Sokko
Level: Smiter
Rank Points: 336
Registered: 02-25-2003
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Re: Has anyone else noticed... (0)
Now, you have to remember that when Beethro estimated the roaches were five feet long, he was just looking into a dark area after coming in from the light, and the shapes were indistinct. Also, Smitemasters are not known to be good at math, especially in moments of surprise and disbelief. So, let\'s use the more reliable measurements of Beethro himself.
My own width from shoulder to shoulder is 1 foot 4 inches. Beethro is a much meatier guy, so we\'ll say he has a shoulder width of 2 feet. If you hold your arms out in front of you as if you\'re holding a sword, as Beethro is, the distance from the end of the farthest fist to your back is about 1 foot 6 inches. You and I would, obviously, not be able to support such a sword unless our arms were quite a bit close to our bodies. Beethro, however, is an accomplished Smitemaster and has built up the muscles in his arms, so it\'s safe to say that his arms could extend another 6 inches outward and still maintain perfect control of the sword.
Now what we have is a 2x2 tile, or 4 square feet. Recalculating, it\'s safe to assume that Dugan\'s dungeon contains approximately 695,792 square feet of accessible floorspace, with 1,673,216 square feet being the total area that the dungeon takes up (potential floorspace). So accessible floorspace is a disappointing 12 soccer fields in size, and the total space is a more respectable 29 soccer fields. BTW, how big is a football field? I can identify more easily with that size. (well obviously it\'s 100 yards long, but how wide?)
Also, the dungeon isn\'t as deep as you think it is. Beethro is lighting torches on his way down so he can see, right? So the floors he has not yet descended to are still in darkness. Those pits reflect that. Let\'s say each floor is three stories high. A fall from that height would certainly disable you enough to greatly hamper your smiting abilities, so Beethro doesn\'t dare jump down. Therefore, the dungeon is about 75 stories deep, which is still pretty extreme, and Beethro only has to walk down three flights of stairs to get to the next level. I\'m guessing that Dugan didn\'t plan on his dungeon being that deep; the \'Neather probably built most of the lower floors.
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