Size Comparison

[imported_Rasyr]

The attached image should give a rough estimate of the sizes of various races compared to one another....



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[Chaos85]

Me like Are all of these going to be playable races?

[imported_Rasyr]

From the Orc on to the right are monster races. I may give them PC-like write-ups, but I don't think I will for the Troll or Ogre.

[Fidoric]

Do you have any plan for size differences to translate into game mechanics like, for example :
- a creature of one size larger gains an automatic DR bonus equal to its strength bonus or
- damaging a creature one or two sizes larger than you requires to use a boon point.

That could be a way to give heavier weapons an edge. A large weapon could hurt easily a large creature whereas a medium or small weapons would incur DR penalties.

[imported_Rasyr]

The thing to keep in mind is that medium is our actual starting point, and that we are actually trying to keep things as simple as possible.

Trying to do as you are suggesting would create a lot of complexity, as it would mean tracking and comparing different values for different sizes, or worse yet, calculating adjustments on the fly (like a certain other game, currently under revision, that I am not going to mention).

Now, the Race creation rules DO contain some guidelines on size adjustments (for creating larger races and such), but as I mentioned previously, everything is built around the concept of Medium being the baseline from which you deviate...

Additionally, the whole point of the size comparison pic in the first post was to simply give a visual representation of the sizes of various humanoid races and monsters compared to one another so that players and GMs have some sort of idea of how they might appear to each other (I know that I had not really thought about it until I made the image...)

[Fidoric]

I agree with you, this picture is really informative.
As for the medium size being the norm, I agree too. I think it could even be expanded to include small races such as Halflings. Stats modifiers might be enough to translate their deviance from the human basis. It is only a quick thought though.

[imported_Rasyr]

Wait until you see the next issue of Libram Novus.  Race creation rules, along with talents that allow for racial crossbreeds plus 2 new races (Gnomes and Rachni (which is the new name for the spider people from Tyrlon)).

[Fidoric]

Wait and see, as Sir Winston Churchill used to say.