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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 4171146" data-attributes="member: 463">Since the very large male-female median STR disparity in humans is directly observable in everyday life, as well as in all statistical records (eg all STR-based sports) I think it's a lot more egregious than arguments against the theory of evolution; speciation through natural selection is not something we observe in our daily lives.BTW re female CON bonus; while there are good arguments for this, when I was doing military training along with female trainees it was often observed that the women were injured more easily, especially they got more broken bones, and this was due to less muscle mass sheathing their bones.  In D&D terms women have fewer hit points IRL than men, but D&D HP are based purely off CON, not STR.  If you want a system where women get a CON bonus then STR should apply to HP.  I'd suggest a more realistic approach is giving women a Fortitude save bonus.Edit: To reiterate, I'm not in favour of stat bonuses or penalties by sex for PCs.  For NPCs though it would be useful to be provided with suggested medians for typical NPCs so I don't have to work out myself that eg the human male heavy infantryman at the bar is likely to have higher STR than the working girl on his lap.</blockquote>