Size
Size | Example | Fantasy | Vehicle | Length | Weight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fine |
Hummingbird |
|
Matchbox Car | <3 inches | <2 oz |
Diminutive |
Rat |
Pixie |
Toy Boat |
3 - 6 inches |
2 - 16 oz |
Tiny |
Cat |
Imp |
Roller Skates |
6 - 12 inches |
1 - 10 lbs |
Small |
Dog |
Halfling |
Bicycle |
1-3 ft |
10 - 80 lbs |
Medium |
Human |
Elf |
Motorcycle |
3-7 ft |
80 - 600 lbs |
Large |
Horse |
Ogre |
Car |
8-15 ft |
500 - 4000 lbs |
Huge |
Elephant |
Cloud Giant |
Truck |
16-30 ft |
2 - 16 tons |
Gargantuan |
Brachiasaurus |
Purple Worm |
Locomotive |
31-60 ft |
16 - 128 tons |
Colossal |
Blue Whale |
Tarrasque |
Space Shuttle orbiter |
60-120 ft |
128 - 1024 tons |
Awesome |
Amphicoelias |
Deathwing |
747 |
120-240 ft |
1k - 8k tons |
Titanic |
5,000 elephants |
Godzilla (2014) |
RMS Titanic |
240-480 ft |
8k - 64k tons |
Size | Space | Reach | Dodge | Attack | Damage | Infighting | Stealth |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fine |
0 |
0 |
+16 |
+16 |
-16 |
-16 |
+16 |
Diminutive |
0 |
0 |
+12 |
+12 |
-12 |
-12 |
+12 |
Tiny |
0 |
0 |
+8 |
+8 |
-8 |
-8 |
+8 |
Small |
1 |
1 |
+4 |
+4 |
-4 |
-4 |
+4 |
Medium |
1 |
1 |
+0 |
+0 |
+0 |
+0 |
+0 |
Large |
2 |
2 |
-4 |
-4 |
+4 |
+4 |
-4 |
Huge |
3 |
2 |
-8 |
-8 |
+8 |
+8 |
-8 |
Gargantuan |
4 |
3 |
-12 |
-12 |
+12 |
+12 |
-12 |
Colossal |
5 |
3 |
-16 |
-16 |
+16 |
+16 |
-16 |
Awesome |
6 |
4 |
-20 |
-20 |
+20 |
+20 |
-20 |
Titanic |
7 |
4 |
-24 |
-24 |
+24 |
+24 |
-24 |
Vehicle Size
Vehicles use a size scale that is different from normal combat. "Medium in vehicle terms is a different size than "medium" in personal combat terms. However, the overall scale is the same; vehicle sizes line up 1-to-1 with personal combat sizes, so in cases of both vehicles and humanoids being in the same combat, it is possible to resolve relative sizes.
Vehicle Size Chart
Size | Vehicle Scale | Human Scale | Length (m) | Mass | Example (modern) | Example (space) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Fine |
Medium |
2 |
16-128kg |
Motorcycle |
Space suit |
2 |
Diminutive |
Large |
4 |
128-1024kg |
Compact car |
EVA Pod |
3 |
Tiny |
Huge |
8 |
1-8t |
Heavy-duty pickup truck |
Drone fighter |
4 |
Small |
Gargantuan |
16 |
8-64t |
F-16 (15m, 20t), loaded greyhound bus (35t) |
Light fighter |
5 |
Medium |
Colossal |
32 |
64-512t |
Space shuttle orbiter (37m, 100t), steam locomotive (40m, 350t) |
Bomber, light transport |
6 |
Large |
Awesome |
64 |
512t-4kt |
747-400 (70m, 400t), USS Constitution (92m, 2kt) |
Large shuttle |
7 |
Huge |
Awesome+ |
128 |
4-32kt | ||
8 |
Gargantuan |
Titanic |
256 |
32-256kt |
HMS Titanic (52kt, 269m), USS Missouri (45kt, 270m) | |
9 |
Colossal |
Titanic+ |
512 |
256kt-2Mt |
Oil supertanker | |
10 |
Awesome |
|
1 km |
2-16Mt |
|
Extreme Sizes
Sizes 11-13 (length 2-8 km respectively) are known as "Motherships", effectively mobile space stations.
Sizes 14-16 (length 16-64 km respectively) are known are as "Titans".
Sizes 17+ (length 128 km and up) are known as "Space Stations", a term inherited from any spacecraft size 10+
Size Categories
In space combat, ships are generally further grouped into wider size categories:
- Civilian ships:
- Size 1-2: Pod
- Size 3-4: Small craft
- Size 5-6: Light cruiser
- Size 7-8: Heavy cruiser
- Size 9+: Capital cruiser
- Any ship dedicated to cargo hauling is a "freighter" (or "tanker" if hauling fluids in large tanks)
- Any ship dedicated to passenger transport is a "shuttle", or "ferry" if also hauling significant cargo and/or smaller vehicles.
- Pleasure craft up to size 6 are known as "yachts", and above 6 are known as "liners".
- Any ship with its own jump drive is usually prefixed with "jump", such as "jump freighter".
- Military ships:
- All of the civilian grades apply. Additional monikers given below:
- Frigate: a cruiser specifically configured for speed
- Destroyer: a cruiser specifically configured for attack power
- Battlecruiser: a cruiser specifically configured for resilience and space superiority
- Battleship: a capital ship primarily carrying weapons
- Carrier: a capital ship oriented around carrying smaller ships
- Dreadnought: a capital ship size 10 or higher