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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5556427" data-attributes="member: 15538">But is it? Reach is important, as is speed, as is strength. Assuming men have any advantages in these areas, I can only assume that in competitive fencing, they would would have an outsized statistical effect for very small real-world differences. You say below that skill tends to be the trump. Is it safe to assume there are more male than female fencers?At some level, sure. But how much of an advantage? What sort of combat?So much for the smaller PC not having a high Strength score concept. What I'm hearing is that men tend to be more powerful fencers, and that in many cases, they would have a considerable reach advantage over (smaller) women. To me that says,1) D&D strength doesn't seem to be a strong construct in this case to explain the disparity; AC and initiative are Dex-based, and2) Sex differences in fencing could very well be greater than in real life combat, depending on how you define real life combat, considering the differences seem to favor men or be neutral in each case, and3) men tend to be higher level fencersWhere does D&D Strength enter into this equation?Isn't it simpler to assume that there simply are more male fencers, that they take their first "level" of fencer sooner and are likely to train harder throughouth their lives? Just as a for instance, I'm betting pregnancy and childbirth could slow down a fencer a bit at the competitive level....</blockquote>

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