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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8709413" data-attributes="member: 6915329">No, they're not defined by being a stand-in for ordinary people. Players tend to view them that way, but they that is not how they are designed. Nor are they "unbuilt" for combat. They have always had combat bonuses, except in 5e where slings are a simple weapon nearly everyone knows how to use. So there are no armies in any D&D worlds anywhere? Wow, I did not know that.As many as the DM wants there to be.Have you not read anything that has actually been written about halflings? They are curious and driven by wanderlust. By definition any halfling who decides to go wandering around is going to gain at least a level or two in something.I'm not sure what this has to do with anything. Unless you believe halfling towns would have no defense or night watch, and you believe that a level 20 wizard wouldn't protect their home town with as much magic as they could?No, it implies that they might be nicer than everyone else. Or that they might be more willing to lay down their own lives in protection of others. And really, that's not even the case because elves and dwarfs are also supposed to be good guy races. And halflings were traditionally lawful good, so anything you have to say about dwarfs re: alignment is equally true for halflings.I really don't care what he based his hobbits on. I don't play strictly-Tolkienesque halflings, and neither, honestly, do most people who aren't actively playing in Middle-Earth.So does this mean your actual problem is not with halflings but with Tolkien?Well, they got a chapter in Mordenkainen's for 5e, a section in Races of the Wild for 3.5, and half of the Complete Book of Halflings and Gnomes back in 2e, as well as numerous articles in Dragon magazine, plus cultural write-ups in most setting books. And dozens of blogs, videos, and articles published online. So maybe actually read some of that stuff and find out for yourself.</blockquote>

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