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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8417780" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>The current PHB gives each race an average height, weight and age range. Something like:</p><p></p><p>Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds.</p><p></p><p>Dragonborn are taller and heavier than Humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds.</p><p></p><p>Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. </p><p></p><p>Half-Orcs mature a little faster than Humans, reaching Adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years</p><p></p><p>Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as Humans, the elven understanding of Adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims Adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.</p><p></p><p>Gnomes mature at the same rate Humans do, and most are expected to settle down into an adult life by around age 40. They can live 350 to almost 500 years.</p><p></p><p>That's all you need. Height, weight and lifespan aren't cultural, they're biological. Their is no reason to remove these guidelines that help shape what a race looks like. You might as well say that elves don't need pointed ears, dwarves don't wear beards or dragonborn aren't scaly. I'm all for diversity, but can we keep SOME consistent physical traits for races?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8417780, member: 7635"] The current PHB gives each race an average height, weight and age range. Something like: Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Dragonborn are taller and heavier than Humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Half-Orcs mature a little faster than Humans, reaching Adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as Humans, the elven understanding of Adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims Adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old. Gnomes mature at the same rate Humans do, and most are expected to settle down into an adult life by around age 40. They can live 350 to almost 500 years. That's all you need. Height, weight and lifespan aren't cultural, they're biological. Their is no reason to remove these guidelines that help shape what a race looks like. You might as well say that elves don't need pointed ears, dwarves don't wear beards or dragonborn aren't scaly. I'm all for diversity, but can we keep SOME consistent physical traits for races? [/QUOTE]
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