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<blockquote data-quote="Theo R Cwithin" data-source="post: 5583592" data-attributes="member: 75712">For humans at least, I think one could use real world BMI as a baseline for healthy folk-- assuming, of course, that BMI maps roughly into CON (eg, &quot;healthiness&quot;).&nbsp; If you assume that DEX roughly correlates with &quot;skinniness&quot; and STR with &quot;bulkiness&quot; (and therefore weight), you might be able to figure out some upper- and lower-limit values for someone with a &quot;average or better CON&quot;. Then just stretch that out to include the less healthy folks in the population.The tough part would be coming up &quot;real world&quot; BMIs for non-existent races like elves and dwarves.&nbsp;&nbsp; But even that's somewhat guessable, at least from stereotypes: elves average out to lower BMIs (because they're thinner) while dwarves have higher healthy BMIs (shorter, but much denser).Aargh, if I wasn't going out of town tomorrow, I'd try to do djinn up a table or three....&nbsp; Maybe in a few days....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theo R Cwithin, post: 5583592, member: 75712"] For humans at least, I think one could use real world BMI as a baseline for healthy folk-- assuming, of course, that BMI maps roughly into CON (eg, "healthiness"). If you assume that DEX roughly correlates with "skinniness" and STR with "bulkiness" (and therefore weight), you might be able to figure out some upper- and lower-limit values for someone with a "average or better CON". Then just stretch that out to include the less healthy folks in the population. The tough part would be coming up "real world" BMIs for non-existent races like elves and dwarves. But even that's somewhat guessable, at least from stereotypes: elves average out to lower BMIs (because they're thinner) while dwarves have higher healthy BMIs (shorter, but much denser). Aargh, if I wasn't going out of town tomorrow, I'd try to do djinn up a table or three.... Maybe in a few days.... [/QUOTE]

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