Simple Bestiary questions

[BenKimball]

1) What does "Total Disadvantage Points" signify in the Bestiary? Surely a house cat (p. 143) doesn't cost 130 points? The only numbers I can find that add to 130 are the sum of the disadvantages and the powers & skills points (but excluding characteristics). On the other hand, for the Deer/Antelope (p. 151), I can't find anything that adds up to its 120 "Total Disadvantage Points."

 

2) What is the significance of the "75+" in front of each list of disadvantages?

 

Thanks!

Ben

[Steve Long]

1. Those are the total points the critter has from his Base Points + Disads. In many cases, the animal doesn't need that many points -- but that's where they come from, because if an animal should have a particular Disad, I'm not going to leave it off just because he doesn't need the points. It's a concept thing, not a points thing, so to speak.

 

For example, the Deer/Antelope is 75 Base + 45 Disads = 120.

 

2. Those are the Base Points the animal's built on. See the sidebar on HSB 18.