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Warning! The following is homebrew, and as such might not be balanced.

Table: Creature Size and Scale
  1. This modifier applies to the bull rush, grapple, overrun, and trip special attacks.
  2. Biped's height, quadruped's body length (nose to base of tail)
  3. Assumes that the creature is roughly as dense as a regular animal. A creature made of stone will weigh considerably more. A gaseous creature will weigh much less.
  4. These values are typical for creatures of the indicated size. Most player characters are medium (indicated in green), followed by small and large (indicated in yellow). Some exceptions exist.
Size
Category
AC Modifier Special Attacks
Modifier1
Hide
Modifier
Height or
Length2
Weight3 Space4 Natural Reach4 Carrying Capacity Multiplier
Tall Long Biped Quadruped
Fine +8 –16 +16 6 in. or less ⅛lb. or less ½ ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. ×⅛ ×¼
Diminutive +4 –12 +12 6 in.–1 ft. ⅛lb.–1lb. 1 ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. ×¼ ×½
Tiny +2 –8 +8 1 ft.–2 ft. 1 lb.–8 lb. 2½ ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. ×½ ×¾
Small +1 –4 +4 2 ft.–4 ft. 8 lb.–64 lb. 5 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. ×¾ ×1
Medium +0 +0 +0 4 ft.–8 ft. 64 lb.–512 lb. 5 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. ×1 ×1½
Large –1 +4 –4 8 ft.–16 ft. 512 lb.–2 tons 10 ft. 10 ft. 5 ft. ×2 ×3
Huge –2 +8 –8 16 ft.–32 ft. 2 tons16 tons 15 ft. 15 ft. 10 ft. ×4 ×6
Gargantuan –4 +12 –12 32 ft.–64 ft. 16 tons128 tons 20 ft. 20 ft. 15 ft. ×8 ×12
Colossal –8 +16 –16 64 ft.–128 ft. 128 tons1,024 tons 30 ft. 30 ft. 20 ft. ×16 ×24
In official capacities, a creature's size generally does not exceed that of a colossal size. The Size categories below are for those who need to explore mathmatical hypothetical situations where a creature exceeds the standard criteria.
Colossal+1 –16 +20 –20 128 ft.–256 ft. 1,024 tons8,192 tons 40 ft. 40 ft. 30 ft. ×32 ×48
Colossal+2 –32 +24 –24 256 ft.–512 ft. 8,192 tons65,536 tons 50 ft. 50 ft. 40 ft. ×64 ×96
Colossal+3 –64 +28 –28 512 ft.–1,024 ft. 65,536 tons524,288 tons 70 ft. 70 ft. 50 ft. ×128 ×192
Colossal+4 –128 +32 –32 1,024 ft.–2,048 ft. 524,288 tons4,194,304 tons 90 ft. 90 ft. 70 ft. ×256 ×384
Colossal+5 –256 +36 –36 2,048 ft.–4,096 ft. 4,194,304 tons33,554,432 tons 110 ft. 110 ft. 90 ft. ×512 ×768
Colossal+6 –512 +40 –40 4,096 ft.–8,192 ft. 33,554,432 tons268,435,456 tons 150 ft. 150 ft. 110 ft. ×1,024 ×1,536
Colossal+7 –1,024 +44 –44 8,192 ft.–3 miles 268,435,456 tons2,147,483,648 tons 190 ft. 190 ft. 150 ft. ×2,048 ×3,072
Colossal+8 –2,048 +48 –48 3 miles6 miles 2,147,483,648 tons17,179,869,184 tons 230 ft. 230 ft. 190 ft. ×4,096 ×6,144
Colossal+9 –4,096 +52 –52 6 miles12 miles 17,179,869,184 tons137,438,953,472 tons 310 ft. 310 ft. 230 ft. ×8,192 ×12,288
Colossal+10 –8,192 +56 –56 12 miles24 miles 137,438,953,472 tons1,099,511,627,776 tons 390 ft. 390 ft. 310 ft. ×16,384 ×24,576
Colossal+11 –16,384 +60 –60 24 miles48 miles 1,099,511,627,776 tons8,796,093,022,208 tons 470 ft. 470 ft. 390 ft. ×32,768 ×49,152
Colossal+12 –32,768 +64 –64 48 miles96 miles 8,796,093,022,208 tons70,368,744,177,664 tons 630 ft. 630 ft. 470 ft. ×65,536 ×98,304
Colossal+13 –65,536 +68 –68 96 miles192 miles 70,368,744,177,664 tons562,949,953,421,312 tons 790 ft. 790 ft. 630 ft. ×131,072 ×196,608
Colossal+14 –131,072 +72 –72 192 miles384 miles 562,949,953,421,312 tons4,503,599,627,370,500 tons 950 ft. 950 ft. 790 ft. ×262,144 ×393,216
Colossal+15 –262,144 +76 –76 384 miles768 miles 4,503,599,627,370,500 tons36,028,797,018,964,000 tons 1,270 ft. 1,270 ft. 950 ft. ×524,288 ×786,432
Colossal+16 –524,288 +80 –80 768 miles and above 36,028,797,018,964,000 tons and above 1,590 ft. 1,590 ft. 1,270 ft. ×1,048,576 ×1,572,864

Source: https://d20.pub/resources/table-of-creature-size-and-scale/

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