D&D General My Problem(s) With Halflings, and How To Create Engaging/Interesting Fantasy Races

[Paul Farquhar]

You do realize you're saying the same thing I did. Ghosts of Saltmarsh does not have a SINGLE halfling NPC. If they are common in the area, WHERE ARE THEY?

Being not involved. Keeping their heads down. Trying not to be noticed. There are thousands of people in the Saltmarsh area, and maybe a dozen of them are named.

But it's irrelevant. Number of halflings in the area has no effect on player character halflings. The PC can be the only halfling on the planet. It doesn't matter.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Being not involved. Keeping their heads down. Trying not to be noticed. There are thousands of people in the Saltmarsh area, and maybe a dozen of them are named.

But it's irrelevant. Number of halflings in the area has no effect on player character halflings. The PC can be the only halfling on the planet. It doesn't matter.

if they are the only halfling on the planet why did they pick halfling?

 

[Hussar]

Has anyone done a campaign yet where elf souls are getting captured so either new elves aren't being born or they're being born soulless?

That is a very cool idea. YOINK!

 

[Gammadoodler]

Dragonborn..with lips

 

[Oofta]

NM ... no point.

 

[Oofta]

Being not involved. Keeping their heads down. Trying not to be noticed. There are thousands of people in the Saltmarsh area, and maybe a dozen of them are named.

But it's irrelevant. Number of halflings in the area has no effect on player character halflings. The PC can be the only halfling on the planet. It doesn't matter.

What's funny is that the mods specifically call out halflings (and elves) as having villages in the surrounding hills. In the first chapter there are two halflings mentioned, second in number only to humans. Yep. No halflings here!

 

[Mind of tempest]

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Dragonborn..with lips

that looks just wrong.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

that looks just wrong.

It would actually be quite difficult for many species to smoke - cats don't have lips either, so that's Tabaxi and Leonin tobacco sales down the pan.

 

[Mind of tempest]

It would actually be quite difficult for many species to smoke - cats don't have lips either, so that's Tabaxi and Leonin tobacco sales down the pan.

look I believe smoking is against the will of the universe so this all seems fine to me.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

look I believe smoking is against the will of the universe so this all seems fine to me.

But how can you be a wizard if you can't smoke a pipe?!