Topic: Body mass

[GrumpyOldFart]

Long ago in RoCo I there was a section on calculating mass of humanoid forms based on height and material composition.
Does anyone know if something similar was ever done for non-humanoid forms? I'd think it would be highly useful to at least have calculations for the basic quadruped shape, classic dragon shape, typical bird, etc. If nothing else, I'd think a golem maker would need to know.

[GrumpyOldFart]

Bummer, I put this in the wrong place. It was supposed to be on the main board.

[yammahoper]

height x height x height x .0000107 x 47 = weight.

A 6' tall man will weigh 187 lbs using the above.  To figure out heavier objects, substitute the cubic weight of the apropriate material. 

height is in inches.  weight is the weight of a cubic foot of flesh.  +/- 30% of result for build, race, etc.

[GrumpyOldFart]

height x height x height x .0000107 x 47 = weight.

A 6' tall man will weigh 187 lbs using the above.  To figure out heavier objects, substitute the cubic weight of the apropriate material. 

height is in inches.  weight is the weight of a cubic foot of flesh.  +/- 30% of result for build, race, etc.

Yes but, correct me if I am wrong, that formula only works for the humanoid form, right? A horse that is 6' at the withers doesn't weigh 187 lbs., nor anything close. Even if you measure height at the ears, it's still nowhere close.
I have RoCoI, I can find that table. I'm wondering if there is something similar that applies to other shapes.
I wonder how close that formula is when "height" is measured nose to tail?

[Dax]

I never heard of such formulae for animal forms (hit locations of course),
but I don't know that much RPG systems.

But with the right data (weight, volume, a characteristic length)
you can creat them on your own.
And then change the "flesh" to Eog.

I started looking for a scorpion, but couldn't find the needed data.

I once knew some biologists who work with cockroaches,
I believe they could have provided the needed data.

[sunwolf]

height x height x height x .0000107 x 47 = weight.

A 6' tall man will weigh 187 lbs using the above.  To figure out heavier objects, substitute the cubic weight of the apropriate material. 

height is in inches.  weight is the weight of a cubic foot of flesh.  +/- 30% of result for build, race, etc.

Yes but, correct me if I am wrong, that formula only works for the humanoid form, right? A horse that is 6' at the withers doesn't weigh 187 lbs., nor anything close. Even if you measure height at the ears, it's still nowhere close.
I have RoCoI, I can find that table. I'm wondering if there is something similar that applies to other shapes.
I wonder how close that formula is when "height" is measured nose to tail?

You could always replace the height cubed with the volume of a cylinder that encompasses the horse torso then add say 100# to cover the head and legs.
Or you could estimate using a known horse weight.  Let's see 6' would be 24 hands (that's a really big horse, are they riding a Clydesdale?).  A 16 hand horse (4' at the shoulder) weighs around 1500# depending on the breed and how under or overnourished it is.  Height is +33% so mass at an estimate would be 1.33 cubed times 1500# so aproximately 3500#