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<blockquote data-quote="Lanliss" data-source="post: 6780725" data-attributes="member: 6801219"><p>For those who don't know, Suzzanne Collins, the author of the recently famous Hunger Games trilogy, had a series of books before called the Underland Chronicles. It is a massive underground continent, not dissimilar from the Underdark, sans rampant insanity. It was full of giant, sentient animals, who banded together in various factions, mainly fighting for or against the humans who lived there. </p><p></p><p>Now that you have the basic back story, I would like to build this as a continent in my world that I am building. Does anyone have any experience giving stats to giant sentient bats? Not planning on having any caster enemies, as they were all a bit busy surviving the pitch black terror of the Underland to try worshipping a god or gods, so any help on how martial enemies can handle casters would be helpful too.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I just realized that an actual list of animals might be helpful, so here it is.</p><p></p><p>Rats: average anywhere from 4 to 9 feet</p><p>Bats: mostly over 6 feet, big enough to carry a pair of rats, or more if needed.</p><p>Roaches: only about 1 to 2 feet off the ground, but probably around 5 feet long.</p><p>Spiders: too spread out to say. None smaller than a 3 foot leg span, some up to 10 foot I think.</p><p>Mice: probably about 2 to 3 feet tall, and 3 to 4 long, not counting the tail.</p><p>Firefly: around 3 feet from tip to antenna. will mostly be npcs, as they dislike fighting, being an entire species too lazy to do anything. Kept alive for their massive usefulness as lights.</p><p></p><p>That is all I can think of for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanliss, post: 6780725, member: 6801219"] For those who don't know, Suzzanne Collins, the author of the recently famous Hunger Games trilogy, had a series of books before called the Underland Chronicles. It is a massive underground continent, not dissimilar from the Underdark, sans rampant insanity. It was full of giant, sentient animals, who banded together in various factions, mainly fighting for or against the humans who lived there. Now that you have the basic back story, I would like to build this as a continent in my world that I am building. Does anyone have any experience giving stats to giant sentient bats? Not planning on having any caster enemies, as they were all a bit busy surviving the pitch black terror of the Underland to try worshipping a god or gods, so any help on how martial enemies can handle casters would be helpful too. EDIT: I just realized that an actual list of animals might be helpful, so here it is. Rats: average anywhere from 4 to 9 feet Bats: mostly over 6 feet, big enough to carry a pair of rats, or more if needed. Roaches: only about 1 to 2 feet off the ground, but probably around 5 feet long. Spiders: too spread out to say. None smaller than a 3 foot leg span, some up to 10 foot I think. Mice: probably about 2 to 3 feet tall, and 3 to 4 long, not counting the tail. Firefly: around 3 feet from tip to antenna. will mostly be npcs, as they dislike fighting, being an entire species too lazy to do anything. Kept alive for their massive usefulness as lights. That is all I can think of for now. [/QUOTE]
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