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[Madame November]

I apparently have an inferiority complex.

I haven't enjoyed playing my dwarf characters as much as my others and I didn't understand why. My DH just casually said to me yesterday,  "That's because you are already a dwarf and this game is supposed to be a fantasy. "

My question is this; How tall are dwarves, anyway?  I am 4' 11.5. Dwarves are shorter than that, right? He's not right is he?<_<

Modifié par November Cousland, 27 janvier 2010 - 09:11 .

[Akimb0]

Dwarves average 4ft.



I base this on nothing more than the top 3 google search results.

[Madame November]

So, then if I am a dwarf, which I'm not, that means I am really tall. A supermodel even. I can live with that.

[DJ0000]

You're more of an elf I guess.

[Madame November]

Sweet! I am off to the tattoo parlor, then!

[Bibdy]

Depends. Are almost as wide as you are tall, and do you have a beard reaching your belly button?

[Madame November]

Not currently, but I can take my braids and hold them to my face and they kind of look like a beard...Does that count? Not very wide though, I can get into my clothes dryer if necessary...don't ask...

[dkjestrup]

Shakira is 4'11"

[Sylvius the Mad]

DAO dwarves appear to be somewhat taller than 4 feet on average, but 4'11" would be a pretty big dwarf.

[Madame November]

I told him that Shakira is 4'11" and he says she's a dwarf too. I told him he just thinks we're dwarves because he is freakishly tall. He responded with "Dwarves are cute when they're angry"



Arrrgh.

[Sylvius the Mad]

How tall do you think someone has to be to count as "freakishly tall"?

I'm 5'11", and I think I'm a bit under-sized.

[Kaoschizm]

According to the Paralympics you need to be under 130cm (4'3") for female and under 137cm (4'6") for male to be able to compete as a dwarf. Seems like a reasonable cutoff point to me, I know a few people under 5 foot but would never have thought of them as dwarfs.



Of course the dwarfs in DAO do seeem a bit taller than that.

[Madame November]

He is 6' 2" and I don't think that's freakishly tall, I was just being waspy. I was provoked. On the upside, no paralympics for me this year.

Modifié par November Cousland, 27 janvier 2010 - 10:34 .

[x-president]

LOL


You'd look like dwark standing next to me.

[Lord Phoebus]

By Forgotten Realm's standards (which seems consistent with DA dwarves), a shield dwarf is 4'3" to 4'9". I guess about a foot shorter than the human standard so you're not quite a DA dwarf. Elves depend on the setting, DA:O Elves seem to be like FR Elves who are shorter than humans, OTOH Tolkien's Elves are taller than humans. With Elves it seems like a 50/50 split (even among the D&D settings) as to whether they should be taller or shorter than us. With humans it depends largely on your racial background. Depending on where you're from you could be average height.

[dkjestrup]

Well, 5'11" is about an inch over the average. But that's over all races. Without being racist, Asian people are GENERALLY shorter, and considering there are a lot of asians, that brings the average down. I'm 6 ft, but I'm still going through puberty. Although, most men are probably 5'11" - 6'3" above which, you are tall. Not NBA tall, but tall.

[Godak]

Well, I'm 5' 7", if that makes you feel any better.



Though, I'm only 17, and I haven't really grown since middle school...



And there are tall people in my family (they just aren't my parents: my dad is like 5' 9 1/2" to 5' 10": decidely average).



*Anticipates a growth spurt*



Nope, still 5' 7"

[Lord Phoebus]

dkjestrup wrote...

Well, 5'11" is about an inch over the average. But that's over all races. Without being racist, Asian people are GENERALLY shorter, and considering there are a lot of asians, that brings the average down. I'm 6 ft, but I'm still going through puberty. Although, most men are probably 5'11" - 6'3" above which, you are tall. Not NBA tall, but tall.

Your low end is at the high end of the national averages, which are in the link I posted above.  The average male is about 5'9" to 5'10" in the developed world.

[SusanStoHelit]

Hehe, all shorties.



In my family, I'm kind of middling height for a female at 176 cm. Most of the males (over 16 anyway) are 188 (the stumpy ones) - 200 cm, but some of those are still growing.



Urggh, metric conversion for imperialists: 176cm = something over 5' 9". 188 cm = 6' 2"; 200 cm = 6' 7".

[Madame November]

The women in my family are pretty short in general, but I am the shortest. Lucky me. I am of mScottish/pWelsh Descent so I have no idea what that means as far as average heights.



I'd rather be an elf than a dwarf (no offense to dwarfophiles.) Wiki says the avg women's height in the us is 5' 4.5" So I am definitely below average, but not short enough to be considered a dwarf.

[DJ0000]

I'm 6 foot 4 mabey slightly taller and people say I'm freakishly tall. But I know someone who was about 3 or 4 inches taller than me, now he is a giant.

[soteria]

Any other tall people notice how you'll have people tell you things like, "My boyfriend's cousin is 2 inches taller than you!" I get that all the time, and I'm like, "...and you're telling me this because...?"  I may never understand why people think I would be interested in knowing how tall their relatives are in relation to me.

Modifié par soteria, 28 janvier 2010 - 03:20 .

[DJ0000]

soteria wrote...

Any other tall people notice how you'll have people tell you things like, "My boyfriend's cousin is 2 inches taller than you!" I get that all the time, and I'm like, "...and you're telling me this because...?"  I may never understand why people think I would be interested in knowing how tall their relatives are in relation to me.

I get this sometimes but I also get the thing where people ask me how tall I am over and over and say "Wow, that's tall", "I wish I was taller". What, they couldn't tell I was tall by looking at me? And then they call me a freak despite admitting that they wish they were my hight.

At least I can reach the top shelf : )

[Madame November]

Yeah, I have an upstairs stool and a downstairs stool. And even on them I can't change the air filters myself. But, like I said earlier, when it comes to hiding in the dryer being tiny helps. It's also easy to disappear in a crowd if you are being pursued. Um and uh...spelunking is easier. Okay, that's all I can think of right now.

[Rolenka]

Do you have hairy feet? You might be a hobbit.