MilkmanDan Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Just curious about something--has anyone worked up the various energy costs of different DCs of attacks? In other words, for an average 12d6 EB, how many joules of energy would that represent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: Real-world energy equivalents of powers There are problems with this approach: an example: you can shatter a block of stone with a properly tuned sonic vibration, which will require very little energy. To shatter the same block of stone with a sledgehammer will take a lot of muscle energy and to melt it will (depending on the stone involved) take an absolutely vast amount of energy. In short I have tried to do this in the past and given it up as a bad job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: Real-world energy equivalents of powers Well, there's this article from the pre-DOJ incarnation of Digital Hero: http://www.herogames.com/FreeStuff/dharchives/flavor.htm There's also a more detailed real-world-correspondence table created by our board colleague Bartman, which I'm attaching below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: Real-world energy equivalents of powers Mmmm... sweetness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: Real-world energy equivalents of powers To actually make a stab at energy/DC conversion you have to decide first of all whether damage is exponential or not, and it is far easier to gnaw your own nose off than get to the bottom of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilkmanDan Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: Real-world energy equivalents of powers Well' date=' there's this article from the pre-DOJ incarnation of [i']Digital Hero[/i]: http://www.herogames.com/FreeStuff/dharchives/flavor.htm There's also a more detailed real-world-correspondence table created by our board colleague Bartman, which I'm attaching below. Repped. Thanks. I know it's approximate, but I only want a ballpark guess so that my current electricity-wielding character (who has a Ph.D.), can continue to spout smartypants Physics facts during combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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