From: Nils Hammer (nh0g+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Thu 28 Apr 1994 - 17:12:33 EEST
this brings to mind the possibilities of many things not normally listed as
I can not find my notes from NS 3006 Bioastronautics, but I have been interested in women for a long time for some esoteric reason. The only difference that I am _certain_ about is size. The average man listed was 5'8", 150 lbs, the average woman 5'4" 120 lbs. The distribution was a nice bell curve that 3d6 matched except for ends.
This is about minus 2 SIZ for average women. If I were to assess a STR minus, it would not be very big. A slender female relative was concussed at work and the rescue workers, who couldn't convince her to go with them, had a very hard time struggling with her. I assume weak women are due to special cultural considerations, not the norm. Documentaries of low tech cultures often show women carrying much heavier loads than the men. Perhaps we should have special rules for strength anti-training?
There are myths about women having better endurance and dexterity.
I do not consider them facts. Perhaps the endurance is based on womens'
greater proportion of fat? So, anyway, for colour in a game, I would try;
-2 SIZ, -1 STR, +1 CON, +1 DEX -an excellent "theif" option.
While we are on the subject, I would like to share my rule on stat rolling. We have a species max of 21, yes? How do I get it? Whenever a stat roll is maximum (all dice show 6) roll 1d6 again. If it shows six, add one to stat and repeat until a non-6 shows or species max is reached. Use the same system when the original roll is minimum to shrink below normal.
By the way, is there any support for the rumor that Australian women are taller than American?
Nils K. Hammer
nh0g@andrew.cmu.edu
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