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<blockquote data-quote="Bayushi_seikuro" data-source="post: 8511900" data-attributes="member: 7024851">I'll tell you about halflings from my last campaign.&nbsp; Honestly, I'm not even sure what they call themselves - 'halfling' really is a subjective term.They were a race with a history like American Old West frontier settlers.&nbsp; They had moved and found some nice dales to settle and farm and raise livestock.&nbsp; They weren't civilized like Tolkien, but more just average people who settled somewhere for their own community.Fast-forward: Ymir's corpse crashed into the planet after being tossed from wherever Ragnarok was happening.&nbsp; It set in motion a lot of savage banditry and the rising of a great goblinoid horde.&nbsp; While the other races were panicking and trying to save themselves, the halflings volunteered to fight a holding action to buy time for the other races.&nbsp; With guns and warforged, both designed and made by the gnomes, the halflings made a valiant, final stand under the leadership of their Last Sheriff.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, only two hundred halflings remain in this world.&nbsp; They've resettled but are resilient and a proud people.The first time the PCs met halflings, they were disguising themselves as human children and savagely attacking travelers; a really good perception check could tell that these particular folk had been slicing pieces of their flesh off to sustain themselves.&nbsp; The next halflings the party saw were reanimated halflings, or spirits, going about their daily business in the town.&nbsp; They met the Last Sheriff - imagine a halfling Old West gunslinger combined with a wight.&nbsp;&nbsp; They managed to reclaim his badge, his heirloom pistols, and the last crucial lore of the people (doubling as a cookbook also) in exchange for putting the artificer effect on his long rifle where he never needed ammo.To sum up my random rant - all of that started from halflings are the true heroes, not the sidekicks.&nbsp; and then details just fell into place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bayushi_seikuro, post: 8511900, member: 7024851"] I'll tell you about halflings from my last campaign. Honestly, I'm not even sure what they call themselves - 'halfling' really is a subjective term. They were a race with a history like American Old West frontier settlers. They had moved and found some nice dales to settle and farm and raise livestock. They weren't civilized like Tolkien, but more just average people who settled somewhere for their own community. Fast-forward: Ymir's corpse crashed into the planet after being tossed from wherever Ragnarok was happening. It set in motion a lot of savage banditry and the rising of a great goblinoid horde. While the other races were panicking and trying to save themselves, the halflings volunteered to fight a holding action to buy time for the other races. With guns and warforged, both designed and made by the gnomes, the halflings made a valiant, final stand under the leadership of their Last Sheriff. Now, only two hundred halflings remain in this world. They've resettled but are resilient and a proud people. The first time the PCs met halflings, they were disguising themselves as human children and savagely attacking travelers; a really good perception check could tell that these particular folk had been slicing pieces of their flesh off to sustain themselves. The next halflings the party saw were reanimated halflings, or spirits, going about their daily business in the town. They met the Last Sheriff - imagine a halfling Old West gunslinger combined with a wight. They managed to reclaim his badge, his heirloom pistols, and the last crucial lore of the people (doubling as a cookbook also) in exchange for putting the artificer effect on his long rifle where he never needed ammo. To sum up my random rant - all of that started from halflings are the true heroes, not the sidekicks. and then details just fell into place. [/QUOTE]

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