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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8372015" data-attributes="member: 57383">Yes, the first attempt at the Cheeseplosion table scaled up gradually is a slow semi-exponential fashion but that makes it unmemorable.Hmm, how about if we use linear progression in a couple of stages?The first stage would be up to the normal 10d6 damage cap of a fireball spell.  Let's say two pounds per 1d6 damage?  Perhaps have a single pound of cheese explode for 1d3?That'd be:1 pound - 1d32-3 pounds - 1d64-5 pounds - 2d66-7 pounds - 3d68-9 pounds - 4d610-11 pounds - 5d612-13 pounds - 6d614-15 pounds - 7d616-17 pounds - 8d618-19 pounds - 9d620+ pounds - 10d6Then we could have the next five steps (i.e. up to the 15d6 limit of a mid-level damage spell) go up at six or ten pounds per 1d6 damage.After which we can have the increase at ten or 20-to-40 pounds per 1d6 damage up to the maximum of 20d6 (the same as an improved blast fireball).That'd make the progression:26-31 pounds - 11d632-37 pounds - 12d638-43 pounds - 13d644-49 pounds - 14d650-59 pounds - 15d660-69 pounds - 16d670-79 pounds - 17d680-89 pounds - 18d690-99 pounds - 19d6100+ pounds - 20d6 maximum damage30-39 pounds - 11d640-49 pounds - 12d650-59 pounds - 13d660-69 pounds - 14d670-79 pounds - 15d680-99 pounds - 16d6100-124 pounds - 17d6 [smoothed progression, +20 step would be 100-119]125-159 pounds - 18d6 [would be 120-159 without smoothing the +20/+40]160-199 pounds - 19d6200+ pounds - 20d6 maximum damageLarger quantities of cheese do not increase the damage but might increase the blast radius following an inverse square root rule.  (i.e. doubling the radius of a 100 pound cheeseblast requires 400+ pounds of cheese).Two days is good. That way if the explosion progression starts at 2 pounds/1d6 as above a caprine of up to 10th CL can produce a creamy explosion as large as their vat explosion by stockpiling all the chunks they can make over two days together.Revision:After an hour the cheese vat stops its intense fuming and becomes less explosive. This also happens if the cheese is cut up into chunks, normally creamy morsels that weigh one pound each. This low-explosive form of the cheese only explodes if it makes contact with fire. The damage it does varies depending on how many pounds of cheese are exploded, but it does not matter what vat the killer cheese came from. Creamy morsels created by different caprine can be piled together to produce a larger explosion,. Killer cheese morsels remain explosive for 2 days. Its explosive properties are a spell-like ability so can be removed by dispel magic and suppressed by antimagic.[#1] A single morsel of cheese explodes for 1d3 damage; 2 to 20 morsels of cheese explode for 1d6 damage per 2 morsels of cheese (up to 10d6 damage at 20 pounds/morsels); after which the explosion increases by 1d6 damage per 6 additional morsels up to 15d6 damage at 50 pounds; after which the explosion increases by 1d6 damage per 10 additional morsels up to the maximum damage of 20d6 at 100 morsels or more. [Once the 100 pound maximum is achieved, additional cheesy morsels can increase the radius of the explosion but not the damage. To multiply the radius of the explosion by X multiply the number of cheesy morsels by X squared (e.g. doubling the radius  requires four times as much cheese)].Creamy Explosion Table [#1]<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Creamy Morsels</td><td>Damage (Half Fire / Half Bludgeoning)</td><td>Explosion's [Burst?]</td></tr><tr><td>1 pounds</td><td>1d6</td><td>5 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>2-3 pounds</td><td>1d6</td><td>5 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>4-5 pounds</td><td>2d6</td><td>10 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>6-7 pounds</td><td>3d6</td><td>10 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>8-9 pounds</td><td>4d6</td><td>10 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>10-11 pounds</td><td>5d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>12-13 pounds</td><td>6d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>14-15 pounds</td><td>7d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>16-17 pounds</td><td>8d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>18-19 pounds</td><td>9d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>20-25 pounds</td><td>10d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>26-31 pounds</td><td>11d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>32-37 pounds</td><td>12d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>38-42 pounds</td><td>13d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>44-49 pounds</td><td>14d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>50-59 pounds</td><td>15d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>60-69 pounds</td><td>16d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>70-79 pounds</td><td>17d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>80-89 pounds</td><td>18d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>90-99 pounds</td><td>19d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>100+ pounds</td><td>20d6 (maximum)</td><td>40 ft. radius [(maximum)?]</td></tr><tr><td>150+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>50 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>225+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>60 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>400+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>80 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>625+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>100 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>900+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>120 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>1,400+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>150 ft. radius</td></tr></table>[#2] A single morsel of cheese explodes for 1d3 damage; 2 to 20 morsels of cheese explode for 1d6 damage per 2 morsel of cheese (up to 10d6 damage at 20 pounds/morsels); after which the explosion increases by 1d6 damage per 10 additional morsels up to 16d6 damage at 80 pounds; after which the explosion increases to 17d6 at 100 pounds, 18d6 at 125 pounds, 19d6 at 160 pounds and finally the maximum damage of 20d6 at 200 morsels or more. [Once the 200 pound maximum is achieved, additional cheesy morsels can increase the radius of the explosion but not the damage. To multiply the radius of the explosion by X multiply the number of cheesy morsels by X squared (e.g. doubling the burst radius requires four times as much cheese)].Creamy Explosion Table [#2]<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Creamy Morsels</td><td>Damage (Half Fire / Half Bludgeoning)</td><td>Explosion's [Burst?]</td></tr><tr><td>1 pounds</td><td>1d6</td><td>5 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>2-3 pounds</td><td>1d6</td><td>5 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>4-5 pounds</td><td>2d6</td><td>10 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>6-7 pounds</td><td>3d6</td><td>10 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>8-9 pounds</td><td>4d6</td><td>10 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>10-11 pounds</td><td>5d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>12-13 pounds</td><td>6d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>14-15 pounds</td><td>7d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>16-17 pounds</td><td>8d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>18-19 pounds</td><td>9d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>20-29 pounds</td><td>10d6</td><td>20 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>30-39 pounds</td><td>11d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>40-49 pounds</td><td>12d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>50-59 pounds</td><td>13d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>60-69 pounds</td><td>14d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>70-79 pounds</td><td>15d6</td><td>30 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>80-99 pounds</td><td>16d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>100-124 pounds</td><td>17d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>125-159 pounds</td><td>18d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>160-199 pounds</td><td>19d6</td><td>40 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>200+ pounds</td><td>20d6 (maximum)</td><td>40 ft. radius [(maximum)?]</td></tr><tr><td>300+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>50 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>450+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>60 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>800+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>80 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>1,250+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>100 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>1,800+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>120 ft. radius</td></tr><tr><td>2,800+ pounds</td><td>20d6</td><td>150 ft. radius</td></tr></table>Hmm, I slightly prefer progression #2 but would accept #1.Haven't decided were I stand on the "oversized explosions".</blockquote>

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