tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post1309269122983447797..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: CheetahAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-79861519366684168522019-01-02T11:18:00.354-07:002019-01-02T11:18:00.354-07:00The post above has been fixed with Tardigrade'...The post above has been fixed with Tardigrade's help. Please let me know if I've still left something wrong.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-76654539973824378672019-01-02T09:44:07.115-07:002019-01-02T09:44:07.115-07:00This XKCD comic sure seems appropriate today.<a href="https://xkcd.com/2093/" rel="nofollow">This XKCD comic</a> sure seems appropriate today.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-40843936067964133722019-01-02T09:33:17.265-07:002019-01-02T09:33:17.265-07:00oh, of course you're right. I use this kind o...oh, of course you're right. I use this kind of math so little it seems I always make a mistake anymore.<br /><br />70 mph, not 65, is 369,600 feet per hour; 102 ft. per second; so I forgot to multiply that by 12 seconds because, I don't now, I was sleeping.<br /><br />So, the cheetah gets within 200 feet. Total disance in a 12 second round would be 1220 feet, so basically it hits with blinding speed. The party victim looks up and bang, the cheetah is there; there wouldn't be any time to roll initiative, not really. You'd need the response time of a gazelle and the party wouldn't have it.<br /><br />Scary as shit. I'll rewrite the description as soon as I wake up.<br />Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-40822726696300004642019-01-02T07:35:59.991-07:002019-01-02T07:35:59.991-07:00Just checking the math on the movement rates:
40 ...Just checking the math on the movement rates:<br /><br />40 hex = 200 ft, thus 1 hex = 5 ft. <br /><br />20 hex/rnd = 100 ft/rnd. <br /><br />If 1 hex = .6 sec, then 20 hex (1 rnd) = 12 sec. I thought your rounds were 5 or 6 sec each, but let’s assume I misremembered and they are 12 sec.<br /><br />100 ft in 12 sec = 8.33 ft/sec = 5.7 miles per hour. Seems slow for a running human, let alone cheetah.<br /><br />If you have a 6 sec round and a cheetah running at a top speed of 65 mph, it should be 572 ft/rnd, or 114 hex/rnd. That’s about .05 sec per hex. <br /><br />Granted, it may take a full round to get to that speed. National Geographic says they can reach full speed in 3 sec, half a round. If we say 1 round to get up to speed from dead stop, it would cover 57hex in the first round, 114 hex each round thereafter. For 3 seconds, the first round would be a bout 85 hex, 114 hex each round thereafter. <br /><br />Sorry if I took that too literally. I’m an engineer.Tardigradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284435141098973560noreply@blogger.com