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Reply #105 - Mar 31st, 2015 at 12:44pm
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For anyone who cares, here's his character sheet.
While the hit points may seem low for other campaigns, the average hit points in this campaign is mid 20's.  The last thing I want is 100,000 being shot by a 1d20 power blast.  I don't want to play out 5,000+ turns. 

I also don't want it to just be a slug fest.  I don't think they can hang with too many hits from Doc G.  Using their heads and searching for the source of the problem should bring it to a peaceful end. 
  

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Reply #106 - Mar 31st, 2015 at 1:03pm
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I LOVE IT!!!!
Cheesy Cheesy

You are correct about actually fighting Gordonzilla. As a devote of Kaiju flicks, sometimes the only thing the heroes can do is minimize the damage until the monster wears himself out and moves along. And sometimes it's all about finding the monster's Achilles's heel, managing to exploit it. Only characters like Ultraman (or Gypsy Danger) go toe-to-toe with the beast.

I enjoyed the origin story. The ONLY divergent thought I had was that instead of his wife, his overbearing mother would be on hand to shout "Don't you hurt my little boy!"

Looks like he'll be a lot of fun.

Thank-you for posting  Grin
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Reply #107 - Mar 31st, 2015 at 5:29pm
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If it were his mother rather than his wife, it becomes comical, rather than desperately heart wrenching and humanizing.  How do you stop a monster without killing the good man inside?

With the mom route, it would be funny, she'd run around berating the heroes and swinging a rolling pin at them.  A goofy time, but there'll be enough goofiness fighting villains like "Mr. Roboto", "The Phone Ranger", "Mister Fister", and "Auntie Freeze".
  
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Reply #108 - Mar 31st, 2015 at 6:31pm
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Excellent point. I missed the darker overtones. Now that you have framed it for me, I agree - the wife is the way to go.

FYI The whole "Mister Fister" thing is both hilarious, and kinda disturbing.
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Reply #109 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 11:27am
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So here is a prettier version for you guys.
  

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Reply #110 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 1:40pm
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Prettier for sure.  Looks great!
  
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Reply #111 - Apr 2nd, 2015 at 8:46pm
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Kanonfodder wrote on Apr 2nd, 2015 at 11:27am:
So here is a prettier version for you guys.


Thank you!

I noticed your commentary about negative hit modifiers of two Really Big Opponents.  What you suggested might be put in table form to account for Height Factor vs Height Factor?

If two opponents are in the same height category, then there are no modifications to the hit roll.  This is pretty normal anyway.  If one or both opponents are Size Changed, then the modifiers would be subject to their relative height factors or something.  It's kind of an expansion of Phrennzy's idea.
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Re: ATTACK of the REALLY BIG THING!
Reply #112 - Apr 3rd, 2015 at 6:15am
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Display Name wrote on Apr 2nd, 2015 at 8:46pm:
Kanonfodder wrote on Apr 2nd, 2015 at 11:27am:
So here is a prettier version for you guys.


Thank you!

I noticed your commentary about negative hit modifiers of two Really Big Opponents.  What you suggested might be put in table form to account for Height Factor vs Height Factor?

I think I have that somewhere! ... where the heck did I leave that stupid thumb drive...

Display Name wrote on Apr 2nd, 2015 at 8:46pm:
If two opponents are in the same height category, then there are no modifications to the hit roll.  This is pretty normal anyway.  If one or both opponents are Size Changed, then the modifiers would be subject to their relative height factors or something.  It's kind of an expansion of Phrennzy's idea.

Ezzakly! You can compare Height Factors to get a to-hit modifier, and then "zero out" the resulting total to-hit mods to make BIG BATTLES run a little faster.

You end up adding some GM work, so RBT battles should not be done every adventure. Just once in a while to shake things up a little.
  

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Re: ATTACK of the REALLY BIG THING!
Reply #113 - Apr 4th, 2015 at 3:59pm
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Display Name: I found it. Then I posted it on the wrong thread... but now it's here Smiley

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To explain what this file does


The first table is a multiplier for the Total Effective Range

The second table is a modifier for % to detect hidden - like if a normal sized character is trying to find giant monster is hiding behind a building, or a Giant Monster is attempting to find a normal-sized character in the woods  - or other similar scenarios.
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I just noticed that the file is not actually here  Tongue I'll upload it this evening... dunno how I managed that...
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