D&D General The Borrowers In D&D ?

[Paul Farquhar]

There was an adventure in White Dwarf in the 1980s that involved PCs being shrunk and adventuring in a nest of intelligent insects.

 

[GuyBoy]

Way back in about 1984-ish, GenCon UK ran it’s D&D Competition with players as half-orcs shrunk by their wizard master to recover his magic ring which had fallen into the drains of his house.
I think Gary Gygax DM-ed the final but I’m not sure as I didn’t get that far

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

If faeries are PC race with Why not kercpas? I see they are in DM Guild as PC race. Or the Mythuínn folk, or the kilmoulis or brownes.

But D&D has be designed to play with nor Tiny (1-2 ft) neither Diminutive (6 in -1ft) PC. I suggest to use "small" PCs.

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[doctorbadwolf]

Some great suggestions, folks! thanks!

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I think that the mechanics would largely not need to change, you could do it with purely with reflavoring, but I also think it's more fun to have a whole suite of options that directly speak to what you're doing.

 

[Tonguez]

I think that the mechanics would largely not need to change, you could do it with purely with reflavoring, but I also think it's more fun to have a whole suite of options that directly speak to what you're doing.

Yeah I just used standard characters - the trick is to make the world bigger rather than shrinking the PC stats

 

[James Gasik]

Yeah I just used standard characters - the trick is to make the world bigger rather than shrinking the PC stats

That's an interesting idea, convert all maps to 1 meter squares for your "tiny" characters, so now Halflings and Humans occupy a 2 meter square, and Ogres occupy a 3 meter square.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Only for short arcs.

I see what you did there.

 

[cbwjm]

This is what I'd do, make up some unique stat blocks for things like mice, rats, and house cats, and then describe the world the players are going through to show that they are diminutive creatures within a world of giants. Could probably repurpose a giant statblock for a regular commoner if you really wanted.

 

[Stormonu]

Yeah, I think if I were to do it nowadays, I'd scale upwards.

Giant animal stats = regular animals
Bugbear stats = Jermalaine/Gremlin/Xvart stats
Polar Bear stats = housecat
Elephant/Rhino = mastiff
Dinosaur stats = various lizards
Hill Giant stats = toddler human
Frost/Fire Giant stats = teenager human
Stone/Cloud Giant stats = adult human