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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8619261" data-attributes="member: 7635">So here is where WotC's new notion of races being limited in fluff is going to bite them in the butt. For all the strange origin stories and deep dives into the lore, kender were only ever halflings+ with a complete reversal of the normal hobbit looks and personality traits. Obviously, they can't make kender be mechanically better than halflings and the new mantra for races is to be vague in terms of looks and culture, so the two things that made them different ARE gone. I liked the magical pockets and fey origin. I could see them being refluffed as Puck-like fey or leprechauns in non DL settings. But I also get that kender are just the halflings of Krynn and if that's what people want, that's what they'll get. I'm just content that WotC has taken some steps to mitigate the Griefer aspects of the race and make them work in a party. If that makes the Venn diagram between 5e kender and 5e halflings almost a perfect circle, I'd rather that than what kender were defined as previously.Tl;dr: I'd have preferred fey tricksters, but if the community consensus is &quot;halflings by another name&quot;, that's still better than the abominations they were previously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8619261, member: 7635"] So here is where WotC's new notion of races being limited in fluff is going to bite them in the butt. For all the strange origin stories and deep dives into the lore, kender were only ever halflings+ with a complete reversal of the normal hobbit looks and personality traits. Obviously, they can't make kender be mechanically better than halflings and the new mantra for races is to be vague in terms of looks and culture, so the two things that made them different ARE gone. I liked the magical pockets and fey origin. I could see them being refluffed as Puck-like fey or leprechauns in non DL settings. But I also get that kender are just the halflings of Krynn and if that's what people want, that's what they'll get. I'm just content that WotC has taken some steps to mitigate the Griefer aspects of the race and make them work in a party. If that makes the Venn diagram between 5e kender and 5e halflings almost a perfect circle, I'd rather that than what kender were defined as previously. Tl;dr: I'd have preferred fey tricksters, but if the community consensus is "halflings by another name", that's still better than the abominations they were previously. [/QUOTE]

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