Got Hobbits?

[radferth]

Mouseferatu's got our back on this one. Shire-style halfling fit in most, but not all, of the games I have run. Gypsy/kenderish halflings fit in none of them.

 

[Hairfoot]

I'll have Hobbits after the Advanced Player's Guide puts them back in. I'll make them a separate race from Halfling.

I don't know much about the APG, but isn't it going to follow the 3E conventions, which means 3E-style halflings?

 

[Maggan]

I don't know much about the APG, but isn't it going to follow the 3E conventions, which means 3E-style halflings?

Nope. They're calling them Shire Halflings, and the race is as close to Tolkien hobbits you can get without getting sued, I think.

/M

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Same as always: none whatsoever.

Hobbits are for jerks.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

In my 21 years of DMing, Halflings/Hobbits have never been in any of my campaigns.

I would only use them in a Middle-Earth campaign, or in Dark Sun, because they are so important to both of those settings.

This. Without the 21 years.

 

[thundershot]

I'm going to treat them like the Elves & Eladrin. Hobbits and Halflings were once the same race, but at some point they splintered off from each other.

 

[Mercule]

I have no room or interest in having hobbits, halflings, kender, or their ilk in my campaigns.

The dragon-riding halflings of Eberron are a passable use of a bad base idea. The cannibalistic halflings of Athas are amusing, for that world. But, I don't really think any version of halfling/hobbit should be in the core PHBs. Save that until after the well has run dry enough to add bullywugs and flumph as PC races.

 

[EATherrian]

I've always liked Hobbits and so they always appear as such in my campaign worlds. I know it's not hardcore, but I don't care. They helped introduce me to Fantasy and as such will always have a home in my game worlds.

 

[Wormwood]

Hobbits were never a problem in our games---Players hate 'em, I hate 'em. Done.

Halflings in 3e were acceptible---barely. 4e halflings are an improvement as well, but honestly I wouldn't mind if they were just chucked altogether.

 

[Gentlegamer]

Holbytla have been in my campaign since the beginning 17 years ago, and will remain.

They are generally "Shire" Hobbits, but more like Hobbits after the War of the Ring. The D&D Known World "Halflings of the Five Shires" is also an inspiration.