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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Morris" data-source="post: 4001025" data-attributes="member: 87"><p>For my own setting one of the reasons that losing gnomes is a big deal to me is that halflings aren't anything like in 3e in cultural motive and, for half the members, in abilities. Rather than do a knockoff of Tolkien or Dragonlance I long ago co-opted gelflings - though in the setting they are known as 'oyasini'</p><p></p><p>For those unfamiliar with <em>The Dark Crystal</em> this means the females have wings and can glide. Now with 4e's racial feats the oyasi (female halflings) will have a noticably different tree of things to pick from than the males.</p><p></p><p>Gnomes in my world took on the homebody type associated with hobbits. Role-wise you could say halflings moved out to a fringe to give the gnomes some room.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, in my setting the gnomes are already established as the swamp and river rats of the setting. Maybe I'll just use 4e halflings for gnomes and build out the oyasini (the setting's proper halflings) out anew.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Morris, post: 4001025, member: 87"] For my own setting one of the reasons that losing gnomes is a big deal to me is that halflings aren't anything like in 3e in cultural motive and, for half the members, in abilities. Rather than do a knockoff of Tolkien or Dragonlance I long ago co-opted gelflings - though in the setting they are known as 'oyasini' For those unfamiliar with [i]The Dark Crystal[/i] this means the females have wings and can glide. Now with 4e's racial feats the oyasi (female halflings) will have a noticably different tree of things to pick from than the males. Gnomes in my world took on the homebody type associated with hobbits. Role-wise you could say halflings moved out to a fringe to give the gnomes some room. Interestingly, in my setting the gnomes are already established as the swamp and river rats of the setting. Maybe I'll just use 4e halflings for gnomes and build out the oyasini (the setting's proper halflings) out anew. [/QUOTE]
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