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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8186028" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I imagined halfling towns were actual villages, not a tiny little plot of land with about 50 people. That's not a real village, that is a handful of homesteaders. Also, as Tetrasodium mentioned, what about spices for those foods they make? Salt and pepper alone are expensive and would require trading, especially with so few people to farm, they'd never be able to farm any spices themselves. Fruits would have to be imported if they wanted that, so would most spirits. They could make a few themselves, but it would likely be mostly vodka's or meads, since they would have to make it from crops they grew for food. Would have to trade for iron and steel, they certainly aren't mining their own. Not with a population that small. There would also probably only be single smithing family, if that. If they live near a forest they could have timber, if not they'd need to trade for that too. Would need to trade for glass, no way they can make that themselves with so few people, unless that was one of their only industries, which again just means less farming. Man, no wonder they'd be nervous about any child with Fancy Feet, with a population of 50, a single adult leaving represents 2% of the entire population. A pair of childhood friends leaving together plus a merchant who travels accounts for 6% of them. That is a big problem to keeping a stable population.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8186028, member: 6801228"] I imagined halfling towns were actual villages, not a tiny little plot of land with about 50 people. That's not a real village, that is a handful of homesteaders. Also, as Tetrasodium mentioned, what about spices for those foods they make? Salt and pepper alone are expensive and would require trading, especially with so few people to farm, they'd never be able to farm any spices themselves. Fruits would have to be imported if they wanted that, so would most spirits. They could make a few themselves, but it would likely be mostly vodka's or meads, since they would have to make it from crops they grew for food. Would have to trade for iron and steel, they certainly aren't mining their own. Not with a population that small. There would also probably only be single smithing family, if that. If they live near a forest they could have timber, if not they'd need to trade for that too. Would need to trade for glass, no way they can make that themselves with so few people, unless that was one of their only industries, which again just means less farming. Man, no wonder they'd be nervous about any child with Fancy Feet, with a population of 50, a single adult leaving represents 2% of the entire population. A pair of childhood friends leaving together plus a merchant who travels accounts for 6% of them. That is a big problem to keeping a stable population. [/QUOTE]

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