Shoggoth on the Roof wrote:I don't think that people should be effectively punished if they want to play a pixie instead of a behemoth.
Well, I thing they should be. Size already matter in some events like «tight fit». Want to play huge and powerful behemoth? Hit hard, endure a lot, carry a ton, be ready to have troubles with narrow passages, avoiding attacks, running from combat, hitting small and fast enemies, and having to eat much. Playing pixie? Have virtually no attack power (unless using weapons like firearms or magic), but have no troubles avoiding, running from battles and be able to survive with very little amount of food. At least, size can simply give stat modifiers (larger size means bonus to str and con, but penalty to dex and per). As for now, race is mostly a player's description and some endgame texts, with few exceptions. It makes development a ton easier, but at same time breaks immersion and wastes lots of possibilities.
«Size don't matter» setting can be somewhere, after all.
BTW, it also always felt wrong not being able to fly in any form, but this one would be really hard to do, since it offers tons of shortcuts...