D&D 5E Bring back the hobbit-like halflings for D&D Next!

[avin]

Chance there's going to be fat hobbits in my games is zero...

 

[Steely_Dan]

I think there is room for several variations of Halfling, depending on campaign setting, like in Forgotten Realms (1st and 2nd Ed), they were clearly similar to the hobbits (Regis etc, as another posted pointed out), and in Mystara too, then in Dragonlance you had the Kender (small little elven looking dudes with long ponytails), then in Dark Sun you got the natty dread, cannibalistic, psionic, jungle psychos.

 

[Steely_Dan]

Give me these halflings, and I'll be satisfied

(As you can see, this is from 1981).

Jeff Dee rocks, my favourite D&D book is still the 1st Ed Deities & Demigods (his art made an impact).

 

[Daggerswan]

I don't mind the hairy feet cuz the chick in the picture is a hawtie. But if she had a pot belly too I wouldn't party with her. Oh, wait a minute. What are we talking about?

 

[Minigiant]

I prefer the sling adventurous halflings.

All the fat halfllings got killed by orcs in my campaign. What do you expect will happen to short homebodies in a world with brutish tribes, evil spellcasters, and selfish and apathetic dragons.

Oh and demons. And zombies.

 

[MarkB]

I think there is room for several variations of Halfling, depending on campaign setting, like in Forgotten Realms (1st and 2nd Ed), they were clearly similar to the hobbits (Regis etc, as another posted pointed out), and in Mystara too, then in Dragonlance you had the Kender (small little elven looking dudes with long ponytails), then in Dark Sun you got the natty dread, cannibalistic, psionic, jungle psychos.

Don't forget Eberron's nomadic, dinosaur-riding barbarian halflings.

 

[Steely_Dan]

Don't forget Eberron's nomadic, dinosaur-riding barbarian halflings.

Bingo, thanks; see, we have room for all of the little people.

 

[Abstruse]

Like I said, subraces. Easy to fit into a campaign or drop entirely from the game if you don't like them. But there's enough people that want it so they'll be sure to put them in somewhere. Between The Hobbit films coming out and the fact that every edition who had kenderesque halflings having a third-party race under OGL or the equivalent doing hobbit-halflings, I would be incredibly surprised if they didn't try to capitalize on the demand.

And yes, I've seen a 3rd party 4e book with "hobbits". Think it was Mongoose Press's first release for 4e, or a similar company.

 

[grimslade]

Screw it. Drop halflings and gnomes. Insert goblins and dromites. There, argument over.
I prefer my goblins pot bellied and furry footed.

 

[Steely_Dan]

Screw it. Drop halflings and gnomes. Insert goblins and dromites. There, argument over.
I prefer my goblins pot bellied and furry footed.

I prefer my dromites with dreadlocks.