EliteCommander

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

To be fair, I do feel for you though. I get what it is like to have the trait your character is built around be compromised...as that is the exact thing I'm facing here. Ssarak's fighting style is also strength dependent. With sexual dimorphism being what it is, though, it's hard to justify logically.

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Freeshooter92 said
Well, it's the same with Alaira, but she's had way more time to do it. she's got a decade of an advantage.

I don't think you can really just train forever and keep growing continually stronger, you get diminishing returns after a while, as there is an upper limit to any training regimen. It's just maintenance from there. You would have to start doing a more effective regimen to grow beyond it.

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Fallenreaper said
I said slight, there's not much of a noteable difference compared to . Wood Elves are built lighter and those traits carry into Half breeds.

Eh, it might not sit very well with the logical part of my brain, but regardless, Ssarak has a lot of strength training and fights with a large, heavy weapon whose weight is its primary damaging aspect. Even if all races were on a completely level playing field in terms of strength, I think the force he could dish out in a swing would be greater than the majority of foes, so I can still use him as intended. I'm fine with it.

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Freeshooter92 said
But her strength is the one advantage that makes up for her crippling weaknesses! It's the only place she has that's ahead of anyone. She's pretty bad at magic, even among the novices, can't read, schizophrenic, get's into situations she can't manage, and is an emotional time bomb. Strength is her big advantage...

Women do tend to be more dextrous than men. She also fights with a spear, right? That is a much faster weapon than a two handed maul, warhammer, or something of the like, not to mention its reach. Plus, Fallen did say she could have more strength than a lot of men of her race, given her intense training.

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What is the strength level of the Esyire, Fallen? I mean, there are no reptiles in our world comparable to them, so that doesn't help. Even if they had the same proportional strength as humans to their body weight, that would still be a pretty big difference. Not extreme, but notable.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Freeshooter92 said
But I was told, specifically, that they didn't have that advantage.

I wasn't there, so I can't really refute that. I'm just approaching it from a logical standpoint.

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Personally, I just assumed so when I read it, given the description of their size. In the real world, size also generally equates to strength. There are some exceptions, but that is usually because of a fundamental difference in how their bodies work, making them noncomparable.

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Freeshooter92 said
I WAS TOLD THEY WEREN'T, AND ALAIRA IS ALSO EIGHT GODDAMN FEET TALL.

7'4"

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Fallenreaper said
I told you they were only slightly stronger, not enough to make any difference really. The Fact is, it's unlikely Alaira will be able to knock a Male Esyire on his ass with her raw strength alone.

I thought you said bigger implied greater strength in Tien?

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Esyire are kinda...giant. Eight foot tall is bigger than most ceilings in normal homes. That, combined with the their stature in the example picture...I don't see how they couldn't be stronger. Try imagining how big one of them would be in front of you. That's my perspective, at least.