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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Zoom" data-source="post: 385460" data-attributes="member: 409">First, the &quot;splatbooks&quot; are not official core rulebooks.&nbsp; You can take or leave that material.&nbsp; I use some of the material for my games, but certainly not all of it.&nbsp; This quip on page 42 of S&amp;F is an unfortunate error contained in a section that is only trying to give advice on how to maximize the effectiveness of each race, not a rules section on weapon types and categories.&nbsp; When you look at that section in the PH, you find that the sling is not a thrown weapon, but a projectile weapon.&nbsp; So the halfling bonus does not apply.Second, WotC Customer Service is not the place to go to ask rules questions.&nbsp; Their answer and 99 cents buys me a big cup of black coffee.&nbsp; Seriously, their track record is not impressive, and this only makes it worse.Finally, your categorization of strict/moderate/liberal rules people seems a bit of a stretch.&nbsp; You asked a question in a rules forum, got the answer according to the rules (where flavor text from splatbooks does not count), but you seem to dislike the answer.&nbsp; But it is the correct answer, regardless of your categorization.&nbsp; If you want to let halflings have the bonus for slings in your game, go right ahead.&nbsp; Many do.&nbsp; But it is not correct by the rules and so is a house rule, whether you are a strict constructionist or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Zoom, post: 385460, member: 409"] First, the "splatbooks" are not official core rulebooks. You can take or leave that material. I use some of the material for my games, but certainly not all of it. This quip on page 42 of S&F is an unfortunate error contained in a section that is only trying to give advice on how to maximize the effectiveness of each race, not a rules section on weapon types and categories. When you look at that section in the PH, you find that the sling is not a thrown weapon, but a projectile weapon. So the halfling bonus does not apply. Second, WotC Customer Service is not the place to go to ask rules questions. Their answer and 99 cents buys me a big cup of black coffee. Seriously, their track record is not impressive, and this only makes it worse. Finally, your categorization of strict/moderate/liberal rules people seems a bit of a stretch. You asked a question in a rules forum, got the answer according to the rules (where flavor text from splatbooks does not count), but you seem to dislike the answer. But it is the correct answer, regardless of your categorization. If you want to let halflings have the bonus for slings in your game, go right ahead. Many do. But it is not correct by the rules and so is a house rule, whether you are a strict constructionist or not. [/QUOTE]

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