GURPS Fantasy Question

[kmunoz]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

Well there are some stats out there. But think of this, what Elf do you mean when you say Elf?

Tolkien Elves?
DND Elves?
Shadowrun Elves?

There are so many takes on any specific fantasy creature that only real world creatures can be covered in any detail and not be setting specific.

You'd think so... but in fact even covering real world creatures requires a significant amount of "genericizing." Look at the black bear entries on p. B456. Their weights (and hence ST, and hence attacks) are something roughly equivalent to an average for an adult male... but adult females can be as small as ~100 lbs (ST 9) and males can get up to ~600 lbs (ST 17). That's a HUGE range, and it's not just individual variation; it's regional and habitat variation. And that's just on one continent.