| On average, human males are stronger than females (I am unsure about elves and so), but I see no use in letting gender influence ability scores.
If you want to create a big, brawny, dumb, ugly female fighter, go ahead. If you want to create a physically weak woman, just adjust the ability scores.
Of course, the same might be said regarding races, but there, the precedent is already in place. However, a clever, charming, but physically weak dwarf could actually be interesting.
As an interesting note, I remember that some of the really old SSI "Gold Box" series assigned lower strength scores for females of most races - without compensation in any other ability score. |