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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 2025391" data-attributes="member: 17596">This is not to say that many a "psychopathic" Halfling player won't chose to follow Dallah Thaun as a way to validate the behavior of their characters.  This continues the dual-goddess theme that I dislike for Halflings. You either serve Yondalla/Dallah Thaun or you serve nothing in this new interpretation of the pantheon? I prefer having a pantheon that extends beyond one goddess with two aspects. It seems to me like a way to save space in this book by shortchanging the Halflings. Furthermore, I just don't like the idea of messing with the central deity of a pantheon. It's a major change that rocks the underpinning of Halfling faith. It might be wonderful for a new campaign, but it's not something you can suddenly introduce to an already established Halfling community. How do you explain what happened to Urogalan, Brandobaris, Cyrollalee and so on?What I liked about the deities from Races of Stone is that many of them can be used in addition to the widely accepted Forgotten Realms pantheons*. They can add depth to a pre-existing pantheon. In short, they provide additional options. The Yondalla/Dallah Thaun option presents more of an either/or decision. In the long run, however, it makes the Halfling pantheon far more limited, unless you happen to be one of those DMs/Players who only have the core books. It ends up benefiting those who have less material and less information at their disposal. Again, that's perfectly alright, it's just not of any use to me and my current campaign.*Many of these deities are also included in several lists of Greyhawk gods.</blockquote>

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