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ALTERNATE LIFTING RULES FOR BASH UE
INTRODUCTION
In one of my favorite moments in comic book history, the
Molecule Man picks up a mountain range and drops it on the
team of superheroes assembled by the Beyonder to fight in
his Secret Wars. Being who he is, the Hulk catches the
mountain and holds it up, while Reed Richards frantically
jury
rigs Iron Mans armor to blast a hole big enough for theheroes to
escape before being crushed. One of the things I
loved about this moment was the tension. Strong as he was,
the Hulk had to strain to hold up the mountain, and his
success was hardly assured. In short, the moment was
dramatic. These rules attempt to introduce that level of
drama to the lifting dynamic in BASH UE.
Currently, in BASH UE, lifting is simply a function of a
characters Brawn score; either a character can lift
something, or he cant no roll required. The following rules
maintain an aspect of that mechanic, as there are minimum
values that a character will always be able to lift according
to
his or her Brawn. However, a lifting check mechanic is also
introduced, allowing characters to lift beyond their limits
in
strenuous situations.
THE RULES
The Lifting Difficulty Table below lists weights along with
corresponding Difficulty Numbers and real-world
benchmarks. When a character wants to lift an object, the
Narrator consults the table to determine an appropriate
difficulty number. The characters Brawn is then rolled to
see
if the attempt is successful.
Not every lift attempt, however, requires a Brawn
check.Characters have a Casual Lift value determined by their
Brawn. Characters can lift any weight up to this value
without
rolling.
Similarly, characters also have a Maximum Lift value
determined by their Brawn. Characters cannot lift weights in
excess of their Maximum Lift regardless of what they roll.
Casual Lift and Maximum Lift values are listed on the
Character Lifting Capacity Table below. An Expanded
Character Lifting Capacity Table is included for use with
the
Heightened power published in BAM #5.
LIFTING DIFFICULTY TABLE
DIFFICULTY WEIGHT EXAMPLE
3 10 lbs
4 20 lbs Shotput
5 30 lbs
6 40 lbs
7 50 lbs TV
8 100 lbs
9 200 lbs Man
10 300 lbs
15 400 lbs
16 500 lbs
17 900 lbs Motorcycle
18 1 ton
22 2 ton Small Car
23 3 tons Truck
24 5 tons Truck
25 10 tons
30 20 tons Jet Fighter
31 30 tons
32 50 tons Tank
33 100 tons
37 200 tons
38 300 tons Large Plane
39 500 tons
40 1,000 tons Trawler
45 2,000 tons
46 3,000 tons
47 5,000 tons
48 10,000 tons Destroyer
52 20,000 tons
53 30,000 tons Cruiser
54 50,000 tons
55 100,000 tons
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CHARACTER LIFTING CAPACITY TABLE
BRAWN STANDARD
LIFT RANGE
CASUAL
LIFT
MAXIMUM
LIFT
0 1-40 lbs 20 lbs 80 lbs
1 41-300 lbs 100 lbs 600 lbs.
2 301 lbs-1 ton 500 lbs 2 tons
3 2-10 tons 3 tons 30 tons
4 11-100 tons 30 tons 400 tons
5 101-1,000 tons 300 tons 5,000 tons
EXPANDED LIFTING TABLE
BRAWN LIFT RANGE CASUAL
LIFT
MAXIMUM
LIFT
x0 1-10 lbs 10 lbs 20 lbs
x0+1 11-20 lbs 20 lbs 40 lbs
x0+2 21-30 lbs 30 lbs 60 lbs
x0+3 31-40 lbs 40 lbs 80 lbs
x1 41-50 lbs 50 lbs 100 lbs
x1+1 51-100 lbs 100 lbs 200 lbs
x1+2 101-200 lbs 200 lbs 400 lbs
x1+3 201-300 lbs 300 lbs 600 lbs
x2 301-400 lbs 400 lbs 800 lbs
x2+1 401-500 lbs 500 lbs 1,000 lbs
x2+2 501-900 lbs 900 lbs 1,800 lbs
x2+3 901 lbs - 1 ton 1 ton 2 tons
x3 2 tons 2 tons 6 tons
x3+1 3 tons 3 tons 9 tons
x3+2 4-5 tons 5 tons 15 tons
x3+3 6-10 tons 10 tons 30 tons
x4 11-20 tons 20 tons 80 tons
x4+1 21-30 tons 30 tons 120 tons
x4+2 31-50 tons 50 tons 200 tons
x4+3 51-100 tons 100 tons 400 tons
x5 101-200 tons 200 tons 1,000 tons
x5+1 201-300 tons 300 tons 1,500 tons
x5+2 301-500 tons 500 tons 2,500 tons
x5+3 501-1,000 tons 1,000 tons 5,000 tons
