Klaus
First Post
FWIW, IMNSHO, YMMV, IANAAWFWU (I Am Not An Artist Working For WotC, Unfortunately):
The so-called "dreadlocked" halflings (judging by the halfling cleric linked above... haven't seen Races & Classes yet) reminds me more of Middle-Eastern -- Mesopotamian/Babylonian/Summerian -- hair and facial features. And the "barge" culture could easily be seen drifting up and down the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile.
The so-called "dreadlocked" halflings (judging by the halfling cleric linked above... haven't seen Races & Classes yet) reminds me more of Middle-Eastern -- Mesopotamian/Babylonian/Summerian -- hair and facial features. And the "barge" culture could easily be seen drifting up and down the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile.