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"Woah!" Bible exclaims at being slashed by the young giant bursting through the wall and then says, "Thank you Cordit my dear," as her friend dispenses with her assailant. She hops on to the ramp and barrels through the opening to cut down the glowing club wielder. Waythe (advantage)...

What's up with the languages on this show? The elves sometimes break into subtitled Quenya or Sindarin, but what are they supposed to be speaking when we're hearing English? I find it odd that Adar and the orcs are using the Black Speech considering it was invented by Sauron. And why are the...

I thought it was awkward when some of the Númenóreans said things like "may the Valar save you" or something. I was pretty sure they were monotheists.

"Oof!" Bible says as she absorbs the impact of the giant's club and takes another shot, hoping the giant falls this time. Waythe: 1D20+10 = [4]+10 = 14 Slashing damage: 4D6+6 = [4, 6, 2, 5]+6 = 23 Bible AC18 HP 53/94 HD 10/10 PP16 2W 1/1 AS 1/1 Ind 1/1

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Well, you certainly don't seem to have much in common with hobbits!

Relatedness doesn't eliminate racial categorization. Humans on Earth, for example, are related to other species of animals. That doesn't eliminate species as a useful concept. The point is that hobbits are more closely related to the Big Folk than are elves or dwarves, who are described as other...

@Not a Decepticon, here is the relevant passage from the LotR Prologue, Concerning Hobbits: It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours; far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion...

Have you been to the West Midlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? You might have a different opinion!

I think the argument was hobbits, as a narrative devise, are practically human for the purpose of relatability, so claiming they're a separate "species" with a different lifespan isn't all that relevant to the argument. The first claim is innacurate because, in Tolkien's works, they are...

I think you might be confusing me with someone else. My issue is with the connotation carried by your characterization of 50 year old hobbits as "young". I'm not making an argument that hobbits are "just humans". They're obviously described as a distinct population with qualities that set them...

No, if you want to call a 40 or 45 year old human "young" because it fits with how you conceptualize young adulthood, that's fine. You wouldn't be alone. I just don't think a 50 year old hobbit being at the end of young adulthood is that different from a 40 year old human being at the end of...

Sure, my point is that Frodo at 50 is not the spring chicken he was at 33, at his coming of age. This transition to adulthood occurs in humans between 17 and 22, whereas, at 50, Bilbo is described as having "in fact apparently settled down immovably." Settling down commonly characterizes the mid...

I'm not sure what you'd call young, but in The Hobbit, Bilbo at "about fifty years old or so" is described as "grown up".

I'm thinking of Tolkien's own statement that he was "in fact a Hobbit in all but size." His earliest experiences of the West Midlands, which he undoubtedly drew upon in his depiction of hobbits and the Shire, began as early as 1895 when his family moved to Birmingham and then to Sarehole in...

They're also a 20th century human perspective that serves as a viewpoint for 20th century readers.

Bible charges the stumbling giant, hoping to skewer him with Waythe. Waythe: 1D20+10 = [6]+10 = 16 Slashing damage: 4D6+6 = [4, 2, 5, 6]+6 = 23 The giant must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw or fall prone. Bible AC18 HP 70/94 HD 10/10 PP16 2W 1/1 AS 1/1 Ind 1/1

Are they fresh? If so, they should be fine. It's only slightly over a third of their adventuring day adjusted XP budget.