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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8706668" data-attributes="member: 6914290">1. You absolutely are saying that your Dwarves get to do everything at maximum quality with zero sacrifices. Your Dwarves get a mining tradition, a theatrical tradition, a crafting tradition, a martial tradition. You know, they live a long time, they probably have a magical tradition, a gardening tradition, and a culinary tradition too. They get to do everything. Your Dwarves have zero flaws (and halflings are Mary Sues..the hypocrisy is strong with this one)2. We do have an economy, and you know what the biggest point of conflict has always been, resource allocation. This is true at both the macro and micro levels. How much money goes to NASA vs. how much goes to the Department of Education vs. How much goes to the Department of Health and Human Services. In our homes, how much do we spend on housing vs. food vs. video games vs the charities we support. You have a household budget, right? And a job, some hobbies? Have you noticed that you can't buy everything you want? Or that when you're working at your job, you aren't participating in your hobbies? Have you ever noticed that someone who spends less time at work can spend more time on their hobbies/family? Or that people who spend less on video games can spend more on miniatures (holding income equal)?I like that you brought up the Greeks. You know that there are some very different resource allocation choices made between city states..see Sparta vs. Athens. They were known for different things as a result. Athens had marginally more boats and theater, Sparta had more elite warriors. I wonder I there could be any parallels we could learn from here?And then there's the rest of your post...you know..the part where you spill so much digital ink putting words in my mouth and misinterpreting them. Let's be clear, in the same way that say Canadians as a nationality are seen as nicer without every individual being an angel, Halflings as a race/culture can be nicer/kinder without every individual being an angel. Maybe, like Canada, they might invest more resources, as a culture in programs or institutions that benefit their people than some of the other races/culture. Anything about Mary Sue-ism is just nonsense. Your problem with halflings is bias. You are willing to extend unlimited benefits and extrapolation to other races that you are not willing to extend to halflings. And you are willing to spill thousands of words to justify this behavior(inadequately). You just don't like them.That's fine, you don't have to, but it's not a problem for the game or any setting. It's a problem specifically for you. This will probably be the last reply to you on this topic. I don't have the energy to continue to respond to long-winded baseless accusations/manifestos. Have a great day though.</blockquote>

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