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#1 zombiegleemax Nov 22, 2003 15:37:32	just a small question. I don't quite understand the method behind the standard race wieghts of the races for DND 3.5 a male Human has a base of 120 x (2d4) (average 4) lbs this makes a range from 240 to 960 lbs... putting an average human at 480 lbs thri-kreen have a base of 450 x (1d4) lbs this makes a range from 450 to 1800 lbs now for a thri-kreen... its feet have maybe a surface area of 6 inches^2 if I recall the photo in the 3rd ed monster manual II correctly. that gives a average 900 lb thri-kreen walking around a pressure of 150 lbs per square inch on whatever its walking on among its 2 feet. the wieghts seem odd... so I think maybe I'm just reading it wrong O_o
#2 zombiegleemax Nov 22, 2003 21:02:39	Wow, I knew obeseity was on the rise globally, but sheesh, 900 pounds? Likely a typo error on the human part. As for thri-kreen, they require a supension of disbelief in the first place since an instect endoskeleton would break under its own weight at that kind of length (meaning, even the skinniest thri-kreen you could think of is a biological impossibility). So 150 ppsi becomes a moot point.
#3 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Nov 22, 2003 21:15:54	Originally posted by Valla just a small question. I don't quite understand the method behind the standard race wieghts of the races for DND 3.5 a male Human has a base of 120 x (2d4) (average 4) lbs this makes a range from 240 to 960 lbs... putting an average human at 480 lbs thri-kreen have a base of 450 x (1d4) lbs this makes a range from 450 to 1800 lbs now for a thri-kreen... its feet have maybe a surface area of 6 inches^2 if I recall the photo in the 3rd ed monster manual II correctly. that gives a average 900 lb thri-kreen walking around a pressure of 150 lbs per square inch on whatever its walking on among its 2 feet. the wieghts seem odd... so I think maybe I'm just reading it wrong O_o I've had that question before, but it's simple, really. The 3e rules explain it, but it's easily overlooked. You don't multiply 2d4 (for humans) times the base. It's multiplied to the die result for the random height. his means that taller people will end up heavier than shorter people. Simply roll the height, add it to the height base for the character's height; then roll the dice for the weight and multiply it by the result of the die roll you had on the height in the previous step, and then add it to the base weight for the character. You'll find the numbers are much more manageable.
#4 zombiegleemax Nov 22, 2003 22:22:17	ohhh okie, that explains it a lot, thanks muchly ^_^