Chaosmancer
Legend
So... D&D world isn't even just Medieval Europe with magic stapled on haphazardly now, but the United State?
Why are there no rainforests? Rainforest doesn't mean 'jungle', you know? Much of the Pacific NW is Rainforest too.
I didn't say there weren't rainforests. But, if the halflings are going to grow pepper, they would need to live in a rainforest.
They would also need to either live by the sea, or in a very dry area to have salt.
They would also need to live in the mountains near a mine to have iron and steel.
The point isn't that these things don't exist, but expecting a village that doesn't trade with the outside world to have all three and more is just ridiculous.