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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3374892" data-attributes="member: 16574">The real reason is that the damage values in OD&amp;D Supplement I were against &quot;man-sized opponents&quot; and &quot;larger opponents,&quot; based on damage against men and damage against horses (blunt weapons and small weapons (daggers, hand axes) are generally less effective against horses than men; large slashing and piercing weapons (pole arms, pikes, lances, two-handed swords) are able to inflict more damage against horses, by penetrating further or making larger slashes). Why they didn't assign a separate damage value to smaller than man-sized creatures is probably twofold: 1) lack of real-world data on how effective various types of weapons are against 2' tall sprites and 3' tall kobolds, and 2) a general notion that this would overcomplicate the game without adding anything of value (which is almost certainyl correct -- look at this thread to see how much people dislike having two separate damage values, imagine how much more they'd complain if there were 3...).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 3374892, member: 16574"] The [i]real[/i] reason is that the damage values in OD&D Supplement I were against "man-sized opponents" and "larger opponents," based on damage against men and damage against horses (blunt weapons and small weapons (daggers, hand axes) are generally less effective against horses than men; large slashing and piercing weapons (pole arms, pikes, lances, two-handed swords) are able to inflict more damage against horses, by penetrating further or making larger slashes). Why they didn't assign a separate damage value to smaller than man-sized creatures is probably twofold: 1) lack of real-world data on how effective various types of weapons are against 2' tall sprites and 3' tall kobolds, and 2) a general notion that this would overcomplicate the game without adding anything of value (which is almost certainyl correct -- look at this thread to see how much people dislike having two separate damage values, imagine how much more they'd complain if there were 3...). [/QUOTE]

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