No tall races can apply, because the height requirements are such that only immature members of the taller races could take part in this unique form of long-ranged combat. And that's of course not allowed.
There is no specific height requirement as such among the shorter (or as they put it, the Quite Tall Enough, Thank You) races for throwing. The tallest dwarf on record was well under the 4' 6" point at which a degree of instability appears. (This is the Sven Point, so-called after Sven "Lutefisk" Johnson, a teenage beserker who decided once at a tourney to climb onto a catapult in order to get a better view. When they picked up his various pieces afterwards, it was found that the lower 4' 6" of Sven were more or less intact, give or take a few bits here and there, but that everything else had been sprayed across a large area in a rather regular pattern. -Hence, Sven Point, and we're all sure Sven would have wanted it that way.)
The shortest halfling on record, incidentally, was Greentoes Stanarski, who measured just under 2' 10". Unfortunately, he was mistaken for an unusually large acorn while wearing a new brown suit by a particularly nearsighted group of squirrels, and was embarassed to death. His remains are on view at the Hazelton City Hall Museum, between the hours of 10 AM and 4 PM, Tuesdays through Sundays, with the presentation of a special pass.
[ 05-11-2001: Message edited by: fable ]
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