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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 8690660" data-attributes="member: 63508">There's a reason why you don't see halflings in many media outside of D&amp;D save&nbsp; for maybe 1-2 characters or a mention.Halflings as Hobbits don't integrate with many setting. Tolkien wrote Hobbits for a 4 good race setting. So outside of those, hobbitish haflings are minor. People who love halflings as hobbits tend to be old school and run monoculture, low race, hard good-evil settings.Halflings as Kenders are just an excuse to play a child with the rights of an adult or an annoying character.Halflings as how 5e depict them are 75% there to be important in many settings. They just need to be tied to the world a wee bit more.In fact this doesn't happen. Fantasy media is quick to take D&amp;D style elves, dwarves, orcs, and even dragon people and drop them in new setting with new twists. This rarely happens to halflings and theymight get a mention just to get a &quot;oh and he's a halfling&quot; character.&nbsp;Warhammer has halflings in their fntasy setting as a minor mention and a pair of units in a unsupported faction. They aren't in 40k nor their fantasy reboot unlike elves,, dwarves, and orcs.Halflings are hard to use as they lack anything specifically unique and the unique combination of traits are not strong enough in crunch or fluff to find a niche within setting affairs and character creation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 8690660, member: 63508"] There's a reason why you don't see halflings in many media outside of D&D save for maybe 1-2 characters or a mention. Halflings as Hobbits don't integrate with many setting. Tolkien wrote Hobbits for a 4 good race setting. So outside of those, hobbitish haflings are minor. People who love halflings as hobbits tend to be old school and run monoculture, low race, hard good-evil settings. Halflings as Kenders are just an excuse to play a child with the rights of an adult or an annoying character. Halflings as how 5e depict them are 75% there to be important in many settings. They just need to be tied to the world a wee bit more. In fact this doesn't happen. Fantasy media is quick to take D&D style elves, dwarves, orcs, and even dragon people and drop them in new setting with new twists. This rarely happens to halflings and theymight get a mention just to get a "oh and he's a halfling" character. Warhammer has halflings in their fntasy setting as a minor mention and a pair of units in a unsupported faction. They aren't in 40k nor their fantasy reboot unlike elves,, dwarves, and orcs. Halflings are hard to use as they lack anything specifically unique and the unique combination of traits are not strong enough in crunch or fluff to find a niche within setting affairs and character creation. [/QUOTE]

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