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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8705923" data-attributes="member: 6915329">Why do you keep thinking that racial tendencies is the same as racial absolutes?Edit: A halfling shire doesn't need an absolute ruler like a king because halflings generally don't lead the kind of lives that require any one halfling to decide that they could rule everyone better than halflings could rule themselves. They get along well with each other and, within the borders of a halfling town, rarely get up to the kind of crimes or face the kind of dangers that require an absolute ruler to dictate what to do. And don't forget that even though halflings may not have royalty, their towns would likely have mayors or magistrates, probably even democratically elected ones.A halfling crime family or other criminal organization--which would likely be formed outside of a halfling town--isn't like a normal halfling organization. Such an organization does need a leader or oligarchy. And there's is nothing in established D&D lore that suggests that halflings couldn't have a absolute ruler in those circumstances.And actually, halflings may have actual, original-meaning dictators--someone who is elected to a position of absolute power for the duration of a crisis and then steps down when that crisis is over. Halflings are, for the most part, well-intentioned enough that few would abuse this temporary power. And fewer would continue to obey the dictator when the crisis has passed.</blockquote>

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