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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1727107" data-attributes="member: 158">I don't see a problem with it, myself - call it Hong's Rule if you like*, but I think it's a pretty fascinating thing to have a character who is that small, but that strong.Even though a halfling would be as small as a 2-year-old child, they are more DEVELOPED than a 2-year old. A 2-yr child is still growing and developing - they are proportionately VERY light on muscle mass. In order for a child to have an 8 strength, it would need to be able to bench-press twice its own weight; this points to MUCH stronger musculature than a human being. Think instead this way: if an average halfling were 6 feet tall, it would possess the equivalent of 16 strength or higher. If a 16 STR halfling (darned strong!) were 6 feet tall, it would be almost as strong as a fire giant!(Actually, the square-cubed rule would technically apply, but then there goes that "thinking about it too hard," again.)A halfling may not be realistic, but it's certainly not implausible.*thinking on fantastic elements too much is bad.</blockquote>