Elves are even worse, being tall and scrawny and treehugging vegan beardless pointy eared fletchers who think it's being brave to hide in a shrub and shoot something 5,000 paces away in the back with a bow.
I dont disagree with the height of people in the dark ages.Lonnarin's post does bring to mind another topic though. Adventurers are pretty much outcasts to begin with. Dwarves who leave the fold probably even moreso. My tendency would be to think that those who choose the road as a way of life (and live long enough), would band together as a matter of mutual protection, race mostly nothwithstanding. Drow, of course, being the obvious and glaring exception. You never hear of bands of ravaging halfgiants roaming the countrysde, laying waste to villages and hamlets.Yes, I agree with Lonnarin that dwarves are repugnant, hateful creatures that despise all the others races and arrogantly hold themselves as being superior to everyone around them.Great post by the way Lonnarin!
But you know, I'm tired of people pretending elves are tall. 4'6" to 5'6" is not exactly tall. Dwarves stand around 4' - they should more often than not be roughly the same height as the elf. Still, scrawny and prissy.
As I recall, half-giants get some pretty awesome stat bonuses that make them nigh-unstoppable beasts in melee combat. The only real minus they get of any consequence is to intelligence (more important in tabletop, less so in online NWN) and charisma.