John Lloyd1
Rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty
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D&D 5E Halflings are the 7th most popular 5e race
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Hussar
Legend
That would explain it. Cool.
Hussar
Legend
Btw. If anyone is keeping score I absolutely know I’m whistling in the wind here. There is zero chance that gnomes or halflings are going anywhere. I am totally cognizant of that fact.
But hope springs eternal. We at least managed to get two new races in the phb. One might hope for a couple more before the end of the next fifty years.
But hope springs eternal. We at least managed to get two new races in the phb. One might hope for a couple more before the end of the next fifty years.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
One of the reasons for not adding new races to the PHB is WotC want to sell supplements. You are not intended to be locked into core rules content, you are meant to spend money and buy additional stuff. Otherwise it's impossible to make a sustained profit.
That's exactly how Paul describes it. Such an RPG should at least yield something for 10 years and for this, new books must simply come out regularly. Especially we have seen that in the 4th edition. But what the heck, with the 3 basic rulebooks you can get far and as always, you are not forced to buy more material, it's all voluntary.
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
That, I get.
I’m never gonna get the Cleric replaced with a proper priest, or get 5e classes with ribbons and crunchier features that tie them to the world, or murder the thing pretending to be a bard and replace It with a bard.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I wouldn't bet against C7d20 presenting a bard-type character based on AiME that's much more to your liking.
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
True. I certainly hope so. Save me the work lol
greg kaye
Explorer
Here are the traits of the Humblewood Jerbeen (~mousefolk) so as to enable comparison.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.
(Age. Jerbeens grow quickly, reaching maturity around 5 years. They are the shortest lived of all the humblefolk races, living just about 40 years. Alignment. Being small and facing many threats in the world, jerbeens are sensitive to the feelings of others, and tend towards good alignments. They also lean more towards lawful alignments due to their co-operative nature).
Size. Jerbeens have incredibly small and light bodies, standing between 2 and 3 feet tall, and weighing between 20 and 40 pounds. Your size is Small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Standing Leap. Your base long jump is 30 feet, and your base high jump is 15 feet, with or without a running start.
Nimbleness. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Take Heart. You have advantage on Strength saving throws and saving throws against being frightened as long as you are within 5 feet of an ally who isn’t frightened or incapacitated that you can both see and hear.
Team Tactics. You can use the Help action as a bonus action.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Birdfolk and Jerbeen.
Halflings are boring. so lacking in features in of themselves that they have to be metaphysically propped up by luck.
Why can't small creatures have the mobility of gymnasts in ways other than being able to squeeze in gaps? Why are halflings' stealth advantage reduced to hiding and not, with historically big feet, to moving quietly? Why not have advantage in diplomacy type checks?
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.
(Age. Jerbeens grow quickly, reaching maturity around 5 years. They are the shortest lived of all the humblefolk races, living just about 40 years. Alignment. Being small and facing many threats in the world, jerbeens are sensitive to the feelings of others, and tend towards good alignments. They also lean more towards lawful alignments due to their co-operative nature).
Size. Jerbeens have incredibly small and light bodies, standing between 2 and 3 feet tall, and weighing between 20 and 40 pounds. Your size is Small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Standing Leap. Your base long jump is 30 feet, and your base high jump is 15 feet, with or without a running start.
Nimbleness. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Take Heart. You have advantage on Strength saving throws and saving throws against being frightened as long as you are within 5 feet of an ally who isn’t frightened or incapacitated that you can both see and hear.
Team Tactics. You can use the Help action as a bonus action.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Birdfolk and Jerbeen.
Halflings are boring. so lacking in features in of themselves that they have to be metaphysically propped up by luck.
Why can't small creatures have the mobility of gymnasts in ways other than being able to squeeze in gaps? Why are halflings' stealth advantage reduced to hiding and not, with historically big feet, to moving quietly? Why not have advantage in diplomacy type checks?
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Because they are based on folk form Tolkien who are more interested in food and drink than gymnastics.
In any case, given the standard halfling +2 Dex, the average halfling is marginally better at acrobatics than the average human.
Since the Tolkien lawsuit D&D halflings do not have big feet.
Why would they? There is nothing in the lore to indicate halflings are particularly diplomatic.
But broadly, 5e tried to trim races down. In 3rd edition/Pathfinder halflings have a great long list of ribbon abilities like your Humblewood race, but that goes against the KISS design ethos of 5e.
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