Why not just take away the weights altogether? Unless the weight is somehow linked to your story or gameplay (Damn that would be awesome. Features - 'Rolling system'.) then there's no real need for people to know exactly.
12-year-old mercenary :x (though I agree with whoever said that sprite is good).
Also if you're going to have one black hero, you had better have black npcs around, too. If you're only going to have one black character in there for political correctness then I disaprove.
That said, I quite like this