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<blockquote data-quote="Ghostknight" data-source="post: 1551765" data-attributes="member: 15338">But I disagree that muscle mass is the defining criteria in strength.&nbsp; Muscle fibres themselves can differ between individuals allowing some greater strength from lower mass.&nbsp; Also some have higher musclar density resulting in thinner builds from the same muscle mass (and would a lower volume of muscle provide the same protection from falls etc).&nbsp; Personally I wouldn't put weight figures to str amounts - weight is as much a function of fat, bone density etc as it is of muscle mass.&nbsp; So the persons weight to muscle ration is going to vary dramatically even though two people may weigh the same.As for the martial artist necessarily having a good/ok con - not necessarily.&nbsp; I can think of one person specifically that I have trained with - excellent fighter, low weight (in competitions he was generally in the 50-60 kg class - exact classification varying between martial arts and we were training kung fu and ju jutsu and competing in both), but had an immune deficiency syndrome (not AIDS, a lesser one that is treatable) and was often sick.&nbsp; There is always a way to explain a low con (hey, if you are prepared to play it&nbsp; a very low con character could have one of the brittle bone diseases and every time they fall they stand a chance of breaking a bone - even from a minor fall - could still be strong and nimble - just don't fall or get hit by a blunt weapon!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ghostknight, post: 1551765, member: 15338"] But I disagree that muscle mass is the defining criteria in strength. Muscle fibres themselves can differ between individuals allowing some greater strength from lower mass. Also some have higher musclar density resulting in thinner builds from the same muscle mass (and would a lower volume of muscle provide the same protection from falls etc). Personally I wouldn't put weight figures to str amounts - weight is as much a function of fat, bone density etc as it is of muscle mass. So the persons weight to muscle ration is going to vary dramatically even though two people may weigh the same. As for the martial artist necessarily having a good/ok con - not necessarily. I can think of one person specifically that I have trained with - excellent fighter, low weight (in competitions he was generally in the 50-60 kg class - exact classification varying between martial arts and we were training kung fu and ju jutsu and competing in both), but had an immune deficiency syndrome (not AIDS, a lesser one that is treatable) and was often sick. There is always a way to explain a low con (hey, if you are prepared to play it a very low con character could have one of the brittle bone diseases and every time they fall they stand a chance of breaking a bone - even from a minor fall - could still be strong and nimble - just don't fall or get hit by a blunt weapon!) [/QUOTE]

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