Thread:The Reptile King/@comment-37028137-20200124220548/@comment-37028137-20201025192711

Greetings Rep

Oh that's no problem then. I'm having the characters traveling all over the Reptile Kingdom trying to seal off these interdimensional rifts that are causing havoc, (they're a big part of the rest of the book anyways I'm planning on having them visit four or so places to seal the rifts.)

One of the stops is in Val Hadar and the rift that forms over the docks ends up destroying the gate and causing the tusks to nearly crush several folks while also causing the ships berthed in the harbour to break from their moorings.

Vellantha is significantly stronger in terms of physical strength than Nicholas so I had her tackling the ships. But I was trying to figure out if the tusks would pose a problem for Nicholas. 10-20 tons shouldn't pose any issue for Nicholas, since he's tackled something about 30+ which is near his limit earlier in the book.

I used wikipedia to do some base calculations on the heaviest ships ever built and I made the ships massive wooden structures around several hundred thousand tons just to show the stark difference between the characters abilities and what Vellantha is really capable of.

(“Out of curiosity how much do you think those ships weigh?” I gestured to the spectacle unfolding before our eyes.

“Well there are a number of different vessels, shipping freighters, passenger cruisers, bulk carriers, warships, ranging anywhere from 100 metres to 500 metres. But if I had to make a conservative estimate I’d say each could weigh several hundred thousand tons, near to 600,000 tons easily. And that’s not factoring in that the ships seem to be bearing additional weight of shipments and supplies loaded onboard. And Lady Vellantha doesn’t appear stained or over exerted in any way.”

“That’s…Impressive.” I muttered in awe. I watched as each of the behemoth vessels were taken from the embankment and hurled into the rift in rapid succession. The portal began to screech and blur into a shapeless mass of burning energy. As the last ship was thrown into the rift the tear folded inwards seemingly eating itself away into nothing.)

I know as the author I'm the only one who cares about these sorts of things but I really want to define what these characters can and can't do, it helps when I write plus my OCD just swirls around till I get an answer so thanks.

Cheers,

The Weary TimeLord.