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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1791180" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>I can't find any in the SRD, only the Small->Medium->Large sized are addressed, but maybe we can check some huge monsters:</p><p></p><p>Athach: morningstar 3d6</p><p>Could Giant: gargantuan morningstar 4d6 (oversized)</p><p>Storm Giant: greatsword 4d6</p><p>Titan: gargantuan warhammer 4d6 (oversized) or javelin 2d6</p><p></p><p>Medium->Large </p><p>1d2 1d3 </p><p>1d3 1d4 </p><p>1d4 1d6 </p><p>1d6 1d8 </p><p>1d8 2d6 </p><p>1d10 2d8 </p><p>1d12 3d6 </p><p>2d4 2d6 </p><p>2d6 3d6 </p><p>2d8 3d8 </p><p>2d10 4d8 </p><p></p><p>It could be that for the morningstar they converted medium 1d8 -> large 2d6 and then again 2d6 -> 3d6, and the javelin 1d6 -> 1d8 then 1d8 -> 2d6, just like applying the same table TWICE. </p><p></p><p>If you assume that 3d6 -> 4d6 (the table doesn't have an entry for that), you end up with 2d6->3d6->4d6 for the huge greatsword, and the same time you end up with 1d8->2d6->3d6->4d6 if you apply 3 times the table for the gargantuan morningstar and warhammer.</p><p></p><p>It's just the only rule of thumb I can think about, and there are probably inconsistencies with monsters in other books, but perhaps you may only need to add these two lines to the table and apply the table once per "size step":</p><p></p><p>3d6 -> 4d6</p><p>3d8 -> 4d8</p><p></p><p>As you notice, early or late all weapons scaling up use d6 or d8 only, so there should be no need for more entries.</p><p></p><p>To further scale up if necessary, once a weapon is 4d6 or 4d8 I'd suggest to treat it as 4d6 = 2d6+2d6 -> 3d6+3d6 = 6d6.</p><p></p><p>If you have MMII, MMIII or FF you could check for huge armed monsters there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 1791180, member: 1465"] I can't find any in the SRD, only the Small->Medium->Large sized are addressed, but maybe we can check some huge monsters: Athach: morningstar 3d6 Could Giant: gargantuan morningstar 4d6 (oversized) Storm Giant: greatsword 4d6 Titan: gargantuan warhammer 4d6 (oversized) or javelin 2d6 Medium->Large 1d2 1d3 1d3 1d4 1d4 1d6 1d6 1d8 1d8 2d6 1d10 2d8 1d12 3d6 2d4 2d6 2d6 3d6 2d8 3d8 2d10 4d8 It could be that for the morningstar they converted medium 1d8 -> large 2d6 and then again 2d6 -> 3d6, and the javelin 1d6 -> 1d8 then 1d8 -> 2d6, just like applying the same table TWICE. If you assume that 3d6 -> 4d6 (the table doesn't have an entry for that), you end up with 2d6->3d6->4d6 for the huge greatsword, and the same time you end up with 1d8->2d6->3d6->4d6 if you apply 3 times the table for the gargantuan morningstar and warhammer. It's just the only rule of thumb I can think about, and there are probably inconsistencies with monsters in other books, but perhaps you may only need to add these two lines to the table and apply the table once per "size step": 3d6 -> 4d6 3d8 -> 4d8 As you notice, early or late all weapons scaling up use d6 or d8 only, so there should be no need for more entries. To further scale up if necessary, once a weapon is 4d6 or 4d8 I'd suggest to treat it as 4d6 = 2d6+2d6 -> 3d6+3d6 = 6d6. If you have MMII, MMIII or FF you could check for huge armed monsters there? [/QUOTE]
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