Alzrius said:
Hey Alzrius mate!
Alzrius said:
Glad to see that the website is up!
Yes, it was awkward getting things like that sorted without owning a credit card (which I should have by next week - making the forums a possibility)
Alzrius said:
I was looking back over some of your posts, and notice that you talk a lot about how you extrapolate things (specifically, how much massive damage would do for, say, a nuke). It was interesting given how you had "real" d20 vs. "modern" d20 (and I won't mention the 72 hp-damaging d20 Future nukes).
Well there are probably now three different ways of rating the damage now:
d20 realism
d20 Modern realism
d20 Future surrealism
Alzrius said:
What I wanted to ask is, will the IH address how you got these figures (essentially, will it have "Behind the Curtain" sidebars)?
Its pretty straightforward stuff. I have probably explained it before in this thread (though don't worry I won't ask you to go hunting).
In d20, increasing the mass by x8 (one size category) multiplies the base damage by x1.5. However, if we also check out speeds when we increase size one category it only increases by x1.5 rather than x2. So its obvious that larger creatures have slower reflexes. Therefore we can deduce that if those creatures were also moving as fast as their smaller counterparts that the damage would be doubled every size category.
For modern weapons, its a simple matter of choosing a base figure, then extrapolating the kinetic energy using Einsteins famous equation.
For explosions we know that damage (and blast radius) double every time we increase the energy by x8.
eg. 125g grenade deals 4d6, we can easily deduce that 1kg explosion deals 8d6, 8Kg = 16d6 etc.
Alzrius said:
In case you think that spending pages just explaining the math is boring,
I don't think its boring, but I am not sure I would devote more than half a page in the IH to explaining it).
Alzrius said:
and that potential readers wouldn't want to see that, I'd like to direct your attention to the
Power Gamer's 3.5 Warrior Strategy Guide, which is basically a book that does nothing but mathematically break down the PHB for purposes of making a character that can deal the most damage in combat. Personally, I loved the book, not only because it showed the underpinings of the game and how to best use them, but also because it backed up everything it said by showing the math (though only once, the rest of the time it just showed the results of the math).
Sounds like my kind of book.
I just checked out the preview (on feats) and its similar to my own research for the IH. I actually have a table (and an equation) that gives you the average AC; Attack Bonus; Hit Points and Damage (and how many hits are needed to overcome a like opponent) for every level for each type of main character class (Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, Wizard).
That way at a glance I can look at Thors stats in D&Dg and see pretty much exactly which level he equals in terms of combat.
Alzrius said:
I think it'd be great if the IH had this also, all the moreso since the book will remake the wheel (in terms of CR, epic spells, etc) in various places.
Indeed.
Alzrius said:
As always, I'm eagerly anticipating the IH!
Thanks.
