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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8178584" data-attributes="member: 6802951"><p>Halflings needing to eat much more than humans relative to their weight could help explain their freakish strength. Human muscles in the real world aren't as strong as those of most other mammals because they are built for endurance. Thus it is not hard to posit that halfling muscles might be 5 times stronger than human muscle, but require 5 times the calorie upkeep as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Just to clarify, are you talking about a few opportunistic orcs turning up and running off with livestock from an outlying farm? Or are you talking about an organised raiding party/small army that gathers and moves towards Phandalin with the intent to invade and occupy it long enough to loot it, then cart their plunder back towards the mountains?</p><p></p><p>Are you also making the assumption that if a place with Waterdeep's resources decides to send a group of high-level adventurers to defend from or retaliate to a raiding party at an isolated town they are going to expect them to walk there?</p><p>Even if the response party arrives too late to actually defend the town, they can probably ensure that the raiders never make it back to their tribe deeper in the wilderness. Stories of how the tribe lost half of its members three generations back can be an effective deterrent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8178584, member: 6802951"] Halflings needing to eat much more than humans relative to their weight could help explain their freakish strength. Human muscles in the real world aren't as strong as those of most other mammals because they are built for endurance. Thus it is not hard to posit that halfling muscles might be 5 times stronger than human muscle, but require 5 times the calorie upkeep as well. Just to clarify, are you talking about a few opportunistic orcs turning up and running off with livestock from an outlying farm? Or are you talking about an organised raiding party/small army that gathers and moves towards Phandalin with the intent to invade and occupy it long enough to loot it, then cart their plunder back towards the mountains? Are you also making the assumption that if a place with Waterdeep's resources decides to send a group of high-level adventurers to defend from or retaliate to a raiding party at an isolated town they are going to expect them to walk there? Even if the response party arrives too late to actually defend the town, they can probably ensure that the raiders never make it back to their tribe deeper in the wilderness. Stories of how the tribe lost half of its members three generations back can be an effective deterrent. [/QUOTE]
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