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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8182429" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Like I said, if halflings end up being the pastoral serfs of a human lord... what makes them different than the human pastoral serfs of the human lord? The halfling trope is the "good ol' country boy" trope almost note for note. So if you are integrating them into human society, of course they fit there, because they are a trope of human society. And I know they aren't pacifists, but they seem to be relying on the "posse" style of defense. Meanwhile, humans have actual soldiers, knights, warriors, mercenaries. Human kings and lords have armies and border patrols and forts. If a human town comes under threat, they can send word to a human city, and if help arrives in time you know it will be an armed and armored group of soldiers. If a halfling town comes under threat, and they aren't subjects of a human lord.... they just round up the farm hands and that is enough? If the farm hands are enough to repel these attacks, then why is there an adventure about needing specialized mercenaries to deal with the threat? It is a disconnect that is only seemingly being solved one of two ways. 1) Halflings are Lucky, so they never face these problems2) Halflings live in human lands and are protected by humans, so they are basically just short human farmers, with all of the same tropes and niches. And I don't like either of these solutions. the first is just so full of holes it drives me nuts, and the second seemingly writes halflings out of being a distinct race.</blockquote>

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