Character Generation #2 - Height, Weight & Race

Your character's height and weight is derived from their Stats and their Race (plus a possible weight gain from athletics skill). Most of the effect of Height and Weight is therefore already included in the Stat and Race bonuses, but they often provide more than just flavour - they root your character in the alternate physical reality of the game. Are you tall enough to look over the top of that 6' wall?

Height

Find your height from you STR and CON in the table below:

		CON
		3	2	1	0	-1	-2	-3
STR	3	6’3’’	6’4’’	6’5’’
	2	6’0’’	6’1’’	6’2’’	6’3’’
	1	5’9’’	5’10’’	5’11’’	6’0’’	6’1’’
	0		5’7’’	5’8’’	5’9’’	5’10’’	5’11’’
	-1			5’5’’	5’6’’	5’7’’	5’8’’	5’9’’
	-2				5’3’’	5’4’’	5’5’’	5’6’’
	-3					5’1’’	5’2’’	5’3’’

Weight

Find your weight from you STR, CON and AG in the table below:

		AG
		3	2	1	0	-1	-2	-3
STR + CON	6			196	204	212	220	228
	5			188	196	204	212	220
	4		172	180	188	196	204	212
	3		164	172	180	188	196	204
	2	148	156	164	172	180	188	196
	1	140	148	156	164	172	180	188
	0	132	140	148	156	164	172	180
	-1	124	132	140	148	156	164	172
	-2	116	124	132	140	148	156	164
	-3	108	116	124	132	140	148
	-4	100	108	116	124	132	140
	-5	92	100	108	116	124
	-6	84	92	100	108	116

This is the minimum weight for your character - if they are overweight they would weigh more than this.

Athletics Weight Bonus
Your levels in Athletics are split between Power and Speed. For each level you have in Power you move your weight up one category.

For example if you have Power 2, Speed 4 then you move up two weight categories - say from 180lb to 196lb.

Other Races
For non-humans you look up the adjusted height and weight on the tables below:

Human	Elf (+1)	Dwarf (-2)	Halfling (-5)		Human  / Elf	Dwarf (-1)	Halfling (-3)
					84	56	28
5' 1''	6' 1''	4'	2' 8''		92	62	31
5' 2''	6' 2''	4'1''	2' 8''		100	68	34
5' 3''	6' 3''	4'1''	2' 9''		108	74	37
5' 4''	6' 4''	4'2''	2' 9''		116	80	40
5' 5''	6' 5''	4'2''	2' 9''		124	86	43
5' 6''	6' 6''	4'3''	2' 10''		132	92	46
5' 7''	6' 7''	4'3''	2' 10''		140	98	49
5' 8''	6' 8''	4'4''	2' 10''		148	104	52
5' 9''	6' 9''	4'4''	2' 11''		156	110	55
5' 10''	6' 10''	4'5''	2' 11''		164	116	58
5' 11''	6' 11''	4'5''	2' 11''		172	122	61
6' 0''	7' 0''	4'6''	3'		180	128	64
6' 1''	7' 1''	4'6''	3'		188	134	67
6' 2''	7' 2''	4'7''	3'		196	140	70
6' 3''	7' 3''	4'7''	3' 1''		204	146	73
6' 4''	7' 4''	4'8''	3' 1''		212	152	76
6' 5''	7' 5''	4'8''	3' 1''		220	158	79
					228	164	82

Race
You can choose a race from Human, Dwarf, Elf, or Halfling. They are rooted firmly in traditional fantasy. Here are some intentionally brief summaries of the races; they should be fleshed out for your particular campaign.

Elves are slightly taller than humans but are slender and thus are the same average weight. Their slim build helps them run faster and jump higher. Unfortunately many monsters hate Elves and always target an Elf in combat given the choice.

Dwarves are quite a lot shorter than humans but are quite stout. Their stoutness makes them run slower and they are poor at jumping, but their natural strong build means they can lift nearly as much as a human and suffer no penalty on damage. Dwarves can see in the dark.

Halflings are (true to their name) only half the height of humans and are very stout. They are ill suited to running or jumping, nor are they good at lifting heavy weights, but their natural instincts for their attacks to hit the mark make up for the relative weakness of their blows. They can sneak and hide well. Due to their size they generally stick together.

	Kill (WT)	Lift (WT)	Run (HT-WT)	Jump (HT-WT)	Other
Elf			+1	+1
Dwarf		-1	-1	-2
Halfling	-3	-3	-2	-2	Attack +3 Scout +3

Typically the Kill and Lift bonus is the weight modifier, thus -3 for Halflings. Usually the Run and Jump bonus is the height modifier minus the weight modifier, thus -2 for Halflings. You'd expect Dwarves to get -1 for all four, but this has been modified for other characteristics of Dwarves.