From:	Bull <bull_22@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: SHADOWRUN, 3rd EDITION!
Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:04:06 -0400

At 04:06 AM 7/3/97 -0500, Barbie wrote these timeless words:
>At 02-Jul-97 wrote Max Rible:
>
>>5. You might want to look into the parameters on Trolls-- they seem awfully
>> light for their height, or awfully tall for their weight, and the
artwork
>> seldom seems to really show their height in comparison to normal humans.
>> (Orks seem rather light for their height as well.)
>

Agreed... Orks seem far too light, considering the bone and muscle mass
that is supposed to be there... Definately the same for Trolls...

>I think fasa have only considered the increase in height and forgott about
>the two other dimensions :-)
>A good formular would be 0.08988xinchx0.08988xinchx0.0888xinchx0.0136x47.
>Inch means hight and the result would be in pound.
>A 1.71m guy would weight 138# or 62kg.
>A troll of 2.9m would weight 687# or 311kg instead of 225kg as stated in the
>BBB.
>Throw some adjustments in it for the different races like elves -15%
>dwarves +10% and so one.
>
Ummm... Math??

No one said tehre would be math involved!!!

<BTW: all the numbers went right over my head. there's a reason I'm an
English major,...:)>

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