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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6188662" data-attributes="member: 70">From experience, no, not really.&nbsp; I haven't allowed halflings in one of my campaigns in about twenty years.&nbsp; Zip, zero, nada.&nbsp; They're not just rare, they're not there.&nbsp; Anything halfling gets reskinned if I need it.&nbsp; And no, it's actually not a hassle.I've always presented a mix of &quot;core&quot; and custom races in my campaigns.&nbsp; Dwarves (mountain &amp; moulder dwarves), elves (fair elves), gnomes, humans, and troldfolk are my &quot;core&quot; races. In recent campaigns I've used with leshii (tree-folk), and jotunar (giant-blooded).&nbsp; In the past I've used domovii, fuah, roane, sidhe, and others I don't remember right now.More than anything, people expect races that fill certain generic niches.&nbsp; They expect a sneaky race, a fighter race, a magical race, a brute race, a &quot;gish&quot; race, and so forth.&nbsp; New races allows you to try new combinations - troldfolk are both sneaks and brutes, for instance.&nbsp; Talvijotun (frost giant-blooded) are gish, but not in the same way as elves - they favor bargains &amp; pacts over arcane learning (occult vs arcane magic in my campaign).Kender are sneaks, but they're also a &quot;personality&quot; race - they are outgoing, talkative, and potentially charismatic.&nbsp; Could be a lot of fun to play. The &quot;kender pockets&quot; issue only has to be a hassle if the DM makes it one; the rules don't say where the items come from, so it's really up to the DM how much it affects the campaign (and if the DM is a jerk about it, then the DM shouldn't allow kender. But don't blame WotC for it - that's the DM.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 6188662, member: 70"] From experience, no, not really. I haven't allowed halflings in one of my campaigns in about twenty years. Zip, zero, nada. They're not just rare, they're not there. Anything halfling gets reskinned if I need it. And no, it's actually not a hassle. I've always presented a mix of "core" and custom races in my campaigns. Dwarves (mountain & moulder dwarves), elves (fair elves), gnomes, humans, and troldfolk are my "core" races. In recent campaigns I've used with leshii (tree-folk), and jotunar (giant-blooded). In the past I've used domovii, fuah, roane, sidhe, and others I don't remember right now. More than anything, people expect races that fill certain generic niches. They expect a sneaky race, a fighter race, a magical race, a brute race, a "gish" race, and so forth. New races allows you to try new combinations - troldfolk are both sneaks and brutes, for instance. Talvijotun (frost giant-blooded) are gish, but not in the same way as elves - they favor bargains & pacts over arcane learning (occult vs arcane magic in my campaign). Kender are sneaks, but they're also a "personality" race - they are outgoing, talkative, and potentially charismatic. Could be a lot of fun to play. The "kender pockets" issue only has to be a hassle if the DM makes it one; the rules don't say where the items come from, so it's really up to the DM how much it affects the campaign (and if the DM is a jerk about it, then the DM shouldn't allow kender. But don't blame WotC for it - that's the DM.) [/QUOTE]

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