doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Oooookay?I don't think that's cultural. I think that's about their size
Oooookay?I don't think that's cultural. I think that's about their size
Nice. I would much rather just explain that size matters for finder cover or concealment, though.First, I would define exactly what the benefits/hindrances of Small size are. Right now, we have one hindrance (disadvantage when attacking with Heavy weapons) and a few advantages that don't often come up, like being able to use smaller mounts, possibly having more opportunities to find cover*, and moving through the spaces of larger creatures.
*very DM-dependent, since Halflings take up the same 5' space as a full-sized Goliath or Firbolg.
So perhaps start with:
Small-sized: Halflings are Small creatures. While for ease of use they take up the same space and use most of the rules of Medium creatures, note the following: Small creatures have disadvantage when making attack rolls with weapons that have the Heavy trait. Small creatures gain increased benefits from normal cover- if the Halfling would have Half Cover, they are considered to have 3/4 Cover. If the Halfling would have 3/4 Cover, they have Total Cover.
So don't remove itOooookay?
I’m almost certain it’ll be changed to 30ft, just like the small races in MPMoM.Speed: 25
That is interesting. I was thinking along the lines of “you can attempt to hide simply by staying still” and or “when you use the Hide action, you can move up to 10ft before making the check.” but simply disappearing is a bold choice!Art of Disappearing: There is little or no magic about a Halfling, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large tall folk comes blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off. As an action, you erase your image from the mind of one creature you can see within 120 feet of you; the target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against a DC of 8+Prof+Dex or you are invisible to it until the end of your next turn.
I’m not suggesting to remove anything, though?So don't remove it
But they do. The Lightfoot ability to enter the space of a larger creature and hide thereI’m not suggesting to remove anything, though?
I said they currently have no benefit to stealth or nimbleness, because of floating ASIs.
Halfling Nimbleness allows them to pass through the spaces of Medium or larger creatures, and for Lightfoots, Naturally Stealyhy allows them to hide when obscured by a Medium or larger creature. Though, the way a lot of DMs run stealth does make the latter useless.I’m not suggesting to remove anything, though?
I said they currently have no benefit to stealth or nimbleness, because of floating ASIs.
Lightfoots are one kind of halfling. Halflings, not just a subrace of them, should be stealthy.Halfling Nimbleness allows them to pass through the spaces of Medium or larger creatures, and for Lightfoots, Naturally Stealyhy allows them to hide when obscured by a Medium or larger creature. Though, the way a lot of DMs run stealth does make the latter useless.