#The conciseness of the last point isn't to downplay it but bc it doesn't require a lot of articulation and stands on its own.

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It is kind of really funny how offended people get when Fjord is illustrated with arms that aren't stringy and with broad shoulders and point to him having 13 Strength when like, a) 13 Strength is considered a notable cut above average, which is 10 and 11, to the point that 13 is the minimum an adventurer is expected to have in their primary class abilities, b) nobody complains when Beau (10 Strength), Orym (10 Strength), Zahra (11 Strength AND 10 Dex) are drawn with good arms.

"Average [stat]" is 10 and 11. Having a 13 in a stat, higher than average, means you actually, by the mechanics itself, have skill in that area and are heading into pretty good. 15 is exceptional actually, not slightly above average. I think people get so skewed by PC stats that they forget that a 18 to 20 is preternatural.

And one can't claim, well, it's because Beau has a high Athletics score at +11 (expertise) because Fjord has a +6 to Athletics (proficiency).

This is not to say that Fjord is incredibly strong or buff or anything, just that like it isn't "more correct" for him to be a string bean. It's totally sensible for Fjord to be broad-shouldered and solid, especially given the profession he's worked in half of his life! (Someone had a comment way back about like, their experience with manual laborers being that many are not necessarily strong but were very solidly built, had great endurance, and knew how to use weight and physiological mechanics to do certain tasks, and that's how they thought of Fjord's Strength to Con scores.) Also, someone being solidly built does not necessarily translate to raw strength.

This brings me to the most important point here: a given set of scores does not actually translate to specific body types, and body types are not related to nor represented by having specific scores.