I was 13 when I started playing about a month before Kunark dropped. I played a ranger until planes of power and genuinely had no idea what I was doing. I thought I was this crazy powerful nature warrior. In reality I was an undergeared and incompetent player. I did a lot of soloing because I didn’t understand group dynamics and mostly just got yelled at.

Anyway, you were just 12 and I think mistaken about the height of a pixel lizard.

That's too stupid.

I'm allowing for a reasonable degree of stupid, but not that stupid.

Yeah but there's that kernel of doubt.

I want closure as much as anything.

I think that's commonly called the "Mandela Effect"

Probably.

But I want closure on my Berenstein universe.

I can't say one way or the other whether Iksar were as tall as Barbarians when they were introduced to Norrath, but Iksar do have a slightly-larger-than-Medium size. They are not as tall as Barbarians, but they are definitely taller than Humans and elves.

Throwing Boulders are indeed a good example, usable by large races and Iksar. Gatorsmash Maul is another, usable by large races and Iksar.

Mroons Toy and Midnight Mallets are equippable by large races, Iksar, and Dwarves.

Those are not evil items (no Dark Elves) or lizardy items (they're usable by softskins, after all); they are large items usable by the largest and strongest races of Norrath.

It's always been weird to me that Iksar have 5 less STR and STA than humans.

And I knew there were more examples!

https://wiki.project1999.com/Large_Leather_Tunic
https://wiki.project1999.com/Large_Cloth_Armor_Set
https://wiki.project1999.com/Large_Raw-Hide_Armor_Set
https://wiki.project1999.com/Large_Tattered_Armor_Set
But can't wear large banded or any of the mails, and obviously can't wear plate, since they have their own, exclusive equivalent called Cabilis Scale

As I've said, Iksar have historically always been a MEDIUM race for gear.

Moar

https://wiki.project1999.com/Giant_Sized_Monocle
https://wiki.project1999.com/Chitin_Shell_Armor
https://wiki.project1999.com/Ogre_Butcher_Apron

They were initially. They can wear the chitin shell from guktop which is large only.

I'm pretty sure iksar started as a ctrl+c ctrl+v of barbarians.

Does anyone remember the ui bug on kunark's release; when trying to roll a barbarian it would give the (false) option of Cabilis as a starting city?

So maybe it's not just me that was 12.

Maybe

Just maybe

We're all 12, and we just don't know it yet.