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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8181557" data-attributes="member: 23751">Yes, that's very different.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />There isn't a solid answer to give.  I mean, is it 52? 119?  No way to know how many.The less solid answer is this.  Humans are the most expansive and inquisitive of the three races, so there are quite a few frontier towns and villages.  Frontiers also tend to be where the vast majority of monster and adventurer opportunities are, so there is a disproportionate number of adventurers in those frontier towns and villages.  Some of those would fall in love with the area and retire there.  So I think every or nearly every human village and town will have some number of retired, active or both adventurers present.Dwarves on the other hand tend to stay in Dwarven mountain cities where they can delve for ore and gems.  Some of those cities open up to the Underdark which exposes them to threats from beneath, and of course there are external mountain entrances.  However, God help any monster or force that tries a frontal assault on a Dwarven hold.  They'll deserve what they are going to get.  Less than humans, Dwarves would also have expeditionary forces that may set up small mining outposts.  Those would be far more at risk.  I think they would also have active and/or retired fighting types and maybe some clerics.Elves are probably the least expansive and most decadent of the core races.  I don't see them with many villages or towns at all, but their cities tend to be in large forests where monsters also dwell.  However, Elven high magic, stealth and perception being what it is, I think monsters likely give those cities wide berth and they face little risk of attack.  Being cities there are probably a great number of retired adventuring types or non-adventuring elves with "classes."(in quotes due to how NPCs work in 5e).It does not say "some villages."  It says, "Some elders- especially those who once had fancy feet themselves- just shrug,."  That's not "some villages," but rather "some of that villages elders."You are correct, and I think humans have the largest number.  That said, Halfings are part of the 4 races that commonly make up adventurers, so they are common, not uncommon or rare.  Something that is common can be found in abundance.Not exactly.  I'm saying that it's incomplete, probably because it's so blatantly obvious that 1) being listed under the goddess makes it a religious rite, and 2) that Halflings would have access to weapons.  It would be silly, as well as prohibitively expensive for them to put every blatantly obvious thing into print.  The book would be massive and be so costly that few would ever sell.There's picture of a Halfling with a sword opening a chest and on the very page where it talks about sticks and stones being hurled at ogres, there is an ogre with stuff, including multiple large knives or daggers, being hurled. So from the pictures they clearly have weapons.  There is also mention of cutting down trees, so they have axes to use.</blockquote>

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