Muscle

Play Vocabulary

Muscle (MSCL, MSL) is the characters' bodily power - his or her raw lifting and grappling strength, and the ability to apply brute force. Muscle also encompasses shorter term endurance and capability for speed in running, swimming, climbing and jumping.

It is a general rule of thumb that bigger, well-muscled creatures (such as the lion, boa-constrictor or a trained wrestler) are stronger and more powerful than small lithe examples (such as the tree snake or house cat). Thus the larger and heavier, but somewhat slower-moving creatures would have an appropriately larger Muscle value than the scurrying rodent, or the aged desk-bound academic.

An hippopotamus or bull auroch might have a Muscle score of 8 or 9, while a vine-swinging lemur monkey may display a Strength of 1, 2 or perhaps 3. The average man might have a Strength of 3 to 5. In terms of aquatic creatures, a great white shark might display a Strength score of 7 or 8, while a fur seal might have a score of 3 or 4.

These examples above presume, of course, that we are attempting to measure or abstract the vital statistics of creatures familiar to our everyday earthly expectations, but in Fairyland, things are curious and unexpected, and the very name of a creature itself (and in the language of the traveller, moreover) is what informs it's manifestation within one's perception. The usually fearsome tiger in Fairyland might not be the great beast you know from the mortal world.

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Puns:

Muscle @ Missile @ Missal @ Measle(s)

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See also:

• Character Statistics
• Rules