07-25-2013, 04:21 AM
Personally, I dislike descriptors. They're too vague and it's seems a bit shallow for RP purposes, if someone wants to go in-depth. My thoughts on this topic are scattered, but try to make sense of it. I'm leaning towards keeping the way things are though, but being more lenient about it, unless it has an extreme difference...
*coughs* Spoilers to split up my thought processes.
*coughs* Spoilers to split up my thought processes.
Spoiler:
I'm 5'1" and will never grow any taller than that. It's that Filipino blood in me. So I've realized that I've never looked straight on to another person, my head is always tilted up. Why? My head is tilted up because I need to make eye contact with the person. To me 5'5" is Tall and 6'0" is Scary Tall, but this varies to person to person because they're not the same height as me. That could also be reversed for people who are Tall and think people like me are Short or Tiny.
Besides my shortness, I'm technically overweight, but I don't look like it.
"Guess my weight!
"Uh.. 135 lbs..?"
"Ahahaha... Add 30 more..."
"WHAT?"
I fill out nicely. >_>;
Somehow reminds me of cows. I never expect them to weigh over a 1000 lbs. My brain is weird like that.
Besides my shortness, I'm technically overweight, but I don't look like it.
"Guess my weight!
"Uh.. 135 lbs..?"
"Ahahaha... Add 30 more..."
"WHAT?"
I fill out nicely. >_>;
Somehow reminds me of cows. I never expect them to weigh over a 1000 lbs. My brain is weird like that.
Spoiler:
I believe height is an impressive, intimidating thing. I usually don't see RP where height does that, but it should. We have races with varieties of height. A Gnome seeing a Draenei for the first time? They're huge, significantly two and a half (*shudders*) Gnomes put on top of each other. They don't say "My, you're a tall one for nothing".
I tend to ask height, a lot. Why..? Just in case I need to know if it will be difficult to kiss the other person. Not going to lie and say I'm joking, but it's reasonable.
I tend to ask height, a lot. Why..? Just in case I need to know if it will be difficult to kiss the other person. Not going to lie and say I'm joking, but it's reasonable.
Spoiler:
Now, let's take my Blood Elf, she's 6'4" or 6'3". That's really tall for a female Blood Elf. Now, there's this other female Blood Elf, but she's 5'5" or so. The smaller elf decides to push mine against the wall. Is that possible? Yes, but will it be easy with one simple push? Possibly. But why possibly? Weight. What if my elf was on the thin side and the other was more bulky? Or vice versa? That changes things.
Spoiler:
For event purposes or adventurous RP, weight and height should be taken accordingly.
We're going to travel into a Troll ruin. You are a human. The gnome in our group steps on a pressure plate. A poisoned arrow flies out, missing her completely because she's short. Luckily, your quick reflexes make you avoid the arrow to penetrate your skull.
Unfortunately, our Draenei gets the arrow in the chest. He's large, so the poison wouldn't have much of a lethal effect on him. It would of for you because that arrow would of killed you on the spot, not the poison. As for the Gnome.. If that poison got to her somehow, her body would of succumbed to it quickly due to its small size.
We get our Draenei patched up and scold the Gnome for being so careless. You either administer the punishment or snicker on the sidelines. She could of got you killed man... Anyways, we move on into the dangerous jungle of the ruins. We stumble across an old, rickety bridge. The Gnome gets first dibs across the bridge with ease.
You're next. The bridge sways, creaking at every movement you make. The danger almost makes you want to wet yourself, but you did your business before we started walking again.
My turn. I am an Orc Mage. After trying to carefully walk on the bridge, I fall through half-way, taking the bridge with me. I cast Slow Fall several times until I reach the bottom of the ravine. Teleporting back up somehow.. I'm with the Draenei and whoever is left in the group. We stare at you and Gnome, but no body blames me for destroying the bridge. *coughs*
So Alice.. What was that story about? Height and Weight in fun RP! The Gnome was 2'7" at 43 lbs. The Draenei was 7'5" at 410 lbs. You were 6'0" at 168 lbs. I was 5'5" at 300 lbs. The arrow would of missed anyone below 5'8" or so. The bridge couldn't handle anything over 200 lbs. Yay, math and science. The subjects I'm not found of.
We're going to travel into a Troll ruin. You are a human. The gnome in our group steps on a pressure plate. A poisoned arrow flies out, missing her completely because she's short. Luckily, your quick reflexes make you avoid the arrow to penetrate your skull.
Unfortunately, our Draenei gets the arrow in the chest. He's large, so the poison wouldn't have much of a lethal effect on him. It would of for you because that arrow would of killed you on the spot, not the poison. As for the Gnome.. If that poison got to her somehow, her body would of succumbed to it quickly due to its small size.
We get our Draenei patched up and scold the Gnome for being so careless. You either administer the punishment or snicker on the sidelines. She could of got you killed man... Anyways, we move on into the dangerous jungle of the ruins. We stumble across an old, rickety bridge. The Gnome gets first dibs across the bridge with ease.
You're next. The bridge sways, creaking at every movement you make. The danger almost makes you want to wet yourself, but you did your business before we started walking again.
My turn. I am an Orc Mage. After trying to carefully walk on the bridge, I fall through half-way, taking the bridge with me. I cast Slow Fall several times until I reach the bottom of the ravine. Teleporting back up somehow.. I'm with the Draenei and whoever is left in the group. We stare at you and Gnome, but no body blames me for destroying the bridge. *coughs*
So Alice.. What was that story about? Height and Weight in fun RP! The Gnome was 2'7" at 43 lbs. The Draenei was 7'5" at 410 lbs. You were 6'0" at 168 lbs. I was 5'5" at 300 lbs. The arrow would of missed anyone below 5'8" or so. The bridge couldn't handle anything over 200 lbs. Yay, math and science. The subjects I'm not found of.
Spoiler:
I agree the range for these things on WoW are a bit of a mess.. But I think it's most likely set for the model they made. Let me quote the Human scales we have on COTH.
I'm going to pick scale 1.0.
The ideal weight for this scale for men would be 160 - 196 lbs and women would be 122 - 149 lbs. Yet, looking at the character models for humans... The 220 lbs and 165 lbs look the part.
Yes, this obviously is a problem for us because RP wise our characters may not look like the model at all. They may be slender, overweight, etc.
Solution? Either A. Think of how logical your height and weight should be or B. Don't worry about it so much and follow the model's set height and weight scales.
Quote:Height
Male:
0.9: 5'4" [1.64 m].
1.0: 6'0" [1.83 m].
1.1: 6'6" [2 m].
Female:
0.9: 5'0" [1.48 m].
1.0: 5'7" [1.65 m].
1.1: 5'11" [1.81 m].
Weight
Male:
0.9: 160 Lbs [72 kg].
1.0: 220 lbs [100 kg].
1.1: 280 lbs [127 kg].
Female:
0.9: 120 lbs [57 kg].
1.0: 165 lbs [84 kg].
1.1: 215 lbs [111 kg].
I'm going to pick scale 1.0.
The ideal weight for this scale for men would be 160 - 196 lbs and women would be 122 - 149 lbs. Yet, looking at the character models for humans... The 220 lbs and 165 lbs look the part.
Yes, this obviously is a problem for us because RP wise our characters may not look like the model at all. They may be slender, overweight, etc.
Solution? Either A. Think of how logical your height and weight should be or B. Don't worry about it so much and follow the model's set height and weight scales.
Quote:"Your faction is the underdog right?
You always lose and suck at everything.
You lose towns, people and your second in command is a 14-year old who uses dark magic on his protectors and runs away alone the the wilderness."
- Panoss from the WoW retail forums