Average Heights and Weights of DnD Races

Why have I calculated the average heights and weights of DnD Races? I’ve been looking into the carrying capacity of creatures and what the rules in the D&D 5e Player’s Handbook say about it. It came to my attention recently that I was using house rules for how it works when one character carries or movies another. Because of that, I needed to figure how much a character weighs on average.

This is not the first time I’ve done an unreasonable amount of math for D&D and it probably won’t be the last. You can find the tables these calculations were based on in the followin books: 5e Players Handbook, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica. All that said, you should probably just buy Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, which contains updated stat blocks for many of the creatures Volo’s and the first Mordenkainen’s.

Average Heights and Weights of DnD Races:

Next, I’ll put together an article on how dragging unconscious allies works in the arena. I’ll link it here in case you’re interested, until then, maybe take a look at these stat blocks I created for some famous D&D characters.