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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Boojum" data-source="post: 1802914" data-attributes="member: 21028">The halflings in my world have used the fact that they're the smallest of the races to great advantage, as they can ride animals too small for other races to use as mounts, and can get greater speeds out of the mounts used by other races (think race jockeys).  This has led them to develop a loosely Mongol-ish culture, nomadic and focused around the use of animals for mounts, food, fur, bones, etc.  The worth of a person is almost entirely measured in the number and quality of the animals they possess.  They shave their heads apart from an elaborately braided topknot, the pattern of which marks their lineage.  They are known as the greatest crafters of leather goods in the world.  They are generally peaceful, although insular, and with rigid customs that can easily lead to misunderstandings.  However, they do raid into the lands of other races for supplies and livestock, relying on hit-and-run mounted archery.  They do not see this as an evil or warlike act, but just as part of their way of life (although the other races tend to see it differently).  There is also an offshoot of the race that lives on the surface (nearly all civilization is on airborne islands to escape from the Devourer, a force of pure entropy).  They don't use tools or crafted weapons, because such things draw the attention of the Devourer, but they have developed inner mental powers to compensate, and have developed a complex society based on their powers.  They live in almost complete squalor physically, but are highly developed mentally.</blockquote>

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