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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5011501" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Well I agree that Gargantuan isn't appropriate for a realistic Orca Of Unusual Size, but I was thinking 12 HD Huge would fit an average adult male orca. An average sperm whale is 40-50 feet long, which is Gargantuan 24HD under this scheme, an average orca is about half that size (20-25 feet, as big as a half-grown sperm whale calf). Huge-and-a-half would be appropriate for a very large bull orca (30-33 feet).</p><p></p><p>Using our 12-36HD model for sperm whales, I was thinking a 9HD orca would be a subadults, an average adult would have 12 HD, an enormous male 18HD and the "Moby Dicks" of the orca world would be Gargantuan whales with 24-27 HD.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Looking at the sizes, it's obvious that the weights will be a bit higher than is standard for creatures of that size but I think we can get away with that. Cetaceans are often massive for their lengths, and D&D often doesn't give weights for big marine animals anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmm, that does seem a <em>little</em> heavy. From the reading I've done, a particularly big crocodile is somewhere around 16 feet long and 1500-2000 pounds. Scaling that down to 14 feet (assuming it follows a cube-root relationship) and you'd get 1000-1340 pounds, so it looks like 1400 pounds is in the upper range of croc bodyweights.</p><p></p><p>I'd just round it up to 15 feet and 1500 pounds, that's close enough as far as I'm concerned.</p><p></p><p>If you'll pardon me shilling my <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4958045-post16.html" target="_blank"><strong>Building a Better Crocodile</strong></a> post, I was thinking their lengths & weights would go something like this...</p><p></p><p><strong>Crocodile Redux</strong> - 3 HD, 11-12 feet, 500 pounds</p><p><strong>Large Crocodile</strong> - 7 HD, 15 feet, 1500 pounds</p><p><strong>Giant Crocodile</strong> - 13 HD, 30 feet, 12000 pounds </p><p></p><p>It's not a great fit to my current size schema. The standard crocodile in particular is too big for its place in the progression. We may want to trim its size and weight a bit and fit the rest into a smoother progression, maybe something like...</p><p></p><p><strong>Medium Crocodile</strong> - 2 HD, 7 feet, 125 pounds</p><p><strong><em>Big</em></strong> <strong>Crocodile </strong>(<span style="color: Red"><strong>Standard Redux</strong></span>) - 3 HD, 10 feet, 400 pounds</p><p><strong>Large Crocodile</strong> - 5 HD, 14 feet, 1000 pounds</p><p><strong><em>Very Large</em> Crocodile (<span style="color: Red">Large Redux</span>) </strong>- 7 HD, 20 feet, 3000 pounds</p><p><strong>Huge Crocodile </strong>- 10 HD, 30 feet, 12000 pounds</p><p><strong><em>Enormous</em> </strong><strong>Crocodile</strong> <strong>(<span style="color: Red">Giant Redux</span>) </strong>- 13 HD, 40 feet, 25000 pounds</p><p><strong>Gargantuan Crocodile</strong> - 20 HD, 60 feet, 75000 pounds</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5011501, member: 57383"] Well I agree that Gargantuan isn't appropriate for a realistic Orca Of Unusual Size, but I was thinking 12 HD Huge would fit an average adult male orca. An average sperm whale is 40-50 feet long, which is Gargantuan 24HD under this scheme, an average orca is about half that size (20-25 feet, as big as a half-grown sperm whale calf). Huge-and-a-half would be appropriate for a very large bull orca (30-33 feet). Using our 12-36HD model for sperm whales, I was thinking a 9HD orca would be a subadults, an average adult would have 12 HD, an enormous male 18HD and the "Moby Dicks" of the orca world would be Gargantuan whales with 24-27 HD. Looking at the sizes, it's obvious that the weights will be a bit higher than is standard for creatures of that size but I think we can get away with that. Cetaceans are often massive for their lengths, and D&D often doesn't give weights for big marine animals anyway. Hmm, that does seem a [I]little[/I] heavy. From the reading I've done, a particularly big crocodile is somewhere around 16 feet long and 1500-2000 pounds. Scaling that down to 14 feet (assuming it follows a cube-root relationship) and you'd get 1000-1340 pounds, so it looks like 1400 pounds is in the upper range of croc bodyweights. I'd just round it up to 15 feet and 1500 pounds, that's close enough as far as I'm concerned. If you'll pardon me shilling my [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4958045-post16.html"][B]Building a Better Crocodile[/B][/URL] post, I was thinking their lengths & weights would go something like this... [B]Crocodile Redux[/B] - 3 HD, 11-12 feet, 500 pounds [B]Large Crocodile[/B] - 7 HD, 15 feet, 1500 pounds [B]Giant Crocodile[/B] - 13 HD, 30 feet, 12000 pounds It's not a great fit to my current size schema. The standard crocodile in particular is too big for its place in the progression. We may want to trim its size and weight a bit and fit the rest into a smoother progression, maybe something like... [B]Medium Crocodile[/B] - 2 HD, 7 feet, 125 pounds [B][I]Big[/I][/B] [B]Crocodile [/B]([COLOR=Red][B]Standard Redux[/B][/COLOR]) - 3 HD, 10 feet, 400 pounds [B]Large Crocodile[/B] - 5 HD, 14 feet, 1000 pounds [B][I]Very Large[/I] Crocodile ([COLOR=Red]Large Redux[/COLOR]) [/B]- 7 HD, 20 feet, 3000 pounds [B]Huge Crocodile [/B]- 10 HD, 30 feet, 12000 pounds [B][I]Enormous[/I] [/B][B]Crocodile[/B] [B]([COLOR=Red]Giant Redux[/COLOR]) [/B]- 13 HD, 40 feet, 25000 pounds [B]Gargantuan Crocodile[/B] - 20 HD, 60 feet, 75000 pounds [/QUOTE]
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