Suggestion: Get away from the nasty greyhawk height system

[CommanderKrieg]

I know some people like playing elves that are midgets, but for the rest of us that want our elves to be the correct size in forgotten realms:

http://neverwintervault.net/project/nwn ... al-heights



There is this very nice height correction!

Elves should be able to be 6 ft. Its always bothered me that my elf will always be towered over by humans.

[Hoihe]

Last I checked, Forgotten Realms player handbook has elves as short.

[CommanderKrieg]

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Elf

5"4 - 6"

in both 3rd and 4th edition.

If you can find somewhere else in forgotten realms lore that says they are short, I havent seen it

In greyhawk it is "averaging between 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 feet and 95 to 135 pounds"
source: http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Elf

[CommanderKrieg]

High Elves: 5'5 - 6'1
source: http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/High_elf

Wood Elves: "Wood elves are roughly identical to other elves in height and build, with males larger than females."
source: Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 45.
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_elf

Moon Elves: "Like all eladrin, the Teu-tel-quessir are tall, close to humans in height"
Source: Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 38.
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Moon_elf

And the other sources are listed on the Wiki. From what I gathered from every source. Elves can be short, but typically arent that short.

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Then on the worst of sources: Wikipedia

"The various elven subraces are more prominent in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, and Faerûn boasts several major subraces. They differ physically from typical Dungeons & Dragons elves in that they are as tall as humans (5′9″ on average), or even taller. The exception are the Drow, who are of standard D&D elven height. In Faerûn, surface elves call themselves Tel-Quessir which means "The People" in the elven language. In 4th edition, most of the elven subraces were classified as drow, eladrin or elves."

[thids]

Races of Faerun is the only valid source for BGTSCC.

Moon, Sun, Wood and Wild elves height is randomized like this:

4'10" +2d10 for males
4'5" +2d10 for females

Drow use the Greyhawk height from the PHB.


edited. Stupid american measurements.

[CommanderKrieg]

Yep. I know how they are randomized, but the height in game doesnt reflect the wide range. Most of the sources are from Races of Faerun.