Character Heights: Some Observations

[Sterne]

Super cool and good work to all you guys.

 

Thank you!

[Knave]

Dang, there goes my RP idea of having a 3'2" Roegadyn!

 

I have a question in regards to the height and RP. Should characters adhere to these height measurements and not waiver above or below it's max range? If not, would people get funny stares if their character falls a couple of inches outside the range of the slider?

[Sienna]

I'd not have an issue with them being a bit taller or shorter than the slider, so long as you do hit the cap on the slider's direction. Saying your 2 inches above max and having the slider to shortest is silly.

 

That said, if you want to make them a good several feet above or below the height that is normal for their genetics, I'd not be able to take it as seriously.

[Eva]

Male Roegadyn         7'0.1"    7'3.4"    7'6.7"

Female Roegadyn     6'3.6"    6'9.6"    7'3.7"

Male Elezen              6'4.4"    6'7.5"    6'10.2"

Female Elezen          6'0.2"    6'3.2"    6'6.1"    

Male Highlander        6'0.2"    6'3.8"    6'6.8"

Female Highlander    5'6.2"     5'11"     6'1.8"

Male Midlander         5'6.1"     5'8.9"    5'11.6"

Female Midlander     5'2"        5'4.5"    5'7.1"

Male Miqo'te            5'2.7"     5'5.4"    5'8.2"

Female Miqo'te        4'10.9"    5'1.4"    5'3.8"

Male Lalafell             2'10.2"    3'0.2"    3'2.2"

Female Lalafell          2'10.2"    3'0.2"    3'2.2"

 

Thanks!!  I have gone ahead and updated the OP to reflect the actual values derived from the game here, since this is going to be a better metric by which to gauge character heights!

 

 

I'm pretty stoked. We didn't do that badly with our guestimates, but yay SE for giving real numbers finally!

 

I agree!  It's nice to have game-supported values for this.  We came really close in our educated guesswork!  :thumbsup:

 

 

I have a question in regards to the height and RP. Should characters adhere to these height measurements and not waiver above or below it's max range? If not, would people get funny stares if their character falls a couple of inches outside the range of the slider?

 

This may be a discussion for another thread and I know there have been some hurt feelings about some of the values [particularly with regard to miqo'te males not being taller].  My sense is that any RPer need not adhere to these ranges and I don't think there is any harm if one falls outside this range.  I think it's there to provide a guideline for what a sort of "normal range" for racial heights looks like.  If we look to male midlander heights as an example (5'6" to 6'0") similar to how a human male would appear, than obviously there are going to be people who fall outside of this average.  I think what we're seeing is a range where maybe 90+% of the race's population lands.  Going a few inches outside of that does not seem harmful.  Even going more than that is fine, but you might have to consider the implications of such.  An example might be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who is 7'2" and would fall well outside such a range.  But some considerations for such a drastic outlier might need to be made.  Other characters - depending on their backgrounds and personalities - might regard someone much taller or shorter than the range as freakish.  But a few inches in either direction I don't think should matter much if that is what a RPer is set upon.  :thumbsup:

 

That's my view though.  I'd be a hypocrite to say otherwise since Eva doesn't exactly conform to certain other elezen standards.  But the guideline was always meant to be a helpful tool and not something to be seen as any sort of a hard range of acceptable character heights.

[Clover]

I was scared for a moment, as I don't understand the inches system. Luckily for me, running the creator in Japanese comes with heights in cms.

 

I realize that my Miqo'te is very short *laughs*.

[rynshun]

It's a nice addition that SE added measuring units to character creator. Can't wait to get home and sirt my chaeacter.

[FreelanceWizard]

Yeah, it's kind of weird that they don't offer an option for metric units for English. I mean, yeah, the US is probably the biggest market for that language, but I feel bad for everyone else who has to suffer over our dumb customary unit system.

 

FWIW, to get height in meters, multiply feet by 12, add the inches, then multiply the whole thing by .0254 (about 1/40), 'cause 1 inch = 2.54 cm.

 

On the question of acceptable heights: as someone whose miqo'te is a little taller than the maximum, I think it's fine as long as you're at the right place on the slider for it. Since she's about 5' 5" (1.65m), I'm going to put her at 100 on the slider. If you wanted to be smaller than the minimum, go 0 on the slider. A few inches here or there is something no one will notice. The problem comes in when you say you're a 3 foot tall miqo'te or a 10 foot tall hyur, of course.

[Ruby]

Yeah, it's kind of weird that they don't offer an option for metric units for English. I mean, yeah, the US is probably the biggest market for that language, but I feel bad for everyone else who has to suffer over our dumb customary unit system.

 

FWIW, to get height in meters, multiply feet by 12, add the inches, then multiply the whole thing by .0254 (about 1/40), 'cause 1 inch = 2.54 cm.

 

On the question of acceptable heights: as someone whose miqo'te is a little taller than the maximum, I think it's fine as long as you're at the right place on the slider for it. Since she's about 5' 5" (1.65m), I'm going to put her at 100 on the slider. If you wanted to be smaller than the minimum, go 0 on the slider. A few inches here or there is something no one will notice. The problem comes in when you say you're a 3 foot tall miqo'te or a 10 foot tall hyur, of course.

 

I always tend to use this site for my metric conversions. Makes it much easier. All you silly US people and the entire confusing 12 inch = 1 foot.

 

http://www.manuelsweb.com/ft_in_cm.htm

[FreelanceWizard]

Funny enough, you can also ask Bing or Google to do the conversions for you. Which, um, for someone lazy like me who doesn't want to bust out the calculator, is great.

[Ruby]

Funny enough, you can also ask Bing or Google to do the conversions for you. Which, um, for someone lazy like me who doesn't want to bust out the calculator, is great.

 

Well...I learned something new thanks to you haha~. This makes things even easier.