[D20 Modern]Department 7 (OOC)

[VanorDM]

I am assuming Kara and Rory can go ahead and begin posting their out of scene setups until we arrive all together at Ms. Johnson's.

sure thing

In fact if you want, you can start out at the Townhouse, maybe even speak to Ms Johnson...

 

[perrinmiller]

*nudge Herobizkit* Rory in the picture?

 

[perrinmiller]

Voda Vosa: Ming’s description says he is only 5’ 8” & 170lbs, not matching the background write-up for "tall Asian" or "huge mandarin". The younger generations of Asians are not that small anymore, so tall and huge are pretty much the same as western standards. How big is he really?

 

[Felix1459]

Dude. He's in armor, which makes him look bigger than he is. If a guy was standing in front of you in full plate armor he'd seem a lot bigger.

 

[Herobizkit]

Woo, thanks for the nudge. I posted a generic "here I am, look at me" beginning. Can't wait to meet you all.

 

[perrinmiller]

Dude. He's in armor, which makes him look bigger than he is. If a guy was standing in front of you in full plate armor he'd seem a lot bigger.

Listen, I am not trying to be a jerk, I legitimately want to know. Nick is 6'2" looking down on Ming at 5'8", in heavy armor he looks more like a dwarf than a giant. Rodny is also an inch taller, though skinnier. Kara is 5'5", if she puts on 3" heels, she looks him in the eye. Getting the picture?

Seeing as my character just met him acting like "a shy giant", I am trying to roleplay first impressions so I am legitimately confused. Ming is the shortest of the three men who just walked in. Is Nick being sarcastic calling him "big guy", it appears to be his nature?

All I really want to know is if Ming is really over 6 feet, or is he a 5'8" Asian with a napoleon complex? Doesn't really matter what he is wearing, unless the armor comes with 6" platform shoes. (now that image is a little funny, picture something from the 70's)

 

[Voda Vosa]

Wow you know, when you use another measure method it really makes it difficult to come up with a good number. We use metric system, so that ' and '' makes no sense to me at all. So yes I wanted him to be tall and broad chested, but I don't know the reference high.

 

[perrinmiller]

So Ming is about 190cm and 100kg? Roughly 6 feet 3 inches and 212 pounds.

 

[ThWatcher]

In my humble opinion,
I say use whatever system you think in to choose his height and weight. If you are most familiar with metric, then choose and write his stats in metric.

We're smart enough here to go use any of a hundred converter programs located on the internet if we need to know the values in feet and inches.

So think in whatever system is easiest for you. I do.

Oh, and I think, if Ming is described as a giant, then make him 1.9 to 2 meters tall(that's about 6' 3" to 6' 6") and about 100 Kg. (about 220 lb.)

But that's just my opinion. You have to decide what you believe him to be.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Yeah that's about right.