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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 3913136" data-attributes="member: 3586">The AD&D halfling is a hobbit, and really doesn't have much of a place in the game. (Even less in oD&D, actually). By the time you get to 3e, they have a role as excellent thieves - bonuses to stealth and Dex really help there. The actual cultural background has been a problem, though.The D&D dwarf has a strong role - gruff, likes fighting and gold, and is tough and dependable. Mechanically, they should be better fighters than they have been. Funny - the halfling has had a strong mechanics with dodgy background; the dwarf is the other way around.The AD&D elf had both - strong mechanics and strong background. The D&D 3e elf lost the strong mechanics. It did a few things well, but really lost the magic it needed.Cheers!</blockquote>