Agentorange Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 I was a little surprised to find this when leafing through the bestiary. Given Tuskers are described as being the size of Bison ( which your average Boar is not ) I was a bit taken back to find they have the same armour - 4 pts. So is a Boar just very well armoured for it's size....or is the Tusker just poorly armoured for it's size ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, Agentorange said: So is a Boar just very well armoured for it's size....or is the Tusker just poorly armoured for it's size ? They have the same type of skin, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 55 minutes ago, metcalph said: They have the same type of skin, no? True, but if they're in proportion to their size then you'd think the Tuskers skin/armour would be thicker.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Desperate WindChild Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 the tusk riders have no natural armor, they use the skin of their beasts, so same armor ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 9 hours ago, French Desperate WindChild said: the tusk riders have no natural armor, they use the skin of their beasts, so same armor ? Yeah, but I'm talking about the Tuskers - the actual giant boar, not the tusk riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Desperate WindChild Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, Agentorange said: Yeah, but I'm talking about the Tuskers - the actual giant boar, not the tusk riders. oh misunderstanding would say like @metcalph, now I understand ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 1/4/2023 at 11:53 PM, Agentorange said: I was a little surprised to find this when leafing through the bestiary. Given Tuskers are described as being the size of Bison ( which your average Boar is not ) I was a bit taken back to find they have the same armour - 4 pts. So is a Boar just very well armoured for it's size....or is the Tusker just poorly armoured for it's size ? This seems like an oversight in the design, agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I'd say, as @metcalphhas, same skin, so same AP. However, large difference in HP. On 1/5/2023 at 8:07 AM, Agentorange said: True, but if they're in proportion to their size then you'd think the Tuskers skin/armour would be thicker.... I think the AP is mostly from the bristles, and they wouldn't really change much in relation to the proportion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 Out of curiosity I looked at a couple of other d100 based games. Openquest doesn't list boar at all . Legend does mention them and gives them AP 2 which would make more sense to me with the tuskers then having the thicker armour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 There are different schools of thinking about blubber serving as armor or serving as hit points, it seems. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Shiningbrow said: I'd say, as @metcalphhas, same skin, so same AP. Giants have the same skin as humans (presumably), but it’s thicker because they’re bigger. Same thing ought to hold for tuskers vs. boars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: Giants have the same skin as humans (presumably), but it’s thicker because they’re bigger. Same thing ought to hold for tuskers vs. boars. Which is the way I was thinking of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 14 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: Giants have the same skin as humans (presumably), but it’s thicker because they’re bigger. Same thing ought to hold for tuskers vs. boars. That thought did cross my mind.... and I didn't find an easy solution. Perhaps the significance in the size difference -tuskers aren't sufficiently larger to merit the higher AP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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