Height and Weight Creation Guideline Chart In Development

[barnestormer]

I'm currently working on a height and weight guideline chart for use in creating my wrestlers, but I'm not entirely happy with the weight range for male wrestlers. For example, one of my new indy wrestlers, ROGER SPENCE, I rolled a height of 6' 1". That's fine because it's pretty average. But when I went to roll for his weight, I rolled a 1 and a 7 on 2d20 (8) and a 1 on 1d4, giving him a weight of 173 lbs. Let's face it, most male wrestlers are at least 200-205 lbs. at minimum. The Base Weight was determined using a chart I found in an internet search for the ideal weight for average females aged 25-59 who are 5' 5" in height and average males aged 25-59 who are 5' 9" in height, both with ideal high-end average weights for large frame builds. (Adjustments would need to be made for small and medium frame builds.) Any suggestions as to how I could adjust the Weight Modifier to reflect the lower-end 205 lb. target I'm looking for while still keeping the higher end 300+ lb. weight range?

Here's a link to what I've come up with so far:

docs.google.com/document/d/1ecm35CwgHlWbEXsaSc4KkFaNjBXVdslJby_-ZozpBho/edit?usp=sharing

[Carlzilla]

I think it really depends on the era and promotion.

Most indy guys these days probably don't weigh 200-205. They're probably closer to what you rolled, or maybe a small bit more. Sure, most guys working 30 years ago were probably over the 200lbs mark, or at least were billed as weighing more than 200lbs, but that's definitely no longer the case.

Also, the ideal weight for average people is probably not a great base weight for your average wrestler. I'd maybe bump that up by about 20 pounds for the males, I can't speak on the ladies end of things because I'm 100% disinterested in women's wrestling so I can't say what they generally weigh.