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Would changing world scale have unintended consequences?
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I've started planning for my Christmas one shot, I had the idea of playing a toybox adventure (think toy-story or nutcracker) with custom races for each type of toy and using giant stats for humans. My issue is that a 5ft scale would be illogical for this world. I thought I had two options:
- Ignore the logic and just pretend everything is scaled up.
- Alter the scale of the world to fit with the setting
I'll be running the one-shot with 5-7 players at level 3.
Question
Would reducing the scale from 5ft to 1ft (or other measurement) have any additional undesired effects?
I've already factored in scaling down range and everything else, basically just divide every measurement by 5 and I wanted a sanity check that this wouldn't cause any issue I hadn't considered.
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I've started planning for my Christmas one shot, I had the idea of playing a toybox adventure (think toy-story or nutcracker) with custom races for each type of toy and using giant stats for humans. My issue is that a 5ft scale would be illogical for this world. I thought I had two options:
- Ignore the logic and just pretend everything is scaled up.
- Alter the scale of the world to fit with the setting
I'll be running the one-shot with 5-7 players at level 3.
Question
Would reducing the scale from 5ft to 1ft (or other measurement) have any additional undesired effects?
I've already factored in scaling down range and everything else, basically just divide every measurement by 5 and I wanted a sanity check that this wouldn't cause any issue I hadn't considered.
dnd-5e battle-map
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up vote
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Context
I've started planning for my Christmas one shot, I had the idea of playing a toybox adventure (think toy-story or nutcracker) with custom races for each type of toy and using giant stats for humans. My issue is that a 5ft scale would be illogical for this world. I thought I had two options:
- Ignore the logic and just pretend everything is scaled up.
- Alter the scale of the world to fit with the setting
I'll be running the one-shot with 5-7 players at level 3.
Question
Would reducing the scale from 5ft to 1ft (or other measurement) have any additional undesired effects?
I've already factored in scaling down range and everything else, basically just divide every measurement by 5 and I wanted a sanity check that this wouldn't cause any issue I hadn't considered.
dnd-5e battle-map
asked 6 hours ago
linksassin
427
Context
I've started planning for my Christmas one shot, I had the idea of playing a toybox adventure (think toy-story or nutcracker) with custom races for each type of toy and using giant stats for humans. My issue is that a 5ft scale would be illogical for this world. I thought I had two options:
- Ignore the logic and just pretend everything is scaled up.
- Alter the scale of the world to fit with the setting
I'll be running the one-shot with 5-7 players at level 3.
Question
Would reducing the scale from 5ft to 1ft (or other measurement) have any additional undesired effects?
I've already factored in scaling down range and everything else, basically just divide every measurement by 5 and I wanted a sanity check that this wouldn't cause any issue I hadn't considered.
dnd-5e battle-map
dnd-5e battle-map
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Yes, your players are going to get confused
Honestly, this seems like a pretty bad idea. Instead of scaling the entire world, you should simply scale your enemies where needed, and describe the terrain as being smaller. Keep everything else the same and explain it in fluff where needed.
Else expect these kinds of situations:
"Can I hit him? My spell is 120 feet."
"Just divide it by 5 and you'll know."
"Wait I forgot that last round, I don't think I hit all the enemies."
This seems like it'd be a constant discussion at your table when you're turning the session into a "everybody pull out your calculator", especially when there is no real reason. All you need to do is make your players FEEL like they're giants, keep all the normal stats and just put them up against tiny versions of orcs and goblins.
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Don't change the number, change the units
Instead of it being 5ft squares, call them 5 inch squares, continue with the rest of the game as normal safe in the knowledge that everything is exactly the same and there are no balance concerns not inherent in the system.
answered 42 mins ago
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There shouldn't be any unintended consequences.
Just remember that if distances are divided by five, that means that areas are divided by 25 and that volumes & masses are divided by 125. For example, levitate's limit of 500lb should become 4lb.
If you were to shrink real creatures and structures, there could be some consequences related to the square-cube law. However, it sounds like your plan does not involve any shrinking, so those consequences do not apply to your scenario.
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Yes, your players are going to get confused
Honestly, this seems like a pretty bad idea. Instead of scaling the entire world, you should simply scale your enemies where needed, and describe the terrain as being smaller. Keep everything else the same and explain it in fluff where needed.
Else expect these kinds of situations:
"Can I hit him? My spell is 120 feet."
"Just divide it by 5 and you'll know."
"Wait I forgot that last round, I don't think I hit all the enemies."
This seems like it'd be a constant discussion at your table when you're turning the session into a "everybody pull out your calculator", especially when there is no real reason. All you need to do is make your players FEEL like they're giants, keep all the normal stats and just put them up against tiny versions of orcs and goblins.
answered 1 hour ago
Theik
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Yes, your players are going to get confused
Honestly, this seems like a pretty bad idea. Instead of scaling the entire world, you should simply scale your enemies where needed, and describe the terrain as being smaller. Keep everything else the same and explain it in fluff where needed.
