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<blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8706302" data-attributes="member: 6914290">So what you're getting to is that your Dwarves have unlimited time, resources and attention. There is no circumstance in which they would have any priorities which compete, no time where a sacrifice must be made.....and nicer, more people-focused halflings are unvelievable??It's basic economics man. When you run out of resources, you have to stop making or buying stuff. If you do not have time to do something, you cannot do it. If you invest your attention in one thing, you are not investing it in another..This is how resource allocation has worked kind of everywhere since kind of always.In that light, Dwarves are going to prooritize hammers and helmets. Halflings are going to prioritize bread and circuses. Dwarves can still have circuses and halflings can still have hammers. But those circuses and hammers will be fewer and worse.As far as niceness/morality being a racial trait, call it cultural instead (which honestly just makes sense considering things like racial weapon proficiencies). You don't think it's reasonable for the people in one culture to be nicer on average than people in another?Not that long ago you pointed toward a Southern/Midwestern mindset coloring how you view your fantasy characters likely behaviors. Why would you think geography would have any bearing on your personal worldview? Do you think its substantially different than what I'm suggesting for halflings (which BTW, is consistent with what is printed in the PHB).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gammadoodler, post: 8706302, member: 6914290"] So what you're getting to is that your Dwarves have unlimited time, resources and attention. There is no circumstance in which they would have any priorities which compete, no time where a sacrifice must be made... ..and nicer, more people-focused halflings are unvelievable?? It's basic economics man. When you run out of resources, you have to stop making or buying stuff. If you do not have time to do something, you cannot do it. If you invest your attention in one thing, you are not investing it in another..This is how resource allocation has worked kind of everywhere since kind of always. In that light, Dwarves are going to prooritize hammers and helmets. Halflings are going to prioritize bread and circuses. Dwarves can still have circuses and halflings can still have hammers. But those circuses and hammers will be fewer and worse. As far as niceness/morality being a racial trait, call it cultural instead (which honestly just makes sense considering things like racial weapon proficiencies). You don't think it's reasonable for the people in one culture to be nicer on average than people in another? Not that long ago you pointed toward a Southern/Midwestern mindset coloring how you view your fantasy characters likely behaviors. Why would you think geography would have any bearing on your personal worldview? Do you think its substantially different than what I'm suggesting for halflings (which BTW, is consistent with what is printed in the PHB). [/QUOTE]

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