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 '''Weight''' describes the character's mass in imperial pound units.  Metric is not used because it's a late 18th-century creation ... and therefore anachronistic to the context of a Medieval or Renaissance fantasy realm.  Yes, other anachronistic things are embraced by the Generator, but it's believed that understanding the unpleasantnesxs of using imperial units can act to help player's understand the mindset of people in the game setting.  Imagine what it must have been like for people long ago, who had no choice in how to measure things.
-Height is measured in feet and inches.  This describes the distance between the ball of the foot to the top of the character's head, when the individual is standing erect.  This is a factor in the character's reach, as well as the character's ability to employ certain weapons.  The practical length of a [[Pike (weapon)|pike]], for instance, is three times the character's height.  A [[Pole-arm (weapon)|pole-arm]], [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] or [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] can be up to 1½ times a person's height.  Most other weapons cannot be longer than a character is tall.
+'''Height''' is measured in feet and inches.  This describes the distance between the ball of the foot to the top of the character's head, when the individual is standing erect.  This is a factor in the character's reach, as well as the character's ability to employ certain weapons.  The practical length of a [[Pike (weapon)|pike]], for instance, is three times the character's height.  A [[Pole-arm (weapon)|pole-arm]], [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] or [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] can be up to 1½ times a person's height.  Most other weapons cannot be longer than a character is tall.
 The tables shown provide heights and weights for both males and females of the seven races available to player characters. The bell curve of rolled 4d6 ensures that most heights and weights fall into a common range. The character generator rolls these results automatically, but the tables are still available of quick use or for non-player characters.

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	Part of the character’s creation requires a determination of how tall the character stands and the character’s weight. This describes the distance between the ball of the foot to the top of the head, when the character is standing erect.		Part of the character’s creation requires a determination of how tall the character stands and the character’s weight. This describes the distance between the ball of the foot to the top of the head, when the character is standing erect.

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	The tables shown provide heights and weights for both males and females of the seven races available to player characters. The bell curve of rolled 4d6 ensures that most heights and weights fall into a common range. The character generator rolls these results automatically, but the tables are still available of quick use or for non-player characters.		The tables shown provide heights and weights for both males and females of the seven races available to player characters. The bell curve of rolled 4d6 ensures that most heights and weights fall into a common range. The character generator rolls these results automatically, but the tables are still available of quick use or for non-player characters.
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 The tables shown provide heights and weights for both males and females of the seven races available to player characters. The bell curve of rolled 4d6 ensures that most heights and weights fall into a common range. The character generator rolls these results automatically, but the tables are still available of quick use or for non-player characters.
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 Height is a factor in the character’s reach, as well as the character’s ability to employ weapons of certain lengths. Typically, a character’s height allows a [[Pike weapon|pike]] up to 3 times as long as the character is tall; a pole-arm, [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] or [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] up to 1½ times; and any other weapon of equal length to the character’s height.
-Weight describes the character’s mass in pounds. By and large, this always describes the character in the peak of condition, except where specified otherwise by the [[Character Background Generator|character background generator]]. Extra weight, if it exists, may be lost according to rules associated with kicking an [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], but the weight loss will have no special effect upon the character’s strength or constitution [at this time, as rules for this do not exist].
+Weight describes the character’s mass in pounds. By and large, this always describes the character in the peak of condition, except where specified otherwise by the [[Character Background Generator|character background generator]]. Extra weight, if it exists, may be lost according to rules associated with kicking an [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], but the weight loss will have no special effect upon the character’s strength or [[Constitution (ability stat)|constitution]] [at this time, as rules for this do not exist].
 The tables shown provide heights and weights for both males and females of the seven races available to player characters. The bell curve of rolled 4d6 ensures that most heights and weights fall into a common range. The character generator rolls these results automatically, but the tables are still available of quick use or for non-player characters.

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 Part of the character’s creation requires a determination of how tall the character stands and the character’s weight. This describes the distance between the ball of the foot to the top of the head, when the character is standing erect.
-Height is a factor in the character’s reach, as well as the character’s ability to employ weapons of certain lengths. Typically, a character’s height allows a pike up to 3 times as long as the character is tall; a pole-arm, [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] or [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] up to 1½ times; and any other weapon of equal length to the character’s height.
+Height is a factor in the character’s reach, as well as the character’s ability to employ weapons of certain lengths. Typically, a character’s height allows a [[Pike weapon|pike]] up to 3 times as long as the character is tall; a pole-arm, [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] or [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] up to 1½ times; and any other weapon of equal length to the character’s height.
 Weight describes the character’s mass in pounds. By and large, this always describes the character in the peak of condition, except where specified otherwise by the [[Character Background Generator|character background generator]]. Extra weight, if it exists, may be lost according to rules associated with kicking an [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], but the weight loss will have no special effect upon the character’s strength or constitution [at this time, as rules for this do not exist].