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Offline ReaperWolf

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Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« on: January 22, 2013, 09:50:25 PM »
The method for determining a gryphon's BMR has me confused.

Anybody care to take a crack at breaking the code?

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Re: Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2013, 12:33:45 AM »
 I have not looked at it in quite a while but I thought there was some errata on in some where. Have you tried the vault or an errata file?
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Re: Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2013, 07:22:51 AM »
BMR's are all revised with the enhanced HARP.
New BMR calculation is based upon:
Shoulder height - biped
Hip height - quadruped and multilegged
Wingspan - flying
Body length - swimming
Contact with ground - worm/snake

That also defines "size" using different factors - miniscule, tiny, small, medium, large, huge, gigantic which has further implications in a few areas.
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Re: Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2013, 09:35:02 AM »
BMR's are all revised with the enhanced HARP.

So what you're telling me is I should just wing it? ;D

At least until Cyradon 2nd is released.

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Re: Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2013, 10:02:21 AM »
OK, looking on my notes for those calculations

Quadruped hip height estimated at 3'  (Calculated as 2/3 of the total height of 4'6")
Adjusting for the average +4 base Quickness the calculated BMR (walking) is 20"

Flight wingspan is listed in the text at 10'
Adjusting for the average +4 base Quickness the calculated BMR (flight) is 39" 
(Approx 13mph)

Range around those for variable hip height is approximately 1" per 3" in hip height
Range around those for variable wingspan is approximately 1.5" per 1' in wingspan
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Re: Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2013, 11:16:14 AM »
OK, looking on my notes for those calculations

Wow!  :o

Here's to hoping you just provide a chart with gryphon heights & Qu for easy reference. HARP doesn't require me to do much other than addition and subtraction and that's the way I like it.

If these sorts of calculations are going into the Monsters Field Guide maybe include similar charts in the section under making monsters?

Really appreciate the info, thanks!

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Re: Gryphon BMR and flight BMR?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2013, 12:21:04 PM »
The formulas are pretty straight forward and will be included in the write-up about how to create monsters/creatures.  When sharing BMR for specific monsters it will simply provide the BMR total assuming a 50 in all stats.  If you wish to make the creature stronger, faster, etc. you can simply add the additional bonus the same as you would for a character with stats better than 50.
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