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<blockquote data-quote="Jedi_Solo" data-source="post: 4046670" data-attributes="member: 40245">And who is to say that the character that solves things by hitting them isn't the one that has lost everything in an instant?&nbsp; One is a character background and the other is a method of problem solving. Having one doesn't exclude the other.So you have played the halfling that reluctantly gets swept up in an adventure.&nbsp; Campaign is over, it was a blast.Now what?If halfling &quot;all&quot; want to stay home, how do you get a another halfing into the next adventure? Sure, the second one can be 'snarky' instead of 'quiet' and it can be a Wizard instead of a Rogue.&nbsp; But where is the plot hook?&nbsp; Something somewhere is going to tread on the toes of the last halfling because the race as a whole doesn't want to go on an adventure.It's the same reason &quot;all drow PCs are Drizzt clones&quot; (yeah, yeah, I know not 'all' of them are but I'm sure everyone knows what I mean).&nbsp; If you're playing a Drow that isn't Chaotic Evil and is currently on the surface...Changing the racial background so not &quot;all halflings stay at home&quot; makes it easier to work the second or third halfling into the adventure.&nbsp; It makes it easier to work in the new PC when the group isn't anywhere near a halfling settlement.&nbsp; It allows the game to make more sense when the party has had four halfling wander the countryside when &quot;everyone knows all halflings stay at home&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jedi_Solo, post: 4046670, member: 40245"] And who is to say that the character that solves things by hitting them isn't the one that has lost everything in an instant? One is a character background and the other is a method of problem solving. Having one doesn't exclude the other. So you have played the halfling that reluctantly gets swept up in an adventure. Campaign is over, it was a blast. Now what? If halfling "all" want to stay home, how do you get a another halfing into the next adventure? Sure, the second one can be 'snarky' instead of 'quiet' and it can be a Wizard instead of a Rogue. But where is the plot hook? Something somewhere is going to tread on the toes of the last halfling because the race as a whole doesn't want to go on an adventure. It's the same reason "all drow PCs are Drizzt clones" (yeah, yeah, I know not 'all' of them are but I'm sure everyone knows what I mean). If you're playing a Drow that isn't Chaotic Evil and is currently on the surface... Changing the racial background so not "all halflings stay at home" makes it easier to work the second or third halfling into the adventure. It makes it easier to work in the new PC when the group isn't anywhere near a halfling settlement. It allows the game to make more sense when the party has had four halfling wander the countryside when "everyone knows all halflings stay at home". [/QUOTE]

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