanced by similar improvements to Tank rounds. I am sure I explained this in one of my previous posts. Pound for pound dwarves are (typically) stronger than humans. (remember its Mass + STR = hp)  Stone giant flesh is more dense than other giantish subtypes.  Well Stone Giants have internal organs I would envision.  If he weighed the same and had roughly the same physical dimensions he would have comparative strength.His skin could grant protection equal to leather armour (or better?)Constitution is bugging me (I must admit). But I think I have your above problems already covered.Perhaps constitution could be treated as 'Toughness' (in effect Natural Damage Reduction)...?However, hit points should still be relative to Mass (as far as I can see).I wasn't worrying over it, seems okay to me... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />For which I already corrected the Size Modifiers to +4/+16/+64/+256Already represented by Mass + STR (bonus).I like the idea that Toughness (incorporating Natural Armour) may replace CON.I am warming the the idea that CON should become Natural Armour/Damage Reduction of some description.I don't recall we ever saw Tordek or Luke actually getting bitten though!? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Also, Luke was probably using his Force Powers to avoid the pain of the Rancors embrace.Tordek probably leapt onto the dragons head from a precipice to make a called shot critical hit on its head. No one in their right mind is going to jump into a dragons mouth to heroically strike at it.</blockquote>

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