Re: (TFT) Size in TFT

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

Grabowski,
    I'll see your two mnoren and raise you two.  He he.  Unfortunately the 
following isn't really about armor.
    Another aspect of size in TFT, are the multihex figures.  If one 
divides a beginning giants? ST by his hexes the result is about 8 ST per 
hex.  For lack of a better term I will call it muscle density.  A two hex 
donkey of 14 ST would have 7 ST per hex, a Pegasus of 22 ST would have 11 ST 
per hex.  As dragons increase in size their muscle mass actually becomes 
less

1-Hex      12 ST = 12.0 ST    per hex
2-Hex      16 ST =  8.0 ST    per hex
4-Hex      30 ST =  7.5 ST    per hex
7-Hex      60 ST =  8.6 ST    per hex
14-Hex     100 ST =  7.1 ST    per hex

    Of course this is a very crude form of analysis.  In actuality the 
strength of a creature should actually be compared to the creatures 
weight(see ITL page 35 Weights of characters for the official power-to-mass 
ratio), to get muscle mass.  For instance an Apep is 6 hexes long with a 40 
ST.  This is a 6.666 ST per hex, but a snake could hardly be said to be a 
full hex wide, and definitely is no where near being a full hex tall.
    As flawed as it is I used the ST per hex(SPH?) because the 'hex' is the 
basic unit of measurement for combat and magic.  That and it has been 
helpful in inventing new multi-hexed creatures.  Particularly the kind that 
can get bigger.  A 3-Hex turtle has 12 SPH, but a 7-Hex turtle only 10.  In 
most cases the larger they get the less their ST per Hex.  I used a 21-hex 
sea dragon once (his name was Murry) and he only had a ST of 126 or 6 SPH.

    David Michael Grouchy II



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