After glancing at that discussion yesterday
(holy crap I really do exist here h a h), might I suggest a racial height chart? Something small, with templates used as silhouettes depicting the average height of races against each other, taking into account things like the naga's small overall size?
I'm
great with numbers, but I can't
visualize them. You can tell me 4' and I think "small" or 7' and "tall," but it doesn't give a visual understanding of how it works on average. I'm sure there's plenty of other people who are in the same position, where they're visual learners and really need examples to "get it." That kind of thing really helps with not just reading lore but understanding it and associating it in one's head, you know? At least for me it definitely helps immersion in a setting.
What I mean is something like these - not so big of course, since it'd be better for it to be, say, small enough to fit at the bottom of a lore section, maybe with the race in question highlighted in a different color? But with silhouettes filled out and appropriately scaled down like this:
http://i.imgur.com/J05S2Pe.jpghttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dominiarpg/images/1/15/Racial_height_chart.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110819210709https://dviw3bl0enbyw.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/182896/0729.pnghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/47/1c/0d/471c0dfa93427a81040c8f43fdc0a11f.jpgObviously it would just be averages, but averages exist for a reason - they're average! It would also give a good visual reference to people as to if their tall character (for that race) is tall to others or just their own, and so on. It also wouldn't account for hybrids, since I assume those would just fall under one of the parent umbrellas and be unnecessary anyway.
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