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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8714157" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Nowhere in the halfling lore. Those refer to the classes. You know, Thief which &quot;You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators.&quot;Now, granted there are the other archetypes, the &quot;professional treasure seekers&quot; &quot;explorers&quot; &quot;delvers&quot; and &quot;investigators&quot;, however the archetype is named THIEF not explorer or treasure seeker. So I'm going to guess it is more common to find criminals amongst them. And then the Assassin which says &quot;You focus your training on the grim art of death. Those who adhere to this archetype are diverse—hired killers, spies, bounty hunters, and even specially anointed priests trained to exterminate the enemies of their deity.&quot; Again, there is wiggle room, you could be a priest trained in the art of murdering people for god, but the first part is about being a hired killer and the archetype is named ASSASSIN not &quot;bounty hunter&quot; or &quot;priest&quot; And of course all Rogues get thieves cant, examples of which involve &quot;such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves' guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.&quot;All of which HEAVILY implies that they will be breaking the laws. Again, you totally can have Rogues who are Lawful Good, but the common archetype of the rogue, like Han Solo, isn't a law abiding citizen who is strongly in favor of the laws. The rogue in fact seems very geared towards breaking the law, which is not something typically associated with Lawful people. So it is strange that a race so heavily associated with the class doesn't fit the archetype.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8714157, member: 6801228"] Nowhere in the halfling lore. Those refer to the classes. You know, Thief which "You hone your skills in the [B][I]larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype[/I][/B], but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators." Now, granted there are the other archetypes, the "professional treasure seekers" "explorers" "delvers" and "investigators", however the archetype is named THIEF not explorer or treasure seeker. So I'm going to guess it is more common to find criminals amongst them. And then the Assassin which says "You focus your training on the [B][I]grim art of death[/I][/B]. Those who adhere to this archetype are diverse—[B][I]hired killers, spies, bounty hunters, [/I][/B]and even specially anointed priests trained to exterminate the enemies of their deity." Again, there is wiggle room, you could be a priest trained in the art of murdering people for god, but the first part is about being a hired killer and the archetype is named ASSASSIN not "bounty hunter" or "priest" And of course all Rogues get thieves cant, examples of which involve "such as whether an area is dangerous or [B][I]the territory of a thieves' guild[/I][/B], [B][I]whether loot is nearby[/I][/B], or [B][I]whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.[/I][/B]" All of which HEAVILY implies that they will be breaking the laws. Again, you totally can have Rogues who are Lawful Good, but the common archetype of the rogue, like Han Solo, isn't a law abiding citizen who is strongly in favor of the laws. The rogue in fact seems very geared towards [I]breaking the law[/I], which is not something typically associated with [B][I]Lawful [/I][/B]people. So it is strange that a race so heavily associated with the class doesn't fit the archetype. [/QUOTE]

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