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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8704415" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Is having six-fingered hands the only thing that makes ancient hobgoblins different from everyone else?If you did more world-building than that, it wasn't present in your post. And in this post all you've added is that hobbits have small, isolated countries and/or city-states, just like dwarves. Which, again, doesn't tell me anything. And many of your previous posts have described hobbits as... just about the same as everyone else. They are good chefs, that's about all I can recall from your descriptions that could be unique to them.Who is the underdog in a street fight, the 200 lb ripped man with a biker chain, or the 90 lb girl with a shotgun? Magic exists. Everyone, even goblins, use magic. Halflings have access to magic, not just &quot;halflings can be wizards&quot; but they have gods so they have paladins and clerics. Halflings also have no unique penalties in fighting with 29 out of 37 weapons (78%), they have no penalties to wearing armor or using shields. The common guard in the MM using a spear, shield and armor? A halfling can use that exact same equipment if they needed to. I don't reject halflings being underdogs because it is boring, I don't reject it because they can never rise above it, I reject it because the premise is fundamentally nonsensical. If goblins with rusted equipment can terrorize a human village while being short, then halflings being short does not make them underdogs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8704415, member: 6801228"] Is having six-fingered hands the only thing that makes ancient hobgoblins different from everyone else? If you did more world-building than that, it wasn't present in your post. And in this post all you've added is that hobbits have small, isolated countries and/or city-states, just like dwarves. Which, again, doesn't tell me anything. And many of your previous posts have described hobbits as... just about the same as everyone else. They are good chefs, that's about all I can recall from your descriptions that could be unique to them. Who is the underdog in a street fight, the 200 lb ripped man with a biker chain, or the 90 lb girl with a shotgun? Magic exists. Everyone, even goblins, use magic. Halflings have access to magic, not just "halflings can be wizards" but they have gods so they have paladins and clerics. Halflings also have no unique penalties in fighting with 29 out of 37 weapons (78%), they have no penalties to wearing armor or using shields. The common guard in the MM using a spear, shield and armor? A halfling can use that exact same equipment if they needed to. I don't reject halflings being underdogs because it is boring, I don't reject it because they can never rise above it, I reject it because the premise is fundamentally nonsensical. If goblins with rusted equipment can terrorize a human village while being short, then halflings being short does not make them underdogs. [/QUOTE]

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