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<blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 5993829" data-attributes="member: 27252">An assertion isn't an argument. Which is again, not stated in the playtest document anywhere. Beyond this, where does it say that adventuring halflings will be taken aside for 'racial weapon training'? How on earth would that work - are adventuring halflings segregated from their own population at an early age, in order for them to be trained up? How do they know which ones will choose to go adventuring? Silly argument.Which misses the point. How would a Halfling Wizard become more proficient at causing damage with a dagger than a Human Wizard?A) Englishmen were conscripted to provide the means to serve the King in times of war. They weren't trained in anything, and essentially were easy kills in any armies that were raised. They weren't a warrior class. B) An English King's edict isn't the same as a Racial Weapon Training anycase. 3) None of this pertains to what is described as a &quot;Peaceful&quot; Race of Halflings. No you haven't. You've provided reactions to my comments and weak arguments that don't ring true. Earlier in the thread it was being argued that D&amp;D Halflings weren't the same as Tolkien Hobbits. Now that has come full circle. The bonus doesn't come from Tolkien, and in the case of Short Swords and Daggers it is patently obvious that none of the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings have had any formal training in warfare or weapon use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TrippyHippy, post: 5993829, member: 27252"] An assertion isn't an argument. Which is again, not stated in the playtest document anywhere. Beyond this, where does it say that adventuring halflings will be taken aside for 'racial weapon training'? How on earth would that work - are adventuring halflings segregated from their own population at an early age, in order for them to be trained up? How do they know which ones will choose to go adventuring? Silly argument. Which misses the point. How would a Halfling Wizard become more proficient at causing damage with a dagger than a Human Wizard? A) Englishmen were conscripted to provide the means to serve the King in times of war. They weren't trained in anything, and essentially were easy kills in any armies that were raised. They weren't a warrior class. B) An English King's edict isn't the same as a [I]Racial[/I] Weapon Training anycase. 3) None of this pertains to what is described as a "Peaceful" Race of Halflings. No you haven't. You've provided reactions to my comments and weak arguments that don't ring true. Earlier in the thread it was being argued that D&D Halflings weren't the same as Tolkien Hobbits. Now that has come full circle. The bonus doesn't come from Tolkien, and in the case of Short Swords and Daggers it is patently obvious that none of the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings have had any formal training in warfare or weapon use. [/QUOTE]

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