Johannes replied to me: > And the relation between ST for pulling and lifting and ST for doing > damage likely does not work very well for large creatures. And i have the > strong suspicion, that for oxen the value was derived from pulling power, > while for dinos the primary concern was combat.
Sounds likely. The GM will have to set the exact stats for the alien draft animals and recalculate the performance. I'm assuming 48 hexes with ST 1,280, which could be 16 oxen. > > 50 humans with ST 10 each generate 10 kW motive power. A stone > > block 5' by 5' by 15' is about 24 tons if I got my maths right. Add > > another 6 tons for the sledge, and the calculated top speed on good > > ground is 3 mph. > > > > 50 humans seem a lot. Getting them to actually work together would be a > bit of a challange. Not motivating them, thats what whips are for, but to > coordinate them. I would have guessed exactly the opposite. The more people you have on the same rope, the easier it is for each individual to slack off. The coordination should be less of a problem if you have fifty guys doing the same task in close proximity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringelmann_effect > Going around a corner does not seem easy that way. A large turning circle, unless they unhook the ropes on one side and attach them on another side. Nothing for urban back alleys. > Depending on how the rigging is supposed to actually look like, you > propably encounter problems, that you don't have with fewer draft animals. On the other hand, humans will be able to understand complicated commands and to see problems on their own. According to Vehicles Expansion 2, a bipedal harness has the same efficiency as the best animal harness. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
