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<blockquote data-quote="Dakkareth" data-source="post: 2570610" data-attributes="member: 9928"><p>Ok, we'll have to bend the rules a little, but that's fine. We want funny after all.</p><p></p><p>So we'll be going with two houserules: First, there's no limit to the number of participants in a grapple. Second, an attack roll of 20-20-20 means an instant kill. The first isn't really that outlandish and the second is often used anyway, so we're fine in that regard.</p><p></p><p>We're using <strong>grappling</strong> in order to prevent the dragon from acting against the <strong>Army of Cats (tm)</strong>. </p><p></p><p>Of course a cat with its grapple of -12 will only succeed an Aid Another on a 20. Also only one cat among 20 will make the will save to avoid running in fear. Thus for one successful Aid Another maneuver applied to grappling we need <strong>400</strong> cats.</p><p></p><p>An ancient gold dragon has a grapple of +63. If we get our grapple as high as +84 there's no way he's going to make it. Since every Aid Another success gets us a +2, we need <strong>42</strong> teams of grappling cats for one cat to make the check, which results in <strong>16801</strong> needed to successfully grapple a dragon.</p><p></p><p>Theoretically that would be enough - given time the cats would eventually score a perfect success and crush the dragon's throat for an instant kill. We don't have the 13 hours and 20 minutes that would statistically take, though. So go for a <strong>one-round kill</strong>!</p><p></p><p>The chance to roll a perfect 20-20-20 is <strong>1:8000</strong> - bummer. But then, nobody said anything about having only a <strong>sane</strong> number of cats available. Since we've already established how many cats we need to grapple the dragon, we now simply take 8000 such <strong>Legions of GrappleCats (tm)</strong>. </p><p></p><p>The conclusion:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">To kill an Ancient Gold Dragon in <em>one round</em> we need an <strong>Army of Kamikaze GrappleCats (tm)</strong> 134408000 strong.</span></p><p></p><p>I can see it before me: An epic spell called 'Invoking the Death of Infinite Cats'. Truly, one who has mastered such power, is invincible!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dakkareth, post: 2570610, member: 9928"] Ok, we'll have to bend the rules a little, but that's fine. We want funny after all. So we'll be going with two houserules: First, there's no limit to the number of participants in a grapple. Second, an attack roll of 20-20-20 means an instant kill. The first isn't really that outlandish and the second is often used anyway, so we're fine in that regard. We're using [b]grappling[/b] in order to prevent the dragon from acting against the [b]Army of Cats (tm)[/b]. Of course a cat with its grapple of -12 will only succeed an Aid Another on a 20. Also only one cat among 20 will make the will save to avoid running in fear. Thus for one successful Aid Another maneuver applied to grappling we need [b]400[/b] cats. An ancient gold dragon has a grapple of +63. If we get our grapple as high as +84 there's no way he's going to make it. Since every Aid Another success gets us a +2, we need [b]42[/b] teams of grappling cats for one cat to make the check, which results in [b]16801[/b] needed to successfully grapple a dragon. Theoretically that would be enough - given time the cats would eventually score a perfect success and crush the dragon's throat for an instant kill. We don't have the 13 hours and 20 minutes that would statistically take, though. So go for a [b]one-round kill[/b]! The chance to roll a perfect 20-20-20 is [b]1:8000[/b] - bummer. But then, nobody said anything about having only a [b]sane[/b] number of cats available. Since we've already established how many cats we need to grapple the dragon, we now simply take 8000 such [b]Legions of GrappleCats (tm)[/b]. The conclusion: [SIZE=3]To kill an Ancient Gold Dragon in [i]one round[/i] we need an [b]Army of Kamikaze GrappleCats (tm)[/b] 134408000 strong.[/SIZE] I can see it before me: An epic spell called 'Invoking the Death of Infinite Cats'. Truly, one who has mastered such power, is invincible! [/QUOTE]
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