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<blockquote data-quote="gmnemo" data-source="post: 5557777" data-attributes="member: 95452">(I'm talking about 3.5 here.)&nbsp;I've been DMing for a while now, and I've always taken for granted the blanket system of space-per-size: 5 ft. for Medium, 10 ft. for Large, 15 ft. for Huge, 20 ft. for Gargantuan, etc.&nbsp;Only recently did I notice that, especially for Huge and Gargantuan creatures, this is more often than not wrong.&nbsp;For instance, on MM 283, a whale is described as being 60 ft. long, which qualifies it as Gargantuan ... and yet, being Gargantuan grants it a pitiful 20 ft. space. How does my 60-foot-long whale squeeze into a 20 ft. space ??&nbsp;I could quote numerous other examples, but I think you get my point.&nbsp;Of course, these numbers are in accordance with Table 7-1: Creature Sizes (MM 314) ... but it seems to me like this table itself is contradictory.&nbsp;Shouldn't a creature's Space realistically portray its dimensions ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gmnemo, post: 5557777, member: 95452"] (I'm talking about 3.5 here.) I've been DMing for a while now, and I've always taken for granted the blanket system of space-per-size: 5 ft. for Medium, 10 ft. for Large, 15 ft. for Huge, 20 ft. for Gargantuan, etc. Only recently did I notice that, especially for Huge and Gargantuan creatures, this is more often than not [I]wrong[/I]. For instance, on MM 283, a whale is described as being 60 ft. long, which qualifies it as Gargantuan ... and yet, being Gargantuan grants it a pitiful 20 ft. space. How does my 60-foot-long whale squeeze into a 20 ft. space ?? I could quote numerous other examples, but I think you get my point. Of course, these numbers are in accordance with Table 7-1: Creature Sizes (MM 314) ... but it seems to me like this table itself is contradictory. Shouldn't a creature's Space realistically portray its dimensions ? [/QUOTE]

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