Have you ever noticed that with Size Change (larger or smaller), there are some reults you can only get if you can only change to 1 size and you pick that size?

For larger, you roll 1d6+1.  The table is set up like this:

-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

So the only way to get results - and 1 are if you can only change to 1 size and you pick it.  Interestingly enough, those are both height factor 1.5, with - being weight factor 7 and 1 being weight factor 3.4.

For Smaller, you roll 1d6, but the table is set up
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6

So it is the same result, in effect.  There are 2 powers you cannot randomly roll, you have to pick them.  The first - is Scale 3', HF 2, WF .125.  The second - is Scale 1', HF 6, WF .004.

I never noticed this until today.

Imaginos wrote on Dec 17^th, 2009 at 1:07pm:


I noticed that off the bat. I think the idea was that if you had the power to grow/shrink, it wouldn't be a strong enough power to only go to 9-feet tall or only shrink to 1-foot tall.

if you're in the 20-percent that can grow/shrink to multiple sizes, you certainly can stop at one of those heights.

And if you're stuck at one size, you might want to pick one of those heights, since they offer you the best chances of fitting in. It seems like an intentional decision to me. Not a fluke.