Halflings: An Identity Crisis

[Steely Dan]

Hobbit-style halflings got axed with the release of 3E.

Also, Dark Sun had some edgy Halflings.

 

[Sadrik]

Also, Dark Sun had some edgy Halflings.

weren't they canabals or something? lol that is funny.

 

[Dausuul]

Also, Dark Sun had some edgy Halflings.

Heh. Those halflings really made the setting for me. My reaction upon first meeting them was, "Wait a sec. This world has feral cannibal halflings? This is the best campaign setting EVER!"

 

[Steely Dan]

weren't they canabals or something? lol that is funny.

Yep, with dreads.

They were very integral to the Dark Sun history, so much in fact, that outside of a Middle-Earth campaign, Dark Sun is the only other campaign setting where Halflings even exist in my campaigns.

 

[Steely Dan]

Heh. Those halflings really made the setting for me. My reaction upon first meeting them was, "Wait a sec. This world has feral cannibal halflings? This is the best campaign setting EVER!"

Totally, they are the only Halflings I can stomach.

 

[Dausuul]

Totally, they are the only Halflings I can stomach.

The question is, how well can they stomach you?

 

[Zarithar]

Halfling is a stupid derogatory name for an entire race, I would have changed their name.

Yep, and was seen as such by the hobbits in LoTR. It was used in a derogatory or condescending way in most cases by Middle-Earth humans when referring to hobbits.

 

[Steely Dan]

The question is, how well can they stomach you?

Well, I know they never put Irish people in their stew, because they eat all the potatoes!



Sorry, terrible joke, and I have nothing against the Irish, I mean, I am one.

 

[Sadrik]

Actually, halflings in birthright were pretty cool. They were not called halflings because of their stature but because they lived half way between the shadow world and the real world. They could tap into their "shadow worldliness" and shadow walk once a day and do a couple other magical things. Cool adaptation of an otherwise pretty hum-bung-dried-up concept.

 

[Steely Dan]

Actually, halflings in birthright were pretty cool. They were not called halflings because of their stature but because they lived half way between the shadow world and the real world. They could tap into their "shadow worldliness" and shadow walk once a day and do a couple other magical things. Cool adaptation of an otherwise pretty hum-bung-dried-up concept.

Oh yeah, I forgot about those chaps, they were actually something cool, in an otherwise boring campaign setting, IMO.

What were they actually called, again?