Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

[Pizza Man]

Is there an advantage I need to buy or is this just assumed in a fantasy environment?

 

Its just +30 strength to the warriors amongst other things. Sure, the 6 foot paladin is now 24 feet tall....I'm just trying to enhance the party's effectiveness. (and my survival. Get em guys!)

 

And whats the damage of a longsword 4 times its size?

[Kraven Kor]

Re: Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

 

I would rule that the power would need a 5 point adder "Affects Carried Equipment"; similar to the same adder on Resistant Protection.

 

Weapon sizes would be probably +1 DC per size category. So a 2d6 Longsword at x4 size would be 2 1/2 d6k (and again much higher still with the extra 30 STR.)

[Kraven Kor]

Re: Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

 

Alternately, you could do +1 DC per multiplier, for +4 DC, but increase the STR Minimum to match, for less extra damage from STR.

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

 

I assume equipment is affected, but unless you include some kind of linked Aid or +xd6 HKA modifier, the weapons don't become any more effective. A larger sword would have a thicker blade, which wouldn't cut as well, for instance.

[Ranxerox]

Re: Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

 

I'm going to agree with CC on this. Their armor would grow but it would only provide the same protection that it did before. Their sword would become longer and have more rech, but if it was a 1 1/2 d6 HKA it would remain a 1 1/2 d6 HKA. However, you could link extra damage and/or armor to the spell to give a more powerful giant.

[Gaming Tonic]

Re: Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

 

I would say fine that equipment grows with the character under the influence of the spell but is no more effective except for reach. You could use the +5 Adder that was suggested by Kraven Kor but that is really a personal choice. Linking damage is also an option but I think that the extra strength over the strength minimum would do the trick. Why complicate things unnecessarily?

[Kraven Kor]

Re: Would a spell of Growth cause your equipment to grow too?

 

I suppose it mostly depends on whether equipment is free or not, and whether the GM really wants to have the spell be that much more effective. It could easily unbalance things, but "as I see it" the extra damage classes - whether from strength alone, or from the increased base size / damage of the weapon - will probably more or less balance out.