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Post by DungeonDevil on Oct 2, 2011 14:44:45 GMT -6
On the Fantasy table, why in the world would treants be harder to kill than dragons for SH and Wiz? Is this a typo? One would imagine that Smaug -- being the ultimate monster -- would be harder to slay than Leafy McMossfoot. Have I misunderstood this table all this time? (Giants appear to be the hardest to kill for Wizards.)  |
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Post by cooper on Oct 2, 2011 14:52:23 GMT -6
That's for fighting it with a sword, a super hero only needs a 7 to defeat it with fire. So a dragon is 10, a treant is 11 (7) with a SH, a hero needs 12 vs dragon, 12 (9) vs treant.
Presumably this is why wizards have such an easy time, only needing a 6+. One fireball and the treant is tinder.
Giants have a range attack, which make them hard for wizards to defeat.
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Post by DungeonDevil on Oct 2, 2011 17:42:24 GMT -6
I thank thee, O great Dispeller of Chainmail Ignorance! All hail Cooper! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!  |
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Post by Finarvyn on Oct 3, 2011 4:46:35 GMT -6
Also, since the LotR movie is out but not the Hobbit, it's clear that ents are amazing but dragons do not yet exist.
Gary got into his time machine in 1971, looked around today, and made this conclusion before returning. If only he'd gone a little farther in time, after the Hobbit movies were released, the tables might have been different...
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Post by mgtremaine on Oct 3, 2011 8:07:14 GMT -6
 ... I'll add that I like the FCT it has a lot of interesting thought in the numbers. I was fun to follow each type across and see how it fares against all listed categories. -Mike |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Oct 3, 2011 11:06:50 GMT -6
mgtremaine: That's what I was enjoying as well, but adherence to that part of CM alone leads to confusion. As cooper showed, you also have to keep in mind the data in the individual monster listings AND, now that I think of it, the extra table on monster stats on p. 43.
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... I'll add that I like the FCT it has a lot of interesting thought in the numbers. I was fun to follow each type across and see how it fares against all listed categories.