Spear vs Knights... am I missing something?

[Farmer]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Because you need a high strength to weight ratio to be dextrous. Thus, ST^3/8 formula (91 lb) gets reduced by a pretty substantial factor.

DX is not ST, but DX is limited by ST.

Hmmm, Kromm has already posted about DX not being limited to physicality. I'm 52, I grew up being very sporty and athletic, these days less so. I still have demonstrably faster reflexes than my 20 year old nephew, who is athletic and very fit. His ST to weight ratio is MUCH better than mine, but I am still much faster to react and move physically. What he is able to do is sustain dextrous movement and is at less risk of injury when we start talking about moving whole body mass. But, really, it's too simplistic (and I think wrong) to equate ST to mass as a defining factor in DX. It's a contributor, but there is much more to reaction and movement, including experience, muscle type, cognitive processing, training, and so on.