Size

Size (abbr. Siz)—This statistic determines the height of your character in inches, as well as the sheer mass and weight.

HIGH SIZE = You are BIG and thus inflict huge damage in melee and parry attacks with ease. You also start with more hit points. The tradeoff is that the bigger you are the more damage you recive and you can't enter certain areas due to your size. Also keep in mind that it usually takes more time for big races to regenerate their hp/sp/ep.

LOW SIZE = You're as small as a house cat. This means you are difficult to hit and dodging blows comes easilly for you. You will also recieve less damage from enemy attacks. The tradeoff is that you will inflict very low damage in melee, start with small number of hp and will be stunned more often by certain skills (like shove).

Height	Siz	Races
20ft	240	Behemoth, Titan; Chimaera, Tuatara
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16ft	192	Giant
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13ft	156	Treant+4in
12ft	144	Arcanus, Yaag-nesh; Tianlong
11ft	132	Dragon+8in, Ettin+6in
10ft	120	Homarid, Kreen, Slaad, Qookie+5in; Mephistacles+6in, Vanir+6in
9ft	108	Troll; Efreeti+6in, Seraphim+5in, Wendigo+5in
8ft	96	Tortle+4in, Minotaur
7ft	84	Tywimn+6in, Vipyr+6in, Anakim+3in, Boelir, Centaur, Devil, Drensieqi; Revenant+2in, Sidhe+2in, Sluagh+2in, Valkyrie+2in
6ft	72	Shadow+8in, Suula+8in, Thuul+8in, Flynd+6in, Jinn+4in, Kizanki+4in, Kuroa+3in, Bloodworm, Changeling, Dhampir, Dragonian, Gargoyle, Hephestian, Human, Irrdu, Kanku, Mummy, Muridan, Selkie, Unicorn, Uruk, Vampire, Werewolf, Xodar; Golemn+3in, Harpy
5ft	60	Pudding+10in, Gorgon+8in, Catfolk+4in, Elf, Illex, Myconoid, Satyr; Dryad+2in, Kitsune+4in, Nekomata+6in, Xlakun'ah+2in
4ft	48	Goblin+2in, Dwarf, Vulpin; Rusalka+6in
3ft	36	Gnome+4in, Arakun, Argus
2ft	24	Leprechaun+8in
1ft	12	Gremlin+8in, Atomy, Papua; Ahrimazda, Phoenix+8in

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Thus the helpfile. Now a hypothesis on the mechanics.

Size values are floating point numbers. Pick a race. Let $S_H$ be the size, in inches, stated in the race helpfile. The starting size, when the character is created, is

(1)

\begin{align} \quad S_\min = 0.9 S_H \end{align}

and this is also the size which a character of the race will get if sie takes the minimal size wish at creation. If size is increased when gaining levels, the increment is

(2)

\begin{align} \quad I = 0.01 S_H \end{align}

and the size of a character who takes the maximal size wish at creation will be

(3)

\begin{align} \quad\quad S_\max = S_\min + 29 I = 1.19 S_H \end{align}

upon reaching level 29, when growth ends. Without size wishes, the probability of the size increasing when advancing a level between 1 and 29, inclusive, is $P = 0.5$ and the expected value of the size of a wishless character is

(4)

\begin{align} \quad\quad E(S) = S_\min + 29 P I = 1.045 S_H\ldotp \end{align}

In the output of the score command and in similar places, the size is shown truncated, i. e. rounded down.

See also: list of the resulting numbers for all races, and weapon size ranges.

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Basing on the formulas above one calculate the chance of getting given size after full growth period, with no wishes:

% of $S_H$	% of E(S)	% chance of getting exactly this size	% chance of getting this or lower size	% chance of getting this or bigger size
90	86.12	0.00000019	0.00000019	100.00000000
91	87.08	0.0000054	0.0000056	99.9999998
92	88.04	0.000076	0.000081	99.999994
93	89.00	0.00068	0.00076	99.99992
94	89.95	0.0044	0.0052	99.9992
95	90.91	0.022	0.027	99.995
96	91.87	0.088	0.116	99.973
97	92.82	0.29	0.41	99.88
98	93.78	0.80	1.21	99.59
99	94.74	1.87	3.07	98.79
100	95.69	3.73	6.80	96.93
101	96.65	6.44	13.25	93.20
102	97.61	9.67	22.91	86.75
103	98.56	12.64	35.55	77.09
104	99.52	14.45	50.00	64.45
105	100.48	14.45	64.45	50.00
106	101.44	12.64	77.09	35.55
107	102.39	9.67	86.75	22.91
108	103.35	6.44	93.20	13.25
109	104.31	3.73	96.93	6.80
110	105.26	1.87	98.79	3.07
111	106.22	0.80	99.59	1.21
112	107.18	0.29	99.88	0.41
113	108.13	0.088	99.973	0.116
114	109.09	0.022	99.995	0.027
115	110.05	0.0044	99.9992	0.0052
116	111.00	0.00068	99.99992	0.00076
117	111.96	0.000076	99.999994	0.000081
118	112.92	0.0000054	99.9999998	0.0000056
119	113.88	0.00000019	100.00000000	0.00000019

See also

• Stat gains in guild levels