How do you calculate a Kyriotate of Flowers Body hits, lifting strength, etc., when in a plant host?
Use the Kyriotate’s Strength for calculating skill levels, Body hits, etc. They may have huge Strength penalties in fragile/short hosts, though, such as dandilions or grass. Use the approximate size of the plant for the “strength” in grabbing, or other Contests of Strength. (While the Kyriotate might be able to hang onto something with full Strength, it probably doesn’t want to uproot its host!) Grasses usually have an effective Strength of zero, waist-high shrubs will have a 1 or 2, trees with an inch-thick trunk will have 3-4 and scale up from there. Large trees are likely to have a very high vessel level for calculating Body hits, or a lot of Protection. Last checked on 6/1/05, but I’m not satisfied with this phrasing at the moment. Eventually, a Novalis write-up should revisit this.
