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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8713097" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>That's the Space the creature occupies in the combat rules, not how tall its body stands.</p><p></p><p>A Large creature is not literally 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep - well, unless it's a gelatinous cube of course! If they're bipedal, they tend to be about as tall as the dimensions of the Space but can be a bit taller or shorter and remain in the same size category. They're also usually only a fraction of the width and depth of the Space, so there's room for them to maneuver on the spot and for creatures to squeeze past them in the same space if neither are contesting the Space. Quadrupeds and "wormlike" creatures and the like might be longer than the dimensions of the Space. A Large snake, for example, is probably 20+ feet, so the Space represents where the bulk of its body is.</p><p></p><p>In the <em>Monster Manual</em>, the Barlgura Demon is "just under 8 feet tall" and weighs 650 pounds while the Half-Ogre "stands 8 feet tall and weighs 450 pounds on average." Both those monsters are Large in size and shorter than 8½ to 9 feet of a Blackscale Lizardfolk.</p><p></p><p>So I'd definitely say Blackscales would be Large in 5E like they are in 3E and 4E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8713097, member: 57383"] That's the Space the creature occupies in the combat rules, not how tall its body stands. A Large creature is not literally 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep - well, unless it's a gelatinous cube of course! If they're bipedal, they tend to be about as tall as the dimensions of the Space but can be a bit taller or shorter and remain in the same size category. They're also usually only a fraction of the width and depth of the Space, so there's room for them to maneuver on the spot and for creatures to squeeze past them in the same space if neither are contesting the Space. Quadrupeds and "wormlike" creatures and the like might be longer than the dimensions of the Space. A Large snake, for example, is probably 20+ feet, so the Space represents where the bulk of its body is. In the [I]Monster Manual[/I], the Barlgura Demon is "just under 8 feet tall" and weighs 650 pounds while the Half-Ogre "stands 8 feet tall and weighs 450 pounds on average." Both those monsters are Large in size and shorter than 8½ to 9 feet of a Blackscale Lizardfolk. So I'd definitely say Blackscales would be Large in 5E like they are in 3E and 4E. [/QUOTE]
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