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<blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 371163" data-attributes="member: 537">Re: 3e, definatelyI wouldn't go quite that far, but that's a good point, and it's also why I prefer the 3E portrayal of halflings. Hobbits in the LOTR trilogy aren't &quot;heroic&quot; in the sense of characters like Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. Their virtues are the traditional English ones of endurance, determination, and perseverance.The thing is that these qualities, while certainly admirable, are essentially _passive_ ones. Hobbits as a race, while they can absorb a lot of punishment, aren't particularly dynamic or charismatic. They're not larger than life the way an elf, dwarf or Dunadan is, or even a Rohirric cavalryman.For a book, this isn't a problem, but it is a problem when you want to make up an adventuring race for an RPG. Adventuring is an active occupation, and if a race doesn't capture the imagination, they probably shouldn't be in the game, at least not as PCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hong, post: 371163, member: 537"] [b]Re: 3e, definately[/b] I wouldn't go quite that far, but that's a good point, and it's also why I prefer the 3E portrayal of halflings. Hobbits in the LOTR trilogy aren't "heroic" in the sense of characters like Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. Their virtues are the traditional English ones of endurance, determination, and perseverance. The thing is that these qualities, while certainly admirable, are essentially _passive_ ones. Hobbits as a race, while they can absorb a lot of punishment, aren't particularly dynamic or charismatic. They're not larger than life the way an elf, dwarf or Dunadan is, or even a Rohirric cavalryman. For a book, this isn't a problem, but it is a problem when you want to make up an adventuring race for an RPG. Adventuring is an active occupation, and if a race doesn't capture the imagination, they probably shouldn't be in the game, at least not as PCs. [/QUOTE]

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