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Guys, if there was anyone salt in this thread I would have came back to get some for my steak.

@Mr Allen J

There's a sex joke in there, I just cant find it.

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@The_written_John You're going to hate Maxx and I then, because it doesnt matter how fantasy the RP is. Magic is in the game, sure, but if you think you get to get away with whatever you like, then we're going to bitch slap you with magic. You can use magic to make a few things you do impossible, but not everyone in Lord Of the Rings is doing anything a human's not capable of. I'm also going to ask you to not be so disrespectful to me, because that's really not appreciated. I'm happy to fool around and have fun, but if you want to act this way we're going to have problems. I'm treating you like an adult, but when you say "Look at all the shits I dont give." it's a huge red flag. So I'm going to say in a polite fashion, dont. When I say overly special, I mean you're not a technicolor eye/hair who is the chosen one that is also a kitsune or some other stuff like that. We want relatively normal people appearance wise, if that makes any sense.

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We're about to do a high fantasy roleplay with fantasy races, impossible magic and all that, but... GASP... SOMEONES HEIGHT ISN'T REALISTIC IN A FANTASY RP?! OH MAI GAWWD STOP THE PRESSES, THAT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE...! OH THE HUGE MANATEES! Being sarcastic mind you. XD Just think it's funny. Impossible races, impossible magic, but we have to abide by height physics because it would be unrealistic if people were very tall? Wat? Did I miss the meaning of a fictional fantasy?

well this is my reaction to that!

@The_written_John

To answer your question, Your race still has physical attributes that are regular to that said race. Go outside and count how many people are six or seven inches taller than everyone else (AKA a whole head and shoulders) and then apply it to the RP. We have about four humans, all male. Two of which assuming the height remained the same, on Beo's sheet, would be WAY over the average height. Essentially meaning than 50% of the male population is way over. I'm not saying it's unrealistic, I'm saying to keep in mind how tall that is and just how much bigger you are than everage (A six foot tall individual is about 10% larger than the average person height wise, which is huge). That's like the equivalent of myself compared to Shaq O'neal. You didn't miss the meaning of fictional fantasy, you missed the meaning that you're not overly special and if you want to be overly special physically you better have a good excuse to be overly special. Because in human culture a man that big isn't going to weild a sword. They'd be in fall armor weilding a mace or battleaxe of some kind. I know full well you are being sarcastic, but I know SOMEONE is going to eventually use that logic as a legitimate argument. I want to cover my bases and establish that my thought process for you all to see.

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Ah, but the sheet does not say disadvantages, it saws weaknesses. Even if it did say disadvantages, stating that fighting your character in this style would end up with both of you pretty badly wounded isn't a disadvantage.

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@SirBeowulf I dont have too much of a problem with the sheet, in fact I do like it, but there needs to be a bit more detail. His appearance section mainly. Pictures are used as supplements and all that, but there still needs to be a bit of detail on his character. His skin for one is FAR too perfect for a swordsman. His skin should be littered with scars ranging from size because you don't get good at an art like that unless you get hurt. I've picked up training in Kendo recently and in the past two months, and while I'm still working with Bokkens I've seen some of the higher ranking members acquired a LOT of scars to add to their collection. I would honestly be surprised that he hasn't lost a few fingers. That's just an example of the detail you should be adding. I have no idea how dense he is as a person in terms of weight, what color his eyes are, stuff like that. Secondly, the average human stands are 5'7 in this RP (since humans weren't as tall in the middle ages, which is approx. just before the time of this RP setting wise). We have a few humans reaching six feet and more so far and I've kept quiet about that, but I want to make sure you know that if you're that big and you're using a style he's using, you're at a supreme disadvantage compared to someone who is the right size for that art. I'm 5'10, and I've been put on my ass several times by people much smaller than me (sometimes my own students, although once we fight on the ground it's a different story). That's in hand to hand combat where speed and agility win out over power (because it doesn't matter how hard you hit if you don't connect). I'm trying to make you aware that your character might be more agile than an unpracticed or new swordsman, but as a human (and a large one at that) he's going to be nothing but outclassed when going up against a smaller someone who's using the same or a similar aggressive style. You might want to add that to the weaknesses which are also somewhat lacking. I say this because this:

The Ferdinand style, while very effective against people simply hiding behind a shield, has problems when going up against another aggressive style. In such a situation, both sides will likely be injured heavily simply due to the fact that neither are able to properly defend.

Isn't a weakness. It's a limitation.

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One of us One of us One of us

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Kill it before it lays eggs

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No. Let him suffer.

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Tooth will be his best friend, as a sailor and explorer.

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#orcmasterrace