Characters Height and Weight
- Thread starter JNJ
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Wasn't there something in T2300 about that?
Page 89 of MongT 1st edition T2300 bases it on the homeworld gravity as a basis for starting height with +10 or -10% variation on this for both height & weight (85kg weight) with female deducting 10cm and 10kg off this.
There's also traits that effect weight such as Heavy.
There must be something else that deals with this isn't there?
Page 89 of MongT 1st edition T2300 bases it on the homeworld gravity as a basis for starting height with +10 or -10% variation on this for both height & weight (85kg weight) with female deducting 10cm and 10kg off this.
There's also traits that effect weight such as Heavy.
There must be something else that deals with this isn't there?
steve98052
Mongoose
I don't recall where I've seen such rules, but there are a lot of versions. One point for realism is that men and women of equal height tend to be very similar in weight; men average heavily than women because they're taller on average.
So when building game rules, it's good to start with a height formula, such as: characteristics adjustment + gender adjustment + homeworld gravity adjustment + genetic adjustment + normal curve dice. (By genetic adjustment, I mean that Darrians and Zhodani tend to be tall, some Minor Human Races tend to be short, Solomani are typical, and I don't remember about Vilani. To get a decent normal curve, you need three or more dice; two give a triangle distribution, and one gives a flat distribution.) Once height is determined, the weight formula doesn't need a gender adjustment, unless it's something specific to a particular Minor Human Race.
So when building game rules, it's good to start with a height formula, such as: characteristics adjustment + gender adjustment + homeworld gravity adjustment + genetic adjustment + normal curve dice. (By genetic adjustment, I mean that Darrians and Zhodani tend to be tall, some Minor Human Races tend to be short, Solomani are typical, and I don't remember about Vilani. To get a decent normal curve, you need three or more dice; two give a triangle distribution, and one gives a flat distribution.) Once height is determined, the weight formula doesn't need a gender adjustment, unless it's something specific to a particular Minor Human Race.
