Greetings and salutaions fellow seekers of the path
During a recent session I noticed that the sizes (as in, how tall/tiny they are) of the NPC's and Iconics are not really given and I would like to know that as it helps me get a better grasp of them and how to better describe them in context.
I noticed this as a problem when I tried to describe how a major npc percieved our lovely iconic sorceress Seoni (one of my players uses her as her PC) and I didn't know how to describe her from the NPC's perspective from a more subjective/emotional point of view. Simpler put, I didn't know if the npc would see Seoni as a statuesque stunner with magnificient legs or a tiny cuty with a charming face and captivating rack. (18 charisma are not to be trifled with ;) )
The artwork suggests that Seoni is a rather tall woman, but it is actually relatively difficult to tell as there are few actual things to compare her to.
Some of my thoughts:
Valeros appears actually only slightly above average and not overly broad, definitely buff though^^.
Kyra seems pretty average in height and of a rather solid build. (she is not fat!)
Seela is definitely tall and well build.
Amiri is actually relatively difficult to describe. While she has a pretty belly, I can't tell how the rest of her body is build or if she might be even be particularly tall. I like to think she isn't as it plays well into why she left her tribe. (The "girlier" she looked, the more believable it becomes that the rest of her tribe did not take her seriously, independant of her deeds).
Harsk is also difficult to pin down, while definitely a very hard man, because he is a dwarf I have even less to go on. Is he tall, tiny or average? And how old is he anyway?
To sum up and state it rather bluntly, how tall are the iconics and (by extension) are they considered tall or tiny by the standarts of their own kind.
What are your thoughts? Have any of you encountered similar problems?
there is a thread around here somewhere when you can ask about the iconics designs