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<blockquote data-quote="Panamon Creel" data-source="post: 3966078" data-attributes="member: 58610">Well, as for Tolkien rip-offs, I think you could say that about a lot of things in D&amp;D - dwarves, elves, orcs, treants, magic rings etc. etc. So changing halflings solely for the sake of getting away from Tolkien does not make sense.As for crappy adventurers, well surely the great percentage of hobbits would be.&nbsp; But wasn't the idea that the Tooks and the Baggins, and any PC halfling rises above the norm to greatness?&nbsp; And the way that people played halflings, when the innocent halfling thief stabbed you in the back and picked your pocket, made it even more fun.&nbsp; Sorry, if I set off a maelstrom with the dread issue (nice for a first post, huh?), but all I was trying to say is that I think halflings were just fine as they were, and now I don't recognize them at all.&nbsp; Maybe Piratecat has a good idea of the two existing together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Panamon Creel, post: 3966078, member: 58610"] Well, as for Tolkien rip-offs, I think you could say that about a lot of things in D&D - dwarves, elves, orcs, treants, magic rings etc. etc. So changing halflings solely for the sake of getting away from Tolkien does not make sense. As for crappy adventurers, well surely the great percentage of hobbits would be. But wasn't the idea that the Tooks and the Baggins, and any PC halfling rises above the norm to greatness? And the way that people played halflings, when the innocent halfling thief stabbed you in the back and picked your pocket, made it even more fun. Sorry, if I set off a maelstrom with the dread issue (nice for a first post, huh?), but all I was trying to say is that I think halflings were just fine as they were, and now I don't recognize them at all. Maybe Piratecat has a good idea of the two existing together. [/QUOTE]

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