Character Weight

Character Weight is a concept in Dragon's Dogma.

Overview
The amount a character weighs not only determines the appearance of a character but also affects its stats. The weight of a character has a significant effect on its encumbrance, speed, stamina usage and other mechanics.

Lighter characters will prove to be quick and energetic while larger characters can hold more items without losing performance and will find it easier to lift and throw items, and grapple enemies and other characters. Medium weight characters will strike a healthy balance between all these categories.

Character weight is affected by a number of factors, the main ones being Character Height, and character build and musculature.

Please refer the below tables for accurate stat influence of Weight:

Note: The official strategy guide incorrectly lists  Average, under S, with 20 kg; but in reality it is 30.

Heavier characters

 * Able to activate pressure plates faster.
 * Hitbox is likely to be bigger; smaller classes have a correspondingly smaller hitbox.
 * Able to grapple and immobilize targets better.
 * Harpies can't fly off with a heavier class clinging to its legs, or fly more slowly
 * Able to move with less effort through Windworn Valley
 * The Leg-Strength skill is more effective for LL and L class characters as it increases their base movement speed by one weight class.  This does not affect stamina use.

Lighter characters

 * Likely to have a smaller hitbox.
 * Movement when hanging onto a harpy is quicker
 * The Sinew skill is a proportionately larger percentage increase to lighter characters because of their lower default carrying capacity.

General

 * Different body parts also can change the character's height and weight.
 * The heaviest and lightest builds are not the tallest or shortest, though the difference is small.
 * Walking and jogging speed is affected by leg length. Both are affected by encumbrance.
 * Run speed is only affected by encumbrance.
 * Initial stamina is slightly modified by character weight: 20 stamina is gained for each weight class above medium, and 20 stamina is lost for each weight class below.