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@Jack: Rhaevnn Xeno is still here; it is Ink Blood/Sartorous (Salas' player), who left.

So Jillian's side is back to you and Ashgan (and your turn), and Zerul is Rhae/you.

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My condolences, Nessa...

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Jack, I presume you wish to post next on the Zerul side of the story? Or is it either you or Rhae, depending on who gets to it first? Jillian's side is definitely you, I think...

Nessa? Are you out there? You've been very quiet the past few weeks.

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Random fact: Due to her unusually powerful jaws, Weadoo is also known as "Chomp". - Because it was more amusing than the alternative nicknames.

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Ajarnok is Claw, and Claw is Ajarnok; he is the same del-korm, the same way Weadoo’Uranek is Grin of Teeth.
(And erm... Malkor'Kurz is the name of the island/land the del-korm are from.)

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Posted in the collab once more. (Have been feeling inexplicably weary the past couple of days, for some reason... Haven't really been doing much, either.)

Should be Jack in Zerul, Ashgan on Jillian's side, and Nessa (or Jack) in the collab?

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If it's a matter of 6"1 to 6"2, that's very unlikely to get any IC application.

It matters enough for them to consider one another roughly the same height, and be conveniently looking one another in the eyes when standing near one another? Or that one only somewhat taller than the other... My visual perception is fairly good, so I consider an inch a notable difference.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

As I've said, being distinctly taller or shorter than average is the kind of thing that the average player would think to put in their sheet anyway.

As I noted: One person's tall is another person's tiny. It has happened before that a person puts "average height" in, only for me to ask afterwards, and subsequently realize said character is actually either tiny or positively out-towers what I consider average height.

I am from Estonia. We are tall... I myself am 5'9.5'' and hopelessly out-towered by most of my male friends, acquaintances and colleagues. (And the third-shortest person of my family.)

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Another note: person's definition of "average height" is not necessarily a match for another person's "average height". For me, the average height for man would be 6'2'' or so, and for a woman 5'8'' or so. What's your "average height"?

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

I must agree - build, height, et cetera can have significant impact, psychologically and in practice. My sheets always contain height, even when not asked, and although I probably would not put exact weight, build will be there. And I will probably also note whether the character's hair is just an inch long or reaches back to their tailbone, or whether they are pale as snow or near-black, or anything in between...

Physical effects left aside, it all helps to visualize the scene. I always visualize the scenes I am writing, and the more I have on appearance, the easier it is to do. Everything else is either filled in at random or just left at the "vaguely anthropomorphic blob" stage.

Just imagine two guys: one is scrawny and stands at 5'3'' or so, and the other is 7'1'' and rather strongly built. Perfectly realistic difference. Knowing noting else about them, and other things about their appearance being similar, would you approach them in the same way? Or would you be intimidated by the latter more than the former if it is just the two of you? ("He was well over two meters tall and 125 kilograms of pure muscle" is most likely enough to conclude that you probably do not want to get into a physical fight with that guy. Heck, I've heard such physical attributes noted often enough in casual descriptions by other people...) One could also imagine that the latter may have to watch out for lower doorframes, whereas the former may need a chair to get that box from the upper shelf. And so on and so forth.