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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 1790736" data-attributes="member: 20931">Not using real world dynamics, just the game rules. Little guys get squashed by orcs with reach, even with a +1 size bonus to AC. They get high dex and ranged weapons bonuses (not to mention cover bonuses). Why use a longspear if I can take you from range, and with much better cover bonuses. Why go into an open field with a 20 speed and get overrun by INFANTRY (not even talking about calvary yet!!!) with a greater reach? Unless you have greater numbers, its suicide. Now using real world logic, indians took on US soldiers and calvary with shortspears, tomahawks, and bows. The indians may have lost, but they also lacked resources. A group of little guys could easliy use the same tactics and do the same damage. I just don't see halflings using rapiers or longswords unless they have some kind of battlefield edge (such as gnomes with their magic) or if they actively dual each other...On the other end, I can see halflings using nets and spears on patrols, and even longswords to a degree but they would probably still use their size and terrain to their advantage. I'm still iffy on halfings gaining reach for longspears though.</blockquote>