... maybe dwarf meat is denser, which is why gnomes like to hunt them for food.
Wait, what? That honestly made me laugh out loud.
... maybe dwarf meat is denser, which is why gnomes like to hunt them for food.
PCs are special, and there is no mechanical difference within Medium. I'd allow it.The 1e DMG has an NPC male dwarf as 48 +1d6 or -1d4 inches or 44-54 inches (3'8" - 4'6"). 13 Human males, surprisingly, average 6 feet tall. Seems a bit high, doesn't it? And varies + or - 1d12 inches.
Being taller than 4'6" is like being taller than 7' (or 6'9"-6'10" if you give the human male a more realistic average height of 5'9"-5'10"). Obviously, you can set average height and variability however you want. But a Dwarf above 5' is like a near-eight-foot human. That's almost unheard of.
This could solve your problem while giving you a special weapon to stomp goblins with.
When I told him after the session he had to come up with a better PC he wanted to play a half dragon half vampire.