hobbit-ish halflings always seemed like a thinly veiled ripoff IMO
in our old 2ed campaign we had kender instead of halflings. Most of the group couldn't stand halflings anyway. I ran a game for awhile that had barbarian kender nomads and the halflings were rabid feral creatures barely above...
the cover of the NES game Wizards and Warriors 2 had Fabio dressed pretty much like conan if I remember correctly.
I have to say in my experience of playing rpgs (since '89) Most of the groups I have been a part of are respectful to women, and usually have women players in them. My current...