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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8690612" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Guess I should have scrolled down and seen this was two responsesYes, this is the mechanic. However, &quot;experiencing fear differently&quot; isn't &quot;bravery&quot; and like I said, my ranger may be &quot;debilitated&quot; by fear, but he is still fighting. And fighting despite fear is bravery. Must PCs are &quot;brave&quot; because they go out and face murderous monsters the size of houses on the regular.And put them in the forest with a wood elf, and the wood elf is stealthier. And again,&nbsp; if I build a cleric or paladin halfing and have them try and hide in a crowded bar, while a half-orc rogue tries to hide in the same bar... Rogue is more likely to succeed. And as you note, this is only a specific sub-race of halflings. So it can't even be used to describe all halflings if I concede the point, just a single sub-race out of six. So, 5/6 halflings are not particularly stealthy at all.But again, mechanics aren't the story. Unless the DM is pushing the narrative by having unusual and &quot;lucky&quot; things happen to the halfling on the regular, they aren't any luckier than any other PC. Heck, they are less lucky than a human who takes the Lucky feat. I've seen halflings in game, and seen this ability only come up once... and they failed the check anyways. It just doesn't provide a strong narrative to hang the race off of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8690612, member: 6801228"] Guess I should have scrolled down and seen this was two responses Yes, this is the mechanic. However, "experiencing fear differently" isn't "bravery" and like I said, my ranger may be "debilitated" by fear, but he is still fighting. And fighting despite fear is bravery. Must PCs are "brave" because they go out and face murderous monsters the size of houses on the regular. And put them in the forest with a wood elf, and the wood elf is stealthier. And again, if I build a cleric or paladin halfing and have them try and hide in a crowded bar, while a half-orc rogue tries to hide in the same bar... Rogue is more likely to succeed. And as you note, this is only a specific sub-race of halflings. So it can't even be used to describe all halflings if I concede the point, just a single sub-race out of six. So, 5/6 halflings are not particularly stealthy at all. But again, mechanics aren't the story. Unless the DM is pushing the narrative by having unusual and "lucky" things happen to the halfling on the regular, they aren't any luckier than any other PC. Heck, they are less lucky than a human who takes the Lucky feat. I've seen halflings in game, and seen this ability only come up once... and they failed the check anyways. It just doesn't provide a strong narrative to hang the race off of. [/QUOTE]

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