[Ranylyn]

Okay, so let's be brutal. The excuse "lol I'm not a human so I can be 10+ feet tall no problem" is common and dumb and shows just how little time they actually spend checking out the lore before jumping right in. It also shows how little they understand basic phisiology, but we'll get to that.

Nearly every single race (outside of the exceptions: Doriad, Mechanation, likely Redtail, and Wyverntouched) -used- to be human before being changed by their deity, taking on features inspired by their patron, such as the ears and tail of the great wolf, Zera's horns, etc. This does NOT include magically being several feet taller.

Even Dullahans, who were reworded to not blatantly be "used to be warriors before they died and got bound to their armor" so Dev wouldn't need to make them able to be LE'd into, blatantly still mention "those who retain their memory," implying that yes, they also used to be people. Armor is a bit bigger than the wearer since it needs to be worn over the wearer, but I recently saw a 13 foot Dullahan giving the excuse "Armor adds like 5+ feet to the wearer" which literally anyone will tell you is complete and utter BS unless it's basically a freaking Gundam, which isn't "armor" but a combat vehicle.

There are occasionally very tall people IRL. These people often either die young or at least have numerous health problems. One of the tallest men alive is even recorded as having surgery to halt his growth (a gland never turned off or something) because continuing to grow would have been fatal. These freakishly tall people rarely ever even break 8 feet and still have these myriad health issues. So why are so many people so insistent that they need to be some kind of giant just to be cool?

Let me be blunt and cut to the chase: Make this a rule. It's come up before and it was agreed to not put maximum/minimum heights in stone, and I agree, but there's times where it's just blatantly stupid. So, I'm suggesting that we make it banneable at GM discretion - if a height is completely obviously not fine - like basically anything 9+ feet tall (read: so tall a human would basically die,) and they argue back with the GM warning, that's it. It was in the rules. They insisted in breaking the rules and refusing to conform when notified, so they're gone.

If this seems needlessly "hard-ass" and spiteful, it's only because I see it literally every time I log in, and there's no excuse for it. Some of us are trying to actually roleplay without constantly going "holy fuck you're tall" and then getting OOCly called out for "picking on them" with those comments. And, as a friendly reminder: You need to complete the tutorial for every single new character you make, which specifically gives you links to the Wiki, not just for the rules, but the roleplay guide and lore. Willful ignorance, or "choosing to ignore these" is not an excuse for... well... everything nonsensical that people expect to get away with.