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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8179933" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Let's see.  Halflings are no good because<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They aren't dwarves or elves</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Orcs can invade their villages by tearing through the path in the bramble that they don't notice to get to the small hidden village they don't see.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A lot of non-D&D video games don't include halflings, therefore there is no halfling lore. This has nothing to do with copyrights for hobbits and likely for halflings with D&D.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since they are listed as getting along with neighbors and enjoying a simple life, they have no defenses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wizards are required to defend every village, halflings don't excel at being wizards and there's not a lot of association with wizards and halflings.  Therefore they would be extinct.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They can't defend themselves because they are never depicted with weapons in the art (except when they are)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They don't build walled cities and aren't interested in military conquest therefor they can't defend themselves</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They don't pay taxes, or something</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Halfling luck (and brave) is doesn't mean anything or is actually a negative attribute.  Somehow.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They're dominated by an agrarian society when they do have communities of their own.  Which will be different from other races because, umm, reasons.</li> </ul>I see a whole lot of suppositions and requirements being set up for halflings that are never applied to the majority of races.  Are they elves or dwarves?  No.  Neither are all the races that are not elves or dwarves. I think halflings fit as well as any of the other races.  They may not be flashy or bent on conquest but that actually works in their favor.  Halflings make just as much sense as dozen or three other races in the books, if you don't like them don't have them in your campaign.P.S. Yes, I'm being a little sarcastic in my list of why halflings are no good but only by a small amount.   I don't want to short people on their arguments, I just don't think they rise to the height of "no reason to exist".</blockquote>

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