D&D 5E Halflings are the 7th most popular 5e race

[Parmandur]

I'm amused that Halfkijg Barbarians are more common than Elf Barbarians.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm amused that Halfkijg Barbarians are more common than Elf Barbarians.

By just 0.2%, but yep...it's true.

 

[CleverNickName]

I love playing sub-optimal characters.

I once played a dwarf bard (under 3.5E rules, no less) who was a metal enthusiast in every sense of the word. When he was in town he was usually hard at work at the forge, crafting weapons for the party out of iron and steel. But when he was on an adventure, he dressed like a member of GWAR, played a drop-D guitar, used his cantrips to create pyrotechnics...

Sure, I had a penalty to Charisma. Big deal, I also had a blast.

Something like this.

 

[Seramus]

Eh? I'm holding a shortbow that does 1d6+10 + Dex damage with Sharpshooter (and unlike a greataxe, each +1 to hit is also +1 to not get hit because it's plus AC).

You're playing the Sharpshooter class! When you take Sharpshooter, you scratch out your class name and replace it with the feat name.

 

[James Gasik]

Where was this thread when we had the thread saying Halflings are terrible and should be kicked out of the PHB? LOL!

 

[Peter BOSCO'S]

Not sure I can picture what a dragonborn or genasi bard looks like, but OK otherwise.

Dragonborn Bard - Rhogar was the assistant to a senior officer in the army of Neverwinter, blowing the bagpipe to carry the legates orders to the unit. Then the barbarians came and slaughtered the unit. Rhogar lived only because the legate commanded that he flee to bring word of the units loss back to Neverwinter. Despite this he still feels shame at having "abandoned" their unit. Rhogar still fights to help those who cannot help themselves, but has little patience for the abstract ideas that send cities to war.

Rhogar Delmirev Bard 1 Metallic Dragonborn (Gold) Soldier Background, NG, STR 16, DEX 13, CON 14, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 16

 

[MichaelSomething]

Halfings are still gonna a core race no matter how low their Beyond numbers are. 4E removed Halfings from the first PHB due to "low approval numbers" and we all know how well that was received.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Halfings are still gonna a core race no matter how low their Beyond numbers are. 4E removed Halfings from the first PHB due to "low approval numbers" and we all know how well that was received.

Gnomes.

Also, they got to be a monster. With a minion.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

But I want to party with the people who do.

Gnome Bear totem barbarians are pretty great.

• Resistance to physical and most magical damage
• Advantage on Dex, Wis, Int, Cha against spells + Str when raging
• Can still use versatile weapons, so it's not that big a drop when it comes to damage.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Halfings are still gonna a core race no matter how low their Beyond numbers are. 4E removed Halfings from the first PHB due to "low approval numbers" and we all know how well that was received.

It only seemed like 4E removed halflings, since they turned them into dreadlocked riverfolk. Which is a pretty cool schtick, but not what traditional halfling fans were expecting, to put it mildly.