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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 5910092" data-attributes="member: 6688049">Ability Modifiers Great comparison. Yes, they do match well. The ability score modifications are surprisingly apt: -2 STR "They are [...] creatures of very small physical power" +2 DEX "they are nonetheless nimble and deft in their movements." Disregarding D&D game balance, I wondered whether Middle-earth Hobbits might also have a minus to INT since Tolkien says Stupidity (along with Sloth) is a characteristic vice of Hobbits: "That there is no allegory does not, of course, say there is no applicability. There always is. And since I have not made the struggle wholly unequivocal: sloth and stupidity among hobbits, pride and [illegible] among Elves, grudge and greed in Dwarf-hearts, and folly and wickedness among the 'Kings of Men', and treachery and power-lust even among the 'Wizards'" Letter #45But I think, given the intelligence of Bilbo, Frodo, and Merry, that Hobbits are not really less Intelligent than Men, but their insularity makes the average hobbit especially vulnerable to the vice of petty Stupidity. And in the Prologue of the LotR calls Men "stupid" in comparison to Hobbits:"when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off."Chapter 1, The HobbitSo, it's fitting that Halflings don't have an INT penalty.</blockquote>