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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7726386" data-attributes="member: 29398">No worries! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I can see how this would be relevant in MMOs where your character/avatar is right there on the screen for all to see...never mind that in what seems like a typical combat* there's so much going on that a short character would be impossible to find.* - from what little I've seen via looking over the shoulder of someone playing WoWQuite possibly because most of it is in the imagination.&nbsp; Further, the minis that we use to represent the PCs have been getting bigger over time - many Dwarf minis seem as tall as Human or Elf minis now, while Gnome and Hobbit minis have grown to Dwarf size.There's also a much more practical-at-the-table element: a party can never ever have too many front-liners.&nbsp; Got 6 players?&nbsp; Wizard-Rogue-Cleric-Fighter-Fighter-Fighter (or close variants thereof) is the most likely - and probably most versatile/effective - end-result party lineup in any edition, maybe after a few experiments have been culled and replaced.I'm not a fan of Dragonborn or half-Dragons or anything of that ilk as PCs, in all honesty; but Tieflings are even worse. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7726386, member: 29398"] No worries! :) I can see how this would be relevant in MMOs where your character/avatar is right there on the screen for all to see...never mind that in what seems like a typical combat* there's so much going on that a short character would be impossible to find. * - from what little I've seen via looking over the shoulder of someone playing WoW Quite possibly because most of it is in the imagination. Further, the minis that we use to represent the PCs have been getting bigger over time - many Dwarf minis seem as tall as Human or Elf minis now, while Gnome and Hobbit minis have grown to Dwarf size. There's also a much more practical-at-the-table element: a party can never ever have too many front-liners. Got 6 players? Wizard-Rogue-Cleric-Fighter-Fighter-Fighter (or close variants thereof) is the most likely - and probably most versatile/effective - end-result party lineup in any edition, maybe after a few experiments have been culled and replaced. I'm not a fan of Dragonborn or half-Dragons or anything of that ilk as PCs, in all honesty; but Tieflings are even worse. :) Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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