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<blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 6177572" data-attributes="member: 4892">First, real-world little people are disproportionate in their own body size and to the gear made for modern warfare. They are not a race of people that create weapons to defend themselves with. They are very dissimilar to halflings.I don't think your assumptions (in this particular example) are unreasonable. But I also don't believe they are the only valid assumptions. For example, D&amp;D has most always associated being able to strike a target with a melee weapon a function of Strength. It seems reasonable to me that Dexterity would be a better gauge of accuracy*, while Strength reflects the raw power when a character connects. Then, you could have the more accurate halfling doing less damage and the less accurate half-orc doing more when he connects. Two different approaches that provide parity without making the choices the same. This is what I was trying to get at.*Even a racial ability for halflings that allowed them use of Dex to hit with melee weapons would put them on par with other races.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vyvyan Basterd, post: 6177572, member: 4892"] First, real-world little people are disproportionate in their own body size and to the gear made for modern warfare. They are not a race of people that create weapons to defend themselves with. They are very dissimilar to halflings. I don't think your assumptions (in this particular example) are unreasonable. But I also don't believe they are the only valid assumptions. For example, D&D has most always associated being able to strike a target with a melee weapon a function of Strength. It seems reasonable to me that Dexterity would be a better gauge of accuracy*, while Strength reflects the raw power when a character connects. Then, you could have the more accurate halfling doing less damage and the less accurate half-orc doing more when he connects. Two different approaches that provide parity without making the choices the same. This is what I was trying to get at. *Even a racial ability for halflings that allowed them use of Dex to hit with melee weapons would put them on par with other races. [/QUOTE]

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