Fighting from the ground up

[Hairfoot]

Forked from: Attention Hobbit & Gnome Lovers!

Out of curiosity, how do you think members of small races would have to fight in order to hold their own against larger opponents? What strategies and techniques would they adopt to survive?

I'm thinking in terms of: as members of adventuring parties, defenders of small villages/communities, armies or specialist units in medium-size race armies, and any other context you can think of.

A couple of notes:
1. I don't mean in a game-rule sense. For ease of play, small races can engage larger races in melee without being pounded 9 times out of ten. I mean realistically.

1a. I know RPGs aren't realistic. That's not the point!

2. By "small" I mean old-school small, not the "short-medium" small of 4E.

 

[RangerWickett]

Well, the Ewoks beat the Storm Troopers, didn't they?

So, traps, tricks, ambushes. Use your ability to hide to your advantage. Always attack from range, using mechanical weapons (slings, bows, crossbows) rather than strength-based ones.

I recall a tale of a midget ninja (seriously, I'm not joking), who hid under the toilet seat of his target, and when the man finally sat down, the ninja stabbed a poisoned knife up his ass.

Alternately, learn magic.

 

[timbannock]

I recall a tale of a midget ninja (seriously, I'm not joking), who hid under the toilet seat of his target, and when the man finally sat down, the ninja stabbed a poisoned knife up his ass.

Wasn't that on the cover of the first Metallica demo/album (before it became Kill 'Em All)?