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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8814618" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Because long ago we had some stupid monsters.  Some, like the one based on medieval drawings drew inspiration from a real world source that just looks odd.  Others, like the duckbunny were joke monsters and even described as such in the descriptive text.  Because we had some bad designs, halflings are perforce bad design.  Guilt by association I guess.The fact that these oddball monsters were never popular and only showed up in 1 supplement is meaningless. Beholders which are quite goofy on their own merit are perfectly fine because the person making the argument happens to like them.[SPOILER="Duckbunny"]You see a rabbit with the webbed feet of a duck, along with a duck's bill instead of a rabbit's snout. Why? WHY?!Apprentice wizards need to start somewhere. These little guys are made in practice by mages of a specific disposition who would like to create the next ubiquitous hybrid beast to haunt low-level adventurers. They do this instead of following their master's instructions on owlbear creation so it doesn't eat them — on the low chance that he doesn't botch the experiment and finish with a dead-in-a-minute, jiggling flesh ooze covered in feathers.These aren't the only inane things to come out of a magic college. In about a mile around the grounds, expect to find: toadsalmon, cricketfinches, hummingcornsnakes, and octokittens (no claws, see, so they can't kill all those level 1 wizards).Hey, you heard of my new band, Jiggling Flesh Ooze? Our demo track is entitled Feathers In A Pile.CombatErr, about that. One of these guys are a worthy challenge for a toddler. If your squalling teenage stone hatchet swinger feels the need to feast on the blood of screeching rabbitmallards (they may have bills, but still have the vocal cords of a bunny, and have you heard what they sound like when they're scared or in pain? like a little girl who dropped her ice cream. oh ho ho, chilling stuff) then you seriously need to send Tucker's Kobolds after him and his party because… just because, okay?Skills: Duckbunnies have a +4 racial bonus to Swim checks, because why not.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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