Else expect these kinds of situations:
"Can I hit him? My spell is 120 feet."
"Just divide it by 5 and you'll know."
"Wait I forgot that last round, I don't think I hit all the enemies."
This seems like it'd be a constant discussion at your table when you're turning the session into a "everybody pull out your calculator", especially when there is no real reason. All you need to do is make your players FEEL like they're giants, keep all the normal stats and just put them up against tiny versions of orcs and goblins.
answered 1 hour ago
Theik
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up vote
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Yes, your players are going to get confused
Honestly, this seems like a pretty bad idea. Instead of scaling the entire world, you should simply scale your enemies where needed, and describe the terrain as being smaller. Keep everything else the same and explain it in fluff where needed.
Else expect these kinds of situations:
"Can I hit him? My spell is 120 feet."
"Just divide it by 5 and you'll know."
"Wait I forgot that last round, I don't think I hit all the enemies."
This seems like it'd be a constant discussion at your table when you're turning the session into a "everybody pull out your calculator", especially when there is no real reason. All you need to do is make your players FEEL like they're giants, keep all the normal stats and just put them up against tiny versions of orcs and goblins.
answered 1 hour ago
Theik
8,4253354
Yes, your players are going to get confused
Honestly, this seems like a pretty bad idea. Instead of scaling the entire world, you should simply scale your enemies where needed, and describe the terrain as being smaller. Keep everything else the same and explain it in fluff where needed.
Else expect these kinds of situations:
"Can I hit him? My spell is 120 feet."
"Just divide it by 5 and you'll know."
"Wait I forgot that last round, I don't think I hit all the enemies."
This seems like it'd be a constant discussion at your table when you're turning the session into a "everybody pull out your calculator", especially when there is no real reason. All you need to do is make your players FEEL like they're giants, keep all the normal stats and just put them up against tiny versions of orcs and goblins.
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Theik
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Theik
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Theik
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Don't change the number, change the units
Instead of it being 5ft squares, call them 5 inch squares, continue with the rest of the game as normal safe in the knowledge that everything is exactly the same and there are no balance concerns not inherent in the system.
answered 42 mins ago
Josh
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up vote
2
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Don't change the number, change the units
Instead of it being 5ft squares, call them 5 inch squares, continue with the rest of the game as normal safe in the knowledge that everything is exactly the same and there are no balance concerns not inherent in the system.
answered 42 mins ago
Josh
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up vote
2
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up vote
2
down vote
Don't change the number, change the units
Instead of it being 5ft squares, call them 5 inch squares, continue with the rest of the game as normal safe in the knowledge that everything is exactly the same and there are no balance concerns not inherent in the system.
answered 42 mins ago
Josh
1,150215
Don't change the number, change the units
Instead of it being 5ft squares, call them 5 inch squares, continue with the rest of the game as normal safe in the knowledge that everything is exactly the same and there are no balance concerns not inherent in the system.
answered 42 mins ago
Josh
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answered 42 mins ago
Josh
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answered 42 mins ago
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answered 42 mins ago
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There shouldn't be any unintended consequences.
Just remember that if distances are divided by five, that means that areas are divided by 25 and that volumes & masses are divided by 125. For example, levitate's limit of 500lb should become 4lb.
If you were to shrink real creatures and structures, there could be some consequences related to the square-cube law. However, it sounds like your plan does not involve any shrinking, so those consequences do not apply to your scenario.
edited 2 hours ago
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Ruse
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There shouldn't be any unintended consequences.
Just remember that if distances are divided by five, that means that areas are divided by 25 and that volumes & masses are divided by 125. For example, levitate's limit of 500lb should become 4lb.
If you were to shrink real creatures and structures, there could be some consequences related to the square-cube law. However, it sounds like your plan does not involve any shrinking, so those consequences do not apply to your scenario.
edited 2 hours ago
V2Blast
16.3k239105
answered 4 hours ago
Ruse
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up vote
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There shouldn't be any unintended consequences.
Just remember that if distances are divided by five, that means that areas are divided by 25 and that volumes & masses are divided by 125. For example, levitate's limit of 500lb should become 4lb.
If you were to shrink real creatures and structures, there could be some consequences related to the square-cube law. However, it sounds like your plan does not involve any shrinking, so those consequences do not apply to your scenario.
edited 2 hours ago
V2Blast
16.3k239105
answered 4 hours ago
Ruse
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There shouldn't be any unintended consequences.
Just remember that if distances are divided by five, that means that areas are divided by 25 and that volumes & masses are divided by 125. For example, levitate's limit of 500lb should become 4lb.
If you were to shrink real creatures and structures, there could be some consequences related to the square-cube law. However, it sounds like your plan does not involve any shrinking, so those consequences do not apply to your scenario.
edited 2 hours ago
V2Blast
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answered 4 hours ago
Ruse
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edited 2 hours ago
V2Blast
16.3k239105
edited 2 hours ago
V2Blast
16.3k239105
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V2Blast
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16.3k239105
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Ruse
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Ruse
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