Great Beyond Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 A simple question - putting aside the lack of air and assuming they made it down (reasonably) intact, what would the damage be for a character being swallowed by a giant monster. I guess the simple way of putting it - how much damage does taking a swim in hydrochloric acid do? Assuming a giant monster pulls a sarlac to a character's Boba Fett (ignoring the thousand years of torment ), how is long is reasonable for them to get out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? Heh - well, how long would depend on which end they're getting out of. As for how much damage... how much do you want it to do? Seriously, it's not something you'd really peg out at a specific value across the board. Me, I'd say about... oh... 6d6 KA, Penetrating, Gradual Effect (6 hours or so). Edit: With, BTW, putting the damage at the front end of the hour, not the back end. I know it might be a little low, but looking at it as digesting a normal in about 6 hours.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? If it does too much damage, expect your players to ask how much they can inflict by barfing on someone - our stomachs are chock full of digestive acids and enzymes too. Best work out the OCV penalty as well, and get set for the guy who wants to buy levels and enhance the damage... Twice as much should add one DC, so you should be able to work backwards if you are so inclined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? Heh - well' date=' how long would depend on which end they're getting out of. [/quote'] Suddenly, that "Aversion to Bathing" disad seems much more limiting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? If it does too much damage, expect your players to ask how much they can inflict by barfing on someone - our stomachs are chock full of digestive acids and enzymes too. Best work out the OCV penalty as well, and get set for the guy who wants to buy levels and enhance the damage... Twice as much should add one DC, so you should be able to work backwards if you are so inclined. I remember a martial arts film where this was one of the bad guy's secret attack techniques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackValhalla Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? 1/2d6 RKA continuous, persistent, no end cost, no range, reduced penetration, effect lasts until victim frees himself or 24 hours, whichever comes first. By my reckoning, that's 10x(1+1+1/2+1/2)/(1+1/2+1/4+1/4)=15 real points.. I figured the 1/2d6 red.pen. because anything with any resPD is indigestible in an animal's system. Rocks, marbles, Legos, pennies, etc. Whereas chewed organic matter is digestible. Most plants and cows and woodland creatures do not have resistant defenses, so they are digestible. Or maybe 1 pip damage, NND does body, defense is having any res PD. Works out the same way, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed-F Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? Isn't there something in the environmental hazards section of FREd/5ER about acid damage? I could be misremembering but I thought there was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: A question for you all: how much damage would this do? FWIW there are fairly detailed guidelines for characters being swallowed whole in the HERO System Bestiary, p. 33. The damage runs from 1/2d6 Killing to 3d6 K on each of the animal's Phases, depending on the strength of the animal's stomach secretions (which I infer can be decided by the GM). I would prefer not to violate any more of Hero's IP by going into how the animal swallows a victim and how said victim can get out again. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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