• @smeg@feddit.uk
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    512 months ago

    Who needs friends? A level 3 duergar rune knight can use giant’s might and enlarge person to become huge in one turn, and then action surge to get wrestling right away!

  • @BallsandBayonets
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    322 months ago

    But you only deal 2d4 extra damage. I think, if you can grow your hands to the size of horses, you should deal just a bit more damage.

      • @BallsandBayonets
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        62 months ago

        My (very briefly) Gargantuan Wild Shaped Dire Wolf salivates at this thought.

      • @Tiempo@ttrpg.network
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        32 months ago

        Math time!!!

        Lets say we have a Dragon born with Volume=v (v=xyz), Mass=m. It’s Density would be d=m/v. We also know that it kick ass with a Force=F, where F=m*a, being a the acceleration of it’s arms while punching.

        If our DB double it’s size in every dimension, it means that it’s Volume is: V’=2x2y2z > V’=8(xyz) > V’=8V.

        If we assume it’s density keeps constant, then it means it gains some mass.

        D=m/v, but now D=m’/v’ so

        m/v=m’/v’ , mv=m/(8v) , m8v/v=m’ , m’=8m

        If we assume that it will punch with the same acceleration as always, F=m*a

        F’=m’a, F’=8ma F’=8(m*a) F’=8F

        So, changing from medium to large would imply changing 8 times the strength. If this keeps up for every step, then we are talking about one extra change to get to huge, and then one to get to gargantuan . So 8^3 times the force. And if we assume a linear relation between force and damage, 8^3 times the damage…

        Yeah… A few extra d4s seems… Meh

      • @ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I think if you’re just Huge and you’re grappling a Gargantuan dragon, you’re going to look like a dog humping his leg. Which may be what OP wants to do, but still…