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<blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 1096683" data-attributes="member: 1190">I personally think the new weapon system is the best so far in D&amp;D.&nbsp; I always, always, always (should I??? nah)&nbsp; hated the implication that small creatures didn't make their own weapons, instead they used the little ones that humans or elves make.&nbsp; Yet another thing we can thank Tolkein for.&nbsp; Hobbits running around with elven daggers and calling them swords has done more damage to the idea of halfling independance than other other image. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />The reduction in damage also makes sense...it hurts a little but at higher levels when you have magical weapons, major strength and technique bonuses, etc it doesn't hurt as much.That and the fact that smaller creatures tissues are the same strength as ours only less of it.&nbsp; A short string or rope is harder to pull apart or cut than a long one because there is less area for trauma or separation&nbsp; This is part of the reason why smaller creatures survive falls better.Also, a halfling is 1/2 the height, 1/2 the thickness, and 1/2 the width of a human which means it is 1/8th the weigth.&nbsp; Their tendons and bones are 1/2 the thickness and width (which makes them weaker) but also 1/2 the length (which makes them stronger).Back to the weapons, as Rel said, a proportional halfling longspear would be half the length and half the radius (for again about 1/8 the weight) but it is only half the weight which means it is probably much longer than a human longspear is proportally, and thicker.&nbsp; In fact, according to my handy calculator, a longspear about 3/4th the dimensions of a human longspear would be about half the weight.&nbsp; If a human's longspear is around 11' long (according to the drawing in the book anyway) then a halflings would be 8.25 feet, which is plenty long for reach.There it is, my long winded diatribe on why I think small creatures can have reach and why the new weapons system rocks and the old one was broken (heh heh heh, I hate that term).DC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreamChaser, post: 1096683, member: 1190"] I personally think the new weapon system is the best so far in D&D. I always, always, always (should I??? nah) hated the implication that small creatures didn't make their own weapons, instead they used the little ones that humans or elves make. Yet another thing we can thank Tolkein for. Hobbits running around with elven daggers and calling them swords has done more damage to the idea of halfling independance than other other image. ;) The reduction in damage also makes sense...it hurts a little but at higher levels when you have magical weapons, major strength and technique bonuses, etc it doesn't hurt as much. That and the fact that smaller creatures tissues are the same strength as ours only less of it. A short string or rope is harder to pull apart or cut than a long one because there is less area for trauma or separation This is part of the reason why smaller creatures survive falls better. Also, a halfling is 1/2 the height, 1/2 the thickness, and 1/2 the width of a human which means it is 1/8th the weigth. Their tendons and bones are 1/2 the thickness and width (which makes them weaker) but also 1/2 the length (which makes them stronger). Back to the weapons, as Rel said, a proportional halfling longspear would be half the length and half the radius (for again about 1/8 the weight) but it is only half the weight which means it is probably much longer than a human longspear is proportally, and thicker. In fact, according to my handy calculator, a longspear about 3/4th the dimensions of a human longspear would be about half the weight. If a human's longspear is around 11' long (according to the drawing in the book anyway) then a halflings would be 8.25 feet, which is plenty long for reach. There it is, my long winded diatribe on why I think small creatures can have reach and why the new weapons system rocks and the old one was broken (heh heh heh, I hate that term). DC [/QUOTE]

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