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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8693259" data-attributes="member: 23751">No.&nbsp; When you are brave, you advance and do what needs to be done despite being afraid.&nbsp; A frightened individual in D&amp;D literally cannot do that. I can find no definition of bravery that involves falling victim to fear to such a great degree that you literally cannot move forward towards it at all.&nbsp; So yes, &quot;brave.&quot;So you're inventing things and ignoring the fact that there is literally nothing that a halfling can re-roll with the luck ability that doesn't involve an action of some sort on the part of the halfling.&nbsp; And before you say, &quot;But actions are only in combat,&quot; they aren't.&nbsp; There are actions in D&amp;D like, &quot;I climb the wall&quot; or &quot;I resist the vampire's gaze,&quot; and then there are Actions in combat like, &quot;I take the attack action.&quot;&nbsp; All of those are actions in D&amp;D that by RAW get narrated in the fiction as luck if the luck re-reroll is successful.So what.&nbsp; They don't have to be lucky on more rolls than that in order to be lucky.They aren't supposed to feel or be lucky &quot;ALL THE TIME.&quot;&nbsp; We know that from the lore.Why when comparing a lucky race to other races do we compare races and not classes? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Your position doesn't matter to what I just said, though.&nbsp; You've claimed that halflings are not luckier than other races.&nbsp; I've proven that to be objectively wrong. You've claimed that they aren't braver than other races.&nbsp; I've also proven that to be objectively wrong.&nbsp; You've claimed that halfling luck doesn't appear in the fiction.&nbsp; I've shown that to be untrue unless the DM is acting in bad faith.1. halflings as a race are objectively luckier than other races as evidenced by their luck re-roll.&nbsp; Your lucky friend who never used it is not a counter example, as one halfling is not the race.2. RAW requires the DM to narrate successful luck re-rolls as being lucky in the fiction.&nbsp; Failing to do so is a violation of both RAW and the social contract, as the social contract requires the DM not to go out of his way to screw over character concepts.&nbsp; It's an act of bad faith.3. The brave ability makes halfling PCs braver than non-halflings, because they will fail fewer saves that impose the frightened condition.&nbsp; Other PCs can be brave.&nbsp; Halflings get all of that PLUS more saves.&nbsp; They are objectively braver as a PC race than the other PC races.4. Class is irrelevant, since whatever class another PC is, halflings can also be that class and get all the same bonuses provided, making race the determiner as to which race is braver.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8693259, member: 23751"] No. When you are brave, you advance and do what needs to be done despite being afraid. A frightened individual in D&D literally cannot do that. I can find no definition of bravery that involves falling victim to fear to such a great degree that you literally cannot move forward towards it at all. So yes, "brave." So you're inventing things and ignoring the fact that there is literally nothing that a halfling can re-roll with the luck ability that doesn't involve an action of some sort on the part of the halfling. And before you say, "But actions are only in combat," they aren't. There are actions in D&D like, "I climb the wall" or "I resist the vampire's gaze," and then there are Actions in combat like, "I take the attack action." All of those are actions in D&D that by RAW get narrated in the fiction as luck if the luck re-reroll is successful. So what. They don't have to be lucky on more rolls than that in order to be lucky. They aren't supposed to feel or be lucky "ALL THE TIME." We know that from the lore. Why when comparing a lucky race to other races do we compare races and not classes? 🤷‍♂️ Your position doesn't matter to what I just said, though. You've claimed that halflings are not luckier than other races. I've proven that to be objectively wrong. You've claimed that they aren't braver than other races. I've also proven that to be objectively wrong. You've claimed that halfling luck doesn't appear in the fiction. I've shown that to be untrue unless the DM is acting in bad faith. 1. halflings as a race are objectively luckier than other races as evidenced by their luck re-roll. Your lucky friend who never used it is not a counter example, as one halfling is not the race. 2. RAW requires the DM to narrate successful luck re-rolls as being lucky in the fiction. Failing to do so is a violation of both RAW and the social contract, as the social contract requires the DM not to go out of his way to screw over character concepts. It's an act of bad faith. 3. The brave ability makes halfling PCs braver than non-halflings, because they will fail fewer saves that impose the frightened condition. Other PCs can be brave. Halflings get all of that PLUS more saves. They are objectively braver as a PC race than the other PC races. 4. Class is irrelevant, since whatever class another PC is, halflings can also be that class and get all the same bonuses provided, making race the determiner as to which race is braver. [/QUOTE]

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