Re: [HOE] Kids and their size

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>Greetings all...
>
>I'm sending this question to both the DL and HOE lists because the 
>question is appropriate for both games. If a player has the Kid 
>hinderance, is their Size something other than a 6? Common sense would 
>say that a kid would only be maybe size 3 or 4 (roughly half the size of 
>an adult), but the description of the Kid hinderance in the DL book  and 
>HOE book does not mention anything about it. I tried looking in the 
>Accumulated Rulings, but didn't see anything there. Anyone know the 
>official ruling on this matter?

It does make sense that a Kid should be size 5. The problem is that the Kid
hindrance (caps Strength at d10, Knowledge at d8, and causes roleplay problems)
is worth 2 points, while the Scrawny hindrance (caps Strength at d10 and drops
Size to 5) is worth 5 points. Saddling someone with an extra 5-point hindrance
and only giving them two points for it doesn't seem fair. If you give Kids the
size drop, I'd suggest increasing the hindrance to 5 points and reducing Scrawny
to 3 (to match Brawny).

I played a 13-year-old junker once. I wanted him to be small (he was skinny even
for 13) and to have a high Knowledge (he's a junker, after all) so I just gave
him Scrawny instead of Kid and roleplayed the rest.

--Robert Holland