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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darwinism" data-source="post: 5556383" data-attributes="member: 6669722">Especially in anything resembling medieval combat there are diminishing returns to strength, and past an easy to reach point your own contribution to a weapon's speed is negligible. Doing a Hulk impression provides no tangible improvement except maybe you could throw more weight into a swing but also be far more open to any attack because you're incapable of recovering quickly.That's the misconception I'm trying to point out; the idea of every man warrior ever having to look like He-Man is stupidly flawed. Ability scores are abstract definitions of how good your character is in some areas; just like charisma isn't how good you look, strength isn't how roided out you are. Trying to say that it is and then using that as justification for why wimmins shouldn't be fighting is pretty horrible.Sorry, no, the only 'incredible' penalty between women and men is that men, on average, have a longer reach. 'Speed' as a function of musculature doesn't scale like you seem to think that it does; at a certain very easy to reach point you will be moving your limbs as fast as muscles can make them move. Adding a few more pounds of muscle isn't going to make you faster or you'd see a hell of a lot more roided up fencers. But in modern fencing, which doesn't resemble actual combat in the slightest, reach is a pretty big advantage.</blockquote>