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One nit: > Interestingly, the spell enlarge person from the tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons agrees with half of the law (Cook et al., 2003). To double in size,
by Filligree 10y ago
One nit:
> Interestingly, the spell enlarge person from the tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons agrees with half of the law (Cook et al., 2003). To double in size, the target of the spell has its weight multiplied by eight, in accordance with the “cube law”. However, the target receives a fixed Strength modifier of +2, instead of having an increase proportional to his/her base Strength value, which would make more sense.
The strength scale is nonlinear to begin with. I don't quite remember for sure, but I think it might be exponential, in terms of bench-pressing ability. It's meant to reflect that adding 100kg to your weight limit is far more useful if it's a doubling than if it's 10%.
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Also, Tengen Toppa runs on DETERMINATION and IRON WILL, and the laws of physics therefore do not apply.
- chc4 10y agoHe's also wrong about The Ring. The escape hatch is a naked singularity, created by the supermassive superstring structure rotating around it fast enough to skew the gravity envelop. Superstrings are an integral part of the book; the entire structure is made of them, along with Xelee spaceships. One small piece of one isn't what broke reality enough for the escape hatch, they just used them as scaffolding.