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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8825471" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Most of these suggestions seem to rely on very specific beliefs about Halfings, mostly derived from Tolkien. But I'm not running a campaign set on Middle Earth. I think that racial features should be minimal and confined to physical characteristics or maybe magical abilities, with an eye to balance. There absolutely should not be race-based skills in the PHB because every D&amp;D world is its own thing, and what might be true in my world might not be true in yours. Leave all that stuff to the DM and player.I like the Tolkien stereotype that Hobbits are big into food. I think it's entertaining. So I keep that for some Halflings in my world, but it certainly isn't automatically true of all of them, and if a player wants their Halfling to be a skinny vegan, well then more power to 'em. I don't need WotC prescribing what Halfing culture must be, though if they want to offer a few examples from different settings, well, it's always good to share ideas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8825471, member: 7035894"] Most of these suggestions seem to rely on very specific beliefs about Halfings, mostly derived from Tolkien. But I'm not running a campaign set on Middle Earth. I think that racial features should be minimal and confined to physical characteristics or maybe magical abilities, with an eye to balance. There absolutely should not be race-based skills in the PHB because every D&D world is its own thing, and what might be true in my world might not be true in yours. Leave all that stuff to the DM and player. I like the Tolkien stereotype that Hobbits are big into food. I think it's entertaining. So I keep that for some Halflings in my world, but it certainly isn't automatically true of all of them, and if a player wants their Halfling to be a skinny vegan, well then more power to 'em. I don't need WotC prescribing what Halfing culture must be, though if they want to offer a few examples from different settings, well, it's always good to share ideas. [/QUOTE]

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