Scaling tabular row spacing down for tiny font size

Question

I have a tabular environment in which all the cells of some rows are \tiny; a minimal example:

\begin{tabular}{|l|}
\hline
Dexterity \\ \hline
\tiny Saving Throws: $+2$ \\
\tiny Acrobatics: $+4$ \\
\tiny Sleight of Hand: $+2$ \\
\tiny Stealth: $+6$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

The problem with the above is that there's too much vertical space between the tiny-sized rows; ideally, the interrow spacing should be scaled down proportionally to the \tiny size. However, I don't know how to do that. My best attempt was to try to store the tiny-sized baseline skip with {\tiny\setlength\tinybls{\baselineskip}} (after inserting \newlength\tinybls in the preamble) and then append [\tinybls] to each \\, but that didn't seem to change anything.

Answer 1

Set the sub-properties in its own tabular after choosing the appropriate font size :

\begin{tabular}{ | c | }
  \hline
  Dexterity \\ % Property
  \hline
  \tiny % Font size of sub-properties
  \begin{tabular}{ @{} r @{: } l @{} }
      Saving Throws & $+2$ \\
         Acrobatics & $+4$ \\
    Sleight of Hand & $+2$ \\
            Stealth & $+6$
  \end{tabular} \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

Better yet, define a command that would set this for you. It will allow you to change things later on with much less hassle and more consistency... we all like the latter:

\documentclass{article}

\newcommand{\propertycard}[2]{%
  \begin{tabular}{ | c | }
    \hline
    #1 \\ % Property
    \hline
    \tiny % Sub-property font style
    \begin{tabular}{ @{} r @{: } l @{} }
      #2 % Sub-properties
    \end{tabular} \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
}

\begin{document}

\propertycard{Dexterity}{%
    Saving Throws & $+2$ \\
       Acrobatics & $+4$ \\
  Sleight of Hand & $+2$ \\
          Stealth & $+6$
}

\end{document}