Got Hobbits?

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I see no difference between Hobbits and halflings. Personally, I think people just wanted halflings to be chubbier. So, most halflings could be chubby, except those that rely on being fit ... like adventurers!

Hobbit adventurers are rare, and are more commonly skinny Tooks/Fallohides anyway.

 

[Dragonhelm]

As a Dragonlance fan, I'm of the mind that I don't like the watered-down kender wannabe's from the PHB. j/k

The new 3rd edition halflings, and I guess gnomes somewhat too, are really a blend of various halfling and gnome concepts. To me, I look at the 3e halfling, and it's fairly obvious what they did. The goal was to create a halfling race that took the best of all halfling races, was a good race for adventure, and wasn't the Tolien hobbits. From a pure adventuring standpoint, the problem with Tolkien hobbits is that they're homebodies who don't like leaving the Shire. Yes, kender are an influence. Part of the reason we have kender is to have a halfling race that wanted to adventure.

The problem with the 3e halfling is in terms of flavor and identity. To me, they're bland. They don't seem to have an identity of their own since they borrowed from other races. Physically, they resemble small humans.

In my games, halflings may not always be like Tolkien's in flavor, but they do resemble them, hairy feet and all. Gnomes have big noses.

Luckily, I'm a Dragonlance nut, so this isn't much of a problem for me.

 

[William Ronald]

i have one group that differs from most hobbits in that they are wilder and have tamed dinosaurs and ride velociraptors ( a reference to a cartoon i used to watch). i think you could make these types work, that is if you wanted to. i take it your campaign follows more of a Gor, Conan or Elric type? i tried to mix pretty much everything, but i really like it when people can do dark fantasy really well without it becoming trite. it can make for a very good gaming session.

This sounds like the halflings of the Talenta Plains in the Eberron campaign setting.

I would argue that having different cultures for the same races makes sense, as culture can be shaped by many factors -- including the environment.

 

[The Human Target]

Nope.


We betrayed them for kender folk before 3E did.

 

[Akrasia]

BroccoliRage, do you know about Castles and Crusades? Its a very 1st Edition-esque RPG that incorporates many of the more intuitive concepts from the D20 system. Might be right up your alley.

I was about to make the same recommendation.

 

[Woas]

Nope. Don't really even know what a hobbit is. Never read "the books", never saw "the movies" and never played other edition of D&D than 3rd Edition Revised... Okay, so I played 3rd Edition for about two weeks, but then the Revised edition came out and we had not all bought books yet, so I bought them. I've never played any DragonLance RPGs or read any DragonLance books, so Halflings aren't "kender" either.

Halflings are exactly what I want them to be in my campaign world and are one of my most favorite races of the core PHB.

 

[Nyaricus]

I personally draw all my inpiration for my campaign from either Tolkien or real-world mythology, folkore and legends - in that order. So, i have halfings and orcs IMC, and since Tolkien had goblins related to Orcs, IMC they are brethren. I don't do any "made-up" monsters (read that in context here - contemporary monsters, like illithids, cat folk and such) simply because i wanted a classically- inspired fantasy campaign world, which is set around 1050 AD, IRL time.

that aside, as i said before, i do have hobbits IMC - statted up for D&D the way Tolkien had them, as close as i could get. I do call them halfings though, but have always wanted to just call them by their proper name, Hobbits. I use D&D names for them, but the stats are different. There are just some similarities with both types, so i went with it.

IMC:
Stoors = Stouthearts (short and broad, generally hold positions of importance in their shires, but don't go on adventures)
Harfoots = Lightfeet (commonest of all subraces, medium height and build, never go on adventures)
Fallohides = Tallfellows (tall and slim, most likely to adventure, live near the edges of their shires/dales, etc)

if you all want, i could post their stats for critiques, which is something i have been meaning to do. we shall see what feedback is given though.

Cheers!

 

[the Jester]

I have different halfling subraces, including the hairfoot race (= hobbits).

Most pc halfliings tend to be lightfoot halflings (as per the PH), but I have a number of other subraces that are options as well.

 

[Hairfoot]

Gnomes are the new hobbits.

I would have preferred to see gnomes replaced with a core goblin race.

 

[diaglo]

I see no difference between Hobbits and halflings. Personally, I think people just wanted halflings to be chubbier. So, most halflings could be chubby, except those that rely on being fit ... like adventurers!

Hobbit adventurers are rare, and are more commonly skinny Tooks/Fallohides anyway.

the new halflings are kender descendents. not hobbits.

+2 vs fear.
35lbs.
top knot wearing rogues... with sling staff... hoopaks.